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RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies

As I noted before, it wasn't even a deal breaker for the Obama admin, as they were considering Kennedy for a cabinet position in 2009 (even though his anti-vaxx activism started 4 years prior to that)
Obama wasn’t considering him to head the healthcare but for an environmental position. Similarly, Ben Carson might have qualified for Surgeon General but he had no business as head of HUD.
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So So Good by Phil Wickham, Brandon Lake and Elevation Worship

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Lyrics:
This is my story, I testify
The blessings on blessings You poured on my life
When I start remembering how good You’ve been
Fear turns to worship, tears turn to praise
Your Holy Spirit filling this place
When we start remembering how good You’ve been

Yeah, You've been so, so, so, so, so, so good to me
You've been so, so, so, so, so, so good to me

The enemy’s weapons fall to the ground
Armies of heaven always surround
When I start remembering
How You carried my cross
Called me by name
Loved me like I was, but You didn’t leave me that way
Was dead, now I live
Yeah, that’s what You did

Yeah, You've been so, so, so, so, so, so good to me
You've been so, so, so, so, so, so good to me
From morning to night
The lows and the highs
I look back on my life and all that I see
Oh, You’ve been so, so, so, so, so, so good to me

So good, so good, so good
Yeah
So good

When I say “God is good,” you say “All the time!”
When I say “All the time,” you say “God is good!”

When I say “God is good,” you say “All the time!”
When I say “All the time,” you say “God is good!”

When I say “God is good,” you say “All the time!”
When I say “All the time,” you say “God is good!”
When I say “God is good,” you say “All the time!”
When I say “All the time,” you say “God is”

So, so, so, so, so, so good to me
Yeah, You’ve been so, so, so, so, so, so good to me
From morning to night
The lows and the highs
I look back on my life and all that I see

From morning to night
The lows and the highs
Your goodness and mercy is all that I see
Yeah, You’ve been so, so, so, so, so, so good to me

You’ve been so, so, so, so, so, so good to me
You’ve been so, so, so, so, so, so good to me
You’ve been so, so, so, so, so, so good to me
You’ve been so, so, so, so, so, so good to me

Israel-Hamas Thread II

Many media outlets continue to display a striking ignorance of international humanitarian law and the goals of Hamas.

There are civilian casualties in every war that does not consist exclusively of tank battles on battlefields far away from populated areas. This is all the more true in the Gaza Strip, where Hamas's warfare is based largely on using the civilian population as human shields, thereby putting their lives at risk. As some might argue, this never justifies so-called collateral damage.

The provisions of international humanitarian law are perfectly clear on this point: if a warring party uses civilian objects (such as hospitals, schools, and mosques) for its warfare, it makes them legitimate military targets. So if Hamas commits the war crime of barricading itself in a hospital or even holding Israeli hostages there, then that facility loses its protection as a civilian object and can very well be attacked.

Such an attack must follow the principle of proportionality, meaning that the anticipated number of civilian casualties must not be “excessively” disproportionate to the military benefit of the attack, but the military action itself is indeed justified. Responsibility for civilian casualties then lies with those who have endangered civilians through their criminal behavior, in this specific case Hamas.
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Working Class Ditching Dem Party In Droves As Some Say It’s ‘Fighting For Everybody Else’ Besides Americans

I think we had the discussion before. I see the Dems disapproving of Dems because Trump is taking a flame thrower to democracy while abusing power, and Dem leaders respond with "strongly worded letters." Recall all the "do something" town halls the Dems faced.
The very idea that Dems think President Trump is taking a flamethrower to democracy shows me just how much out of touch they are with millions upon millions upon millions of Americans who support President Trump. Also, in the majority of court cases at the appeals court and the SCOTUS levels, the courts have also agreed with President Trump. So, where now is the flamethrower to democracy?
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Trump goes after mail-in voting and election machines; "States are merely an “agent” for the Federal Government", must do what President says

He may try, but the action would not be legal.
He will state that if the states are in charge of voting as per the constitution, then they are in charge of delivering mail in ballots, indeed for the federal postal service to deliver them would be unconstitutional interfering in an election.
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Trump goes after mail-in voting and election machines; "States are merely an “agent” for the Federal Government", must do what President says

I hope President Trump implements these before voting begins in 2026.

Based on projections for the US economy next year, Democratic Party may secure a majority of at least 60 seats in the House of Representatives. If election irregularities are addressed by that time, there would be fewer challenges to the DNC assuming control of Congress.

I support President Trump in addressing voting issues to ensure a secure 2026 election that Americans can trust.
Trump's voters will only trust elections where Trump wins.
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Israel-Hamas Thread II

(JNS) Following the Israeli Security Cabinet’s decision to prepare for a final, large-scale military takeover of Gaza City, the war against Hamas is entering its most decisive phase. The impending operation, which will reportedly involve an estimated 80,000 soldiers, is aimed at dismantling the last major stronghold of the terror organization, which continues to hold 20 living Israeli hostages and the bodies of 30 additional hostages.

Former senior Israeli defense officials have stated in recent days that this high-stakes offensive is a necessary and long-overdue step to achieve the war’s ultimate objectives. They argued that the success of the mission will hinge not just on military force, but on Israel’s ability to project determination and to strategically separate the civilian population from Hamas’s control, thereby forcing the terror group’s collapse as a regime and power broker in Gaza.

Shalom Arbel, a former senior member of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) who served extensively in Gaza, told JNS that Hamas, guided by a long-term jihadist Islamist ideology bent on Israel’s destruction at all costs, operates like a ruthless real estate dealer, constantly making a cost-benefit analysis.

“Hamas operates on the basis of its satanic agenda, which is the doctrine of the Muslim Brotherhood,”

said Arbel. This ideology views the Land of Israel as Islamic territory that

“must be returned to Islam. Now that doesn’t mean that this must be within five years or twenty years. This is a long journey from their view, until ‘redemption.’ It’s an eternal journey.”

“Hamas, in my acquaintance with it, conducts a daily situation assessment and calculation of its steps, and looks for the steps that will most bring it closer to this goal,”

Arbel said.

“Its goal is to bleed Israel, exhaust its power socially and nationally and militarily, to cause it economic damage.”

However, if Hamas

“sees that Israel is determined—even if it’s not fully realized, but that Israel is getting close [to seizing all of Gaza]—it will carry out what is called loss minimization and will raise a flag and say, ‘Stop, let’s negotiate.’ It will not want to lose everything,”

Arbel assessed.

Hamas’s perception of Israeli determination is heavily influenced by external factors, the former intelligence officer stated.

“As long as international pressure on Israel is high, Hamas is encouraged and holds on stronger. As long as the internal Israeli scene is bubbling and boiling, of course, Hamas holds on stronger,”

he stated. For nearly two years, Hamas has not believed Israel’s threats to go all the way, allowing it to prolong the conflict.

The key to victory, Arbel argued, is to target Hamas’s greatest strategic vulnerability: its reliance on the Gazan population as a human shield.

“Israel did not smartly, in a certain sense, from the beginning of the war, address the issue of the Gazan population as a separate arena that so deeply affects the campaign,”

he said.

By separating the population from the terrorists, Israel can remove Hamas’s main defense. Arbel raised the scenario that mediators are telling Hamas it should try to secure a release for Palestinian security prisoners and agree to the exile of its leaders in Gaza, and disarmament or face death and lose everything, and if they are told to disarm, Hamas

“Will they accept that? If leverages are applied. They respond only to power,”

he stated.

That too is not an assured outcome, Arbel noted, due to jihadist martyrdom ideology that permeates Hamas.

“Hamas is willing to murder Israeli children, and justifies this that they will grow up to be soldiers. It is willing to see its population killed and homeless, living in tents, scrambling for food. All is justified for the jihad,”

he said, noting Hamas’s belief that the next generation of Palestinians can continue the war.
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Bank executives blow the whistle on how Obama, Biden admins pressured them to debank conservatives

n the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order outlawing debanking, major bank executives told Fox News Digital that they were under pressure by the Obama and Biden administrations to deny services to individuals and businesses for political reasons.

"Those pressures were very, very real. When your regulator gives you a suggestion, it’s not a suggestion, it’s an order. The political stuff is very real, those pressures are real," a senior banking executive told Fox News Digital.

Debanking refers to the practice of banks closing accounts or denying services to individuals or businesses, often with no explanation. The practice originated as part of federal anti-money laundering laws and regulations. An entity can be debanked after its transactions are marked suspicious, but in recent years, conservative and religious groups have accused banks of discriminating against them for their beliefs.

Fox News Digital spoke with two executives at leading U.S. banks, who asked to remain anonymous, fearing reprisals.
The executives said that ambiguity in federal laws was exploited by regulators under the Obama and Biden administrations in order to pursue political objectives. According to one executive, banks were pressured to deny services to certain industries as part of Operation Choke Point and Operation Choke Point 2.0.

"When there’s ambiguity in the law, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and for a long time the beholder was the Obama and Biden administration," the official said.

A House Oversight Committee report found that "Operation Choke Point," a DOJ task force whose aim was to "choke out" legal companies disfavored by the Obama administration, worked with bank regulators to label certain industries, including firearms sales, as "high risk."

Trump ended "Operation Choke Point" in 2017 during his first term. However, a House Financial Services Committee hearing last week heard accusations that former President Joe Biden had rebooted the initiative and targeted crypto firms for debanking as part of "Operation Choke Point 2.0."

Trump claimed to be a victim of debanking, and accused JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and others of refusing more than $1 billion in his deposits. First lady Melania Trump wrote in her memoir that she and her son Barron were debanked, as well.

"I was shocked and dismayed to learn that my long‑time bank decided to terminate my account and deny my son the opportunity to open a new one.… This decision appeared to be rooted in political discrimination, raising serious concerns about civil rights violations," Melania wrote.

Working Class Ditching Dem Party In Droves As Some Say It’s ‘Fighting For Everybody Else’ Besides Americans

Why are they leaving in so great a number their approval is the lowest in half a century.
I think we had the discussion before. I see the Dems disapproving of Dems because Trump is taking a flame thrower to democracy while abusing power, and Dem leaders respond with "strongly worded letters." Recall all the "do something" town halls the Dems faced.
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Just to beg your pardon for my being catholic, if this upset you, since we are brother in Christ

I don't know much about you, christians of other confessions, but i seldomly read some blame on us, each other.

Yet,
when people choose their confession, it's probably not a default choice.
Something likely refrain them to adhere to some practises of the others.
i guess a kind of reject is involved in the choice. Rejection is simply not expressed, but is probably a reality.

Now,
i think of Mt 5, 24, about the getting first reconcile with the brother, before any gift-making before the altar, and i say to myself :
It's long since i heard this piece of scripture, and i never thought of trying to apologize to brother, and went on with my catholic celebrations without worrying.

What's more,
without willing to put myself in God's shoes, i realize this behavior i adopt in my practise is very uncomfortable for anyone who would put himself in these shoes, for it's the place of the indirect responsible for the trouble, through the deployed love and zeal for him.
How can they possibly be pleased by these divisions, especially if they are the subject of it

So, you understand, my approach is for my sake, but i truly beg your pardon, please

Working Class Ditching Dem Party In Droves As Some Say It’s ‘Fighting For Everybody Else’ Besides Americans

Every bill passed by the Dems under Obama and Biden benefited not only their base, but the country as a whole. No one is being ignored.
Why are they leaving in so great a number their approval is the lowest in half a century.
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All humans are 50th cousins?

I heard there were a number of starting locations. Ideologies centring on one location seem to have an agenda.

My thoughts on humans being 50th cousins is the scientist is probably trying to justify incest.
Before the civil war, first cousin marriage was quite common. It’s still legal in some states and common throughout some countries, though not recommended because of genetic similarities.
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What is the fastest growing Christian Denomination? Why do you think it is?

They recognize other denominations also Baptist Catholic Lutheran Methodist. They’re not a branch all into themselves.

Remember, Pentecost list and evangelicals are the fastest growing denominations on the Earth.
Thanks for the info!
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No one knows the day or the hour .... Except all the movies. :D

Well ... I got bored in life, so time to re-watch some movies. :D
Well, I never watched the Movies. a proper reading tells us no one vanishes, we die at the rapture and our Spirit Man goes to be with the Lord, 1 Cor. 15:42-52 makes that clear.

Sadly my friend, mot people do not understand Jesus was giving you/me/us all a hint we he said "No man knows the day nor hour" but it usually goes right over our head. Paul, Peter and John would have seen it.

Its about the timing of the Feast of Trumps. The Passover, Unleavened Bread and First Fruits were fulfilled by Jesus. Only Jesus can fulfill the 7 Feasts, but they all come on moeds or appointed times by God. It meant a New Moon thus the 360 day year.

So, when Jesus was telling his Disciples about his return, he said "No man can know the day nor hour
' meaning it was an appointed time by God the Father a New Moon will set it all off, on a Feast of Trumps, the Church Age Harvest MUST END just like the Harvest Season nalas ended at the Feast of Trump. Thus the LAST TRUMP get it? Israel sent two men up into the hills, when they saw the New Moon, which could start on one of basically 3 days, lets just say a Mon. just before Dusk, a Tue. or on a Wed. just after Dusk, so in a 25 hour period you get three different days. Israel ALWAYS KNEW THE MONTH and SEASON, JUST NOT THE YEAR. So, the only reason Jesus gives this and says no man knows the day, nor hour is because even though we could know the Season (Fall) and we can see we are in the END TIMES, we could not know the exact day nor hour because this was going to happen on an Appointed Feast of Trumps day.

So, we get Raptured Pre Trib. by Jesus, at the Last Trump then, Israel's 70th week starts which MUST SEE them Atone or Repent, thus the 6th Feast is the Feast of Atonement. The 7th Feast is Feast of Tabernacles, which means to Dwell with Gid and Jesus will reign from Jerusalem for 1000 years. The only TIME OF THE GENTILES Feast is the Harvest. Everything else happens during the Time of Israel.
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