Always in His Presence said:

What do you think of the idea?

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It's terrible.

Which governor acted correctly?

Governor Kemp in 2021?
Governor Abbot in 2025?

ozso said:

That probably wasn't intended to be a joke, but it made me laugh. Separating Newsom from governor.

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It's useful to separate the office from the person. Like the presidential lawyers are not Trump's lawyers, but the lawyers for the office of the president (or at least that's how it used to be). The governor's twitter account was started by Governor Brown in 2013, and it will pass on to Newsom's successor when he leaves the office.

New right wing outrage du jour just dropped just in time to distract the right for another week or so.

I promise you no liberals are losing sleep over Cracker Barrel falling out of favor with y’all.

Aldebaran said:

Check the thread title. It's Gavin Newsom's (and it's AWESOME!)

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Some people have learned to read past the title while others have not.

And the account is AWESOME! For those who enjoy parody, anyways.

Aldebaran said:

But when it's shown to be just a waste of taxpayer money, then it's actually his "Press Office" (and rather mediocre).

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It hasn't been shown to be a wasted of money - that is merely your own bald assertion along with your assertion that it's mediocre.

Aldebaran said:

I always hear so many problems happening in CA.

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Wow, a state with an economy larger than most countries in the world has problems!!

Aldebaran said:

I would think their government would be spending more time on those, but it looks like they have different priorities.

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Do you know how much time their government does spend or is this just more outside agitation?

The old rivalry between the children of two sisters. The Torah states that a man may not marry his wife's sister while she is still alive:

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. Lev 18:18

When Jacob was tricked into marrying Leah because he wanted to marry Rachel, and thus ended up marrying both sisters, this was not in accordance with YHVH's will. The animosity between the two sisters, Leah and Rachel, was passed on to their children and their children's children. Joseph is the leader of Rachel's children and Joseph's son Ephraim of their children, and Judah is the leader of Leah's children and their children. Thus, to this day, Ephraim and Judah, that is, the house of the lost ten tribes and the house of Judah, the Jews, stand opposed to each other.

To this day, Ezekiel's aforementioned prophecy of the reunification of the two houses has not yet been fulfilled. The prophecy from Ezekiel is still pending

Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord G-d; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. Ezek 37:19

And we see this: To this day, the House of Judah still does not know who the House of Israel is. And the House of Israel, the ten lost tribes, who are awakening and becoming more and more aware of their identity, are arguing with the House of Judah, or rather, parts of the Ephraimite movement want to separate again and establish their own state, independent of the House of Judah. But we know from Scripture that both houses are being driven toward each other. But again, they are not yet one nation, as predicted in Ezekiel

And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all. Ezek 37:22

YHVH will put an end to the alienation of the two houses by pouring out his Holy Spirit, as predicted in Joel 3:1ff. The union will take place in Jesus. The outpouring of his Holy Spirit will come, because immediately afterwards miraculous signs in the heavens will announce the great and terrible day of YHVH.

Acts 15:16-17 quotes Amos 9:11-12:

After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. Acts 15:16-17

What now remains is the shaking of the ten lost tribes, the house of Israel:

For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. Amos 9:9-10

That means that those who live in rebellion will be taken away, right?

In that day

YHVH continues,

will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: Amos 9:11

First comes the time of judgment, then the blessing.

ozso said:

Cracker Barrel loses almost $100 million in value as stock plunges after new logo release.

Cracker Barrel shed almost $100 million in market value Thursday after its stock plunged following the release of a new logo. The new design eliminates a longstanding drawing of an overall-clad man leaning against a barrel, in favor of a cleaner logo featuring just the chain's name.

This is another go woke go broke situation. Where the CEO wants to change the company's image. Apparently not having any appreciation for who her customers are. What the main demographic is.

Cracker Barrel loses almost $100 million in value as stock plunges after new logo release

Cracker Barrel stock plunged as much as 15% after the restaurant chain released a new logo that removes its long-time image of a man leaning against a barrel.

www.cbsnews.com

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I've been to Cracker Barrel a few times with my parents (who have since passed). I never saw anyone in overalls...and that was in the heart of Pennsylvania farming country.

I don't understand how removing the image of the man from the logo is such a big deal in some quarters (apparently).

How is this woke? Is any change automatically woke now?

Trump says ending Ukraine-Russia war could help him get to Heaven​

Matthew 6:1-4 Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen
them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in ...

For a President selling "God Bless the USA" Bibles which he claim,s to be his favorite book, apparently Trump hasn't progressed as far as the 6th chapter of Matthew!

Otherwise he would have known that the performing "righteous" acts on the world stabe and to receive its accolades for his achievements, including the Nobel Peace Prize, will bring him no closer to spending Eternity in Heaven!

Only God knows what's in our hearts - if Trump's primary motive in the peace process is to achieve widespread recognition and praise from the world then Matthew 6:1-4 is quite explicit - he has already received his reward!

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Valletta said:

ICE notifies Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers of possible deportation to Uganda after Tennessee jail release

Illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia may be deported to Uganda after his release from jail in Tennessee on Friday, ICE told his lawyers.

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Hopefully this soon will be the end of it.

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Why would it make any sense for him to be sent to Uganda?

JosephZ said:

U.S. initial damage report: Iran nuclear program set back by months, not obliterated

The classified report by the Defense Intelligence Agency

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That's a firing.

Hegseth fires general whose agency’s intel assessment of damage from Iran strikes angered Trump​

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of U.S. damage to Iranian nuclear sites angered President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision and a White House official.

[And of course he fired the BLS head for bad jobs numbers.]

“We have an opportunity in Texas to pick up five seats. We have a really good governor, and we have good people in Texas. And I won Texas,” Trump told CNBC’s Squawk Box. “I got the highest vote in the history of Texas, as you probably know, and we are entitled to five more seats.”

LovebirdsFlying said:

I'm sorry if this is a little too personal for The Kitchen Sink. I thought about putting it in My Two Cents, but there may be more traffic here, and I would really appreciate feedback. I originally posted this on my Facebook page. I'm transferring it here hoping for various individual views on drastic changes in a person's socioeconomic status. Specifically, apparent *resistance* to anyone making those changes, especially in an upward direction. I grew up on public assistance, raised my children on public assistance, and now realize I could have done SO much better in life if I hadn't listened to certain advice. If anyone needs any further information about my background and what led to my present feelings, you're welcome to ask.

Facebook post follows:

I am not going to share any more detail about our lifestyle and situation than (Hubby) himself is willing to share. I announce things when he announces them, not before.

But as he is showering and getting ready for work, I am thinking about how DIFFERENT things are now. Not that I am boasting. I am happy for the changes, and in a way, it makes me angry too. I want to address why the anger.

I resent that in my earlier life I had been led to believe, nay *brainwashed* to believe, that I didn’t qualify for the kind of life I have now. I was somehow not good enough. I’m not talking only about people close to me who wouldn’t teach me to drive, tried to convince me to stay with my abusive ex-husband, tried to get me to remarry him after we were divorced, were absolutely convinced that another ex-husband who was barely functional as an adult was “the perfect man” for me, and all that jazz. It’s also those social workers and program directors who didn’t want me to even try to look for a job, because they were afraid I might lose my disability benefits. If I’m doing well enough to no longer qualify for them, why do I need them? Why should I sit on my butt and do nothing just so I can qualify to keep a few paltry hundred dollars a month coming my way and live in cramped, run-down, noisy, unsafe housing, eating food that isn’t nearly as healthy as I can afford now, receiving medical care that’s barely worth mentioning? Why did so many people want to keep me at the bottom of the barrel, when I could have THIS? Why was I treated as downright delusional when I hinted that maybe I might have this one day? Just why?

Dare to dream, people. And don’t ever let ANYBODY tell you you’re not good enough to achieve it.

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Have you considered God`s provdence?

"Just through your belief in His providence you raise yourself to a level at which

G-d is intimately involved in your life,

in an open, beneficial way."

(from the freeman files)

Always in His Presence said:

Oh, now the Governer was asked to find five more seats

Total fabrication

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To be exact with the president's quote: "We are entitled to five more seats."

Alas, we don't have a recording of a conversation between the president and Abbot, but it's obvious to everyone that Abbot is following the president's wishes.

HARK! said:

I don't view it as taking advantage of people. I view it as justice being served.

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The ends justify the means?

Aseyesee said:

What are these children of the devil that you are referring to?

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It's been answered:

The spirit of disobedience, the anti-Christ spirit, the tare, the children of the flesh, the goat, the children of the wicked one. ALL unseen agents, not our neighbors, not people. They are the evil that is present within everyone. They are what we have all been bound to in the flesh.

The same Satan that spoke from the lips of Peter and entered Judas still speaks from people and enters people today. Satan is a real agent, not some form of "human reasoning or making choices" you deem a covering.

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My 2nd question put another way is, How was Jesus tempted?

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Externally.

From what I managed to squeeze out of your position it seems that Jesus was his own devil

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Yes, that worked temporarily.

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And will again, I think. Criminals aren't the brightest in the world, but they aren't completely stupid; they tend to act when they think they aren't being observed.

Eventually, they get used to the additional attention, and fall back into their ways. I once worked with a guy who had been a probation officer. He told me that the convicted burglars he as watching could tell him in detail what houses were more risky to burgle. But when they needed cash or were upset, or were strung out from lack of their drug of choice, they'd forget it all, and just hit whatever looked promising. I think that's pretty much criminals in general.

As some prominent felons we know about have shown.

I've been alone most of my adult life. I am perfectly happy being alone. I don't feel the need to have companionship. I blame my formative years, and technology.

Formative Years

My parents were divorced before I was old enough to be self-aware. I grew up living with my mother, and going to visit my father every other weekend. My father had remarried. His second wife wasn't the motherly type, and almost seemed to resent my brother and I, and you could tell through her words and actions. My mother also remarried and was physically abused. We ended up going to an abuse shelter to get away from him, and then got into low income housing.

My mother's second husband ended up being verbally abusive toward me specifically, and this is what caused me to be introverted, as I was always being grounded. When I wasn't grounded I was outside on my bike, riding the neighborhood from morning to dusk. When I was grounded I was immersing myself in books and finding the simplest things to play with to keep from being bored.

The blame was shifted to me, and I was sent to a psychiatrist. I opened up to them about the abuse and the focus shifted from me to the marriage, and specifically the verbally abusive step dad. This led to us eventually moving out again, and the cycle repeated, we found ourselves back in low income housing.

The damage was done. I was an introvert, and I was perfectly happy to stay within myself. In fact, it was comfortable. It didn't mean I didn't talk to other kids, I did, but it meant that I was reserved and kept to myself.

In grade school I was constantly being bullied, so much so that I feared walking home from school every day. That constant fear, the fear of being yelled at when I got home, all of it was formative.

At age sixteen I moved in with my father, because I wanted his influence in my life. Up to this point I regularly attended church with my mother my whole childhood, but when I moved in with my father I left church behind.

My freshman and sophomore years of high school I became fascinated with computers, which would become a life-long thing. It was about this time that I started to take on some very strong opinions, based on my own experiences, and the way I saw society going. Broken homes, etc.

I had no interest in getting married or having kids, because of the state of what I was seeing around me, in my own family, and in what I observed in society. My high school sweetheart tried to reel me in, but I wasn't having it.

I decided that my junior and senior years would be spent at vocational school, so that I could have constant access to computers. I enrolled in an accounting class; the only lab that had computers. I became friends with two classmates and started to come out of my shell. From there it took a lot of years for me to "normalize". My high school friends became my adult friends after graduation, and we continued to do things together.

Hopefully this gives some perspective as to how a person can end up where I am.

Technology

I remember back when I was a freshman in high school, flipping through a Radio Shack catalog and thinking how wonderful it would be to own a computer. Finally, at age sixteen I worked a summer job and earned enough money to buy my first computer. I spent all of my spare time on it, learning everything I could.

I was fortunate enough to be hired my graduation year, and I worked toward what would be a thirty year career in telecommunications. This paralleled my computer hobby.

I have spent my adult life engrossed in all things computer. I watched as PC's became a household item, where before they were only for the nerds and geeks. I watched as cell phones became commonplace, which then led to smartphones and tablets.

Then I watched as smartphone technology turned people into introverts. Everywhere you looked people were staring at phones and tuning out life. A generation or two later, VHS and DVD have been replaced by the smartphone and tablet as the baby sitter of choice.

The very same thing I did in my bedroom when I was grounded, immersing myself in something to escape, is happening with smartphones and tablets. It's no wonder people want to live solitary lives. Technology disconnects you from reality. Sure, you can talk to people on technology, but it isn't a replacement for real human interaction.

Technology makes it easy to escape reality. It can become like a security blanket, even if you don't need a security blanket.

Pets

I have owned two pets in the last thirty years. I had a chihuahua that recently lived to age sixteen, but had to be put to sleep. I currently have a cat that is eleven years old. After the cat is gone I am done with pets. What I'm trying to say is I don't fit that mold, that I need pet companionship. I don't.

Today

I am retired and I still live alone. I am perfectly happy living a solitary life. I don't crave human companionship, but it is nice to get together with friends once in a while.

I could still get married and have kids if I wanted, but I don't want to.

I don't think of myself as broken, even though I am by and large a product of my environment, and of technology. I am no longer introverted like I used to be (I came out of my shell long ago), but I retain those positive things from it, like peace of mind and being happy with myself.

If anything, I've been overly cautious in relationships, because of my own experiences, and I have been very stringent on the standards I expect; which means the bar is high for any prospective companion. Being a Christian sets the bar even higher.

The way I saw society going back in the 80's has come to fruition. 2 Timothy 3:1-7 in a nutshell; prophecy being fulfilled, end of days and all of that (which I truly believe is the case).

Sure, it would be nice to have a special someone, but I don't go out of my way to look, nor do I feel the need to, as I am perfectly happy.

To answer the OP's question... Is it a blessing? I believe it is. Even though I may have missed out on marriage and kids, I count my blessings that I didn't allow myself to fall into that pattern of marriage/kids/divorce. I was living in sin in my dating life as it was (living in the world and not as a professed Christian). Now, as a Christian, and given hindsight, I have a much healthier perspective concerning relationships.

That's my experience and my view, being a life-long loner of sorts.

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I'm not sure what you mean by hypocrisy. I do see contradiction. "I was meant to be alone, yet I can't stand being totally alone". In my case I want to be left alone. I'm not antisocial. But at the same time I'd rather not socialize. There are a lot of reasons why someone is solitary by nature. In my case I think the reason is neurological. Either autism or nonverbal learning disorder. Or something similar. Or perhaps a combination of similar neurological disorders. Put simply, I'm solitary by nature because that's how I'm wired. Now that I'm 63 I don't really care what the reason is. It just is what it is.

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I meant, people saying one thing, but doing something else completely.

I'm more worried for those that can't handle it, but want the "freedom". The internet promotes this life style but it (conveniently) left out the fact that most cannot live this way.

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If the standard is that low for earning their keep, it shows just how wasteful the California state government really is with the taxpayer's dollars.

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They work in the press office. They have generated a lot of positive press and a lot of hilarity from their foes. Speaking of waste, remember the LA fires last winter and how the president ordered the aquifer gates opened and wasted millions of gallons of water just for show? That was a waste on a grand scale!

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The Governor of Texas had a choice to make when asked to find 5 more seats. So did the Governor of Georgia when asked to find over 11k votes in 2021. One of these men failed their country.

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Oh, now the Governer was asked to find five more seats

Total fabrication

...in the days leading up to raid on Bolton's home:

Until Aug. 13, Bolton had not been a target of Trump’s social media attacks for seven months — since before Trump’s inauguration in January. That changed just over a week ago, when Trump became angry at a quote from Bolton and fired off a post on Truth Social expressing his frustration.

“Putin has already won,” Bolton told The Atlantic in a story that published Aug. 12, ahead of Trump’s meeting with the Russian president in Alaska. “He is the leader of a rogue state, and he’ll get a picture on U.S. soil with the president of the United States.” The message was similar to one Bolton repeated in television appearances and on social media around the same time.

“Very unfair media is at work on my meeting with Putin,” Trump posted the morning after the Atlantic story published. “Constantly quoting fired losers and really dumb people like John Bolton, who just said that, even though the meeting is on American soil, ‘Putin has already won.’ What’s that all about? We are winning on EVERYTHING.”

That same day in the White House, a senior White House official blasted the piece, dismissing it as a story that had been sourced to anonymous European officials and saying that Trump was far more prepared for the Putin encounter than other presidents had been going into similar meetings.

Four days later, in a Sunday night Truth Social post, Trump again pointed a finger at Bolton, saying he was among the “stupid people” who were making it “much harder” for Trump to end the war by criticizing his approach to Putin.\

Platte said:

the context of the Flood by Moses is that it covered all the land

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All that land (erets), but not the whole world (tevel). If God meant "world", He would have said so. As in the words that also describe the sky as a solid dome with window in it for rain to fall through, it's important to understand the context. God wasn't confused about the extent of the flood, or the actual nature of the sky; He was using words that would have made sense to the people of the time.

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And as this teen has shown us, people also get attacked while trying to drive their car.

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Did you miss the actual point, that since people get attacked in jail, putting them in jail while awaiting trial will not keep people from getting attacked.

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I guess you've never heard of keeping dangerous people from harming more people in society after they've already been shown to be violent. What do you think this guy was locked up for? Hint: Look at the picture of the guy who was attacked.

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These teenagers are not being released into the wild, but one is going to a youth shelter while the other is on home detention with a monitoring device. Trial first, jail (or whatever is deemed best) after conviction should there be a conviction. What you want is backwards - jail first, then, maybe, a trial eventually.