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Watch: CNN Cuts Tulsi Gabbard Off as She Lays Out the Inconvenient Facts of the Russia Hoax

Exactly - he hams it up at Christian conventions - and talks about how 'he gets this stuff' - pretends to read a bible - and then his NPD kicks in and he cannot even admit his basic flaws in the context of a discussion about Christianity. But then - I doubt he's read a book in his adult life. He probably does not understand even the most basic claims of a kid's Sunday School version of the gospel. He's not known for his intellect!

I mean - OTHER THAN all of the below - I'm sure he's a genius!

Donald Trump believes in invisible F35's. Says he will not support NATO.
This Incredible Photo Of Trump Surrounded By G7 Leaders Is Like A Renaissance Painting

He addressed thousands of Boy Scouts with a rambling political speech about cocktail parties and rich people having sex on boats. Read a Transcript of Trump's Boy Scout Jamboree Speech

He told scientists that they might kill the coronavirus by finding a way to inject people with light or disinfectants. Trump Suggested Experts Find A Way To Inject Light Or Disinfectants Into Human Bodies To Kill The Coronavirus

Trump served college football players a fast-food feast during a government shutdown.
Must Reads: Why you can’t look away from that Trump fast food photo

He said anti–police brutality protesters were throwing bags of soup.
Donald Trump’s war on soup

He told a hurricane victim whose yard was filled with a wrecked yacht - "At least you got a nice boat out of the deal". https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...trump-tells-nc-man-during-post-florence-tour/

He met with people affected by mass shootings at schools, but needed a note to remind himself to say “I hear you.”
(I mean - his advisers were THAT freaked out about him going improv and off-script they had to remind him to LISTEN to people whose kids had just died!??? Even his advisers knew he lacked basic empathy. )
Trump Wrote A Reminder To Himself To Say "I Hear You" To Speakers On School Gun Violence

He told reporters his coronavirus test came back "positively toward the negative".
(Can the guy speak English?)
Positive News! Trump Says He Tested Positively, Which Means Negative, For The Coronavirus.

He was hospitalized with COVID-19 and released photographs of himself working in which he appeared to be signing blank pieces of paper with a marker!
Trump in Walter Reed Photo-Op Appears to Show He's 'Relentless'

There are so many other instances, like when he briefly left the hospital to hold a COVID parade and greet supporters, when he hugged and kissed the flag, when he congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his reelection despite being advised in a State Department memo, "DO NOT CONGRATULATE", when he tweeted the word "covfefe" in the middle of the night, when he said he met with the "Prince of Whales", when he walked in front of the Queen and she made this face, when he pronounced the national park "Yosemite" as "Yo-Semite", when he drew on a hurricane map with a Sharpie, when he said they should nuke hurricanes, when he said a hurricane was "one of the wettest we've ever seen, from the standpoint of water", when he feuded with the musical Hamilton, when he feuded with Meryl Streep, when he feuded with Robert De Niro, when he saluted a North Korean general, when he bragged about his cognitive abilities by repeating the phrase "person, woman, man, camera, TV", when he complained for years about the water pressure in toilets, when he complained for years about windmills (falsely) killing birds, knocking out TV reception, and causing cancer, when he met with Kanye West, when he met with Kanye West another time, when he released a photo of himself pretending to write his inauguration speech, when he lied to the CIA about the number of people at his inauguration, when he apparently didn't get the memo about not smiling in this picture with the pope, when he talked about how he had bombed Syria while eating "the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you've ever seen", when he didn't seem to like a French military band's cover of Daft Punk, when he talked about "local milk people", and on and on it goes.
You missed the speech wherein he claimed that you couldn't buy groceries without an ID.
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Christian group blasts Church in Wales’ defiance of biblical doctrine with lesbian archbishop

Believing what the church believes is generally a prerequisite to being chosen as a bishop. Is there any Anglican that you would accept for the position of Archbishop of Wales?
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Well this looks more to be a social position, instead of a position to guide a church into accurate Biblical teaching.
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Top Trump officials will discuss Epstein strategy at Wednesday dinner hosted by Vance

LOL, yes if there is any admin who should be taken seriously when making denial statements, it's the Trump admin. They don't even try to even portray even a hint of impartiality between them and the Justice Department. We still don't know why Maxwell was moved from the Florida prison to a minimal security prison that no with the charges she had would never be placed. Who did she meet with in Florida prior? The DOJ's number two and Trump's personal lawyer slated to be at that meeting in question who, who knows, is probably still on Trump's retainer.
So NOW you believe that Epstein was murdered and there’s a conspiracy regarding Maxwell?
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Gaza: In the face of horror, we cannot look away.

I'm saying that if we believe the given, hairbrainned rationale for Israel's actions, there is in fact, a very easy solution that has rhr added bonus of being the empathetic, humanitarian response that most of rhe adanced world has been calling for.

Bur I contend that is not Israel's true motives and that their current plan is far more obvious because it's based on what is happening on the ground and is supported by some diagusting quotes from the government in power.

It's the underlying premise of capitalism. More supply with no change in demand will bring down prices.

Sure we can sit and use our fanciful imaginations of paranoia of how hamas would find a way to make this awful. But those are just justifications for maintaining the status quo...not real argumens about making sure children do not starve.

Prove how it wouldn't drive down food prices if Israel began allowing the full flow of food into Gaza.
Explain how capitalism if it helps gazans is exceptional.
That would only result in Israel funding the war against itself since Hamas sells the food/aid to raise money to buy weapons and ammo.
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Top Trump officials will discuss Epstein strategy at Wednesday dinner hosted by Vance

From the article
William Martin, Vance’s communications director, denied CNN’s reporting in a statement: “As we’ve said publicly, there was never a supposed meeting scheduled at the Vice President’s residence to discuss Epstein Strategy. Any reporting to the contrary is false.”
LOL, yes if there is any admin who should be taken seriously when making denial statements, it's the Trump admin. They don't even try to even portray even a hint of impartiality between them and the Justice Department. We still don't know why Maxwell was moved from the Florida prison to a minimal security prison that no with the charges she had would never be placed. Who did she meet with in Florida prior? The DOJ's number two and Trump's personal lawyer slated to be at that meeting in question who, who knows, is probably still on Trump's retainer.
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Malevolent vs. benevolent dispositions and conservative political ideology in the Trump era

Some clear observations posted recently in forum show that Scripture was true all along when written in Galatians: all society is pernicious/ death dealing..... as well as demonstrating the utter evil/wickednesses of mankind coming forth daily.
You have surely heard, "Serve the Lord your God with joy."

Transform darkness into light.




The Divine Presence does not rest upon one who is a state of sorrow or in a state of torpor-------

only upon one who is in a state of joy.

Talmud Shabbat 30b.
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No person can come to Christ by their own freewill !

Where do you find that in Paul's writings (or elsewhere)?
I quoted it to you (from Romans) in post 738.

Free will forces you to be a participant in your own salvation by having to decide whether you want to accept it or reject it. And that pulls it out of the realm of grace.
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3 killed by strike at Gaza's only Catholic church; Israel launches probe, expresses 'deep sorrow'

Well I was hoping that you would say it's more important to tell the truth since as Christians our primary loyalty is to God. There's lots in the Bible about that e.g. from Colossians 3



Instead you served up more background hiss.

I don't know what news sources you listen to but in the UK Hamas are treated like the IRA were during the Troubles - their voices are not heard, and on the very rare occasions that they are heard they have this awful habit of speaking in Arabic, not English, so one has to rely on the accuracy and integrity of a translation which in these times is a source of doubt.

All these allegations about Hamas are also in doubt for the simple reason Israel bans foreign journalists from Gaza (and targets those who are there). Some might be true but we certainly can't rely on the IDF as a reliable source. The murder of the aid workers in the ambulance convoy clearly shows this. This was an unusual case in that footage emerged later from the mobile phone of one of the murder victims. But in this one unusual case the IDF were shown to be lying about the headlights not being on. It couldn't be a mistake since the reason they gave for murdering the people in the ambulances was that the ambulances were not showing headlights: the footage clearly showed they did have their headlights on. It's not unreasonable to think this was a case of the IDF being found to be lying when in fact they may lie repeatedly but usually suppress any evidence to show they were lying.

Well alleging there were 1500 murder victims of Oct 7 is more than just being off. It could have been a genuine mistake at the time, but since you now know it isn't true, but have not changed the figure in your post #16, hasn't it become a lie? You have made a false statement which could be read at any time by any forum member in isolation. And now you know it is a false statement. I think you ought to correct it.

And you have made another false statement: "ALL OF HAMAS’s ATTACKS have been against civilians." when the current official death toll of Oct 7 includes 379 members of Israeli security forces.

New Tally Puts Oct 7 Attack Death Toll In Israel At 1,189

It is not self-defence to slaughter over 18000 children in Gaza or to deliberately starve children to death by cutting off aid for months.

Famine in Gaza: inside the 8 August Guardian Weekly

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Hamas are terrorists whose stated purpose is to wipe Israel and all Jews off the face of the earth. They don’t deserve to be listened to since they are the aggressors in all situations.

THEY attacked Israel on October 7.
THEY killed 1200 civilians, raped women and burned babies in their cribs.
THEY use their own citizens as shields to hide behind.
THEY build their military bases under hospitals and schools so that they can’t be retaliated against after attacking.
THEY steal food sent in for the people of Gaza to sell for money so they can buy weapons.

THEY can end it all in an instant (and always could) by releasing the hostages - all of them, alive and dead.

You calling anything you don’t like “hiss” is just an example of the hatred of intolerant people. You serve up Hamas-censored media releases and then call what we post “hiss”. What a way to reveal yourself.
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Ted Cruz Engages in a Bit of Bigot-Baiting



As New Yorkers mourned the victims of a mass shooting last week in a Midtown Manhattan office building, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, inserted himself into the discourse.

His comments concerned a photo taken on Thursday of Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, a Democrat, sitting on a folding chair inside a mosque, next to Mayor Eric Adams. To her left, men in kurtas and police uniforms kneel on a carpeted floor. Governor Hochul wears a dark pantsuit, a somber expression and, on her head, a black scarf looped over her hair.

After an anonymous social media user posted the photo and asked — appending an expletive — why the governor was “wearing a hijab,” Mr. Cruz shared the post on Friday and added, “Um, wut?”​

Here's Ted's post:

Readers added some additional context, pointing that Cruz himself donned a yarmulke in 2016 when visiting a synagogue:

Jobs report lousy: Trump shoots the messenger


This is done every quarter. Stats are revised as the new reports come in from various sectors. You've made a bold claim - can you back it up?

I have repeatedly pointed out that as of August 1st, the numbers for Trump could have been argued in his favor & quoted a conservative writer’s opinion on July 31st. The time span for the quarter revision in August 2024 was after Joe dropped out of the race. This quarter revision is up to March 2025 & boldly revised figures in the hundreds of thousands up to the present date in a matter of hours as of August 1st.
Yes, this is my spin but the enormity of hundreds of thousands of sudden revisions is noted by Goldman Sachs.


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Watch: CNN Cuts Tulsi Gabbard Off as She Lays Out the Inconvenient Facts of the Russia Hoax

Thank you for that. I'll need to include references to these material facts as disclaimers. When one actually studies these SERIOUS breaches in ACMA rules, you will see how actually TRIVIAL they are compared to the horrendous Agitation Propaganda that Fox carries out on a daily basis! Compared to Fox - these are small, inconsequential dislaimers.

Hmm. When something is classified as "materially misleading", I have to believe that's more than just a "small, inconsequential disclaimer".

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I am continually amazed at how easily people can spot propaganda that they disagree with while simultaneously swallowing propaganda that they agree with.
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Watch: CNN Cuts Tulsi Gabbard Off as She Lays Out the Inconvenient Facts of the Russia Hoax

You mean the series that the ACMA called "materially misleading"?
The Australian broadcast regulator has come down hard on the ABC and its star reporter Sarah Ferguson over multiple breaches of the public broadcaster’s code in its Four Corners report “Fox and the Big Lie”.
The 12-month investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) into the two-part series and Ferguson, who has taken over hosting duties on the ABC’s flagship 7:30 program, concluded the report was “materially misleading”.
In a scathing rebuke of the public broadcaster’s so-called investigation, ACMA found the program breached multiple standards of the ABC’s 2019 Code of Practice
ACMA even ruled the ABC came close to reaching the high bar set for breaking the code’s impartiality standards.
The Four Corners investigation, which attempted to draw links between Fox News and the January 6 Capitol Riots, was found to have misled viewers by deliberately omitting relevant information.
Thank you for that. I'll need to include references to these material facts as disclaimers. When one actually studies these SERIOUS breaches in ACMA rules, you will see how actually TRIVIAL they are compared to the horrendous Agitation Propaganda that Fox carries out on a daily basis! Compared to Fox - these are small, inconsequential dislaimers.

NOTHING they stated about Donald Trump came into question! But nevertheless - these SERIOUS breaches of ACMA should be shouted from the rooftops! What did Four Corners do?

1. There was some footage of some Fox News reporters at a Trump rally that they did not explain well.
2. They did not emphasise ENOUGH the role of Social Media as an accelerant to Jan 06 - but instead let their primary story about how the Ex-President was inciting the riots! Given the seriousness of the role of Social Media - as documented by "The Social Dilemma" documentary I always quote - that was a serious omission.

Nevertheless - as Australia prides itself on the objectivity of our ABC - we fund "Media Watch" where the ABC journalist will even attack the ABC's inaccuracies - and we fund ACMA to ensure accurate broadcasting.

But other than footage of 2 Fox News reporters at a Trump rally, and other than omitting Social Media as another cause - everything they reported in those specials was CHILLINGLY ACCURATE and I have verified it from multiple other sources over the years.

Trump did the things they reported!

So what's your point?
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How do we set aside the grace of God?

God does not give everyone the ability to resist sin. For most of us it's a struggle. Paul caught Peter in hypocrisy. Annanias and wife were caught lying to God. The young man and drunks in Corinth. All the people Paul was warning in the letters. Even Paul said that he struggled with sin.
You're sort of doubting or downplaying the work of the Holy Spirit there, no? So a believer is no different from an unbeliever in terms of his abilty to overcome sin, put to death the deeds of the flesh, produce good fruit by virtue of his connection to the Vine? Jesus just came so we could be comfortable remaining in our sin??
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Multiple immigration sweeps reported across Los Angeles, with a tense standoff/protest downtown; SEIU union leader arrested

She grew up undocumented, and when the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program became available, applied to gain work authorization.
Thanks. I can't get past the LA Times paywall.
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Whatever happened to "I can do all things in Christ"?

To say I can't do anything without Christ is essentially to say that you won't. What a strange, unrealistic attitude?! What has man done without Christ? Time to realize that you can't do anything truly meaningful without Christ informing you as to His Good, Acceptable, and Perfect Will.
How can anyone say they have done anything beyond the natural, if all that they have done is within the realm of man?
Cannot any man build a media empire? Why claim to be Anointed if all you have done is talk on TV and radio, podcasts and YouTube channels? If your will is to do the Father's, you don't get to wait until you feel qualified.
So what did Paul mean "I can do all things through Christ, which strengthens me"?

Philippians 4:
11 Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned
in whatever state I am, to be content:
12 I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound.
Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be
full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Does this sound like ambition, or contentment?
And yet verse 13 has been used countless times to encourage
people to go out and try to do something wonderful for God.

This is the Word of the Lord to a blessed one.
Jeremiah 45:5 And do you seek great things for yourself?
Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring adversity on all flesh, says the Lord.
“But I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go.”

This is not the same as waiting with long-suffering
to witness the wonders of God.
Jeremiah 33:3 ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you
great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

This is the fruit of truly abiding
John 15:
7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you,
you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit;
so you will be My disciples.

The ministry of intercession is without stumbling blocks
of pride, false modesty, and selfish desires.

Ah, Contentment, could that be a worthwhile goal in this
time when the nations are trying to grab up what remains
of earth's resources? Let them have it! Get out of Babylon, now.
This prayer is always answered: May thy will be done.
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Would an Unconditional but Taxable Basic Minimum Income Supplement of five hundred dollars prevent abortions?

I believe that it is a moral issue but one part of the problem is Christians putting a very low valuation on saving one unborn baby from being aborted.

I know that I know that I know that if I had used the number 999 as opposed to 500 I would have offended a very high percentage of zealous church going Christians.

We Christians also do not seem to believe that a significant percentage of An Unconditional but Taxable Basic Minimum Income Supplement would help churches to assist the homeless...... drug addicts... .alcoholics.... victims of the sex industry....... and would even assist in financing the outreach to all the world that must happen before Zechariah chapter fourteen can happen.

You may notice that 999 is 666 turned upside down?

Is abortion a SIN or financial matter?
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Pray Jesus Christ successfully completes the high-wire act of destroying evil terrorists like Hamas, but also providing aid to Palestinians in Gaza

Pray Jesus Christ successfully completes the high-wire act of destroying evil terrorists like Hamas, but also providing aid to Palestinians in Gaza:

The Path to Salvation

And again, Father, Son, Holy Spirit are titles, whereas Jesus is a name. I don't understand why this is so hard to comprehend.
As mentioned previously, your name is Jan. You can be a mother, are a daughter and have a title related to your occupation. But mother, daughter and your occupation designation are titles., not your name.
I comprehend that Jesus commanded his apostles to call upon these names while baptizing: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Jesus didn't command his apostles to call upon these titles: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit while baptizing.

Matthew 28:19
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Could Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have been a closet Trump Supporter?

I really like the one about how Obama's enthusiastic supporters in high places, stole the 2012 election from Romney by some of the same methods that worked so well in 2020!

I assume you also believe President Clinton stole election from H Bush and Bob dole.
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Could Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have been a closet Trump Supporter?

In a way it gets even worse because Prime Minister Mark Carney seems to be deliberately shoving Albertans in the direction of leaving Canada and joining the USA?

His promise to the Palestinian people shows a lot of political courage but......

doesn't he clue to the fact that this is very much against what President Trump is clearly attempting to accomplish?

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Mark Carney says Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September





I believe recognizing Palestine at this time is a bad idea.

However what that has anything to do with Albertans and USA?
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