One thing is for sure, come to Christian forums and see all kind of bad theology.

Chesterton said:

Either I'm doing something wrong, or something's weird. I found the poster of the original video. The screenshot of his page is not the same screenshot your video shows. He or she has posted only about 5 AI videos, but not the one in question. None of the videos really feature humans much. I'm not signed up with TikTok, so maybe a non-member gets shown a different page? I don't know. Anyway, I can't find the original video.


I read through your post, and the only point I think has merit is the frozen kids. Very strange for three people to be looking almost motionless for that many seconds. But did you read post #63?

It does for me.

American citizens are doing exactly that in too many cases. I've been around it in real life. White people are fed up with it. Black people are fed up with it. Hispanics, Asians, everyone's fed up with it.

The home is cluttered. I can't tell it's filthy.

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It may make you more sympathetic but that is not the case for many others. Its documented that white Americans are less likely to support aid when there are images of Black people used. This is often employed as a tool to get white Americans to vote against their own interests. I recommend the following video in full, but start at the 13 min mark if you dont want to watch the entire thing. The segment is only a couple of minutes.

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There is also part 1.

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And another good video.
Why do White Christians Vote Republican, and Black Christians Vote Democrat?

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ThatRobGuy said:

The Problems with a Socialist Vision for NYC

Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-authors suggest that some of New York City mayoral candidate Zohram Mamdani’s socialism-inspired proposals, such as city-owned grocery stores, are likely to run into inefficiencies and unanticipated downsides. They write that capitalism can be a better engine of...

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Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-authors suggest that some of New York City mayoral candidate Zohram Mamdani’s socialism-inspired proposals, such as city-owned grocery stores, are likely to run into inefficiencies and unanticipated downsides. They write that capitalism can be a better engine of progress.

Vital City | Zohran Mamdani’s Real-World Constraints

He has big plans — but the mayor’s power has clear limits.

www.vitalcitynyc.org

The mayor of the City of New York is the most powerful municipal official in the United States, and it isn’t even close. But to say this isn’t to say that the next mayor, likely Zohran Mamdani, will have the ability to unilaterally do some of the things he’s been promising on the campaign. There are very real structural, budgetary and legal limits on what the city’s chief executive can accomplish without the cooperation and support of other branches of city or state government.


These articles outline some of the challenges Zohran's policies will likely encounter (both logistically, and structurally)


Larry Summers (whose Economics chops and Democratic bona fides should speak for themselves)
- MIT & Harvard education (and was a travelling professor who ended up teaching at both Harvard and at economics departments in England, and was even president of Harvard for a few years)
- Served on the Economics Advisors council for Reagan (he's worked with people from both parties)
- Chief Economist for World Bank
- Under-secretary of the treasury for international affairs under Clinton
- 71st Secretary of the treasury
- Director of the National economic council under Obama

...sufficed to say, has a little bit of knowledge on the subject of economics having held positions for both teams, as well as having both academic and real-world high-level leadership positions in the field.


...had this to say
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Nobody questions Larry’s pedigree, but his fortune telling skills leave something to be desired.

Yarddog said:

No yet, but he's working on it.

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No. He is not.

rjs330 said:

Ev3ryone knows what Obama did to remodel the Whitehouse. 376 million worth of taxpayer money. Which included his basketball court. They wanted to upgrade and modernize. And the media gushed over it. How wonderful. No they didn't knock down an old building.

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Everyone? You obviously don’t.

rjs330 said:

Irrelevant, it was taxpayer dollars. It doesn't matter who approved it. That was rhe point. Taxpayer dollars vs non-taxpayer dollars. Everyone knows the difference.

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It does matter if you want to point to Obama as having been the one who initiated it.

Congress approved that funding in 2008.

Apple Sky said:

Show me flights that fly over Antarctica .

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I didn't say they did, but the flight paths they follow approach Antarctica which would exceed their range on your flat pizza earth, yet the distance they actually fly perfectly corresponds to the globe.
The direct flights between cities in the Southern Hemisphere are not possible on your imaginary flat earth, so how do you explain multiple such flights every week?

Forgive me, but I must be new to this whole question. The Sabbath keepers I know are Jewish, and they follow the instructions that the rabbis have worked out over the centuries -- no kindling of fire, no travel beyond a certain distance, etc. Do Christians who keep the Sabbath follow a different set of customs from our Jewish neighbors? Why?

rocknanchor said:

Darn interesting! Got me thinking, can or cannot the "well regulated" original and untouched constitutional loyalty engrave itself into state gov't deep enough to escape being overwhelmed, ever? Or am I fantasizing on something beyond sworn to uphold?

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Not sure what you mean. The War of 1812 was fought with mostly militia troops on the US side. By the Civil War, regulars had a low opinion of militia troops. Wiley Bell notes in his book Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy that in Atlanta a Confederate regular did an unflattering "imitation" of a militiaman. In another instance related by Bell, a Confederate soldier wrote about his amazement that the militia fought.

Note: If the title of Bell's book give anyone heartburn, he also wrote The Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union.

Anyway, during Sherman's March to the Sea, I think it was Stoneman who gained permission to take make a raid on Camp Sumter (the prison at Andersonville) to free the POWs. As they advanced, word went out for basically everyone who had a gun to report to such-and-such a location at such-and-such time. Not how the militia was usually mustered out, but by then most between the ages of 13 and maybe 60 (hazy memory here) were called up to active duty. Those in charge mixed those who turned out with Confederate veterans, and they successfully routed Stoneman. Think another unit finished the job in a second battle, but that's another hazy memory.

On the other hand, when a column of Sherman's troops were nearing a community in Georgia, those who remained mounted a defense. Knowing they couldn't go toe-to-toe, they attempted an ambush. That proved to be no contest. The Union troops easily defeated them. But when they advanced and saw they had fought old men and boy, many of those hardened vets broke down and cried, and gave what aid they could.

Two different examples; two different outcomes.

wing2000 said:

See post #89

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Well.then you have your answer. I do t know why you asked a question for which you already had the answer for.

wing2000 said:

...you failed to mention the 376 million dollars was initated by the prior administration and approved by congress. I mean, everyone knows that....

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Irrelevant, it was taxpayer dollars. It doesn't matter who approved it. That was rhe point. Taxpayer dollars vs non-taxpayer dollars. Everyone knows the difference.

Tropical Wilds said:

Raises eyebrows further, blows nose, eats a pancake. Yes, he is objectively unpopular.

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He's not universally unpopular. Based on that, he's only "objectively unpopular" in various circles. Perhaps the ones you frequent: I've been in circles that dislike him and circles that do; that's how I know both exist.

Maybe Trump should put an additional floor onto the White House. That's what Calvin Coolidge did. Coolidge put in a solarium too. And Roosevelt demolished the East Wing to enlarge it. Not much worry about "historical integrity" with either. But Coolidge and Roosevelt weren't named "Trump," and that's the real difference.

Delvianna said:

I personally think everyday is a day to spend with God lol Even if you just sit and say "Hi... sitting here, listening if you wanna share anything." Not always going to the Lord to fix something or give you something. I think the very first thing God did with me before salvation and everything else, was define what a "relationship" looks like. How can we say we know God and spend no time with him? And learning scripture isn't a substitute for a literal relationship. It's like reading an autobiography, can you say you have a friendship after reading their book? But I do agree with you about spending time with him on saturdays, but honestly, I would say everyday. Is the Lord not worth it?

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Thanks for posting this. Perhaps I misunderstood your previous argument. I can certainly agree with your post here.

RDKirk said:

We're in such a discussion right now.

It happens, usually when someone starts an anti-"Obamacare" rant and expects everyone to agree.

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Given that Obamacare prevents doctors from referring patients to hospitals that they have a stake in, don't expect everyone to think it's the best thing since sliced bread, either. That provision was obviously put in to prevent financial abuse of the system. Problem is, that's how rural areas got hospitals in the first place.

You have far more expertise on that than I do, Tuur, so I don't think I can add anything to that!

What's on my mind is the complexity of relationships, institutions, systems, and processes. And how complicated it has become to navigate all of those.

PloverWing said:

State and local governments have jurisdiction over what the public roadways look like, but I wouldn't think they'd have jurisdiction over the appearance of the front steps of a privately-owned building, unless there's some kind of public safety hazard.

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Based on biblical reasons, I disagree with the statement the church is apparently making. That said, as a form of protest, it's like churches that put up Ten Commandment monuments after one was removed in Alabama. There is no law preventing either, and both was making a statement.

Vambram said:

President Trump is nowhere close to being a king or an autocratic president.

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No yet, but he's working on it.

Clare73 said:

They're all sounding brass and tinkling cymbal. . .just noise.
Since the plurality of the voters did not agree with them, all they can do is try to obstruct.
They don't really care what the plurality of the voters want.
They just want power for themselves.

If what Trump is doing is illegal, they can take him to Court.
That they do not, or that they don't prevail in Court is the proof of their fake pudding.
They've simply met more than their match. . .are having a juvenile tantrum about it in the public square. . .and are too blind to see that their disagreement with the plurality of voters is simply exiling them to the wilderness.

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Some have taken Trump to court and won. He only got some dropped because he won the election. Some will start up after he is out of office.

How to replace a board on a wooden ramp. I think it's decking. I used to work construction in the summer, but that never involved decks. The hand rails are set on a plate like studs on a wall on 24 inch centers (60 cm centers would be a close equivalent). Was on the way home, dreading finding the screws holding the handrail in place, then remembered how we repaired stud walls. I think we would have cut out a section of plate over the bad board; removed the screws that are under the plate and in the center; cut a new board to fit; drill pilot holes; screw down the board; then cut new plates to replace the cut-out sections.

At least, I think that's how we would have done it.

Intend to use pressure treated wood for the plate. Maybe decking is pressure treated. The reason I think the board is decking is that it's an odd dimension. It could have been 1 1/2 x 6 inches before dressing, Have seen 1 x 6 and 2 x 6, but never 1 1/2 x 6.

Also debating whether to chance a circular saw (which I have), or use a reciprocating saw (which I'd have to buy). We used both repairing stud walls.

keras said:

I know who makes them and fits nuke warheads on them.
And we are told who is going to destroy the Iranian leadership when they attempt to fire them. Psalms 7:12-16, Jeremiah 49:35-37

You do the: 'Oar Knot', but not the: 'Believe it'.

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You just don't get it keras.

Delvianna said:

I agree! As long as you rest, rest in anyway you wanna do it. Go fishing, read a book, hang out with family... I mean, the list goes on.

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Thanks!

Gnarwhal said:

I see the relation there, they were enabling him while your aunt was alive and then when she passed your uncle said enough was enough and it forced their son to grow up and take responsibility for his life.

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Exactly!

Blind post, but Chat (I'm tired of typing capital GPT) says, when I asked about the Barbary "wars":

• The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to “declare War” (Article I, Section 8) and makes the President the Commander in Chief (Article II, Section 2).
• The framers designed this to prevent presidents from unilaterally starting wars, while still allowing them to respond to attacks or defend U.S. interests.

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Dan Perez said:

And the Law applies only to the LAWESS. and you do have a very , because IF it applies th the LAWESS. , it means that

the LAW is in OPERATION , RIGHT !!

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Dan - you do well to read the Law which remains a tool God uses when convicting readers of sin.

However those in Christ are no longer subject to the Curse of the Law or judged by it. His presence within brings superior conviction on all matters in life including matters with no mention in the Law. This is to assist progressive sanctification as we are being drawn by the Spirit to become more Christ-like in this life.

The Old Covenant and the Law has been replaced by the New Covenant and Christ as predicted by the Prophets.

Bradskii said:

That's right. That's the question I'm asking. And if it's a house where they're making drugs can you simply blow it up and kill everyone?

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I did say designated terrorist. They are enemy combatants and we kill them . Just like Obama did.

Bradskii said:

Tell me if you think it's the acceptable way to deal with criminals. If you need to check on the current penalty for drug smuggling in the US then I can check if you like. I know some countries like Indonesia have the death penalty but I'm pretty certain that you don't. And even in Indonesia they arrest the people and put them on trial. Have you heard about that system? A lot of civilised countries use it.

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Absolutely an American citizen will be treated differently for drug crimes. Designated terrorist are different, I shouldn’t have to explain the difference to you.

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I'll wait here while you think of a response

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Did you enjoy some pop corn while you waited?

Desk trauma said:

If they have north of $14 million in assets and have made no plans for or are ignorant of the tax implications of transferring that, they’re being stupid and lazy.

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Their assets would be fields, land, cattle, sheep, crops, machinery...all very expensive indeed. No doubt mortgaged. You won't find many cash rich farmers. You need a lot of assets to maintain a home and keep your family fed.

So they're all working their butts off to get some income when the cattle are big enough or the crops are ready, the old man has a heart attack and the family has to sell the farm to pay the death duties?