askesis said:

Womankind, too? One never knows these days.

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Oh, there's a place for women in the Consurvatopia.

prodromos said:

The globe earth is confirmed with every sunrise and sunset. I've been working early lately so I've seen quite a few of the former.

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The sun does not rise or set, it travels the sky doing it's circuit & it is due to our perspective & the distance it is at that we see the sun rise & set.

Pommer said:

Did you miss where they built this entire auto line while the Government was giving seven and a half LARGE in subsides?
Big Beautiful Bill got rid of them.
Demand dries up.
Plant closes.
This is “winning” for some reason.

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Owning the Libs is a type of winning.

Hi Jacqueline. Coming from a family were two of my older sibling might be considered "Boomers" but only in terms of the year of their birth (early 1960s) . But my parents were of an older generation.

I think the generational cohorts like "Boomer", "Gen. X", "Millennial" sometimes only very loosely describe these groups. Lots of other things are involved. Birth order in a family too can be quite a factor.

But really these labels are not types, they are just cohorts that often share some characteristics. They are more to do with sociology, than psychology.

To whom are these words spoken? To those who are in Christ Jesus by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing (see Ephesians 2:8-10). And who are they? They are all who no longer walk (in conduct, in practice) according to (in agreement and in cooperation with) the flesh, but who walk (in practice, in lifestyle) according to (in submission, surrender and obedience to) the Spirit of God (See Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).


So, if we want to claim Romans 8:38-39 as our promise from God, then we must be those whose lives are surrendered to the will of God, who have died to sin, who are still dying to sin daily, and who are walking (in conduct, in practice, yet not necessarily in absolute perfection) in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, by the grace of God, in the power of God, and by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ which denies self, dies daily to sin, and obeys our Lord and his commands as a matter of life practice.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

So, please take this to heart. We should not and cannot, in truth, claim the promises of God for his people if we are still living in deliberate and habitual sin against our Lord in willful disobedience to him and to his commands, as a matter of life practice, the dog always returning to his vomit.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Broken Cord

An Original Work / August 29, 2018
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Your bond is broken with your Lord and Savior
And your testimony is separate from Him.
Your words not matching your actions today.
Repent of your sin and bow down and pray.
Live what you testify in truth always.

Purity’s lacking in your life and witness,
For you profess one thing, but other you do.
Not moral, spiritual. Still of the flesh.
Not living in truth to what you confess.
Lying about it puts you in a mess.

Living a lie is your practice, ‘tis true of you.
Masquerade righteousness – none of it true.
Your heart is not given to your Lord God.
Because of how you live, you are a fraud.
Turn from your sin and give your life to God.

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God’s Promises Have Conditions
An Original Work / February 18, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Pommer said:

Oh goodie, a trade-war!
Hold on tight!

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Trade wars are easy.

A2SG said:

So they don't have probable cause, only suspicion. In some circles, they might call that a fishing expedition.

-- A2SG, got 11,780 votes? No, go fish.....

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There was nothing suspicious.

MrMoe said:

Sounds like she studied under Kamala Harris with all those word salads.

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That’s not what word salad means.

Bradskii said:

There's a line in Springsteen's My Home Town: 'These jobs are going boys, and they ain't coming back.' That sums up large scale manufacturing, not just in the US, but everywhere.

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It must have been terrible to see the Democrats destroying the economy and sending the good jobs overseas. Amnesty for millions of illegals! The inflation too! If only we had a good, loyal, proud to be an American Republican President, all that would have never happened.

Unqualified said:

It’s about creation. I think he‘s right @Ivan Hlavanda . Evolution didn’t create this, yes you probably think it did. but he is sincere and right, God is not the author of confusion, is evolution or the devils fantasy, yes We must descend into confusion to not be sure of our body parts? For evolution to progress it must go in and out of altered states become confused. But our God made an orderly world and this kind of sin destroyed that order throughout time. Can you prove theses claims wrong. Where on earth is this Going. To destruction? I think you would agree.

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What about body parts that are literally confusing?

I found this interesting from AI: “Babylonian practices emphasize the importance of designated times for rest, reflection, and worship, indicating that the concept of a rest day predated and possibly influenced the formalization of the Sabbath in later Jewish tradition,” and “While not specifically named as a "Sabbath," the idea of taking time for rest and worship on the seventh day aligns with the broader concepts of sacred time” (in Babylon). So it is very likely that rest on the seventh day of the week was handed down by Noah.

Valletta said:

Just clarifying. Hitler greatly admired Stalin, thus clarifying my meaning of "favorite." You can have a "favorite" henchman or hit man to hire, that doesn't mean you are buddies with that person. I was assuming people in the discussion had a basic knowledge of history.

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We’re not in a disagreement with you about history, though.
Everyone agrees that Hitler & Stalin had a deal, and that deal “fell through”.
Hitler made the mistake of not totally conquering England before launching into Mother Russia.

Although I don’t know what Hitler’s attitudes toward other dictators has to do with what we had been on about.

ThatRobGuy said:

Student death puts French far-left under pressure

Quentin Deranque, 23, died on Saturday after being beaten up on the street by a group of young men.

www.bbc.com

Quentin Deranque, a 23-year-old maths student and nationalist activist, died on Saturday, two days after being beaten up on the street by a group of young men.
State prosecutor Thierry Dran told a news conference on Monday afternoon in Lyon that a murder investigation has been opened into the death.
He said that Deranque was kicked and punched by "at least six" individuals, and that the autopsy showed fatal damage to his skull and brain.

On Thursday afternoon Deranque had given support to a hard-right feminist collective Némésis, which staged a small protest against a left-wing politician's visit to Lyon's Institute of Political Studies (IEP), commonly known as Sciences-Po.

Admittedly, the the label "hard right feminist collective" sounded kind of odd to me... After looking into it, it would appear they're getting the "far right" label due to their protesting against mass migration and the concerns surrounding women's safety issues that go hand in hand with it.

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It is probably because they are identitarians.


Here is the Wikipedia page for the identitarian movement.

ThatRobGuy said:

But obviously the Overton window is a little different in Europe (evidenced by the fact that they refer to Macron as "Centre-right"), so if that's their baseline, then perhaps that's why they would refer to anyone to the right of Macron as "hard right"

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LoveofTruth said:

The message Peter gave at the temple area to the Jews was a true word but the words be baptized everyone of you, “in the make of a Jesus Christ,” is worth a comment.

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I wonder what bible translation you are using that has Peter telling people to be baptised “in the make of a Jesus Christ?” All the English translations I've seen have "in the name of Jesus Christ."

Pommer said:

They had to wait for the airports to be build the poor sods!

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They couldn't wait for them to be built, they had to take them immediately, or who knows what could have happened!

-- A2SG, aliens, bet it would have been aliens.....

Iran’s Supreme Leader once again threatened the United States, dismissed its military presence in the region, mocked US President Donald Trump personally, and reaffirmed Iran’s refusal to limit either its missile program or its nuclear ambitions, when he spoke to Iranians on Tuesday with an air of confidence unbecoming a leader who knows he is in the final days of his regime.

Responding to the deployment of US aircraft carriers to the Middle East and the American military buildup in the region, Khamenei acknowledged their power before issuing a blunt warning. “Of course, a warship is a dangerous piece of military hardware.” “However,” he stated, “more dangerous than that warship is the weapon that can send that warship to the bottom of the sea.”

The Islamic Republic is a revolutionary regime whose survival depends on confrontation, whose legitimacy is built on exporting violence, and whose leadership now feels secure enough to threaten the United States directly.

Khamenei has made clear that Iran will not limit its missiles, will not abandon enrichment, and will not retreat from its regional campaign. He has also made clear that he believes Washington lacks the will to act.

Jerusalem Post

Pommer said:

Home of the Patriots, huh?

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Pretty much, yeah. John and Samuel Adams were from here, as were Paul Revere and John Hancock, among others. I wonder how they'd feel about how ICE is representing the government they helped create.

Pommer said:

We’ll find out!

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Lucky us.

-- A2SG, guess it was just a matter of time, Massachusetts being so close to the border and all.....

bèlla said:

In respect to Tik-Tok and the rest... All algorithms are a byproducts of our interests. If you're seeing liberal content it's because you've followed or watched someone who's in that pool and the algorithm shows more of the same. You can reset your feed by deleting the history to get rid of it. But you have to indicate your disinterest and the same applies to ads. There's propoganda everywhere.

~bella

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I don't use Tiktok (except purely for analytics work, I never see the contents themselves). But I use Youtube.

When you create a new account in youtube, you get tons of viral garbage content by default. Each morning for many days, I had to scroll few pages down to right click on videos I don't like and set to "don't recommend channel" or "not interested" or alternating, refresh page and repeat.

On my oldest YT account, garbage contents are now just 5% of the content displayed on the homepage. They never completely go away even if you never click any of them and even still doing "cleanup" of contents every now and then.

I'd prefer it very much if these sites are presented like libraries not like the road down the strip clubs.

Quickly now, let’s get moving!

Traveling far

A2SG said:

Fine. You guys can discuss it all you like. Have fun. Just keep the Bible out of politics, as the US isn't based on biblical principles.


Agreed. However, my point about the US not being based on biblical principles remains factual, no matter what direction I might lean.


None. I make up my own mind on such issues.

-- A2SG, not a fan of being told what to believe......

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Pepperdoodle said:

Yet, you a hard trying to push what you believe it seems.
You only control you, no one else.

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A2SG said:

Nope. I've not uttered a single belief, only the fact that the US isn't based on biblical principles. Not our laws, not our government, not our society.


I'm not even trying to control anyone.

-- A2SG, not my thing.....

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I don’t think I’ve seen a thread where two people are so set against agreeing with each other! (Recently, anyways)

Thank you, this is really entertaining.

DaisyDay said:

Certainly running it like a private business for the profit of a few isn't working well for the many.

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Right but it works great for them what’s got the power now, this is why power is coveted.
”How” one gets it, is less important than “having it.”