essentialsaltes said:

What makes you say that? He has made very clear statements about Hamas and Israel. I don't know that he's said much about 'the Jews' or 'the Muslims' other than both face unjust discrimination.

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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has repeatedly condemned the October 7, 2023, attacks led by Hamas as heinous, brutal, and constituting war crimes, while also criticizing violations committed by Israeli forces. He has consistently called for accountability, the immediate release of all hostages, and an end to the conflict

War Crimes and October 7: Türk stated clearly that the atrocities, killings, and the taking of hostages by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups on October 7 violated international law and amounted to war crimes

Calls for Investigation: Türk urged independent, thorough investigations into credible allegations of sexual violence and other grave human rights abuses perpetrated during the October 7 attacks.

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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk strongly condemns antisemitism, calling it an assault on collective humanity and warning that hatred against Jewish communities has grown rampantly. At the same time, he maintains that criticism of Israeli government policies is distinct from antisemitism, though he cautions against holding all Jewish people responsible for state actions

Stance on Antisemitism

• • Zero Tolerance: Türk has urged a zero-tolerance approach from online platforms, political leaders, and the global community to eliminate rising antisemitic rhetoric, threats, and physical attacks. [1, 2]
  • Holocaust Remembrance: Marking Holocaust commemorations, he frequently emphasizes the lessons of the Nazi genocide, stating that society has a daily duty to stand up against dehumanization and bigotry
  
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  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk strongly defends the rights of Muslims, consistently condemning global Islamophobia, hate speech, and discrimination while honoring Muslim contributions to society. [1, 2, 3]
  
  Stance on Islamophobia and Discrimination
  • • Sounding the Alarm: Türk frequently warns about surging anti-Muslim harassment, violence, and discrimination worldwide

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Turk could be more impartial and fair than I'm giving him credit for... After all, the US only voted against him. It's actually France that's throwing the hissy fit here, because they disagree with a vote of all things.

Maria Billingsley said:

Condemnation is separation it carries the judgment of sin, which results in spiritual separation from God

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But the Greek word translated condemnation is not even in the verse, only in the English translation.

yeshuasavedme said:

Because of the Roman Catholic Church dismissing the books called Scripture, by our ancient Christian and Jewish "fathers" of the faith; in particular, the Book of Enoch, in which the foundations of all biblical doctrine are laid plainly out, and not re-laid, because once laid, no need to re-lay them.

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Josephus reminds us that those Greek inter-testament books were never included in the Hebrew Bible.
Our 39 books of the OT are the same as the Hebrew Bible of Christ's day kept in the temple and unchanged since Malachi.

The "books" of Enoch from around the 2nd century were not written by the actual Biblical Enoch living before the flood. They have multiple authors and claim that non-corporeal spirit beings mated with woman who then gave birth to 450 foot tall offspring along with a lot of other myths. The fact that they manage to preserve some fragments of legitimate tradition is not disputed, only that the source had been mobbed by a lot of creative writing and did not come into existence until after the Babylonian captivity

rambot said:

Birds of a feather flock together.

And I LOVE the folks that are flocking to the US. It's strange how the richest country can still be such a huge loser.

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The USA has always been in favor of international cooperation (but only when that meant “be reasonable you other countries and see things the U.S.’s way!”).

I remember when I was younger, I also did not have much reverence for God because I didn’t fully understand the greatness, holiness, and majesty of God. The people around me, including many in the congregation and even leaders, often had the same casual attitude, so I didn’t realise there was a problem. It wasn’t until I began to truly understand the magnificence of the cross and the seriousness of our sin that my view of God changed. A deeper reverence for God grows as we come to know Him more.
So, we all need to keep praying that God would reveal more of Himself to us and give us a greater understanding of His holiness, love, and majesty.

if God decides you having a child is what He wants, He will make it happen.

Some people feel that God directs every element of life. This may not be an accurate view.

#1 HE IS PROUD. //. TYPHOO. in. the PERFECT TENSE in. the PASSIVE VOICE in. the INDICATIVE MOOD

#2 KNOWING // EPISTAMI. in. the PRESENT TENSE in. the PASSIVE VOICE in. the NOMINATIVE CASE

#3 NOTHING. // MEDEIS in. the ACCUSATIVE CASE in. the SINGULAR. in. the NEUTER. meaning either MALE. od FEMALE

#4 BUT. //. ALLA. is a CONJUNCTION

#5. DOTING. //. NOSEO. in. the PESENT TENSE in. the ACTIVE VOICE in the NOMINATIVE CASE in the SINGULAR

# 6 ABOUT // PEN is a PEPOSITION

#7 QUESTIONS. // ZEIESIS in the ACCUSATIVE CASE. in th PLURAL

#8 AND // KAI is a CONJUNCTION

#9 STRIFES OF WORDS in the ACCUSATIVE CASE

#10 WHERE OF // EK is a PREPOSITION

#11. COMETH // GINOMAI in. the PRESENT TENSE in the PASSIVE VOICE. in the INDICATIVE MOOD.

#12 ENVY. //. PHTHONO in the NOMIAITIVE CASE in the SINGULAR

#13 STRIFE // ERIS. in the NOMINATIVE CASE in the SINGULAR

#14 RAILING // BLAPHEMIA. in the NOMINATIVE CASE in the singular

#15 EVIL // SUMISINGS in th NOMINATIVE CASE in. the. PLURAL

#16. SUMISING // HYPONOIA. in th NOMINATIVE CASE in the PLURAL

#A And to RIGHLY DIVIDE THE WORD of TRUTH. as God had PAUL WITEB IN 2 Tim 2:15

#B IS TO IMITATE PAUL. as Paul wrote in 1 COR 11:1

#C. AND Paul is the APOSTLE to the GENTILES

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essentialsaltes said:

Changes to SNAP and Medicaid requirements are also costing states millions. Many red states are funding technology and additional staffing to process new Medicaid work requirements and improve the accuracy of their SNAP payment system

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A cancer diagnosis may not be enough: Trump and Democratic states clash in court over who’s too sick to work​

Medicaid eligibility will soon hinge on how the government defines “medical frailty.”

The administration declared in an interim final rule released last month that a diagnosis, even for a disease as grave as cancer, isn’t enough to claim an exemption from the 80-hour requirement, unless beneficiaries submit additional proof that they physically can’t work. Democratic attorneys general from 25 states and Washington, D.C. plan to argue the rule is both too strict, in not offering blanket exemptions to people with certain diseases, and too vague, in failing to guide states on how to determine who is too sick to work — and will ask the judge to block the stricter medical frailty policy.

“This is one of those cases where it’s really hard to overstate how dire the consequences could be,” said North Carolina’s Democratic attorney general, Jeff Jackson, who has joined the lawsuit with other Democratic state officials challenging the policy. “You’re going to have 50 states doing 50 different things, and we’re all going to have to create a whole new bureaucracy. …You are talking about a lot more paperwork, more evaluations, more doctor visits, and a lot more work for doctors themselves.”

As states wait for the Trump administration to answer their questions on how to enforce the policy, doctors say they’re being inundated with questions they can’t answer from Medicaid patients who are scared of losing their insurance. They worry those queries will skyrocket next month when states are required to start reaching out to impacted beneficiaries to inform them about the incoming work requirements.

“They need to give us some very specific guidance,” said Barbara McAneny, an oncologist and CEO of an oncology practice in New Mexico who sees Medicaid patients. “If you have skin cancer are you medically fragile? And if you are a cancer survivor, you aren’t [in active treatment], but may have a disability from the treatment to cure you.”

“There is going to be a lot of denials and fighting back,” she said. “It’s an unfunded, administrative burden.”

As they wait to hear whether the district court in Boston will halt enforcement of the medical frailty provision of the law, doctors and health officials around the country are closely watching Nebraska — which opted to start enforcing the rules in May and will begin dropping people from Medicaid at the end of July if they fail to prove compliance — for signs of the challenges they are likely to encounter next year.

Health care workers and patient advocates say the state’s rollout has been marked by mass confusion and a lack of transparency. State health officials, who previously held monthly meetings with patient and provider groups, have canceled all scheduled sessions since the May start date.

Hans Blaster said:

Or oligarchy.

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Same thing.

durangodawood said:

The failed cols were steel wide flange cols. Not sure how you "reinforce" those. Maybe weld on some fat plates along the length of it to make it into a hollow section? I dont know.

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So far it looks pretty much like what I'd thought:

Two columns that buckled and failed in a Midtown Manhattan tower on July 7 were supposed to be strengthened with steel plates to support the addition of 15 residential floors above, according to structural drawings obtained by The New York Times through a records request to the New York City Department of Buildings.

But engineers who examined both the drawings and photographs of the buckled columns said there was no evidence that the plates were added to the columns as designed. The plates would have turned the columns — which had a classic, wide-flanged, I-shaped cross-section — into boxlike pillars that would have been easily identified in photographs, the engineers said.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/nyregion/manhattan-building-collapse-nyc-drawings.html

So basically, the engineers accounted for the additional floors (of course) and produced drawings that for some reason were not followed at these 2 columns.

essentialsaltes said:

This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.​

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Upper MAGA parasitizes lower MAGA.

Lower MAGA makes the perfect host because they are personally committed to tuning out upper MAGAs essential character.

The National Guard recently awarded a $292 million contract to D.C.-based apartment-hotel company Placemakr for up to 2,000 apartment-style units for troops deployed in D.C.

The National Guard said the move is meant to provide more stable housing for troops — who are slated to be stationed in the nation’s capital until 2029 — while also saving money.

“This contract delivers stable, secure housing for our soldiers and Airmen while achieving significant cost savings for the government,” Monica Williams, executive director of acquisitions and the head of contracting activity for the National Guard Bureau, said in a statement.

National Guard troops had been staying in hotels across the region before the Placemakr contract.

While it may represent a savings over the past year of hotel costs, this is still a lot of money that We The People are shelling out for negligible benefits.

essentialsaltes said:

Trump to ask Supreme Court to reconsider birthright citizenship case​

Under the Supreme Court's rules, parties in a case have 25 days to petition for a rehearing to challenge a judgement or decision based on the merits.

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Regardless of what President Trump may say, the administration did not petition for a rehearing. It's over.

tall73 said:

While still on the far side of the Jordan, in the initial conquest under Moses, we see that the people of Reuben and Gad had "a very great number of livestock".

Numbers 32:1-4​

1 Now the people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great number of livestock. And they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for livestock. 2 So the people of Gad and the people of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the congregation, 3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, 4 the land that the LORD struck down before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.” (ESV)​

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Surely these livestock were never intended to be eaten. Israel, being a very moral and kindly nation, probably had adopted the livestock as pets which, in due time, would be accorded proper burials in landscaped cemeteries.

Currently playing chess.

Akita Suggagaki said:

It is up to each of us. We have to respect and seek the truth even when it does not support our worldview, beliefs, and biases. Do we have the character to such a commitment?

I don’t think so. It saddens me to say that truth and character are no longer priorities.

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I'm not knocking truth. But it is a means to an end. If one knows the truth, but it doesn't result in being kinder, more compassionate, more just, it is worthless. It is a tool. It is not a destination.

ThatRobGuy said:

But I know this isn't a case where anyone on the progressive side is claiming to have some sort of a deep reverence for historical statues or monuments, is it?...because that would be a laugh.

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I didn't see anyone make that argument here.

Many are questioning the security value of removing a representation of a sword from a statue.

DogsInHeaven said:

Thank you for your reply. This helps. When somebody is talking about Enoch as in the books of Enoch, how do you know which Enoch they are referring to?

Also, how about Joseph?

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The Bible does not have any book called "The book of Enoch" so the first thing you know is that they are not quoting the Bible.
The next thing you know is that they are quoting something not written by anyone named Enoch , a text from around 200 B.C.

But you can always type this in your browser "Which of the books of Enoch contain the following statement..."

Please pray that I'm not getting sick and that God will allow me to feel better especially when I see my grandchildren. I ask in the name of Jesus. Thank you and God bless you. Carmen

Psalm 37:1-2 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


As long as the world as we know it exists, and humans still live on the planet earth, evil will always exist. For we humans are all born into this world with sin natures, in the image of Adam who was the first man God created and the first man to sin against God. Only by the grace of God, by faith in Jesus Christ, can any of us be delivered from our slavery (addiction) to sin and now serve God with our lives in walks of obedience to his commands.

So when those who make sin their practice, who do evil by habit, do evil to us or to others, we are not to fret over it. We are not to burn with anger and want revenge. We are not to be consumed with fear, hatred, worry, incense, envy, bitterness, and/or resentment. But we should pray for the wicked to turn their hearts to Christ, and we should trust the Lord with our lives. For one day all evil and evildoers will be no more, when God comes to judge.

Psalm 37:3-4 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


So, we should pray for those who make sin their practice that they will one day turn their hearts to Christ. Then we should commit our way to the Lord, and we should do the good that God has planned for us to do. And this includes loving our enemies and those who do evil against us, praying for them, forgiving them, doing good to them, and speaking the truth of God’s word to all who will listen. We return hate with love and with forgiveness.

And then we need to focus our attention on what God has for us to do as his followers. We must be those who are faithful to the Lord and to his service, who follow our Lord wherever he leads us in doing all that he calls and equips us to do for his praise, honor, and glory, and for the salvation of human lives. We must put God/Christ first in our lives, always committing all of our ways to him, trusting him with our circumstances, resting in him.

Psalm 37:5-6 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


So, if our lives are committed to the ways of the Lord, he should be first place in our lives. His will and purpose for our lives should be our top priority. We should be seeking his face in order to know and to do his will that he has for our lives. And then we must obey what the Lord has for us to do, all in his power, under his leading and direction. And then we must trust him with the results, even when it may appear like nothing is happening.

And even if we are slandered, falsely accused, mistreated, snubbed, rejected, and cast aside as unwanted because we serve the Lord Jesus with our lives, we are not to be discouraged. We are not to let that dishearten us. But we must keep pressing forward in the will of God in doing what he has called us to do, trusting him to work it all out for good. And then we should leave our reputations in his hands and keep on keeping on in his service.

Psalm 37:7 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)


If God has called us to his service, he will equip us to do his work and his will his way. Our job is to follow him wherever he leads us in doing whatever he has called us to do, and then to leave the results to him. For it may look to us as though nothing is happening, or as though we are not making a difference, but all the while God is using us in other people’s lives in ways we don’t even know about. So we can’t judge by outward appearances only.

For example, we may be writing what the Lord is giving us to write each day and to post it on the internet, but we may be getting very few responses. And so we may presume that we are not making a difference. But then if we could look at our statistics, and this is just one example, we may learn that hundreds or even thousands of people may be viewing what we write and post each day, or it may be just one. Then we realize that God is using us.

Commit Your Way to The Lord
An Original Work / July 28, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Be Still

Based off Psalm 37 and 46
An Original Work / February 29, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

God’s our refuge and our strength,
An ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear,
Though the mountains fall into the sea.
The Lord Almighty is with us;
God of Jacob is our fortress.
“Be still, and know that I am God;
Exalted I’ll be.”

Trust in the Lord and do good;
And delight yourself in the Lord,
And He will give you your heart’s desires.
Commit your way to the Lord.
Trust in Him and He will do this:
He will make your righteousness shine
Like the dawn, the justice of your
Cause – the noon-day sun.

Be still before the Lord,
And wait patiently for Him; do not fear.
Fretting only leads to evil.
Put your hope in Jesus Christ.
If the Lord delights in your way,
He makes your steps firm and steady.
The Lord upholds you with His hand,
So you will not fall.

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essentialsaltes said:

Trump reiterates threats to bomb Iran's power plants and bridges​

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The president again floated strikes on Iran's power plants, bridges and desalination plants -- a threat he has previously walked back.

"I would say in two hours. Most of the bridges, the major bridges will all be gone. And the power plants in one day. And, you know, if I can avoid doing that, I'd like to do that," Trump said, giving a timeline for how long he said it would take for the U.S. to accomplish such an objective.

"And then there's always the desalinization plants. And who am I hurting there? I'm hurting the people. So I'm not looking to do that," he added.

[If he goes through with it, this will be useful evidence in his war crimes trial that he knew it was not a legitimate military target.]

Federal judge orders release of witness to Houston ICE shooting​

U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison issued the order releasing Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego on Monday, one week after blocking the federal government from deporting him.

Since the shooting, Rojas Pliego has been in custody "without an individualized bond determination."

“Given the severity of this ongoing unconstitutional deprivation of Petitioner’s liberty, the Court concludes that immediate release from custody is required,” Judge Ellison wrote in his order.