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Mr. M said:

3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.

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Mankind In Need of The Light of Truth

Job 3:20-23 Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter soul, who longs for death,
but it does not come, and searches for it more than hidden treasures? Who rejoice exceedingly,
and are glad when they can find the grave? Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
and whom God has hedged in?

The Son of God lifts us up from the dark pit of despair

John 8:12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the Light of the world;
the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness,
but will have the Light of life.

All things spoken of Him by the Anointed Psalmist were fulfilled
in the Son of man, Jesus of Nazareth.

Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 36:9 For with You is the fountain of life. In Your light we see light.

Death has been defeated; our Savior brings us back from the pit!

2 Timothy 1:8-10 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord
or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel
according to the power of God, Who saved us and called us
with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according
to His own purpose and grace, which was granted to us in Christ Jesus
from all eternity, but has now been revealed by the appearing of our

Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and
immortality to light through the Gospel.

Job 33:30 To bring back his soul from the Pit, that
he may be enlightened with the light of life.

The righteous requirements of the Law are fulfilled in those who accept His discipline

Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light.
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life.

John 1:

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Sond from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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Strong's Greek: 2300. θεάομαι (theaomai) — 23 Occurrences

BDAG θεάομαι:
① to have an intent look at someth., to take someth. in with one’s eyes, with implication that one is esp. impressed, see, look at, behold
③ to perceive someth. above and beyond what is merely seen with the eye

15(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) 16For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.e 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God; the only God,f who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.

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Strong's Greek: 3708. ὁράω (horaó) — 684 Occurrences

BDAG ὁράω:
① to perceive by the eye, catch sight of, notice

We have G2300-perceived his glory, but no one has ever G3708-seen God with his physical eyes.

Further, 1 John 4:

12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

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We could G2300-perceived God's glory but no has ever G2300-seen God himself.

13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

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By his Spirit, we have G2300-perceived that the Father has sent his Son.

20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen

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i.e., G3708-seen with the physical eyes

cannot love God whom he has not seen [G3708].

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We have not G3708-seen God with our physical eyes, and we have not even G2300-perceived God himself either. We could G2300-perceived God's glory (a manifestation) and we have G2300-perceived that the Father has sent his Son (a manifestation).

See also No one has ever seen God. Really?

hislegacy said:

Less Than 30% Of Americans Approve Of Biden’s Handling On Immigration, Poll Finds

Less than half of Americans approve of President Joe Biden’s handling on immigration, a new survey found. Only 29% of

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Only 29% of Americans said they approve of the president’s handling of immigration, according to an Economist/YouGov poll released Wednesday. Conversely, more than 60% of respondents said they disapproved of his handling of the issue, and among those, 47% said they strongly disapproved.​

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Immigration was the second “most important” issue, losing out only to inflation but ranking above other topics including jobs and the economy, health care, climate change and taxes, according to the poll. Only 28% percent of respondents said immigration makes the country “better off,” compared to 38% who said it makes the U.S. “worse off.”​

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It's illegal immigration that many people are not in agreement with. Our countries laws were put into effect to better equip people to assimilate into American culture ... it is a slow process ... but that also helps our country to not have a "shock" to our economy (such as we see) .... slower is better with the influx of people coming into America being gradual.

Heavenly Father In the Name of Jesus:



I Rebuke, Vanquish, Admonish, Quell, Expel:

• Diablo
• All Demons
• Principalities
• Powers
• Evil Forces
• Evil Rulers and Authorities
• Spiritual Wickedness in High Places
• Everything Wicked and Evil

In Jesus Name



I Plead the Blood of Cristo and The Fire of the Holy Ghost.



Amen

The Keto diet has had some success with anorexia.

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tranquil said:

It is symbolic of their wickedness.

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The bottomless pit is the location which the locust creatures emerge from.

The Lord knows us because he made us. He knit us together in the wombs of our mothers (see Psalms 139:1-24). That means we were born into the families into which we were born, not by mistake, and not by coincidence, nor by an act of nature, but by divine appointment and according to the will and purpose of God. For he purposed that we should have the parents and the siblings and other relatives which we had, even knowing what bad may happen to us, because he has a purpose and a plan for each of our lives.

All that we go through in our lives serves a unique purpose in molding us into the people God intends us to be. So, I thank and praise the Lord for how he made me, and that he loved me enough to mold me into someone he could use for his divine will and purposes to bring others to Jesus Christ.

Search Me, O God

An Original Work / July 12, 2012
Based off Psalm 139

O Lord, You search and know me.
You know all that I do.
O Lord, You discern my ways.
I put my trust in You.
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Where can I flee from Your presence?
Where’er I am, You are with me,
Guiding me in love.
O Lord, You search and know me.
You know all that I do.
O Lord, You discern my ways.
I put my trust in You.

O Lord, You made and formed me
In my own mother’s womb.
Your hands beautif’lly made me.
I give my praise to You.
My frame was not hidden from You
When I was made in the dark place.
All the days ordained for me
Were written in Your book.
O Lord, You made and formed me
In my own mother’s womb.
Your hands beautif’lly made me.
I give my praise to You.

O Lord, how precious to me
Are Your thoughts, O my God.
When I wake in the morning,
You are still here with me.
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offense.
Lead me in Your truth.
O Lord, how precious to me
Are Your thoughts, O my God.
When I wake in the morning,
You are still here with me.

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tonychanyt said:

I think so, Romans 1:


That's lesbianism, a woman having sexual acts with another woman. Meyer explained:


Paul continued:


Paul described both male and female same-sex sexual activity as going against the natural order established by God.

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The “lust of the flesh” is all desires centered in your nature without regard to the will of God. It is that which constantly fights against the things of God in your life. The lust of the flesh is contrary to the desire to do the will of God. He created them male and female

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But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

The Holy Spirit (through the Saints) did condemn homosexuality.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10​

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

essentialsaltes said:

If you're right, the appeal should be a simple matter.

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Here's a constitutional lawyer from Yale if you're interested in a real legal breakdown of the constitutional matters. He's done a total of 3 videos and addressed people's questions


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David Lamb said:

What you say about "diakonos" is of course true. However, context is important, and the very next verse in 1 Timothy 3 says:

“Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.” (1Ti 3:12 NKJV) (my emphasis).

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Quite true. There are various ways of understanding that statement, as follow:

1. Strictly speaking, deacons must be men who are married to one wife. Some would say, that they cannot have been divorced and remarried to one wife, and others would also stress that even if his wife were to pass away he could not remarry, nor could a widower be qualified, even though he had been monogamous.
2. These men must have children living at home. They cannot be married and childless or even having one child. If the children have grown up and left his household, then he is no longer qualified to be a deacon.
3. The wife and children must be faithful Christians who are obedient to their father, who is ruling them well.
4. In addition, all other aspects of the house, such as the duties of servants and slaves must be under the capable management of the deacon.
5. Some would say that verse 12 merely stresses the prohibition of a polygamist for becoming a deacon. The emphasis, then, is on one wife only. These folks might also eliminate men who have had more than one wife in their life, as in the case of remarried divorcees or widowers. It might also eliminate widowers and bachelors.
6. Verse 11 poses a bit of a stumbling block. Paul could have very simply called the women "wives" rather than "women" to stress that he is addressing the wife of the deacon. In fact, he could have said, "The deacon's wife . . ." Instead it is not definite that the women of verse 11 have any relationship to the man in verse 12. In fact, verse 11 is somewhat redundant, if the wife is included in the household of the deacon in verse 12. Of course it is obvious that the deacon's wife would be under his capable management in verse 12.
7. If the women in verse 11 are not the wife of the deacon in verse 12, but are deaconesses (as some translations have it) then how does verse 12 apply to them? There are several possible answers. The first would be that deaconesses also must be monogamous (perhaps not being remarried divorcees or remarried widows or even widows). Others might say that the verses stand apart from each other, verse 11 applying to deaconesses and verse 12 applying to deacons. Another possibility would be that a man married to a deaconess would still be ruling his household well and his wife would not be usurping his authority.

The bottom line, in my view, is the role of deacons is not clearly spelled out. We know that elders are to oversee the church. Deacons, on the other hand, are merely servants of the church, under the oversight and direction of the elders. They have, biblically, no more authority than a common servant or slave in a household. They simply carry out the work assigned to them by the elders. Whether only men can do that or both men and women can work is open to discussion.

One thing that is not at all in scripture is the idea that deacons are a board of directors in the church corporation with authority to hire and fire professional and non-professional staff members.

I just had a dream tonight. So I was in a Christian camp or a community of some sort, I don't remember. At some point, after the completion of Christian growth, each of them were to be nailed to the cross, one by one taking turns. Now, here is the part that wasn't clear. On the one hand, the idea was that it would only be a moment of suffering and then they would be resurrected to eternal life. Yet on the other hand there were no corpses, because I literally talked to people after they done it. It was like they got crucified and then their body didn't die. In any case, each of them were to do it in front of everyone else. But then when there was my turn I chickened out. But I didn't just say no. I was really trying to convince myself to get it done, but I was scared. So basically I ended up being there for half an hour or so asking all kinds of questions to get reassurance. And some of the questions I was asking are the ones I had anyway (when I was awake). For example, I remember asking "I understand that we are all sinners; but what I don't understand is why does sin have to be punished; if the purpose of the punishment is a deterrance from future sin, its not going to work given that the punishment is eternal". And I remember somebody answering it by saying "the solution to past sin is to develop personal relationship with God, just like you had with your father". Anyway, they were very patient. They weren't trying to rush me or anything. They were putting people on the cross, turn by turn, next to me, while I was standing there asking questions. They were ready to put nails through my hands any time, to the point of even putting nails in front of my hands and holding hammer. Yet any time they tried to do it, I kept stopping them. But then I thought to myself "on a bright side, if I get it done, I won't have to question my own salvation ever again". And then I thought "and what about my sinful habits?" and answered to myself "I guess something or other would prevent me from engaging in them just like people don't engage in them in heaven". Yet, after I thought this, I asked them a different question, which (unlike the other thought) I spoke out loud: "so the point of all this is that it would only be a moment of suffering and then I would go to heaven; but, seeing all those doubts that I have, maybe I would go to hell instead of heaven, and so the suffering of nails through my hands won't be just for a moment but instead it would extend for eternity". One of them was going to reassure me I would go to heaven still, but then the other person said "yes, actually that's what I was wondering too; I think you are not ready". And then I agreed that I was not ready. And so we were all walking back to our camp, everyone have had it done except for me (which goes back to the confusing I mentioned earlier, how there weren't any corpses, they just all stayed alive in the physical somehow). And two women (the ones that were trying to help me earlier) were still talking to me, and I admitted to them "I think I am not a true Christian" (but this time I wasn't scared because I had plenty of time in the future to change that). I also told them "I guess I feel more comfortable with old fassioned way where they immerse you in the water" yet at the same time admitting that probably all those Christians aren't true Christians either since according to Matt 7:13 most people aren't. Yet then I thought to myself "so I am saying I am more comfortable being immersed in the water; yet few years ago back in Mississippi I got freaked out by that too and refused as well" (and the latter was not a dream; I actually DID refuse baptism few years ago after I heard Easter message that baptism is symbolic of dying -- I happened to watch Desney movie about Bymax right before that and I pictured sending bymax to his death during baptism which made me not want to do that).

So, who are these “dogs” we are to be watching out for? A dog is considered to be someone despicable, who is a spiritual predator who feeds off others. It is often used as a term describing a false teacher. It is describing the impure, the wicked, i.e., those who are outside of genuine faith in Jesus Christ, particularly those who are workers of evil.

The dogs are the unclean, unholy, who are masters at smooth talk and flattery and who manipulate and deceive the naïve. They oppose the true gospel of salvation and they teach a false gospel of men, of the flesh, not of the Spirit. They also oppose the Lord’s servants and messengers who are teaching the true gospel of Jesus Christ and who are exposing the lies.


Now, in the context of Philippians 3, this is speaking of the Judaizers who were trying to convince the Gentile Christians that they needed to be circumcised and that they needed to follow some of the Old Covenant liturgical and ceremonial laws, as part of their salvation. But the broader context is that of all who are considered to be “dogs” (as described above) who are trying to lead the people of God to a false gospel of human origin which caters to human flesh, and which does not honor God as holy.

And the context that the Lord Jesus is wanting me to focus on this morning is more of the one from the 2 Peter passage of Scripture, for it goes into far more detail with regard to who these “dogs” are who we are to watch out for. And they are all who are as described above who have influence and positions of power and rule over other people who are subject to them, as well as they are anyone who lives in sin, in sensual indulgence, and who leads other people to sin against the Lord by their influence over them.

[Php 3:2,18-19; 2 Pet 2:1-3,12-22; Jude 1:4,8,10-13; Rev 22:15]

The Dogs

And they may be Judaizers or legalists who focus more on outward appearance than they do on the attitudes and behaviors of the heart, or they may be “cheap grace gospel” people who teach a gospel of salvation absent of self-denial, dying daily to sin, and following our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living. For they dilute and they alter the gospel message to make it more attractive and acceptable to the ungodly and to human flesh, so that people can be promised heaven based on a lie.

So, these are people who profess to be Christians, and/or who profess to be teachers of true Christianity, who are teaching the people lies, particularly lies that will lead them to continuing to walk in sin, and not in righteousness and holiness, and not in obedience to the Lord. For they are convinced that if they make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ that their sins no longer matter to God and that they can still be Christians and still have eternal life with God, regardless of how they live. And so they continue in their sins.

But they are without the Spirit of God living within them, for they believe that obedience to the Lord is not required for their salvation, and they are convinced that God will not judge them even if they are living in sexual immorality and in adultery and in any other addictive sins which might have them enslaved. But we cannot be born again believers in Jesus Christ and live in immorality of any kind, including in homosexuality, and in any other perversions of sex and of God’s design for us as male and female.

The Flesh

So, whatever is of the flesh will never win us “brownie points” with God, i.e. we don’t win the approval of God via our own human effort, and we cannot walk in the flesh and walk in the Spirit at the same time. We do one or the other, but we can’t do both. But faith in Jesus Christ = obedience to the Lord in holy living and us no longer making sin our practice. For if sin is what we practice, and not righteousness, and not obedience to our Lord, we will not inherit eternal life with God, regardless of what our lips profess.

But we can do none of this in our human effort, but only by the grace of God via submission to Christ as Lord, and via surrender to the will of God, and via the forsaking of our sins and us walking in obedience to our Lord, as empowered by God. And this is what it means to be “the circumcision,” who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in our human flesh to gain us salvation and eternal life with God nor to rescue us from sinful addiction, which can only happen by God.

So you may go through all sorts of religious rituals and practices, and you may be a person who is a “good deed doer,” and you may put forth much human effort to control your own sinful passions and desires, only to keep failing over and over again, but none of that human effort will gain you salvation from sin, a relationship with Jesus Christ, and eternity with God. We can only live free from the control of sin and in walks of holiness and in obedience to the Lord if our lives are surrendered to the Lord Jesus.

Then, in the power of God we can live free from the control of sin over our lives, and we can walk in obedience to our Lord, and we can deny self, and die daily to sin, and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands in holy living. And yet that doesn’t make us perfect. Every day we must say “No” to the flesh and “Yes” to God and to his will and purpose for our lives. And we must submit to the Lord and obey him and do what he says, in his power, and not resist him, and we will have the hope of eternal life in him.

[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; 1 Peter 1:15; 1 Pet 2:24; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

Beautiful Lamb

“Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29

By Gary Miller

Beautiful Lamb of God, guiltless and pure as snow,
Gentle and merciful, beautiful Lamb of God.
Sent from the Father’s love,
Sent from the throne above,
Sent to redeem us with His blood.

Beautiful Lamb of God, guiltless and pure as snow,
Gentle and merciful, beautiful Lamb of God.
Behold the Lamb of God
Suff’ring great pain for us,
And by His wounds we all are healed.

Beautiful Lamb of God, guiltless and pure as snow,
Gentle and merciful, beautiful Lamb of God.
Like sheep we’ve gone astray,
Each turn to his own way,
But Jesus will take our sins away.

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Ephesians 4:30 NSAB 1995
"Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption."

We are sinners at the root, which means it won't go away till we depart our bodies. Even after salvation, we still struggle with sin, but we have the Christ with us to help break us free from the power of sin. Thru the process of sanctification and trials/tribulations. We work out a lot of that sin, but we will never be fully sinless. Thankfully the Lord is more faithful than us, and he doesn't give up on us and intercedes for us.

A lot of loons on the streets and I'm glad the cops caught this nut case because it looks like he was up to no good.

essentialsaltes said:

[Social media suggests he had 'jihadist sympathies'.]

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If this is even true, religious nut cases are the worst. I hope Iran doesn't have nukes.

Valletta said:

Now, US Customs and Border Protection and the FBI say the gang is established in the US.

“They have followed the migration paths across South America to other countries and have set up criminal groups throughout South America as they follow those paths, and that they appear to follow the migration north to the United States,” Britton Boyd, an FBI special agent in El Paso, Texas, told CNN said.

US Border Patrol chief Jason Owens, who has confirmed multiple arrests at the southern border of alleged Tren de Aragua members over the last year, issued a warning in early April. “Watch out for this gang. It is the most powerful in Venezuela, known for murder, drug trafficking, sex crimes, extortion, & other violent acts,” Owens said on X.

This is the dangerous Venezuelan gang infiltrating the US that you probably know nothing about but should

Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal gang that originated in a Venezuela prison, is now operating in the United States.

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The Mexican cartels have thrived under the Biden border policies, and human trafficking is their big money maker. It was only a matter of time for other gangs to get established in the United States. I don't understand why any moral person would support the current border policies that make crime so easy.

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Anybody who’s never heard of Tren de Aragua has never read an Anthony Bourdain book or seen Parts Unknown. They’ve been a known known for more than a decade.

Pommer said:

If they appeal, the “laptop” could be the basis for a “chain-of-custody“ appeal?

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AFAIK, Hunter's defense didn't object that any of the texts or photos shown in court by the FBI were inauthentic.

(Texts and photos released to the NY Post by Rudy Giuliani are a different matter.)

Michie said:

Tate was a typo. It was suppose to be(the other day).

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Ah! Thank you. I considered typos and spell corrector errors, but the Capital T confused that guess...

Galatians 6:

2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

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Law
νόμον (nomon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.

G3551-law appeared 196 times. G5547-Christ appeared 538 times. The sequence <G3551 G5547> appeared exactly once.

Paul alluded to it in 1 Corinthians 9:

21 To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

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under [the] law
ἔννομος (ennomos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1772: (a) legal, statutory, duly constituted, (b) under the law, obedient to the law. From en and nomos; legal, or subject to. Strong's Greek: 1772. ἔννομος (ennomos) — 2 Occurrences

Paul contrasted the law of Moses and the law of Christ. The law of Christ consisted of the commands of Jesus, particularly John 13:

34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

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Laodicean60 said:

My boy Gergely finally understands what happens when you tax the "Rich". Every company feels the effect of raised taxes and they layoff people or pass them on to the consumer to keep their margin.

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Long-term, this didn’t change the amount of tax collected (or wouldn’t have if employment hadn’t dropped). It merely changed when it was collected. This was basically an accounting gimmick to enable Trump’s plan to go through.

Laodicean60 said:

Something else I don't understand; The complaints about Trump's tax cuts benefiting the rich and now when taxes are raised Gergely complains.

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Again, they weren’t raised so much as reorganized, abruptly.

Laodicean60 said:

An unexpectedly high tax bill out of nowhere"
How was this unexpected when the TCJA was created in 2018?

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This facet of the bill hasn’t gotten much press. It’s my understanding that the bigger players tried to make some noise about it at the time.

He will also meet with leaders of several other countries including France (Macron), Ukraine (Zelensky), Brazil (Lula), India (Modi), and Turkey (Erdogan).

On the eve of Pope Francis' trip to Bari for the G7, the Vatican published the program for this trip on June 13, 2024, during which the Pontiff is scheduled to speak on artificial intelligence (AI).

The head of the Catholic Church will also take part in a dozen bilateral meetings. Private meetings are scheduled with various heads of state or government: Biden (USA), Macron (France), Zelensky (Ukraine), Lula (Brazil), Modi (India) and Erdogan (Turkey).

An alert regarding artificial intelligence​

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