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  1. Mike from NJ

    Trump Mocked After Claiming Magnets Don’t Work Underwater at Rally

    A kinder person might say Trump isn't a scientist (even though we're talking grads school science here), but Trump is completely ignorant of things he's supposed to know about like the U.S. Constitution. He famously and erroneously said, "Then I have an Article 2, where I have the right to do...
  2. Mike from NJ

    Writer Producer Norman Lear 'the No. 1 enemy of the American family' (per Jerry Falwell) dies at 101

    It wasn't one of the many message episodes he had, but the one of Lear's shows that gets me every time is one of the later ones when Archie finds Edith's slipper and talks to her about her death. It's simply amazing work from Carroll O'Connor. The impact Noman Lear had on the television...
  3. Mike from NJ

    Trump’s business empire could collapse ‘like falling dominoes’ after ruling

    Who ever thought this guy was a good businessman? He had multiple failed casinos in Atlantic City. He was constantly sued for not paying vendors. Apart from maybe his golf courses (one of which Ivana unceremoniously buried at) his fortune is smoke and mirrors. He recently, claimed Mar-A-Lago...
  4. Mike from NJ

    10 schools in Baltimore failed to produce ONE student testing proficient in math.

    Would you teach reading to the Gammas, or have them go without like the Deltas and Epsilons?
  5. Mike from NJ

    10 schools in Baltimore failed to produce ONE student testing proficient in math.

    I would certainly agree with the second facet, though the first facet may not be as straightforward as it may seem on the surface. In my state of New Jersey we have what are known as "Abbot districts" (technically the name got changed a few years ago, but everyone still calls them that). These...
  6. Mike from NJ

    10 schools in Baltimore failed to produce ONE student testing proficient in math.

    With the push to train our kids to be able to get into STEM fields, we can't just dismiss abysmal math knowledge. Even though the linked story is recent, this has been going on for a while. Here's a story from February where 23 schools in Baltimore had zero students who were proficient in math...
  7. Mike from NJ

    Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey indicted on federal bribery charges (ETA: FARA charges added)

    Little known fact: EMTs in New Jersey who deal with accident victims will say "Bob Menendez has been indicted" to get them out of a state of shock.
  8. Mike from NJ

    ‘Trump Bucks’ promise wealth for MAGA loyalty. Some lose thousands.

    "I believed President Trump, because he knows all about finance..." While I feel sorry for this woman, she clearly doesn't know the man's lack of financial acumen. All of his casinos went bust during the pre-online gambling era where casinos were basically printing money. He's declared...
  9. Mike from NJ

    Why did America allow slavery?

    If we are to believe the Bible, where were the Hebrews when God gave them explicit instructions on how to enslave? They were in the desert having served as slaves themselves for 430 years. They had no slaves at that time and hadn't for centuries. God wasn't trying to limit slavery to his...
  10. Mike from NJ

    Most Fake Trump Electors Have Taken Immunity Deals in Georgia Case

    Thank you for the article. I'm wondering if the fact that those two lawyers didn't present the immunity deal to their clients is them trying to keep those clients who wouldn't accept the deal free, or if it's a testament to the caliber of Trump lawyers (like the ones he hired to present the...
  11. Mike from NJ

    Why did America allow slavery?

    Are you a Marcionist? That's the only explanation for why you might think God the Son disagrees with the God the Father on slavery.
  12. Mike from NJ

    World snooker championship disrupted by Just Stop Oil protesters in Sheffield

    If these people think they can stop what is -- at least at this time -- essentially thee lifeblood of a country's industry and economy by appearing at a snooker match, all I have to say is:
  13. Mike from NJ

    Why did America allow slavery?

    I was editing my previous post while you were creating your detailed response, so you may have missed another question I added. You said it was common knowledge by the 1800s that slavery was a sin in the eyes of Christ. Putting aside where the vast majority of pro-slavery people in America were...
  14. Mike from NJ

    Why did America allow slavery?

    There certainly were Christian abolitionists, but their position was in direct conflict with what God in the Bible said about slavery, not in line with it. Also, you said in the eyes of Christ slavery is a sin. Where does Christ say that? Where does he oppose what God the Father said about...
  15. Mike from NJ

    Why did America allow slavery?

    I think people, including the OP, are too quick to dismiss the Bible's impact on slavery in America. As others have rightly noted, slavery was an institution long before the founding of the country, so the Bible was not the cause of its existence in America. The issue is anyone who had doubts...
  16. Mike from NJ

    Chicago Democrat sounds alarm as 40 schools report either no proficiency in math or reading: 'Very serious'

    When I first scanned the title of the thread I thought that it was talking about Baltimore's recent embarrassing test scores that made news: The study also showed that an additional 20 schools only had 1 or 2 students who were grade level proficient at math.
  17. Mike from NJ

    Chicago Democrat sounds alarm as 40 schools report either no proficiency in math or reading: 'Very serious'

    In my state, New Jersey, we have what are called Abbot Districts. Those 31 districts gain a boost in aid from the state to (attempt to) make up for the fact that these districts having less local funding. In 2016, the state gave $5.1 billion in aid to those 31 districts and $4 billion to the...
  18. Mike from NJ

    Sam Brinton caught stealing luggage at airport

    Look, "they" tends to hit the ear weird when used to refer to a singular person; but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to make an effort to use a desired pronoun. Can we get back to the person in question and ponder whether what they did was intentional, and what ramification may or should...
  19. Mike from NJ

    What video games are you currently playing?

    Considering this is a Christian forum, folks here might like a game that was released a few weeks ago called Pentiment. It's about a scribe in 16th century Bavaria working in a church. It has a very unique art style where everything is make to look like religious illustrations of that time. A...
  20. Mike from NJ

    5 dead, more than a dozen injured at LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado

    Let's assume solely for the sake of argument you are correct: Do you know of any bomb that rewrites a person's genes?