Youtube comments of Fumble_ Brewski (@fumble_brewski5410).

  1. The grandmother is absolutely a National Treasure--what a sweet and gracious lady!
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  2. “The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.” - Mark Twain
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  3. “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” - Mark Twain
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  4. Merz, schmertz…he is simply an older, taller version of Scholz, with slightly more hair.
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  5. “There seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously-after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important ... so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.” Robert A. Heinlein, “To Sail Beyond the Sunset” (1987)
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  6. I'm not a Jill Stein supporter, but it's important for people to vote their conscience for so-called 3rd party candidates. If enough votes are cast for people like Jill Stein, eventually they will be able to break the uni-party monopoly in U.S. elections.
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  7. “If you drive a car, I'll tax the street, If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat, If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat, If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.” Taxman!
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  8. Chip shortage? Not where I live. Plenty of Lays, Cheetos, Doritos on the shelves.
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  9. Finally, the adults are back in town.
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  10. “Wir leben in einer wundersamen Zeit, in der der Starke aufgrund seiner moralischen Skrupel schwach ist und die Schwachen aufgrund seiner Kühnheit stark werden.” — Otto von Bismarck
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  11. "...and until somebody finds a way to convince 20% of the population to stop snorting and smoking that sh!t, order is the best we can hope for." - Josh Brolin (Matt Graver), "Sicario", 2015
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  12. “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” ― Abraham Lincoln
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  13. “The Jews, I find are very, very selfish,” Truman wrote on July 21. “They care not how many Estonians, Latvians, Finns, Poles, Yugoslavs or Greeks get murdered or mistreated as D[isplaced] P[ersons] as long as the Jews get special treatment. Yet when they have power, physical, financial or political neither Hitler nor Stalin has anything on them for cruelty or mistreatment to the underdog." - President Harry S. Truman (diary, 21 July 1947) Looks like good old HST had the right idea about them.
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  14. Andrew, please don't overlook the fact that CA also has the HIGHEST gasoline taxes in the nation--a mind-numbing 66.98 cents combined tax per gallon (as of July 2021).
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  15. “When a government controls both the economic power of individuals and the coercive power of the state ... this violates a fundamental rule of happy living: Never let the people with all the money and the people with all the guns be the same people.” - P.J. O’Rourke
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  16. “The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect.” ― George Orwell (1984)
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  17. “Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.” - Otto von Bismarck
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  18. Deutscher: Die Lage ist ernst, aber nicht aussichtslos. Österreicher: Die Lage ist aussichtslos, aber nicht ernst.
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  19. “Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.” - Otto von Bismarck (1815 - 1898), former German Chancellor
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  20. But I’m sure that it was a mostly peaceful disturbance.
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  21. “The consolidation of the States into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.” -- General Robert E. Lee, CSA (retired)
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  22. “Another one bites the dust, another one bites the dust, And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust, yeah…”
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  23. "The Americans are a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish." - Otto von Bismarck
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  24. George W. Bush once said that "they" hate us because of our freedom. Which freedom would that be? Freedom to give up our rights to his administration? Freedom to be watched by big brother? What is this mighty freedom that they envy so much?
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  25. Rachel Zegler, 5’2” (158cm); Gal Gadot, 5’10” (176cm). Sure we’ll just put them both on together, it’ll be fine. 🤣
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  26. “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth.” -- C. S. Lewis, English essayist & juvenile novelist (1898 - 1963)
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  27. “Never fight with Russians. On your every stratagem they answer with unpredictable stupidity.”— Otto von Bismarck
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  28. Which is why many former voters have given up on the system and no long bother to vote, assuming it’s all a sham.
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  29. "People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election." - Otto von Bismarck
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  30. “I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.” – Alexis de Tocqueville (1848)
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  31. There’s the reason that New Mexico is at the bottom of the barrel in just about every category: The most dangerous state, it has more than six times the rate of violent crime per 1,000 people than New Hampshire, the least dangerous state. Recent studies have shown that NM has the 3rd worst school system in the U.S., even worse than Mississippi and California. And NM has the worst overall drug use and drug addiction rate in the country, even worse than West Virginia.
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  32. “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be "cured" against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.” -- C. S. Lewis, English essayist & juvenile novelist (1898 - 1963)
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  33. Ashkenazi “Jews” are NOT biblical Israelites. Instead of being primarily the descendants of the 12 tribes of Israel, present-day Jewish populations are primarily descendants of Turkish peoples who lived in what is now Russia, north of Georgia, east of Ukraine. Indeed, a substantial proportion of the population originates from local Europeans who converted to Judaism. In fact, more than 80% of Ashkenazi DNA has European ancestry on the maternal side. The real question is not, “Are these people Jews?”, but rather, “Are these people Americans?” And the answer is obviously NOT. Their everyday language isn’t English, but Yiddish, a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew and to some extent Aramaic. Yiddish originated in 9th century Central/Eastern Europe, and these Ashkenazi brought it over to America from there. Being an American entails MORE than simply having been physically born here. It involves embracing the American culture and way of life, not importing a foreign culture and language into a new country. Again, this isn’t about religion—people are free to practice (or not) any form of worship they choose. Just because a people may have adopted rabbinic Judaism as their religion does NOT make them the physical posterity of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Nor does it give them any right or claim to the land of Palestine. They need to return to eastern Europe and the Caucasus whence they originated.
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  34. How refreshing it is to have a VP that is articulate, personable, self-assured, approachable, and, best of all, DOESN’T cackle!
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  35. “The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.” -- Charles Bukowski
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  36. "Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f— things up." - former President Barack Obama (August 2020)
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  37. Ready, finally, for a REAL 3rd party? Massie for President!
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  38. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” (10th Amendment. U.S. Constitution)
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  39. “If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.” – Theodore Roosevelt (or maybe John Wayne)
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  40. “Never appeal to a man's 'better nature,’ he may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.” - Robert A. Heinlein (1987), “Time Enough for Love”
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  41. “The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting” - Charles Bukowski, German-American poet, novelist and short-story writer (1920 - 1994)
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  42. "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." - George Carlin
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  43. Whether in OZ, NZ, the UK, the USA or Canada, allowing unlimited foreign purchase of real estate always results in a distorted (and unaffordable) real estate market.
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  44. “Since mankind's dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that we should have accepted for ourselves. By doing so, they took our power. By doing nothing, we gave it away. We've seen where their way leads, through camps and wars, towards the slaughterhouse.” - Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
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  45. “‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’” The Party understands that by rewriting the events of the past and controlling the narrative of history, they can maintain their position of authority. (from “1984”, by George Orwell)
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  46. Well, when one has an estimated net worth of $160 million (like Angelina Jolie), then you can pretty much buy your way into any country you choose.
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  47. Advocating "more government" is akin to offering a drowning man more water, when what he really needs is for someone to drag him onto dry land.
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  48. Ross Perot, though he often had some rather odd ideas, was 100% spot on when he predicted the transfer of American jobs to third world countries, and the hollowing out of domestic manufacturing.
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  49. “Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.” - Harry S. Truman (1961)
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  50. “Sooner or later the people in this country are going to realize: the government does not give a f**k about them.” ― George Carlin
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  51. Most people overlook the actor who played James Bond in the 1967 spoof film “Casino Royale.” David Niven played a middle aged (retired) Bond, and he was very convincing while doing it, even though it wasn’t a serious role. And Niven had the personal and acting credentials to pull it off. He was an accomplished actor who had served in the British army during WWII, and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel during that conflict. I think that a younger David Niven would have made a great Bond.
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  52. “The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.” --Robert E. Lee, CSA, retired
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  53. “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” - Winston Churchill
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  54. J.B. Pritzker, governor of Illinois since 2019, is a billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune. His net worth is $3.5 billion as of July 2024, according to Forbes, making him the richest politician in the U.S. A member of the Pritzker family, a wealthy juice family of Ukrainian descent (here we go again) prominent in business and philanthropy during the late 20th century, he has been a longtime donor and active member and supporter of the Democrat Party. Yeah, he sounds like he’s really a man of the people, one of us no doubt. 🙄
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  55. "We have met the enemy, and they are us." - Pogo
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  56. “People who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.” Boris Bazhanov (1923), Stalin’s former secretary, who fled the USSR in 1928. 🤣
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  57. Probably the greatest speech given in Europe by an American since Ronald Reagan said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" in June of 1987.
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  58. George, so glad you have the integrity to publicly point out this travesty. I've known this for many years, but every time that I try to tell others, they look at me like I have two heads.
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  59. If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.” ― Lyndon B. Johnson And that’s really all you need to know about LBJ’s “character.”
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  60. Zelensky shows up at OUR White House, sits down in OUR Oval office, casually dressed in a horrid looking green cardigan, looking like an unshaven bum, and then proceeds to begin to debate and lecture OUR President and OUR VP on matters that were 90% agreed upon PRIOR to this sit down, and (possibly) utters a profanity at VP Vance under his breath, and then WE’RE supposed to view him with sympathy? Not in THIS house!
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  61. Ironically, there might have been some truth to the rumor that Magda’s adoptive father, Richard Friedländer, a wealthy Jewish merchant who worked in Brussels, may also have been her true father as well. In 2016, it was reported that Friedländer may have been Magda's biological father, as stated in his residency card, found in the Berlin archives by writer and historian Oliver Hilmes. Magda's adoption may have been required for her parents' delayed marriage, to update the girl's 'illegitimate child' status. Who knows?
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  62.  @Jwalk-v9k  Got grammar…?
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  63. Hey, don't be so hard on poor ol' Joe. He's probably out shopping for more Depends at Costco. 🩳
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  64. "Escape From Canada," sounds like a good title for a John Carpenter movie.
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  65. “You underestimate the power of the dark side of the force.”
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  66. There are really only 2 kinds of people in this life: those who have been convicted and sentenced to prison, and the rest of us who haven't got caught yet.
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  67. More money to subsidize his wife's lavish shopping sprees in Paris.
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  68. Never have used “F”-book, never will. Why help the devil take over the world? 👹
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  69. “Never fight with Russians. On your every stratagem they answer with unpredictable stupidity.” - Otto von Bismarck
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  70. This whole censorship...is OUTTA ORDER!!
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  71.  @jacobmasters438  Both. “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” (Gen. Douglas MacArthur, 19 April 1951) Lee had the prescience to see what would happen eventually. Too bad no one took him seriously.
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  72.  @angelduarte4143  Actually, the USSR was the first nation to recognize the new state of Israel. The Soviets were hoping that the new Jewish state would become a socialist ally in the Middle East, since so many Soviet Jews had emigrated to Israel after WWII. Didn’t quite work out that way. Truman recognized Israel for only 2 reasons: Jewish money and Jewish votes in the upcoming 1948 election. Sad but true. But old HST still spoke the truth about their behavior.
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  73. This guy’s story is amazing. It’s a pity that his experiences were never made into a motion picture, just as was done with conman Frank Abagnale, in “Catch Me If You Can.” I think that a (much) younger Michael Douglas would have made a perfect lead (think Gordon Gecko) as Matthew Cox. Heck, Cox even sounds and looks like Douglas. This has to be one of the most compelling interviews I’ve ever watched. Five stars, for sure.
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  74. “The rich are only defeated when running for their lives.” - C.L.R. James
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  75. There is no monolithic "safe" country. In every nation, there are certain areas that are safer than others. For example, in the U.S. there are very "unsafe" areas such as Detroit, MI or E. St. Louis, MO or Oakland, CA. Then there are places such as Logan, UT, Gilbert, AZ or Portland, ME, which are all very safe. The moral of the story? Don't blindly move anywhere until you've done your due diligence to consider ALL factors (safety, cost of living, climate) affecting your choice of a new location. It only takes a few "bad" areas to drag down any country's overall safety rating.
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  76. “Ein Bayer ist auf halbem Weg zwischen einem Österreicher und einem menschliches Wesen.”— Otto von Bismarck
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  77. “I’m not a lawyer…” Yeah, and not much of a doctor either, apparently.
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  78. "Pragmatic Progressives" = "Sniveling Sellouts."
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  79. They can changes their name(s) all they want, but that doesn't change the fact that they still remain a non-Christian cult. 1) LDS doctrine teaches that Adam is God (Elohim). But he wasn't always God, but "himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man." (Joseph Smith) 2) That there is no trinity, but that there are three separate gods that have physical bodies (Elohim, Jesus and the Holy Ghost). 3) That Jesus is the spirit brother of Lucifer/Satan. 4) That Jesus wasn't conceived by the Holy Spirit, but rather that Adam-God (Elohim) fathered Jesus through physical relations with Mary. 5) That the blood of Christ doesn't finally save you from your sins, but that you must work for your own salvation, and in some cases, shed your own blood to atone for your sins. I could go on and on, but I think you're starting to get the picture of how false Mormonism is.
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  80. “Protecting his legacy…” Oh, you mean protecting a pile of 🐕scatology? You mean THAT legacy?
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  81. THIS is the sort of politician that California voters elect (and re-elect) to office on a regular basis. And then the rest of the country is supposed to feel sorry for them? I trow not.
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  82. “Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." - Harry S. Truman [Special Message to the Congress on the Internal Security of the United States, August 8, 1950]
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  83. If California ever was “paradise,” it was so during the 50’s, 60’s and into the 1970’s—45 plus years ago. It’s been running on fumes ever since, sort of like a car that reaches the summit after running out of fuel and then starts coasting downhill to the bottom. Or as Andrew correctly stated, it’s just a legacy brand name, an empty shell of its former glory. Flee if you’re able—we did.
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  84. “Democracy is the road to socialism.” – Karl Marx "The goal of socialism is Communism." – V.I. Lenin
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  85. “The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting." - Charles Bukowski (German-American poet, novelist, and social commentator, 1920 - 1994)
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  86. Jabba the Hutt for V.P.! "Bring me Solo and the Wookiee. They will all suffer for this outrage!”
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  87. DC? As in, Don't care? Disconnected? Dance credit? District of Columbia? Direct Current?
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  88. "Never fight with Russians. On your every stratagem they will answer with unpredictable stupidity." - Otto von Bismarck (Imperial German Chancellor, 1871 - 1890)
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  89. “At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.” --- P.J. O’Rourke (1947 - 2022), American libertarian political satirist and journalist.
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  90. First, they (state of CA) came for the super-rich, but I wasn't super-rich, so I did nothing. Then they came for the normal rich, but I wasn't a normal rich, so I did nothing. Then they came for the merely affluent, but I wasn't merely affluent, so I did nothing. Then they came for the middle class, and, lo and behold, they couldn't find any!
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  91. "Oh what a tangled web we weave/When first we practice to deceive,." - Sir Walter Scott, 19th century Scottish author and poet.
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  92. Well, with the Russians still occupying approximately 20% of Georgia's internationally recognized territory, and with thousands of Russian troops stationed within 200 km of Tbilisi, I'd be a bit cautious about living anywhere in Georgia.
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  93. “In regione caecorum, rex est luscus.” = “In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.” (credited to Desiderius Erasmus's "Adagia," circa 1500).
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  94. “Don’t cry for me, O Canada, the truth is, I never loved you, All through my wild days, my mad existence, I broke my promise, please keep your distance.” (apologies to Andrew Lloyd Weber)
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  95. "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan." (Proverbs 29:2)
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  96. "I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely distinct from ours. Their mutual jealousies, their balance of power, their complicated alliances, their forms and principles of government, are all foreign to us. They are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labor, property and lives of their people." --Thomas Jefferson in a letter to President James Monroe, 1823.
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  97. "I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do." --Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966)
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  98. “For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?” —(Luke 9:25)
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  99. "The hopeless don't revolt, because revolution is an act of hope." - Peter Kropotkin
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  100. PLEASE understand that this policy is anti-ILLEGAL immigration, not “anti-immigration” in general. It has ALWAYS been against U.S. law to enter (or stay) in our country ILLEGALLY, so it isn’t merely “Trump’s policy.” I’m sure that Singapore has very strict laws also prohibiting illegal immigration. As recently as CY 2022, over 950,000 foreign nationals became naturalized U.S. citizens. That sounds very liberal and welcoming, no?
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  101. A combination of Uncle Fester, Lurch and Anton LaVey....what were the voters in PA thinking? Or were they even thinking at all?
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  102. "War is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion throughout society those irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate co-operation with the Government in coercing into obedience the minority groups and individuals which lack the larger herd sense." - Randolph Bourne (1918)
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  103. As Thomas Edison once said, "Genius is 2% inspiration, 98% perspiration."
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  104. “…clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you…” 🤡 🃏
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  105. America doesn’t wear “skirts,” holmes, we wear trousers here in our part of the world. 👖
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  106. Well, are you SURE that you really want to become a citizen of Georgia? Georgia shares an 894 km (556 mi) border with Russia, which runs from the Black Sea coast in the west and then along the Greater Caucasus Mountains to Azerbaijan in the east. Not the most secure place in the world, especially when you consider the fact that its two (much larger) neighbours are not exactly friendly. Plus, depending on your age, you may be required to serve in the Georgian military. Not a good scenario.
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  107. Well, with the Russians still occupying approximately 20% of Georgia's internationally recognized territory, and with thousands of Russian troops stationed within 200 km of Tbilisi, I'd say that decision makes a lot of sense.
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  108. You will find that approximately 90% of people in the world today who call themselves Jews are actually Khazars, or as they like to be known, Ashkenazi Jews. This simply means “German” Jews. The name “Ashkenaz” can be traced back to Gen. 10:2-3, where the sons of Japheth (NOT Shem) are listed. One of Japheth’s sons is Gomer, who begat Ashkenaz. Please note that Ashkenaz is NOT in the line of Shem, and therefore is NOT a Semite. Ashkenazi Jews are actually Gentiles by descent. The fact that their ancestors may have converted to rabbinic Judaism many centuries ago, does NOT make them Israelites, nor does it entitle them to any Biblical claim to the land of Palestine. That would be akin to someone converting to Shintoism, and then claiming to be Japanese, along with the right to territory in Japan. Preposterous. These people knowingly lie to the world with their claims that the land of Israel is theirs by birthright, when in actual fact their real homeland is over 800 miles away in modern-day Georgia, in the southern Caucasus. The only residents of Palestine that are descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would probably be the Sephardic, Mizraic and Yemenite Jews. So, next time you hear an Israeli Prime Minister bleating about the so-called persecution or harassment of the Jews, consider this: EVERY Prime Minister of Israel since 1948 has been an Ashkenazi Jew. Therefore when all these Prime Ministers, all of whom are Ashkenazi Jews, have curried favor with the West for their re-establishment of a Jewish homeland, they have knowingly and deliberately lied, as they were never from that region, and they well know it, because it is they who call themselves Ashkenazi Jews.
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  109. WMD? More like, "W's Mass Deception."
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  110. "But the cowardly and unbelieving.....and ALL LIARS shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” (Rev. 21:8)
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  111. As usual, the Euros talk a great game, but do very little. BTW, where is this supposed £5 billion coming from anyway? I'm sure that some impoverished UK pensioners could use some of that to pay for their sky high heating bills. 'Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee![
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  112. Please understand that whatever economic freedom(s) you may enjoy living in Dubai/UAR, the freedom(s) that you WON'T have are political rights and civil liberties. UAR/Dubai scored 17/100 (100 being the freest) on Freedom House's recent list of free/not free countries. Rule of law and judicial effectiveness are both rated poorly. So if money is all you care about, then by all means live in Dubai/UAR. Just keep your opinions to yourself and you'll be fine.
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  113. U.S. Government's idea of a "fair tax": 1) State your full name, current address and SSAN. 2) Enter all income from whatever sources derived. 3) Send it all in. 💸
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  114. "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." - George Carlin
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  115. Zelensky shows up at the White House, casually attired, looking (and acting) like an unshaven bum. Is it any wonder that he got treated like one?
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  116. “The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.” -- Charles Bukowski
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  117. Speaking, no doubt, about the looney, leftist Democratic Party. Self-own.
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  118. I purchased a Kobalt metric ratchet/drive set (both deep and regular sockets) from Lowe's several years ago and the quality and performance of it are excellent. Of course my set is made in Taiwan, but unfortunately the newer ones are made in mainland China (quality issues?)
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  119. Motto: "Go Where You're Treated Best." ✔ Also: "Go Where You're Not Likely to be Invaded." 💥
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  120. The 9×19mm Parabellum (also known as 9mm Luger, 9mm NATO or simply 9mm) was originally designed by Austrian firearm designer Georg Luger in 1901. So basically we're talking about a cartridge that's well over 100 years old. Yes, there have been great improvements in 9mm cartridge design since then, but it's still about as old as the .38 Special cartridge. Whereas the .40 S&W (10.2×22mm) was developed jointly by American firearms manufacturers Smith & Wesson and Winchester in 1990. It was engineered from its inception to be a modern, high pressure (35,000 psi), high performance (468 ft⋅lb) self-defense cartridge. Just because the 9mm is currently in vogue doesn't negate the superior ballistic performance of the .40 S&W.
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  121. After having lived in California for 35+ years, we finally gave up on trying to adapt to the "progressively" worsening conditions. Which? Ever increasing taxes and bonded indebtedness by the left-wing state government; adding more benefits & services for illegals (oops, I mean undocumented immigrants). Governor Gavin (The Nuisance) Newsom is still stuck in the 1970's, knowing only how to increase taxes and the size of government. Air pollution, urban sprawl, homelessness and gang violence are all out of control. We said, "Enough!" and relocated to ***, and have never had any cause to regret our decision. *** has a much smaller, less intrusive state government, along with with modest, reasonable taxes. And the violent crime rate is miniscule compared to CA. People can still leave their cars unlocked at the local shopping mall (I don't--too many years of living in CA). I'm almost afraid to post this comment, on the chance that it might bring more disgruntled/liberal Californians over here to ****, and ruin a wonderful place to live. Any middle class people that still opt to remain in the (not so) Golden State, do so at their own peril.
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  122. In a “perfect world,” the English would be the police, the Swedes would be the organizers, the French would be the chefs, the Italians would be the lovers, and the Germans would be the mechanics. In a “not so perfect world,” the Germans would be the police, the Italians would be the organizers, the English would be the chefs, the Swedes would be the lovers, and the French would be the mechanics.
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  123. “Bullies always get bullied themselves. They always get a taste of their own bitter medicine sooner or later." (Kailin Gow). And that applies equally to BOTH Russia AND the USA.
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  124. If you're concerned about price inflation, consider this: the cost of a first-class U.S. postage stamp in 1962 was $0.05--that's right, just a nickel! The same first-class stamp in 2022 will cost you $0.60, a 1200% price increase over the past 60 years. And that's merely the inflation rate to which our government will publicly admit, since they have to be accurate with postal rates in order to break even and cover their operational costs. Consider.
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  125. "Fair share of taxes," according to the politicians: 1) State your full name, address and SSAN. 2) List all income, from whatever sources derived. 3) Send it all in to us.
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  126. "And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be FEARFUL SIGHTS AND GREAT SIGNS from heaven." (Luke 21:11)
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  127. Why would you ever want to go back anyway? I'd consult with an attorney, as you may have an excellent case of false imprisonment and slander.
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  128.  @abalalalalal  It's a proper word, an adjective describing one who has inferior literacy skills; a person who reads and comprehends at the comic book level. I'm sure that in whatever part of the space-time continuum Mr. Heinlein currently occupies, he would be pleased for you to incorporate this word into your daily conversation(s). Cheers.
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  129. ”For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the Judge; he putteth down one and setteth up another.” (Psalms 75:6-7)
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  130. One beggar asking another beggar for bread, and neither will admit they're both bankrupt. You just can't make this stuff up. 💸
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  131. "Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne,— Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own." --James Russell Lowell, (The Present Crisis), 1844
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  132. “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”― George Carlin
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  133. With good reason did Andrew recommend that you make Vanuatu only a 4th or 5th tier passport. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, includes 83 islands, 65 of which are inhabited, covering a total land area of 12,274 square km (4,739 square mi), which is slightly larger than the U.S. state of Connecticut. There are several active volcanoes in Vanuatu, as well as several nearby underwater volcanoes; this means volcanic activity, along with accompanying tsunamis, is an ever-present danger. Vanuatu is also frequently subject to tropical cyclones. In addition, most of the population does not have access to a reliable supply of potable water. Deforestation and water pollution are ongoing problems as well. Added to all of these concerns, the northern islands of Vanuatu are having issues with rising sea levels, which may require relocation of some of their citizens. Still want a Vanuatu "honorary" citizenship? Think I'll pass on that one.
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  134. As an American citizen, your upcoming elections are none of my business. However, it seems that with the fragmentation of all political parties in your nation, it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to put together a satisfactory ruling coalition. Beste Wünsche aus Idaho, USA.
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  135. The “Fed” is a privately-owned (by the big banks) cartel. Congress abdicated its authority to regulate money to this cartel in 1913, and we’ve had nothing but economic chaos since. Since the establishment of the “Fed,” the U.S. has had a cumulative rate of inflation of 3068.6%. That is, an item costing $1.00 in 1913 now costs the consumer $31.69 today. BTW, the Federal Reserve is neither “federal” nor does it have any “reserve.” It is a privately owned entity and pays property taxes on all its locations to local governments. Billion$ for the banksters, debts for the people.
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  136. "A great civilization is not conquered from without, until it has destroyed itself from within. The essential causes of Rome's decline lay in her people, her morals, her class struggle, her failing trade, her bureaucratic despotism, her stifling taxes, her consuming wars." - (Will Durant) Sounds eerily familiar--just substitute the "USA" for "Rome".
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  137. I can empathize with your situation. Leaving the USA was not an option for me either (age, family), but at least I was able to "go where I'm treated better." That is, I was able to relocate from a horrible dystopian, high-tax state (California) to a very decent, clean, lower-tax state with a much less intrusive government. Think (Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, etc.) For me, this was the "better" option. Cheers.
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  138. "Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." – John Adams
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  139. “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The party left me.” - former President Ronald Reagan
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  140. “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” - Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4
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  141. Maine’s governor better read the history books. Things didn’t end well for South Carolina.
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  142. Right, "three points up" in a poll conducted by the NY Times in New York City among New York Democrats. Yeah, that's really reliable information.
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  143. Regardless of whether Lincoln was a "saint" or a "sinner" (or both), he was absolutely correct in his analysis of America's future.
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  144. Dubai is a city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai. According to the most recent study conducted by Freedom House, the UAE has a rating of 17/100 (100 being the best), and as such is rated "NOT FREE." One may be able to incorporate there for certain tax reasons, but no one in their right mind would ever want to live there. You'd be better off living in Turkey or Jordan than living in Dubai.
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  145. “Children aren’t supposed to die.” As if, by inference, other people are?
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  146. Ever asked yourself exactly HOW your government could afford to provide you with all these wonderful benefits? It was on the backs of American taxpayers, who paid an enormous amount every year (and still do) for the defense of Western European nations. In the Cold War years immediately following WWII, this was both understandable and necessary. But after 80 years—ENOUGH!! Plus the EU countries levy exorbitant tariffs on U.S. made goods, while we respond with very low (2-3%) tariffs. And now, O Europe, see to thine own house.
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  147. Please understand that whatever economic freedom(s) you may enjoy living in Dubai/UAR, the freedom(s) that you WON'T have are political rights and civil liberties. UAR/Dubai scored 17/100 (100 being the freest) on Freedom House's recent list of free/not free countries. Rule of law and judicial effectiveness are both rated poorly. So if money is all you care about, then by all means live in Dubai/UAR. Just keep your opinions to yourself and you'll be fine.
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  148. Sperling's Best Places is a resource website that people should refer to BEFORE making any move.
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  149. "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose..." - Janis Joplin, "Me and Bobby McGee" (1971)
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  150. Only two words: Bring Money (and lots of it).
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  151. “What pushes the masses into the camp of socialism is, even more than the illusion that socialism will make them richer, the expectation that it will curb all those who are better than they themselves are. The Welfare State is merely a method for transforming the market economy step by step into socialism.” - Dr. Ludwig von Mises
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  152. Probably because it puts the patients into a state of catatonic shock, without the dentist having to use laughing gas. 💨
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  153. Putin is like the local gangster. He needs to warm his house, but instead of going out and chopping his own firewood, he burns down his neighbor’s house to stay warm. 🔥
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  154. "Any society that takes away from those most capable and gives to the least will perish." "No country can sustain, in idleness, more than a small percentage of its numbers. The great majority must labor at something productive." --Abraham Lincoln
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  155. More to the point, what did our Lord Jesus say about juice? “You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.“ (John 8:44a)
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  156. What did Harris offer? She deflected most serious questions from both Trump and the panel. She just smiles and laughs and that’s her whole plan. Frankly, neither candidate is worthy of consideration.
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  157. When people bought homes to simply live in, as opposed to an investment for appreciation (capital gain), this never used to happen. From January 1953 to January 1973, the median home price in the U.S. increased from ~ $18,000 to ~ $27,000, a 50% increase over a period of 20 years. That's an incremental increase of only 2.5% per year. However, from January 1973 to January 1993 the median home price shot up to ~ $100,000, a whopping 370% increase for that 20-year period. Whereas, wages for the same 20-year period remained essentially flat. People used to be able to purchase a home for ~ 3-4 times their annual incomes. IOW, someone earning $9,000 in 1973 could afford to buy a home valued at $27,000. But with wages remaining stagnant and housing prices skyrocketing, many, if not most, families find themselves priced out of the housing market.
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  158. Just the opposite: there was a run on the banks, because the banks failed.
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  159. "Sometimes a blind pig finds a truffle." Alberto Parker, Hell or High Water (2016)
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  160. When Mexico starts to enforce its own laws against drug dealing and corruption, then we MIGHT take some of this advice seriously. Yeah, we know all about the supposed 20% of Americans using, but don’t tell us that the readily available supply from Mexico isn’t aggravating the problem. If you make it, they will use it. Limpia tu propio patio trasero, amigos.
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  161. Livid? Maybe, but watch them vote her back into office. You just can't fix stupid.
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  162. It’s easy for those of us living in the West to give “advice” to Russian citizens. We don’t have to face any consequences, but they do. With any government, including that of USA, there are basically three things they can do to you: threaten you, beat you up, or kill you. That’s it. They can’t touch your mind or your spirit. Once any government loses the hearts and minds of its people, it’s finished. Cheers.
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  163. To quote Scotty Kilmer, "An endless money pit..."
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  164. “You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.” --Robert A. Heinlein, “Time Enough for Love.” (1987)
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  165. Or Russian.
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  166. What is it with the people in Utah? Mitt Romney (RINO), before him Orrin Hatch (RINO)... The only halfway decent Senator they've had in the last 30 years was Jake Garn. I know that over 70% of people in Utah are LDS, but can't they ever overlook religion and simply elect someone to the U.S. Senate that's a MAGA conservative?
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  167. “Concerns” (Xi to Putin): “You peed on my rug. Now I don’t have a free hand to do as I please with Taiwan. Grr.”
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  168. “And having food and raiment, with these let us be content.” (1Tim. 6:8)
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  169. Bring money (and lots of it)! Median home price in Marin County = $1.4 million. To live comfortably in Marin County, CA, a minimum annual income of $268,920 for a family, and $106,800 for a single person is recommended. Nice if you have it.
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  170. Separated at birth.
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  171. “The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins.” — Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855) Danish philosopher and theologian 🇩🇰
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  172. I'm not too sure what you consider "boring," but there are plenty of places in Portugal that have a vibrant nightlife. Plus, for you, language wouldn't be a problem, since you're fluent in Portuguese, right? I would avoid moving to any English-speaking, current or former British colony, since they're all heading in the direction of confiscatory taxation and fascist government. That includes the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, and especially, the USA. I've heard some positive things about the nation of Belize in Central America, where English is the official language, but I'd also have some concerns regarding both safety and health care in Belize. Cheers.
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  173. Most people have forgotten the fact that, from 1934 to 1963, there was an island under U.S. jurisdiction where the residents could live tax free. It was known as Alcatraz Island.
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  174. Rossini’s 1815 opera, "The Thieving Magpie," tells of a household maid who nearly goes to the gallows for stealing silver from her employers. At the last instant, it’s revealed that the silver thief was actually a magpie that had been hiding items in the church tower. The opera was so popular in its day that it’s believed to have helped cement the devious reputation of the magpie. Today, it “seems” common knowledge that the Eurasian Magpie is, by nature, drawn to snatch up and fly off with shiny things. But scientists at Exeter University put the perception to the test. They placed food alongside shiny and painted objects and then waited for the magpies to come investigate. The result? The opposite of what everybody expected: the magpies were much more cautious around novel, flashy objects—and less likely to approach the food. Magpies are very curious, just like their relatives, the jays and crows. They may sometimes pick up shiny things, but they don’t show any preference for shiny over dull. A magpie’s more likely to grab your sandwich than your silver.
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  175. The complete quote reads as follows: "The purpose of the NATO alliance is to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.” ― Lord Hastings Ismay, first Secretary General of NATO from 1952 to 1957. NATO has failed at the first two, and only succeeded in destroying Germany.
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  176. Yeah, you might want to take that matter up with your friend Putin.
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  177. The 2-meter (6.5 feet) "social distance" requirement is just eye-candy for the masses. Most medical experts agree that to be effective in reducing transmission rates, the minimum distance would have to be about 8 meters (26.5 feet). Obviously, that distance would be both impractical and unenforceable, hence the arbitrary 2-meter requirement. Dr. Lydia Bourouiba, an associate professor at MIT, has researched the dynamics of exhalations (coughs and sneezes, for instance) for years at The Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory and found exhalations cause gaseous clouds that can travel up to 27 feet. Efficient mask usage and adequate ventilation are far more important and effective at reducing transmission than this arbitrary and fanciful 2-meter distance.
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  178. As I see it, the only "common ground" that people in America will share is the graveyard.
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  179. “They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind…” (Hosea 8:7)
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  180. I also am “from” CA. I left over 10 years ago, and have “0” regrets.
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  181. While renting may seem more affordable upfront, it does not contribute to a person’s net worth. Renting involves paying for a service, in this case, housing, without any long-term return. Over the years, rent payments add up, and that money is essentially gone forever, with no equity gained in exchange. Homeownership, on the other hand, acts as a forced savings mechanism. Each mortgage payment contributes to building equity, and rising home values can further amplify this wealth. The stark truth is that homeowners’ median net worth is about $400,000, compared to just $10,400 for renters. Is it any wonder that the elites want to reduce everyone to renter status?
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  182. As a retired person living in southwest Idaho, my effective tax rate is 0%. No tax on Social Security at the federal or state level. No tax on my (modest) VA disability payment. Next to no tax on my private pension. Idaho isn't exactly a "low cost" state as far as the overall cost-of-living, but it has a small, non-intrusive (for the most part) state government, along with very modest income, property and sales taxes. And the violent crime rate in my locale is half of the average U.S. national rate. I feel safe here wherever I walk or drive, so why would I ever want to relocate to another country?
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  183. “What pushes the masses into the camp of socialism is, even more than the illusion that socialism will make them richer, the expectation that it will curb all those who are better than they themselves are. The Welfare State is merely a method for transforming the market economy step by step into socialism.” - Dr. Ludwig von Mises
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  184.  @Jay...777  Consider the evolution of the term "liberal" over the past 3 centuries. At one time, Liberalism signified a political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the governed and equality before the law. Liberals espoused a wide array of views, depending on their understanding of these principles, but they generally supported limited government, individual rights, democracy, secularism, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion and a market economy with a minimum of government interference. Fast forward to the 21st century, and the term "liberalism" has morphed into a philosophy favoring big, pervasive government, aggressive foreign interventionism (especially neo-liberalism, which is a bedfellow with neo-conservatism), social engineering, enormous government (deficit) spending, erosion of privacy rights and economic freedom, and an authoritarian statist regime, regardless of which major party happens to be in power. IOW, Joe Biden is merely a demented version of Donald Trump with an active Twitter account. Cheers.
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  185. “Merced to Bakersfield…” What?! Who really would use this connection, anyway? That would be like spending billions connecting Paterson to Hackensack in New Jersey!
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  186. Alas, the blatant avarice of taxing authorities, along with their own tendencies toward self-aggrandizement, would seem to know no limits. It would almost be better to be under the rule of robber barons, or even outright gangsters, than to be at the mercy of these omnipotent moral busybodies. The cupidity of the robber baron or gangster might, at some point, be satiated. But these taxing authorities will give us no rest day or night, for they practice their cruel despotism with the full approval of their own consciences. May God save us from these malefactors.
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  187. Loki now resembles an angry postal worker having a bad hair day. 📮
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  188. You could also mention that, in terms of perceived corruption, the USA ranks #25 (just behind Bhutan and just ahead of Chile) according to Transparency International. The USA also ranks in a similar position according to other research studies that rate corruption in various nations.
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  189. What makes the Ukrainian performance all the more impressive is that, while Taiwan has had over 70 years to prepare for a PRC invasion, Ukraine has had basically only 8 years (since the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia) to do the same.
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  190. And probably was a big fan of leisure suits, right?
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  191. “I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely distinct from ours. Their mutual jealousies, their balance of power, their complicated alliances, their forms and principles of government, are all foreign to us. They are nations of eternal war.”—Thomas Jefferson
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  192. Some clarification is necessary. On 12 November 2014, Azov was incorporated into the National Guard of Ukraine, and since then all members are contract soldiers serving in the National Guard of Ukraine. In 2014, a spokesman for the regiment said around 10–20% of the unit were neo-Nazis. In 2018, a provision in an appropriations bill passed by the U.S. Congress blocked military aid to Azov on the grounds of its white supremacist ideology, however in 2015 a similar ban on aid to the group was overturned by the Congress. Members of the regiment come from 22 countries and are of various backgrounds. More than half of the regiment's members speak Russian and come from eastern Ukraine, including the cities of Donetsk and Luhansk. Despite accusations that the group is anti-Semitic, some members of the Jewish community in Ukraine support and serve in the Azov Battalion. One of its most prominent members is Nathan Khazin, leader of the "Jewish hundreds" during the 2013 Euromaidan protests in Kyiv. Truth is not always easy to define in such a muddled situation.
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  193.  @kerwinbrown4180  “Some men’s sins are clearly evident, preceding them to judgment, but those of some follow later. Likewise, the good works are clearly evident, and those that are otherwise cannot be hidden.” (1Tim. 5:24-25)
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  194. Let's get down with it. As General George S. Patton once said (concerning the Russians), "We're going to have to fight 'em eventually..."
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  195. “I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes, when your terror comes like a storm, and your destruction comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.” (Prov. 1:26-27)
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  196. The automotive manufacturers have brought this upon themselves. Wages in this sector have been stagnant for years. According to the 2007 GM Annual Report, typical autoworkers earned a base wage of approximately $28 per hour. Following the 2007 National Agreement, the base starting wage was lowered to about $15 per hour. A second-tier wage of $14.50 an hour, which applies only to newly hired workers, is lower than the average wage in non-union auto companies in the Deep South. And yet bonuses and perks for CEO's are sky-high. The Big Three CEOs saw their pay increase by 40% over the last four years, while average worker pay only went up by 6%. By contrast, Japanese CEO's are still compensated significantly less than their counterparts in the U.S. and Europe. Maybe that's why Toyota and Honda have come to dominate the U.S. market.
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  197. Recently upgraded an older HP notebook from Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 11 (Home). The same issue presented itself when I did the installation. When the install program asks you to enter your M/S account, simply unplug the ethernet cable from your PC (or unplug your router, if you're using WiFi). The installation will then skip this step and allow you to login with a local account. Worked for me.
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  198. What is it with you people in Utah? Mitt Romney (RINO), before him Orrin Hatch (RINO)... The only halfway decent Senator you've had in the last 30 years was Jake Garn. I know that over 70% of people in Utah are LDS, but can't you ever overlook religion and simply elect someone to the U.S. Senate that's a real conservative?
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  199. The more you hear the “lefties” howl, you can be sure that Trump made the right choice.
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  200. To a casual observer, they look like a “tribe” of Europeans.
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  201. Finland, Austria, Estonia, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Israel, Turkey, Brazil are all countries that have mandatory conscription for males 18 and over. Length of service varies with each country, but generally lasts 18-24 months. Plus, Israel and Switzerland both have lengthy reserve/training requirements until ages 40-50 in some cases.
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  202. Achtung, baby...your papers, please!
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  203.  @realalexmackenzie  You certainly have a valid point about shunning politics if you’re a guest living in a foreign country. I suppose each of us values political rights and civil liberties differently. Having grown up in northern Ohio, just a short hop across the lake from Toronto, we looked admiringly at Canada as a better, more progressive place in which to live. Even the CAD was worth more than the USD (many years ago). It seems as though the English speaking countries (UK, USA, NZ, Canada & Oz) are trying to outdo each other in depriving their citizens of traditional liberties. A sad commentary on modern “democracies”. Cheers.
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  204. No different than the brotherly relationship between Canada and the USA. Both former British colonies, same language, very similar culture(s). Longest unprotected international border in the world. Yeah, I know that I'll probably take some flak for this comment (from both sides), but that's the truth, eh?
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  205. Vote blue, receive your due.
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  206. Always whenever conservatives that love their country are doing well, it is inevitable that the media (including this dude) characterize their politics as "far-right." But let the internationalist/socialist forces have success, they are NEVER called "far-left" by the media, but merely "progressive," or some other meaningless appellation. Hypocrisy?
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  207. Ten years in an Ecuadorean prison? Well, at least you got some real-time Spanish lessons, eh Pedro?
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  208. Taxes don't lie!
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  209. Find a dependable mail forwarding service that allows you to use their physical (U.S.) address. Such can be rented for a modest monthly fee. If you really want to cover your tracks, fill out a permanent change of address (USPS Form 3575) with your local U.S. Post Office, and show your new mail forwarding location as your permanent official address. Just make sure to keep your new address paid up fully with the mail forwarding service, preferably 1 year in advance. Saluti e buona fortuna.
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  210. "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind..." (Hosea 8:7)
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  211. Don't allow the lack of a personal (or corporate) state income tax fool you into moving to either place. True, if you're an extremely high net worth individual (think Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos), then relocating to Texas or Florida MIGHT make sense. But how many people fall into that category? Very few, I trow. For the average middle class person, saving on income taxes is usually more than offset by having to pay very high property taxes, PLUS very high utility bills. I mean, who really wants to live in Texas or Florida during the summertime without air conditioning? Case in point--I have a family member who lives in Austin, TX, and his monthly electric utility bills for a comfortable home run anywhere from $300-400 per month on average. And his property taxes on that same home run well over $1200 per month. Are you willing to pay nearly $20K per year just to live in Austin? And living in a major metropolitan area in Florida is very similar. In fact, some of the highest-priced real estate in the USA is located in south Florida. For people who absolutely detest having to pay STATE income taxes (especially those living in California), then there are lower cost options: Nevada, if you don't mind the heat in Las Vegas; or Wyoming or South Dakota, if you don't mind some colder weather. For people living in SoCal especially, southern Nevada is a very attractive option for staying close to family. Cheers.
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  212.  @erikcastillo2454  With plenty of collaboration from the Mexican government as well. Don't overlook the corruption that exists in your own country. Buena suerte, amigo.
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  213. Fitting analogy.
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  214.  @johnschuh8616  Actually, the character’s name was “Fred Mertz,” played by American actor William Frawley (1887–1966). The only thing that Friedrich Merz and Fred Mertz have in common is that they’re both clueless clowns.
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  215.  @jrubybowman  One practical matter is the question of whether Idaho would even want such an expansion, given the sparsely populated nature of eastern Oregon, and the responsibility of maintaining the associated infrastructure of such a vast area. Speaking as a long-time ID resident, I'm thinking no.
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  216. The UAE/Dubai continue to commit serious human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees, suppression of freedom of expression, and violation of the right to privacy. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue to deprive stateless individuals of the right to nationality, impacting their access to a range of services. According to Human Rights Watch, the UAE detains those who criticize authorities, including hundreds of activists and academics, and Emirati laws discriminate against women, migrants and LGBT individuals. Flogging and stoning are legal forms of judicial punishment in the UAE due to Sharia courts. As a result, the UAE routinely ranks near the bottom of many international measures for human rights and press freedom. So if money is all you care about, then by all means live in Dubai/UAR. Just keep your opinions to yourself and you'll be fine.
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  217. Active duty military (2024): Russia: 1,154,000 France: 208,750 Germany: 183,500 UK: 141,100 USA: 1,315,600 Yeah, the Europeans really can defend themselves.
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  218. He speaks much but says very little of import.
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  219. Actually, they can. However, before one can file a lawsuit against the United States, you must first file a “claim” pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Acts (FTCA) of 1946, a federal statute that permits private parties to sue the United States in a federal court for most torts committed by persons acting on behalf of the United States. Plaintiffs must file an initial administrative claim with the government agency in question within two years of the incident. Once the agency mails a response (usually negative), the plaintiff then has six months to file the suit in federal court. Sadly, suit cannot be brought for incompetence, malfeasance or just downright stupidity. Cheers.
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  220. Yeah, LA's Skid Row is pretty revolting, alright. 💩
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  221. Jeer, not "cheer."
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  222. And think about how many Americans could have been helped and benefited had that $520 billion been repurposed to reducing poverty, homelessness, drug addiction, as well as providing comprehensive health care for our populace.
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  223. Technically, Newsom was subject to a RECALL initiative (twice), not impeachment. Impeachment is a process controlled by the legislature. Recall is accomplished through a qualified ballot measure, such as was done in 2003 with Gray Davis.
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  224. You have about as much chance of getting Trudeau out as the U.S has of getting Biden out. IOW, “0”.
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  225. “If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” ---Samuel Adams, 1776
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  226. Right. Or to borrow a phrase from the late Flip Wilson, "Da' devil made me do it."
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  227. "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is FORCE; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." -- George Washington, first President of the U.S. (1732 - 1799).
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  228. "...Yet the irrationality of Middle Eastern politics forced us to rethink our policy there. If there would be some rethinking of policy before our men die, we would be a lot better off. If that policy had changed towards more of a neutral position and neutrality, those 241 marines would be alive today." (Pres. Ronald Reagan, 1983) We still haven't learned anything after forty years.
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  229. DJIA on 1/10/25: 41,938. DJIA 3/13/25: 40,814. So the DJIA has lost a little over 1100 points over the past two months, that’s 2.6% over 63 days. It’s not the end of the world, so chill out.
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  230.  @ZloyDead59  You're making up lines out of thin air, holmes. I've researched that supposed quote and Mark Twain NEVER said that. I'm calling b.s. on you and your misinformation.
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  231.  @SwedishBlouse  And replace it with….anarchism?
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  232. IOW, a "moderate" editorial board telling a "moderate" Democratic Party to be more "moderate." Yeah, that's some sage advice. 🙄
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  233. "We're doomed—doomed, I tell you!" Seriously, the only positive thing one can take out of this wretched situation is that the present system is SOO corrupt that it carries within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Barry McGuire had it right all the way back in 1965: “Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.”
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  234. Those who sit on fences have a tendency to pick barbed wire out of their tuchis.
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  235. Zelensky shows up at the Oval Office, casually attired, looking (and acting) like an unshaven bum, not the head of state. And he was treated as such.
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  236.  @dashabateman4409  I do not claim to be a Biblical scholar or teacher, but my take on this passage of scripture is thus: People that center their lives around the acquisition of material possessions will be neither happy nor truly secure. Now there is certainly nothing inherently wrong with HAVING material goods, but to make them one's life's ambition, and neglect your spiritual condition is foolhardy. "For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out." (1 Tim. 6:7) Cheers.
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  237. This "Nomad Capitalist" guy is playing a shell game, saying which countries are safe, then changing his list whenever he feels like it, in order to generate more business for himself. Peace and safety are, at best, an illusion to soothe the anxious minds of gullible people. The only way to escape problems here on earth would be to book a seat on the first space shuttle to Mars.
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  238. @Susanne-qp8vj oh, and you have documented this figure? Perhaps the 77 million Americans who voted for Trump/Vance might beg to differ.
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  239.  @portman8909  Possibly, but the Russkies are fast running out of able-bodied troops. They’re having to resort to yanking old men and technicians out of the workplace, giving them uniforms, and sending them off to the slaughter. But then, no one ever said that the Russkies were original thinkers. They haven’t changed their battle tactics since the Napoleonic wars over 200 years ago.
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  240. "This whole place is outa' order...!"
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  241.  @Chris-Data_Analyst  Just to clarify, I still continue to cast my ballots in local (and some state) elections. It’s at the national level that I opt out.
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  242. Too bad the WWW (Wicked Witch of the West) simply can't remain in Taiwan and never return. But I wouldn't blame the Taiwanese for not wanting her.
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  243. Of course they are. I mean why tell people in the market for a home that they should wait a year or two before buying (at lower prices). No sales commission in that approach.
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  244. A proper comment.
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  245.  @angelofamillionyears4599  Right, and 45+ years is what it took.
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  246. Depends on which part of the U.S. you're considering. Leaving the USA is not an option for me (age, family), but at least I was able to "go where I'm treated better." That is, I was able to relocate from a horrible dystopian, high-tax state (California) to a very decent, clean, lower-tax state with a much less intrusive government. Think (Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, etc.) For me, this was the "better" option. Cheers.
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  247. “The legal right of a taxpayer to decrease the amount of what otherwise would be his taxes, or altogether avoid them, by means which the law permits, cannot be doubted.” (Associate Justice George Sutherland)--Gregory v. Helvering, 293 U.S. 465, 469 (1935). Judge Learned Hand: "Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is NOT bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes." Gregory v. Helvering, 69 F.2d 809, 810 (2d Cir. 1934)
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  248. Vanuatu: small, isolated island archipelago nation, with a population of ~ 300,000 scattered over 65 islands. Accessible only by air and (infrequent) cruise ships. Subject to frequent tropical storms, as well as tsunamis, volcanoes and seismic activity. Major issues with deforestation and shortage of potable water. Economy mostly supported via tourism and financial services, with limited export revenue. Politically unstable parliamentary democracy, with the PRC as the main donor of foreign aid. So, tell me again why anyone would want such a passport?
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  249. Just like the Democrats do to Republicans in California. Which is why I moved from the (formerly) golden state to Idaho years ago. Much less stressful living here now. Cheers. 😂 BTW, the voter registration figures for Ada County, Idaho (where Boise is located) are 50% Republican, 46% Democrat, and the rest independent/other. Idaho in general is much more conservative, with Republicans outnumbering Democrats by a 2 to 1 margin (sort of a reverse mirror image of California). Therefore, Ada County should be considered only mildly conservative. However, there are some liberal Republicans here as well as some conservative Democrats. It's hard to quantify when people often don't vote along strictly party lines.
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  250. “You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.” --Robert A. Heinlein, “Time Enough for Love.” (1987)
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  251. “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the SEA and the WAVES roaring…” (Luke 21:25)
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  252. “The legal right of a taxpayer to decrease the amount of what otherwise would be his taxes, or altogether avoid them, by means which the law permits, cannot be doubted.” (Associate Justice George Sutherland) -- Gregory v. Helvering, 293 U.S. 465, 469 (1935).
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  253. It’s a good idea only if you don’t mind losing 100% of your investment. A far better (and safer) strategy would be to purchase a traveler’s card (or travelers cheques) denominated in Swiss francs. This can be done at your local US bank or online. You then have the advantage of a strong currency (almost 1 to 1 exchange rate), plus the potential to make a (paper) profit on currency fluctuations. As an added bonus, it makes travel to Switzerland easier—no foreign exchange issues. Cheers.
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  254. Don't cry for me, O Europa, the truth is, I never left you, All through my wild days, my mad existence, I kept my promise, now keep your distance.
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  255. Thanks for the good and the bad....but what about the ugly? 👹
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  256. Why should anyone who spends little or no time in a particular country support that country’s institutions?
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  257. Paying “your fair share of taxes” and “common sense gun control” have one thing in common. NO ONE EVER DEFINES WHAT THESE THINGS MEAN!
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  258.  @CommoditySC  Take courage, friend, by the time Trudeau is done, they'll probably be just as bad or worse. Same thing here in the states with Biden and the Democrats.
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  259. Andrew’s naïveté is showing. He actually expects sovereign governments to play by the rules when a crisis emerges. Wanna’ buy a certain bridge in Brooklyn, Andrew?
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  260. No worries. This was actually one of Joe's more lucid moments. 🤪
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  261. “The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.” ~ P. J. O’Rourke
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  262.  @SwedishBlouse  Free speech is a given right for all to express their own opinions. It is YOU that is acting like a fascist trying to deny others their rights. Go cancel yourself.
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  263. Zelensky shows up at OUR White House, sits down in OUR Oval office, casually dressed in a horrid looking green cardigan, looking like an unshaven bum, and then proceeds to begin to debate and lecture OUR President and OUR VP on matters that were 90% agreed upon PRIOR to this sit down, and (possibly) utters a profanity at VP Vance under his breath, and then WE’RE supposed to view him with sympathy? Not in THIS house!
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  264. “Socialism requires a dictator.” - Richard M. Ebeling (12 March 2017)
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  265. “But there seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously — after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important … so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be both ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth." ― Robert A. Heinlein, To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
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  266. The title for this video says it all: CULT-ure.
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  267. Now if someone could just figure out how to harness all of the "wind" coming out of Washington, DC, we could have an endless supply of energy. 🌬
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  268. "...things fall apart; the center cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world; The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. ...And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?" (W.B. Yeats, from "The Second Coming," 1919)
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  269. Oh, really! People have been saying that for the past 150 years. After the Civil War, after the Panic of 1873, after the assassination of President Garfield in 1881, after the Panic of 1893, after the Panic of 1907, after the Great Depression, after the stock market crash of 1987, after the Subprime Mortgage Crisis of 2007. It’s always been Chicken Little and the sky falling. And yet the country has always bounced back and weathered the storm to become stronger than ever. I wish all these doom and gloomers would put their money where their collective mouths are and buy gold or crypto or soy beans or whatever strikes their fancy, sell their stocks and move overseas and leave the rest of us alone. Sheesh!
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  270. For ONCE in his life, JB has a valid point. Russia HAS to take Ukraine in order to secure the choke point(s) she formerly held during her days as the USSR. Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russia held all 9 (land) choke points. After the breakup, Russia was reduced to only 1. As a land power, Russia is inherently vulnerable. It sits on the European plain with few natural barriers to stop an enemy coming from the west. East of the Carpathian Mountains, the plain pivots southward, and the door to Russia opens. It should be no surprise then that Russia’s national strategy is to move its frontier as far west as possible. The first tier of countries on the European Peninsula’s eastern edge—the Baltics, Belarus, and Ukraine—provide depth from which Russia can protect itself, and also provide additional economic opportunities. With regard to the current battle over Ukraine, the Russians have to assume that the Euro-American interest in creating a pro-Western regime has a purpose beyond Ukraine. From the Russian point of view, not only have they lost a critical buffer zone, but Ukrainian forces hostile to Russia have moved toward the Russian border. FYI, from Kharkiv to Moscow is only 648km (403 miles). At the same time, the West cannot assume that Russia—if it reclaims Ukraine—will stop there. Therefore, we are in the classic case where two forces assume the worst about each other. But Russia occupies the weaker position, having lost the first tier of the European Peninsula. It is struggling to maintain the physical integrity of the Motherland. Russia is a relatively poor nation. Therefore, it isn’t prosperity that binds the country together, but a shared idealized vision of and loyalty toward Mother Russia. And in this sense, there is a deep chasm between both Europe and the United States (which use prosperity as a justification for loyalty) and Russia (for whom loyalty derives from the power of the state and the inherent definition of being Russian). Russia must expand or die--it's as simple as that. And both parties know this to be true. Therefore, unless some type of peace treaty can be negotiated between all concerned parties, military conflict between the USA/NATO and Russia is inevitable. Have a nice day.
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  271. Hmm...someone who's (at most) 25% black, but claiming to be mostly black, yet in reality is 75% Hindu/Indian. Wouldn't that be called "cultural appropriation"?
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  272. "However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to NOTHING." (1 Cor. 2:6)
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  273.  @DeepakKutsa  In his 1980 autobiography, "I, Me, Mine," Harrison says: "'Taxman' was when I first realised that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes; it was and still is typical." As their earnings placed them in the top tax bracket in the United Kingdom, the Beatles were liable to a 95% supertax introduced by Harold Wilson's Labour government; hence the lyric "There's one for you, nineteen for me." Some things never change.
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  274. The top 10 countries with the most Orthodox Christians are, by number: Russia, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Romania, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Belarus, Egypt and Georgia. Of these, only two have a fertility rate above 2.1 children per couple--Ethiopia (4.05) and Egypt (3.24). The rest fail to meet the 2.1 children per couple necessary to provide a young enough demographic to ensure population replacement. Bulgaria's fertility rate is only 1.56, although it has improved slightly over the past 20 years, up from 1.2 in the year 2000. Guess you need to import some Christians from Africa. Cheers.
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  275. They’re also immigrants. The “Native Americans” migrated across the connecting land/ice bridge from Asia to N. America circa 12,000 - 15,000 years ago. And after arriving in N. America, they spent the next 10,000 years fighting and killing one another before European settlers arrived. History.
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  276. It’s called yellow/tabloid “journalism.” Sort of a network version of the Globe or the National Enquirer. 🦨
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  277. "It never rains in California, but girl, don't they warn ya? It pours, man, it pours."
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  278. If the Iranians do hate us, it’s NOT for our so-called “values.” Rather, it’s because we (and the British) have been interfering with their national sovereignty for 100 years.
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  279.  @RealityTransurfingtv  "The Americans are a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish." - Otto von Bismarck. Just the opposite is true of Georgia. While it may have fish to the west (in the Black Sea), it is surrounded by much larger (and unfriendly) powerful nations--Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan--in all other directions, any of which may decide to invade it. And all of your supposed "undercurrent of magic" will avail little in that scenario.
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  280.  @Skyking6976  Robert E. Lee passed away in 1870 at the age of 63. So, presumably, he wrote/spoke those words sometime between 1865 - 1870. As for the "ruin" of which he spoke, I'm sure that he included his beloved state of Virginia in that statement.
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  281. Technically, a loss isn’t a loss until you sell the asset/equity for LESS than you paid. Which is what the insiders (like Buffet) want people to do. Then they swoop in after the dust settles to buy the same assets for pennies on the dollar. Same game, different faces, as in 2008-2010. Buy and hold.
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  282. One might wonder where Zelensky got the idea to do the same with his billions from Biden.
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  283. “Let’s take Rachel Maddow……PLEASE!!!!!!!….”
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  284. The “universe” decides nothing. God is the Judge; he puts down one and sets up another.
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  285.  @patrickharty9214  Actually, it's the "Bering" Strait. And the only time that there was a contiguous border was during the last ice age, c. 11,700 years ago, when climatic conditions resulted in the Strait being frozen over with ice. Under today's (warmer) climate there exists approximately 82.5 kilometers (51.3 mi) of open sea between Russia and Alaska. So, no, we do not really "share a border" with Russia. Cheers.
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  286. "...changing the Democratic Party from within." That would be akin to the doomed passengers rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. 🛳
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  287.  @richardtate1742  That may be, but I don't see any new ones being built, especially in California. That state wants everyone driving EV's but refuses to provide the necessary (electrical) infrastructure to support them. That's akin to not having enough gas stations for everyone driving standard IC engines.
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  288.  @bobiel9048  I'm already "educated," friend. Whatever "democracy" we did have was extinguished in 1963, when the ruling oligarchy (CIA, MIC, etc.) eliminated JFK. Since then, whichever party has been in power is the servant of that oligarchy. We currently reside in a welfare/warfare state, not a democracy or republic. The government serves the oligarchy and vice versa. To cast a vote for either major party is in reality to cast a vote for the "uniparty." Sad, but true.
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  289. "The tyrant dies and his rule ends; the martyr dies and his rule begins." - Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855) Danish philosopher and theologian
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  290.  @gerritpeacock3571  Such is the age in which we live, where the “omnipotent moral busybodies” seemingly hold sway in the media and government. I’m reminded of an excerpt from an older poem (1844) by James Russell Lowell (The Present Crisis): “Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne,—        Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown,    Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.”
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  291. Quite aside from the topic of this video, I have to admire Ted Koppel for his many years of professionalism in broadcast journalism. He's a throwback to the 1970's, a time when TV news reports had to concentrate on the facts, not political opinions. Bravo, Ted, a career well done.
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  292. Dear Oregon residents, this impasse could be resolved with two words: “Just Move!” After having lived in “Crazyfornia” for 35+ years, it became evident that the state was simply a lost cause and irredeemable. So I became a political refugee and relocated to Idaho over 10 years ago. No regrets at all.
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  293. "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name (JESUS) given among men whereby we must be saved." (Acst 4:12)
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  294. FYI, Andrew, we've ALREADY had a "soft" civil war in the form of regional factionalism becoming a reality in most parts of the USA. Take California (please!). The so-called Golden State (although now the glitter has worn off) has basically devolved into a one-party socialist dictatorship, along with its left coast brethren, Oregon and Washington. California sees itself as its own nation-state, and acts accordingly. Meanwhile, in the mountain/west states such as Idaho, Montana, Wyoming (and to a lesser extent, the Dakotas), the populace by and large has rejected the so-called progressivism that Washington, DC is now trying to force upon the country, and has embraced the rugged individualism/populism that characterized America 120 years ago. The federal government has little place or impact in their daily lives, and that's just the way they want it. The USA will probably drift apart and separate into a loose confederacy in a manner not dissimilar to the old USSR back in 1991. The federal government will become weaker and weaker, unable to impose its will by force on regions other than the liberal east coast corridor that extends from DC to Boston. So it seems, anyway.
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  295. “Walkin’ with Biden, wondrin’ where to find my next square meal, Walkin’ with Biden, but does he really feel the way I feel?”
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  296. “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”--C. S. Lewis, English essayist & juvenile novelist (1898 - 1963)
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  297. "Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man." - Ronald Reagan, 1984
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  298.  @aliwalil4160  Not really, much of it lies at or below sea level. Mostly it’s just reclaimed swamp land. 🌊
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  299. “Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything…They don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don't want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They're not interested in that. That doesn't help them.” — George Carlin
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  300. The main problem with the economy is that the Italians want to live like Germans, but work like Greeks; IOW not much at all.
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  301.  @SusanYeske701  Why does that NOT surprise me? 🤔
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  302. Join the club. If you're set on remaining here in the U.S., then your best option is to relocate from a high cost, high tax state to a state with lower taxes and smaller government. Where, you may ask? Well, if you don't mind some colder weather, maybe ID, MT, WY, or SD. Cheers.
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  303.  @dylanmanka8795  Sound advice--IF you're a high net worth individual. But this lady isn't, by her own admission. Therefore, relocating to one of those states I mentioned (or maybe Mexico) would seem to be a more realistic option. For example, Wyoming has NO state income tax, a very low 4% sales tax and modest property taxes. Cheers.
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  304. “A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?” —Joshua (War Games, 1984)
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  305.  @whitehouseummahh9725  Works for me.
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  306. Finally, the Swedish people awoke to the sheer futility and insanity of trying to assimilate unassimilable people into the Swedish culture. Bravo!
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  307.  @jeff0nyschuk670  My point exactly. People get the kind of leaders they deserve.
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  308. Zelensky shows up at OUR White House, sits down in OUR Oval office, casually dressed in a horrid looking green cardigan, looking like an unshaven bum, and then proceeds to begin to debate and lecture OUR President and OUR VP on matters that were 90% agreed upon 5 days PRIOR to this sit down, and (possibly) utters a profanity at VP Vance under his breath, and then WE’RE supposed to view him with sympathy? Not in THIS house!
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  309.  @ChaosCrash13  Вы совершенно упускаете суть. Простые (британцы, немцы, американцы, французы) люди не ненавидят простых русских людей. Я, конечно, нет. Проблема в том, что правительства - все правительства - не могут примирить свои разногласия, и тогда от последствий должны страдать обычные граждане. Путин страдает финансово или экономически? Думаю, нет. Ни Байдена, ни Джонсона, ни Макрона, ни Шольца и т. д. Мы, люди, страдаем из-за недальновидных политических решений наших национальных лидеров. В 1991 году, когда Организация Объединенных Наций санкционировала применение военной силы для изгнания иракцев из Кувейта, пострадал ли лично Саддам Хусейн? Нет, но иракский народ, безусловно, сделал это. Точно так же страдают сегодня простые русские люди из-за сомнительных решений одного человека. На ваше здоровье.
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  310. The Force is no longer strong on this one…
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  311. I’m sure that he has a nice beach front location in Israel already picked out.
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  312. “Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.” ― Bruce Coville
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  313. “The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting” —Charles Bukowski
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  314. Try Mars. 🪐
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  315. It’s a disease, sort of like OCD. They’ve been doing it for so long, it becomes second nature. 🤪
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  316. Explain, please, how to “humanely” solve an unsolvable problem.
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  317. “Nor do I feel responsible for the generally low state of the Negro—as one Negro friend pointed out to me; the lucky Negroes were the ones who were enslaved. Having traveled quite a bit in Africa, I know what she means. One thing is clear: Whether one speaks of technology or social institutions, “civilization” was invented by us, not by the Negroes. As races, as cultures, we are five thousand years, about, ahead of them. Except for the culture, both institutions and technology, that they got from us, they would still be in the stone age, along with its slavery, cannibalism, tyranny, and utter lack of the concept we call justice.” – Robert A. Heinlein, noted sci-fi author, humanist and libertarian
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  318. “The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously – after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important … so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be both ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.” – Robert A. Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land)
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  319. Q: “What is the chief end of man?” A: “Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and enjoy Him forever.” (Winchester Shorter Catechism, 1647)
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  320. “The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen inside first.”― Jim Morrison (poet, songwriter, rock star legend).
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  321. George W. Bush, Iraq War, 2003. Dumpster fire. 🔥
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  322. "The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax—Of cabbages—and kings—" --Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), 1832 - 1898
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  323.  @TeresaJanowski  Dear one, that’s just like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. We were 38+ year residents of CA, but couldn't take it any longer, and relocated 10+ years ago. God has given us a sound mind, which means that you don't wait for your house to be totally consumed before evacuating. I believe that this tragedy is just the beginning of divine judgements, not only on CA, but on our entire nation. Maranatha.
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  324. “Shut it Down! Shut it Down Forever!” Dark City, 1998
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  325. "Come you masters of war, you that build the big guns, You that build the death planes, you that build all the bombs, You that hide behind walls, you that hide behind desks, I just want you to know, I can see through your masks." (from "Masters of War," by Robert A. Zimmerman, aka Bob Dylan, 1962)
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  326. Anyone ever entertain the idea that MAYBE, just maybe, people prefer to live and associate with others that look and act like they themselves look and act? Same thing goes on in the States, especially on Sunday mornings. It’s called voluntary segregation.
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  327. The words "sensible" and "liberal" should never be used in close juxtaposition to one another. 😂
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  328. Ah, California, as usual, the fountainhead of fruits and nuts! 🥝🌰
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  329. An electromagnetic field (EMF) is an area of moving electrical charges. Some EMFs, especially those involving ionizing radiation, can be harmful. For most people, exposure to EMFs occurs on a daily basis, as the fields are virtually everywhere. These fields can come from natural sources, such as thunderstorms, or they may be manufactured, as are radio waves, microwaves, and X-rays, for example. According to some "experts," EMFs from manufactured sources, such as microwaves, do not damage human health at the level of exposure that people experience on a day-to-day basis. However, there is no unanimity of opinion in this matter. There are two types of EMF. One has the capacity to break chemical bonds (ionizing) and the other does not (non-ionizing). Fields of ionizing radiation have higher frequencies and shorter wavelengths. The energy from this type of radiation can remove electrons from atoms, including those comprising water and living tissue. This breaks chemical bonds. In the human body, high doses of ionizing radiation can prompt unstable atoms called free radicals to cause oxidative damage. Some more common sources of ionizing radiation are gamma rays, which can help treat cancer, and X-rays. Visible light exists toward the middle of the spectrum, marking the dividing line between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. High-band 5G uses frequencies of 24–47 GHz, near the bottom of the millimeter wave band, although higher frequencies may be used in the future. The spectrum ranging from 24.25 to 29.5 GHz has been the most licensed and deployed 5G mmWave spectrum range in the world. These high-band frequencies have the potential to adversely affect human health, according to some "experts." Health concerns aside, the introduction of 5G has created some cybersecurity risks, notes the U.S. Department of Homeland and Security. One fear is malicious software and hardware being introduced into the 5G supply chain. Plus, 5G uses more information than previous technologies, which leaves more room for error. Because of these concerns, the department has developed a set of strategic standards designed to mitigate risk. While concerns regarding hackers using 5G to steal data or too many people texting in-flight are valid, when it comes to potential effects on your health, the evidence goes both ways. The fact that 5G technology has been rolled out without sufficient studies on how it may impact human health is a major red flag.
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  330. "All we are saying (We can get it tomorrow or today) is give peace a chance..."
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  331. Joe Biden is a perfect example of that.
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  332. Rivian stock (RIVN) has lost 75% of its value over the past 3 years. EPS = -$5.60 (that’s negative). If it wasn’t for the vans they sell to Amazon, Rivian would be out of business. So, yeah, go ahead and buy one. 🤣
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  333. You people are crowing about a party coalition that TOGETHER managed to get a mere 28.5% of the vote? Laughable! This exposes the ultimate fatal weakness of the so-called parliamentary system. No one actually wins, so the plurality losers declare victory, while the nation gets another toothless, diluted Government and nothing positive is ever accomplished. This form of “democracy” is a sham.
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  334.  @thomasmaresh5264  Dead cats don't bounce. They simply lie there on the road waiting for the garbage man to collect them. 🙀
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  335. Just wait a few days. All the bugs will be gone when freezing weather returns.
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  336. “Be careful who you choose as your enemy because that's who you become most like.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
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  337. Laughable. These small, unorganized splinter groups aren’t worth the time of day. You’re trying to manufacture a tempest in a teapot. Many years ago I happen to be visiting family in the eastern Washington/Spokane area. Coincidentally, there was at the time a so-called “Aryan Nations” gathering (they call it a conclave, whatever) in nearby Idaho. This gathering consisted of a dozen or so uneducated misfits, so poor that they probably couldn’t afford to rub two nickels together. In fact, they were actually outnumbered by the news media covering this event. No one took them seriously and eventually they disbanded after their “compound” was forfeited by judgement in a civil lawsuit. As I see it, the REAL danger to our republic lies with the socialists and pseudo-Marxists currently infecting all levels of government. As Abraham Lincoln correctly foresaw, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
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  338. Masks for all? Zorro would approve.
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  339. Tweedledum and Tweedledee agreed to have a battle; For Tweedledum, said Tweedledee, had spoiled his nice new rattle. 👯
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  340. “Never trust a Russian, because Russians do not even trust themselves.” - Otto von Bismarck ”I trust no one, not even myself.” - Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili (aka, Josef Stalin)
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  341. Southern Utah.....seems like that area is a magnet for all of the "non-conventional" types.
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  342. And most people wish he would simply remain in the last two.
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  343.  @siddhartacrowley  I would imagine that, if anything, it's even worse in Europe.
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  344. Putin currently has about 300,000 active duty soldiers under arms (not counting the so-called "mobilisation"). Even if all those draftees were put into action, that would still only field 600,000 troops--not nearly enough to defeat and occupy a huge country such as Ukraine. During WWII, Stalin had over 11 million men under arms, and yet, despite this huge numerical advantage, the Soviets were only barely able to defeat the Germans after 4 long years of brutal combat. Today's Russian army is but a faint shadow of its 1945 Soviet counterpart, and stands no chance against Ukraine. Unless, of course, Putin goes nuclear and wants to start WW III.
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  345. "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind..." (Hosea 8:7)
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  346. Previously, practical nuclear fusion to generate power was thought to be about 20 years off. Now, the latest info indicates that it's only 19-1/2 years away. Progress!!
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  347. "Corvee" - Labor exacted by a local authority for little or no pay or instead of taxes and used especially in the maintenance of roads; or a day of unpaid work required of a vassal by a feudal lord. IOW, serfdom or involuntary servitude, which is prohibited by the U.S. Constitution, 13th Amendment, section 1: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
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  348. "Fair share of taxes," according to the politicians: 1) State your full name, address and SSAN. 2) List all income, from whatever sources derived. 3) Send it all in to us.
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  349. The Mormons are such nice people...the Jehovah's Witnesses are such nice people...the Seventh Day Adventists are such nice people...the Church of Christ are such nice people...blah, blah, blah. What does being "nice" have anything to do with being true? When you really get down to it, no one is "nice"--we're all a bunch of rotten sinners in need of a savior. Which is why God sent his one and only son, Christ Jesus our Lord, to be the propitiation (that which expiates or procures divine favor) for our sins. Christ completely satisfied the just demands of a holy God for judgment upon sin by his death at Calvary, and proved that our sins are gone by his resurrection from the dead. That's the Gospel that Christ gave, the apostles proclaimed, and the same gospel by which we (who believe) are saved. There is no reason for a so-called "restored" Gospel--the original one never disappeared. Maranatha.
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  350. Moldova is "wide open" in more than one way--right next to Ukraine, and next on the Russian "liberation list."
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  351. “Oh, it's cryin' time again, you're gonna leave me, I can see that far away look in your eyes…” (apologies to Ray Charles, RIP)
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  352. Get woke. Blow smoke. Go broke. No joke.
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  353. The Founding Fathers specifically designed that into the Constitution. It prevents the larger, more populous states from running roughshod over the states with fewer people. And it has worked well since 1783. BTW, Wyoming isn’t the only state with a small population: Vermont, 643,000; Alaska, 733,000; North Dakota, 779,000; South Dakota, 887,000; Delaware, 990,000 and Rhode Island, just over 1 million. The states with large populations make up for it in the House of Representatives. In that body, Wyoming only gets one Congressional rep, while California gets 53 and Florida gets 27. It all evens out. BTW three of those small states I listed are blue states, so shouldn't they receive the same senatorial representation as the red states?
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  354.  @andreabradley5837  No surprise there. In the middle of Sun Valley, median home price is $800k, plenty of tourists and wealthy part time residents (Bruce Willis, Tom Hanks, Justin Timberlake). What else could it be?
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  355. "Gentrification"...a polite term for kicking poor black and brown people out of their homes through the use of "eminent domain," condemning the properties so that developers can buy them dirt cheap, and then building expensive condos so that only rich (white?) people can afford to purchase them. Cities, with court approval, regularly seize private property through the eminent domain process "for the public good." However, the courts have broadly interpreted that phrase to mean any use which results in the improvement/rehabilitation of local properties, including any public/private partnership. IOW, the government exercises its eminent domain powers ostensibly for public purposes, but then allows private developers to actually carry out plans for their own benefit. Don't believe me? There are several YouTube videos demonstrating this very thing. There are numerous dangers associated with inadequate constitutional protection for private property. First, public officials may misuse their power of taking private property for their own gain. Or, they may partner with the private sector and benefit indirectly through shared profits and/or monetary kickbacks. If the city/county wants your property, they can condemn it through eminent domain, and then allow a developer to build condos (or even a bowling alley) and still get away with saying it's for the public good. Think your own property is safe from government theft? Think again.
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  356. JB’s official theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwhxc3OCBjc
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  357.  @MrJohnnyDistortion  Quotation mark annotated, and, yes, he really did say that, according to a very young staffer, Bill Moyers, who provided a first person quote: "We were in Tennessee. During the motorcade, he spotted some ugly racial epithets scrawled on signs. Late that night in the hotel, when the local dignitaries had finished the last bottles of bourbon and branch water and departed, he started talking about those signs. "I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it," he said. "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
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  358.  @MrJohnnyDistortion  LBJ, like most Southern Democrats of that era, was a racist and a race hustler, playing opposite sides against each other for his own political gain. And his successor, Richard Nixon, wasn’t any better. May both of them rot in the the deepest recesses of hades.
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  359. “I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely distinct from ours. Their mutual jealousies, their balance of power, their complicated alliances, their forms and principles of government, are all foreign to us. They are nations of eternal war.” — Thomas Jefferson –Letter, 11 June 1823, to President James Monroe
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  360.  @bobiel9048  “Government is not reason, it is not eloquence,—it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.” - The Christian Science Journal (1902)
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  361.  @bls5160  Maybe. We’ll see how he votes on Trump’s legislation.
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  362.  @gfarrell80  Oh, and what have YOU accomplished in your life? Lewis wrote more than 30 books which have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies. The books that make up the "Narnia" series have sold the most and have been popularized on stage, TV, radio, and film. His philosophical writings are widely cited by Christian apologists from many denominations. If that’s being a “twat,” then sign me up, holmes.
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  363. Does this have anything to do with the new Jaguar XE?
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  364. Trump's photo is akin to the one of the Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Epic.
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  365. “The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.”—Charles Bukowski
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  366. Some clarification is in order. Trump never said that the invasion itself was "genius." Rather, he stated of Putin's move of declaring the independence of two eastern regions of Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk, "This is genius." As in a very savvy move. Trump also asserted that "Putin never would have tried it if he (Trump) were still President." So let's get our quotes straight, please. Cheers.
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  367. Swiss Banking privacy and secrecy have been in force since as far back as banks can trace their origins, and officially codified as part of Swiss laws, with severe criminal penalties for any violations, since the Swiss Banking Law of 1934. This law was enacted as a direct result of French Socialist-fervor pressure, and German Nazi attempts at intrusion. The Swiss take their clients’ confidentiality quite seriously. Swiss bankers are under strict fiduciary obligation (much like U.S. “attorney-client privilege”) to maintain any information about a client’s account strictly confidential, with the only exceptions being strictly-provable criminal inquiries–and even these are quite rarely granted. This reflects the long-standing tradition of Swiss personal privacy, and any violation of banking secrecy constitutes an offense that by law requires public prosecution and results in official criminal proceedings. Needless to say, these are among the strictest banking confidentiality laws in the world. Another item worthy of note is that an accusation of tax evasion alone is not sufficient to force a Swiss bank to lift its veil of secrecy. This is because failure to report income or assets is not considered a criminal offense in Switzerland, it is considered a misdemeanor, and hence does not fall under the “provable criminal activity” or criminal intent exceptions that would allow the veil to be lifted. As such, neither the Swiss government, nor any other government, can obtain information about a depositor’s account without first convincing a Swiss judge that a serious crime (felony) has been committed by the depositor that would be punishable by the Swiss Penal Code. That being said, as a U.S. citizen trying to open a bank account in Switzerland, you may be met with some reluctance. if not outright disdain, by the Swiss banking authorities. Not that they dislike you personally because you're an American, but rather they might view you as not worth the extra trouble because of the predatory rules and practices of the U.S. Treasury Department that follow all Americans regardless of where they park their money. IRS regulations keep on getting more draconian year by year, and, unless you're among the super-rich, the Swiss bankers might consider you as simply not worth the headache vis-a-vis the extra paperwork and compliance rules that accompany you as a U.S. citizen. Sad, but true.
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  368. Ukraine had approximately only 8 years to prepare for a war with Russia, yet they’ve managed to thwart a takeover by their much larger next door neighbour. Taiwan has had 70 years to make war preparations for a conflict with the mainland communist regime, PLUS is separated by 100 miles of open ocean, PLUS has the U.S. Navy for an ally. Think that the commies will have a cakewalk? Think again.
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  369. Latin: "qui tacet consentire videtur" , "he who is silent is taken to agree", or "silence implies/means consent." Of course, silence didn't help Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of England, when he was put on trial for high treason, for not consenting publicly to the legality of King Henry VIII's desire to put away his queen and marry his mistress, Anne Boleyn. Sir Thomas More correctly asserted that the maxim is “Qui tacet consentiret”: the maxim of the law is “Silence gives consent.” That is, if the court were to construe anything by More's silence, it must construe that he consented to the king's actions, rather than denying them. Alas, poor Sir Thomas (the jury having deliberated for a mere 15 minutes), was still found guilty of high treason, condemned and beheaded on 6 July 1535 just north of the Tower of London. The moral of the story is what you don't say can be just as incriminating as what you do say.
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  370. For all the hoops you have to jump through, I’ll just stick with my Modelo.
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  371. "The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted." (Psalm 12:8)
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  372. Achtung, baby!
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  373. Hey, how’s that “defund the cops” working out for y’all? The rest of the sane part of America is laughing you people to scorn. 🤣🤣🤣
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  374. There is little love lost here in the States between the “red” and “blue” areas. In fact, it wouldn’t take much for these two groups to go their own ways—they truly despise one another. The only thing holding the whole rickety house together is an overbearing Federal government, which, in actuality, is growing weaker with each passing year. Some states, such as Texas and California, are already charting their own course(s). Will this separation be violent or velvet? Stay tuned. ⚔
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  375.  @Novusod  There is little love lost here in the States between the “red” and “blue” areas. In fact, it wouldn’t take much for these two groups to go their own ways—they truly despise one another. The only thing holding the whole rickety house together is an overbearing Federal government, which, in actuality, is growing weaker with each passing year. Some states, such as Texas and California, are already charting their own course(s). Will this separation be violent or velvet? Stay tuned. ⚔
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  376. :face-fuchsia-poop-shape: for 🧠.
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  377.  @tinkeramma  I respect your integrity.
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  378. Arrived in California late 1968, while still on active duty with the military. Thought I had found the Promised Land, and, in many ways, it was. Plenty of things to see and do, wonderful climate, and friendly people. Shortly thereafter I got married, became a civilian again, and settled down in the Central Valley. Cost of living was dirt cheap, and our first home was under $20k ($100/month house payments!). The 1970’s were (mostly) great, even into the 80’s things were fine. But then everything seemingly went downhill by the mid 90’s. Crime, taxes, inflation, pollution got worse and worse until we said “enough.” Relocated to a different (mountain) state and never had any reason to regret our decision. Feel sorry for any middle class people that choose to remain on this sinking ship.
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  379. "The Americans are a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish." --Otto von Bismarck, former German Chancellor
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  380. Rampant violent crime...major cities overrun by the homeless...human excrement and drug paraphernalia in public places...crime tolerated and unpunished...highest personal and corporate taxes in the nation, yet crumbling infrastructure...pushing EV's, yet the power grid is already overloaded/failing. Yup, I'd say that CA's luck has run out. So glad I left when I had the chance years ago. California, 🪦.
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  381.  @karmaandkerosene_music  Why am I not surprised to hear that?
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  382. "The Germans are the only decent people left in Europe. It's a choice between them and the Russians. I prefer the Germans." - Gen. George S. Patton
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  383. "Launching the (V-2) rocket was science; where they landed was political." - Wernher von Braun
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  384. $800 USD = ~ €745. It's a good thing that you don't have to pay rent, as more than half of your pension would go to leasing a 1-br apartment (€425) in Split. Other than that, you've done a good job in showing the cost of living in that city. The only things that would cost more in Split would be milk and petrol/gasoline, but if you're not a milk drinker or don't own a car, then those items wouldn't matter. Overall, it appears that living in Split would be about 50-60% cheaper than your average U.S. city, such as Boise, Idaho. Cheers.
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  385.  @ChaosCrash13  Необходимо проводить различие между народом и его правительством. Возьмите Вьетнам в качестве примера. Несмотря на то, что война во Вьетнаме закончилась почти пятьдесят лет назад, многие люди в Юго-Восточной Азии до сих пор недовольны американцами за преступления, совершенные их правительством во Вьетнаме. И все же на протяжении всей этой войны многие, даже большинство американцев продолжали выступать против агрессии США во Вьетнаме. Печальный факт заключается в том, что средний гражданин очень мало контролирует политику и действия своего правительства. Мир тебе.
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  386. All of which Larry Elder has campaigned against, so vote for him already.
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  387. “Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.” - Otto von Bismarck
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  388.  @MysticFogGarden  Laughable. Crazy Joe is the poster child for senility. 🤪
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  389.  @cindihunter9119  If you carefully reread my comment, you will see that I noted that most (70%), but not all, people in Utah are LDS. So if a candidate for political office also happens to be LDS, he/she has a built in advantage. Back in 2012, when Romney was running against Obama, we had some LDS friends who were overjoyed that Romney was the Republican candidate. When I asked them if they were voting for Romney because he was a Republican or a Mormon, they replied, “LDS, of course.” This is why the country is in such a mess—religious sectarianism.
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  390. As long as you don’t mind some cold weather (and as a Canadian that’s something you should be accustomed to), I’d suggest (Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, South Dakota) as affordable options with fairly conservative state governments. Wyoming especially has one of the lowest overall tax burdens in the States: 4% sales tax, $0 individual income tax, very low property taxes (0.55% for owner occupied), NO estate or inheritance taxes (you still pay Federal, though). And these states are close enough to Canada to make visiting feasible. Cheers.
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  391. No difference? Well, maybe that's because both are/were murderous thugs.
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  392.  @jaytravtulsa1  All of which is true. But that doesn’t change the accuracy of his prediction concerning the despotic nature of the federal government. General Lee may have commanded the losing side, but his words have been proven true by history.
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  393. "And He (Y'Shua) said to them, You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God." (Luke 16:15)
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  394. Because the US$ happens to be the world reserve currency, any inflation here in the States will be exported internationally to any other countries using the US$ (which happens to be nearly all of them). Plus, as the US$ becomes stronger vis-a-vis other currencies, all American exports will likewise become more expensive. Sorry, folks, but there's no escaping inflation. 💸
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  395. I beg to differ. No wealth = no tax. 💸
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  396. Wouldn't it be nice if they held an election and nobody came?
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  397. “And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written that ye may believe that Jesus is the CHRIST, the Son of God, and that, believing, ye might have life through his name. (John 20:30-31)
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  398. “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." - John F. Kennedy, 13 March 1962
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  399. Yeah, Biden was SOOOO much more of a moral paradigm of virtue, right?
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  400. Mormonism (the LDS church) is a non-christian cult. Mormonism denies the doctrines that make Christianity what it is, and it substitutes their new and different doctrines that are not taught in the Bible. For example, the Bible says there’s only one God in all existence (Isaiah 43:10; 44:6; 45:5), but Mormonism says there are many gods, (Mormon Doctrine, p. 163). See also, “And they (the Gods) said: Let there be light: and there was light,” (Book of Abraham 4:3).Furthermore, Mormonism teaches that the Trinity is actually three separate gods (Articles of Faith, by James Talmage page 35) and that salvation is attained through obedience to the law and doing good works (Miracle of Forgiveness, Spencer W Kimball, page 206). In fact, in their book Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 1, page 188, it says there is no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith, Jr. as a prophet of God. Joseph Smith, of course, was the founder of Mormonism. Mormonism, also called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), teaches the following non-Christian, non-biblical doctrines. (Note that all the documentation is taken from Mormon writers and Mormon scriptures): —God used to be a man on another planet, (Mormon Doctrine, p. 321; Joseph Smith, Times and Seasons, vol. 5, p. 613-614; Orson Pratt, Journal of Discourses, vol. 2, p. 345; Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p. 333). —God resides near a star called Kolob, (Pearl of Great Price, p. 34-35; Mormon Doctrine, p. 428). —“The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s…” (Doctrines and Covenants 130:22). (NOTE: Jesus himself said, “God is spirit, and they that worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”) John 4:24 —God is in the form of a man, (Joseph Smith, Journal of Discourses, vol. 6, p. 3). —“God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens!!! . . . We have imagined that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea and take away the veil, so that you may see,” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 345). (NOTE: The Bible clearly states, “God is NOT a man…) Numbers 23:19 —After you become a good Mormon, you have the potential of becoming a god, (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 345-347, 354). There is a mother goddess, (Articles of Faith, by James Talmage, p. 443). God is married to his goddess wife and has spirit children, (Mormon Doctrine, p. 516). —The Trinity is actually three separate Gods: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. “That these three are separate individuals, physically distinct from each other, is demonstrated by the accepted records of divine dealings with man,” (Articles of Faith, by James Talmage, p. 35). —“One of the most fallacious doctrines originated by Satan and propounded by man is that man is saved alone by the grace of God; that belief in Jesus Christ alone is all that is needed for salvation,” (Miracle of Forgiveness, Spencer W. Kimball, p. 206). —Good works are necessary for salvation (Articles of Faith, by James Talmage, p. 92). —“We know that it is by grace that we are saved, AFTER all we can do,” (2 Nephi 25:23). I could go on and on, but that would be superfluous. All of the above shows that Mormonism is not compatible with Biblical Christianity, but rather is a non-Christian cult.
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  401.  @ShaferHart  Joke or not, the law is still on the books in Brazil, so, in theory, it could be enforced.
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  402. "Come now, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and get gain.' Whereas, you do not know about tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we shall live and we shall do this or that.'" (James 4:13-15)
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  403. Clownifornia: highest personal, corporate, fuel and sales taxes in the USA. Plus, an historic $97.5 billion budget SURPLUS for FY 2022-2023. And yet the state seems unable to figure out how to operate a reliable power grid. Oh, wait! They decommissioned the San Onofre and Rancho Seco nuclear power plants which (combined) produced over 3700 MWe of much needed power. And they WERE in the process of decommissioning the Diablo Canyon plant (2256 MWe) for 2024/2025. But, OOPS, the California Energy Commission and CAISO warned in 2021 that the state may have summer blackouts in future years as a result of Diablo's closure coinciding with the shutdown of four natural gas plants of 3.7GW total capacity, and the inability to rely on imported electricity during West-wide heat waves due to reduced hydroelectric capacity (from the decades-long drought) and the closure of coal plants. A 2021 report from researchers at MIT and Stanford states that keeping Diablo Canyon running until 2035 would REDUCE the state's carbon emissions from electricity generation by 11% every year, save the state a cumulative $2.6 billion (rising to $21 billion if kept open until 2045), and improve the reliability of the grid. But, hey, who needs electricity anyway, right? We can all just sit in the dark and munch on our hummus and celery stalks while pendejos like Gavin Nuisance and others just stand around and dither. Sometimes people get the politicians they deserve.
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  404. “Cause I'm back on the track and I'm beatin' the flack,  Nobody's gonna get me on another rap, So look at me now, I'm just making my play, Don't try to push your luck, just get out of my way.”
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  405. Why not? Myriads of Mexicans have moved to California. Seems like fair turnabout to me.
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  406. "He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a fool—shun him..."
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  407. Best country for Americans: Canada. Best country for Canadians: America. Simple, eh?
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  408. "And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written, that ye might believe that JESUS is the Christ, THE Son of God (Greek, ὁ υἱός θεός, ho yhios theos) and that believing ye might have life through his name." (John 20:30-31) **Please note that the original Greek text has the definite article "ho", showing that Jesus isn't merely "a" son of God, but THE Son of God.
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  409.  @YoniBaruch-y3m  As a retired senior over the age of 65, I'm on a Medicare Advantage Plan at 0$ per month, other than the standard Medicare Part A & B monthly premium of $174. So, no, health care is not an issue for me, but if you're under 65, then your experience may vary. Cheers.
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  410. “About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he was one who performed surprising deeds and was a teacher of such people as accept the truth gladly. He won over many Jews and many of the Greeks. He was the Messiah. And when, upon the accusation of the principal men among us, Pilate had condemned him to a cross, those who had first come to love him did not cease. He appeared to them spending a third day restored to life, for the prophets of God had foretold these things and a thousand other marvels about him. And the tribe of the Christians, so called after him, has still to this day not disappeared.” – Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 18.3.3 §63 (written 93-94 CE)
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  411. “For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind…” (Hosea 8:7)
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  412. Trump is “deep state…”? What planet are you talking about? The “deep state” has tried to STOP him at least three times.
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  413. К сожалению, многие политики поступили бы так же здесь, в США, если бы думали, что им это сойдет с рук.
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  414. The Ashkenazim (of which Blinken is one) are NOT Biblical Israelites. They are descended from Japheth—> Gomer—>Ashkenaz. See Genesis 10:2-3 for proof. Most of these so-called Jews are from the Khazars, Gentile pagans that converted to rabbinic Judaism about the 8th century CE. Their true homeland is 800 miles to the northeast in modern day Georgia, in the southern Caucasus.
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  415. “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.” - Mark Twain
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  416. "Do not say, 'Why were the old days better than these days?' for it is not wise to ask that." (Ecclesiastes 7:10)
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  417. I spent 18 months in Fairbanks, Alaska while serving in the military. The winter climate there was as close to being on another planet as you could get without ever leaving Earth. Going outside in the dead of winter, when overnight temperatures got as low as -60 F (-51 C) required all of your protective gear to be worn. Even dressed to the max, walking was slow and painful, as your joints became stiff. Normal breathing was painful because of the extreme low humidity and temperature. About the only thing you didn't need compared to Mars was an oxygen helmet! And now people are engaging in this collective fantasy that they can somehow reach and colonize Mars, a place that makes Alaska look like Miami Beach by comparison. Even if someday people could reach Mars safely (doubtful), there's simply no way to build a growing, self-sustaining colony on that planet. And this pales into insignificance when one considers the folly of trying to journey to another solar system to colonize an "Earth-like" exoplanet, if one can be found. The sheer time and distance of such an attempt is simply beyond present human capability. And achieving FTL travel, such as we see in Star Trek/Star Wars, is not even on the remote horizon. Face it, people, we are stuck here on good, old planet Earth. And that sobering fact should motivate all of us to redouble our efforts to make our forever home as livable as possible. (Note: it may be possible, at great effort and expense, to establish some type of mining operation on the Moon, for the purpose of extracting rare/valuable minerals, but such would be done on a rotational basis for the crew, as the moon's gravity is only 16% of the Earth's, plus time on the lunar surface must be carefully limited due to exposure to solar/cosmic radiation, so living quarters must be underground.)
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  418. And while they were throwing down, most of the rest of us were throwing up.
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  419. Oh, really! People have been saying that for the past 150 years. After the Civil War, after the Panic of 1873, after the assassination of President Garfield in 1881, after the Panic of 1893, after the Panic of 1907, after the Great Depression, after the stock market crash of 1987, after the Subprime Mortgage Crisis of 2007. It’s always been Chicken Little and the sky falling. And yet the country has always bounced back and weathered the storm to become stronger than ever. I wish all these doom and gloomers would put their money where their collective mouths are and buy gold or crypto or soy beans or whatever strikes their fancy, sell their stocks and move overseas and leave the rest of us alone. Sheesh!
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  420.  @Jay...777  The deliberations of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 were held in strict secrecy. Consequently, anxious citizens gathered outside Independence Hall when the proceedings ended in order to learn what had been produced behind closed doors. The answer was provided immediately. One Mrs. Powell of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, “A republic, if you can keep it.” Well, we didn't, alas.
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  421.  @Jay...777  Such a scenario as you describe could only be possible with the support and consent of both house of Congress, as well as the Executive branch of government. Being that the oligarchy controls all branches of government, it is doubtful that such a thing would be allowed to pass into law. FYI, the ancient Hebrews had what was called the “Year of Jubilee,” whereby every 50 years all debts were cancelled, all slaves and/or indentured servants were set free and allowed to return to their families, and all properties had to be ceded back to their original owners. God commanded this of the Hebrews, and their failure to do so was one of the reasons they went into captivity. Our whole system is one of legalized indebtedness, which, short of worldwide calamity, will never be allowed to be extinguished. Cheers.
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  422. “The Three Branches of Government: Money, Television, and Bullshit”  ~ P. J. O’Rourke
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  423. Just a heads up, Andrew, your sound level on recent videos has been quite low. Technical issues?
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  424.  @Spagoshi  Aooʼ
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  425. Depends on your current location in the USA. For example, comparing the cost of living between a larger city such as Denver, CO to that of Salzburg, Austria, you would need around $6,147 in Denver, CO to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $4,260 (4,000.00€) in Salzburg (assuming you rent in both cities). Denver would be cheaper in the cost of gasoline/petrol, as well as monthly utilities (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage), but the rental cost in Salzburg would probably be 50% less than Denver. It all depends on the life style you wish to pursue. Quality of life (personal safety, health care, pollution index, climate) would be higher in Salzburg than Denver. The only drawback in Salzburg would be the higher cost of actually purchasing a house or condo, which might be double the cost of Denver, CO. Hope this reply would be of some value in your decision. Cheers.
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  426. Might as well say prayers for Sodom and Gomorrah. 💥
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  427. “Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven! For His mercy endures forever.” (Psalm 136:26)
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  428. “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship…” - Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee FRSE (15 October 1747 – 5 January 1813)
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  429. The only positive thing about this whole wretched situation is that the current system is SO thoroughly corrupt it contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction. "Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb." (Psalms 37:1-2) O, LORD, hasten that day!
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  430. Sorry, but Olbermann’s CDS (COVID Derangement Syndrome) is terminal and irretrievable, with no hope of recovery. Next stop, the Twilight Zone.
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  431. So Lithuania has to choose between German or Russian occupation? Some choice!
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  432.  @eurotravels-dt3em  Eggszacktly.
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  433. “Trust” is what you do when you give the bank your money for safekeeping—not always a wise idea. “Foundation” is what you establish to do good deeds in your name, but secretly use it to spend on luxuries for you and your friends. Two completely different things, eh?
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  434. Ah, yes, “the strap.” In our household, it occupied a place of honor (and fear). It was there hanging from a nail on the wall…silent, menacing, foreboding. For those very reasons, Dad didn’t have to use it often. But when he did, he would always refer to it as “Il santo ragionamento,” which being translated means “The Blessed Reasoning.” Gosh, I miss him and Mom so much. Bona tempi.
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  435. Great looking women!
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  436. Individuals, be it tax residents (who spend 183 days per year in Antigua) or non-resident citizens, are exempt from any type of tax on their income no matter how much money they make. The inland revenue department and the government of Antigua and Barbuda do not impose any capital gains tax, wealth tax, inheritance, or withholding tax on individuals. A person maintaining residency in Antigua and Barbuda is, of course, subject to some other indirect taxes. Antigua & Barbuda sales tax (ABST) on goods and services, for example, is an indirect tax that a business must pay which affects individuals. ABST has a flat rate of 15%, and as most goods and services are taxable under ABST, individuals will see that tax mirrored in the pricing of the supplies or services they are buying. Antiguan resident citizens do not have to register or pay any taxes on interest, dividends, royalties, or fees for registered technical services.
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  437. But it was a mostly peaceful arson.
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  438.  @pedromarmol932  And I assume that you also believe in the easter bunny and the tooth fairy? 🤣
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  439. MSRP $27,450 (LE model). Cruising range: ~ 640 miles; combined fuel economy: 57 MPG. Hybrid/electric components warranty: 8 years /100,000 miles. NO all-electric vehicle (even at double the price) can even come close to these figures. Too bad Toyota had to compromise on the trunk capacity. But, aside from that one negative, looks like Toyota has another winner in the new Prius.
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  440. “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters…” (Gen. 1:1-2)
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  441. Lang may yer lum reek. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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  442. Mealworms and maggots...a perfect description of Congress!
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  443. "The whole principle (of censorship) is wrong. It's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't have steak." - Robert A. Heinlein, “The Man Who Sold The Moon” (1950)
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  444. Apparently, the people of Houston, TX decided to send a werewolf 👹 to Congress.
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  445. “Nor do I feel responsible for the generally low state of the Negro—as one Negro friend pointed out to me; the lucky Negroes were the ones who were enslaved. Having traveled quite a bit in Africa, I know what she means. One thing is clear: Whether one speaks of technology or social institutions, “civilization” was invented by us, not by the Negroes. As races, as cultures, we are five thousand years, about, ahead of them. Except for the culture, both institutions and technology, that they got from us, they would still be in the stone age, along with its slavery, cannibalism, tyranny, and utter lack of the concept we call justice.” – Robert A. Heinlein, noted sci-fi author, humanist and libertarian
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  446.  @jedijones  Sad, but true. Maybe we should allow NM to go back to Old Mexico, and replace it with one of the Canadian provinces, such as Alberta, that would actually contribute something positive to our nation.
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  447. Well done, mate. However, I'm afraid that the "flat earthers" will either simply ignore your findings and/or come up with more implausible excuses to hold onto their preposterous theory. Great photos, though.
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  448. It’s 1980 all over again. For weeks before the 1980 presidential election, the gurus of public opinion polling were nearly unanimous in their findings. In survey after survey, they agreed that the coming choice between President Jimmy Carter and Challenger Ronald Reagan was “too close to call.” A few points at most, they said, separated the two major contenders. They’re saying the same thing now in 2024. But when the votes were counted, the former California Governor had defeated Jimmy Carter by a margin of 51% to 41% in the popular vote–a rout for a U.S. presidential race. In the electoral college, the Reagan victory was a 10-to-1 avalanche that left Carter holding only six states and the District of Columbia. Carter (like Kamala Harris) was an unpopular candidate, and the pollsters were blind to that fact. Trump, like Reagan 44 years ago, brings hope to an America desperate for a new start in a positive direction. Harris can’t even articulate a coherent sentence. Case closed.
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  449. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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  450. "Socialism is not in the least what it pretends to be. It is not the pioneer of a better and finer world, but the spoiler of what thousands of years of civilization have created. It does not build, it destroys. For destruction is the essence of it. It produces nothing, it only consumes what the social order based on private ownership in the means of production has created." – Dr. Ludwig von Mises
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  451. This alphabet, as with other Mormon writings, is best consigned to the realm of fantasy and science fiction. 🪐
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  452. "NOBODY" actually is above the law. Just ask Bob Odenkirk!
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  453. I can recall a time, not too long ago, when it took nearly 3 U.S Dollars to equal 1 GBR pound. Now it’s less than $1.50 per pound. What happened to make the pound so weak against the USD?
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  454. And the left wing looney tunes politics of Bernie Sanders.
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  455. Maybe 10 years ago, Portugal would have been a good idea. But it’s fast becoming just another overrated European legacy name brand. Despite all its social issues, Mexico is still a better, lower cost option with an easier language to learn. ¡Viva México!
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  456. “I have always observed that wherever you find the Negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.” — Robert E. Lee, CSA, retired
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  457. "We don't need another hero, We don't need to know the way home..."
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  458.  @Anonymint-vj7bt  As I understand it, there are very few to almost "0" property zoning laws and/or permits required in many west Texas counties. Perhaps it's because so few very people actually live there, or want to live there? 🐍
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  459.  @Anonymint-vj7bt  Which is one compelling reason I relocated to (MT, ID, WY). Still 90% “bright” people, if catch my drift.
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  460. What’s it like? Mostly civilized—and white. Surprise, surprise.
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  461. “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hateful bird!” (Rev. 18:2)
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  462. Exactly. Or he can veto any proposed legislation of which he disapproves, and send it back to the legislature for reconsideration.
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  463. 2025 - 2028? What about all of the people who might die between now and then, simply because they can't afford to buy life-saving drugs? But, nah, it'll be fine.
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  464. Two words: BRITS OUT!
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  465. Well, if you were being bombarded by Russian missiles 24 x 7, you probably wouldn’t be doing much smiling either.
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  466. Anyone confused as to exactly what's happening needs to read the late Pastor Sheldon Emry's short, but very informative 1982 booklet, "Billion$ for the Banker$--Debts for the People." Same as it ever was.
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  467.  @Cadence733  It's certainly possible. Both were about the same age during their service in WWII. Niven was actually Fleming's first choice for the role, but passed because he was a bit too old (53 vs. Connery's 33), especially given the physical nature of the Bond character. Fleming wasn't too impressed at first with Sean Connery, but later became a Connery fan in view of his portrayals in "Dr. No" and "From Russia With Love."
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  468. Two groups of clueless, entitled snobs passing “beige air” and telling each other how good they smell. 💨 👃🏻
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  469. And your solution would be…?
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  470. This must be the new omi-cold.
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  471. Are you bragging or complaining? 🤔
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  472.  @gladiammgtow4092  Sad, but true. However, if you recall that during the 1980’s, Japan also went on a buying spree, especially for U.S. real estate. Eventually the market imploded and they were forced to sell it all back for a fraction on the dollar. Like the old saying, bulls make money, bears make money, but the pigs get slaughtered. Cheers.
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  473.  @magnetospin  No, just a poor man who's tired of being robbed blind by the 1% to support their lavish lifestyles. As it is written, "Indeed, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger." (Matt. 23:4) Some things never change, mate.
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  474. Hey, man, stop confusing me with all these facts...🤔
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  475. “Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight, Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight, An' for each an' ev'ry underdog soldier in the night, An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.” (Bob Dylan, 1964)
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  476. China also is aware that the U.S. Navy, by shutting down their access through the Strait of Malacca, can effectively put a choke hold on the Chinese economy, and greatly limit their import/export capabilities, especially for crude oil imports, which account for over 65% of China's oil usage.
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  477. Dear Geoff, you’re wrong! There is very little sentiment here in Idaho for absorbing any part of Oregon. In fact, quite the opposite. We want Oregonians to solve their own political issues, not bring them over into Idaho for us to deal with.
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  478. Bye bye, Biden, not gonna miss you, oh no, Bye bye, Biden, so glad to see you go! 👉 (cackle, cackle)
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  479. Why are we NOT hearing all of this valuable information from the Government? Wait...let me guess.
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  480. Where did all these “folks” go? Probably down I-5 to Portland.👹
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  481. In 1942, the U.S. Congress passed the (temporary) Victory Tax Act, which imposed a 5% tax on individuals with incomes over $624. The tax was eliminated in the Individual Income Tax Act of 1944, which is still in place.
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  482.  @CM-zl2jw  Who said that taxes were temporary? Taxes may be temporary in the sense that once you’re in the grave they cease, but then your heirs might have to deal with them. I’m reminded of the story of one poor man in a mental institution who, when asked why he kept beating his head against the wall, answered, “Because it feels so good when I stop.” Cheers.
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  483. CIA = Chomos In America.
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  484. Hey, Dems, just keep on doing what you’ve been doing for the past 8 years—it’ll be fine. 🤣
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  485. Thanks, Joe, you deserve a medal for bravery. Let’s go, Brandon!
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  486. My remote works just fine. 📺
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  487. I come from a land down under, Where taxes grow and gov't blunders, Can't you see, can't you see the plunder? You better leave, you better take cover, yeah.
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  488. "None of your constitutional rights are absolute!" ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? "Absolutely!" 🫏
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  489.  @AL-lh2ht  "Change" in any so-called "democracy" is an illusion. We have here in the U.S. what could be termed a "uni-party" system. There hasn't been any meaningful change in the political structure since Ronald Reagan back in 1980. Regardless of which label (D/R) is in charge, policies continue unchanged: Elder Bush--->Clinton--->GWB--->BHO--->Trump--->Biden. What remains constant is the warfare/welfare state run by and for the moneyed oligarchy. To believe otherwise ignores history. Cheers.
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  490. 'Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee![
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  491. Do the math. The observed speed of light is approximately 671 million miles per hour, which means that it takes 1 photon of light approximately 8.3 minutes to travel from the sun to the earth. Reducing the fractional relationship of 8.3 minutes to 1 hour (60 minutes) we obtain a decimal result of 0.138333 (approx). Multiplying 671 million x 0.138333 give us a product of 92,821,443 miles, which just so happens to be the distance from the sun to the earth. Therefore, the sun is much farther away from the earth than the 2-3 thousand miles the "flatties" postulate. It also means that the sun is much larger than the 32 mile figure claimed by these people. BTW, the earth's orbit around the sun is not a perfect circle, but an ellipse, so the exact distance varies with the time of year. What next? Will the flatties try to alter the speed of light to suit their theories? Sorry, flatties, but the math will get you every time.
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  492. No, America got what it NEEDED, not another 4 years of Biden-Harris incompetence.
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  493. The real question seems to be not if these people are Jews, but rather, are these people Americans? They have imported all of their customs and lifestyles from Eastern Europe, and, unlike many other Jews, have refused to assimilate into mainstream American culture. This isn’t a matter of religion, but one of national identity. It takes more than merely being born in the U.S. to be an American. Are these people truly Americans? You be the judge.
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  494.  @gerulurei6088  “Your over confidence is your weakness.” - Luke Skywalker, from “Return of the Jedi,” 1983
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  495.  @souqsayara7644  Have you ever actually lived in the USA? If not, then you're talking out of school. Having lived here my entire life, I feel that I've been treated quite well, both by my state government, as well as by the federal government. My taxes at all levels are quite low and I've always been able to afford a reasonably priced home in which to live and raise a family. Is the USA perfect? Far from it, but what place is? There is a reason why that, in 2020 alone, the United States granted 707,362 people lawful permanent resident status (not counting the large number of illegals from Mexico, etc.) And that reason includes: economic opportunity, security, freedom of conscience/religion, and the rule of law. If the USA isn't your cup of tea, then by all means find a country that meets your requirements. Cheers and long life, my friend.
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  496. No wealth...no gut punch. 💸
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  497. Cheap/free rent, maybe?
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  498. Dude says, “That’s a great question,” and then totally obfuscates the reply. Classic spook double speak.
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  499. I would be interested to find out the rate of recidivism for prison inmates in Singapore. No doubt, it would be far lower than that in U.S. prisons.
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  500. Sorry, Mr. H, but Arizona is NOT "almost an entirely blue state" as you incorrectly stated. Both the state legislature and state senate are still controlled by the Republicans. And the current Governor Doug Ducey is also a Republican, soon to be succeeded by Republican candidate Kari Lake.
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  501. The Mormons are such nice people...the Jehovah's Witnesses are such nice people...the Seventh Day Adventists are such nice people...the Church of Christ are such nice people...blah, blah, blah. What does being "nice" have anything to do with being true? When you really get down to it, no one is "nice"--we're all a bunch of rotten sinners in need of a savior. Which is why God sent his one and only son, Christ Jesus our Lord, to be the propitiation (that which expiates or procures divine favor) for our sins. Christ completely satisfied the just demands of a holy God for judgment upon sin by his death at Calvary, and proved that our sins are gone by his resurrection from the dead. That's the Gospel that Christ gave, the apostles proclaimed, and the same gospel by which we (who believe) are saved. There is no reason for a so-called "restored" Gospel--the original one never disappeared. Maranatha.
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  502. “I have always observed that wherever you find the Negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.” – General Robert E. Lee, CSA (retired)
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  503. Don’t understand why everyone acts like this is some rare or unusual occurrence. Almost universally, every major city that’s dominated by leftist politicians (Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, Seattle, etc.) has turned into 🦮💩. Yet brain dead voters keep returning these same crooks back to office every election. Must be some form of mental aberration. 🤪🤪🤪
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  504. "Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and WORSHIP OF ANGELS, dwelling in the things which he has seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast the Head (Christ), from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God." (Col. 2:18-19)
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  505. “The Jews, I find are very, very selfish. They care not how many Estonians, Latvians, Finns, Poles, Yugoslavs or Greeks get murdered or mistreated as D[isplaced] P[ersons] as long as the Jews get special treatment. Yet when they (the Jews) have power, physical, financial or political, neither Hitler nor Stalin has anything on them for cruelty or mistreatment to the underdog." --President Harry S. Truman, 21 July 1947
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  506. According to NATO’s first Secretary General, Lord Hastings Ismay, the main purpose of forming the alliance was to, “Keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.” Sound advice, both then and now.
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  507. Well, the dude is certainly right about L.A. being “contaminated.” Homelessness, rampant drug culture, public defecation, out of control crime, political corruption—it’s all bad. As for Ohio, I’m guessing that the major urban centers there aren’t much better than SoCal. Glad to see that at least this man is self-sufficient and can travel on his own.
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  508. “At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.” — P. J. O'Rourke (1947-2022), American libertarian author, humorist and social commentator.
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  509. Only province even worth considering (MAYBE) is Alberta (AB), and that’s only if the Canadian government allows it via a plebiscite, AND the U.S Congress approves it, AND the U.S. Senate ratifies the addition via treaty. The rest of the provinces are socialist money pits and the USA already has too many of those (CA, OR, WA, NY, etc.).
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  510. BB gun vs. 2 officers armed with 9mm? Ooookay…
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  511. “At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.” - P.J. O’Rourke
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  512. "Republicans embracing authoritarianism"? Hah, the only fascists I see are the Democrats and their woke allies.
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  513.  @leifanderson3487  A barrier to some is a safeguard to others. If people don’t like the present system, then the only (legal) remedy is for the (34) states to vote to call a constitutional convention under Article 5 of the Constitution and amend the current system accordingly. That’s the only LEGAL way to do it. And I’m sure that we’re all interested in following the law of the land, right?
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  514. And so goes another South American "democracy" down the 💩-hole of woke collectivism. Never mind that Allende was a fraud and a failure back in the 1970's. “What pushes the masses into the camp of socialism is, even more than the illusion that socialism will make them richer, the expectation that it will curb all those who are better than they themselves are. The Welfare State is merely a method for transforming the market economy step by step into socialism.” - Dr. Ludwig von Mises
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  515.  @TimHall-c3q  To borrow a line from Metallica, "Sad, but true..."
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  516. Regardless of your opinion of Alan Moore (he was an anarchist), he was absolutely correct in his analysis of government and tyranny (is there a difference?)
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  517. And yet Sen. Sanders continues to be a paid shill for the DNC, a party that has (twice) stabbed him in the back by denying him a fair chance to compete in the primaries (2016 and 2020). Superdelegates, anyone? He poses as an advocate for the workers, yet lives an extravagant lifestyle as a multimillionaire. Sanders is simply a political grifter keeping himself in the public eye for his own aggrandizement.
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  518. And who are these wealthy people that moved to Montana and drove up housing prices to the point where the locals can no longer afford a decent home? Mostly left-wing liberals from places like CA, OR and WA state, or east coast places such as NY, NJ and CT. Place the blame where it belongs, not on the average worker.
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  519. “It became necessary to destroy democracy to save it.” 🤪
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  520. Odo: "You'd shoot a man in the back?" Garak: "Well, it's the safest way, isn't it?" Jimmy Dore: "You'd bomb the poorest people on earth?" POTUS: "Well, it's the safest way, isn't it?"
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  521. What Lavrov is really saying is, "We're getting our (‿!‿) handed to us, so we need a break to regroup and start over in the spring."
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  522. “You fasten all the triggers For the others to fire Then you sit back and watch While the death count gets higher You hide in your mansion While the young peoples' blood Flows out of their bodies And is buried in the mud.” From “Masters of War,” (1963), by Robert A. Zimmerman (aka, Bob Dylan)
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  523.  @TheChenny73  Weren't they an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950's to the late 1960's? I think that they started out as a nightclub act in San Francisco.
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  524. No gravity? Hmm…try stepping off the roof of a 5-story building and see how that works out fer ye.
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  525. “At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.” - P.J. O’Rourke (1947 - 2022), American libertarian political satirist and journalist.
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  526.  @howardjuliewiley5629  As if housing prices in CA, OR or WA are affordable? New arrivals over the past 10 years show an equal mix of both liberals and conservatives, according to the Chamber of Commerce. So, yes, any time a state has reasonably affordable housing, people will be drawn to it. Same thing has happened to Austin, TX, over the past 20 years. My brother moved there in the mid-90's for an employment offer, and purchased a nice, 2-story home for around $250k. Now that same home would sell for ~ $1.25 million, a nearly five fold increase. And who is responsible for all that? Techies moving in from the Bay area of CA, mostly liberal-voting Democrats. So you see, holmes, it cuts both ways. Cheers.
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  527.  @howardjuliewiley5629  Maybe not, but they certainly drive up the housing prices to the point where the locals have to commute 45 minutes one-way just to work in Sun Valley at rather low wages. Wealthy people, whether (D) or (R), belong to an elitist club, and you and I aren't allowed in, friend.
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  528. Might as well say that Trump is really now the de facto POTUS. All that's lacking is him taking the oath of office this coming January. Biden and Harris have essentially abdicated their offices simply by being no-shows when a crisis occurs. The only real question is whether or not our nation can survive the Biden-Harris incompetence until 20 January 2025.
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  529. Outstanding, mate! Best review ever on my favorite film ever. Even though Michael Douglas is an excellent dramatic actor, his flair for comedic relief is often overlooked. To wit, the scene at “Whammyburger” when he asks the lady how she’s enjoying her meal, and she responds with EEGHLURP 🤮! To which he replies, “I think we have a critic.” Dark humor at its best—I think I laughed for 10 minutes! Thanks, Drinker, for all that you do, and for caring so much about modern cinema.
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  530. Mr. Zelensky shows up at OUR White House, sits down in OUR Oval office, casually dressed in a horrid looking green cardigan, looking like an unshaven vagabond, and then proceeds to begin to debate and lecture OUR President and OUR VP on matters that essentially were 90% agreed upon 5 days PRIOR to this sit down, and (possibly) utters a profanity at VP Vance under his breath, and then WE’RE supposed to view him with sympathy? Not in THIS house!
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  531. They conveniently forget to mention that gold, year over year, is DOWN. The only way to make money on gold is to travel back in time to 2006 and buy it then. January 5, 2021 gold price = $1949.56 USD per troy ounce. November 19, 2021 gold price = $1846.29 USD per troy ounce. If you purchased gold at the beginning of this year, you would be DOWN.
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  532. If (God forbid) there was ever a need to call for a paramedic to assist either me or a family member, this is the man I’d want to see hopping out of the ambulance. Outstanding professionalism.
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  533. I would most definitely want someone like her protecting me.
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  534. Au contraire. It’s a GREAT day for America! Weep and howl, all you lefties. 😭
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  535. “I have always observed that wherever you find the Negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.” - Robert E. Lee (CSA, retired)
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  536.  @MikeHoncho130  In "spades."
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  537. "You say you want a revolution..."
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  538.  @TheDrRJP  Why not stop apologizing for your own lack of courage in not giving up “F”-book? You can’t fight the devil by using the devil’s playground. “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” (2 Cor. 10:5) You can’t do this on “F”-book.
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  539. This will be war, trust me. Remember back in 1990/1991, the U.S. initiated “Desert Shield” in Iraq, which quickly morphed into “Desert Storm.” Over 265,000 Iraqi casualties, military and civilian combined. Plus lingering health issues from the use of depleted uranium (DU) shells by coalition forces. People never learn, it seems.
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  540. "...In order that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, gives it to whomever He wills, and sets over it the lowliest of men." (Daniel 4:17)
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  541. This guy is a doom and gloom sayer, going around neighborhoods predicting a collapse in prices, so that, in the unlikely event he’s correct, he can buy the same properties on the cheap. Isn’t that a bit inconsistent?
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  542.  @TheHardTruth315  At last count, there were at least 47 books written/published regarding the JFK assassination, some pro "conspiracy theory," others denying a coverup and/or a conspiracy. If I had to recommend one, it would be "JFK: A Conspiracy of Silence," written by Charles A. Crenshaw, one of the attending doctors who tried to save Kennedy's life that fateful day in Dallas.
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  543.  @joelpettlon9650  "Potentially true"? That is a contradiction both in terms and logic. Either a thing is true or a thing is false. It's like a light switch--either on or off. There is no middle ground. You cannot say that something is "true for me" but not "true for you." That's like trying to insist that the law of gravity applies to me, but not to you. Try walking off the ledge of a 10-story building and then see if the law of gravity (actually Newton's law of acceleration) doesn't apply to you, no matter what you believe. (FYI, a falling object accelerates at 9.8 m/s2). Concerning these "omnipotent moral busybodies" of which C.S. Lewis spoke, he wasn't critical of their "good deeds," but rather he opposed their attitude of superiority and exclusivity, as if they had the corner on moral excellence and the rest of us were compelled to kowtow to their dictates. And there is no such thing as the "doing of collective good." That statement of yours tells me all I need to know about your political leanings. INDIVIDUALS do good deeds of their own free will. Anything else is tyranny. I would strongly urge you to take some courses in logic and philosophy.
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  544.  @Nikosi9  "The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God.'" (Psalm 14:1) So, I guess that you have two options, friend. Either you humble yourself before the Almighty and acknowledge him for who he is. Or, you take your place with the rest of those foolish people that deny Him. The choice is yours. God isn't going to drag anyone kicking and screaming into his kingdom. It's not that people CAN'T believe in God--it's that they WON'T believe. Or to quote renowned British biologist, scholar and humanist, Sir Julian Huxley, "I suppose the reason we (atheists) leaped at (Darwin's) The Origin of Species was because the idea of God interfered with our sexual mores." Well, I can't agree with his decision, but I have to at least acknowledge his honesty and candor. As a former agnostic myself, the reason I resisted coming to faith in God wasn't for some "intellectual" or esoteric reasons about his existence and reality. It was, as is probably the case with most so-called "atheists," that I rebelled at the idea of my having to be accountable to any higher power or authority, from whom there is no appeal or escape. Why, how dare God judge ME, of all people! The idea of me seeking for God was akin to the idea of a mouse searching for a cat. I wanted no part of a holy and righteous Creator. But then the grace (unmerited favor) of God sought me out and revealed my abject condition and demonstrated his love toward this wretched man, in that while I was yet a sinner, Christ died for ME. But, one may ask, how does one actually believe? Romans 10:9-10 has the answer: "...that if you shall confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and shall believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved, for with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." BTW, I checked just this morning, and, yep, God is still there. Cheers.
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  545. "We’re Doomed! – DOOMED, I Tell You!"
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  546. “Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.” —H. L. Mencken
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  547. "There is a very apparent Semitic influence in the press. They are trying to do two things: first, implement Communism and second, see that all businessmen of German ancestry and non-Jewish antecedents are thrown out of their jobs." George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; 22 Sept 1945
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  548. If you wait to escape your home country until "a time of crisis," then you've probably waited too long. What makes anyone think that travel will be unrestricted if/when a real international crisis is looming? That would be akin to waiting until the last minute before leaving the Titanic to see if it's really going down. 🚢
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  549. It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.
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  550. Hope those "big changes" don't include relocating to Florida or Texas. No state income tax in either place, but, booooy do they hammer you on sales, property and other taxes. I have a family member that lives in Austin, TX and he's paying around $600/month on property taxes, around $400/month for utilities, plus his location is subject to an 8.25% sales tax. Florida isn't quite as bad with sales tax (7%), but south Florida has some of the highest priced real estate in the country, with property taxes to match. If you can tolerate some colder weather, I'd recommend (ID, MT, or WY). Smaller, less intrusive state govts, modest taxes and far less crowded. Cheers.
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  551. Hah! Mexico IS America!
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  552. I feel not ONE whit sorry for “the people of California.” They keep voting these (Democrat) politicians into office, and this is what happens. People get the leaders they deserve, so let them stew in their own juices. Tough 💩!
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  553. While Mormonism may use traditional Christian terminology in their statement(s) of faith, their actual doctrine is totally NON-Christian. Examples: Mormons believe that the Supreme Deity is not one being but THREE separate beings (Elohim, Jehovah, and Holy Ghost); that God Himself was once a man like we are, but that through faithful obedience to Mormonism (which BTW hadn't been invented yet) became exalted into godhood; that the Heavenly Father has a wife with whom he produces spirit children in heaven to be sent to earth to be born into human families; that faithful Mormon males get to marry multiple wives (in addition to their earthly wife) in heaven to further produce more spirit children; that God/Elohim currently lives as an exalted man with his throne located on a planet named “Kolob” (wherever that may be). Almost reminiscent of George Lucas' famous intro, "...a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away." I could go on and on, but I think that you get the message. Mormonism is NOT a part of Biblical Christianity; in fact, many years ago the Mormons even refused to call themselves Christians, but started doing so in order to attract new (gullible) converts. And Mormonism has NEVER been acknowledged or accepted into the sphere of traditional Christianity by any religious council. Mormonism was invented in 1826 by a treasure-hunting farm boy named Joseph Smith, Jr., who patterned his new "religion" after the cult of Free Masonry, of which he was a member. Smith also engaged in occult practices, such as divining rods, magic circles, sacrifice of animals, and witchcraft. Please check out these things for yourself--don't just take my word for it.
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  554. The usual suspects.
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  555. I don’t understand why people always praise Germany, when Austria is much more affordable and livable. Less crowded, lower crime rate, better weather and lower cost of living. Plus, Austria allows its citizens to own and carry firearms.
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  556. Clean up on aisle Biden...:face-fuchsia-poop-shape:😆
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  557.  @DoodleNugget9  To borrow a line from Metallica, "Sad, but true."
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  558. “Whoopi Goldberg melts down…” All they found was 150 kilos of bear grease.
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  559. Coming of age during the 1950’s and 1960’s, we never concerned ourselves with such matters. It was all in the realm of science fiction as far as we were concerned. The only moment that things got real was during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. But it was short lived, and world leaders decided to go to the negotiating table to prevent any such reoccurrence. Mostly, we focused on baseball, movies and TV shows. Then came the Vietnam war, and that’s when we REALLY got scared.
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  560. “When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.” - Otto von Bismarck
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  561. I'm not a Jill Stein supporter (voted Trump), but it's important for people to vote their conscience for so-called 3rd party candidates. If enough votes are cast for people like Jill Stein, eventually they will be able to break the uni-party monopoly in U.S. elections. Bernie Sanders presented himself as a 3rd party option, but in reality he was merely a shill for Biden-Harris and the Democrats.
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  562. After watching Rachel Maddow...retching violently...🤮
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  563. The notion of humans searching for aliens is akin to the idea of a mouse searching for a cat.
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  564. “You (juice) are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.” (John 8:44a)
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  565. I wondered the very same thing. Perhaps he's so hard up for subscribers and/or customers, he's willing to sacrifice his principles for the sake of profit. After all, he IS a capitalist.
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  566. I am very much pro-life…but in her case I’d be willing to make an exception.
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  567. “…there seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously — after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important … so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be both ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.” — Robert A. Heinlein, “To Sail Beyond the Sunset” (1987)
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  568.  @ColoradoStreaming  Probably not, but time will tell.
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  569. That supposed 5.4% rate of inflation does NOT include any rises in food prices, energy costs and transportation. So, I guess that if we don't eat, we don't heat/cool our homes, and we don't drive, then life is good, right?
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  570. Wrong, wrong, oh, so VERY wrong. The first Klan was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, on December 24, 1865, by six former Confederate cavalry officers: Frank McCord, Richard Reed, John Lester, John Kennedy, J. Calvin Jones, and James Crowe. Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest was NOT a founding member of this version of the KKK, as many suppose, but he did join and become an early member sometime in late 1866 or early 1867. Organized in numerous independent chapters across the Southern United States, the first Klan was suppressed by federal law enforcement officers around 1871. In 1915, the second Klan was founded atop Stone Mountain, Georgia, by William Joseph Simmons. While Simmons relied on documents from the original Klan and memories of some surviving elders, the revived Klan was based significantly on the wildly popular 1915 film "The Birth of a Nation." From September 1923 there were two Ku Klux Klan organizations: the one founded by Simmons and led by Hiram Wesley Evans, with its strength primarily in the southern United States, and a breakaway group led by Grand Dragon D. C. Stephenson based in Evansville, Indiana with its membership primarily in the mid-western United States. Both groups finally faded away in the 1940's. The third Klan was started by numerous independent local groups opposing the civil rights movement and desegregation, especially in the 1950's and 1960's. During this period, they often forged alliances with Southern police departments, as in Birmingham, Alabama; or with governors' offices, as with George Wallace of Alabama. Several members of Klan groups were convicted of murder in the deaths of civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964, and of children in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham in 1963. The existence of modern Klan groups has been (fortunately) in a state of consistent decline, due to a variety of factors: from the American public's negative distaste of the group's image, platform and history, infiltration and prosecution by law enforcement, civil lawsuit forfeitures, and the radical right-wing's perception of the Klan as outdated and unfashionable. Estimates of total nationwide membership range from 3,000 to 8,000. The sooner it drops to "0" the better for all of us.
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  571. “Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth stupid fumbling.” — Robert A. Heinlein, from “Stranger in a Strange Land” (1961)
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  572. The purpose of NATO, in the words of first NATO Secretary General Lord Hasting Ismay is, "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down." Sound advice, both then and now.
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  573. That FTL “speed limit” works both ways—it keeps “us” from going out there, but it also keeps “them” from coming here. Mankind simply isn’t ready now for the kind of travel being proposed in this video. And maybe we’ll never be.
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  574.  @16-biTbasketball  Granted. Here’s one that might be more to your liking: “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.” (Isaiah 55:7) May grace and peace be yours in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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  575. “Progressively…worse…” Oh, the truth and irony of that lady’s statement!
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  576. Alec Baldwin did NOT pull the trigger. It was done by another actor with the same name.
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  577. "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." - George Carlin
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  578. “The politics of dancing, the politics of, ooh, feeling good, The politics of moving, aha, if this message's understood.”
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  579. Interestingly, the use of disinformation as a tactical weapon started in 1923 in the Soviet Union, when it became a tactic used in Soviet political warfare called "active measures." The deputy chairman of the KGB-precursor State Political Directorate (GPU), Józef Unszlicht, called for the foundation of "a special disinformation office to conduct active intelligence operations". Active measures is a term used to describe political warfare conducted by the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. The term, which, as stated above, dates back to the 1920's, includes operations such as espionage, propaganda, sabotage and assassination, based on foreign policy objectives of the Soviet and Russian governments. Hmm....sounds vaguely familiar somehow, eh? Has the U.S. government copied the same tactics from its old rival, the USSR? Nah, couldn't be.
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  580. “Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.” - H.L. Mencken
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  581. “Anti-Semites” with a Jewish President, and a previous Jewish PM? Exactly how does that work? Zelenskyy won the 2019 election for President with 73% of the vote. That sounds rather strange if the Ukraine is so “anti-Semitic.” 🇮🇱
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  582.  @angelabender8132  If you had read my comment CAREFULLY (and I'm assuming that you can actually read English properly), you will notice that my critique was NOT on the Italian economy as a whole. BTW, currently the GDP of Italy is 4th in the EU after Germany--NOT second as you incorrectly stated. But my critique is that the Italians do not seem to have the self-motivation to work as hard or as long as their neighbours. Accordingly, Italy's GDP has remained essentially stagnant for the past 10 years, unlike Germany, the UK and France. Italians, like most southern Europeans, have bought into the promise of something for nothing (or next to nothing). In that regard they share the same mindset as the Greeks. And before you accuse me of being biased, I myself am of 100% Italian ancestry, so I feel that I am qualified to speak freely regarding the land of my ancestors. Arrivederci!
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  583. Talk about transparency…wide open spaces between her ears.
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  584. Well, the Idaho Free State is only a short move away.
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  585. So we're supposed to get all worked up over a "strong female character" whose parents named her (Brie) after a soft cow's-milk cheese? Nah, don't think so.
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  586. If only RFK Jr. was Trump's running mate. Sigh....
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  587. You’re gonna’ have to go farther back than that. Urban decay was already well under way by the time Jimmie Carter took office in 1977. Even before that, probably, as the Detroit riots of spring 1968 showed. “Every community.”? C’mon holmes, stop the sweeping generalizations. It’s embarrassing.
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  588. "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." (Proverbs 14:12)
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  589. So, according to their logic, the only acceptable scenario is “a bad guy with a gun”?
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  590. Need to send that jacket back to Sonny (Don Johnson) of “Miami Vice.” 🥼
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  591.  @marksizer3486  It has to do with fairness, not proportionality. Does anyone really need/deserve $100M per year, while their hourly employees barely get by on subsistence level wages? Average wages have basically flatlined since 1973. Adjusted for inflation using the CPI for urban wage earners and clerical workers, the average wage in Feb. 1973 was $23.24/hr, exactly the same as it was in March 2019. IOW, workers really haven’t had an actual raise in nearly 50 years throughout both Democratic and Republican administrations. Let them eat cake, right?
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  592. The situation has become irretrievable. Keeping Biden on as POTUS is untenable; having Harris assume the job is unthinkable. The USA as a cohesive nation is finished. The only hope to restore constitutional rule is for the states to go their own ways and chart out an independent future SEPARATE from the gangsters in DC.
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  593. “At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.” - P.J. O’Rourke (1947 - 2022), American libertarian political satirist and journalist.
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  594. "Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of jackals by jack@$$es." - H.L. Mencken, 20th century writer and social commentator.
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  595. Umm…please tell us why the DOE actually needs a 9mm SMG.
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  596. Trump said as much back in 2019: "In reality, they're not after me, they're after you. I'm just in the way."
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  597. Hoohah...these state lines are all outa' order!
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  598. "Tense" = as in "we're getting our 🍑 handed to us."
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  599. How many of these “sat phones” are made in PRC? And what type of spyware might they contain?
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  600. The old joke that Seattle people used to make: “Flush twice, Tacoma needs the water.”
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  601. All pie-in-the-sky pyramid schemes eventually go bust, including BETcoin. Because that's what people are really doing--betting that they can unload their snake oil elixir on a greater fool. "Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no intention of acquiring wisdom?" - Prov. 17:16
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  602. True, however very few of them are in positions of authority. Similar to Germany 1933-1945.
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  603. White is easier and better both to buy and to sell, especially in sunnier climates.
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  604.  @erniesulovic4734  Exactly. 👨‍✈
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  605. Maybe Sudan or Afghanistan?
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  606.  @paulfelkner6749  Well, with respect to housing, cost of living, groceries and transportation, I would say so. Boise is far more representative of an “average” U.S. city than any major cities on the West Coast or the Northeast parts of the country. It’s probably a bit more expensive than parts of the Midwest or Southeast. Cheers.
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  607. Clownifornia: highest personal, corporate, fuel and sales taxes in the USA. Plus, an historic $97.5 billion budget SURPLUS for FY 2022-2023. And yet the state seems unable to figure out how to operate a reliable power grid. Oh, wait! They decommissioned the San Onofre and Rancho Seco nuclear power plants which (combined) produced over 3700 MWe of much needed power. And they WERE in the process of decommissioning the Diablo Canyon plant (2256 MWe) for 2024/2025. But, OOPS, the California Energy Commission and CAISO warned in 2021 that the state may have summer blackouts in future years as a result of Diablo's closure coinciding with the shutdown of four natural gas plants of 3.7GW total capacity, and the inability to rely on imported electricity during West-wide heat waves due to reduced hydroelectric capacity (from the decades-long drought) and the closure of coal plants. A 2021 report from researchers at MIT and Stanford states that keeping Diablo Canyon running until 2035 would REDUCE the state's carbon emissions from electricity generation by 11% every year, save the state a cumulative $2.6 billion (rising to $21 billion if kept open until 2045), and improve the reliability of the grid. But, hey, who needs electricity anyway, right? We can all just sit in the dark and munch on our hummus and celery stalks while pendejos like Gavin Nuisance and others just stand around and dither. Sometimes people get the politicians they deserve.
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  608. In a related story, 4 out of 5 listeners reported uncontrolled hysteria, laughing and mental anguish after sitting through one of Joe Biden's speeches. 🤪
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  609. Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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  610. "His hair was perfect...!"
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  611. If Putin is a “Christian”, then so was (⊙▃⊙)
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  612.  @jimbeam8168  "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." - George Carlin
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  613. Sorry, my dear, but you’re missed the boat on this one. The Founding Fathers specifically framed the Constitution to ensure that the newly freed colonies became a Constitutional Republic, NOT a so-called “democracy.” In fact the U.S. Constitution, Article IV, Section 4, reads: “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government…” The word “republican” does not refer to any political party (as there were none at that time), but to the form of government. “The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.”—Thomas Jefferson, Letter to William Hunter, 1790. “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. It is in vain to say that democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than aristocracy or monarchy.” —John Adams, in an 1814 letter to John Taylor. Benjamin Franklin's response to Elizabeth Willing Powel's question: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" Mr. Franklin answered without hesitation, “A republic, if you can keep it. (September 17, 1787)
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  614. So Bill chastises the Democrats for talking down to Trump supporters, and then turns around and does the very same thing. Guess some people will do anything for a laugh.
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  615. Actually, it was the British new wave band called "The Buggles" that released the song "VIDEO Killed the Radio Star," in June of 1979. The song was chosen to be the first music video shown on MTV in the US, airing at 12:01 a.m. on 1 August 1981. The song has received several critical accolades, such as being ranked number 40 on VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the '80s. All those years ago.
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  616.  @MrEiht  Well, if one is going to make a parody on a song, at least get the original artist correctly. And yes, I’m aware that it was a (bad) joke.
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  617.  @MrEiht  I comment for the same reason that you, or anyone else may comment--I feel like it. You got a problem with that, holmes?
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  618. Basically, when you engage the services of a so-called “escort,” you’re really paying her to just go away.
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  619. Some people, myself included, will still wear a mask in certain specific situations: while in airports or flying, while at the doctor's office or hospital, or if we ourselves are ill with a cold, cough or flu. This doesn't mean that we're "traumatized" or "paranoid." We're simply trying to use common sense appropriate to the environment in which we find ourselves. Stay well.
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  620.  @williams4434  It's called common courtesy, especially if you're traveling on a plane or other public conveyance. BTW, tell that to a surgeon operating on a patient. The mask isn't there to protect the doctor; it's for the protection of his patient. A surgical mask is designed to provide barrier protection against droplets--such as when you sneeze. Or would you prefer to have someone sneeze in your face without a mask? 😷
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  621.  NolanVoid-dr1ch  That's an example of virtue signalling; they're trying to advertise how morally superior they are. It has nothing to do with the situations that I outlined above.
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  622.  @sunshinethrutheice8554  Wonderful story!
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  623.  @SoulRocketMan  Maybe Calvin Coolidge?
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  624. The UAE/Dubai continue to commit serious human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees, suppression of freedom of expression, and violation of the right to privacy. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue to deprive stateless individuals of the right to nationality, impacting their access to a range of services. According to Human Rights Watch, the UAE detains those who criticize authorities, including hundreds of activists and academics, and Emirati laws discriminate against women, migrants and LGBT individuals. Flogging and stoning are legal forms of judicial punishment in the UAE due to Sharia courts. As a result, the UAE routinely ranks near the bottom of many international measures for human rights and press freedom. It depends on how one defines the word "safety."
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  625. People that became prominent/successful late in life: --Colonel Harlan Sanders built a fried chicken empire at age 62. --Grandma Moses became a world famous painter at age 78, and was still active well into her 90's. --Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first novel at age 65. --Nelson Mandela became South Africa's president at age 75. --Yuichiro Miura reached the summit of Mt. Everest at age 80 (having previously done it at age 70). --Moses (of the Bible), after tending goats and sheep on the backside of the desert for 40 years, became the leader of the Israelites at age 80. Moral of the story? Don't underestimate Trump's vigor and determination.
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  626.  @thomasthumim7630  A “wise government?” Do you know of any? More often it’s a government run by “wise guys.”
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  627. When you really stop and consider it, there are only a very few things that government can actually do to you: threaten you, beat you up, or kill you. That's it. Everything else is superfluous.
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  628. To be more accurate, the pandemic started at a “U.S.-funded” lab in Wuhan, China. Contrary to public perception, the first human case of the COVID-19 virus is now thought to be much earlier than 19 Nov 2019. The Novel Coronavirus circulated undetected before the first COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. Studies show this may have happened in early October 2019, according to researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine.
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  629. In case you're unaware, the nation of Georgia (not the U.S. state of the same name) shares a rather long, tenuous and disputed border with its northern neighbor, Russia. Russia's military support and subsequent recognition of the breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2008 continue to sour relations with Georgia. In fact, there are still Russian troops stationed in both of these areas. If Putin didn't hesitate to invade the Ukraine, a huge nation the size of Texas with nearly 44 million people, what makes you think that he wouldn't do the same with a tiny nation like Georgia, with less than 5 million people? I'd consider an area farther removed from the Caucasus, Portugal, for example. Or even better, Mexico. Cheers.
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  630. There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and Russian official information.
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  631. Basically, you're moving from one high-tax, socialist state to another, albeit in Europe you'll be getting better food and better health care.
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  632. Hard to say, as Ahnuld’s English is still almost unintelligible after 45+ years in America.
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  633. We’re livin’ in the USSR, boys. Truly a one-party system if there ever was one.
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  634. "Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time." -- 1 John 2:18
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  635. “Ahnuld’s” own Plan B: “Quick, hold my hand!” “Get to de ‘choppa!” “Auuuarghhh!”
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  636. What we refer to as "time" (or more properly the passage of time) is actually a multi-faceted phenomenon: the interaction of photons, gravity and human consciousness. For there to be a proper measurement of time, it requires an observer. But then in the process of measurement, it is possible that the mere fact that there is an observer could affect the outcome of the entire experiment. Much as in quantum mechanics, the observer effect is the phenomenon in which the act of observation alters the behavior of the particles being observed. So too it may be with the measurement or observation of time. Something to consider.
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  637. "And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be FEARFUL SIGHTS AND GREAT SIGNS from heaven." (Luke 21:11)
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  638. But it was just fine for UK PM Starmer to send out dozens of his minions to interfere with the recent U.S. presidential election and actively campaign on behalf of Kamala Harris, right?
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  639. “Do not expect that, once taking advantage of Russia's weakness, you will receive dividends forever. Russia has always come for their money. And when they come - do not rely on an agreement signed by you, you are supposed to justify. They are not worth the paper it is written. Therefore, with the Russian is best to play fair, or do not play.” - Otto von Bismarck
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  640. Colorado: another sad example of leftist, elitist Californicators moving into, taking over and ruining a once great state.
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  641. I tried reading the BOM once. As Mark Twin once observed, “It’s chloroform in print.” There’s even a book in it called “Ether.” 🤣
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  642. "Pull the string and I'll wink at you, I'm your puppet. I'll do funny things if you want me to, I'm your puppet, mm."
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  643. Crisis? What crisis? If there was ever an "abortion crisis," it began with the disastrous 1973 SCOTUS decision to allow abortions on demand for the convenience of the pregnant woman under the guise of "privacy." Meaning that a woman could now "privately" slaughter her unborn child.
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  644. “No one gets out of here alive…” The Doors, 1968, from the song "Five To One" (1968)
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  645. Not to mention the $9000 each that the government is giving to illegals.
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  646. “O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?” (Luke 3:7)
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  647. Was passiert? Putin wird sein eigenes Todesurteil sowie das Todesurteil für sein ganzes Land unterzeichnen.
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  648. Interesting that, no matter how much Newsom is swaying, he always seems to gravitate toward the “left.”
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  649. Poor Eric doesn't look so wonderful tonight. He's probably at the crossroads of his life. Guess that some people are just born under a bad sign. 🎸
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  650.  @NancyK-cu6xj  “Dream” = nightmare. Or, to borrow a line from Guns’N Roses, “Use your illusion.”
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  651. “Now baby, pack your leaving trunk, you know we've got to leave today, Just exactly where we're going I cannot say, but we might even leave the USA…” from “Goin’ Up the Country,” by Canned Heat (1968)
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  652. Simply because something MAY be theoretically "possible" doesn't mean it's plausible or likely to happen. For example, it's "possible" that I may win the Powerball or Mega Millions lotteries, but the odds against winning either are approximately 300 million to 1. You're more likely to die in a plane crash (11 million to 1), or for asteroid 2004 MN4 to strike the Earth on April 13, 2029 (60 to 1). As for so-called "aliens," we had better hope that there aren't any such beings. Why? Well, as Dr. Steven Hocking said, there are only three possible outcomes: they may be benevolent and befriend us; or they may be neutral and simply ignore us; or they may be hostile and either enslave us or destroy us. So the odds of a NEGATIVE outcome for any encounter with an alien race would be 1 in 3. Not exactly encouraging, eh? The only time we're likely to see FTL travel is in the movies. Cheers.
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  653. "Everybody's talkin' 'bout a new way of walkin', do you want to lose your mind? Walk right in, sit right down, daddy, let your mind roll on." (with apologies to the Rooftop Singers)
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  654.  @jimsy7al  Time to roll back the clock to 1960: separate schools, etc., and, if possible, separate living areas. The only way to avoid an all-out conflagration, but it might be too little, too late.
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  655. How does Putin maintain his popularity? One indicator might be the attitude of everyday Russians toward former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. In a recent (2019) poll of Russians aged 18 and above in 137 towns and cities, 51% respect, like or admire Stalin. In addition, 58% of adults see Stalin’s historical role in either a “very” or “mostly” positive light. Any questions?
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  656.  @Harry-nn4px  Possibly. After all, Senator Chucky is a major windbag. 🌬
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  657. This guy has nothing on Joe Biden. 🤡
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  658. "Do not expect that once taking advantage of Russia's weakness, you will receive dividends forever. Russians have always come for their money. And when they come - do not rely on an agreement signed by you, that you are supposed to justify. They are not worth the paper on which it is written. Therefore, with the Russians it is best to play fair, or do not play." - Otto von Bismarck
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  659. What you’re seeing in Venice Beach is a microcosm of the problems besetting California. No solution, situation terminal.
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  660. "In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American ... There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag ... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language ... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." - Theodore Roosevelt, in a 1907 speech in the Astor Court Building.
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  661. @Amused Derision Anarchy ALWAYS leads to tyranny. Why do you think that the Bolsheviks allied with the anarchists in 1917, and then after securing power murdered all the anarchists? You are naive in the extreme.
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  662.  @timothyjenkin4365  Yes, Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) was a national treasure and the greatest humorist America ever produced.
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  663. You don’t win any military conflict in the air or even at sea. You win by projecting power with boots on the ground, boots that are motivated and competently commanded by mid-level officers and NCOS. Two things that the Russians seem to be sorely lacking.
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  664. Drunk driving? Speeding? Reckless endangerment? Fleeing from police? Oops, he's a cop. Nah, it'll be fine--nothing to see here. 🤣🤣
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  665. Nah, it’ll be fine! 🤫
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  666. NATO “Chief” worried that he might actually have to something for a change, like grow a pair. 🍒
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  667. AI = Absolute Insanity.
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  668.  @mandatorym_y_o_c_a_r_d_i_t_i_s  I am. 🤔
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  669.  @Ni1zz  Wouldn't touch the place with a 10-meter pole, troll. 👹
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  670. Washington, DC needs to be at the top of the target list. 💥
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  671. According to Transparency International, of the 10 most corrupt countries in the world, 6 are located in Africa. So it would behoove those seeking dual citizenship in Africa to carefully consider their choice(s) of passports. As always, caveat emptor.
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  672. "Birds of a feather flock together, and so will pigs and swine." (Old English nursery rhyme)
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  673. The Egyptians and Jordanians aren’t stupid. They know that these “refugees” would bring nothing but trouble to their respective countries. Much like the 10 million illegals that Joe Biden allowed to enter the USA.
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  674. "For when they say, 'Peace and SAFETY!', then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they shall not escape." (1 Thess. 5:3)
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  675.  @modelenginerding6996  It would make more sense to combine Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho to form a new state. Similar demographics, climate and politics. Although, I don’t know who would want to claim Lewiston. What a dump!
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  676.  @mysterioanonymous3206  You don’t keep “trading up” forever. Sane people buy the best home that they can afford at the time in their lives when they need it the most, and they stay there as long as possible. THAT’S the secret to conserving capital and building up one’s net worth. Go ahead and be a renter if you so choose, but you’ll always be at the mercy of some landlord, making that person rich at your expense.
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  677.  @mysterioanonymous3206  So choose to reside where you can afford to live within your means. Simple, no?
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  678. “…as in Google can’t pinpoint where somebody lives.” That’s not necessarily such a bad thing, no?
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  679. Some people are not above using scare tactics in order to induce others into selling their properties. There is STILL a huge housing shortage (3.8 million units) nationwide, according to a recent study by a group called “Up For Growth,” DOUBLE the shortage that existed in 2012. The USA is currently in a state of extreme housing UNDERproduction, and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Yes, there are some markets that are overpriced, but it will take some time (years?) to reach equilibrium. In the meantime, would be buyers (and renters) are being squeezed out of the housing market. Doncha just love predatory realtors?
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  680. Singapore? Right next to a rather unfriendly, and much larger, nation--Indonesia. Georgia? Right next to a much, much larger, and very hostile, nation--Russia. What's wrong with this picture? I'd go with Ireland, myself.
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  681. Hey Briggs, I had expected virtually all the states on your list to be “blue states.” But, to my surprise, there was an equal number of both red and blue states. Just goes to show you that both major parties can be equally incompetent. Cheers!
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  682. On the barfometer scale of 1 to 5: 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
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  683. Well, you’re forgetting one important freedom—the freedom to relocate to wherever you choose. Like I did 10 years ago.
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  684. Hey, Petey boy, have you been grocery shopping lately? Not much "deflation" in our local supermarkets, I'm afraid.
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  685.  @rosalinelowe972  Yeah, “run” as far away from politics and politicians as possible. I detest them ALL.
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  686. Which is what I keep telling everyone that will listen. Don't be fooled by the lack of a (state) income tax in place like Texas or Florida. What you save will be more than offset by high property taxes, sales taxes, and utility bills. The same applies, to a lesser degree, in Nevada, especially in Las Vegas. No state income tax there either, but watch out for other taxes, PLUS, southern Nevada may soon run out of water. Try living in Vegas with no water or electricity flowing from an empty Lake Mead. Of course you could always opt for the Reno/Tahoe area, but most of the good property has already been bought up by wealthy Californians.
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  687. “The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.” —Charles Bukowski
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  688. The federal Firearm Owners’ Protection Act, or FOPA, allows you to legally transport your firearms in your vehicle while you drive, so long as you comply with a short list of requirements found in what is known as the “Safe Passage” provision, or 18 U.S.C. § 926A. There are three conditions you must meet when crossing state Lines with your personal firearms: (if you are active duty military, other rules may apply) 1) The first condition is that any firearms or guns you are transporting must be unloaded and locked in the trunk of the vehicle or in another container that is out of reach or not immediately accessible. Any ammunition must also be locked in the trunk or another container. This does not include the glove box or center console. 2) Second, your journey must begin and end in states where your possession of firearms is legal. So, for example, if you begin your journey in your home state of Texas and are looking to drive to Grandma’s house in Kansas, where permit-less concealed carry is legal, you will be protected as long as you meet the other two conditions. However, if you begin your journey in Texas and are driving to New Jersey for vacation, where a state-issued license is required to even own a firearm, you will not be protected under the Safe Passage provision. 3) Lastly, you must be “traveling.” This applies especially while going through a state that is not firearm-friendly. Unfortunately, the term “traveling” is not defined in federal law. Courts have interpreted it narrowly to indicate that a person must not stop in one place for “too long.” Unfortunately, how long is “too long” is not entirely clear. In an actual case decided in 2013, a man was convicted for illegal possession of his shotguns and rifles secured in zippered cases after he stopped for a brief nap in New Jersey while moving from Maine to Texas. (P.S.: NJ sucks!)
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  689. Yawn….
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  690. Sorta’ like what happened to Wayne Gretzky.
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  691. "There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked." (Isa. 57:21)
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  692. Biden's reaction when informed of the crisis: "Something's burning, man?"
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  693. "Should 5% appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all, 'Cause I'm the taxman, yeeaah, I'm the taxman." (And you're working for no one but me--Taxman!)
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  694.  @coreydailey4939  “We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?” --Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili (aka, Josef Stalin)
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  695. Pres. Donald Trump: unscripted, unpretentious, unbeatable.
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  696. The “best” crypto is the one you never buy.
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  697.  @PJ-ns6um  “In regione caecorum, rex est luscus.” = “In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.” (credited to Desiderius Erasmus's Adagia, circa 1500).
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  698. More like..."RUINing our country..."
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  699. Dems seeking to find the chief lunatic in their insane asylum. 🤪
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  700.  @robertcornelius3514  I believe that. Sounds like something the government would do. Easier to control people that are under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Sad, but true.
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  701. Or, to borrow a line from the late Flip Wilson, "Da' devil made me do it." 👹
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  702. ”The worst thing that can happen to a socialist is to have his country ruled by socialists who are not his friends.” — Dr. Ludwig von Mises
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  703. “O most pernicious woman! O villain, villain, smiling, damnèd villain! (My tables—meet it is I set it down) That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain—“ Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, Act I - Scene V
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  704.  @AbdellahBerhil  Political rights: 5/40....Civil Liberties: 12/60...Combined Score: 17/100 "Not Free" Money isn't everything, my friend.
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  705.  @___________2204  Political rights: 5/40....Civil Liberties: 12/60...Combined Score: 17/100 "Not Free". The things which you mentioned do not equate with political freedom and civil liberties. Are you willing to exchange freedom and liberties for "shorts and flipflops", my friend? And I'll venture a guess that the privilege of wearing "shorts and flipflops" only extends to males, not females. Cheers and best wishes.
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  706. "And this is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than Light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the Light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed." (John 3:19-20) "...I (Jesus) am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of life.” (John 8:12)
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  707. So, just because the perp might be homeless and/or mental, that excuses his criminal behavior? It's "funny" when it happens to someone else, but what if it happens to you? Then not so funny, right?
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  708. I beg to differ. I lived in California during the 80's and 90's. And both George Deukmejian and Pete Wilson were excellent governors. Coincidentally, both were also Republicans.
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  709. Vincent Anthony Vaughn.
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  710. Mormonism = a "non-prophet" religion.
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  711. 🔩 ⚾
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  712. “The Americans are a very lucky people. They are bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish.” - Otto von Bismarck
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  713. America has ALREADY become the USSR under Joe Biden. ☭
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  714. "If you drive a car, I'll tax the street, If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat, If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat, If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet." (Taxman!) Cos I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman....
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  715. The question isn’t, “Are these people Jews?” I’ll grant them that. No, the real question should be, “Are these people Americans”? I mean, they’ve simply transplanted the culture and (Yiddish) language of their ancestral Eastern European homeland to the New World. And then proceeded to cloister themselves from the everyday American society. Just because one’s mother gave birth to a person on U.S. soil, does NOT make that person a true American. They refuse to assimilate into our culture and brag about that fact.
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  716.  @Nelkboys397  "In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and NOTHING but an American ... There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag ... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language ... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." - Theodore Roosevelt, in a 1907 speech in the Astor Court Building.
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  717. Bali Ha'i may call you, any night, any day, In your heart, you'll hear it call you: "Come away... Come away."
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  718. “It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.”― Otto von Bismarck
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  719. I’ve never understood the rationale behind this search for “another Earth.” We’ve already screwed up our own home planet, so what makes us think we won’t do the same to a new one? Humankind is a disease, a plague upon the universe.
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  720. "The Stanley is made in China".....oh, the humanity! 😭
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  721. If hell isn't real, then there is no final judgement upon the greatest villains of all time: Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot, Stalin, Mussolini, Attila the Hun, etc. It means that they ALL got away with their crimes, and will face no divine tribunal or retribution. The very notion of justice DEMANDS that there be such a judgement. People deny God, not because there is something illogical about the existence of a Supreme Being, but because they don't WANT there to be a God. Or, to quote noted British biologist, humanist and atheist Sir Julian Huxley: "I suppose the reason we (atheists) leaped at (Darwin's) The Origin of Species was because the idea of God interfered with our sexual mores." They find the idea of having to give an account for their lives intolerable.
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  722. Prove it. Invest some of YOUR money is places like, oh, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Sudan, etc., and get back to us, holmes. 😁
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  723. “Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.” (Matt. 15:14)
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  724.  @skyricq  Really couldn't say, as I haven't done either lately.
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  725. The Democrats brought this upon themselves. They failed to address key issues such as price inflation at the grocery store, skyrocketing petrol prices, and an uncontrolled border. All of which the Biden-Harris administration either outright denied or simply ignored. Then they added insult to injury by calling average Americans who were Trump supporters “garbage.” Plus, most Americans are fed up with the cycle of endless wars and military spending, while their own country’s infrastructure and healthcare systems are falling apart. Trump will spend the next four years trying to undo the damage the Biden-Harris have done. And, yes, I’m a U. S. Citizen who voted for Trump.
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  726. "If at any time all labour should cease, and all existing provisions be equally divided among the people, at the end of a single year there could scarcely be one human being left alive---all would have perished by want of subsistence." - Abraham Lincoln
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  727. Don't forget the $9000 each for illegals.
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  728. The 10 most dangerous cities in the U.S., according to a recent (Oct. 1, 2023) study, in ascending order: Cleveland, OH; Alexandria, LA; Little Rock, AR; Pine Bluff, AR; Birmingham, AL; Detroit, MI; (tied) Memphis, TN & Saginaw, MI; Monroe, LA; and Bessemer, AL. And guess which ethnic group is the majority population in every city except one?
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  729. “The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously — after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important … ” —Robert A. Heinlein, “To Sail Beyond the Sunset” (1987)
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  730. You = 👨🏻. Your investment = 💰💲. Your investment in Ukraine = ✈ 💣 💥.
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  731. They say that figures don't lie, but liars sure do figure.
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  732. I have long admired Australia and our friends there in the “land down under.” Some of the best people in the world, truly. But some of their politicians, not so much. 🇦🇺🇺🇸
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  733. "I've developed a new philosophy. I only dread one day at a time!" - Charlie Brown
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  734. “You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.” --Robert A. Heinlein, “Time Enough for Love.” (1987)
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  735. Best investment one can make. 🍺
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  736. "The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted." - Psalm 12:8
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  737. Too bad. If they were "loyalists," then they need to stay in Russia with their daddy Putin. They supported him for all those years, so they get to keep him. No entry for these spies.
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  738. Maybe, if you haven't already done one, you could do a test/review on the 4-5 cup size coffeemakers?
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  739.  @danfreeman9079  Not to mention how the entire state is dominated politically by the Portland-Salem-Eugene axis of evil leftist lunatics.
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  740. California, like Sodom and Gomorrah, is a lost cause. It has passed the tipping point and is now irretrievable politically, socially and morally. All conservative, God-fearing people need to heed this warning: "...Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues." (Rev. 18:4)
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  741. Gavin "Nuisance"...going down like the Titanic. 🚢 🌊
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  742. Putin currently has about 300,000 active duty soldiers under arms (not counting the so-called "mobilisation"). Even if all those draftees were put into action, that would still only field 600,000 troops--not nearly enough to defeat and occupy a huge country such as Ukraine. During WWII, Stalin had over 11 million men under arms, yet despite this huge numerical advantage the Russians were only barely able to defeat the Germans after 4 long years of brutal combat. Today's Russian army is but a faint shadow of its Soviet counterpart, and stands no chance against Ukraine. Unless, of course, Putin goes nuclear and wants to start WWIII.
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  743. “At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.”― P.J. O'Rourke (1947 - 2022) American libertarian, humorist and social commentator
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  744. All the U.S. would have to do is station a few destroyers off the Gulf of Oman, and interdict any oil tankers with a manifest showing their final destination to be China. The Chicom economy would tank in 30 days.
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  745. That's a great quote. However, you're referencing the wrong source. It was originally spoken by Winston Churchill at Perth, Scotland, 28 May 1948. Cheers.
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  746.  @SlimTortoise  Point of information, holmes, you DID reference Ayn Rand, for whatever reason. This would imply that you were quoting her, not Churchill. If you reference Ayn Rand, then it implies that she is the source of this quote. We can't read your mind, as to what your intentions might be.
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  747.  @SlimTortoise  Likewise, I'm sure.
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  748. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
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  749. Wallace, Connor & Jeff Davis...all southern Democrats. Hmm...do we notice a pattern here?
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  750. "Bring in that floating fat man, the Baron!..."
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  751. WHERE ARE THE EPSTEIN FILES?!
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  752. I’m sure that those commies felt right at home in the Peoples Republic of Gotham.
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  753. Yes, you truly are 🔩 . Maybe relocate to Alberta and hope that province votes to leave Canada?
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  754. Where does he get all those wonderful toys?
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  755. Sorry, Peter, but I must take issue with your methodology. Denver, CO averages 245 sunny days per year, while El Paso, TX averages 297 sunny days per year. Yes, I realize that Denver has the "advantage" when it comes to elevation (5279 vs. 3717), but El Paso also has a dry climate with good air quality. For that matter, Albuquerque, NM also has Denver beat when it comes to average sunny days (280) per year, as well as having a high elevation (4954) and dry climate. Cheers.
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  756.  @exhaustedcoffee2603  Not Mexico’s fault? 🤣 When government officials at every level are on the cartels’ payrolls? Supply produces demand, holmes.
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  757. When government officials at every level are on the cartels’ payrolls? Supply produces demand, holmes.
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  758. @ No, “holmes” as in gangster slang. What you would call a good friend, a stranger, or even mockery against an adversary. Different from “homes,” derived from "homeboy" and is commonly used in informal greetings.
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  759. @ Maybe, but never “skirts.”
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  760. Mr. Zelensky walked into a sh*tshow with his eye wide open, knowing that Trump and Vance would never tolerate this type of insubordination. But he was determined to embarrass them on the world stage and it blew up in his face. Now he's left with no option other than to go begging to the Euros with his hat in hand (if he even owns a hat). The Euros smile and say kind things to Zelensky, but they really don't want to touch him with a 10-foot (3-meter) pole.
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  761. "The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously....In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son-of-a-b**ch, barbarian, and chronic drunk." - Gen. George S. Patton (8 Aug 1945)
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  762.  @nealdee1755  And younger. Tired of having to choose between all the octogenarian geezers: Trump, 76; Biden, 79; Sanders, 81; Hillary, 75; Bloomberg, 80. DeSantis fits the bill, both for competency, experience and age (44). And he doesn’t have Trump’s baggage.
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  763. Mormon = moron with an extra “m” added. 🤪
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  764. "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose, and nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free..." --Janis Joplin (1971), from her #1 hit song "Me and Bobby McGee" (written by Kris Kristofferson)
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  765.  @lazarus1672  Sir, I am honored to have a reply from someone who purports to speak for all the "sane people" in the world (whoever they may be). I appreciate your feedback and look forward to hearing again from such a distinguished personage as yourself. You honor me by your presence.
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  766.  @lazarus1672  Pursuant to your reply, I find it rather amusing that people of your persuasion, who are normally very much pro "free speech," frequently wish to silence those of differing viewpoints. Apparently, your enthusiasm for "free speech" extends only to those whose speech agrees with that of your own. Thank you for this telling self-reveal. Cheers and God bless. 🌈
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  767. And let us not overlook the 800-lb gorilla in the room that no one wants to discuss— People in Ada County (which contains the 2 largest cities in Idaho, Boise and Meridian): - 85.2% are White - 1.2% are Black - 2.6% are Asian - 0.4% are Native American - 0.1% claim Other - 7.9% claim Hispanic ethnicity - 2.5% Two or more races - 0.1% Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
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  768. DNS = Domain Name System, which is the hierarchical and decentralized naming system used to identify computers, services, and other resources reachable through the Internet or other Internet Protocol (IP) networks. The Domain Name System has been an essential component of the functionality of the Internet since 1985.
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  769. Harrison Ford himself needs to be in a museum.
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  770. A residency permit does NOT guarantee U.S. citizenship. To obtain citizenship, one must be a green card holder for at least 5 years, be at least 18 years old when you apply, be able to read, write, and speak basic English (depending on age), and be of good moral character. That means NO criminal background or convictions. Plus, there is a very in-depth interview along with a lengthy civics test (that many native born Americans find challenging). So just because one has $5 million laying around DOESN’T mean that person will necessarily qualify for citizenship. Plus, the USA does not recognize dual citizenships, so one must be willing to renounce his/her current allegiance to obtain U.S. citizenship.
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  771. Cigarettes 20-Pack (Marlboro): Melbourne, AUS = $29 USD; Boise, Idaho (USA) = $7.50. I don't smoke either, but it appears that your average pack of cigarettes in Australia is about 4 x more expensive than in the USA. Another good reason to quit smoking. 🚬
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  772. Cold…snow…dreary weather…crumbling Soviet era apartments…same as it ever was.
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  773. “I have always observed that wherever you find the Negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.” —-Robert E. Lee (CSA, retired)
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  774. Accountable. Accountable how? Do we cut off trade with the PRC? Maybe place an oil embargo on them? Sink a few of their capital warships? Accountable how? People toss around these words without attaching any meaning to them, and then expect others to fill in the blanks. Nothing but media diarrhea. 🤮
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  775.  @zachbos5108  To be sure.
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  776.  @shaheemamoosa7966  I stand corrected. Turkish refers to the people or language of Turkey, while Turkic refers to the general language group or the peoples associated with it.
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  777. Number 46? Must be his IQ.
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  778. Cramer, in most of his economic and financial pronouncements, has proven himself to be a useful parrot of the establishment point of view. Ignore him.
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  779. "And the devil (Satan) who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever." (Rev. 20:10) Satan, his angels and minions, and all humans that follow him will suffer this same fate. "Only one life, ’twill soon be past, only what’s done for Christ will last." (C.T. Studd, 1860 - 1931)
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  780. Beagles….why did it have to be beagles? 🐶
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  781. Husqvarna made in Poland?
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  782.  @Monika77ful  “Democracy is nothing but the Tyranny of Majorities, the most abominable tyranny of all, for it is not based on the authority of a religion, not upon the nobility of a race, not on the merits of talents and of riches. It merely rests upon numbers and hides behind the name of the people.” — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (15 January 1809 – 19 January 1865), French anarchist, socialist, philosopher, and economist.
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  783. Idaho resident here. I truly empathize with this good man who is trying to do his sworn duty and solve a very daunting case. Hope justice will be served during the trial of this alleged murderer. FYI, Moscow, ID and it’s nearby neighbor, Pullman, WA, are leftist hotbeds that despise law enforcement and want to defund the local police. I’m sure that it has a lot to do with both places being college towns, and under the control of elitist academia and tenured socialist professors. You have to be to the left of Bernie Sanders in those towns to be “accepted.”
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  784. “Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed That he is grown so great? Age, thou art shamed!” —Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene 2
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  785. Only in our memories…
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  786. Maybe we should allow NM to go back to Old Mexico, and replace it with one of the Canadian provinces, such as Alberta, that would actually contribute something positive to our nation.
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  787.  @0004612  Sounds like the real life version of "Better Call Saul."
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  788. Al Green…he even has his own personalized emoji. 👹
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  789. This video is the best argument EVER against computer voting. They never had such problems when votes were tabulated manually.
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  790.  @LeoHKepler  But never wholesale fraud using electronic manipulation.
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  791. Factoid: Terry Jacks and Susan Pesklevits (later Susan Jacks) were both Canadian songwriters and performers, and had the unlikely distinction of being the only Canadian artists to both have chart-topping albums in the same year. Both albums were released in 1973 after Susan had left the marriage. Weird coincidence.
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  792. "...sooner or later the people in this country are going to realize the government doesn't give a f**k about them. the government doesn't care about you, or your children, or your rights, or your welfare or your safety. it simply doesn't give a f**k about you. It's interested in it's own power. That's the only thing...keeping it, and expanding wherever possible." - George Carlin, from "It's Bad for Ya"
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  793. 💩🚽 Fluuush!
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  794. Tell that to Abraham and Moses. BTW, having been circumcised as a newborn, I have a full and robust s*x life, so stop making unprovable assertions. Circumcision is nothing, uncircumcision is nothing, so stop concerning yourself with other men’s schlongs.
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  795. If you meet a woman in a bar, that’s where you’ll probably end up losing her.
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  796. Sounds as though we're deep in the heart of TAXES...yeehah!
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  797. Thank you, sir, for reinforcing my view that humans are not now, nor ever will be, adaptable to long-term space exploration. Best to leave it to the AI robots that don’t need food, oxygen, gravity or exercise. Cheers.
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  798. The vaccine wasn’t made for COVID-19, COVID-19 was made for the vaccine.
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  799. Biden #45? Oh, you mean his IQ, right?
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  800. More like Snow Dark and the midget Village People.
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  801. "The whole principle (of censorship) is wrong. It's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't have steak." -- Robert A. Heinlein, “The Man Who Sold The Moon” (1950)
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  802. "Tense" = as in "we're getting our 🍑handed to us."
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  803. “I had the last Walz with you, two stupid people together…”
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  804. Workers? What workers? You can't "rebel" unless you're employed.
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  805. “Is that you, John Wayne…is this me?” 🤪
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  806. I'm sure that the Taliban will enjoy their new accommodations, courtesy of the NATO "allies."
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  807. Niagara Falls!.....slowly I turned.
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  808. “I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammad. As far as I can see, it is the principal cause of the decadence so visible today in the Muslim world and, though less absurd than the polytheism of old, its social and political tendencies are in my opinion more to be feared, and I therefore regard it as a form of decadence rather than a form of progress in relation to paganism itself.” — Alexis de Toqueville, “Democracy in America” (1835)
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  809. NRA = Not Really Active. Which is why I’m no longer a member.
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  810. If…if…if.. Sounds like a pretty “iffy” proposition to me. 🤔
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  811. Having just rented this film on Blu-Ray, I must agree with the Drinker’s analysis—mostly brilliant. The sound, cinematography and visuals are just stunning, a triumph really. The casting too deserves accolades, with these reservations. The lead character, Paul, played by Timothee Chalamet, was rather weak and unconvincing. Yes, I’m aware that in the original Frank Herbert novel Paul was only 16 years of age, hence the need for a youthful-looking actor, but he really comes across as a 98-lb weakling that has to hide behind his mum’s skirt. And as for this “Zendaya” person, well don’t even get me started. I hope that in Part 2 they manage to give her character a less wooden appearance, instead of having her stare blankly with a puzzled look most of the time. Or maybe she just can’t act. I just find it hard to comprehend the other great casting choices (Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgaard), and then failing so miserably with the Paul and Chani characters.
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  812.  @gwestcot  "Mathematically zero?" What are you, some kind of prophet? Show me the math, holmes, not just your own hypothetical notions. Many geopolitical analysts, such as Peter Zeihan, believe that the best years for America might be in the mid 21st century, and they have the data to back up their predictions. Time will tell, eh?
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  813.  @gwestcot  Well, if that’s what you truly believe, then your only logical course of action would be to follow Andrew’s example: expatriate to the country of your choice, start an offshore business, renounce your U.S. citizenship and enjoy life. As for me, I’m not going anywhere, no matter what the future may bring. Meilleurs voeux et bon voyage.
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  814.  @gwestcot  Sounds as though you're in a quandary about making choices yourself. "Should I stay or should I go?" I've already made my choice and am fully prepared to accept (whatever) consequences may follow. Can you say the same?
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  815.  @gwestcot  Triste, mais vrai. Au revoir et bonne chance, mon ami.
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  816. “These dreams go on when I close my eyes, every second of the night, I live another life. These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside, every moment I'm awake, the further I'm away.”
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  817. “Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of the human mind.” (Orange Catholic Bible), from Frank Herbert’s “Dune,” 1965
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  818. “At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.”― P.J. O'Rourke (1947 - 2022) American libertarian, humorist and social commentator
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  819.  @Zennsunni  They? Who’s they? They speak English in “they”? And where are all the lies of which you speak? Read your history before talking out of school, holmes. Russia has had the same game plan for the past 300+ years. Only the names have changed: Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Alexander I, Nicholas I, Nicholas II, Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Putin. Put on different faces, but keep the same game plan, which is Russian expansionism. Russia is now, has been, and will continue to be an aggressive, imperialist, expansionist nation.
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  820. “We cannot ignore the fact that our own government originated in revolution, and is legitimate only if overthrow by force can sometimes be justified. That circumstances sometimes justify it is not Communist doctrine, but an old American belief. The men who led the struggle forcibly to overthrow lawfully constituted British authority found moral support by asserting a natural law under which their revolution was justified, and they bravely proclaimed their belief in the document basic to our freedom. Such sentiments have also been given ardent and rather extravagant expression by Americans of undoubted patriotism." - (Supreme Court Justice) Robert Houghwout Jackson (1950)
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  821. Hey, Joe, the reason America is a "divided nation" is because YOUR (Democratic) policies have made us so. And you continue to spout the same drivel, without reflecting on who's to blame for the mess we're in. Un-flipping-believable!
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  822. On the plus side, there goes approximately 6.75 million registered Democrats. 💥
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  823. “Anyone who clings to the historically untrue--and thoroughly immoral--doctrine that, 'violence never settles anything,' I would advise to conjure the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler could referee, and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms.” - Robert A. Heinlein (Starship Troopers, 1959)
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  824. Of course the past exists. How else could the Terminator travel back in time to kill John Connor? 🕶
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  825. More accurately, Biden is confused about EVERYTHING. 🤪
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  826. Well, at least 1/2 of American voters (who voted for Trump) are still sane.
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  827. They call in an “impartial” commentator who just happens to be an Israeli agent. Yeah, I’m sure we’ll an unbiased analysis on this matter. Where is the “impartial” Iranian viewpoint?
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  828. It would be nice to see one of these “non-binary” woke types that weighs less than a metric tonne.
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  829. Well, I guess that they could always sit down and lie just as easily.
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  830. 🦼+ 🩹+ 🏊
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  831. Ah, truly heartwarming, such "bipartisan" cooperation. Let us all celebrate the military's budget which allows them to bomb 3rd world countries back into the stone age. Hmm...where have I heard that one before?
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  832. All these Euros are furious with Trump/Vance, not because they’re lying, but because they’re speaking the truth about the Euros being a pack of spineless, backstabbing freeloaders. Europe, see to thine own house.
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  833. "Like arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of one’s youth." (Psalm 127:4)
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  834. “Unspecified virus of unknown origin…” Right.
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  835. Kaptur has been in office since 1983! The same year that brought us the birth of the internet TCP/IP protocols, and also the conclusion of the broadway musical “Annie.” Kaptur doesn’t belong in Congress, but, to borrow a quote from Indians Jone, “she belongs in a museum.”
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  836. Fake as the soap opera stage setup.
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  837. “…there seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously — after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important … so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be both ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.” Robert A. Heinlein, “To Sail Beyond the Sunset” (1987)
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  838.  @mariangelessuarez9978  Agradezco su respuesta.
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  839.  @mariangelessuarez9978  Igualmente.
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  840. One genocidal government supporting another genocidal government. No surprise there.
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  841. Ukraine was never totally independent, and it was certainly NEVER a "democracy" in the Western European model. In fact, Ukraine acted more like Belarus than Belgium.
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  842.  @lllool8404  Bernie Sanders was a political grifter that bows to his masters at the DNC whenever push comes to shove. He also is a multimillionaire with a net worth of over $3 million, and owns 3 mansions with his wife. Yeah, he's a real man of the people alright.
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  843. And most of those offices died in cities run by Democrats (L.A., NYC, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Detroit, Baltimore, St. Louis, etc.) Nice going, voters. Stupid is as stupid does.
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  844. Let me give you all a flash...this country has already had a (cultural) civil war and, except for actual military combat, has already fallen apart. And that's not such a bad thing, as it will allow people to actually determine their own destinies without being tied to some artificial construct known as a "federal republic." America: supposedly one country, but actually several regional nations with no love lost.
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  845. Looks as though we have another "thor" loser on our hands.
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  846.  @rcc8506  If you stay away from the trouble spots and border towns, you'll be just as safe as (or safer than) any major U.S. city. The cartels mainly shoot each other, not tourists unless they happen to be in an area under dispute.
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  847. @Racialist Slayer BLM, Antifa, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the Black Panthers, Die Linke (German Communist Party), Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), etc. ALL Marxist organizations, and ALL advocating and/or committing racially motivated acts of terrorism (usually against whites and conservatives). Open your eyes, smell the coffee, and come down from your ivory tower of political idealism. True, freedom-loving Americans despise BOTH fascism and Marxism. Which are you?
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  848. Right. Just like filing your income tax return (and paying any taxes due) is described as “voluntary compliance” and “self-assessment.” Just watch what happens should you choose not to “volunteer.” 💸
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  849. "Happy trails to you, until we meet again, Happy trails to you, keep smilin' until then. Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather. Happy trails to you, 'till we meet again." 🤠
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  850. Ancient alchemists practiced (unsuccessfully) the occult art of transmutation, i.e., attempting to convert or transmute base metals, such as lead, into noble metals like gold or silver. The technical term for this practice is chrysopoeia (from Greek χρυσοποιία, khrusopoiia, "gold-making"). These attempts went on from Zosimus of Panopolis (c. 300 A.D.) to distinguished chemist Robert Boyle (1627–1691). Hopefully, modern scientists won’t take as long to recognize the futility of these “fusion” experiments. I hate to impugn anyone’s motives, but the question arises as to whether or not they keep making these “breakthrough” pronouncements as a stratagem to ensure the continued flow of funding. I’m no scientist, but it’s my understanding that nuclear fusion in our sun requires a temperature of at least 100 million degrees Celsius in order to allow the ions to overcome the Coulomb barrier and fuse together. In a solar fusion reaction, two light nuclei merge to form a single heavier nucleus. The process releases energy because the total mass of the resulting single nucleus is less than the mass of the two original nuclei. The leftover mass becomes energy. This process takes place in the core of the Sun as hydrogen is being converted into helium, where enormous gravitational forces, intense pressure and heat fuse hydrogen atoms together, generating helium and energy. So unless earth’s scientists find a way of duplicating said conditions in the sun, PRACTICAL nuclear fusion here on earth remains an ephemeral dream. Or, as The Doctor in Star Trek:Voyager once observed, “Divine intervention is highly unlikely.” Cheers and look on the sunny side of life.
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  851. This is the most biased, ill-conceived video on the Ukraine situation I’ve heard recently. The NATO/USA warhawks under the Clinton, GWB, Obama and Biden administrations have been baiting the Russians for over a quarter of a century, even while Yeltsin was President (remember Bosnia/Serbia/Kosovo?) In fact, former Secretary of State James Baker had given assurances to the Soviets (during talks for German reunification) that NATO would not be expanded eastward. The record, from 1991, quotes a German official as telling British and American policymakers, "We had made it clear during the 2+4 negotiations that we would not extend NATO beyond the Elbe (a river in Germany). We could not therefore offer membership of NATO to Poland and the others." But Poland joined NATO in 1999, and eleven other countries were eventually added, bring the current total to 26.  The 2008 Bucharest NATO Summit was a significant turning point for European security. There, it was formally announced that Ukraine and Georgia would eventually become members of the alliance. Then, while in Europe during October 2021, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reaffirmed that Ukraine and Georgia may still join NATO. The Russians made it clear that either country's entry into the alliance would cross a red line and Russia would be prepared to use all facets of power, including military intervention, to enforce that red line. So who really is to blame for the current situation in Ukraine? I’m no admirer of either Russia or Vladimir Putin, but it’s clear that NATO’s continued expansion and provocative policies resulted in this catastrophe we now see. The tragedy is that it all could have been avoided, along with the needless loss of hundreds of thousands of lives.
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  852.  @Kenionatus  Do not apologize. The biggest money scam in the entire world is perpetrated by the (U.S.) Federal Reserve System. Total gangsters.
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  853. “I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.”― Alexis de Tocqueville, from “Democracy in America” (1835)
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  854. "Totally different world...?" More like a totally different planet. 🪐
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  855. “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.” (Daniel 12:2) Pretty much sums it up, folks.
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  856. A vote by the House to impeach (analogous to an indictment) requires only a simple majority. With today’s House of 435 members, that would mean a vote of at least 218-217 in favor of impeachment. A two-thirds vote by the Senate in favor of conviction is required before an impeached person can be removed from office. That means at least 67 Senators must vote yes to convict and remove. Unlikely with the Senate controlled by the Democrats 51-49.
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  857.  @javereswilliams2772  Not to mention sparing the American people the spectacle of making a public display of a senile, doddering, cognitively impaired old fogey, who probably doesn't even know the day of the week.
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  858. This was a mostly peaceful interview. 😎
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  859. You will find that approximately 90% of people in the world today who call themselves Jews are actually Khazars, or as they like to be known, Ashkenazi Jews. This simply means “German” Jews. The name “Ashkenaz” can be traced back to Gen. 10:2-3, where the sons of Japheth (NOT Shem) are listed. One of Japheth’s sons is Gomer, who begat Ashkenaz. Please note that Ashkenaz is NOT in the line of Shem, and therefore is NOT a Semite. Ashkenazi Jews are actually Gentiles by descent. The fact that their ancestors may have converted to rabbinic Judaism many centuries ago, does NOT make them Israelites. That would be akin to someone converting to Shintoism, and then claiming to be Japanese, along with the right to territory in Japan. Preposterous. These people knowingly lie to the world with their claims that the land of Israel is theirs by birthright, when in actual fact their real homeland is over 800 miles away in modern-day Georgia, in the southern Caucasus. The only residents of Palestine that might be descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would probably be the Sephardic, Mizraic and Yemenite Jews, all of whom are looked down upon and discriminated against by the Ashkenazim.
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  860.  @nikoknightpuppetproduction369  The 90% figure is the world wide percentage, not merely the Israeli percentage. As stated above, the name Ashkenazi derives from the biblical figure of Ashkenaz, the first son of Gomer, son of Japheth, son of Noah, and a Japhetic patriarch in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10). The name of Gomer has often been linked to the Cimmerians. Modern day Ashkenazim, while practicing rabinnic Judaism, are NOT the physical descendants of the patriarchs Avram, Yitzhak and Yakov. And, as such, have no legitimate claim to the ownership of the biblical land of Palestine. Of the approximately 15 million Jews in the world, an estimated 7.7 million reside in the USA and Canada, an estimated 7.2 million reside in Israel/Palestine, with the remainder scattered throughout the New World, Europe, Africa and Australia. I'm not Jewish, but if I were, Israel is the LAST place that I would choose to live. I'd even pick Germany (!) over Palestine.
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  861.  @nikoknightpuppetproduction369  "Make the claim" to what? To land that was never theirs to begin with? As for the supposed Biblical claim, Jewish Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss explains: “Zionism is only around 100 years old. It is the transformation from religion to nationalism, to materialism created by non-religious Jews who hated their religion. The reason why they use the name Israel, the Star of David, hijacking, stealing the identity of Judaism and the Jewish people is in order to gain a legitimacy for their existence that should lead people to say, ‘oh, it is God given to them’ and that they should use fear and intimidate people from speaking out against their actions because they will call those that do anti-Semitic; it couldn’t be anything further from the Truth.” Zionists used two major justifications for occupying Palestine: 1) The Biblical claim of Palestine belonging exclusively to the Jews; 2) The Persecution of the Jews in Europe. The true descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were commanded by G-d to remain in the (gentile) nations to which they had been scattered by divine decree. There will yet be a future regathering of dispersed Israel, not by military or political machinations, but by a sovereign act of HaShem. See Deut. 30:1-6, Isa. 41:8-9, Isa. 43:5-6, and especially Ezek. 28:25-26, which reads: "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. And they will dwell safely there, build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God.'" I ask you now, is Israel currently dwelling securely in peace? Are they that all-righteous nation of which the scriptures speak? The answer to both of these questions is a resounding NO. In Isaiah 19:24 we read, "In that day Israel will be the third part with Egypt and Assyria (Iraq), a blessing in the midst of the earth." Tell me, has that happened yet? You be the judge. Baruch HaShem!
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  862. All of you people who voted for Biden/Harris 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
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  863. So much for so-called “democracy,” eh? As Jimmy Dore is wont to say, “We live in an oligarchy run by billionaire elitists.” Where are the left-wing Democrats when you really need them? Probably rubbing shoulders with their elitist donors at their favorite country clubs.
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  864. All hope abandon, ye that live in California. After having lived in the (not so) Golden State for nearly 40 years, we finally gave up on trying to adapt to the "progressively" worsening conditions. Which? Ever increasing taxes and bonded indebtedness by the left-wing (Democrat) state government; adding more benefits & services for illegals (oops, I mean undocumented immigrants). Governor Gavin (The Nuisance) Newsom is still stuck in the 1970's, knowing only how to increase taxes and the size of government. Although California has the highest corporate, personal, sales and gasoline taxes in the nation, infrastructure is crumbling. But at the same time, the legislature decided to fund the "high-speed rail" train to nowhere pork-barrel project, which ballooned from its original budget of $25 billion to nearly $70 billion, at last count. Air pollution, urban sprawl, homelessness and gang violence are all out of control. Plus, California is simply running out of water sufficient to support a population of nearly 40 million people. We said, "Enough!" and relocated to *******, and have never had any cause to regret our decision. Our adopted home has a much smaller, less intrusive state government, along with modest, reasonable taxes. And the violent crime rate is miniscule compared to CA. People here can still leave their cars unlocked at the local shopping mall--I don't, too many years of living in CA, I guess. Any middle class people that still persist in staying in California deserve what's coming to them.
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  865. Liberty, Liberty, Liberty…Liberty! 🦤
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  866. “The Jews, I find, are very, very selfish. They care not how many Estonians, Latvians, Finns, Poles, Yugoslavs or Greeks get murdered or mistreated as D[isplaced] P[ersons] as long as the Jews get special treatment. Yet when they (the Jews) have power, physical, financial or political, neither Hitler nor Stalin has anything on them for cruelty or mistreatment to the underdog." --President Harry S. Truman, 21 July 1947
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  867. “…sooner or later the people in this country are going to realize the government doesn't give a f**k about them. the government doesn't care about you, or your children, or your rights, or your welfare or your safety. it simply doesn't give a f**k about you. It's interested in it's own power. That's the only thing...keeping it, and expanding wherever possible.” - George Carlin, from “It’s Bad for Ya”
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  868. "My, oh my, you sure know how to arrange things, you set it up so well, so carefully, Ain't it funny how your new life didn't change things, you're still the same old girl you used to be."
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  869. Imagine...getting upstaged by a goat! Pretty baaaaad!
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  870. "The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously....In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son-of-a-b**ch, barbarian, and chronic drunk." - Gen. George S. Patton (8 Aug 1945) Doubtless, the Russkies had an equally unflattering opinion of Gen. Patton.
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  871.  @rickchandler2570  Hmm...kinda' difficult to take a report from a corpse, eh? ☠
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  872. Why is it, mate, that, whenever you have a conservative faction on the rise in any country, inevitably the media characterizes them as “far-right”? Whereas, whenever a socialist party is on the move, they’re NEVER referred to as “far-left”? Double standard, eh?
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  873. I've had excellent results with the 3M Filtrete 20x20" basic air filter; MERV rating 5; excellent non-restrictive airflow; 90-day change schedule; ~$11 (for a 3-pack) at your local home improvement store. That's all you really need for the average home HVAC system. Don't pay more for fancy restrictive filters that simply cost more without doing a better job, and may possibly cause reduced performance. I used to use the higher-end filters, but my heating system started blowing cold air. I thought at first it was a bad circuit board problem, but it was simply my using a restrictive filter that caused too much back pressure and triggered a gas shutoff in the heat exchanger. Changed over to the cheap 3M filters and the problem never reoccured.
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  874. Yeah, his net worth of $100 million sure does wonders for stress-free living. 💰
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  875. Wouldn’t live in FL if you gave me the place for free. With rising sea levels, the whole state might be under water in 25-30 years. 🌊
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  876. "That's just like, your opinion, man..."
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  877. Now, if she had made a negative remark only about the white guy, well that would have been OK, right?
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  878. “Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the the worship of jackals by jackasses.” —H.L. Mencken
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  879. Mormonism…truly a “non-prophet” religion. 🤔
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  880. "To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me (Jesus)." (Acts 26:18)
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  881.  @PecoraSpec  "...and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (Matt. 28:20) "...for He has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'" (Heb. 13:5) You may not believe in God, but He believes in you. Cheers.
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  882. Give it time. All these newcomers will be gone when their cushy little internet jobs evaporate shortly.
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  883. Technically, "Funky Town" belongs to the 1970's, since it was first released in March 1980. The 1980's didn't officially begin (calendarwise) until January 1, 1981. Just as the 90's didn't officially begin until January 1, 1991. Great song, though.
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  884. Oh, you mean "the 1%" that controls over 1/3 of the wealth in the U.S.? "The 1%" that controls BOTH major political parties, and also controls ALL of the legacy media outlets and newspapers? "The 1%" that opposes affordable, universal healthcare for ALL Americans? "The 1%" that conspires with big business and big government to keep the Federal minimum wage artificially suppressed at $7.25/hr since July 24, 2009 (first year of Barack Obama's administration), when, adjusting for inflation, the minimum wage should be at least $15/hr? "The 1%" that decimated our manufacturing base with NAFTA and other job-killing legislation, and that allows illegals from 3rd world countries to freely enter America and further depress the local job market(s)? "The 1%" that promotes global DEpopulation through eugenics, fluoride, vaccines, GMO, war, drugs and arms proliferation? You mean THAT "1%"?
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  885. "And I, go to pieces and I wanna hide, Go to pieces and I almost die..."
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  886. Interesting to note that the next 5 most popular shows (after Joe Rogan's 11 million views) are all Fox-affiliated broadcasts totaling nearly 14 million views per day. Compare that to the measly combined total of barely 4 million views for Maddow, MSNBC and CNN. Someone needs to invoke the "mercy rule." 🤣
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  887. The UK and Europe in general are like a favourite uncle that has overstayed his visit—time to move on. I mean, isn’t 80 years of subsidizing you people enough?
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  888. Everything tastes better when it sits on a Ritz….cracker, that is. 🤣
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  889.  @Gillemear  I should have been more precise in my comment. I meant that the Brits should leave the six counties of Northern Ireland, and allow the Irish people (Catholic, Protestant, or whatever) to chart their own course as a unified, free nation. Nothing wrong if British people want to live peacefully in the Irish Republic. Cheers.
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  890.  @Gillemear  And I thought that U.S. politics were complicated! Wish you well, mate, in your quest for Irish unification. It's at least a century overdue. Cheers.
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  891.  @Gillemear  Easily 5 centuries, from what I've been able to research. English rule in Ireland built upon the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland on behalf of the English king and eventually spanned several centuries that involved British control of parts, or the entirety, of the island of Ireland. So, if you count back that far, we're talking about 800 years or so. Understandable that the Irish would have "deeply held grudges."
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  892. Well, the easiest “out” might be to simply head south. Specifically, (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming) take your pick. Depending on which Canadian province you currently reside in, the move might not be too difficult. All three places mentioned have low(er) taxes, small(er), less intrusive state governments, and relatively affordable cost of living. Plus, they’re close to the border, making visits to family more convenient. Common language (unless you speak French), similar culture(s), and mostly friendly, welcoming people. Yeah, you would have to put up with a dysfunctional federal (U.S.) government run by morons, but most of us don’t really interact with it, so we generally can ignore it (except for federal income taxes). C’mon down!
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  893. "I think I did something for the worst possible reason -- just because I could.” - Bill Clinton
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  894. A really sad "replacement" scenario. Simply another example of haoles replacing the indigenous peoples.
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  895. Yawn….
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  896. Mars. 🌠
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  897.  @CuriousConnoisseurs  The former USSR has left a legacy of human suffering and despair. Bad enough that the Soviets/Russians killed people’s bodies, but, even worse, they destroyed people’s spirits.
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  898. “I’m gonna stay and I’m gonna fight…” Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. 🛳
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  899. Omicron…didn’t they build RoboCop?
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  900. Rivian (RIVN) stock is tanking. Was over $50 per share in March 2022, closed today 3/3/23 under $17. Overhyped and under performing. Dump both the car and the stock.
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  901. The only "surprise" is that Pelosi's botox surgery didn't melt off while she was speaking. "I'm melting! MELTING! Oh, what a world! What a world!" Thus it goes for the WWOTW. 🧹
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  902. TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP....!!!! Change the flippin' record, already! Trump has been GONE from the Oval Office for nearly one year, in case you brain-dead tools hadn't noticed. Now it's BIDEN's dog and pony show! And Sleepy Joe is simply taking cues from his previous boss, Barack Hussein Obama, regarding the disregard for the rule of law.
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  903. "Birds of a feather flock together, and so will pigs and swine; 🐦🐖 Rats and mice will have their choice, and so will I have mine." 🐁🐭 (Old English Proverb)
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  904. I made the (ill-advised) decision to finally view this abomination on Netflix. Believe me when I tell you that the Drinker is actually being charitable in his review. It’s even worse than he describes.
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  905. "Your... arrogant pretense at being the moral guardian of the universe strikes me as being hollow, Piers. I see no evidence that you're guided by a superior moral code or any code whatsoever."--With humble acknowledgment to Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: TNG, episode "True Q", 1992)
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  906. 👹 Even has his own emoji.
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  907. "On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blinken! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
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  908. Ah the poor liberal elites...hoist with their own petard.
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  909. This entire scenario about the U.S. somehow breaking apart into differing geopolitical factions has its origins from Marxist philosophy, which has, as one of its stratagems, the goal of exploiting the internal contradictions of capitalists societies. Going all the way back to the 1950's, we can find a communist plot to exploit black people. See Manning Johnson's 1958 book, "Color, Communism and Common Sense" for a complete treatise on the subject. BLM, Antifa, Democracy Now, the Black Panthers, Democratic Socialism and other similar groups are simply modern iterations of older social movements. These plus the "woke" and "Green" nihilist philosophies all serve to accomplish the same goal: destroying the cohesive social fabric of the USA. If the Russian and Chinese can't defeat the U.S. militarily, then they seek to destroy us by other means. Only a united America can face down these enemies of freedom.
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  910. Don’t forget about the politicians (from both parties) whose campaigns are financed in part, or in total, by the MIC gangsters. This includes campaign donations and off the record kickbacks to these same elected officials. After all, war is big business, in fact the BIGGEST business in America. Please donate your son (or daughter).
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  911. 🙊🙉🙈
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  912. Left over 10 years ago, as a political refugee. Had it with the “progressively” worse political climate. Low taxes, low crime and smaller, less intrusive government in my adopted state.
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  913. November 5, 2024: last “election” the U.S. will ever have.
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  914. Well, it appears that the Swedes have finally pulled their collective heads out of their arses. Now, is it too late to salvage their once great nation?
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  915. If they’re California residents, and bought the ticket in California, then there will be no STATE income tax. However, federal income tax…well that’s another story. California is required to withhold a minimum of 25% of lottery winnings for FEDERAL income taxes. No free ride from the IRS. 💸
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  916. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913, which established the Federal Reserve System and authorizes it to issue Federal Reserve notes, states that “[Federal Reserve notes] shall be obligations of the United States and shall be receivable by all national and member banks and Federal reserve banks and for all taxes, customs, and other public dues. They shall be redeemed in lawful money on demand at the Treasury Department of the United States, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, or at any Federal Reserve bank." However, the Act did not explicitly define what "lawful money" meant. Since some currencies that could be used by national banking associations as "lawful money reserves" were not considered legal tender, Congress amended the Federal Reserve Act in 1933 to include all U.S. coins and currency as legal tender for all purposes. The 1933 amendment extended the power of legal tender to all types of money, creating dissension on whether paper money and reserves of the Federal Reserve bank are lawful money. While some argue that Federal Reserve notes are lawful money, others tend to disagree. Since the US Constitution states “no state shall make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts,” some believe that this is the definition of lawful money and, thus, any payment medium other than gold or silver is not considered lawful money. In effect, the primary meaning of lawful money is legal tender, but a broader interpretation is frequently applied in certain contexts. Because no legal definition of lawful money was ever provided, the term has led to a lot of confusion, primarily in legal aspects. For all intents and purposes, lawful money should mean legal tender but is not always the case. This has caused a lot of confusion for students of law and banking. As a practical matter, no such thing as "lawful money" exists in today's economy. All we have are bank deposits created out of thin air by the Fed and its member banks. Only keep as much money in the bank as you can afford to lose, because, surely, you will eventually lose it all, whether by hyperinflation, or by a collapse of the banking system. Qui aurum tenet, leges facit.
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  917. Well, I guess he could always try for free agent contract with an NBA team. He’s pretty tall, at least compared to his buddy Putin.
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  918. "I find your lack of faith disturbing..." 👽🛸
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  919.  @krofgninut5984  You've been reading too many Stephen King novels, I'm afraid.
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  920. "Pragmatic Progressive" = sniveling sellout.
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  921. Shut it down! Shut it down forever!
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  922. But everybody wants to rule the world...
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  923. Looks like someone else will have to subsidize Zelensky’s wife’s lavish shopping trips in Paris.
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  924. “We don't need no isolation, We dont need no thought control… All in all, it’s just another brick in the wall.”
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  925. I wasn't aware that Jabba the Hutt was a U.S. citizen. :face-orange-biting-nails:
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  926. Well, if someone found Schrodinger’s galaxy, shouldn’t they return it to him?
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  927. Get woke, blow smoke, go broke, no joke.
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  928. Actually, that would be the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, which is tasked with the printing of Federal Reserve Notes (paper money). 💸The U. S. Mint does only coins. 🪙
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  929. "The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously....In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son-of-a-b**ch, barbarian, and chronic drunk." - George S. Patton I'd venture to guess that the Russkies held a similarly negative view of General Patton. 🤨
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  930. This whole scenario would have made Richard Nixon proud.
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  931. As well it should.
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  932.  @magnetospin  Typical elitist attitude.
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  933.  @maria610421  "So are they all, all 'honourable' men–" Shakespeare (Julius Caesar, Act III, scene II) The Frenchies had it right in 1789, before they went insane and replaced their monarchy with something even worse. Cheers.
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  934. Hopefully, there's special place in hades for Tricky Dick and LBJ. But if it's true that people generally get the kinds of leaders they deserve, then what does that say about us as Americans? I've given up on listening to any politicians, especially when they run for office. They're ALL a bunch of lying SOB'S.
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  935. Anyone stupid enough to have taken out a variable rate loan recently, and rely on two incomes to make the payment DESERVES to lose their property.
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  936. How did this happen? Surely you jest. Did you see the faces of most of those hoodlums committing these crimes of violence? They are not--how do I say this--your typical Nordic-looking visages. The woke social engineers that allowed this to happen were convinced by their own faulty logic that once these new "arrivals" became acclimated to Sweden's culture they would quickly assimilate and become happy members of society. WRONG!!! You simply cannot simply transplant these non-European peoples to a European (Christian) culture and expect smooth sailing into the sunset. Most of these peoples are non-assimilable by nature and will do everything they can to turn Sweden into the same dung hole from which they emigrated. And the saddest part of this wretched situation is that the Swedes did it to themselves.
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  937.  @henrywashington3732  Need to deport millions to make any difference in illegal voting.
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  938. The magnitude and nature of the so-called "national debt" is such that it can NEVER be paid off, nor was it ever intended to be paid off. How else could the international money cartel extort usury from the American people. Billion$ for the banksters...debt$ for the people. So has it ever been, so shall it ever be.
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  939. “At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.” - P.J. O’Rourke (1947 - 2022), American libertarian political satirist and journalist.
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  940. Good, because we don’t want any part of you. We have enough home grown communists ourselves without importing any more. In fact, it would be wonderful if California, Oregon and Washington State joined Canada!
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  941. Instead of being 30 years away, now practical fusion power is only 29-1/2 years away.
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  942. “The first thing we do, let's kill all the reporters.” —William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 2
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  943. The only "chip" shortage that would worry me would be if Frito-Lay somehow stopped making Ruffles. LOOOOVE my Ruffles!
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  944. "People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election." - Otto von Bismarck
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  945. Couldn’t have happened to a “nicer” guy. 🤡
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  946. “About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he was one who performed surprising deeds and was a teacher of such people as accept the truth gladly. He won over many Jews and many of the Greeks. He was the Messiah. And when, upon the accusation of the principal men among us, Pilate had condemned him to a cross, those who had first come to love him did not cease. He appeared to them spending a third day restored to life, for the prophets of God had foretold these things and a thousand other marvels about him. And the tribe of the Christians, so called after him, has still to this day not disappeared.” – Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 18.3.3 §63 A Roman historian named Gaius Suetonius Tranquillas (A.D. 69 - A.D. 122), who was the chief secretary of Emperor Hadrian and who had access to the imperial records, mentions Jesus in a section he wrote concerning the reign of Emperor Claudius. He refers to Christ using the variant spelling of "Chrestus." "Because the Jews at Rome caused continuous disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he (Claudius) expelled them from the city" (ibid., chapter entitled "Ancient Historians"). Cornelius Tacitus (AD 55-120) is often called the “greatest historian” of ancient Rome. He authored two large works — the Annals and the Histories. Much of what he wrote is now lost to us. Fortunately, there’s one remaining portion which is of interest to this discussion. The portion describes Nero blaming the Christians for the great fire of Rome (AD 64). It reports: "Therefore, to stop the rumor (that he had started the conflagration), Nero substituted as culprits and punished in the utmost refinements of cruelty, a class of men, loathed for their vices, whom the crowd styled Christians. Christus, the founder of the name, had undergone the death penalty in the reign of Tiberius, by sentence of the procurator Pontius Pilatus, and the pernicious superstition was checked for a moment, only to break out once more, not merely in Judea, the home of the disease, but in the capital itself, where all things horrible or shameful in the world collect and find a vogue." Pliny the Younger (A.D. 61 - A.D. 113), in Letters 10:96, recorded early Christian worship practices including the fact that Christians worshiped Jesus as (a) God and were very ethical, and he includes a reference to the love feast and Lord’s Supper. The Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a) confirms Jesus' crucifixion on the eve of Passover and the accusations against Christ of practicing sorcery and encouraging Jewish apostasy. **NOTE: I purposely included references from NON-Christian sources only, sources that would have no vested interest in corroborating the person and life of Jesus of Nazareth. Whatever belief or non-belief people may have concerning Jesus, one option is NOT available to them, that is, to deny his very existence. Cheers.
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  947.  @druidriley3163  "Any non-contemporary source" also includes you yourself. What makes your (supposed) assertions valid just because you expound them so vehemently? Many widely accepted ancient texts were authored by "non-contemporary sources." Does that, per se, make them invalid? I think not. Flavius Josephus was born in 37 A.D., and therefore had direct access to eye witnesses who actually coexisted with Jesus of Nazareth, both followers and enemies of Jesus. Josephus witnessed the destruction of Jerusalem and the burning of the Temple by the Roman general Titus Vespasian in 70 A.D., which would make him around 33 years old at the time of this event. Suetonius never claimed that Jesus personally visited Rome--he obviously did not, as Jesus never stepped foot outside of Palestine (except for his being in Egypt as an infant). What Suetonius was referring to was the commotion and controversy between those Jews who were followers of Jesus and those Jews who opposed him. Due to the tumult caused between these two groups, the emperor Claudius commanded that all Jews leave Rome c. 49 A.D. Tacitus being a non-contemporary is also irrelevant, as this citation only concerned the actions of Nero blaming Christians for the great fire at Rome in A.D. 64. He simply referred to the well-known fact that the founder of the Christian sect was a man named Jesus who was crucified by Pontius Pilate in Judea in c. 30-33 A.D. As for the Jews and the Talmud, they are very careful to ensure historical accuracy when it comes to their sacred writings. They were the enemies of Jesus--therefore if they wished to discredit him, it would be far easier just to deny he ever lived, rather than to acknowledge him through their slanderous diatribes. I could go on and on, but I think that your adamant refusal to acknowledge the mere fact that Jesus was a real person who lived in Palestine during the first 33 years of the first century betrays your agenda to deny the existence of Christ at all costs. Believe what you will about the person and life of Jesus of Nazareth--that's your prerogative. But to deny his very existence is not an option open to anyone. Cheers.
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  948. The same way that the Democratic Party does…..not at all.
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  949. From your neighbour to the south (Idaho), over the past 10 years, housing prices have gone up by nearly 300%. But this is due to massive internal immigration into Idaho from other states, such as California, Oregon, and Washington. The locals here in the Boise area are being priced out of the housing market, since prevailing wages haven't kept up with housing prices. A crash in the real estate market is inevitable, the only question being by how much. Cheers.
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  950. Similarly, 1000 silver dollars one hundred years ago would buy you a fine automobile. Same thing today, with American Silver Eagle prices at over $30 per ounce.
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  951. Socialism always requires dictatorship, whether in China or in the USA.
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  952. Germany has long had the most restriction-free and consumer-oriented healthcare system in Europe. Patients are allowed to seek almost any type of care they wish whenever they want it. The German system is a multi-payer healthcare system (NOTE: not a single-payer system like U.S. MediCare, or the NHS in the UK), paid for by a combination of statutory health insurance and private health insurance. As of 2009, health insurance is compulsory for the whole population in Germany, no exceptions. But German citizens are free to choose among a combination of public and/or private non-profit "sickness funds" at common rates for all members, and is paid for with joint employer-employee contributions. IOW, the employer and employee each pay 50% of the total premium(s). This is a far cry from the monstrosity system that Bernie Sanders is advocated, which would have bankrupted the USA in short order. The Netherlands and Switzerland have systems very similar to the American Affordable Care Act (ACA), in that health insurance is mandated (and strictly enforced) to all citizens, but insurance is not provided by the government. Citizens are free to purchase insurance through whatever company they choose. Just like the ACA, insurance premiums are partially funded through subsidies provided by the government (through taxes) so that policies are truly affordable for everyone. Then you have a system like Denmark's, which is your typical tax-funded state-run universal health care system. Denmark provides “free” health care to all residents, funded through taxes. But at what price? The Danish health care system is not cheap. According to OECD’s Health Data 2009, Denmark’s health cost per person, public and private, was $3,512. However, Denmark has some of the highest taxes in the world, and as such, the average Dane pays a total amount of 45 percent in income taxes. By contrast, for tax year 2021, the top marginal U.S. rate is 37% (on incomes over $612,000), and very few actually fall into that category. The married filing jointly couples in the U.S. pay a marginal rate of 22% on incomes between $81,050 - $172,750. Essentially, half of what the Danes pay. How many Americans would be willing to double their tax burden in order to mimic the Danish healthcare system? You tell me. Personally, I'd favor the German-style system, as it delivers the most for the least amount of money.
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  953.  @Phil_br  “War Is the Health of the State” - (title of an essay by Randolph Bourne). “It automatically sets in motion throughout society those irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate co-operation with the Government in coercing into obedience the minority groups and individuals which lack the larger herd sense.” Bourne (1886 - 1918) was an American progressive writer, intellectual and radical anti-war activist. Meilleurs vœux.
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  954. "Federal Police" = Geheime Staatspolizei = Secret State Police. Achtung, baby!
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  955. This from a man whose net worth is over $3 million. With more than a touch of irony, the income of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has skyrocketed thanks to his book that criticizes capitalism. "It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism" earned Sanders $170,000 in royalties last year — roughly the same as his annual salary of $174,000 for representing Vermont.  This self-described democratic socialist has taken frequent jabs at the “millionaires and billionaires [who] own 79% of all wealth” in the U.S. Yet royalties from multiple book deals have made Sanders part of this elite club he frequently targets. Sanders has been on the public payroll his entire “working” life—not ONCE ever having held a private sector job. And he’s supposed to be the champion of the working man? Laughable.
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  956. If the saying is true (and I think it is) that people get the leaders they deserve, then it might explain why, even to this very day, dictator Josef Stalin is more popular than ever in Russia. A remarkable 70% of Russian respondents say the late dictator of the former Soviet Union played a “positive role” for Russia. A further 51% of respondents said they viewed Stalin as a person in a “favourable light.” Is it any wonder why Putin is so popular today?
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  957. "...plenty of opportunities." Name one.
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  958. “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." --"Hamlet," Act 1, Scene 5, 166-167
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  959. Sheer lunacy! The inmates have taken over the asylum.
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  960. That’s one bad week for Crazy Joe, but one bad YEAR for America. 🙃
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  961. What is being discussed is the "intermediate state," that is, the human condition between physical death and physical resurrection. Please note that in the Hebrew scriptures, man is referred to as BEING a "living soul," - nephesh - (see Gen. 2:7), not as HAVING a living soul. In Hebrew, the word "ruach" can be translated as both "breath" or "spirit." Consider the following: "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto DUST shalt thou return." (Gen. 3:19) "His (man's) breath (ruach) goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts PERISH." (Psa. 146:4) "For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten." (Eccl. 9:5) "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit (ruach) shall return unto God who gave it." (Eccl. 12:7) "These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus SLEEPETH; but I go, that I may awake him out of SLEEP." (John 11:11) "Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead." (John 11:14) So we see that our Lord Jesus described the condition of his deceased friend Lazarus as being "asleep." In the book of Daniel the prophet, it is written, "And many of them that SLEEP in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt." (Dan. 12:2) Our Lord Jesus further explained, "Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which ALL that are in the GRAVES shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of condemnation." (John 5:28-29) So, in summary, it appears that the condition of the dead is one as being "asleep in the graves."
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  962.  @elmarmoelzer2229  All these supposed timetables that these companies are touting have one, and only one, purpose: to secure ongoing funding for their (probably) unachievable goal(s) of practical, economically viable power generation via this type of (yet to be proven) technology. IOW, I'll believe it when I see it. Cheers.
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  963.  @elmarmoelzer2229  Nuclear fusion power MIGHT be feasible if they can somehow generate enough (synthetic) gravity to kick start the entire process. Such as an artificial micro-singularity that can mimic the enormous gravitational field of the sun. How such a thing could be produced or controlled is beyond my reckoning.  Contrary to what most people think, thermonuclear fusion is not such a common occurrence in nature. It requires just the right size and right type star of the correct size, mass and age, with the proper angular declination, and an abundance of the lighter elements to initiate/ support fusion. Plus, it would ideally be in an isolated part of the galaxy, so as not to be affected by the gravitational fields of other stars or black holes. As the saying goes, hope springs eternal. Hope you’re right, but I fear you’re not.
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  964. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads (in part) as follows: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” The Supreme Court later ruled that this same prohibition also applied to the several states. IOW, there can be no such thing as “The Church of the USA,” nor can there be any such thing as “The Church of Utah” (as an example). Seems like Utah and the LDS leadership have conveniently forgotten this fact, as the LDS Church is so closely intertwined with the state government as to be virtually indistinguishable from it. Try running for a state or local office as a non-Mormon, and see how much success you find. The Founding Fathers gave us a constitutional republic, NOT a theocracy.
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  965.  @TheLastDanite  So? A rare exception doesn't prove anything. Besides she's in a same-sex marriage with another city council member. Sounds like a wonderful person.
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  966. To listen to California Gov. Gavin (The Nuisance) Newsom, we all need to stop using electricity, but buy EV's (?!) and just sit in the dark munching on celery and hummus. Sounds like a wonderful future, eh? But, of course, he and his crony elitists all enjoy their palatial estates on the Central Coast (of California) where you really don't need to use much A/C to stay comfortable. Rules for thee, but not for me. 🤔
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  967. Mitch doing his best version of the Biden Maneuver, not to be confused with the Picard Maneuver.
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  968. ¡Espero que si!
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  969. Instead of being 30 years away, now practical nuclear fusion power is only 29-1/2 years away.
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  970. U.S. has NEVER had any real allies.
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  971. Only about 30 years too late. U.S. industries have already been gutted thanks to the greed of corporate bigwigs and the collusion of U.S. politicians. Yes, Slick Willie and GWB, we're calling you out. Traitors!
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  972.  @natalieroy4849  Sounds as though you've already found your "better place." As for whether or not to seek U.S. citizenship, that's a personal decision. However, I fail to see what advantage you would gain vs permanent residency (green card) status. Voting is rather problematic, as neither major party cares one whit for its constituents, which is why I'm registered as a non-partisan voter. Good luck and best wishes.
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  973. Au contraire. Trump is leading America OUT of the dark abyss created by 4 years of Joe Biden’s demented incompetence.
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  974. Au contraire, mon ami. Trump will lead America OUT of the abyss caused by 4 years of Biden’s demented incompetence.
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  975. Au contraire, mon ami. President Trump will lead America OUT of the dark abyss caused by 4 years of Biden's demented ineptitude. 🤡
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  976. There's a practical reason that these gargantuan warheads were phased out in favor of smaller, more modern weapons. This 9 megaton warhead would only take out one target, so it was really overkill. You can get nearly 20 each of the newer W88 MIRV warhead (475kt yield), and take out multiple targets.
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  977. No, Reagan’s “Star Wars” program was a space-based ABM system that would have utilized lasers and kinetic energy weapons to destroy incoming ICBM’s. It never was planned for deployment of nukes. Defensive only.
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  978. The entire "green" movement has its origins during the Cold War, as the Soviet KGB funded these radical environmental groups (Marxists really), in an effort to hinder U.S. energy production. Putin must be smiling.
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  979. @ Because the Euros are a pack of spineless freeloaders.
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  980. “The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement. They call themselves liberals, but they are intent upon abolishing liberty. They call themselves democrats, but they yearn for dictatorship. They call themselves revolutionaries, but they want to make the government omnipotent. They promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office. Every man but one a subordinate clerk in a bureau.”-- Dr. Ludwig von Mises
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  981. Well, here it is a year later, and, to borrow a line from Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, "the world isn't coming to an end." These doomsday proponents make a living trying to frighten uniformed, gullible people. My response is a sincere yawn. 🥱
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  982. 😭😭😭😭
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  983. Medical research is, in large part, funded by the major pharmaceutical companies. So it is no small wonder that doctors and hospitals over prescribe these drugs in accordance with their over production by the same companies. In effect, doctors and hospitals have become dope dealers.
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  984. Counterfeit battery of unspecified origin. Hmm, sounds vaguely familiar.
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  985.  @AL-lh2ht  If you're 12, then you need to grow up mentally.
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  986. "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." - Mark Twain
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  987. About as likely as a sow's ear replacing a diamond ring.
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  988. The President’s pardon power extends to offenses committed in the District of Columbia. [United States v. Perkins (1885).] However, it does not extend to violations of state laws. The pardon power of the president is based on Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, which provides: “The President ... shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the UNITED STATES, except in Cases of impeachment.” Therefore, recipients of Presidential pardons do not necessarily receive immunity from state prosecution for the same offenses or alleged offenses. Consider.
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  989. “The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously….In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son of b***h, barbarian, and chronic drunk.” — Gen. George S. Patton, 8 August 1945
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  990. Torpille, c'est parti!
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  991. So, in essence, the Germans don’t really have a functioning government, only fragmented political parties. Yet, 49.3% of Germans voted for the center-right parties, but will probably end up with a center-left ruling coalition. Madness.
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  992. Hoo hah….this whole place is OUTTA ORDER!!
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  993. Just because you were "born and raised" under falsehood, doesn't mean that the truth isn't out there. To wit, "Jesus saith unto him (Philip), I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6) And again, our Lord Jesus declares his unity with God the Father: "Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I say unto you I speak not from myself, but the Father abiding in me doeth his works." (John 14:10) I have personally known and spoken with many JW's, and have found them, for the most part, to be honest and sincere people who have unfortunately been exposed to false teaching most of their lives. As the Lord Jesus has said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32) Cheers.
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  994. There are a few things even more fearful than eternal judgement and hell fire. Spending eternity in Hillary’s presence would be one of them.🔥
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  995. Whoopi Goldberg: 150 kilos of bear meat packaged in Saran Wrap. 🐻
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  996. The President is fully legal and justified in exercising his executive powers under Article II of the U.S. Constitution. You’re free to disagree with his politics, but the courts have consistently upheld this authority. FYI, Joe Biden issued scads of EO’s and the media never said a peep.
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  997. Yeah, and if you believe that, I have a certain bridge in Brooklyn, NY that you might be interested in buying.
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  998. Where is Jim Acosta when you really need him…silence is deafening.
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  999. George Lucas was my friend. But his "Star Wars" is dead, and it won't be coming back.
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  1000. It has to do with fairness, not proportionality. Does anyone really need/deserve $100M per year, while their hourly employees barely get by on subsistence level wages? Average wages have basically flatlined since 1973. Adjusted for inflation using the CPI for urban wage earners and clerical workers, the average wage in Feb. 1973 was $23.24/hr, exactly the same as it was in March 2019. IOW, workers really haven’t had an actual raise in a half century, throughout both Democratic and Republican administrations (during Nixon’s 2nd term, actually). Let them eat cake, right?
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  1001. O, ye of little faith. Actually, the second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy (the measure of how dispersed and random the energy and mass of a system are distributed) of isolated systems left to spontaneous evolution cannot decrease, as they always arrive at a state of thermodynamic equilibrium where the entropy is highest at the given internal energy. The law also states that the changes in the entropy in the universe can never be negative, and that the state of entropy of the entire universe, as an isolated system, will always increase over time. This principle explains why you can't unscramble an egg and why processes that involve the transfer or conversion of heat energy are irreversible and always move towards more disorder. The second law can be expressed in terms of entropy, and if a reversible process occurs, there is no net change in entropy. And, yes, this concept, if followed to its logical conclusion, can be a bit depressing. However, there is hope in this truth: "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered or come to mind." (Isaiah 65:17); as well as: "Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away..." (Revelation 21:1) We can be thankful that our loving Creator has left us with wonderful promise of His faithfulness, lest we become discouraged. Cheers!
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  1002. Another splendid example of Democrat (mis)management in one of America's historic cities. Not just Philadelphia either: New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego. All controlled by Democrats, all in downward spirals. Nice work, Democrats.
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  1003. "It became necessary to destroy the COUNTRY to save it."
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  1004.  @davidnelson6893  (In)famous quote during the Vietnam War, made by a U.S. Army Major trying to justify the U.S. Military's actions. The original quote reads, "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." Same idea in Afghanistan, only we're destroying the entire country.
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  1005. “O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?” — Luke 3:7
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  1006. Umm...right.
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  1007.  @eugeniuszaleksandrowicz3130  No, do you have anglophobia?
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  1008.  @priestesslucy  Would you rather have the crook pull a gun on you and politely ask for your wallet, or sneak up on you from behind and bash your brains out with a club, or cut your throat with a knife? Gun sounds less threatening and more civilized to me. Cheers from USA.
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  1009. "I (the LORD) will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir." - Isaiah 13:12
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  1010. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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  1011. You’re overlooking an important variant of English - yodaspeak, spoken of course by Jedi Master Yoda: (some examples) This country, defend it I will. Of wolves in sheep's clothing, beware. Fair in love and war, all is. Cheers. 🤔
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  1012. “Der Deutsche, der noch frei von allen slawischen oder keltischen Beimischungen ist, hat einen unverwechselbaren Charakter und wetteifert mit seinesgleichen. Wenn er mit anderen Rassen verbündet ist, gelingt es ihm immer, wenn er die nötige Geduld und Ausdauer hat, der Häuptling, der Willenslenker zu werden, wie es der Ehemann in einem Haushalt sein muss. Ich möchte die Slawen nicht kränken, aber es ist sehr wichtig zu erkennen, dass ihr Charakter viel Weibliches in sich trägt: Sie haben Charme, Intelligenz, Kunstfertigkeit, Ansprache, und oft wirken die Deutschen neben ihnen schwer und unbeholfen. Aber wir gewinnen immer, und deshalb möchte ich Ihnen sagen: Wenn Sie mit Ihren slawischen Rivalen Geschäfte machen, behalten Sie auch in Momenten der heftigsten Wut und in den kritischsten Situationen immer die tiefe Überzeugung, die tiefste, aber geheimste Überzeugung, dass Sie im Grunde ihre Vorgesetzten sind und immer sein werden.“- Otto von Bismarck (1815 - 1898) Er, der tod ist, spricht immer noch.
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  1013. You can live in one of the nicest small towns in Oregon, but the whole state is still being totally screwed up by the Portland-Salem-Eugene axis of evil.
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  1014. Weep and howl, all ye lefties. 😭 The sheriff is back in town!
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  1015. "You do not reason with intellectuals. You shoot them." - Napoleon Bonaparte, Memoirs
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  1016. More to follow…retired ax-murderer rates movie dismemberment scenes for realism. 🪓
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  1017. Governor “Nuisance” is about as popular as a wet fart in a stalled elevator. 💩💨
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  1018. 🐊:face-pink-tears:
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  1019. All these “new weapons and tactics” still won’t prevent the IDF from turning all of Gaza into a glassy sea. 💥
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  1020. O most pernicious woman! O villain, villain, smiling, damnèd villain! (My tables—meet it is I set it down) That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain— – Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5
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  1021. “The champions of socialism (like Justin Trudeau) call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement. They call themselves liberals, but they are intent upon abolishing liberty. They call themselves democrats, but they yearn for dictatorship. They call themselves revolutionaries, but they want to make the government omnipotent. They promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office. Every man but one a subordinate clerk in a bureau.”-- Dr. Ludwig von Mises
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  1022. “Up, up and away, my beautiful, my beautiful balloon…” 🎈
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  1023. The last time I had a "thunder run" was...well, let's just say it wasn't pretty. 💩
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  1024. There is no such thing as “the housing market,” as in an entity that exists uniformly throughout the USA. Rather, there are multiple housing “markets” that reflect the conditions of various regions throughout the country. Thus it’s possible for say Dallas, TX to be booming, while another area like Portland, OR to be slumping. It all goes back to those 3 magical words: location, location, location. Cheers.
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  1025. Looks like we won't have Uncle Fester to kick around any more. 🤕
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  1026. Sadly, the days of quality, USA made toolsets are virtually over. Unless you can find an older, used Craftsman set, or shell out an absurd amount of money for Snap-On, you’re out of luck. Some tool sets made in Taiwan are still of great quality, such as the GearWrench brand, if you can find them at a decent price online. Depending on the size of the set, you’ll pay from $100 to $250 with a lifetime guarantee.
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  1027. There remains much misunderstanding regarding this topic. In the O.T., the word that is translated as "hell" is "sheol" (Heb., שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl), which denotes the underworld, the grave, the pit, or simply the place of the dead. This word is used without any connotation as to the condition of the departed, whether they were righteous or evil. The N.T equivalent to sheol is the Greek word "hades" (ᾅδης háidēs). There is yet another N.T. word that is translated as "hell," but which has a far more solemn meaning. That is the Greek word "gehenna" (γέεννα géenna), which is derived from Hebrew origin and literally means "the valley of the son of Hinnom." This was originally the valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem, where the filth and dead animals of the city were cast out and burned, and which never was extinguished. This figuratively is used to describe the place of the future punishment called "Gehenna" or "Gehenna of fire," and is synonymous with the "Lake of Fire" described in Revelation 19:20, and 20:10-15. This is the place of everlasting judgement of which the Lord Jesus warned us in Luke 12:5, Matt. 23:33 and other N.T. verses.
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  1028.  @jody6851  Good point.
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  1029. John Connor: "We're not gonna make it, are we? People, I mean." The Terminator: "It's in your nature to destroy yourselves." (From The Terminator--Judgement day) And that's why interstellar space travel will never happen.
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  1030. Not "locally real", eh? Well, try jumping headfirst off a nearby 10-story building, and you'll get an object lesson in reality, holmes.
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  1031. I'll save Peter the trouble. As of 2020, the top 10 countries with the most Orthodox Christians are, by number: Russia, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Romania, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Belarus, Egypt and Georgia. Of these, only two have a fertility rate above 2.1 children per couple--Ethiopia (4.05) and Egypt (3.24). The rest fail to meet the 2.1 children per couple necessary to provide a young enough demographic to ensure population replacement. Guess that they need to import some Christians from Africa. Cheers.
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  1032. Where does he get all these wonderful toys?!
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  1033. Why do you suppose it’s named SNOWqualamie Pass?
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  1034. No, but the state of California will. Sell that CA property and relocate next door to Nevada. No state income tax to worry about. Plenty of vacation homes in the Reno-Tahoe area. Buena suerte!
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  1035. Welcome to the future, where nothing can possibly go worng, go worng, go worng…
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  1036. Yeah, right, a zillion miles of overhead trolley cables. Sounds like a swell idea, holmes. 😜
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  1037.  @peterkratoska4524  You cannot “electrify and decarbonize” simultaneously. The electricity has to come from somewhere, and right now it’s 38% natural gas, 22% coal, 19% nuclear, 20% renewables (hydro, wind, biomass, geothermal, solar), and < 1% petroleum. The government doesn’t want any more fracking (for nat gas) or nuclear, so tell me where all this additional generating capacity is coming from. Coal? Not hardly, too polluting. And the rest of renewables just won’t reliably make up the difference. Right now California is struggling to maintain its electrical grid with EVs making up only 4% of total vehicles registered. What happens when that number increases to 50%? Your ideas are unrealistic and implausible at best.
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  1038.  @peterkratoska4524  The figures I gave were for U.S. electrical power generation only, NOT for the world. And the source was the official U.S. government EIA website as of December 2021. Screw the "world"--I'm only concerned with the USA's energy situation, and the criminal efforts of the Biden administration to prevent the U.S. from becoming energy independent from Latin America, the middle east and Russia. Within hours of taking his oath of office in January 2021, Joe Biden signed an executive order canceling the permit for the Keystone XL oil and gas pipeline from Alberta to Nebraska, where it would have connected with the existing pipelines leading to the coast. It would have transported up to 830,000 barrels of heavy crude oil a day, replacing production from Latin American countries, such as Venezuela. Nice going Joe--now we're all paying for your incompetency.
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  1039.  @peterkratoska4524  The United States never stopped importing energy from foreign countries, even under President Donald Trump. Both before and after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine contributed to a spike in U.S. gas prices, various Republicans bashed President Joe Biden for supposedly abandoning Trump-era “energy independence.” These Republicans have fostered the impression that the “energy independent” U.S. did not need energy from Russia and elsewhere under Trump, but then, under Biden, has been forced to buy this foreign energy once more. The truth is that the U.S. was NEVER close to genuine independence from foreign energy, even in the Trump era. Even in the supposed "golden days" of the 1950's, the U.S. still imported oil from everseas. “Energy independence” is a political phrase, not a literal phrase. Despite how Trump and others have made it sound, it does not mean the U.S. was ever going it alone. The mere fact that the U.S. has become a net exporter of LNG is NOT relevant to our energy "independence" situation. It simply reflects the fact that LNG can be sold more profitably overseas than domestically. Cheers.
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  1040.  @stynnieuwenhuis9999  While diesel/electric is amenable to certain heavy duty industrial uses, such as submarines, etc., it is wholly unsuitable for POV transportation, such as is commonly used in North America.
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  1041. Speaking of “addiction,” Utah was recently ranked No. 1 in the nation for online porn subscriptions. Doesn’t sound too “saintly”, does it?
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  1042. Biden’s DOJ must be taking lessons from Putin’s FSB. Same MO.
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  1043. Factoid: Five men who appeared in Marlboro-related advertisements — Wayne McLaren, David McLean, Dick Hammer, Eric Lawson and Jerome Edward Jackson (aka, Tobin Jackson) — died of smoking-related diseases, thus earning Marlboro cigarettes, specifically Marlboro Reds, the nickname "cowboy killers." Moral of the story, ladies: stay away from smoking cowboys, unless you wish to be an early widow.
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  1044. Time to bring down the curtain on MSNBC. Turn out the lights….there’s no one home.
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  1045. Democrats 🦨🦨🦨🦨.
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  1046. Yawn…🥱
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  1047. “Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you…”
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  1048. Thanks to the crook(s) President Richard M. Nixon and Fed Chairman Arthur F. Burns, whose actions in 1971 ultimately produced the mess we find ourselves in today. We remember and neither forget nor forgive. Hope that there is an extremely warm place reserved for both of these scoundrels. 🔥
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  1049. The Biden went down to Georgia, he was lookin’ for some votes to steal…
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  1050.  @caronridge6912  Russia...going, going, gone! Russia is committing self-termination and is too dumb to realize it. 🤪
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  1051. "O, Bama, where art thou?"
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  1052. Niagara Falls! Slooowly I turned.....
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  1053. Paul Pelosi's attacker was found to be an illegal immigrant, has a rap sheet as a gay prostitute, as well as being a nudist and a Green Party member. DePape has been living illegally in the U.S. since age 14 (never naturalized). He also has been known to have lived in a yellow school bus parked in front of the Berkeley home of his ex, San Francisco pro-nudist activist Oxane "Gypsy" Taub (a female), with whom he shares three children. Taub is a Russian American activist in the San Francisco public nudity movement. In 2021, she was convicted of "stalking, dissuading a witness, and attempted child abduction". She is currently in prison for stalking and attempting to abduct a 14-year-old boy. I'd say that's a rather strange profile for a "MAGA" Trump supporter, anyway. FYI, David DePape was also accused of sexual abuse by his stepdaughter, Inti Gonzalez, in a Facebook post.
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  1054. First rule for a happy, prosperous life: NEVER talk with the police. Only bad things can happen if yo do. 🤫
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  1055. "The juice (of which is Sen. Bennet) could be put down very plausibly as the most unpleasant race ever heard of. As commonly encountered, they lack any of the qualities that mark the civilized man: courage, dignity, incorruptibility, ease, confidence. They have vanity without pride, voluptuousness without taste, and learning without wisdom. Their fortitude, such as it is, is wasted upon puerile objects, and their charity is mainly a form of display."    -    H.L. Mencken, 20th century American writer and social commentator.
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  1056. Speaking as an Idahoan, I can tell you that there is very little positive sentiment here for a "Greater Idaho." The counties in Oregon shown that want to secede are lower income, rural areas that would be a burden on the rest of us. Plus, the infrastructure in eastern Oregon is poorly maintained in many areas. Try driving from Boise, ID to Winnemucca, NV and you'l see what I mean. Better for Oregonians to solve their own political issues rather than bringing them into Idaho.
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  1057. As for the supposed Biblical claim (for zionism), Jewish Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss explains: “Zionism is only around 100 years old. It is the transformation from religion to nationalism, to materialism created by non-religious Jews who hated their religion. The reason why they use the name Israel, the Star of David, hijacking, stealing the identity of Judaism and the Jewish people is in order to gain a legitimacy for their existence that should lead people to say, ‘oh, it is God given to them’ and that they should use fear and intimidate people from speaking out against their actions because they will call those that do anti-Semitic; it couldn’t be anything further from the Truth.” Zionists used two major justifications for occupying Palestine: 1) The Biblical claim of Palestine belonging exclusively to the Jews; 2) The Persecution of the Jews in Europe. The true descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were commanded by G-d to remain in the (gentile) nations to which they had been scattered by divine decree. There will yet be a future regathering of dispersed Israel, not by military or political machinations, but by a sovereign act of HaShem. See Deut. 30:1-6, Isa. 41:8-9, Isa. 43:5-6, and especially Ezek. 28:25-26, which reads: "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, THEN they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. And they will dwell safely there, build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God.'" I ask you now, is Israel currently dwelling securely in peace? Are they that all-righteous nation of which the scriptures speak? The answer to both of these questions is a resounding NO. In Isaiah 19:24 we read, "In that day Israel will be the third part with Egypt and Assyria (Iraq), a blessing in the midst of the earth." Has that happened yet? The answer is obvious.
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  1058. “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.” - Han Solo - Star Wars (1977)
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  1059. You cannot “electrify and decarbonize” simultaneously. The electricity has to come from somewhere, and right now it’s 38% natural gas, 22% coal, 19% nuclear, 20% renewables (hydro, wind, biomass, geothermal, solar), and < 1% petroleum. The government doesn’t want any more fracking (for nat gas) or nuclear, so tell me where all this additional generating capacity is coming from. Coal? Not hardly, too polluting. And the rest of renewables just won’t reliably make up the difference. Right now California is struggling to maintain its electrical grid with EVs making up only 4% of total vehicles registered. What happens when that number increases to 50%?
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  1060. Yeah, Richard Daly would be proud.
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  1061. "...and until somebody finds a way to convince 20% of the population to stop snorting and smoking that sh!t, order is the best we can hope for." - Josh Brolin (Matt Graver), "Sicario", 2015
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  1062.  @Cardoo46  "We the people"--as in JB? Yeah, he's REALLY one of us all right. 😅
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  1063. “Until someone finds a way to stop 20 percent of America putting this s**t up their nose, order is the best we can hope for.” Josh Brolin - "Matt Graver", from the film "Sicario" (2015)
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  1064. There are NO aliens, NO little green men (or whatever you choose to call them), NO E.T.'s, etc. FTL interstellar travel is IMPOSSIBLE (for everyone). And it is a misnomer to refer to this phenomena as "UFO's," since the term "flying" would imply some type of rational guidance or operation. Nobody really knows what these things are, so it would be more accurate to refer to them as "UAP" (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena). And, yes, Star Trek:TNG was the greatest sc-fi TV series of all time.
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  1065.  @AlexHuberdeau  The joke is all on you: 1) Your spelling, sentence structure and punctuation are all atrocious. ("rulz"?) 2) No, warp drive and/or FTL travel have NOT (yet) been proven to be achievable. 3) Light can be bent by using a prism, so what? That has nothing to do with FTL travel. 4) The existence of E.T intelligence has not (yet) been proven or confirmed. and 5), Star Trek:TNG is still the greatest sc-fi TV series of all time. So, please go back to school and take some basic classes on astrophysics, mathematics, and especially spelling and grammar. You're embarrassing yourself.
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  1066. Hey, Nicky, neo-libs don’t care for workers and their families any more than “conservatives” do. Where are all the so-called “shyte libs” on this strike?
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  1067. You’re correct. However, it must be plainly stated that Putin won 62% of the vote during the last “election.” Even worse, in a recent survey nearly half of the Russians polled thought that Stalin had done “a good job.” Go figure.
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  1068. Two less warmongers to worry about.
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  1069. There are even Polish troops in Canada, South Africa, Antarctica, and Australia. Dang, those pesky Poles sure do get around. I’ve even heard reports that there are Polish troops stationed on the moon and on Mars. 🌕🪐
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  1070. Oh, that the nation which once was at the forefront of worldwide Christian missionary activity should have fallen so low! That the nation of Charles Spurgeon, George Whitefield, William Booth, John Wesley, William Carey, Hudson Taylor, and so many others now would occupy the place of a faithless harlot—worse than France even! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate!
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  1071. MDM? As in Mobile Device Management, or Melodic Death Metal, or Million Dollar Man, or perhaps just More Dumb Moves (by the government)?
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  1072. Oh, you mean the same way Demento Joe obviously botched the COVID pandemic? Right.
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  1073. Should rename the place SLOB City. 🚮
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  1074. More accurately, this American city is in the terlet. 🚽
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  1075. "Society will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate. It does not tyrannise but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd." - Alexis de Toqueville, from "Democracy in America" (1835)
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  1076.  @luigismushrooms5701  Which are...?
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  1077. “The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness.” (Eccl. 10:13)
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  1078. To all of you Oregonians (especially you Portlandians) who continue to p$ss and moan about the deplorable conditions in your area(s), think on this: it was YOU that voted (and continue to vote) for the very politicians responsible for the decline in livability. And to those pogues among you that are thinking of relocating to Montana, Idaho or Wyoming—you’re not welcome in these states. You defecated in your own bed—now live in it.
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  1079. For a cost effective EDC knife, go with the Ontario RAT II @ $24, or the SOG @ $46. My favorite is the Ontario, which I've owned for some time now. Lightweight, and unbeatable quality for the money.
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  1080. Just some trivia info: "Falling Down" grossed $96 million (nearly $210 million in today's dollars) against a $25 million budget. It took the top spot at the United States box office in its first two weeks of release (February 26–28 and March 5–7, 1993). "Falling Down" pushed the previous top movie, Groundhog Day (another classic, BTW), into the second place box-office spot for both those weeks. "Falling Down" grossed $40.9 million in the United States and Canada and $55.1 million internationally. That would be nearly $90 million and $120 million in today's dollars, respectively. Film critic Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle opined, "A few times every year, Hollywood makes a mistake, violates formula, and actually makes a great picture. Falling Down is one of the great mistakes of 1993, a film too good and too original to win any Oscars, but one bound to be remembered in years to come as a true and ironic statement about life in our time." Well said.
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  1081. The old USSR would be proud of TSA’s new policy. Restricting the ability of citizens to travel was one of communism’s favourite practices.
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  1082. "Pounding" a diet Mountain Dew? Really poor choice of words...or not.
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  1083. When pigs learn to fly and camels learn to sing is when the dollar will be replaced. 🤣
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  1084. Hola, Dad. You may want to consider elevating your mic closer to your face, as your sound level is a bit low. Cheers.
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  1085. This series should be retitled “Boba Fettuccine,” weak, limp and unable to stand on its own.
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  1086. Bet they’re not laughing now.
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  1087. JB is about as popular as a wet fart in a stalled elevator. 💩 💨
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  1088.  @PerceivedREALITY999  “Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.” (Prov. 23:23)
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  1089. Hillary Clinton couldn’t have said it better.
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  1090. “You don’t know the power of the dark side!” - Darth Cheney
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  1091. It's not a "conflict of interest" because I SAY it's not a conflict of interest. Hey, who can argue with the logic of THAT line of reasoning? 🤪
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  1092. Part of the reason is that so many celebrities have chosen to live in Wyoming, particularly in Jackson Hole, including Harrison Ford, Sandra Bullock, Kanye West, and Matthew McConaughey. The state's natural beauty and peaceful lifestyle attract these famous individuals seeking a break from the spotlight. Also, Wyoming’s tax structure is very lenient for the wealthy, compared to other states (like California). List of other wealthy people: 1. John Mars (Mars Candy): $30.8 billion 2. Forrest Mars Jr. (same): $23.4 billion 3. Lukas Walton (Walmart): $18 billion 4. Christy Walton (same): $7.8 billion 5. Hansjorg Wyss (a Swiss citizen): $6.5 billion (medical equipment) and, lest we forget, Darth Vader himself, Dick Cheney (Haliburton): $100 million
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  1093. For every 1 hard-working federal employee, there a 9 non-productive freeloaders. I know, as I used to work for the government (Veterans Affairs) and the wasted time and money were appalling. The government needs to get rid of most of these non-essential paper pushers and hire more actual patient care professionals.
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  1094. "And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be FEARFUL SIGHTS AND GREAT SIGNS from heaven." (Luke 21:11)
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  1095. No sun? No wind? No worries. We all just sit in our darkened, cold homes munching on our celery stalks and hummus. What more could one ask for?
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  1096.  @JeMangeLaPoubelle  Nope, constitutional wisdom.
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  1097.  @JeMangeLaPoubelle  Merci. S'il vous plaît ne mangez pas le poubelle.
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  1098.  @leifanderson3487  BTW three of those small states I listed are blue states, so shouldn't they receive the same senatorial representation as the red states? Or maybe you're just upset about the red states only? Typical attitude--when you don't find the rules agreeable, throw them out, right?
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  1099. White man’s club? Ain’t never heard of no “white man’s club.” They speak English in this white man’s club?
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  1100. To all of you (Democrats) that voted for JB, this is what you wanted, and this is what you got. Are we having fun yet? 🤡
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  1101. “The table is tilted folks. The game is rigged, and nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care. Good honest hard-working people -- white collar, blue collar, it doesn’t matter what color shirt you have on -- good, honest, hard-working people continue -- these are people of modest means -- continue to elect these rich ***suckers who don’t give a *** about them. They don’t give a ** about you. They don’t give a ** about you. They don't care about you at all -- at all -- at all. And nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care.” - George Carlin
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  1102. Harris: "Is that you, Joe Biden? Is this me?"
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  1103. Well, how would you have him use those words?
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  1104. DEFUND the police? Get ready to DEFEND your home alone.
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  1105. “War is the health of the State.” - Randolph Bourne, 1918 essay.
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  1106. Tempest in a teapot. It’s only one fairly small bank, not the entire banking system, that failed. Depositors are covered up to $250k.
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  1107. But, nonetheless, Seattle voters keep electing and re-electing the same type of brain-dead "woke" politicians year after year. "Woe to those enacting crooked statutes and writing oppressive laws."
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  1108. In 1934, wind gusts atop Mt. Washington reached an astonishing 231 mph. 💨
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  1109. Zelensky shows up at OUR White House, sits down in OUR Oval office, casually dressed in a horrid looking green cardigan, looking like an unshaven bum, and then proceeds to begin to debate and lecture OUR President and OUR VP on matters that were 90% agreed upon PRIOR to this sit down, and (possibly) utters a profanity at VP Vance under his breath, and then WE’RE supposed to view Zelensky with sympathy? Not in THIS house!
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  1110. Median sale price for a SFH in Meridian, ID July 2017: $285,000. Fast forward 5 years to July 2022, now it's $568,000. We couldn't afford to rebuy the same house we're living in.
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  1111. “If fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism.” - Ronald Reagan, during a 1975 interview with the TV news program "60 Minutes." The Gipper was right.
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  1112. “O most pernicious woman! O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain! (My tables! Meet it is I set it down) That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain.” Shakespeare, “Hamlet”, Act 1, Scene 5
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  1113. Ah, Pelosi and Schumer…all the charisma and appeal of a wet fart in a stalled elevator. 💩💨
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  1114. More likely that "32" refers to her IQ. 🙄
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  1115. Laughable. Tell you what--strip down an extension cord to its copper conductors, plug the other end into a wall outlet, grab hold of both conductors and then see if "energy doesn't flow in wires." 🔌⚡
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  1116. The recently elected Chilean president, Gabriel Boric, is a left-wing politician, whose position(s) include socialism, so-called social democracy, and an inclination toward outright communism. If you liked Salvador Allende back in the early 1970's, then you're going to love this little socialist. His "broad front" Apruebo Dignidad coalition is loaded with far-left loonies and communists that will push for "income equality" and "taxing the wealthy." Hmm, where have we heard that before? 😏
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  1117. The so-called “war on drugs” dates way back to June 1971, when President Richard Nixon declared a “war on drugs.” He dramatically increased the size and presence of federal drug control agencies, and pushed through measures such as mandatory sentencing and no-knock warrants. But what was this “war” REALLY about? A top Nixon aide, John Ehrlichman, later admitted: “You want to know what this was really all about? The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying. We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or to be black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.” That's our wonderful government for you.
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  1118. The “Rocks”are in his head.
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  1119. The best blender I've ever used/owned has to be the KitchenAid RKSB650 (sadly no longer made). Made in USA, cost $99 new and performs like a champ. Crushes ice perfectly with no cubes left over. Why KicthenAid ever discontinued this model is baffling. Cheers!
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  1120. Children...always it's about the "children." Typical elitist excuse to justify draconian actions.
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  1121.  @pimp4235  Ein und dasselbe.
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  1122.  @wolfbue7912  Nicht viel. Es klang einfach eher philosophisch.
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  1123. Economist Eliana Cardoso pointed this out in her seminal 1992 work on inflation, which she described as “the cruelest tax.” It wipes out the savings of the middle classes and pushes many of them below the poverty line, and in the process increases inequalities in society. Compared with more affluent families, low-income households are more sensitive to even small price rises that can push them deeper into the poverty trap. As prices go up, low-income households either look to borrow more money, or resort to buying low-quality food, avoiding heating their homes, or avoiding the purchase of adequate clothing. Doncha’ just love “capitalism”? 💸
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  1124. Never have trusted (or liked) this neocon. He seems to epitomize the caricature of your seedy, opportunistic politician/warmonger.
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  1125. The Russian "psyche" is psychotic. 🤪
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  1126.  @johnkeith2450  💩🧠
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  1127.  @howardjuliewiley5629  Ada County voter registration records show an almost even split between (R) and (D), with a large percentage of voters registered as independent/other. Southwest Idaho is where much of the population resides: Boise, 210,000; Meridian, 115,000; Nampa, 99,000. Smaller towns in northern Idaho, such as CDA or Post Falls, would indeed have a higher percentage of (R) voters, but so what? They really don’t factor in that much to statewide elections. I’ve visited both of those locations and, frankly, don’t see the attraction of living there. The climate is lousy, for one thing. Post Falls is rather dumpy, while CDA is nicer, but overpriced and overcrowded. The main focus currently is getting some property tax relief from the legislature and governor. Retired people (like me) are getting squeezed by the continually rising assessments. So much for “affordable” housing. Cheers.
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  1128.  @philmabarak5421  I'm not sure what exactly you're trying to say/ask. Could you rephrase your question, please?
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  1129.  @philmabarak5421  Property values, historically, increase/decrease as a function of the desirability (or lack thereof) of the particular location. Remember the old adage, "Location, location, location."? Here in Idaho at least, property values for SFH have soared in recent years due to the dramatic influx of out-of-staters, mostly from CA, OR and WA, although for some unknown reason, I've been noticing a lot of Texas license plates lately here in southwest Idaho. (**SFH = Single Family Homes) More to the point, over the past 10 years there has been a 250% increase in population for Ada County, accompanied by a 260% increase in housing prices for SFH, almost a perfect direct positive correlation. As for the reason why people have been moving into this area, one can only speculate that they perceive it to be more livable and more affordable than their previous location(s). People appear to be fleeing from high COL, high taxes, high crime, and non-responsive state government(s). And this cuts across demographic issues and political ideologies. Ten years ago, someone from the Bay area or southern California could have sold their home for $750k and purchased a comparable one here in Ada county for around $150k, leaving them with $600k to invest, or put into the bank as savings, or to buy real estate for rental income (which many did). Hence, the dramatic increase in rental prices for this area. As near as I can determine, newcomers over the past 10 years from the states mentioned above are pretty much an equal mix of (D) and (R), and this is reflected in the current voter registration figures for Ada county, which show 50% (R), 46% (D), and the remaining 4% (myself included) as independent/other. Hope this clarifies some of the concerns you expressed. And remember, what goes up also comes down, especially real estate prices. Cheers.
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  1130. Wah, wah, wah…..look at me…..I have toys 😭👶🏻
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  1131. “You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power—he's free again.”― Alexander Solzhenitsyn (from "Two Hundred Years Together")
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  1132. Migrating from horses to “jacka$$e$” at the border.
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  1133. These Euros can take their "smug" and stick it a place where the sun doesn't shine. 🍑
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  1134. "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind..." - Hosea 8:7a
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  1135. The (same) 2016 directive centered around intelligence gathering, with no mention of lethal force. The 2024 update introduces a dramatic shift, particularly regarding domestic operations. Section 3.3.a.(2)(c) now explicitly permits lethal force in cases of imminent threats or national security emergencies, provided the action complies with legal oversight, specifically DoDD 5210.56, which governs the use of deadly force by DoD personnel. Key updates include: --Use of lethal force: The directive allows military intelligence components to assist law enforcement in operations that involve lethal force. --Conditions for force: The directive specifies lethal force can be used under conditions involving "imminent threats." (as defined by them) --Legal oversight: Any use of lethal force must comply with DoDD 5210.56, ensuring proper legal frameworks are followed. No small coincidence that this directive was updated 27 Sept 2024, shortly AFTER Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic Party nomination on August 22, 2024. The fix is in folks, and the powers that be will NEVER allow Trump to become POTUS again, even if it means inciting another civil war.
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  1136. JB’s “main problem” is that he’s about as attractive and appealing as a wet fart in a stalled elevator. 💩💨
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  1137. Only in SoCal….
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  1138. As the old adage says, the acorn doesn't fall far from the tree. Or, in this case, the turd doesn't fall far from the dog.
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  1139. An "oral" commitment? Sounds like "full-blown" kowtowing.
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  1140. If 75% of Americans polled say that the country is heading in the wrong direction, then why did 51.3% of voters choose Biden over Trump. Something wrong here.
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  1141. 💦👛 + 💩 🥪 = U. S. politicians.
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  1142. Asking liberals to stop voting Democrat is akin to asking a dog to stop barking. It's just part of their nature.
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  1143. Probably a good component for your "bug out" backpack.
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  1144.  @jackraptor1581  I’m not (now) a Republican either, but (sadly) I voted for Nixon (twice). He was a lying, conniving, mean spirited megalomaniac who only had some successes on the foreign relations scenario, thanks mostly to the efforts of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
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  1145.  @Mozart1220  Johnson did ONE (and only one) good thing: promote the Civil Rights Act--that's it! And that Act would have never passed without the support of Republicans in the House and Senate. Not ONE Southern Senator (except for Republican John Tower) voted in favor of the Act. And Tower only did so as a personal favor to fellow Texan LBJ. Otherwise, Johnson was a lying, race-baiting fornicator, adulterer, murderer, and war criminal. Those of us in the military during Vietnam always said that his initials--LBJ--stood for "Lying B*st*rd Johnson." May Lyndon Baines Johnson and Richard Milhous Nixon rot in the deepest depths of hades!
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  1146.  @jorm2528  Couldn’t really say…but I’m sure that you can enlighten us all with a sage reply.
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  1147.  @emmas1230  Sorry sweetheart, but in 1964 it was the good ol’ boy racist Southern Democrats, very few of whom voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act that LBJ promoted. That Act would have NEVER been passed had it not been for support of Republicans in both the House and Senate. Factoid: Democrats still hold the Senate filibuster record (75 days in 1964, in an attempt to block passage of the Act). The only Southern Senator to vote in favor of the Act was Republican John Tower of Texas, who did so as a personal favor to fellow Texan LBJ. So just because LBJ did ONE good deed as POTUS doesn’t change the fact that he was a low down, conniving, racist SOB, who used the enword on a regular basis. Learn some history before talking out of school, my dear.
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  1148.  @tank-slushy4727  The ONLY problem? Dude, did you actually understand my original post? If not, allow me to refresh your memory: "The UAE/Dubai continue to commit serious human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees, suppression of freedom of expression, and violation of the right to privacy. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue to deprive stateless individuals of the right to nationality, impacting their access to a range of services. According to Human Rights Watch, the UAE detains those who criticize authorities, including hundreds of activists and academics, and Emirati laws discriminate against women, migrants and LGBT individuals. Flogging and stoning are legal forms of judicial punishment in the UAE due to Sharia courts. As a result, the UAE routinely ranks near the bottom of many international measures for human rights and press freedom." The ONLY problem? You gotta be kidding.
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  1149. Stronger? You’re delusional. The Dems put up their “strongest” candidate in 2016, and she was humiliated by Trump. Harris is even weaker than Hillary.
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  1150. ESG = Extremely Stupid Government.
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  1151. I remain unimpressed, since it is the Russian people that continue to support Putin, who has won the last four presidential elections in Russia by the following margins: 2000 - 53.0%; 2004 - 71.3%; 2012 - 63.6%; and 2018 - 76.7%. He won't resign and the Russian people keep on voting him back in as president, so unless he falls out a window, it appears that the world is stuck with this KGB gangster.
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  1152. Film critic Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle opined, "A few times every year, Hollywood makes a mistake, violates formula, and actually makes a great picture. Falling Down is one of the great mistakes of 1993, a film too good and too original to win any Oscars, but one bound to be remembered in years to come as a true and ironic statement about life in our time." Exactly.
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  1153. @ "Ever hear of Turkey and Canada?" Duh!! Those aren't European nations, if you check the map. Canada can't even protect itself from Montana if it had to. And Turkey will absolutely NOT get involved in any conflict with Russia, NATO member or not. So I stand by my numbers. NATO is kaput!
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  1154.  @mw8653  I've checked with various source, and they all give different numbers depending on how current the info is. According to Global Firepower, the number is 184,860; the UK's own website shows 183,130; Statista shows 138,120. So the numbers will vary according to the source. What numbers do you show, and what is your source?
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  1155. "DuckDuckGo" has up and went.
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  1156. RICO (
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  1157. Didn't Sleepy Joe take an oath to "...support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, FOREIGN and domestic."? Well, it seems that he has no problem going after those whom he perceives to be his domestic enemies. One may wonder when/if he will ever defend us against foreign enemies. C'mon, man, do your job already.
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  1158. Perhaps Joy-Ann Reid should be call anti-semitic for criticizing Sarah Silverman. The sword cuts both ways, eh?
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  1159. “And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man BECAME a living soul.” (Gen. 2:7, ASV) Please note that three things are described in this passage: 1) God “formed” (or fashioned) man out of preexisting materials; 2) God breathed into him the “breath” (or spirit)—Heb., nᵉshâmâh—of life; 3) man became a living soul (or being)—Heb., nephesh. It does NOT state that man has a soul, especially an “immortal soul.” Whenever man dies—whether by old age, infirmity or accident—his physical body is unable to retain the breath of life, and so his existence ends. Or, as it says in Psalm 146:4, “His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.” Ecclesiastes 12:7 describes death thusly, “Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit (or breath, Heb., rûwach) will return to God who gave it.” The Holy Bible gives NO support for any type of post mortem immaterial existence, such as a disembodied spirit or “ghost.” If it did, then those “mediums” or necromancers that allegedly summon the spirits of the dead might actually have some basis on which to operate. But God absolutely forbids all such activities, because it isn’t the ghost of dear old departed Uncle Albert, but some lying spirit seeking to deceive gullible people. Maranatha.
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  1160. And replace him with….what? Harris/Biden? The Dems got nothing, zero, goose egg to offer America, and everyone knows it. Trump has his (many) faults, but I’ll take him over any Democrat, any time, any where.
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  1161. Back at a time when JB could actually put together a coherent sentence structure, although what he’s saying is abominable.
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  1162. …another loser.
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  1163. Flag flag operation by the Russians themselves. Probably will be used as a pretext for expanding the war, and possibly escalating the conflict to the next level (CBR?).
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  1164.  @dead2802  "What" ain't no country I ever heard of. They speak English in What?  😎😎😎
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  1165. Who is this guy Phil Buster, and why is everyone so angry with him?
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  1166. Solar farm in the middle of Nebraska? This particular facility is/was located in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. The storm in question occurred on June 29, 2023, so they've had plenty of time to accomplish repairs. But I have to question the wisdom of locating this solar farm in the middle of tornado alley, an area that is regularly subject to violent storms. Plus, on average, there are only 224 sunny days per year in Scottsbluff. Maybe they should try someplace in southern New Mexico, where there are nearly 300 sunny days per year. Poor planning, if you ask me.
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  1167. I’m Joe Biden, and I’ve followed lots of women into bathrooms. 🚽
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  1168. More like a fruitcake.
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  1169. I think that everyone's been in the dark, but then it really doesn't matter.
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  1170. "Every year, the Great Pumpkin rises from the pumpkin patch with his bag of toys..." -- Linus
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  1171. Rivian stock peaked at $146 on the Nasdaq 11/13/21. Currently stands at $26 per share--heading for $0. Object lesson in buying an idea that will never be practical. You're far better of buying a Ford F-150 Lariat 3.5L V6 Hybrid 4WD, which can carry can carry up to 1,762 pounds, and has a rated towing capacity of 5,100 pounds. Plus, Ford isn't going to go out of business any time soon. The 2022 Rivian R1T model STARTS at $79,500, while you can get a base model F-150 for $46,350. If you need to go even cheaper, the 2022 Ford Maverick Hybrid truck has a starting price of $19,995 (with a $1,495 destination fee), and the hybrid powertrain comes standard. The Maverick has an EPA rating of 42 mpg city, 33 mpg highway. So why, really, would any sane person buy a Rivian? (And, no, I'm not a Ford dealer or stockholder).
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  1172. Newsom fiddles while California burns.
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  1173. Might as well make a rule trying to stop a bear from taking a 💩 in the woods. After all, it’s what bears do, right?
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  1174. The EU and NATO are both spineless freeloaders nursing at the teat of the USA. Hope you all plan on learning Russian in the near future.
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  1175.  @enthused7591  Instead of the word “inconsistent,” perhaps a better choice would be self-serving. Sort of like a stock market pundit that predicts a market collapse so he can go short and make a killing like Michael Burry did. Doncha’ just love capitalism?
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  1176.  @Nikosi9  The word "atheist" is derived from the Greek term "a" (meaning without), and "theos" (meaning God). So, by definition, an "atheist" is one who is "without God," a perfect description of people such as yourself. BTW, you'll be without God, not only in this life, but also, unless you repent and believe, for all eternity. So you had better enjoy things in the here and now, because it's the best you'll ever have. "Mr.-Full-Of-Dumb Quotes" signing off, as it's apparent that nothing I have to say would be of interest to such an intellectual giant as yourself.
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  1177. It’s 1980 all over again. For weeks before the 1980 presidential election, the gurus of public opinion polling were nearly unanimous in their findings. In survey after survey, they agreed that the coming choice between President Jimmy Carter and Challenger Ronald Reagan was “too close to call.” A few points at most, they said, separated the two major contenders. They’re saying the same thing now in 2024. But when the votes were counted, the former California Governor had defeated Jimmy Carter by a margin of 51% to 41% in the popular vote–a rout for a U.S. presidential race. In the electoral college, the Reagan victory was a 10-to-1 avalanche that left Carter holding only six states and the District of Columbia. Carter (like Kamala Harris) was an unpopular candidate, and the pollsters were blind to that fact. Trump, like Reagan 44 years ago, brings hope to an America desperate for a new start in a positive direction. Harris can’t even articulate a coherent sentence. Case closed.
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  1178. I myself happen to have TWO "golden visas." What's in your wallet? 🤣
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  1179. Thank former Chancellor (and former communist) Angela Merkel, as well as the Greens, for the precarious position in which Germany now finds itself. Shutting down the nuclear power plants was madness. Your neighbour France produces 50% of their power from nukes and they seem to be doing quite well. Die besten Wünsche und viel Glück. Du wirst es brauchen.
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  1180. What a 🍲 of 💩!
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  1181. Not only written BY children...but also FOR children. 👶🏻
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  1182. If you're referring to the American politician and 2-time Democratic nominee (1952 & 1956) for President, then his name is Adlai Stevenson. "Adelaide" is the name of the capital city of South Australia. And "Stephenson" is the name of a city in Wisconsin USA. 👎
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  1183. Mr. Zelensky shows up at OUR White House, sits down in OUR Oval office, casually dressed in a horrid looking green cardigan, looking like an unshaven vagabond, and then proceeds to begin to debate and lecture OUR President and OUR VP on matters that were 90% agreed upon 5 days PRIOR to this sit down, and (possibly) utters a profanity at VP Vance under his breath, and then WE’RE supposed to view him with sympathy? Not in THIS house!
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  1184. Sorry, Charlie, but money talks. And if you, like most of us, haven't a whole ton of money, then Andrew and others like him aren't interested in us "little people." Some free advice: move to a low-tax, low cost-of living state (MT, ID, WY). We did and we're quite happy with the results. Or, if you don't like colder winters, learn some Spanish and move to Mexico.
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  1185. JB has all the charisma and appeal of a wet fart in a stalled elevator. 💩💨
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  1186. Yeah, right, if you enjoy living in a socialist “workers paradise.”
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  1187. "The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus." Kay, from "Men in Black" (1997)
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  1188. It is laughable that Bernie Sanders rails at the “oligarchy,” the same oligarchy to which he kowtows every time he has to make a policy choice or cast a vote. His DNC overlords have stabbed him in the back at least three times, yet Bernie meekly follows their orders every time push comes to shove. BTW, how can someone with a net worth of over $3 million, and who owns (with his wife) three real estate properties valued at nearly $2 million NOT be part of that same oligarchy which he so vehemently denounces? How is this possible, Uncle Bernie?
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  1189. "Grandma got run over by a reindeer, walkin' home from our house Christmas eve, You can say there's no such thing as Santa, but as for me and Grandpa, we believe."
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  1190. "Allied troops..." What a pile of dog 💩!
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  1191. Likewise. Low taxes are all well and good, but there is much to be said for personal liberty, the freedom to come and go as you please, the right to order your life to suit yourself and not others, and, yes, the RTKBA. Pietro Beretta says so right here.
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  1192. “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” - H.L. Mencken
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  1193. "...there seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously--after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important ... so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth."― Robert A. Heinlein, "To Sail Beyond the Sunset" (1987)
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  1194. Marx, Trotsky, Kaganovich, Yagoda, Zinoviev, Uritsky, Kamenev, Sverdlov, Sokolnikov, and Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) had two things in common: All were early Bolsheviks and all were of Jewish ancestry. Since day one, Jews have been at the forefront of international socialism, communism and subversion. Prime example: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Henry Ford got it right: “The international Jew is the world’s foremost problem.” True words, both then and now.
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  1195. The sad part is that most of these "beautiful people" are so enamored and entranced by their own synthetic world, that they're too blind to realize that it's all falling down around their ears. Or, to paraphrase the immortal words of Marc Antony, "I come to bury Oscar, not to praise him."
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  1196.  @1queijocas  Another example: 1932 Germany, relatively free and open; but 6 months later (⊙▃⊙) is appointed Chancellor (April 1933) and practically overnight Germany becomes a dictatorship. Those Jews that waited to leave paid for their procrastination with their very lives.
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  1197. A $50k BMW vs. a $25k Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic? Seriously? Better reassess your car buying strategy, friend. Beemers are way too expensive, are endless money pits, and cost a small fortune to maintain and insure.
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  1198. Interesting that of the six actors to play the James Bond character, only three are actually English. The best Bond, Sean Connery, was Scottish. George Lazenby (still alive at 83) is Australian. Timothy Dalton was born in Wales to an English father and an American mother, so he is only half English. And Pierce Brosnan who is Irish. So maybe it’s only 2-1/2 English actors to play Bond. Cheerio.
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  1199. “I have always observed that wherever you find the negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.” - Robet E. Lee (CSA, Retired) True then, true now.
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  1200. “Non-binary” = “non-brainy.”
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  1201. “At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.” - P.J. O’Rourke
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  1202. So-called "democracy" stolen from us in 1980? Is he serious? You'd have to go back to AT LEAST the year 1962 when the FBI, CIA, MIC, KGB and the Mob began to orchestrate plans to remove JFK the following year for his stated intentions to put the American people first rather than the aforementioned criminals. Wake up, Jimmy.
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  1203. Fairbanks, AK: average January temperature = -15F, record low temp = -66F in Jan 1934. The all time low temperature for the state of Alaska is -80F, set in January 1971 at Prospect Creek Camp. That, my friends, is COLD!!! 🥶
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  1204. "Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap." (Gal. 6:7)
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  1205. While M4A is being conveniently ignored by all parties concerned.
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  1206.  @scottdavis691  Good one!
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  1207.  @motofighter2k  Actually, BMW already has a huge (7 million sq. ft.) manufacturing plant located in Spartanburg, SC employing 11,000 people, and producing over 1500 vehicles daily. Most of the major auto makers (Honda, Toyota, Mercedes) have had assembly plants in the USA for many years. Not sure if the quality of American-made BMW's equals that of the German-made models, though. Cheers.
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  1208.  @woodennecktie  Putin currently has about 300,000 active duty soldiers under arms (not counting the so-called "mobilisation"). Even if all those draftees were put into action, that would still only field 600,000 troops--not nearly enough to defeat and occupy a huge country such as Ukraine. During WWII, Stalin had over 11 million men under arms, yet despite this huge numerical advantage the Russians were only barely able to defeat the Germans after 4 long years of brutal combat. Today's Russian army is but a faint shadow of its Soviet counterpart, and stands no chance against Ukraine.
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  1209. Mars has a significantly weaker gravitational pull compared to Earth. The average gravitational acceleration on Mars is approximately 3.72076 m/s², which is about 38% of Earth's gravity, meaning a person who weighs 100 kg on Earth would weigh only about 38 kg on Mars. This means that, if Mars were actually colonized, those people born there would probably never be able to leave or visit Earth. Also Mars, unlike Earth, lacks a significant magnetic field, since heat preservation caused by the molten silicate layer may have rendered the Martian core unable to generate the convective motions necessary for magnetic field creation. The absence of a protective magnetic field had profound implications for Mars. Without this shield, the planet became susceptible to solar winds, as well as high energy cosmic rays. As a result, Mars eventually lost its surface water and, with it, any capability for sustaining life as we understand it. Any future colonists would be forced to spend their lives either underground or in elaborate surface structures designed to protect them from radiation. Last of all, there is the problem of the massive storms on Mars, which in some cases could grow to global proportions. Martian dust storms are common, especially during southern hemisphere spring and summer, when the planet is closest to the Sun. As the atmosphere warms, winds generated by larger contrasts in surface temperature at different locations mobilize dust particles the size of individual talcum powder grains. Carbon dioxide frozen on the winter polar cap evaporates, thickening the atmosphere and increasing the surface pressure. This enhances the process by helping suspend the dust particles in the air. In some cases, the dust clouds reach up to 40 miles (60 kilometers) or more in elevation. This fine dust is extremely damaging, both to humans and sensitive electronic equipment. If Mars ever did have any intelligent life (doubtful), the inhabitants were probably forced to evacuate long ago as their planet's environment became increasingly hostile, Cheers.
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  1210. I crossed the street once to use the bathroom. 🚽
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  1211.  @jessicalee3929  Putin has already threatened to use nukes to achieve his goals. So I guess that we should just sit idly by and allow him to launch a first strike, right? Sounds lovely.
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  1212. Al Green…..how do you mend a broken heart? 💔
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  1213. “Democracy!” Soo sick of people using this bloody word. Most don’t even have an idea of what it means. Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what’s for dinner. In a free republic it means a well-armed sheep disputing the issue. There was never a democracy that didn’t destroy itself by unrestrained liberty and unrestrained inflation. The last thing in the world we need is “Democracy Now.”
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  1214. "All the things that I used to say, all the words that got in the way, All the things that I used to know, have gone out the window." --Sugar Ray, "When It's Over" (2001)
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  1215. “Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.” - Matt. 15:14
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  1216. Herr Olbermann is of German (not Russian) ancestry, which explains why he sounds like (⊙▃⊙). Typical fascist ploy to accuse others of being the very thing that he is—a ❄️.
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  1217. This Metzger dude really isn't funny. I can't imagine people actually paying to see his "comedy" shows.
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  1218. Should change his last name to “Scheisse.” 💩
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  1219. Are you bragging or merely complaining?
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  1220. Already “upgraded” to LMDE 6 earlier this year, and have no intention of ever returning to the Windows universe.
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  1221. Without meaning to, the title of this video is self-explanatory. 😘
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  1222. So you’re saying that in just 3 short weeks Trump caused your electricity prices to double? I frankly find that hard to believe.
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  1223. Only if you are a non-white, 3rd worlder. Everyone else must endure countless delays, unending paperwork, background checks and costly fees.
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  1224. Ever asked yourself exactly HOW your government could afford to provide you with all these wonderful benefits? It was on the backs of American taxpayers, who paid an enormous amount every year (and still do) for the defense of Western European nations. In the Cold War years immediately following WWII, this was both understandable and necessary. But after 80 years—ENOUGH!! Plus the EU countries levy exorbitant tariffs on U.S. made goods, while we respond with very low (2-3%) tariffs. And now, O Europe, see to thine own house.
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  1225. Where does it say that? Don’t just say that it’s in the Bible somewhere. Give us book, chapter and verse. This political zionist entity that calls itself “Israel” is not the work of God. It is a human machination. If it were of God, these people would already be enjoying peace and prosperity. Instead, they have endless wars.
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  1226. Government spending is stealing our future. Each year, the federal government takes and spends nearly one-quarter of every dollar earned in America—roughly $52,000 per household. Wouldn't be nice if we could get some of that money back?
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  1227. "Man, who is born of woman, is of few days and full of trouble." (Job 14:1)
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  1228. Another fascist (__!__) - hole.
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  1229.  @aaaron2446  "Resolve" plus 50 cents won't buy you a cup of coffee. How much "resolve" did the Russian troops have after they faced Ukrainian resistance? Oops, not much it seems. Likewise, the Taiwanese resolve will be much greater than the invading PRC forces, since the Taiwanese will be fighting for their freedom and their lives. Invading Taiwan will mark the end of the CCP regime, unless, of course they opt to nuke the entire island of Taiwan.
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  1230. Let’s not forget the most famous “bunker” of all—Archie Bunker.
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  1231. I remember many years ago that some repair shops REQUIRED their mechanics to purchase only Snap-On tools. They even had a Snap-On truck that would make the rounds to each shop and replace any of their tools that were broken or defective. Of course, even back then they cost an arm and a leg. Only exception was Sears, which of course allowed their mechanics to use their Craftsman brand. Just as good, and far less expensive. 🔧
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  1232. Pelosi and company ALMOST make crook Richard M. Nixon seem honest (almost).
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  1233. I'm sure that Scotty Kilmer would approve.
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  1234. "And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." (Genesis 3:4-5) The original promise (lie, really) of immortality was from Satan himself. Since then, mankind has been vainly trying to cheat death, rather than simply believing in our mortality. God ALONE has immortality (1 Tim. 6:16), but has graciously offered the free gift of eternal life to all those who would simply believe on His Son, Christ Jesus our Lord, "who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel." Amen.
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  1235. I didn't realize that Methuselah was still collecting SSI...
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  1236. KH = 🔩⚾
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  1237. Just as a point of clarification, the term "mRNA" = messenger ribonucleic acid, and is a single-stranded molecule of RNA that corresponds to the genetic sequence of a gene, and is read by a ribosome in the process of synthesizing a protein.
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  1238. Why not? Myriads of Mexicans have moved to California. Seems like fair turnabout to me.
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  1239. “Not to worry—we are still flying half a ship.” - Obi-Wan Kenobi
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  1240. In Mexico, the cartels ARE the government, and vice versa.
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  1241. Religion (Greek, θρησκεία, thrēskeía), in the sense of mankind's efforts to make oneself acceptable to any external deity (God) through self-effort or imposed rituals is WORTHLESS. Jesus Christ did NOT come into this world to establish a new "religion." There was a perfectly valid "religion" (a God-given religion, if you will) in existence at that time--Judaism. Unfortunately, by the time that Jesus appeared on the scene, Judaism had devolved into a law-bound system focused upon externalities and strict observances of minutiae, and had omitted the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. This is why the self-righteous Pharisees were the objects of Christ's unsparing denunciation. The Pharisees presented an attractive external façade, but "inside were full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness." (Matt. 23:27b) Christianity is not a religion, but rather, as the Apostle Paul taught, "...Christ in you, the hope of glory." (Col. 1:27) And, "...that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith." (Eph. 3:17) Amen.
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  1242. So which tumbler, exactly, is the one that "destroys" the Stanley? I watched the whole video and it wasn't made clear who the winner was.
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  1243. "Wartime brings the ideal of the State out into very clear relief, and reveals attitudes and tendencies that were hidden. In times of peace the sense of the State flags in a republic that is not militarized. For war is essentially the health of the State." - Randolph Bourne, American progressive and pacificist, from "War is the Health of the State," (1918)
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  1244. "Good people"? Where?
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  1245. Sign ‘em up for the USATF team…or maybe NASCAR. 🏁
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  1246. “Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of the human mind.” (Orange Catholic Bible), from Frank Herbert’s “Dune,” 1965
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  1247. Might be useful for hunting a T. Rex—unfortunately it went extinct over 60 million years ago. 🦖
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  1248. An object lesson in the perils of trying to assimilate those groups who, by nature, are NON-assimilable. In France, as Peter mentioned, it is the legacy of past colonialism. In America, it is the legacy of past ethnic slavery. In both countries, the end results are the same: self-segregation and intractable civil strife. Bonne chance France. Vous en aurez besoin.
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  1249. Peter, you have your terms transposed. Trump is delusional; Biden is demented. See both terms correctly defined below: (And, no, neither man should occupy the Oval Office, IMO.) Delusional (adjective): having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions; maintaining fixed false beliefs even when confronted with facts. (That's Trump) Demented (adjective): describing someone whose condition is characterized by progressive, persistent, severe impairment of intellectual capacity, including memory loss, confusion, and emotional instability, resulting from the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain. (That's Biden, definitely!)
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  1250. “Attack of the Drones!” It’s all George Lucas’ fault.
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  1251. Scaramucci was briefly Trump’s communication (2017) director before being fired for making critical statements about members of the Trump administration. His 11-day tenure was the shortest ever for the position. Thereafter, Scaramucci became a rabid anti-Trumper and reiterated his support for Biden in 2024. Two things stand out about him: he’s no doctor and he’s NOT impartial. Not surprising for someone that supported the presidential campaigns of BOTH Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. 👎🏻
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  1252. “And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man BECAME a living soul.” (Gen. 2:7, ASV) Please note that three things are described in this passage: 1) God “formed” (or fashioned) man out of preexisting materials; 2) God breathed into him the “breath” (or spirit)—Heb., nᵉshâmâh—of life; 3) man became a living soul (or being)—Heb., nephesh. It does NOT state that man has a soul, especially an “immortal soul.” Whenever man dies—whether by old age, infirmity or accident—his physical body is unable to retain the breath of life, and so his existence ends. Or, as it says in Psalm 146:4, “His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.” Ecclesiastes 12:7 describes death thusly, “Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit (or breath, Heb., rûwach) will return to God who gave it.” The Holy Bible gives NO support for any type of post mortem immaterial existence, such as a disembodied spirit or “ghost.” If it did, then those “mediums” or necromancers that allegedly summon the spirits of the dead might actually have some basis on which to operate. But God absolutely forbids all such activities, because it isn’t the ghost of dear old departed Uncle Albert, but some lying spirit seeking to deceive gullible people. Maranatha.
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  1253. My 2017 VW Jetta S 1.4L Turbo Sedan cost me ~ $16,000. It averages around 32mpg in combined city/suburban driving, and on a recent road trip it averaged right at 40mpg. So I’m supposed to pay 3 times as much ($48,000) for new technology that MIGHT improve in the future, but right now can barely travel 200 miles without recharging? Shocking!
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  1254. Today Europe, tomorrow the world. Has a familiar ring to it, jawohl mein herr.
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  1255. And that truth is…?
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  1256. Not to mention that the studio lifted the title character’s name directly from the 1956 sci-fi classic “Forbidden Planet.” Remember Dr. Morbius, played by the distinguished character actor Walter Pidgeon?
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  1257. Like all marxist-leaning elites, Psaki tries to make value a social construct, rather than a natural phenomenon of the free enterprise system, which provides the conceptual and moral underpinning of the market system which dominates the world, and equates value with the price equation of supply and demand. These marxists never learn and have continued to spout their nonsense for the past 150 years, from one generation to the next.
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  1258. “ Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.” - Soren Kierkegaard
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  1259.  @user-zq5mr3jb7c  "I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will I, if it is already kindled?" (Luke 12:49)
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  1260.  @桜川翔平  That's nothing. Stalin would have already shot every last one of them.
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  1261. "The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously....In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son-of-a-bitch, barbarian, and chronic drunk." - George S. Patton
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  1262. Such lunacy would be impossible in a constitutional republic (such as the USA), that a minority of leftists could hold an entire nation hostage to its whims, and not allow the people to have their say in a free, open (and timely) election. This is the inherent and fatal flaw in all such parliamentarian democracies. The USA is NOT a democracy (thank heaven)!
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  1263. People don’t actually “hate” scientists. But many of us object to the attitude that most scientists have which excludes the very possibility of a Supreme Being (aka, God). “…because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.” (Romans 1:21)
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  1264.  @danielh.9010  Thank you for your reply, which simply confirms my original comment. “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the celestial expanse shows His handiwork.” (Ps. 19:1) Because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to us. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Divine nature, so that we are without excuse. Cheers.
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  1265. “Never trust a Russian, because Russians do not even trust themselves.” - Otto von Bismarck (Chancellor of Germany, 1871 - 1890)
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  1266. Just a prelude to Manchin jumping ship and declaring himself a Republican. Watch for it.
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  1267. The most logical solution is simply to leave Oregon as it is, and take Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho and combine them into one new state, which would include basically everything east of Yakima in Washington, and the 12 northern counties of Idaho. There are several reasons for this: similar climates, similar demographics, similar voter registration, and identical time zone (PST). Eastern Washington people despise the Puget Sound socialist oligarchy, and northern Idahoans feel neglected by their southern counterparts. Win, win.
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  1268. How, pray tell, do you "hold Putin to account" for these war crimes? Are you going to indict him and bring him before the ICC (International Criminal Court at The Hague, Netherlands) like they did with Slobodan Milošević? After all, Putin is a duly elected (?) head of state, and it's highly unlikely that he will simply surrender and turn himself in for trial, right? And it's equally unlikely that his inner circle would stage a coup to accomplish that purpose. Most of his closest confidants would probably have to stand trial also. The only way for Putin to leave the scene is by natural causes (hint, hint) or if he accidentally falls out a window from his Kremlin office. After all, Stalin terrorized Russia and eastern Europe for 30 years, yet no one took him out.
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  1269. Got grammar…spell much?
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  1270. Someone needs to do a cover of Charlie Rich’s 1974 classic, “Behind Closed Doors,” only retitle the song “Across State Lines.” Bet it would sell (at least in Wisconsin). 🎸
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  1271. "Officer Olson: Found somethin' there, Chief? Marge Gunderson: No, I just think I'm gonna barf!"
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  1272. The “best Earth-like exoplanet” is also beyond our current technology to reach for hundreds of years. Waste of time and energy to even discuss such fantasies.
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  1273. Hard to have any sympathy for a man (Oswalt) that has been at the forefront of PC thinking for years. Another case of swine devouring one another.
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  1274. Face the facts: wherever and whenever you have government(s) run by fallible, selfish human beings, you also have the potential, if not the likelihood, for tyranny. I prefer to take the attitude expressed by famous sci-fi writer, Robert A. Heinlein, in his 1966 novel, "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress": "I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."
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  1275. Any time anyone begins to make Jimmy Carter look good, you know we’re in some deep stuff. 💩
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  1276. One has to wonder why, if we're only being told to get ONE annual flu shot, it is necessary to get 3 (maybe 4) COVID vaccinations to protect us from the latest variant (Omicron) that has only mild to moderate symptoms. Something is fishy here.
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  1277. "Secret majority" = fraudulent voters. Hearkens back to the so-called "silent majority" that backed the crook Richard M. Nixon.
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  1278. First of all, the idea of Canada, en masse, becoming part of the U.S. is unrealistic. However, I could envision a scenario in which several Western provinces, fed up with the antics in Ottawa, might vote in a plebiscite to secede, and then sometime down the road join the U.S. as STATES (plural), with the current premiers becoming governors. They already have their own readily identifiable abbreviations (MB, SK, AB, BC), so becoming part of the Federal Union wouldn’t be such a stretch. But that’s for Canadians to decide, not the U.S. Cheers.
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  1279. All in all it's just another brick in the wall...
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  1280. Basically, Newsom is a slightly older version of Justin Trudeau, with better gray hair. I think the governor borrows his hair pomade from George Clooney....oh, Newsom, where art thou?
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  1281. “And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.” - Rev. 13:15
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  1282. Is that the "Golden Toucan Award" sitting next to you?
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  1283. "The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously....In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son-of-a-b**ch, barbarian, and chronic drunk." - Gen. George S. Patton (1945)
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  1284. Mainly, Joe Biden is just insane...period.
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  1285. Self-righteous religious people can be the worst ones of all. You might be treated better by an agnostic or even an outright atheist. But these “holier than thou” types can be meaner than rattlesnakes. Believe in G-d and be at peace with yourself. Shalom.
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  1286. To do a reverse spin on the 1987 Aerosmith classic, "(Lady) Looks Like a Dude."
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  1287. "The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously....In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son-of-a-b**ch, barbarian, and chronic drunk." - Gen. George S. Patton (8 Aug 1945)
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  1288.  @stevie6621  More like, when pigs learn to fly and when camels learn to sing. 🐖 🐫
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  1289. "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." - (1 John 2:15)
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  1290. @Henry Hudson Congratulations on your good fortune.
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  1291.  @juicyfruit4378  California is fast becoming ungovernable and is heading toward oblivion, both socially and fiscally. It may well drag down the rest of the country with it, so leave while you can. We did. Let a word to the wise be sufficient.
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  1292. Biden…a delusional, prevaricating lunatic.
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  1293. I love the smell of gunpowder in the morning…💥
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  1294. Couple of tough looking dudes...
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  1295. “A whole new world, a new fantastic point of view, No one to tell us "No" or where to go, Or say we're only dreaming…” (Menken & Rice, from “Aladdin,” 1992)
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  1296. As usual, mealy-mouthed Geraldo tries to obfuscate the scenario by calling Hungarian President Victor Orban “controversial.” Orban is extremely popular in Hungary, and his Fidesz Party holds a super-majority in parliament. Apparently, Orban is “controversial” only among the internationalist elites that dominate the media.
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  1297. So IF, on the off-chance that there MIGHT be another civilization out there, and IF it might be technologically advanced enough to receive and analyze our signals, what then? They might not be any more advanced than we are, which means this whole process would be futile. Plus, contacting any potential alien civilizations is not without risk. Three possible scenarios could occur: 1) they are friendly and benevolent and could reach out to us in peace; 2) they could be so advanced that we would seem irrelevant and not worth their time; 3) they could be ruthless conquerors that would either exploit or exterminate us. I mean, do you really want to take a chance on accidentally summoning the Borg to our solar system? 🤖
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  1298. “…give me the man, and I will find the crime (or the tax).” (Soviet secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria, paraphrased)
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  1299. Xi just turned 71 this past June, so, if current demographic trends in China continue, he'll probably be alive and in control for another 10 years or so. Chairman Mao Zedong died at age 82, if that's any indication, and health care in China is much better now (especially for CCP elitists) than it was back in 1976.
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  1300. “We have destroyed what could have been a good race of people (the Germans), and we are about to replace them with Mongolian savages (the Russians), and all of Europe with communism.” (— George S. Patton). Oh, how right old George was!
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  1301. Spreading like a virus….just as Agent Smith foresaw.
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  1302. Nina Turner? "What's love got to do with it, got to do with it..."?
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  1303. "We have met the enemy, and he is us." - Pogo
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  1304. Can Russia be trusted? Do camels sing? Do pigs fly? Is the moon made of green cheese?
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  1305. Joe, I think you may have overlooked another candidate for your list, the 2016 film “Passengers,” starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt. The hibernation technology, artificial gravity generation and respecting the speed of light limit were all very well done.
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  1306. “We promised the Europeans freedom. It would be worse than dishonorable not to see that they have it. This might mean war with the Russians, but what of it? They have no air force, and their gasoline and ammunition supplies are low. I've seen their miserable supply trains; mostly wagons drawn by beaten up old horses or oxen. I'll say this; the Third Army alone and with damned few casualties, could lick what is left of the Russians in six weeks. You mark my words. Don't ever forget them. Someday we will have to fight them and it will take six years and cost us six million lives.” - George S. Patton
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  1307. “And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.” (Gen. 1:3) “For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2 Cor. 4:6)
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  1308. Why aren’t the debt collectors criminally liable under the RICO laws?
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  1309. More properly, "LOCO wealth taxes..."
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  1310. So-called "capitalism" and so-called "communism" are but two opposite sides of the same rotten coin, which is why each philosophy uses the other to define itself. In its present form, capitalism (as opposed to entrepreneurial free enterprise) promotes the consolidation of economic assets and power into the hands of a small, powerful, private oligarchy. Whereas communism promotes the consolidation of the aforementioned assets and power into the hands of an elitist State oligarchy, such as existed in the former USSR from 1917-1991. Do a search on the term "nomenklatura" for further proof. Same dance, different players, same end results. Do not suppose that the so-called "capitalist" giants of the 20th century were at all opposed to Soviet communism. Quite the contrary. Henry Ford, for example, had a very cordial (and profitable) relationship with Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. Monopolists, whether capitalist or communist, think alike and coexist with one another quite amiably. Thomas Jefferson's view on the economy of the new United States was that the federal economy should be kept "rigorously frugal and simple." He envisioned the states being able to run their own economies with minimal interference from Washington policy makers, and he opposed the establishment of a central bank. A far cry from today's warfare/welfare system that is the modern USA. Gen. Robert E. Lee echoed Jefferson's sentiments many years later: “The consolidation of the States into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.”
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  1311. No such place—well, maybe Antarctica. 🥶
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  1312. Sign reads, "No Weapons On This Property." Hmm...can't imagine that the perp didn't read the sign. What? You don't suppose that the bad guy disregarded it? Nah, inconceivable!
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  1313. Russia can't even conquer Ukraine next door, and China would be hard pressed to invade and conquer Taiwan, a mere 160km (100 miles) from the mainland. And they're going to attempt to invade the USA, a huge country of 350 million people (armed to the teeth), thousands of miles across the sea, with the world's strongest military? What have you been smoking, troll? 🤪
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  1314. 🐊😢
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  1315. On May 5, 1943, Gen. George S. Patton wrote in a letter that some of his soldiers brought in an Arab whose donkey was carrying basket loads of mines. "I asked them why they hadn’t buried him. They said he was still alive. I said, ‘Well, go ahead and bury him,’ but they said, ‘General, he is alive.’ ‘Well,’ I said, ‘that can be corrected.’"
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  1316.  @AndySaenz924  Correctamundo!
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  1317. "O villain, villain, smiling, damnèd villain! My tables—meet it is I set it down That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain—" (Shakespeare) Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5
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  1318. If Iranians do hate us, it’s NOT for our so-called “values.” Rather, it’s because we (and the British) have been interfering with their national sovereignty for 100 years.
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  1319. “The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that, in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.” -- Charles Bukowski 🤣
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  1320. “The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously. We can no more understand a Russian than a Chinaman or a Japanese, and from what I have seen of them, I have no particular desire to understand them, except to ascertain how much lead or iron it takes to kill them. In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son of bitch, barbarian, and chronic drunk.” - George S. Patton
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  1321. Always, always these sniveling elites are quick to point out the inequities of this world, but will not so much as lift a little finger (or open their pocketbooks) to alleviate them. Woe unto you, hypocrites!
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  1322. Basically, EV’s are overpriced, glorified, high-tech golf carts. And you can’t ev3n take them on the golf course. Fore? ⛳
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  1323. The Japanese Shinkansen (bullet trains) have safely reached operational speeds in excess of 500km/h (310 mph) using Maglev technology. This raises the question as to how fast one really needs to travel from point A to point B. To illustrate, this would be comparable to traveling from Cologne, Germany to Paris, France in approximately one hour. Surely most of us would find that acceptable in terms of travel time. Mit freundlichen Grüße.
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  1324. This was all planned. There never was any intention on the part of the MIC to "end" the war in Afghanistan. That's part of their philosophy--endless wars all over the world to support: Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, etc., ad nauseam. All of the foregoing corporations contribute heavily to BOTH major political parties, which is why we never see any change in our military and foreign policy, regardless of who is POTUS (Trump being an exception). We Americans live in an eternal warfare/welfare state. The only hopeful thing is that the current system is so rotten and corrupt, that it carries within itself the seeds of its own destruction. May God hasten that day.
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  1325. Mr. Zelensky walked into a sh*tshow with his eye wide open, knowing that Trump and Vance would never tolerate this type of insubordination. But he was determined to embarrass them on the world stage and it blew up in his face. Now he's left with no option other than to go begging to the Euros with his hat in hand (if he even owns a hat). The Euros smile and say kind things to Zelensky, but they really don't want to touch him with a 10-foot (3-meter) pole.
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  1326. Why? Because most of them have jumped the border into the USA.
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  1327.  @fireabyss5147  True. Which is why we need to assist the Mexican government in creating job opportunities for its own citizens.
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  1328. "Whenever women have insisted on absolute equality with men, they have invariably wound up with the dirty end of the stick. What they are and what they can do makes them superior to men, and their proper tactic is to demand special privileges, all the traffic will bear. They should never settle merely for equality. For women, "equality" is a disaster." (And so it is). --Robert A. Heinlein, from "Time Enough for Love" (1987)
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  1329. The name/word “Hochul” in Icelandic means “high.” Need we say more?
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  1330. Figures don’t lie, but liars sure do figure. More Kremlin lies and propaganda, par for the course.
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  1331. “Billions of habitable planets”? Show us one besides Earth. All of this is based on supposition and inductive reasoning. The best we can honestly say is that the POSSIBILITY of life in other parts of the galaxy and/or universe cannot be excluded. That’s it. Let’s stop this fanciful hypothesizing and concentrate on the REAL problems we face here and now on this fragile, beautiful island we call Earth.
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  1332.  @TaddiestMason  "What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms." - Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Stephens Smith, son-in-law of John Adams, December 20, 1787.
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  1333. @Jacob T. Pichette Name one President and/or administration that wasn't "terribly murderous." Trump? Obama? Clinton? The Elder Bush? Reagan? Carter? (maybe, not so much). Ford? Nixon? Johnson? (perhaps the biggest warmonger of all). Kennedy or Eisenhower (Vietnam started under both). Nope, can't really name one "non-murderous" modern President. There were all, to a greater or lesser degree, bloodthirsty warmongers and war criminals. You'd have to go back 150 years to find one that wasn't. Sad, but true.
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  1334. Aside from the fact that this dude could be Guy Pearce's twin brother, the "once in a lifetime opportunity" is to watch BTC go down to nearly "0" and THEN consider buying.
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  1335. Right...and a comet will strike the earth next week as well. 💥
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  1336. “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” — George Carlin
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  1337. “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.” (Luke 6:24)
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  1338. I think the Dems need to drop BOTH Bumblin’ Biden AND Kacklin’ Kamala from the 2024 ticket. The question is: who would they get to replace them?
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  1339. Purchased a Bondhus 9-piece metric (gold finish) set many years ago for around $7--still going strong, although I use it mainly for bicycle maintenance. Same set today is around $14, but still USA-made and a great value. Most people won't expose these products to the extreme torture tests shown in this video, so go with an affordable set, rather than the high-end stuff.
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  1340. Absolutely, positively snake #1.
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  1341. Not "against us," just against conservatives. Let's make that point clear, Gabby.
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  1342. “In the Soviet Union, it's takes more courage to retreat than advance.” - Josef Stalin These Russian POW’s know what awaits them when they’re returned back to Russian control.
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  1343. "For I, the LORD thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee." (Isaiah 41:13) 🙏
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  1344. "Let them eat steaks!" 🥩
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  1345.  @Boretheory  I, too, am of Italian ancestry and my parents were too poor to spend any money at all, except for necessities: food, rent, clothing. I speak not from ignorance, but from personal experience. Coinvolgi il tuo cervello prima di aprire bocca, paisano!
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  1346. The USA provides the lion's share of funding for all these ABC organizations (UN, WHO, UNESCO, etc.) and what do we get for it? Stugats! Let's get the USA out of the UN, and let's get the UN out of the USA.
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  1347. If Macron’s plan succeeds, he’ll have the Russkies marching into Paris, just like what happened to Napoleon in 1814.
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  1348. Ever wonder where Grease came from? It just sorta' oozed out of Turkey.
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  1349.  @neverlookback7039  Explain, please.
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  1350. Apparently, laws, like taxes, are only for “little people.”
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  1351. Thank you for reminding us of Joe Biden’s incompetence.
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  1352. "The whole principle (of censorship) is wrong. It's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't have steak." -- Robert A. Heinlein, “The Man Who Sold The Moon” (1950)
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  1353. Just wondering how many criminals, felons or gangsters are going to leave their heat at home for 30 days. Oh, right, probably none. 🙄
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  1354. “A horse, a horse, my Kremlin for a horse!” 🐎
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  1355. Zelensky shows up at the White House, casually attired, looking (and acting) like an unshaven bum. Is it any wonder that he got treated like one?
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  1356. Globalists idea of "paying your fair share": 1) State your full name, address and SSAN. 2) List all income received from any and all sources. 3) Send it all in. 💸
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  1357. Tax “refund”? What tax refund? Haven’t seen one in years.
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  1358. “Cuando los caminos de un hombre agradan al Señor, Hace que incluso sus enemigos estén en paz con él.” (When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.) Proverbios 16:7
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  1359. @Victor Nieves The same police that are being "defunded"? ¡Por supuesto!
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  1360. Brain dead, illiterate voters in PA elected a brain dead, illiterate candidate. Is that surprising?
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  1361. “The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement. They call themselves liberals, but they are intent upon abolishing liberty. They call themselves democrats, but they yearn for dictatorship. They call themselves revolutionaries, but they want to make the government omnipotent. They promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office. Every man but one a subordinate clerk in a bureau.”-- Dr. Ludwig von Mises
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  1362. The only practical way to “shrink Washington” would be a W88 airburst 475kt yield at 800 meters. 💥
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  1363. “Socialism Requires A Dictator,” essay by Richard M. Ebeling, 12 March 2017. Read it.
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  1364.  @Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0000  Apparently, by your reply, I can deduce that you never took the time to read the above referenced article. Please do so before posting such a nonsensical reply.
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  1365. "It became necessary to destroy democracy in order to save it…”
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  1366. The UAE/Dubai continue to commit serious human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees, suppression of freedom of expression, and violation of the right to privacy. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue to deprive stateless individuals of the right to nationality, impacting their access to a range of services. According to Human Rights Watch, the UAE detains those who criticize authorities, including hundreds of activists and academics, and Emirati laws discriminate against women, migrants and LGBT individuals. Flogging and stoning are legal forms of judicial punishment in the UAE due to Sharia courts. As a result, the UAE routinely ranks near the bottom of many international measures for human rights and press freedom. So if money is all you care about, then by all means live in Dubai/UAR. Just keep your opinions to yourself and you'll be fine.
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  1367. The Democrats don’t have to win elections as long as turncoat Republicans in Congress assist in their nefarious spending plans.
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  1368. Sham elections? The Russkies must have taken notes from Chicago Democrats.
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  1369. Literally a WOLFF in sheep’s clothing. 🐺🐑
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  1370. It's disheartening to see an actor, who ONCE had a promising career (back in the late 80's and early 90's), relegated to now being an overweight buffoon that chooses to befriend dictators and turn his back on his own country. But then, what can you expect from a man who dumped gorgeous ex-wife Kelly LeBrock amid allegations of abuse and mental cruelty. Loser.
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  1371. The biggest deception of the 20th century was the threat of "Soviet communism." Communism was but a smoke screen to cover the REAL threat to Europe and Asia, namely Russian IMPERIALISM. Russia is now, has been, and will continue to be an aggressive, imperialist, expansionist nation. It's in its nature going all the way back to Catherine the Great.
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  1372. One reason for the “Zero COVID” policy is that China is unable to locally produce its own mRNA vaccine, while refusing to buy vaccines produced outside the PRC. Their own inferior vaccines are estimated to be only 40% “effective,” if the government can be believed. Beijing’s homegrown, much-touted Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine has been rendered “ineffective” as China’s National Health Commission registered a mounting caseload of SRAS-CoV-2 respiratory disease among the “doubly vaxxed” or even boosted Chinese population. Looks as though the “chickens” have come home to roost.
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  1373. Was it because the producers ran out of money that we see these macabre, female (non)hairdos? Couldn't afford to hire a decent hair stylist, maybe? I mean, some of them would give Medusa a run for her money in terms of hideousness.
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  1374. 🐂💩
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  1375. Or maybe two groups of b/sers sniffing each other's farts and saying how good they all smell. 💨
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  1376. Well, I heard Mister Young talk about him Well, I heard ole Neil put him down Well, I hope Neil Young will remember The Rogan man don't need him around anyhow
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  1377. By the beginning of the 4th century A.D., the churches had either departed from, or had travestied, certain doctrines of the Christian faith. In order to increase the prestige of the apostate ecclesiastical system, pagans were received into the churches apart from regeneration by faith, and were permitted largely to retain their pagan signs, symbols and "holy days." So-called "christmas," based upon the celebration of the birth (25th December) of the Chaldean fertility god, Tammuz, is a prime example of the early apostasy of the Roman church. Christmas was, according to many authorities, NOT celebrated in the first centuries of the Christian Church, as the Christian usage in general was to celebrate the death of remarkable persons rather than their birth. A feast was established in the memory of the birth of the Savior in the Fourth Century. In the Fifth Century, the Western Church [Roman Catholic] ordered it to be celebrated forever on the day (Dec. 25th) of the old Roman Feast of Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (the “Birth of the Invincible Sun”). In 1644, the English Puritans forbade any merriment or religious services by act of Parliament on the grounds that Christmas was a heathen festival. They were so opposed to its observance that they even ordered a fast on December 25.
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  1378.  @musa7606  Try telling that to an auto worker who's struggling to make mortgage/rent payments whil putting food on the table for his family. Ever heard of what the Lord thinks about this? "...for the laborer is worthy of his wages." (Luke 10:7)
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  1379.  @musa7606  You reply is totally off base. It has absolutely nothing to do with workers being fairly compensated for their labours. If that’s the best you can come up with, then your Biblical scholarship and exegesis is woefully lacking. Exo. 20:17 has to do with not desiring things that aren’t yours to covet, IOW, that which belongs to your neighbour. Fair wages belong by definition to the worker; therefore, he’s only asking for that to which he’s entitled. I seriously doubt both your sincerity and critical thinking ability.
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  1380. "Vat ve are really prrroud of now......" Achtung, baby!
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  1381. With all of the blowhards in Washington, DC, wind is a no-brainer.
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  1382. Rick, can’t believe you overlooked “Yellow River,” which was a 1970 international #1 hit song by the British group Christie. The song was written by the leader of the group, Jeff Christie, and was first offered to The Tremeloes, who recorded it with the intention of releasing it as a single early in 1970. However, considering it too pop-oriented for their future direction, they decided to go with another of their own compositions, and returned the song to Christie. Producer Mike Smith therefore took the Tremeloes’ vocals off the recording and added Jeff Christie's. Released on 23 April 1970, it became an international hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart for one week in June 1970. In the US, it only reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. But it reached #1 in the UK, Ireland, Finland and Norway; also #2 in Germany. Years later, the Tremeloes admitted that was their biggest career mistake ever, as the song hit #1 in 26 countries that year, selling in excess of 20 million records, and netting 10 gold discs and many other accolades. “Got no time for explanations, got no time to lose, tomorrow night you'll find me sleepin' underneath the moon at Yellow River…” Yellow River
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  1383. "The threat is growing..." And oh, by the way, my threatening to use nukes has nothing to do with it. Huh? 🤨
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  1384. "Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one's affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant." - Commissioner v. Newman, 159 F.2d 848, 851 (2d Cir. 1947) - dissenting opinion.
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  1385. She really didn't bother to say anything new. "American people disrespected...", hey, that's been going on since Richard Nixon's first term (and earlier, really). "I'm still a Democrat...", well isn't that just peachy. She didn't have the courage to admit that today's Democratic Party has finally morphed into Eugene Debs' final socialist fantasy, and that it's time to leave. But no, she appears merely to be paving the way for another future run for President (as a Democrat). BTW, how did that work out for her the first time in early 2020? Oh, right. While Tulsi may be a personally likeable and well-spoken individual, she adds nothing to the public discourse on how to make government work for the people, instead of the other way around.
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  1386. According to NATO’s first Secretary General, Lord Hastings Ismay (1952), the main purpose of forming the alliance was to, “Keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans DOWN.” Sound strategy, both then and now.
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  1387. You know where Greece came from? It just sorta’ oozed out of Turkey.
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  1388. Correctamundo!!
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  1389. "We sell quilts at discount price living in an Amish paradise..." - Weird Al
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  1390. But, but...Trump!
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  1391. Hey, Volo, the train has left the station and you’re not on it. You had your opportunity and you blew it! Better start brushing up on your Russian—you’ll need it.
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  1392. He (Y'Shua) answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me; and in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.” He said to them, “All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition." (Mark 7:6-9)
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  1393. First of all, Newsom was the subject of a voter RECALL (twice), not impeachment. A sitting governor can be recalled by majority vote of the people via a qualified ballot measure. The same way that Gray Davis was recalled and removed from office in 2003 (and replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger). For impeachment, the state legislature must follow the same rules as the U. S. Congress did during the impeachments of Bill Clinton and Donald Trump respectively, i.e., a simple majority vote of the assembly/house to impeach, and a two-thirds vote of the senate to convict and remove. Being that the Democrats have a super majority in both houses of the California legislature, it is highly unlikely that Newsom would ever be impeached/removed. BTW, I also left LaLaLand after 35+ years as a CA resident. It’s been over 10 years since my departure and I still have “0” regrets, Cheers.
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  1394. Ha, ha, ha….maybe Mars? 🪐
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  1395. Johnson did ONE (and only one) good thing: promote the Civil Rights Act--that's it! And that Act would have never passed without the support of Republicans in the House and Senate. Not ONE Southern Senator (except for Republican John Tower) voted in favor of the Act. And Tower only did so as a personal favor to LBJ. Otherwise, Johnson was a lying, race-baiting fornicator, adulterer, murderer, and war criminal. Those of us in the military during Vietnam always said that his initials--LBJ--stood for "Lying B*st*rd Johnson." May Lyndon Baines Johnson and Richard Milhous Nixon rot in the deepest depths of hades!
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  1396. Interesting, maybe, to those folks that have $75k to throw away.
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  1397. I’m not so sure that President Trump wants (or needs) the endorsement of a universally condemned, genocidal war-monger.
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  1398. Seems as though the movie producers went out of their way to cast five of the homeliest, "diverse", middle-age spinsters for the leading roles. And then they'll wonder why so few people will bother to see it. 👹👹👹👹👹
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  1399. To borrow a line from Iron Maiden, "These colors don't run..." 🇺🇸
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  1400.  @pineappleroad  Oops, my mistake. I meant to say Windows 10, not W11. My laptop won’t support W11.
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  1401. A kinder, gentler Boba 🤮...or watch him just stand around and Fret.
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  1402. Since when did the USA become the lord protector of Europe? If the Euros feel the need to protect themselves, perhaps they should start having more of their own children, rather than allowing millions of non-assimilable foreigners flood their borders. No more foreign wars!
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  1403. As VDH said in an earlier video, Mr. Zelensky has been getting (very bad) advice from the left-wing Democrats (Nadler, Schiff, Schumer, Blumenthal, et. al.), NOT because these individuals want to help Ukraine, but because these lowlifes want to hurt Trump and his efforts to bring peace. Diabolical as always, but what else can you expect from the συναγωγὴ τοῦ Σατανᾶ?
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  1404. "Cry ‘Havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth." (Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 1)
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  1405. "...until somebody finds a way to convince 20% of the population to stop snorting and smoking that s**t, order's the best we can hope for." --Matt Graver (Josh Brolin), "Sicario" (2015)
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  1406. No, actually, he’s half way between a liar and a lunatic. He should be in an insane asylum.
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  1407. This just in: Biden’s brain flagged for lack of content. 🧠
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  1408. FEMA = Failed Emergency Management Agency.
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  1409. Jonny boy, you were not only merely WRONG, you were really, most sincerely WRONG.
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  1410. “People who object to weapons aren't abolishing violence, they're begging for rule by brute force, when the biggest, strongest animals among men were always automatically 'right.' Guns ended that, and social democracy is a hollow farce without an armed populace to make it work.” -- L. Neil Smith, The Probability Broach (1979)
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  1411. We we have here is a case of LIHOP.
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  1412. SBF...? Short But Fat? Straight Best Friend? Summer Boy Friend? Sun Bathing Frog? Maybe all of them...?
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  1413. Where does he get all these wonderful toys?!
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  1414. All hope abandon, ye that live in California. After having lived in the (not so) Golden State for nearly 40 years, we finally gave up on trying to adapt to the "progressively" worsening conditions. Which? Ever increasing taxes and bonded indebtedness by the left-wing (Democrat) state government; adding more benefits & services for illegals (oops, I mean undocumented immigrants). Governor Gavin (The Nuisance) Newsom--Nancy Pelosi's great nephew through marriage--is back living in the 1970's, knowing only how to increase taxes and the size of government. Although California has the highest corporate, personal, sales and gasoline taxes in the nation, infrastructure is crumbling. But at the same time, the legislature decided to fund the "high-speed rail" train to nowhere pork-barrel project, which ballooned from its original budget of $25 billion to nearly $70 billion, at last count. They finally gave up and suspended the entire hair brained project. Air pollution, urban sprawl, homelessness, crime and gang violence are all out of control. We said, "Enough!" 10 years ago, and relocated to *********, and have never had any cause to regret our decision. Our adopted home has a much smaller, less intrusive state government, along with modest, reasonable taxes. And the violent crime rate is minuscule compared to CA. People here can still leave their cars unlocked at the local shopping mall--I don't, too many years of living in CA, I guess. Any middle class people that still persist in staying in California deserve what's coming to them.
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  1415. "And He said to them, "Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." (Luke 12:15)
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  1416. All smoke and mirrors, the actual purpose being to divert attention from the government's own DARPA projects, dating all the way back to the late 1940's. Same as it ever was.
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  1417. Nuclear fusion power MIGHT be feasible if scientists can somehow generate enough (synthetic) gravity to kick start the entire process. Such as an artificial micro-singularity that can mimic the enormous gravitational field of the sun. How such a thing could be produced or controlled is beyond my reckoning. Contrary to what most people think, thermonuclear fusion is not such a common occurrence in nature. It requires just the right size and right type star of the correct size, mass and age, with the proper angular declination, and an abundance of the lighter elements to initiate/support fusion. Plus, it would ideally be in an isolated part of the galaxy, so as not to be affected by the gravitational fields of other stars or black holes. As the saying goes, hope springs eternal.
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  1418. As for the supposed Biblical claim (by Zionists), Jewish Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss explains: “Zionism is only around 100 years old. It is the transformation from religion to nationalism, to materialism created by non-religious Jews who hated their religion. The reason why they use the name Israel, the Star of David, hijacking, stealing the identity of Judaism and the Jewish people is in order to gain a legitimacy for their existence that should lead people to say, ‘oh, it is God given to them’ and that they should use fear and intimidate people from speaking out against their actions because they will call those that do anti-Semitic; it couldn’t be anything further from the Truth.” Zionists used two major justifications for occupying Palestine: 1) The Biblical claim of Palestine belonging exclusively to the Jews; 2) The Persecution of the Jews in Europe. The true descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were commanded by G-d to remain in the (Gentile) nations to which they had been scattered by divine decree. There will yet be a future regathering of dispersed Israel, not by military or political machinations, but by a sovereign act of HaShem. See Deut. 30:1-6, Isa. 41:8-9, Isa. 43:5-6, and especially Ezek. 28:25-26, which reads: "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. And they will dwell safely there, build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God.'" I ask you now, is Israel currently dwelling securely in peace? Are they that all-righteous nation of which the scriptures speak? The answer to both of these questions is a resounding NO. In Isaiah 19:24 we read, "In that day Israel will be the third part with Egypt and Assyria (Iraq), a blessing in the midst of the earth." Has that happened yet? The answer is obvious.
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  1419. Laughable. Trying to outrun the cops in a Volvo? 🚗
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  1420. Any time someone says, "I'm not bluffing!", take it to the bank--he's bluffing. If at any time the fascist Putin orders the use of nuclear weapons, he is fully aware that it would mean the end of the Russian Federation in general, and of him in particular. Don't give any credence to his threats. There was another Russian dictator--Nikita Khrushchev--that tried to get his way through bluffs and intimidation. He failed, and by comparison Putin is a lightweight (in more ways than one).
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  1421. "Oy gevalt!"
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  1422. Maybe 60 unbroken years of left-wing (D) mayors had something to do with SF’s decline? Last Republican mayor of SF was George Christopher in 1964. Nah, couldn’t be.
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  1423.  @athena3865  Same thing.
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  1424. @ USA is NOT a democracy, my dear. Read your history books. It is a constitutional republic. A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51% of the people may take away the rights of the other 49%.
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  1425. "Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind, Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?..." (Signs, by the Five Man Electrical Band, 1971) 🎸
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  1426. “"I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely distinct from ours. Their mutual jealousies, their balance of power, their complicated alliances, their forms and principles of government, are all foreign to us. THEY ARE NATIONS OF ETERNAL WAR. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labor, property and lives of their people." --Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to President James Monroe, 1823.
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  1427. “The continent of Atlantis was an island which lay before the great flood, In the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean so great an area of land, that from her western shores those beautiful sailors journeyed to the South and the North Americas with ease in their ships with painted sails. Hail Atlantis! Way down below the ocean….”
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  1428. There are even Polish troops in Canada, South Africa, Antarctica, and Australia. Dang, those pesky Poles sure do get around! I’ve even heard unconfirmed reports that there are Polish troops stationed on the moon and on Mars. 🌕🪐
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  1429. Over 1.5 million lives (total) wasted on both sides, thanks to Boris Johnson and Victoria Nuland and the Biden administration. War criminals all!
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  1430. If, by geothermal, you’re referring to steam or hot air generation, then look no further than Washington, DC. The amount of hot air being generated there on a daily basis could solve our energy problems for the next 100 years. 😤
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  1431. Too bad her parents weren't "pro-abortion."
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  1432. Welcome to the Great Corporatetocracy, where people that have no utilitarian value are cast aside, just like “D-FENS.”
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  1433. “The beast walks among us…”
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  1434. “For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.” (Hosea 8:7)
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  1435. That that is is that that is not is not is not that it it is. (hint: punctuation is everything)
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  1436.  @johnrobb5155  No, he walked into a sh*tshow with his eye wide open, knowing that Trump and Vance would never tolerate this type of insubordination. But he was determined to embarrass them on the world stage and it blew up in his face. Now he's left with no option other than to go begging to the Euros with his hat in hand (if he even owns a hat). The Euros smile and say kind things to Zelensky, but they really don't want to touch him with a 10-foot (3-meter) pole.
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  1437. "I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely distinct from ours. Their mutual jealousies, their balance of power, their complicated alliances, their forms and principles of government, are all foreign to us. They are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labour, property and lives of their people." --Thomas Jefferson, Letter to President James Monroe, 11 June 1823.
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  1438. The most logical solution is simply to leave Oregon as it is, and take Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho and combine them into one new state, which would include basically everything east of Yakima in Washington, and the 12 northern counties of Idaho. There are several reasons for this: similar climates, similar demographics, similar voter registration, and identical time zone (PST). Eastern Washington people despise the Puget Sound socialist oligarchy, and northern Idahoans feel neglected by their southern counterparts. Win, win.
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  1439. Clean up on aisle Biden...:face-fuchsia-poop-shape:😆
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  1440.  @ua697  Ridiculous comment on your part. The EU and western Europe in general have made a point of championing human rights and free speech in years past. Now it seems that the EU is backsliding on their commitment to these ideals. The USSR/Russia has NEVER recognized any human rights, especially free speech. Talking with Putin about it would be a waste of time. Never try to teach a pig to sing; it's a waste of time and it annoys the pig.
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  1441. It is. And it is also very ironic that a person who speaks so much against living in the USA would wear such a lapel pin. He must be desperate for subscribers and customers.
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  1442.  @Ali-hl9hr  Oops, you're correct. I think I need to get new eyeglasses. 👓
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  1443. “Yeah, well, you know, that's just like your opinion, man…”
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  1444. "We’re Doomed! – DOOMED, I Tell You!"
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  1445. Quick summary: the star goes boom, we die, end of story. 💥😇
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  1446. This guy's last name says it all--"Flake." Definition: "A confusing/disappointing person whom you have misjudged as a reliable, caring friend." Yup.
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  1447.  @xrpfreak7881  BTC is no different than earlier asset bubbles, going all the way back to the “tulip mania” craze during the 1600’s, or the Florida real estate frenzy of the 1920’s. As far as BTC being the “best performing asset” of the past 10 years, so what? People can’t invest in the past, unless you somehow have access to a time machine. Regardless, 10 years is just a minuscule slice of market history.  BTC is merely a novel pyramid scheme, whereby greedy promoters try to artificially inflate otherwise worthless ideas, make a “profit” on paper, and then sell them to a greater fool before they collapse—as we’re witnessing now. A modern “Ponzi” scheme, if you will. An historically tried and true store of value—gold—cannot be created from thin air, like BTC or FRN’s. Gold has a 5,000 year track record of value, and will be around long after BTC has vanished back into cyberspace. My advice is only put into BTC what you can afford to lose, because you surely will lose it all. Wishing you health, long life and prosperity.
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  1448. I really like Mike Huckabee as an individual, but he has a blind spot for the (alleged) crimes of the nation to which he is being sent as the U.S. ambassador. Wake up, Mike! These people are NOT our friends--in fact they actually hate us and our Christianity.
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  1449. No rules in our locale—just right.
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  1450. “Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down…in a most delightful way.”
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  1451. And the perfect chip is...(drum roll please)...Ruffles Baked Originals. 🍠
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  1452. Gosh, I recently CROSSED (several) state lines to visit family. Guess I must be guilty of something, eh?
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  1453. She's correct in saying that government is controlled/corrupted by the corporate elites. But then she does a non sequitur by advocating the expansion of an already corrupt socialist system as a way to solve our problems. That would be akin to allowing the local dope dealer to solve the drug crisis. Ain't gonna' happen.
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  1454. Yeah, you really shouldn’t.
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  1455. It’s 1980 all over again. For weeks before the 1980 presidential election, the gurus of public opinion polling were nearly unanimous in their findings. In survey after survey, they agreed that the coming choice between President Jimmy Carter and Challenger Ronald Reagan was “too close to call.” A few points at most, they said, separated the two major contenders. They’re saying the same thing now in 2024. But when the votes were counted, the former California Governor had defeated Jimmy Carter by a margin of 51% to 41% in the popular vote–a rout for a U.S. presidential race. In the electoral college, the Reagan victory was a 10-to-1 avalanche that left Carter holding only six states and the District of Columbia. Carter (like Kamala Harris) was an unpopular candidate, and the pollsters were blind to that fact. Trump, like Reagan 44 years ago, brings hope to an America desperate for a new start in a positive direction. Harris can’t even articulate a coherent sentence. Case closed.
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  1456. Plus, getting paid a couple of million dollars probably helped influence his decision. 💸
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  1457.  @JR-mc1rn  You're joking, right? If not, then to clarify, it's a failed Austrian painter who shall go nameless.
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  1458. Quit or don’t quit, Whoopsy…..NOBODY CARES!!!
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  1459. SpaceX is planning a voyage to Mars...Elon should be the first onboard, one-way of course. :rocket-red-countdown-liftoff:
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  1460. What did they expect? The people of PA elected a bum. Is it any wonder that he dresses the part?
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  1461. FYI, the "LDS Church" itself is one big cult.
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  1462. “…Tell me, dear, are you lonesome tonight?”
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  1463.  @DavidG2P  Or was it, maybe, Iron Balloon? 🎈
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  1464. It is noteworthy that, with one exception, ALL of the cities shown at the 2:41 mark have Democratic mayors and Democratic majority city councils. The only exception being Honolulu, whose mayor is an independent and the city council positions are non-partisan. This is further proof, as Jimmy constantly emphasizes, that the Democrats will do NOTHING to help their constituents obtain affordable national healthcare. Why am I not calling out the Republicans? Because, unlike the Democrats, Republicans make no pretense of caring about giving Americans healthcare. They are pro-business, pro-Wall Street and pro-banking, and they make no bones about it. They're in your face with no apologies for their agenda. Therefore, the Democrats are even WORSE, as they assume a progressive stance, but stab their constituents in the back every time push comes to shove. "Woe to you, Democrats, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness."
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  1465. “At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.” - P.J. O’Rourke
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  1466. A case of the pot calling the kettle "black." :face-red-droopy-eyes:
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  1467.  @jonathangatto  Right..and the moon is made out of green cheese, the tooth fairy is real, and there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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  1468. Let them eat water.
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  1469. I believe it's more accurate to characterize JR as a populist with center-left social views. He's definitely NOT a right-wing conservative, but neither is he a far-left radical.
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  1470.  @NikiBechusWTF  Uncomfortable, yes. But I can tolerate it on a short flight, which for me is usually no more than 90 minutes.
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  1471. “The (juice) could be put down very plausibly as the most unpleasant race ever heard of. As commonly encountered, they lack many of the qualities that mark the civilized man: courage, dignity, incorruptibility, ease, confidence. They have vanity without pride, voluptuousness without taste, and learning without wisdom.Their fortitude, such as it is, is wasted upon puerile objects, and their charity is mainly a form of display.” - H. L. Mencken, “Treatise on the Gods,” (1930)
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  1472. F🤪dd🤪rm🤪n.
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  1473. Cantonese or Szechuan? 🥢
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  1474. "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" Ancient Latin proverb meaning, "Who will guard the guards themselves?" I guess no one.
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  1475. Theft by another name.
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  1476. I’ve tried to engage the leftists (mostly family members) with whom I’m acquainted in some type of non-emotional, constructive conversation about current events. They’re having none of it! Instead, they seem to be possessed of a type of self-inflicted, delusional paranoia. I’ve always been adverse to considering others mentally deranged, but I’m starting to warm to the idea.
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  1477. Paul Pelosi's attacker, David DePape, was found to be an illegal immigrant, has a rap sheet as a gay prostitute, as well as being a nudist and a Green Party member. DePape has been living illegally in the U.S. since age 14 (never naturalized). He also has been known to have lived in a yellow school bus parked in front of the Berkeley home of his ex, San Francisco pro-nudist activist Oxane "Gypsy" Taub (a female), with whom he shares three children. Taub is a Russian American activist in the San Francisco public nudity movement. In 2021, she was convicted of "stalking, dissuading a witness, and attempted child abduction". She is currently in prison for stalking and attempting to abduct a 14-year-old boy. I'd say that's a rather strange profile for a "MAGA" Trump supporter, anyway. FYI, David DePape was also accused of sexual abuse by his stepdaughter, Inti Gonzalez, in a Facebook post. Perhaps, DePape and Mr. Pelosi were having a rather personal "get together" that got out of hand. Who knows.?
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  1478. Perhaps those 45% of Palestinians that voted for Hamas back in 2006 might want to change their votes, if possible? They knew what Hamas stood for, yet they still cast their votes in favor of these murderous barbarians. So now they are paying the price for their folly, while Hamas leaders are hiding in safe houses and tunnels. No pity.
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  1479. “They gonna play that MUSKrat ramblin' tune, Like the way you never heard it played, A-get ready for the big parade, All together now, one and two, join that happy throng…” (Muskrat Ramble, Freddy Cannon, 1961)
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  1480. The "micro" is her brain. 🧠
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  1481. They say that figures don't lie, but liars sure do figure.
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  1482. You'd better be real careful how you pronounce the title for this video!
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  1483. Thanks, Joe Biden, for tolerating this type of activity and making it worse. Job well done, Joe.
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  1484. Sorry, Jimbo, but if you look at a political map of Michigan, you will see that, outside of the urban areas like Detroit, Flint, Ann Arbor and Saginaw, the state is solid RED. Trouble is, the blue urban areas outnumber the rest of the state. Sad, but true.
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  1485. Ironic that this warning comes from one of the biggest two-faced, mealy-mouthed, back-stabbing RINOs in Senate history.
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  1486. Blue Anon Cult? Hmm…are they related to the Blue Öyster Cult?
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  1487. As in “The Producers.”
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  1488. EV’s are the greatest fraud ever perpetrated on the gullible consumer since the 17th century “Tulip Mania.” The push to convert to EV’s is the reason that prices for most industrial materials are skyrocketing: cobalt, copper, nickel, lithium, aluminum, zinc—all hitting new highs. And this doesn’t even take into account the overwhelming environmental damage caused by the extraction and refining of the same materials. BTW, where’s all the electricity coming from to support the daily recharging of EV’s? The state of California has asked EV owners to be very cautious as to when and how much to recharge theses vehicles. Seems as though no one has thought about greatly expanding the infrastructure and power grid for this boondoggle. But then, it’s all about making people feel good about themselves, right?
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  1489. At my advanced age, all of these girls are "younger women."😅
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  1490. “… sooner or later the people in this country are going to realize the government doesn't give a f**k about them. the government doesn't care about you, or your children, or your rights, or your welfare or your safety. it simply doesn't give a f**k about you. It's interested in it's own power. That's the only thing...keeping it, and expanding wherever possible.” — George Carlin, from “It’s Bad for Ya”
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  1491. Magpies are amongst the most intelligent of birds (Corvidae family). The Eurasian magpie, for instance, is thought to rank among the world's smartest creatures, and is one of the few non-mammal species able to recognise itself in a mirror test. I’m glad that these wonderful creatures bring you solace and companionship. “A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance…” (Prov. 15:13a)
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  1492. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, ALL search cell phones for various security reasons. So now it’s suddenly wrong when the U.S. does the same thing? Stop being so 🍑 hurt!
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  1493. "At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats." - P.J. O'Rourke
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  1494. All we need to do to solve the "energy crisis" is to harness all the hot air coming out of Washington, DC. Et voilà, problème résolu.
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  1495. So I guess the solution would be to buy a new car worth only $99,999, eh?
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  1496. Oh, but Biden's economic team says that inflation is nothing to worry about. However, in determining the rise in the cost of living, the government conveniently omits the following items in its calculations: food, energy and transportation. So, I guess that if you don't eat, you don't heat/cool your home, and you don't drive, well, life is good, right?
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  1497. "Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of jackals by jacka$$es." - H.L. Mencken, 20th century writer and social commentator.
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  1498. The lack of available water to fight the fire is due to the fact that the California State Water Resources Board chose to NOT divert water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta south (where it would do some good) through the California Aqueduct. Rather, they allowed all this fresh water to uselessly flow back into the Pacific Ocean. All because of a supposedly imperiled fish (the delta smelt) that turned out to be not so imperiled after all. They put the supposed well being of a tiny, obscure fish over the health and welfare of their own citizens. It's almost as if these bureaucrats hate human beings, and wish to return California back to a 19th century ecosystem.
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  1499.  @willbass2869  Well, it’s the devil’s party, so if you’re invited you have a REAL problem. Besides, your issue isn’t with Paul, it’s with God, who called Paul into the ministry and made him an Apostle. I’d advise you to take it up with Him. Cheers.
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  1500.  @willbass2869  I guess that when some people run out of intelligent things to say, they resort to insults and obloquy. There is a veil over your mind, just as Paul said, “But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, among whom the god of this age (Satan) has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.” (2Cor.4:3-4) **Addendum: FYI, I don't take myself seriously, but I do take God and His word of truth VERY seriously--and so should you, friend. And I'm not embarrassed or ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes, to the Jew (chronologically) first, and also to the Gentile (later). As for my being "simple-minded," as you put it, I would rather be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil. FYI, Paul actually DID meet the risen Christ on the road to Damascus, to which city Paul was sent by the High Priest (at Jerusalem) in order to arrest and imprison those Jews who called upon the Name of Jesus. If you care to investigate further, the entire account is related in Acts 9:1-19. And, to correct your misstatement, it was Luke the physician, not Paul, who wrote most of the N.T. Luke wrote the Gospel of Luke (obviously), and also the book of Acts later on. So Luke's writings account for more than 50% of the N.T. scriptures in total volume. Like most scoffers and skeptics, you are grossly ignorant of the very things you criticize and deride. And I'm not "crazy," most excellent Will Bass, but speak the words of truth and reason. Cheers.
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  1501. “The beast walks among us…”
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  1502. Hey Briggs, Idahoans do NOT want anything to do with ANY part of Oregon. It’s your state and you’re welcome to it.
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  1503. "A" for "abominable."
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  1504. Top 5 countries with the highest rates of incarceration: (per 100,000 population) 1) United States — 629 2) Rwanda — 580 3) Turkmenistan — 576 4) El Salvador — 564 5) Cuba — 510
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  1505. A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you're talking real money.
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  1506. Also pricier than expected. With the base model starting at $36,995, it's nearly $7,000 more than the Honda Civic Si. Do you really want to pay $37K for a Corolla?
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  1507. Faithful friends are better than backstabbing enemies.
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  1508. Not even 2 sharts given for his or any other H’wood elite’s opinions.
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  1509. Yes, I’m back in “cack”…
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  1510. I didn’t realize that the people of Houston, Texas had elected a werewolf 👹 (Al Green) to be their congressman. Does he also howl at the full moon on a regular basis?
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  1511. Having come of age during the 1950's & 60's, I can testify that today's America is so sharply divided along cultural, moral and political lines as to be virtually unrecognizable compared to that country which existed during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. Back then, people, whether Democrats or Republicans, held to a set or shared values based upon the love of country, faith in God, hard work and devotion to family life. No longer. And it must be fairly stated that the cause of this fragmentation was begun by the rise of neo-liberalism and neo-conservatism in the political arena during the mid to late 1960's. People became polarized and have been at each other's throats ever since. I see no peaceful solution to this division, as each group sees itself as the sole repository of moral and cultural truth, while viewing the other as heretical traitors. The storm that began as "a little cloud like a man's hand" has now grown to hurricane proportions. My advice is, "you better run, you better take cover."
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  1512. Czech Republic: 1999; Hungary: 1999; Poland: 1999; Bulgaria: 2004; Estonia: 2004; Latvia: 2004; Lithuania: 2004; Romania: 2004; Slovakia: 2004; Slovenia: 2004; Albania: 2009; Croatia: 2009: Montenegro: 2017; N. Macedonia: 2020. Finland and Sweden: 2023. That's 16 former Soviet and/or Soviet-aligned republics (and, in the case of Finland & Sweden, close neighbors) that joined NATO after the Cold War was (supposedly) over. And, given the current geopolitical situation, I'm sure that Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia would join also, if it were possible. See a pattern here? All of these countries have had experience with Soviet/Russian imperialism before, during and after WWII, and don't wish to repeat it again. Russia is now, has been, and will continue to be an aggressive, imperialist, expansionist nation. It's in its nature going all the way back to Catherine the Great.
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  1513. The best strategy vis a vis Russia is simple…just wait. Demographically, Russia is a shrinking, dying nation. Within 10 years, Russia won’t even have enough young men to properly equip its army. Yes, they’ll still have their nukes, but so what? Everyone, including the USA, is afraid to use them for fear of mutually assured destruction. In the 1980’s, the U.S. simply outspent the USSR to the point that the Soviet system collapsed into bankruptcy. Even if Putin does manage to “take Ukraine,” what will he have taken? Another bankrupt failed state, just like Belarus. Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor.
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  1514. Welcome to the Hotel Chisinau…such a lovely place…such a lovely face…
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  1515. This guy built a home and named it after an internet service provider?
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  1516.  @user-vc7ep7xj7s  Not if Russia has anything to say about it.
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  1517. Mr. Zelensky shows up at OUR White House, sits down in OUR Oval office, casually dressed in a horrid looking green cardigan, looking like an unshaven vagabond, and then proceeds to begin to debate and lecture OUR President and OUR VP on matters that were essentially 90% agreed upon 5 days PRIOR to this sit down, and (possibly) utters a profanity at VP Vance under his breath, and then WE’RE supposed to view him with sympathy? Not in THIS house!
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  1518. “But there seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously — after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important … so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be both ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.” - Robert A. Heinlein, “To Sail Beyond the Sunset” (1987)
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  1519. “It’s a bit scary…” Funny thing how, when the day breaks, the birds start singing, but the rodents run for cover.
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  1520. And consider what that "half" is: communists, fascists and dictators. And Prof. Mearsheimer has always taken an internationalist, anti-American stance. In his 25 September 2015 lecture, Mearsheimer declared: "If you really want to wreck Russia, what you should do is to encourage it to try to conquer Ukraine. Putin is much too smart to try that." Apparently not.
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  1521. 94 months? Hah, should have been 94 YEARS!
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  1522.  @vipeton.8927  Exactly.
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  1523. To all of you Oregonians (especially you Portlandians) who continue to p$ss and moan about the deplorable conditions in your area(s), think on this: it was YOU that voted (and continue to vote) for the very politicians responsible for the decline in livability. And to those pogues among you that are thinking of relocating to Montana, Idaho or Wyoming—you’re not welcome in these states. You defecated in your own bed—now live in it.
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  1524. And this is EXACTLY why I'm no longer a registered Republican. The elites in the uniparty, on both sides of the aisle, are why this nation is in such a mess. Matt Gaetz is a HERO, not a traitor as these RINO's would have you believe. Vote everyone of these bottom-dwelling swampers out of office next election.
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  1525. I'll save you the trouble of waiting for Peter's reply. The Irish fertility rate has been steadily declining for the past 60 years, from 4.013 in 1963 to the present figure of 1.786. This pretty much mirrors the current U.S. trend for the same time period, which is now at 1.784, down from a peak of 3.582 in 1958. Interestingly, Ireland's overall population has been showing a steady annual increase of around 2% for the past 20 or so years. Either you folks are having more kids, or maybe you're having an influx of foreigners, or possibly there may be some reverse migration of Irish people returning home from overseas. Or perhaps a combination of all three. Although I'm not of Irish ancestry myself, I've always thought of Ireland as an interesting place in which to live and/or retire. I think if the Brits would ever allow the six northern counties to merge back into the Irish Republic, the future for a united Ireland would look quite bright, assuming that it remains in the EU. Ádh mór.
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  1526.  @davism3800  Perhaps, time will tell.
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  1527. One sign of cultish organizations is that virtually all of them claim to have an exclusive monopoly on truth—spiritual, theological, or moral truth. And this is true, not just with Mormonism, but also with JW’s, Christian Science, Seventh Day Adventism, Scientology, Church of Christ, Theosophy, etc. I myself spent the first 20+ years of my life in Roman Catholicism, which, while perhaps not a “cult” in the popular sense of the term, is still highly exclusive in its claim to be the one, true church that Christ established. Eventually, after several years of living as an agnostic and skeptic, I came to the realization that the “truth” is not in an organization or a religion, but in a person, Jesus Christ, God’s one and only Son. Believing in Christ truly set me free and made real the assurance that I was a child of God, apart from any meritorious works, by His free grace through faith in Christ Jesus. “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32) Grace and peace to you.
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  1528. Monitor this...🖕!!
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  1529. "Oh, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors..."
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  1530. Polygamy was official LDS doctrine until 1890, when, as a condition of statehood, the LDS Church banned the practice. Utah was subsequently admitted to the Union in 1896, but polygamy, in the form of “plural spiritual marriages” remains accepted Mormon teaching to this very day. In other words, faithful Mormon males, upon exaltation to “godhood” will each rule over their own planets, procreating with multiple wives to produce spirit children for all eternity. I’m not making this up—just ask any Mormon elder or bishop whether this is so. Sounds like a good deal for the men, but for the women, not so much.
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  1531. Not to mention the 40 million liters of high-test vodka needed for the workers to consume in their down time. 🍸
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  1532. Switzerland is a small, land-locked country that in times past has had to deal with potentially hostile, larger nations surrounding it. A trained, well-armed citizenry isn't merely a charming luxury--it's an absolute necessity for survival. Whereas, the USA has no such problems with its neighbors to the north and south. Firearms ownership is a constitutional tradition dating back to Revolutionary times. Or, as Otto von Bismarck stated, "The Americans are a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish."
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  1533. But that’s exactly what the Democrats and other left-wingers in America do to their political opponents. All the while using fascist methods to try to discredit those on the right.
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  1534. "The table is tilted folks. The game is rigged, and nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care. Good honest hard-working people -- white collar, blue collar, it doesn’t matter what color shirt you have on -- good, honest, hard-working people continue -- these are people of modest means -- continue to elect these rich ***suckers who don’t give a *** about them. They don’t give a ** about you. They don’t give a ** about you. They don't care about you at all -- at all -- at all. And nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care." - George Carlin
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  1535. “And I hope that you die, and your death will come soon. I'll follow your casket on a pale afternoon. I'll watch while you're lowered down to your deathbed, And I'll stand over your grave ‘tilI' I’m sure that you're dead.” (from “Masters of War” (1963), by Robert Zimmerman, aka Bob Dylan)
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  1536. Well, looking on the positive side, at least his (‿|‿)'s been wiped.
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  1537. “Leave them alone. For they (CNN) are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”(Matt. 15:14, restated)
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  1538. “For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews, WHO KILLED BOTH THE LORD JESUS, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men.” (1 Thess. 2:14-15) Who killed our Lord Jesus? THE JEWS, and Rav Shaul (the Apostle Paul), himself a Jew, confirms this.  The only reason that the “Roman occupiers” even got involved was because under Roman law the Jews had no authority to impose the death penalty on anyone, no matter what the accusation. That power the Romans reserved for their own purview. The Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, was inclined to release Jesus, for he knew that the Jewish religious leaders had “delivered him up out of envy.” (Mark 15:10) So stop blaming only the Romans; both Jews and Romans have culpability for the crucifixion and death of Jesus…“whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.” (Acts 2:24)
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  1539. I’m not real…you’re not real…they’re not real…nothing’s real. And I’m REAL sure about it.
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  1540. “The Jews, I find are very, very selfish. They care not how many Estonians, Latvians, Finns, Poles, Yugoslavs or Greeks get murdered or mistreated as D[isplaced] P[ersons] as long as the Jews get special treatment. Yet when they (the Jews) have power, physical, financial or political, neither Hitler nor Stalin has anything on them for cruelty or mistreatment to the underdog.“ Harry S. Truman, July 21, 1947 (diary)
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  1541. So who’s even watching these bozos? Late night TV is for insomniacs and morons.
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  1542. Czech Republic: 1999; Hungary: 1999; Poland: 1999; Bulgaria: 2004; Estonia: 2004; Latvia: 2004; Lithuania: 2004; Romania: 2004; Slovakia: 2004; Slovenia: 2004; Albania: 2009; Croatia: 2009: Montenegro: 2017; N. Macedonia: 2020. Finland and Sweden: 2023. That's 16 former Soviet and/or Soviet-aligned republics (and, in the case of Finland & Sweden, close neighbors) that joined NATO after the Cold War was (supposedly) over. And, given the current geopolitical situation, I'm sure that Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia would join also, if it were possible. See a pattern here? All of these countries have had experience with Soviet/Russian imperialism before, during and after WWII, and don't wish to repeat it again. Russia is now, has been, and will continue to be an aggressive, imperialist, expansionist nation. It's in its nature going all the way back to Catherine the Great.
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  1543. Why is it that, when “progressives” are in charge of anything, there’s never any progress? 🤔
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  1544. The truth is that thermonuclear fusion ("cold" or otherwise) is NOT a normal occurrence in "nature." It takes a very special set of circumstances: the star must be the right size, the right age, the right gravimetric density, the right temperature, the right angular momentum in a star's rotation, etc. In addition, the star’s core must have both hydrogen and helium in sufficiently large amounts. The abundance of these lighter nuclei triggers the nuclear fusion in stars. To initiate hydrogen nuclei fusing, a temperature of about 15.7 million degrees Kelvin is required. So, stellar nuclear fusion is not such a natural occurrence as some might believe. Cheers.
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  1545. "The table is tilted folks. The game is rigged, and nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care. Good honest hard-working people -- white collar, blue collar, it doesn’t matter what color shirt you have on -- good, honest, hard-working people continue -- these are people of modest means -- continue to elect these rich ***suckers who don’t give a *** about them. They don’t give a ** about you. They don’t give a ** about you. They don't care about you at all -- at all -- at all. And nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care." - George Carlin
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  1546. "Socialism is not in the least what it pretends to be. It is not the pioneer of a better and finer world, but the spoiler of what thousands of years of civilization have created. It does not build, it destroys. For destruction is the essence of it. It produces nothing, it only consumes what the social order based on private ownership in the means of production has created." – Dr. Ludwig von Mises (Human Action)
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  1547. @ Amen, brother, amen.
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  1548. This question is akin to the discussion of "heredity" vs. "environment." Before you're born, heredity is most important; after you're born, environment takes precedence. BTW, through the decisions we make during our lives, we determine our own fate(s).
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  1549. “Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.” - Will Rogers
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  1550. The only "endangered species" in the state of Oregon would be those people who actually have common sense enough to reject the "woke" madness that has ruined their once great state.
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  1551. Oh, great…think I’ll go out and buy two or three of them. BTW, my late model VW Jetta (which cost me $16K new), get 38mpg on the highway and 30 mpg overall urban/city driving. Do you think that I could recoup the $34K difference in my lifetime?
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  1552. "When a government controls both the economic power of individuals and the coercive power of the state...this violates a fundamental rule of happy living: Never let the people with all the money and the people with all the guns be the same people." - P. J. O'Rourke
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  1553. I have absolutely "0" sympathy for these so-called "buyer's regret" voters. It was clear over 18 months ago, during the Democratic primaries and debates, that Joe Biden was in a rapid, and irreversible, cognitive decline. Yet these same morons believed the MSM's slander campaign against President Trump--ooh, orange man bad--and voted in a demented, incompetent hack as POTUS. And now we're all shagged.
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  1554. No small wonder. Swine always devour their own.
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  1555. “Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.” --from The Orange Catholic Bible, "Dune" (1965), by Frank Herbert
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  1556. "And on a clear day, on that clear day You can see forever, and ever more."
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  1557. Mark my words, this is the clown that the Demos will run for POTUS in 2028, or maybe even in 2024, depending on the progress of Biden’s dementia. 🤪
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  1558.  @JosephMartin7226  “…elect more progressive politicians…” That’s akin to pouring water on a drowning man. You people must be Californians.
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  1559. "War is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion throughout society those irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate co-operation with the Government in coercing into obedience the minority groups and individuals which lack the larger herd sense." - Randolph Bourne (1918)
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  1560. Does any sane person really expect the wealthiest 5% (who control legislation) to allow Congress to pass any laws increasing their taxes? If so, then you may as well start believing in the tooth fairy, santa claus, the great pumpkin, etc. 🦷🎅🏻🎃
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  1561. Looks like a man dressed to disguise himself as a woman. The gait in his walk is that of a man, PLUS, who dresses like that in 100 degree temps in Las Vegas?
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  1562.  @randyanderson2378  🥃🥃
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  1563. Looks as though he's up a "Rivian" without a paddle.
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  1564. Great! This way we won't have to behold her ugly mug. 👹
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  1565. Well, I heard Mister Young talk about him, Well, I heard ole Neil put him down Well, I hope Neil Young will remember The Rogan man don't need him around anyhow
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  1566. “The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously...in addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son-of-a-b***h, barbarian, and chronic drunk.” - Gen. George S. Patton (8 Aug 1945)
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  1567. The term "conservatives" (in the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and Germany for that matter) has a VERY different reality than does the same word in the USA. In the former nations, it merely indicates political groups only slightly less left-of-center than Labour or Socialists. There's really very little "conservative" about them. In the USA, the meaning of conservatism is different from the way the word is used elsewhere. Following the American Revolution, Americans rejected the core ideals of European conservatism, which were based on landed nobility, hereditary monarchy, established churches, and powerful armies. American conservatism is a broad system of political beliefs in the United States, which is characterized by respect for American traditions, support for Judaeo-Christian values, economic liberalism, anti-communism, and a defense of Western culture. Liberty within the bounds of conformity to conservatism is a core value, with a particular emphasis on strengthening the free market, limiting the size and scope of government, and opposing high taxes as well as government or labor union encroachment on the entrepreneur. The Tea Party movement, founded in 2009, proved a large outlet for populist American conservative ideas. Their stated goals included rigorous adherence to the US constitution, lower taxes, and opposition to a growing role for the federal government in health care. Electorally, it was considered a key force in Republicans reclaiming control of the US House of Representatives in 2010 mid-term elections. Long-term shifts in conservative thinking following the election of Donald Trump have been described as a "new fusionism" of traditional conservative ideology and populist themes. These have resulted in shifts towards greater support for national conservatism, protectionism, cultural conservatism, a more realistic, non-interventionist foreign policy, a repudiation of Neo-conservatism, reduced efforts to roll back entitlement programs, and a disdain for traditional checks and balances.
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  1568. Real "change" = ¢¢¢
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  1569. An intellectual is a person that keeps learning more and more about less and less, until he knows practically everything about nothing.
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  1570. Nice that you care for your pet. However, squirrels are capable of hosting and transmitting (to humans) several serious, and potentially fatal, diseases: Salmonellosis, Lyme Disease, Tularemia, Leptospirosis, and (rarely) Rabies. People should understand that, while cute pets, squirrels are still wild rodents, and should be treated as such.
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  1571. “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can understand it?" (Jeremiah 17:9)
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  1572. It’s 1980 all over again. For weeks before the 1980 presidential election, the gurus of public opinion polling were nearly unanimous in their findings. In survey after survey, they agreed that the coming choice between President Jimmy Carter and Challenger Ronald Reagan was “too close to call.” A few points at most, they said, separated the two major contenders. They’re saying the same thing now in 2024. But when the votes were counted, the former California Governor had defeated Jimmy Carter by a margin of 51% to 41% in the popular vote–a rout for a U.S. presidential race. In the electoral college, the Reagan victory was a 10-to-1 avalanche that left Carter holding only six states and the District of Columbia. Carter (like Kamala Harris) was an unpopular candidate, and the pollsters were blind to that fact. Trump, like Reagan 44 years ago, brings hope to an America desperate for a new start in a positive direction. Harris can’t even articulate a coherent sentence. Case closed.
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  1573. They’re all hanging out at the Risa pleasure planet—where else?
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  1574. It must be kindly, yet firmly stated that G-d, in this present dispensation, is NOT offering anyone, Jew or goyim, a Messiah. Although the idea of a gentile messiah is especially ludicrous, since all the would-be gentile messiahs of time past had one thing in common: they were ALL uniformly evil men. What G-d is offering, and has been for the last two millennia, is a SAVIOR: “For there is born to you this day in the city of David a SAVIOR, who is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:11) “To Him all the prophets bear witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins.” (Acts 10:43) Baruch HaShem!
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  1575. When I see all of these formerly USA-made tools now made in China....I just go insane!
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  1576. Numbers killed under communism: --China: 82 million dead --USSR: more than 21 million dead --North Korea: 4.6 million dead --Vietnam: 3.8 million dead --Cambodia: 2.4 million dead --Cuba:    (est.) 100,000 - 140,000 dead Any questions?
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  1577. Mr. Johnson should stick to wrestling and acting(?!). Beyond those venues, he’s out of his element. Although, he does (marginally) speak better than Ahhnuld.
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  1578. Mr. Zelensky has been getting (very bad) advice from the left-wing Democrats (Nadler, Schiff, Schumer, Blumenthal, et. al.), NOT because these individuals want to help Ukraine, but because these lowlifes want to hurt Trump and his efforts to bring peace. Diabolical as always, but what else can you expect from the συναγωγὴ τοῦ Σατα?
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  1579. One of your best ever narratives. Well done, Drinker.🍾
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  1580. “What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?” (Psa. 34:12)  DON’T SCARE THE MAN WITH THE BADGE AND THE GUN!
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  1581. This entire EV craze is the biggest bill of goods that has ever been sold to the American public. How so? Non-existent (practically) recharging infrastructure; inadequate electrical grid nationwide; rare and costly materials needed to produce batteries; questionable safety record (burning up); negative environmental impact, as Peter mentioned; and astronomical pricing, unless you’re wealthy. You want one? You’re welcome to it. I won’t be trading in my reliable gasoline vehicle any time soon.
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  1582. “We promised the Europeans freedom. It would be worse than dishonorable not to see that they have it. This might mean war with the Russians, but what of it? They have no air force, and their gasoline and ammunition supplies are low. I've seen their miserable supply trains; mostly wagons drawn by beaten up old horses or oxen. I'll say this; the Third Army alone and with damned few casualties, could lick what is left of the Russians in six weeks. You mark my words. Don't ever forget them. Someday we will have to fight them and it will take six years and cost us six million lives.” - George S. Patton
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  1583. I’m Robert McCall and I approved this disarm.
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  1584. "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." - George Carlin
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  1585. RFK Jr. doesn’t really make much better sense than Biden when he speaks. His diction and sentence structure are very poor compared to his father (RFK) and his uncle (JFK).
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  1586. “…O villain, villain, smiling, damnèd villain! My tables—meet it is I set it down That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain—” (Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5)
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  1587. Exactly.
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  1588. Billion$ for the Bankster$...Debt$ for the People.
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  1589. You don’t. 💸
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  1590. “In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.” - Josef Stalin Stalin, during WWII, ordered elements of the NKVD (KGB’s predecessor) to shoot every 10th soldier as an example to the others of what happens to those that do not advance as ordered. Hence, the term “decimate” came into common parlance. Sadly, even the outstanding Soviet Marshall Georgi Zhukov, hero of the Great Patriotic War, was complicit in this barbaric practice. Russian tactics haven’t changed in the past 80 years, it seems.
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  1591.  @Nice-ck7rq  Oh, really? Well, according to Putin, Ukraine (with its supposed not-see government) represents an existential threat to the survival of Russia. And shooting surviving Russian soldiers is no different in practice than shooting Soviet soldiers who did not advance during WWII. It's the same barbaric mindset that continues in the Russian military to this very day.
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  1592. Well, since the Democrats are willing to do absolutely "0" about anything pertaining to the current pundemic, that leaves Republicans as the only option to get to the bottom of this mess. That is hardly "partisan' if the Democrats are guilty of dereliction of duty.
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  1593. The term "Palestine" (in Latin, Palæstina) comes via ancient Greek from a Semitic toponym for the general area dating back to the late second millennium BCE, a reflex of which is also to be found in the Biblical ethnonym “Philistines.” The term "Palestine" has been used to refer to the area at the southeast corner of the Mediterranean Sea beside Syria. In the 5th century BCE, in his work “The Histories,” Herodotus used the term to describe a district of Syria, called “Palaistinêin,” which Phoenicians interacted with other maritime peoples. Post World War I, the Balfour Declaration mandated that the British control Palestine, whey they did for almost three decades, overseeing a succession of protests, riots and revolts between the Jewish and Palestinian Arab communities. There were Palestinian Jews and Palestinian Arabs, the Arabs comprising the vast majority of the area’s population. Ancient maps specifically showing “Palestine” have existed for centuries, going all the way back to the Ottoman Empire. The argument that the holy books of the three monotheistic religions do not mention the word “Palestine,” so therefore it never existed, is specious at best. It is an argument from silence (argumentum ex silentio), which is a fallacy of weak induction. So to say that Palestine has never existed in history is a false argument, both intellectually dishonest and historically inaccurate. Shalom.
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  1594. So, if followed to its logical conclusion, your premise would dictate that human beings have absolutely no flexibility in their choices and/or outcomes, which is really a form of fatalism. That would mean that some of history’s greatest villains (Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Mao, Pol Pot) were all predestined to follow their nefarious paths, and therefore cannot be blamed (or held accountable) for their crimes against humanity. And it would also mean that God (or what ever concept you hold of a Supreme Being) would be precluded from judging such individuals, as they were only following the paths predestined for them. Are you sure that you really want to travel down that highway?
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  1595. @smeeself 🤔🤔🤔???
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  1596.  @kate9341  Будем признательны за ответ на английском языке, чтобы другие могли понять.
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  1597. If we are “alone” in the universe, then it’s a great relief. Plus, we have it all to ourselves to explore and subdue. No creepy aliens, no little green men, no Borg, no
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  1598. Like lining up to get a case of bubonic plague.
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  1599. In the 2006 election, Hamas received nearly 45% of the vote from Palestinians. Think they might have regrets now?
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  1600. Hope it wasn't a "flock of seagulls."
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  1601. CBDC? Wasn’t that the famous NYC music club opened in Manhattan’s East Village?
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  1602. In 1943 Simone Weil, a French philosopher and mystic, concluded that political parties had become organizations dedicated to one purpose: “killing in all souls the sense of truth and justice.” In the United States, the two major political parties have now divided the nation with the kind of violent partisan rhetoric that erupted just before the Civil War. Across Western Europe, political parties have turned parliaments into digital circuses, provoking waves of contempt among ordinary people. When President George Washington took the oath of office in April of 1789, no political parties existed. Throughout the two terms of his presidency, Washington remained nonpartisan. President Washington expressed genuine concern in that “the alternate domination” of one political party over another, thereby allowing one party to enjoy temporary power over the government that would use it to obtain revenge on the other. He seriously felt that this tendency toward atrocities directed at the party out of power “…is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism.” Washington understood that if “a wise people” did not do their duty to discourage and restrain the over-zealous development of political parties, it would be the end of America. And so, it appears, that's what we are facing.
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  1603. Got grammar? “Collage” is an artistic composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface. “College” is a place to which people send their kids in the (false) hope of getting them an education.
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  1604. "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier," is an American anti-war song that was influential within the pacifist movement that existed in the United States before it entered World War I. It was recorded by The Peerless Quartet in December 1914 and was a hit in 1915, selling 650,000 copies. Its expression of popular pacifist sentiment "helped make the pacifist movement a hard, quantifiable political reality to be reckoned with." It is one of the first anti-war songs and it gives the lament of a lonely mother whose son has been lost in the war: "I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier, I brought him up to be my pride and joy." The song was praised especially by anti-British groups in the United States – Irish, German, and church ministers of many denominations. The song became known in a number of countries which were already at war – in Britain and in Australia notably. War-mongering U.S. President Woodrow Wilson hated the song and did his best to discourage the tune from being played. Wilson finally led America into WWI in 1918 and used his war power authority to squelch any "non-patriotic" speech, especially this song. Shame on us.
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  1605. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…there was Mormonism. Honestly folks, it looks like Joseph Smith, Jr. preceded George Lucas by about 150 years in writing science fiction. 🪐
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  1606. We are NOT in an "emergency" by any stretch of the imagination. This endemic is not much more of an emergency than the annual flu. We'll never get rid of either, and, as Jimmy has noted, if you live another 5 years you'll most certainly get one or both of this viral diseases. Joe Biden's supposed "emergency" is not to make things better, but solely to increase government control over its citizens and destroy our economy. Period.
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  1607. Women, having by and large taken over the helm of the mass entertainment industry (and ruining society in the process), are now trying to bring men down to their level. Since females have tried (and failed) in their attempt to become males--not enough testosterone and upper body strength--they've resorted to the only option left to them, trying to emasculate males vicariously via the mass media. IOW, they're trying to turn strong masculine characters into a bunch of sniveling coños. Which is why most men, myself included, are now boycotting modern cinema and TV. MGTOW.
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  1608. McCain = psychopathic, bloodthirsty, war-mongering criminal. Sinema = none of the above.
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  1609. In my very NON-expert view, Russia will be on the warpath for the foreseeable future. It's not just that Putin simply doesn't want to stop his aggressive activity against his neighbours, but it's more that he CAN'T stop. For him, neutralizing any perceived threats (real or imagined) near the Russian borderland is a matter of national pride and ethnic (Russian) survival. For the past 20 years, he has been trying to recreate the boundaries of the old USSR and/or Russian Empire (really the same). Consequently, there can be no cessation of hostilities as long as this expansionist program guides Russian foreign policy, regardless of who is President of Russia. If you're thinking about relocating from the UK, I would advise looking elsewhere than central/eastern Europe. Canada, Australia, New Zealand or other Commonwealth nations might not be bad choices, as well as certain Caribbean nations. Don't overlook certain areas in Mexico as well--it's not all cartel-land. You'd be more than welcome here in the States, but I'm not sure that you would be doing yourself a favour. People here are too divided along political, cultural and regional lines. One big country--several nations--and little love lost. Cheers.
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  1610.  @jonnyfunkmistro8840  No worries. And, as I mentioned above, several Caribbean nations offer some attractive options, especially for people that already hold UK passports.
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  1611. Oh, the hooooomanity…!
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  1612. Doesn’t “Lurch” ever smile? Oh, wait, that WAS his smile.👹
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  1613. Why I own a mansion, and you can keep your six homes. 😁
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  1614.  @blacklightfreakout825  It's a joke, son--a play on words of Andrew's title for this video. I don't own a mansion--far from it--and I don't live in Commie-fornia. So take a deep breath, relax, and don't be so serious. Learn to enjoy life, and, while you're at it, learn proper spelling, sentence structure and punctuation. Cheers.
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  1615. According to NATO’s first Secretary General, Lord Hastings Ismay, the main purpose of forming the alliance was to, “Keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.” Guess two out of three isn't bad.
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  1616.  @Adam-cn5ib  Out of your own mouth you've shown how little value you place on freedom of expression. Enjoy your silence, friend.
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  1617.  @FirstLadyRV  They're not. So what? The subject at hand is the UAR/Dubai. Stop trying to confuse the issue by changing the location.
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  1618.  @citizenshipgateways  So what? The subject at hand is the UAR/Dubai. Stop trying to confuse the issue by changing the location.
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  1619.  @citizenshipgateways  Actually, the REAL issue is your turning a blind eye to a country and government that continues to commit serious human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees, suppression of freedom of expression, and violation of the right to privacy. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) continued to deprive stateless individuals of the right to nationality, impacting their access to a range of services. According to Human Rights Watch, the UAE detains those who criticize authorities, including hundreds of activists and academics, and Emirati laws discriminate against women, migrants and LGBT individuals. Flogging and stoning are legal forms of judicial punishment in the UAE due to Sharia courts. As a result, the UAE routinely ranks near the bottom of many international measures for human rights and press freedom. If "property rights" are so important and you want to live in such a place--you're welcome to it. I'll gladly accept my so-called "diminished property rights" in a fairly free and open society. You have no idea of what a "tyrannical" government is until you go to a place such as N. Korea, Iran or Sudan. To try and compare Western democracies to such places is preposterous, so wake up and see the real world.
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  1620. “For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind…” (Hosea 8:7)
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  1621. FINALLY, someone with common sense, but one year too late, alas!
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  1622. Top 5 countries with the most people in prison: 1) United States — 2,068,800 2) China — 1,690,000 3) Brazil — 811,707 4) India — 478,600 5) Russia — 471,490
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  1623. Probably this dude simply has been watching too many sci-fi movies before bedtime. I think that he’s really been “abducted” by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Seriously, most scientists and mental health professionals explain these experiences by factors such as suggestibility (e.g. false memory syndrome), sleep paralysis, deception, lucid dreaming, and psychopathology. Skeptic Robert Sheaffer sees similarity between some of the aliens described by abductees and those depicted in science fiction films, in particular “Invaders From Mars “ (1953). Dear people, there are NO aliens, and consequently, there are NO so-called “alien abductions.” 🛸👽
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  1624. There's a website (Woods & Woods, LLC) that addresses your concerns. Short answer: yes, most VA disability benefits are payable to veterans residing overseas. I believe that it has more to do with WHERE you live overseas. Obviously, places like Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Venezuela are problematic.
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  1625. "...sooner or later the people in this country are going to realize the government doesn't give a f**k about them. the government doesn't care about you, or your children, or your rights, or your welfare or your safety. it simply doesn't give a f**k about you. It's interested in it's own power. That's the only thing...keeping it, and expanding wherever possible." - George Carlin, from "It's Bad for Ya”
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  1626. Somehow, the fact that Ukraine used American-made weapons in their ongoing struggle against Russia makes it a worse crime than if they had used British, French or Turkish weapons? C'mon, dead is dead. If you're on the receiving end of such weapons, the last worry you have is who made them.
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  1627. So called “rights” to do wrong? Welcome to bizarro world.
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  1628. Yawn....😴😴😴
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  1629. "The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously....In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son-of-a-bitch, barbarian, and chronic drunk." - George S. Patton
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  1630.  @christopherczajasager9030  That may be a bridge too far. While Massie and Stein are definitely both anti-war, they are far apart on too many other issues. Cheers.
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  1631. Which crypto is best? Nunavit.
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  1632. “Oh, it's cryin' time again, you're gonna leave me I can see that far away look in your eyes…” (apologies to Ray Charles, RIP)
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  1633. So sick and fricking tired of all this “POC” 🐂 💩! Everyone is a person of SOME color: red, black, yellow, white, brown, and any combination of the foregoing. Making this a color issue is just another ploy to further divide us as a nation. This is a HEALTH matter, not a color matter. And when did the ACLU suddenly become anti-choice and anti-privacy? They sure sang a different tune when Trump was POTUS. Coincidence?
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  1634.  @MarcDufresneosorusrex  Lions and tigers and war...oh, my!
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  1635. "The more I see of Arabs the less I think of them. By having studied them a good deal I have found out the trouble. They are the mixture of all the bad races on earth, and they get worse from west to east, because the eastern ones have had more crosses." -- General George S. Patton, 1943
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  1636.  @jeannemaxwell3173  Virtually unknown and unnoticed during his lifetime, except by the FBI, which kept a file on him as a result of some of his writings. Bukowski finally received critical acclaim posthumously.
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  1637. Gives a new definition to the "Big Gulp." :face-turquoise-drinking-coffee:
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  1638. Unfortunately, right out of the box you misstate what the scriptures teach about Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus is called “the Christ (Messiah), the son of G-d, NEVER G-d the Son. The latter title is an unfortunate carryover from romanism and a departure from sound doctrine that occurred during the 4th century CE, when the so-called “trinity” doctrine was foisted upon Christianity. Jesus himself never claimed to be G-d or equal to G-d. (John 14:28b) For those people too lazy to study the scriptures, I could point to John 20:31, John 14:28, John 17:3, Matt. 3:17, Luke 9:35, Acts 9:20, Gal. 4:6, etc. In both the O.T. And N.T., Jesus is referred to as the “Memra” or the “Logos,” or "The Word," in the sense of the creative or directive word or speech of G-d manifesting His power in the world of matter or mind. The Apostle John was not a Greek nor was he a Sophist philosopher. He was a Hebrew, a follower of the true G-d, the miraculous G-d, and an apostle of the messiah, Yeshua. He understood the term “logos” to mean so much more than an impersonal term for logic and order in the universe. But translating into different languages can remove meaning from the original as the translator seeks to come up with terms as close to the original context of the work but that is also familiar with his readers as well. In Hebraic tradition, from the time of Abraham and onward, the term “Word” was understood as the mysterious manifestations of G-d that would come into the world in order to bring the Kingdom/reign of G-d. See 1 Cor. 1 :24 for an example”…Christ, the power of G-d, and the wisdom of G-d.” Our Messiah, Yeshua, the “wisdom of G-d,” the one that was with Him before creation, came to us in the form of a man, lived with us in the flesh, and once crucified and risen again, inhabits every believer. “There is one G-d, and one mediator between G-d and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1Tim. 2:5) Maranatha.
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  1639. “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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  1640. “A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking real money.” - Anonymous
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  1641. Demographics says it all: —Dominican Republic, 73% mestizaje, 17% white, 8% black, 2% other. —Haiti, 95% black, 5% other.
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  1642. Police took the Glock 19 as “evidence.” Right. Good luck getting it back, holmes.
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  1643. "What if it's true...?" Right. And what if the moon is made out of green cheese? Or if there's really a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Or if reindeer can really fly? Blah, blah, blah. I'm sure that this poor man has fixated on such garbage in an effort to compensate for a traumatic childhood. Do the math. The observed speed of light is approximately 671 million miles per hour, which means that it takes 1 photon of light approximately 8.3 minutes to travel from the sun to the earth. Reducing the fractional relationship of 8.3 minutes to 1 hour (60 minutes) we obtain a decimal result of 0.138333 (approx). Multiplying 671 million x 0.138333 give us a product of 92,821,443 miles, which just so happens to be the distance from the sun to the earth. Therefore, the sun is much farther away from the earth than the 2-3 thousand miles the "flatties" postulate. It also means that the sun is much larger than the 32 mile figure claimed by these people. BTW, the earth's orbit around the sun is not a perfect circle, but an ellipse, so the exact distance varies with the time of year. What next? Will the flatties try to alter the speed of light to suit their theories? Sorry, flatties, but the math will get you every time.
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  1644. Buffett just turned 94–that’s not quite 106 years old.
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  1645. "The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously....In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son of a b***h, barbarian, and chronic drunk." - General George S. Patton (8 Aug 1945) I imagine that the Russians had an equally low opinion of General Patton. 😅
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  1646. Total, unadulterated bovine scatology. Joe needs to stick with a subject that he knows, like MMA.
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  1647. This person already has citizenships with two of the most oppressive, tax-greedy governments in the world. And yet he wishes to add Canada to his portfolio? 🥜🥜
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  1648. Putin + Xi = 👨🏻 + (⊙▃⊙)
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  1649. Nov. 9, 2021, BTC opened at $67,549; Weds. Aug. 31, 2022, BTC closed at $20,050. Sounds like a wonderful investment. 🤣 BTW, still waiting for “the reset.” Meanwhile, spot gold closed today at $1700 per ounce. If you can’t touch it and hold it, you really don’t own it. I’ll stay with the commodity that has a 5000-year track record—gold—not some pie in the sky digital fantasy. Cheers.
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  1650. “Do not marvel that I (Jesus) said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:3-4)
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  1651. Nuclear fusion power is about 25 years away...but then it's always been 25 years away.
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  1652. FYI, when I do a YouTube search on the word “Jimmy,” Jimmy Dore appears third from the top behind Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon. Is that good or bad?
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  1653. As for the supposed Biblical claim (made by Zionists), Jewish Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss explains: “Zionism is only around 100 years old. It is the transformation from religion to nationalism, to materialism created by non-religious Jews who hated their religion. The reason why they use the name Israel, the Star of David, hijacking, stealing the identity of Judaism and the Jewish people is in order to gain a legitimacy for their existence that should lead people to say, ‘oh, it is God given to them’ and that they should use fear and intimidate people from speaking out against their actions because they will call those that do anti-Semitic; it couldn’t be anything further from the Truth.” Zionists used two major justifications for occupying Palestine: 1) The Biblical claim of Palestine belonging exclusively to the Jews; 2) The Persecution of the Jews in Europe. The true descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were commanded by G-d to remain in the (Gentile) nations to which they had been scattered by divine decree. There will yet be a future regathering of dispersed Israel, not by military or political machinations, but by a sovereign act of HaShem. See Deut. 30:1-6, Isa. 41:8-9, Isa. 43:5-6, and especially Ezek. 28:25-26, which reads: "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. And they will dwell safely there, build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God.'" I ask you now, is Israel currently dwelling securely in peace? Are they that all-righteous nation of which the Scriptures speak? The answer to both of these questions is a resounding NO. In Isaiah 19:24 we read, "In that day Israel will be the third part with Egypt and Assyria (Iraq), a blessing in the midst of the earth." Has that happened yet? The answer is obvious.
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  1654. Staccato CS $2499 msrp. S&W Equalizer $599 msrp. What’s in your wallet?
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  1655. While Mormonism may use traditional Christian terminology in their statement(s) of faith, their actual doctrine is totally NON-Christian. Examples: Mormons believe that the Supreme Deity is not one being but THREE separate beings (Elohim, Jehovah, and Holy Ghost); that God Himself was once a man like we are, but that through faithful obedience to Mormonism (which BTW hadn't been invented yet) became exalted into godhood; that the Heavenly Father has a wife with whom he produces spirit children in heaven to be sent to earth to be born into human families; that faithful Mormon males get to marry multiple wives (in addition to their earthly wife) in heaven to further produce more spirit children; that God/Elohim currently lives as an exalted man with his throne located on a planet named “Kolob” (wherever that may be). Almost reminiscent of George Lucas' famous intro, "...a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away." I could go on and on, but I think that you get the message. Mormonism is NOT a part of Biblical Christianity; in fact, for many years the Mormons even refused to call themselves Christians, but started doing so in order to attract new (gullible) converts. And Mormonism has NEVER been acknowledged or accepted into the sphere of traditional Christianity by any religious council. Mormonism was invented in 1826 by a treasure-hunting farm boy named Joseph Smith, Jr., who patterned his new "religion" after the cult of Free Masonry, of which he was a member. Please check out these things for yourself--don't just take my word for it.
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  1656.  @patrickm.4469  😎
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  1657.  @youshotonce  It’s a joke, son, a play on words. “Chips” = potato chips, which BTW aren’t “manufactured” - they’re baked.
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  1658. Und der Geruch reicht bis zum hoch Himmel!
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  1659. Thank you for being a voice of reason amidst a sea of misinformation. This talk of “habitable exoplanets” is wishful thinking at best, and false hope at worst. And even if one such planet was actually found and verified, it would take centuries to get there. And, no, we’re not going to develop FTL travel any time soon, if ever.
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  1660.  @Kyplanet893  Well said.
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  1661. Move to Honolulu--no one ever freezes to death in Hawai'i
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  1662. Yup, another pile of hot, steaming dog excrement. 🐕💩
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  1663. Who controls the NY Times? Who do you think? The same cabal that controls 🦍PAC.
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  1664. China and Russia? Yes, definitely, probably within 15-20 years. America, not a chance. Biden has allowed uncontrolled immigration via the southern border ever since he took office. The U.S. will never run out of people, but the demographics will continue to change toward the darker end of the spectrum, if you catch my drift.
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  1665. "We had it all, just like Bogie and Bacall, Starring in our own late, late show, speeding away to Key Largo."
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  1666. “There seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously-after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important ... so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.” Robert A. Heinlein, “To Sail Beyond the Sunset” (1987)
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  1667. Todos estamos tornillados con este pendejo en la Casa Blanca.
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  1668. In 1972, Bolton was a summer intern for then-Vice President Spiro Agnew. Guess the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.
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  1669. "Killer Drones"? Weren't they a WWF tag team back in the 1980's?
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  1670. She should have called AAA--they would have had her back on the road in no time.
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  1671.  @Camusom420  What? What ain’t no country I ever heard of. They speak English in what?
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  1672. Uncle Fester from the Addams Family.
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  1673. So…pay your taxes…duh!
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  1674. So, tell me, would you prefer homelessness as an alternative?
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  1675. Well, I suppose if people insist on living in extremely high-cost areas and don't have the income to match, then I guess they don't have "options." Case in point: apartments in San Jose and San Francisco, CA rent for $2,719 and $3,700 per month on average. Drive less than two hours over to the Central Valley and monthly rental prices for 2BR apartments range from $1,282 to $1,740. Yeah, I know that the Central Valley isn't nearly as attractive or livable as the Bay area, but people have to live within their means. It beats being homeless or living in your car and at least you're still in California, right? 💸
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  1676. “Never trust a Russian, because Russians do not even trust themselves.” - Otto von Bismarck ”I trust no one, not even myself.” - Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili (aka, Josef Stalin)
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  1677. We had better hope that there are really NO so-called “aliens” out there within reachable proximity to the Earth. Why? Four possible outcomes: 1) They might be benevolent and seek to befriend and help us. 2) They might be indifferent and simply ignore us. 3) They might be imperialistic and seek to exploit and/or enslave us, a la the Borg. 4) or, worst case scenario, they might be genocidal and exterminate us and seize our planet. Four possibilities, only one really worthwhile. You get better odds in Vegas at the blackjack table.
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  1678. Socialism caused more than 100 million deaths in the 20th century alone - and yet, we see millions of Americans ready to go that path. And in Russia, the popularity of Stalin is record high again.
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  1679. “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?…” Somebody wake me up and tell me I’m not dreaming, that we actually have leaders who care about America. 🛐
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  1680. Vows, schmows, SHOW US THE FILES ALEADY!!!!
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  1681. Zelensky shows up at the White House, casually attired, looking (and acting) like an unshaven bum. Is it any wonder that he got treated like one?
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  1682. @The Paradox Destroyer No, actually the Govt. doesn’t accept baloney as a tender of payment for taxes due. Only Federal Reserve Notes.
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  1683. @The Paradox Destroyer Of course it was, as you say, a "trite joke." It was a statement using hyperbole to show the outright greed and ruthlessness of government tax collectors. Their avarice knows no bounds, but they can't push it too far, lest there be an outright popular rebellion. Remember, America was founded by tax protestors. And, BTW, I'm NOT one of those "super-rich." Quite the contrary, I might be considered lower middle class by some. Cheers.
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  1684. @The Paradox Destroyer Sadly, the middle class, which has hitherto been the backbone of our modern economy, is going the way of the great auk. As you correctly pointed out, the middle class is being systematically eradicated. And this is by design, not by mere happenstance. The elite are following the same game plan as V.I. Lenin, who stated, "The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation." We can see that this has already happened in most South American nations. The wealthy 5-10% exploiting the rest of the poor 90%, not unlike wolves devouring sheep. That's their agenda for the USA, and ultimately the rest of the world. An "enlightened" elite ruling over the lumpen proletariat. Cheers (or not).
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  1685. "The Germans are the only decent people left in Europe. It is a choice between them and the Russians. I prefer the Germans." - General George S. Patton, 1945
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  1686. Don’t count out Japan. Despite an aging demographic, the Japanese, unlike the Germans, are well positioned to weather the coming storm. They will compensate for the lack of younger workers by increased automation in the manufacturing sector. The Germans, beset by socio-political and energy challenges, will see their economy flounder. Japan is also a part of the “inner circle” of U.S. allies, both economically and militarily, and continues to benefit from this relationship. Incidentally, the Japanese have the best navy in Asia, and in any (non-nuclear) conflict, would absolutely clean the clocks of both China and Russia.
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  1687. Your map (at 2:33) shows counties in southwest Idaho at "major risk" for flooding. Laughable. We get maybe 12-14" of rainfall per year, as well as an equal amount of snow (in the winter, of course). Minor earthquake risk hazard (less than California & Nevada, but more than the Midwest). We're not subject to hurricanes, tropical storms or tornadoes. About the only negative would be during the late summer and early fall, when the wind sometimes blows in smoke from brush fires in eastern Oregon and our air quality suffers as a result. On the other hand, maybe I shouldn't make southwest Idaho sound too good--it might only serve to attract more outsiders from a certain west coast state, whose name cannot be mentioned.
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  1688. Click bait and pipe dreams.
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  1689. Too late!! My life’s already ruined!!
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  1690. "Week of failure"? Try YEAR of failure. 😩
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  1691. Gov. Gavin Newsom buys $9.1M Marin County, California mansion, PLUS he keeps $3.7M Sacramento home. All this on an annual governor's salary of a little over $200,000? Sources confirmed that the Newsom family bought the home through a "newly created" LLC. The address is being withheld due to "security concerns." Actually, Newsom seemed eager to hide from the public that the $9.1 million home he recently purchased in Marin County was the same home that was previously owned by the Pritzker family. In fact, the LLC Newsom used to complete the sale is MHBD Farms LLC, which is named after Newsom’s kids Montana, Hunter, Brooklynn, and Dutch. Newsom’s new mansion was previously owned by Zuloo Properties, an LLC controlled by Daniel Pritzker of the Pritzker family. Hmm. nothing to see here, right?
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  1692.  @afbm6890  I know that you're trying to say something. Ever thought about speaking understandable English?
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  1693. @Amused Derision Where does one begin? 🙄 Let's back up and define our terms. The word(s) "anarchism/anarchist" are derived from the Greek terms "an"(without) and "archōn" (leader or ruler). Hence, without rulers or leadership. Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is sceptical of authority and rejects all involuntary, coercive forms of hierarchy. Anarchism calls for the abolition of the state, which it holds to be unnecessary, undesirable, and harmful. As a historically left-wing movement, placed on the farthest left of the political spectrum, it is usually described alongside communalism and libertarian Marxism as the libertarian wing (libertarian socialism) of the socialist movement, and has a strong historical association with anti-capitalism and socialism. The only problem with this line of reasoning is that, like Marxism, it looks forward to the gradual withering away of the State. But this is patently unachievable, since anarchism produces only chaos, which the people find intolerable, and wishing to end chaos, they inevitably move toward organized government of various flavors. People, by nature, are inclined to be social creatures, which in turn gravitates toward some form of structured society, i.e., civil government. As an aside, this is why we never saw the emergence of the "new Soviet man" in the USSR. They tried mightily for nearly 75 years years to produce such a creature, but failed. Why, you may ask? Because the flaw in their ideology premised that you could build a perfect Marxist society composed of imperfect people. They were unable to change basic human nature enough to accomplish their goals. That would be akin to trying to build a skyscraper on a foundation of clay. Also, I must point out that you are factually and historically inaccurate when you described the colonies being "in a state of anarchism." Far from it. The Pilgrims and their successors were Englishmen loyal to the Crown (until 1776), and believed first of all in the Laws of God, as well as the laws of the Crown. There is a huge difference between anarchism and freedom in the form of libertarianism. I know, since I've been a libertarian for most of my adult life and never even considered your alternative as remotely feasible or desirable. Believe what you will, but you will find anarchism taking effect when pigs learn to fly and camels learn to sing. Cheers.
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  1694.  @the_awakening6044  In this order: 1) God; 2) Family; 3) Country (not government--the two are not identical).
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  1695.  @jeffreywilliams5093  And...?
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  1696.  @jeffreywilliams5093  It wasn’t “Americans” that were negligent in allowing a 13 year old child get behind the wheel and illegally operate a motor vehicle. It was his irresponsible parents that failed to properly supervise their son. BTW, people aren’t free to do “whatever they want.” Go out and rob a bank and see how much “freedom” you have after the judge sentences you to 5-10 years for armed robbery. You have a very skewed idea of what freedom is. People are only free to do what is lawful and doesn’t infringe on the rights of others. I suspect that you’re merely using this occasion to vent your animosity toward Americans in general. Grow up, child.
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  1697. Actually, you will not return from a trip to Mars…period!
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  1698. Maybe because it doesn't really exist?
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  1699. “A good person?” There is no such thing. To wit, “And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.” (Mark 20:18) Also, “They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.” (Psalm 14:3) Or Paul’s assertion, “They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.” Still think anyone’s “good”? Think again.
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  1700. What can you expect from a state that elected Uncle Fester (aka John Fetterman) to the Senate? 👹
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  1701. “I believe there’s intelligent life on other planets.” Ooookay. That’s certainly your prerogative. However, I would ask for proof or evidence for this statement. I mean, have you actually had an encounter with aliens? Or are you presupposing that with all of the alleged “earth-like” exoplanets out there, the odds would dictate that at least one of them would support intelligent life? That’s faulty (inductive) logic at best. Please don’t misunderstand. I’m not denying the possibility of E.T. life—I’m only saying that, given the current state of knowledge and technology, such cannot be proven. It seems to require more “faith” to believe in aliens, than it does to believe in a Supreme Being. The existence of an orderly, observable universe, subject to definable laws and phenomenon, would gravitate toward the existence of an intelligent Creator, aka God. Yet, those of us that do believe in an intelligent Creator are subject to ridicule and scorn by your scientific community for having a "blind faith." Yet, your own "blind faith" in the existence of aliens goes virtually unchallenged. Why is that? Perhaps one answer can be found in the words of Sir Julian Huxley (noted British evolutionary biologist, eugenicist and humanist): "I suppose the reason we (atheists) leaped at (Darwin's) The Origin of Species was because the idea of God interfered with our sexual mores." Well, one has to credit him at least for his honesty. Cheers.
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  1702.  @view1st  If I could answer where God came from, then I myself would be Him. People entertain various concepts and notions regarding the idea of "God." Some believe that God is the sum total of human experience, that is, apart from the existence of the human mind, God would not exist. Others, like George Lucas, posit that God is merely some active force in the universe that can be utilized for either good and evil: "May the force be with you!" Love Star Wars, BTW. Then there are various cultures that believe in a pantheon of "gods," something like the ancient Greeks and Romans, or today's Hindus. Finally, there are those of us that hold to the traditional Judaeo/Christian (and I suppose, Muslim) tradition that there is but one God, the eternal One, who is both transcendent and imminent, loving and righteous, and who is the source of all things visible and invisible, and who created and maintains the universe by His infinite power. Or as the ancient Hebrew psalmist declared, "Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God." (Psalm 90:2) Cheers, and may God (not the force) be with you and yours.
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  1703. Christmas makes money--money makes Christmas. Simple as that. The vilest sinner in town will run you over with his car as he hurries off to do his Christmas "shopping," or to attend a drunken Christmas "party." Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. The world would have nothing to do with so-called "Christmas" if they truly believed it marked the birth of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. Rev. 10:11 reads, "And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send GIFTS one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth." Even during the tribulation period, the unbelievers will observe a "christmastime" of hell. More to the point, our Lord Jesus, if he had wished for his birth date to be observed, would have given us instructions as to exactly how and when to do so. He did not. However, he DID instruct us to observe the Lord's Supper "in remembrance of me." The only two ordinances that Christ left us (the Church) with are water baptism and the memorial (Lord's) supper. That's it! Moreover, biblical scholars are divided as to exactly what time of year our Lord was born. Some say early spring; other argue for early fall. One point they agree upon was that the birth of Jesus did NOT take place in late December. Personally, I lean toward the mid to late September timing. The shepherds' flocks would have still been in the field at that time of year, but by December they would have been sheltered indoors in the sheep fold due to the inclement winter weather prevalent in Palestine. Remember that Bethlehem is over 2500 feet (775 meters) in elevation. Regardless of which time of year he came into this world, we have a Savior, "who is Christ, the Lord." Let us rejoice in that truth. Amen.
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  1704. There is no need for a “restored church,” as the church that Christ established on the day of Pentecost never disappeared from the face of the earth. “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock (Peter’s confession of faith) I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” (Matt. 16:18) JESUS is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through him.
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  1705. Frank Sinatra sang, "Love and marriage, love and marriage, they go together like a horse and carriage..." Guess ol' blue eyes believed that, seeing as how he was married four times. 😅
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  1706. “At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.”― P.J. O'Rourke (1947 - 2022) American libertarian, humorist and social commentator
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  1707. What happened to Mexico? You mean to say that there aren't any cheap places in that country?
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  1708.  @SLLabsKamilion  California. Once the best place to live in America. Now, fast becoming a third-world cesspool, with a disfunctional state government. Having lived there for 35+ years, I watched the place go from being paradise to a dumpster fire. If there is such a thing as an unpardonable sin, that would be it. All thanks to political (non) leadership.
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  1709. Wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that Stalin was an admirer of Ivan the Terrible. Same type of psychopathic, megalomaniac personality.
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  1710. Makes it easier for the Russkies in which to bury all their dead soldiers.
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  1711. Speak for yourself, holmes, most of us don't share your "bubble."
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  1712. “Juice Family Service” Why are we not surprised?
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  1713. Couldn’t happen to a nicer…er…hmm…who knows?
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  1714. "Right wing" does NOT = "proto-fascist." Fascism is a LEFT-wing social philosophy, Both in Italy and Germany, Fascism had its roots in socialist groups, not in conservative groups. NSDAP = National SOCIALIST German Workers Party. And this is evident in today's U.S. society. ALL of the authoritarian/fascist movements we see are LEFT-wing in origin and philosophy. As far as what might "trigger" a revolution in America, it won't come from either the left or the right. It will come when average, middle-of-the road Americans throw off the pretensions of BOTH the left and the right, and embrace populism. Trump was neither right nor left, which explains his broad appeal to middle America. When the revolution finally takes place, it won't be pretty. "Beware of the anger of a patient man." (ancient Irish proverb). This saying warns of pushing even the most patient and accommodating of (middle class) people too far.
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  1715. Gli italiani non invecchiano, semplicemente migliorano come il buon vino.
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  1716. FBI just shot themselves in the foot (pun intended). Any evidence obtained using a third party’s assistance WITHOUT going through the proper protocol (i.e., issuing a probable cause subpoena to Liberty Safe), would result in said evidence being excluded from any legal proceedings. See Kyles v. Whitley, 514 U.S. 419 (1995). As a practical matter, you might either want to buy a safe second hand (and change the code/combo yourself), or pay a locksmith to do the same if you’re buying a new safe. Would you want someone knowing the security code to your laptop or home burglar system? I think not.
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  1717.  @kween3546  Escaping from what, to where? Maybe you're catching the first space shuttle to Mars, eh? Because that's the ONLY way to escape problems here on earth. This Nomad Capitalist guy is playing a shell game, saying which countries are safe, then changing his list whenever he feels like it, in order to generate more business for himself. Peace and safety are, at best, an illusion to soothe the anxious minds of gullible people--like yourself. Cheers.
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  1718. Exactly. That's what we did years ago, and have no regrets.
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  1719. Wild Oysters? Weren't they a hard rock group from the 1970's?
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  1720. All for theatrical performance. Just check her voting record: 100% anti-gun, pro-abortion, while in Congress voted with the Democrats 90% of the time, FOR higher federal tax rates, FOR citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, FOR expanded federal background checks, FOR federal funding for Planned Parenthood, FOR marijuana legalization across all 50 states. FOR Paris climate accord, FOR raising income cap on Social Security tax. And the list goes on. So what if she quit the Democratic Party? Actions speak louder than words. Frankly, it is both amusing and disgusting to see so many Republicans getting all hot and bothered over this left-wing con artist.
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  1721. "Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat."
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  1722. Idaho: $0.0867 per kWh for electricity, $0.5403 per therm for nat gas. Our 12-month combined average for both is ~ $70/month. 😎
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  1723. I would appreciate your addressing the issue of thorium-based reactors for generating safe, affordable power. You may have already discussed this topic in the past, but I can’t recal your doing so. Thanks.
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  1724.  @antoniedepotter3371  Amen, Soli Deo gloria.
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  1725. Gives a new meaning to the expression, "In like Flynn." 😉
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  1726. “The table is tilted folks. The game is rigged, and nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care. Good honest hard-working people -- white collar, blue collar, it doesn’t matter what color shirt you have on -- good, honest, hard-working people continue -- these are people of modest means -- continue to elect these rich ***suckers who don’t give a *** about them. They don’t give a ** about you. They don’t give a ** about you. They don't care about you at all -- at all -- at all. And nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care.” - George Carlin
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  1727.  @wordbird711  100% Correctamundo! These so-called “Ashkenazi Jews” are NOT descendants of the patriarchs Avram, Yitzak and Yacob. And their claim to the land of Palestine is totally bogus. Their real homeland is about 800 miles to the north east in the southern Caucasus in modern-day Georgia.
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  1728. “The table is tilted folks. The game is rigged, and nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care. Good honest hard-working people -- white collar, blue collar, it doesn’t matter what color shirt you have on -- good, honest, hard-working people continue -- these are people of modest means -- continue to elect these rich ***suckers who don’t give a *** about them. They don’t give a ** about you. They don’t give a ** about you. They don't care about you at all -- at all -- at all. And nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care.” - George Carlin
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  1729. He blinded us with science...(Science!)
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  1730. Actually, we don’t want any part of Canada. We have enough home grown communists ourselves without importing any more. In fact, it would be wonderful if California, Oregon and Washington State joined Canada!
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  1731. Ashkenazi “Jews” are NOT biblical Israelites. Instead of being primarily the descendants of the 12 tribes of Israel, present-day Jewish populations are primarily descendants of Turkish peoples who lived in what is now Russia, north of Georgia, east of Ukraine. Indeed, a substantial proportion of the population originates from local Europeans who converted to Judaism. In fact, more than 80% of Ashkenazi DNA has European ancestry on the maternal side. The maternal line of Ashkenazi Jews has been based in Europe for the last 3,500 years. Long before Biblical Israelites were exiled from the land of ancient Israel. This indicates, Ashkenazi Jews are not the descendants of Biblical Israelites. See Genesis 10:1-3, where it lists the three sons of Noah (Shem, Ham and Japheth). One of Japheth’s sons, Gomer, begat Ashkenaz, showing that Ashkenazi Jews are NOT of Semitic origin. Otherwise, they would be listed under the lineage of Shem, not Japheth. Just because a people may have adopted rabbinic Judaism as their religion does NOT make them the physical posterity of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Nor does it give them any right or claim to the land of Palestine. They need to return to eastern Europe and the Caucasus whence they originated.
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  1732. “Socialism requires a dictator.” - Richard M. Ebeling (12 March 2017)
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  1733.  @fizmath935  Not a valid comparison. “The biggest companies” (corporations) get to write off most, if not all, of these items as business expenses. Besides, office space is a commercial, not a residential matter. Private citizens do not normally live in offices, they live in homes. As for insurance, property tax, etc., renters are paying these items indirectly to landlords as part of the hidden cost of their monthly rent. Sure, I could sell my home and start renting, but in my locale that would mean my housing expense would double or even triple over my current mortgage payment. And if I get too old (or too lazy) to do my own property maintenance, I can still hire others to do it very cheaply and still have plenty of money left at the end of the month. Your argument doesn’t hold true in real life.
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  1734. The troubling thing isn't so much her word salad and flip-flopping...those are bad enough. But what is really terrifying is that there are so many brain-dead voters out there who will vote for this preposterous female simply because she's "Not Trump." Or, as the late George Carlin was wont to say, "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers."
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  1735. Speaking of pions...my favourite is strawberry/rhubarb. 🥧
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  1736. Basically, this show consists of Boba standing around and Fretting.
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  1737. “We’re missing the boat as Democrats…..”. The understatement of the century.
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  1738. He'd better find one that has no extradition treaty with the U.S. Otherwise, it's off to jail for him. FYI, the United States currently has no extradition agreement with China or Russia, but other countries, such as Ecuador, Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Iceland, Switzerland, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe have also been known to refuse extradition to the US. Best bet is Montenegro, with its stunning coastline and natural beauty, making it an attractive destination for those seeking refuge.
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  1739. Chris Hedges calls himself "Biblically literate," but then accuses other Christians of believing that Adam & Eve saddled up a T. Rex in the Garden of Eden? I've been a Christian for well over 40 years, and I've NEVER met or heard of another Christian that believes such nonsense. Chris Hedges' attempt to conflate the radical right with Biblical Christianity is woefully misguided. I expected better of him, but then he apparently is also a victim of TDS.
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  1740. According to a KGB insider from the old Soviet Union, Russian "military" parades consisted mostly of marching and rolling the same soldiers and weaponry around the block over and over again, to give the false appearance of an endless supply of men and materials. Potemkin would have approved.
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  1741. Caveat emptor.
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  1742. "Ha ha ha, ho ho ho, and a couple of tra la las, That's how we laugh the day away in the merry old land of Oz."
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  1743. NY = :face-fuchsia-poop-shape:🚽...fluuush!
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  1744. Going back to the 1950’s, I remember seeing those “Medallion” all-electric homes in our neighborhood. They were touted as the wave of the future, and were certain to replace heating oil, coal (ugh), and natural gas for heating homes. Well, in most parts of the country, people don’t use heating oil, even fewer (maybe none) use coal, but natural gas reigns as king. Why, because the cost per kwh of electricity has soared. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for electricity are 513.38% higher in 2024 versus 1913 (a $513.38 difference in value). The current national average price is $0.18 for "Electricity per KWH". Of course, some states (notably California) are nearly double this average. Even in places where it used to be “cheap,” few people can afford to heat their homes using electricity. Same goes for electric hot water heaters. Electricity is for A/C, power and lighting. Gas is for heating homes and hot water. Case closed.
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  1745. A classic example of how swine devour one another. 🐖🐖
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  1746. Mr. Shapiro is NOT a conservative politically (maybe religiously), as he only kowtows to the AIPAC party line. His whole mantra can be summed up in these two words: ISRAEL FIRST! Candace Owens has more character and integrity in her little finger than Shapiro does in his whole body. She came up out of poverty and discrimination to triumph over life’s adversities. Shapiro was born into wealth and privilege and had everything handed to him on a silver platter. Don’t let the (R) behind his name fool you. Shapiro is merely another anti Trump RINO.
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  1747. The riskiest U.S. city in which to live (climate change notwithstanding) is Dallas, Texas. The geography and placement of Dallas makes it an epicenter of disasters as it is in the middle of areas that aren't only susceptible to tornadoes, but also a myriad of other natural disasters: flash flooding, drought, hail storms, winter storms and freezing (such as happened in early 2021). In addition, the entire power grid of the state is unreliable and in dire need of upgrade/repair. Plus, due to its rapidly expanding population and urban sprawl, the DFW area is the 4th greatest "heat island" in the country, causing the heat to only rise during the day and stay hot at night due to building materials releasing the heat of the day throughout the night. About the only natural risk to which the Dallas area isn't subjected is earthquakes. So if anyone is looking to relocate and avoid climate-related issues, the upper Midwest (MI, WI, MN and maybe IA) would seem to be the best options. Cheers and stay safe. ⛈🌩🌪💥
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  1748. In 2015, then-president of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences He Fuchu (贺福初) argued that biotechnology will become the new “strategic commanding heights” of national defense, from bio materials to “brain control” weapons. Maj. Gen. He has since become the vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences, which leads China’s military science enterprise. Biology is among seven “new domains of warfare” discussed in a 2017 book by Zhang Shibo (张仕波), a retired general and former president of the National Defense University, who concludes: “Modern biotechnology development is gradually showing strong signs characteristic of an offensive capability,” including the possibility that “specific ethnic genetic attacks” (特定种族基因攻击) could be employed. The 2017 edition of Science of Military Strategy (战略学), a textbook published by the PLA’s National Defense University that is considered to be relatively authoritative, debuted a section about biology as a domain of military struggle, similarly mentioning the potential for new kinds of biological warfare to include “specific ethnic genetic attacks.” Is that enough "smoke" in your gun?
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  1749. Who is this guy Al Gorithm, and why is everyone so worried about him? Isn't he the same guy that lost in the 2000 Presidential election?
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  1750. “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.“ (Matt. 6:19-21)
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  1751. You mean that they had "snowflakes" 85 years ago? News to me.
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  1752. “Disgusted”? If you voted for any of these miscreants, then you are complicit in their evil deeds and are a partaker of their guilt. Be disgusted with yourself.
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  1753.  @k.t.1641  👍🏻 -'
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  1754.  @DaleGribble1  “And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings." (Luke 16:9)
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  1755.  @DaleGribble1  Not really. Pause for a moment and consider what Jesus is saying. He's telling his disciples to use (unrighteous) money now with an eye toward eternity; that is, that we need to use our present resources to plan ahead for eternity. He calls wealth/money "unrighteous" because it is of this world system, not because money and/or wealth is intrinsically evil of itself. Money is but a tool. It is amoral or neutral, but can become evil due to the uses to which people employ it, or their motives for acquiring it. Jesus called it "unrighteous" wealth because riches promise much, and perform nothing; they excite hope and confidence, and deceive both. In making a man depend on them for happiness, they rob him of the salvation of God and of eternal glory. Cheers.
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  1756. Capitalism and Communism are two sides of the same coin, taking opposite approaches to the same end goal--enslavement of the masses for the benefit of the elites/oligarchs. Hence, in a sense, Communism is an extreme form of Capitalism, where a very small group of people (a plutocracy known as the “Central Committee”) effectively owns everything. In the case of the USSR, it was the "nomenklatura," a category of people within the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries who held various key administrative positions in the bureaucracy, running all spheres of those countries' activity: government, industry, agriculture, education, etc., whose positions were granted only with approval by the communist party of each country or region. Virtually all members of the nomenklatura were members of a Communist party. Individuals with a nomenklatura background have continued to dominate economic and political life in Russia since the end of the Cold War. According to one 2022 estimate, 60% of elites in the Vladimir Putin regime had nomenklatura backgrounds. For the most extreme example, think North Korea. It is Communist de jure. De facto, it is the most Capitalist state in the world, where one private individual owns all the property. Conversely, Capitalism as an economic system characterized by freedom of the market with increasing concentration of private and corporate ownership, while the vast majority of the populace is dependent on the rich for their own sustenance. In THEORY, Capitalism should be the opposite of Socialism. After all, it is based on the forces of a free market for its success. The reality, however, is that the private sector ends up owning everything and the little guy must be contented to catch the crumbs that drop from the abundance of the table of the rich. If we look at the history of the labor versus management, it becomes obvious that the contention is never a fair encounter. Today, especially, the bargaining table is heavily weighted in favor of the employer thanks to Ronald Reagan, the great communicator. In retrospect, I wonder with whom he communicated; certainly not with working men and women. A perfect example is what happened at Hostess Bakery back in 2012. That outfit fired 18,000 workers nationwide at a time in which our country needed to create jobs, not eliminate them. We’re going back to slavery; in a different form, perhaps, but slavery nonetheless. I wonder how many millions its CEO and other company officials received in severance pay and perks? Time for "we the people" to rise up and throw off the yoke of the elites!
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  1757. Argentina was once the envy of the western hemisphere. By 1913, it was among the world's ten wealthiest nations, with a per capita income on a par with that of France and Germany, and far ahead of Italy's or Spain's. One important measure of development, GDP per capita, rose from 35% of the United States average to about 80%. At the end of 1913, Argentina had a gold stock of £59 million (nearly $6 billion USD in today's world), or 3.7% of the world's monetary gold, while representing 1.2% of the world's economic output. But with the advent of Peronism, as they say, then it all went wrong. Peron instituted a policy of state corporatism, where powerful interests had access to capital and nationalized assets, leaving the poor and middle class with an economy closed to imports and plagued by rampant inflation. Peron promised the masses something for nothing (sound familiar?), and they got nothing. I wish the new Argentine president all the luck in the world trying to overcome 80+ years of a mismanaged economy. He'll need it.
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  1758. It’s interesting to note that EVERY mayor of Gary, IN since 1943 has been affiliated with the Democratic Party (D). However, the city’s terminal decline began in earnest when Richard G. Hatcher, the first African-American mayor of Gary, took office (1968-1987) during the late 1960’s. When Hatcher assumed office, Gary had a roughly 15% poverty rate. When he left office in 1987, the city had a 25% poverty rate and unemployment in excess of 20%. Seems like everywhere they assume control of major cities, Democrats have “the magic touch,” whereby they take a thriving urban center and transform it into a cesspool of crime, poverty and hopelessness. And yet, somehow, it’s the “white man’s fault” for all of these woes. The Gary, IN mayor, city council and police force have all been black majority for nearly 50 years. Yet no one has the temerity to suggest that they accept some of the blame?
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  1759. This could have been a scene from a Pee Wee Herman film: "I know you are, but what am I?" "I know you are, but what am I?" 🤪🤪
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  1760. The SF Bay area---SoCal axis of evil has achieved dominance. No mater how many other "red" counties there are, sheer numbers always determine the outcome of any election. I saw the handwriting on the wall, so to speak, many years ago and relocated to a free (red) state. Our adopted home has a much smaller, less intrusive state government, along with modest, reasonable taxes. And the violent crime rate is minuscule compared to CA. People here can still leave their cars unlocked at the local shopping mall--I don't, too many years of living in CA, I guess. Any middle class people that still persist in staying in California deserve what's coming to them. And it won't be pleasant.
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  1761. "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose..." (Janis Joplin, "Me and Bobby McGee", 1971)
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  1762. "The effort to keep our citizenship divided against itself," the colonel (Teddy Roosevelt) continued, "by the use of the hyphen and along the lines of national origin is certain to a breed of spirit of bitterness and prejudice and dislike between great bodies of our citizens. If some citizens band together as German-Americans or Irish-Americans, then after a while others are certain to band together as English-Americans or Scandinavian-Americans, and every such banding together, every attempt to make for political purposes a German-American alliance or a Scandinavian-American alliance, means down at the bottom an effort against the interest of straight-out American citizenship, an effort to bring into our nation the bitter Old World rivalries and jealousies and hatreds." 1907 speech by Teddy Roosevelt. Rings true today.
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  1763. Czech Republic: 1999; Hungary: 1999; Poland: 1999; Bulgaria: 2004; Estonia: 2004; Latvia: 2004; Lithuania: 2004; Romania: 2004; Slovakia: 2004; Slovenia: 2004; Albania: 2009; Croatia: 2009: Montenegro: 2017; N. Macedonia: 2020. Finland and Sweden: 2023. That's 16 former Soviet and/or Soviet-aligned republics (and, in the case of Finland & Sweden, close neighbors) that joined NATO after the Cold War was (supposedly) over. And, given the current geopolitical situation, I'm sure that Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia would join also, if it were possible. See a pattern here? All of these countries have had experience with Soviet/Russian occupation before, during and after WWII, and don't wish to repeat it again. Russia is now, has been, and will continue to be an aggressive, imperialist, expansionist nation. It's in its nature going all the way back to Catherine the Great.
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  1764. To learn who rules over you, simply find out whom you are not allowed to criticize. Still think that Trump will be able to drain the "swamp"? Not if Congress has anything to do with it.
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  1765. I believe that the phrase you're referring to is "dunkle Gesichter."
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  1766. My personal favorite would be the PowerPro One made by Hillman. Comes with a T25 bit and drills through wood like a champ, no pre-drilling required. Not the cheapest at $0.20 each, but I don't use very many, so I'm willing to pay for better performance.
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  1767. Think the "rope-a-dope" strategy used by Muhammad Ali against George Foreman. Foreman kept flailing away at Ali against the ropes, thinking that he had Ali in trouble. But soon Foreman punched himself out, and it was Ali that shocked the world by KO'ing Foreman. So shall it be for Russia vs Ukraine. We are witnessing the death throes of a moribund, aging power, soon to be consigned to the ash heap of history. RIP, Russia, you did this to yourself.
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  1768. THIS is what people want one heartbeat away from the Presidency? "We're doomed I tell you, doomed!"
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  1769. Olbermann’s CDS (COVID Derangement Syndrome) is terminal and irretrievable, with no hope of recovery. Next stop, the Twilight Zone.
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  1770. Rather, Canada has moved off the edge of sanity. Trudeau is a brainless tool, with nice hair.
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  1771. "Behold, children are an inheritance from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward." (Psalm 127:3)
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  1772. Birds of a feather will flock together....and so will pigs and swine.
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  1773. Peter is making things a bit too complicated. America produced quality electronics merchandise from the 1950's well into the 1970's, at which point east Asia took over the market. Zenith, the last domestic TV manufacturer, sold off its share to LG, a Korean company, in 1995. LG owned 100 percent of Zenith by 1999, eventually putting the 1,200 workers at Zenith’s Melrose Park, IL facility out of a job. There are still some American-owned companies that put their names on TV sets, but 100% of the manufacturing is done in east Asia. We can reverse this process, but it will take a few years. In the meanwhile, don't get rid of your older Samsung/LG/Sony flat screen TV's. I've had one for over 9 years, and it still works as good as the day I first bought it.
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  1774. Yup, JT came through on his promise of “a real change for this country.” He made everything WORSE!
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  1775. "The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet." - Wernher von Braun
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  1776.  @andrewcarey9836  Going back to the 1989 animated film, "All Dogs Go to Heaven." It had the bad timing to be released the same day as Disney's "The Little Mermaid," (one of the best animated films ever), so it didn't do as well at the box office. But it was still a great film in its own right.
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  1777. "He's too sexy for his shirt, too sexy for his shirt, so sexy it hurts..."
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  1778. “I shot a Glock and I liked it, hope my boyfriend doesn’t mind it…”
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  1779. Make you a deal, Graham. You buy BTC when it reaches $1 million, and then I’ll buy it back from you when it falls back to $10k. Deal?
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  1780. "No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven - the Son of Man." (John 3:13)
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  1781. Yes, but it was mostly peaceful thievery. 🙄
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  1782. “Then the Lord (Jesus) said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness.” (Luke 11:39) Sadly, there are Pharisees in every sect and religion in this world. Focusing on externalities, they have omitted the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus grant you grace, mercy and freedom in His Son.
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  1783. And don’t expect Biden to save America.
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  1784. “A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking real money.” - Anonymous (although incorrectly/frequently attributed to the late Sen. Everett Dirksen)
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  1785. Tell that shrill shrew to stifle herself.
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  1786. Is the West going to let this little, sawed-off piece of excrement bluff and intimidate them into submission? I think not. If Putin presses the "button" he will be signing his own death warrant along with that of his precious Russian Federation. Maybe it might actually be worth it to finally get rid of this malignant man and his miserable country.
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  1787. “The white liberals, who have been posing as our friends, have failed us. The white liberal is the worst enemy to America and the worst enemy to the black man. The Democrats are playing you for a political chump and if you vote for them, not only are you a chump, you are a traitor to your race.” - Malcolm X, Feb. 19, 1965 (2 days before his assassination).
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  1788. "Humble words and increased preparations are signs that the enemy is about to advance. Violent language and driving forward as if to the attack are signs that he will retreat." --Sun Tzu, from "The Art of War"
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  1789. All hope abandon, ye that live in California. After having lived in the (not so) Golden State for nearly 40 years, we finally gave up on trying to adapt to the "progressively" worsening conditions. Which? Ever increasing taxes and bonded indebtedness by the left-wing (Democrat) state government; adding more benefits & services for illegals (oops, I mean undocumented immigrants). Governor Gavin (The Nuisance) Newsom--Nancy Pelosi's great nephew through marriage--is back living in the 1970's, knowing only how to increase taxes and the size of government. Although California has the highest corporate, personal, sales and gasoline taxes in the nation, infrastructure is crumbling. But at the same time, the legislature decided to fund the "high-speed rail" train to nowhere pork-barrel project, which ballooned from its original budget of $25 billion to nearly $70 billion, at last count. They finally gave up and suspended the entire hair-brained project. Air pollution, urban sprawl, homelessness, crime and gang violence are all out of control. We said, "Enough!" and relocated to *******, and have never had any cause to regret our decision. Our adopted home has a much smaller, less intrusive state government, along with modest, reasonable taxes. And the violent crime rate is minuscule compared to CA. People here can still leave their cars unlocked at the local shopping mall--I don't, too many years of living in CA, I guess. Any middle class people that still persist in staying in California deserve what's coming to them. To all of you Californians (especially you SoCal and Bay Area folks)) who continue to p$ss and moan about the deplorable conditions in your area(s), think on this: it was YOU that voted (and continue to vote) for the very politicians responsible for the decline in livability. And to those pogues among you that are thinking of relocating to Montana, Idaho or Wyoming—you’re not welcome in these states. You defecated in your own bed—now live in it.
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  1790. Sorry, but recent studies do not support your timeline. To be more accurate, the pandemic started at a “U.S.-funded” lab in Wuhan, China. Contrary to public perception, the first human case of the COVID-19 virus is now thought to be much earlier than 19 Nov 2019. The Novel Coronavirus circulated undetected before the first COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. Studies show this may have happened in early October 2019, according to researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. I have no doubt that you and your companions did indeed contract the COVID-19 virus, but it was several weeks AFTER the virus's origin in Wuhan, China. By then, it was already in circulation here in North America.
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  1791. "Snow" is supposed to be "white," right?
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  1792. Doom and gloom, end of the world message, and then...."everyone have a great holiday season." 😕
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  1793. Reminiscent of the war between the Greeks under Alexander the Great versus the Medo-Persian empire under Darius III in c. 330 BCE. The Greeks had a smaller (outnumbered by more than 2 to 1) but much more mobile and efficient force compared to the Persians, who had a huge but plodding army. The Battle of Issus effectively ended the Medo-Persian empire. Interestingly, in biblical symbology, the Medo-Persian empire was represented by a bear, just as the modern Russian empire is today. Coincidence, or is history repeating itself?
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  1794. John Bolton is a bloodthirsty, neocon warmonger who actively promulgated coups through USAID for the past 3 decades. He should be tried as a war criminak.
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  1795. Yeah, you can observe a lot by watching. 🤔
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  1796. BBB = Blundering Bozo Biden
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  1797. Ooooh...omicron...scary...ooga booga!
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  1798. For what it's worth, the absolute best CNC machines are made in Germany. Which is what the Chinese manufacturers use for high-end precision work. They use their own cheaper machines for making knives, etc. I personally refuse to buy ANY knives made in China, for both quality and political reasons. Taiwan made knives usually give you great quality at reasonable pricing. My Ontario RAT II only cost me around $27 made with AUS-8 steel, or you can opt for the D2 model for around $40. Cheers.
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  1799. Crash schmash! No one knows with any degree of certainty when (or if) the so-called "global economy" will tank. These prophets of doom are simply trying to use scare tactics on an uniformed, gullible public to drive up commodity prices and then sell their own positions for a handsome gain. The only sound advice this guy might be giving is to buy and HOLD gold (and silver).
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  1800. Zelensky shows up at OUR White House, sits down in OUR Oval office, casually dressed in a horrid looking green cardigan, looking like an unshaven bum, and then proceeds to begin to debate and lecture OUR President and OUR VP on matters that were 90% agreed upon PRIOR to this sit down, and (possibly) utters a profanity at VP Vance under his breath, and then WE’RE supposed to view him with sympathy? Not in THIS house!
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  1801. Shabbat (שַׁבָּת) is simply the original Hebrew word for the English equivalent “Sabbath.” Many Ashkenazim also use the term “Shabbos” when referring to the Jewish Day of Rest. You say tomAto, I say tomahto. Same difference.
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  1802. “Get to da choppa…!”
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  1803. 🎩
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  1804. “And this is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than Light, because their deeds were evil." (John 3:19)
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  1805. Since "reparations" are so in vogue nowadays, why doesn't Mr. Joe Biden simply order the Treasury Department to issue (one-way) fares, by plane or ship, to all of these aggrieved "Afro-Americans" and allow them to emigrate to the African country of their choice? After all, black people seem to find America such a detestable place in which to live. I'm sure that's the kind of reparations we can all get behind. With nearly 47 million "Afro-Americans" gone, the USA would have plenty of empty space in which to accommodate all of the immigrants that REALLY want to live here. Think about it.
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  1806. Idaho, Montana, Wyoming...plenty of (legal) guns and gun-owners...very little crime. Who would have guessed?
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  1807.  @skonther0ck  “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Pet. 3:9) Friend, you may not believe in Him, but  HE believes in YOU. Grace and peace be unto you. ✝️☮️
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  1808. I'll keep my made-in-USA vintage Craftsman wrenches. I have both SAE and metric sets--never had a problem with either.
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  1809. "People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along?" -- Rodney King, May 1, 1992 Yeah, we all know how well THAT worked out.
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  1810.  @keefbeef2002  Really? Because HISTORY has shown repeatedly that, if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. That leaves the one-eyed man in a good position to take charge. You may not wish to live with the blind, but, sorry holmes, the blind are all around us. Just look at the results of the last two Presidential elections. People "blindly" voting for candidates, and then later living to regret their choice(s). Your logic falls apart.
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  1811.  @keefbeef2002  Perhaps that is because whatever point you were originally attempting to make was so poorly stated it was incomprehensible.
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  1812. “He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance….” (Declaration of Independence, 1776) Tyrants, whether old or new, never change.
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  1813. Crazy Joe would have trouble navigating a three wheel tricycle. 🚲
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  1814.  @TheAgarnaut  Much respect for your endurance. At those temperatures, without proper protective gear, you could freeze to death in less than an hour. 🥶
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  1815. Habeas corpus, from Medieval Latin, lit. 'let you have the body'; in law: "[we, a Court, command] that you have the body [of the detainee brought before us]") is a recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether the detention is lawful. The United States inherited habeas corpus from the English common law. In England, the writ was issued in the name of the monarch. When the original thirteen American colonies declared independence, and became a republic based on popular sovereignty, any person, in the name of the people, acquired authority to initiate such writs. The U.S. Constitution specifically includes the habeas procedure in the Suspension Clause (Clause 2), located in Article One, Section 9. This states that "The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it". Of course, nowadays, the government itself gets to define the terms contained in the clause, especially what determines "public safety." Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses Grant suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War and Reconstruction for some places or types of cases. In the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis also suspended habeas corpus and imposed martial law. During World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt suspended habeas corpus. Following the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush attempted to place Guantanamo Bay detainees outside of the jurisdiction of habeas corpus, but the Supreme Court of the United States overturned this action in Boumediene v. Bush.
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  1816. He can’t be a “sellout,” as he has been bought and paid for by the DNC since day one.
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  1817. White boy don't run so fast...🏃🏻‍♂️. Seriously, that situation sure is surreal...a black guy helping the cops take down a white perp. Twilight zone, maybe?
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  1818. Oh, the hoooomanity….! 😭
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  1819. WWW….Walking While White.
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  1820. Why do these photos show a smiling WWW, but a scowling DJT? Fox News can do better than this.
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  1821. As for the Jews' supposed Biblical claim, Jewish Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss explains: “Zionism is only around 100 years old. It is the transformation from religion to nationalism, to materialism created by non-religious Jews who hated their religion. The reason why they use the name Israel, the Star of David, hijacking, stealing the identity of Judaism and the Jewish people is in order to gain a legitimacy for their existence that should lead people to say, ‘oh, it is God given to them’ and that they should use fear and intimidate people from speaking out against their actions because they will call those that do anti-Semitic; it couldn’t be anything further from the Truth.” Zionists used two major justifications for occupying Palestine: 1) The Biblical claim of Palestine belonging exclusively to the Jews; 2) The Persecution of the Jews in Europe. The true descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were commanded by G-d to remain in the (gentile) nations to which they had been scattered by divine decree. There will yet be a future regathering of dispersed Israel, not by military or political machinations, but by a sovereign act of HaShem. See Deut. 30:1-6, Isa. 41:8-9, Isa. 43:5-6, and especially Ezek. 28:25-26, which reads: "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. And they will dwell safely there, build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God.'" I ask you now, is Israel currently dwelling securely in peace? Are they that all-righteous nation of which the scriptures speak? The answer to both of these questions is a resounding NO. In Isaiah 19:24 we read, "In that day Israel will be the third part with Egypt and Assyria (Iraq), a blessing in the midst of the earth." Has that happened yet? The answer is obvious.
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  1822. For someone to “lose their mind,” it presupposes that they have a mind to lose. Not the case with Caryn Elaine Johnson, aka “Whoopi Goldberg.” 🤪
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  1823. She/? is being paid over $480,000 to work that one day per week. And we’re supposed to share her “pain”?
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  1824. Trump should never step foot in the UK while Cur Starmer is PM.
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  1825. Robot, schmobot. People act like it’s the bride of Chucky or something. It’s just an animated puppet for pity’s sake. Pull the plug and it’s just a life size paperweight. Sheesh!
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  1826. Spoken like the true warmonger that he is.
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  1827. Sorry, Graham, but your figures don't give a complete picture of the true condition of the housing market. The U.S. housing shortage has doubled in less than a decade. When you boil it all down, it’s an issue of supply and demand. Even before the pandemic, in 2019, the U.S. was short 3.8 million homes — both places to rent and places to own. That’s according to a new report out from the research group Up for Growth. The shortage is much bigger now than it was in 2012. Double, in fact. And it’s a big part of why home prices and rents are up so much. We’ve known for a long time that there’s not enough housing in certain parts of the country: places like Salt Lake City, Boise, Austin, Detroit and Atlanta. More than half of all metro areas in the country now have a housing shortage, Up for Growth found. Renters especially are getting hammered. In my locale, monthly rents for a 2br, 2ba apartment have risen from an average of $750 in 2019 to $1250 today. And that's without any accompanying increase in salaries or wages. Some places are experiencing an influx of out-of-towners with money to burn, and there's no end in sight. Sure, there may be a "crash" coming for some markets in the future, but for now the sky's the limit. Cheers.
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  1828. Practical power generation via nuclear fusion is at least 20 years away. In fact, it will always be 20 years away. 😅
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  1829. Mr. Zelensky walked into a sh*tshow with his eye wide open, knowing that Trump and Vance would never tolerate this type of insubordination. But he was determined to embarrass them on the world stage and it blew up in his face. Now he's left with no option other than to go begging to the Euros with his hat in hand (if he even owns a hat). The Euros smile and say kind things to Zelensky, but they really don't want to touch him with a 10-foot (3-meter) pole.
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  1830. Moving from LA to Austin would be a SLIGHT improvement, in that the state of Texas has more common sense than California. BUT Austin is administered by an 11-member city council (10 council members elected by geographic district, plus a mayor elected at large). The current mayor, Kirk Watson, while officially non-partisan, has been a long time member of the Democratic Party. In 2011, Watson was chosen by his Democratic colleagues to chair the Texas Senate Democratic Caucus and served until 2015. Likewise, the Austin City Council, again supposedly non-partisan, is composed of 10 members, ALL of whom are affiliated with the the Democratic Party. The unofficial slogan for the city is "Keep Austin Weird." And the local politicians are doing their very best to ensure just that. So if you want to move to a city in Texas that isn't run by wokies and weirdos, cross Austin off your list.
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  1831. "Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government, or church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not know," the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man who has been hoodwinked in this fashion; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, whose mind is free. No, not the rack, nor the atomic bomb, not anything. You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him." - Robert A. Heinlein, from "Revolt in 2100" (1953)
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  1832. He (Y'Shua) answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me; and in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.” He said to them, “All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition." (Mark 7:6-9)
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  1833. Biden can't run. He can barely even walk.
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  1834. Two million meals per day (for people that hate the USA)…but unable to provide Medicare for all here at home. What’s wrong with that picture, Joe Blo?
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  1835. You want reality? Well, cogitate on this, holmes, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth..." (Gen 1:1) Or, if you prefer the Hebrew translation, "Bereshit bara Elohim et hashamayim ve'et ha'arets."
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  1836. Does America need a new political party? That's like asking a drowning man if he needs more water. 🏊🏻‍♂️
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  1837. The social(ist) experiment known as "The Great Society," which began in the mid-1960's, is OVER. So-called integration, whether in schools or housing, has been and is an abject failure. Blacks have neither been integrated nor uplifted by this policy, and whites have only been degraded and/or victimized. It's time to get real and stop playing nicey-nicey with one another. If left to their own devices, the races ALWAYS choose to self-segregate. Blacks prefer to associate with blacks, and whites with whites. Time to roll the clock back to 1960, and re-establish separate schools, housing and, if possible, separate geographical living areas for blacks and whites. This is the only way to avoid an all-out racial conflagration. Although, given current events, this may no longer be possible.
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  1838. Thunder!!!
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  1839. “The heavens declare the glory of God, and their expanse shows forth His handiwork. Day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night they display knowledge.” (Psalm 19:1-2) THAT is the purpose of the universe, so that people should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. For in Him we live and move and have our being. Amen.
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  1840. 🎯
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  1841. Not surprising for someone that supported the presidential campaigns of BOTH Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
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  1842.  @pattimurphy5151  Nov. 9, 2021, BTC opened at $67,549; Weds. Aug. 31, 2022, BTC closed at $20,050. Sounds like a wonderful investment. 🤣 BTW, still waiting for “the reset.” Meanwhile, spot gold closed today at $1700 per ounce. If you can’t touch it and hold it, you really don’t own it. I’ll stay with the commodity that has a 5000-year track record—gold—not some pie in the sky digital fantasy. Cheers.
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  1843.  @imustbecrazy5626  Yep. Starship Troopers won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1960. It has been acknowledged as one of the best-known and most influential works of science fiction. First published in 1959, the novel is considered a landmark for the genre, having been described by a 1960 review as one of the ten best genre books of that year. I've read the original novel, and while the 1997 film adaptation changed some of the plot devices and characters, it still remains one of my all time favorite sci-fi stories. Cheers.
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  1844. Canadians would be more than welcome in (Idaho, Montana or Wyoming), I think.
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  1845. Sorry to be a wet blanket on Joe's program, but although today Atlantis is often conceived of as a peaceful utopia, the Atlantis that Plato described in his fable was very different. In his book "Encyclopedia of Dubious Archaeology," professor of archaeology Ken Feder notes that in Plato's story, "Atlantis is not a place to be honored or emulated at all. Atlantis is not the perfect society ... Quite the contrary, Atlantis is the embodiment of a materially wealthy, technologically advanced, and militarily powerful nation that has become corrupted by its wealth, sophistication, and might." Hmm...sounds like another modern-day superpower which shall go nameless. It's clear that Plato made up Atlantis as a plot device for his stories, because there are no other records of it anywhere else in the world. There are many extant Greek texts; surely someone else would have also mentioned, at least in passing, such a remarkable place. There is simply no evidence from any source that the legends about Atlantis existed before Plato wrote about it. Happy New Year.
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  1846. “D”….for Demented. 🤪
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  1847. “So God created mankind in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” (Gen. 1:27) This verse separates believers from unbelievers. BTW, there is no such thing as “theistic evolution.” As Christ Jesus himself stated, “But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.“ (Mark 10:6) Cheers.
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  1848. Government making life as difficult as possible for its citizens…now there’s a novel idea. 🙄
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  1849.  @dnickaroo3574  Your knowledge of history is most flawed. Liberalism was promoted in OPPOSITION to the egregious imperialism of Great Britain. The Crown and Parliament both sought to actively oppose this philosophy, as any furtherance of liberalism would tend to undermine their authority and position as oligarchs. Indeed, you err greatly. Study history before making such unfounded remarks.
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  1850.  @dnickaroo3574  Palmerston was a British nationalist; he said that the country had no permanent allies, only permanent interests. As such, he may have encouraged liberalism in those countries which were perceived as natural enemies of the British crown, but he never supported liberalism in Great Britain. His thought was that liberalism, if made to flourish in countries such as Russia, France and Austria (all enemies of GB), would tend to weaken those nations, and thus serve to strengthen British foreign objectives. The Reform Bills of 1831 and 1832 were more considerable than Palmerston liked, and he tried to modify them. Failing, he blamed “the stupid old Tory party” for making them necessary by refusing minor concessions, emphasized the “final” nature of the 1832 Act, and proclaimed his confidence that the landed interest would continue to prevail in politics as he thought it should. From 1849 to 1865 he came to personify the opposition of the landsmen and many of the middle classes to the enfranchisement of trade unionists and to resist fiscal and legislative assaults on landed property, opining (with regard to Ireland) that “tenant right was landlord’s wrong.” Lord Palmerston, who became prime minister for the first time in 1855, stood out as the dominant political personality of mid-Victorian Britain precisely because he was opposed to dramatic change and because he knew through long experience how to maneuver politics within the half-reformed constitution. Doesn't sound like much of a "liberal" to me.
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  1851. If the Iranians do hate us, it’s NOT for our so-called “values.” Rather, it’s because we (and the British) have been interfering with their national sovereignty for 100 years.
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  1852. It’s all theater. Look at the DJIA just before (1/10/25) Trump was inaugurated: 41,938. Now look at the DJIA today (3/10/25): 41,912. Notice any change in 2 months? Hardly any at all. So stop being mesmerized by the stock market, get your 🫏 back to work, and let President Trump do the job for he was elected.
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  1853. “The game is rigged, and nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care. Good honest hard-working people -- white collar, blue collar, it doesn’t matter what color shirt you have on -- good honest hard-working people continue -- these are people of modest means -- continue to elect these rich c**ksuckers who don’t give a f**k about them. They don’t give a f**k about you. They don’t give a f**k about you. They don't care about you at all -- at all -- at all. And nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care.” - George Carlin
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  1854. 🐄💩
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  1855. Well said.
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  1856. "This people draw near unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. For in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." --(Matisyahu 15:8-9) See also Yeshayahu 29:13.
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  1857. There is no extraterrestrial life, there are no aliens or “little green men,” FTL interstellar space travel is impossible (for everyone), and Star Trek:TNG was one of the greatest TV series ever.
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  1858. "I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love, Can't buy me love, love, can't buy me love, oh!" (Lennon/McCartney) 1964
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  1859. 100% foolproof system for avoiding marriage problems: Never get married! Marriage benefits only women, not men. Marriage is a drag on men socially, financially and culturally. The man may (or may not) want children—the woman will, without regard to the man’s wishes. And then when it comes time to divorce (45% of all first marriages in the U.S. end in divorce), the man will be saddled with crushing spousal and child support payments. Getting the picture, gentlemen? Flee marriage and the women that want it!
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  1860. If you ever tire of life in BC, try (northern) Idaho. Lower personal taxes, 6% sales tax (GST), lower cost of living, especially fuel and groceries. And all the firearms you can legally carry. Plus, it’s close to Canada for regular family visits.
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  1861. “One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.”― George Orwell, 1984. Exactly what’s happening today in America.
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  1862. Actually, here's another "moon" to consider (‿ˠ‿)
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  1863. Admittedly, the 259 mile range for the 2023 Chevrolet Bolt is quite generous for an EV. However, even the base model 1LT will cost ~ $27,000, and the more popular model 2LT will go for ~ $30,000--not exactly cheap by any measure. On the other hand, the new 2023 Toyota Corolla Hybrid LE will sell for ~ $24,000, and has virtually unlimited range with its 1.8L engine/hybrid configuration. And, really, wouldn't most people prefer to own a Toyota rather than a Chevy?
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  1864.  @rp9674  You have the right to be wrong.
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  1865. Well, that’s what can happen when you choose to “ride the lightning.” ⚡
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  1866. "...last thousands of years." Wonderful. Now we're adding to an already insurmountable nuclear waste disposal problem. Lunacy!
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  1867. Didn’t a certain mustachioed Austrian corporal once say, "You only have to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down!"? Perhaps there’s some truth in that statement.
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  1868.  @ilijaspasojevic7031  During WWII, Uncle Joe had an army of over 10 million at his disposal, plus at that time Moscow had a geographic cushion of 1000 miles between itself and Berlin. Today from the border of Ukraine to Moscow is only 300 miles along Highway M3, so the Kremlin decided to try to annex Ukraine to give itself more of a land cushion. Bad decision. Russia can’t field enough men, let alone enough properly trained men, to overrun Ukraine. Actually, Ukraine has at least a 2 to 1 manpower advantage in the field. Putin is unable to conscript enough young men to be able to accomplish his goal of occupying Ukraine, so he is resorting to terror tactics. But attacking civilian infrastructure has no effect against the Ukrainian army. If anything, it will only harden their resolve to press forward. Russia is trying to fight a modern war using WWII tactics. Even if Marshall Zhukov rose from the dead to command the Russian army, he still couldn’t win. This is absolutely Russia’s last land war and Putin’s last few months in power. Good riddance to this miserable fascist.
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  1869.  @robertcornelius3514  A characteristic of the welfare/warfare State is that it always needs new bodies to exploit, incarcerate or send off to war. Land of the free, home of the brave? You be the judge. ☮
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  1870. The only "big move" that Newsom has had recently is while sitting on the 🚽.
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  1871. Yeah, a wonderful idea. An identity-spouting politician of mixed race background choosing another person of color for a running mate. A sure fire recipe for success, eh? Have the Democrats gone completely insane?
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  1872.  @gary4507  Alas, no matter where you go or live, government(s), to a greater or lesser degree, will always try to to control people. It’s what they do, just like a dog scratching fleas. Indeed, even if a Republican manages to win the presidency in 2024, there probably won't be any real change. The crux of the matter is this: Your government does not fear or respect you. Its officials know they will not lose their cushy positions, no matter how many rights they violate. Plus, government has co-opted private businesses to do its bidding as well: Amazon, Google, Twitter, etc., are ALL in bed with the surveillance state that is modern day America. “Since mankind's dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that we should have accepted for ourselves. By doing so, they took our power. By doing nothing, we gave it away. We've seen where their way leads, through camps and wars, towards the slaughterhouse.” ― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta, who also wrote, “People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.” The question is, what can/should be done to make government afraid? Cheers.
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  1873. People used to get on Trump for his behaviour and hairdo. If anything, Johnson is worse in both categories. It's laughable that a 57-year old man still hasn't figured out how to style his hair into something that doesn't resemble a fright wig. 🤡
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  1874. Joe Rogan--eye of the tiger. 🐅 Gupta--meooow!
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  1875. It’s no coincidence that the Resnicks are big donors to Democratic candidates, both at the state and national level. They even donated $125,000 to the Stop the Recall campaign on behalf of incumbent Democratic governor Gavin (the Nuisance) Newsom. Quid pro quo? Who knows?
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  1876.  @AnasChemmala  "Scores aren't always correct..." Really? Every website and study that I've researched confirms the same results as in my original post one year ago. The UAE/Dubai continue to commit serious human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees, suppression of freedom of expression, and violation of the right to privacy. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue to deprive stateless individuals of the right to nationality, impacting their access to a range of services. According to Human Rights Watch, the UAE detains those who criticize authorities, including hundreds of activists and academics, and Emirati laws discriminate against women, migrants and LGBT individuals. Flogging and stoning are legal forms of judicial punishment in the UAE due to Sharia courts. As a result, the UAE routinely ranks near the bottom of many international measures for human rights and press freedom. So if money is all you care about, then by all means live in Dubai/UAR. Just keep your opinions to yourself and you'll be fine.
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  1877. His hit story sounds like something right out of “Pulp Fiction.”
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  1878. Forget about the airplane….where’d you get those shoes!?
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  1879. All hope abandon, ye that live in California. After having lived in the (not so) Golden State for nearly 40 years, we finally gave up on trying to adapt to the "progressively" worsening conditions. Which? Ever increasing taxes and bonded indebtedness by the left-wing (Democrat) state government; adding more benefits & services for illegals (oops, I mean undocumented immigrants). Governor Gavin (The Nuisance) Newsom--Nancy Pelosi's great nephew through marriage--is still living in the 1970's, knowing only how to increase taxes and the size of government. Although California has the highest corporate, personal, sales and gasoline taxes in the nation, infrastructure is crumbling. The roads are in deplorable condition, especially in the Bay area. On a recent visit to family, there were so many large cracks, dips and potholes, that I was actually concerned about damage to my car's suspension. But at the same time, the legislature decided to fund the "high-speed rail" train (to nowhere) pork-barrel project, which ballooned from its original budget of $25 billion to nearly $70 billion, at last count. They finally gave up and suspended the whole hairbrained project. Air pollution, urban sprawl and gang violence are all out of control. We said, "Enough!" and relocated to *******, and have never had any cause to regret our decision. Our adopted home has a much smaller, less intrusive state government, along with modest, reasonable taxes, and, for the most part, excellent infrastructure. And the violent crime rate is miniscule compared to CA. People here can still leave their cars unlocked at the local shopping mall--I don't, too many years of living in CA, I guess. Any middle class people that still persist in staying in California deserve what's coming to them. No pity on them whatsoever.
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  1880. Zelensky shows up at OUR White House, sits down in OUR Oval office, casually dressed in a horrid looking green cardigan, looking like an unshaven bum, and then proceeds to begin to debate and lecture OUR President and OUR VP on matters that were 90% agreed upon PRIOR to this sit down, and (possibly) utters a profanity at VP Vance under his breath, and then WE’RE supposed to view him with sympathy? Not in THIS house!
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  1881. There is little love lost here in the States between the “red” and “blue” areas. In fact, it wouldn’t take much for these two groups to go their own ways—they truly despise one another. The only thing holding the whole rickety house together is an overbearing Federal government, which, in actuality, is growing weaker with each passing year. Some states, such as Texas and California, are already charting their own course(s). Will this separation be violent or velvet? Stay tuned. ⚔
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  1882. The coup continues...22 months and counting.
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  1883. CA and NY = 💩 holes.
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  1884. Mr. Zelensky walked into a sh*tshow (of his own making) with his eye wide open, knowing that Trump and Vance would never tolerate this type of insubordination. But he was determined to embarrass them on the world stage and it blew up in his face. Now he's left with no option other than to go begging to the Euros with his hat in hand (if he even owns a hat). The Euros smile and say kind things to Zelensky, but they really don't want to touch him with a 10-foot (3-meter) pole.
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  1885. “At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.”― P.J. O'Rourke (1947 - 2022) American libertarian, humorist and social commentator
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  1886. It’s a GREAT day for America! Weep and howl, all you lefties. 😭
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  1887. Next up…ex-hitman rates assassination scenes in movies. 🔫
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  1888. Biden hasn’t been POTUS for at least 3 years. The puppet masters (including Harris) in his administration are running things behind the curtains. Harris is the shadow president that was foisted unawares upon the American people. Thank you, Democrats.
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  1889. The idea of France/Macron leading British and German soldiers into battle is somehow both amusing and terrifying.
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  1890. “Socialism requires a dictator.” - Richard M. Ebeling, 12 March 2017)
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  1891. Unfortunately, this very decent man hasn't yet availed himself of the free grace of God. He still is on a good works/self-help treadmill, although it's no longer through the LDS church, but one of his own devising. But the Bible declares that personal salvation is "...not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that, having been justified by His grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life." (Titus 3:5-7) Maranatha.
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  1892.  @1439315  Sound like you need some peasants with pitchforks, mate.
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  1893. Ha! Most of these “buybacks” look to be old junkers that haven’t been used in decades. Street thugs probably wouldn’t touch them with a 10-foot pole. Just another example of the “feel good” mindset that accomplishes exactly “0”.
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  1894. That’s right…revile others for your own blunders and incompetence.
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  1895.  @davidrieger8816  None of this is happening by accident. The design of the ruling class elites is to keep the rest of us “commoners” both poor and struggling to make ends meet. Makes the populace much more docile and easier to control. Billion$ for the bankers—debt$ for the people. Cheers, although there’s nothing to be happy about.
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  1896. Actually, it should read "needless" inoculations...
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  1897. Laughable. All MSNBC could come up with is ONE Republican in WV that wants Manchin to vote yes. Yeah, that’s surely a great example of a massive silent majority. 😅
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  1898. Why is this bum even in Idaho anyway? There haven't been any major forest fires there this season. Anyway, Idaho is TRUMP country.
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  1899. Whadya want? Good grammar or good______?
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  1900. So did you vote for Biden? If you did, then you're part of the problem we're having today. Trump was a lot of things (mostly bad), but he wasn't a war monger like JB.
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  1901. “Folks, there has been a calculated plan over the last 50+ years to end America as we know it. Those old enough to remember the Soviet leader of the 50’s and early 60’s, Nikita Khrushchev, may also remember his statement that “America will fall and there will never be a shot fired”. What he predicted 60-70 years ago is now coming to fruition.” - Charley Seale
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  1902. Biden: “What? Me President? How did that happen?”
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  1903. Stopped supporting them years ago after they turned liberal in their theology. Founder William Booth would be appalled to see his once faithful organization embracing the ways of this world system.
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  1904. Waaay back in the early 1970’s GM introduced the Chevrolet Vega, a compact car that was designed to compete with the old VW Beetle. One highly touted feature of the Vega was its lightweight aluminum alloy cylinder block. Unfortunately, this design had the same sprayed on coating for the cylinders as shown in your video. The Vega's linerless aluminum engine was notorious for buckling and leaking, and was subject to many recalls. Finally, GM gave up on this design, and returned to the traditional tried and tested cast iron liners.
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  1905. Pershing County, Nevada (where this festival is held) has very little in the way of infrastructure or EMS support. The county seat--Lovelock--barely has 2000 residents, and the entire county only has slightly less than 7,000 people. That, coupled with the fact that the county is vast, covering over 6,000 square miles, means that any potential help will be very slow to arrive. Why anyone would want to jam over 60,000 people into such a remote, confined area is beyond insanity.
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  1906. “Getting your head chopped off with a sword…” Hmm…last time I checked, that particular peril was in very short supply here in North America. Maybe getting shot in any large urban environment is possible, but not much swordplay here.
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  1907. “I want me gold….!”
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  1908. < 0
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  1909. Wherever Russians congregate in large numbers (military or civilian) that place soon turns into 🐕💩.
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  1910. “Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His (Jesus) voice, and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.” (John 5:28-29)
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  1911. Al Green...how can you mend a broken heart...? Seriously, I wasn't aware that the people of Houston elected a werewolf 👹 to Congress.
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  1912. No sympathy at all. This is what the people vote for when they keep electing Democrats to office in cooky-fornia.
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  1913. Yeah, but they were mostly peaceful looters.
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  1914. This illustrates the danger of political fragmentation in the parliamentary system. Macron doesn’t even receive 25% of the popular vote, yet he continues to govern France. Same as Trudeau in Canada.
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  1915. If we’re lucky, it will hit Washington, DC. 💥
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  1916. JB is about as popular as a wet fart in a stalled elevator. 💩💨
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  1917. “We are dead, and this is hell.” From “The Stand” (1994), by Stephen King. And can anyone guess who “The Walking Man” is? 🤔
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  1918. New poll spells DOOM for Democrats in November: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anIQRxtlz44
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  1919. "The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus." --Kay, from "Men in Black" (1997)
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  1920. As a 35+ year (former) California resident, the tipping point has already been reached for the (once) golden state. It’s irrelevant what candidates the Republicans set forth. The leftist politicians have such an overwhelming voter registration advantage (in the Bay area and SoCal), that if Charles Manson were still alive and was nominated to run as a Democrat, he’d probably win. THAT’S how demented these brain-dead voters are in California. Abandon all hope, ye that remain there. ☠
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  1921. "What really drives the Russians to drink..." I didn't know that they needed an excuse. 🍾
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  1922. Harris-babble: that that is is that that is not is not is not that it it is.
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  1923. As an American and Vietnam Era veteran, I never could understand the animosity between the U.S. and German governments, especially during the First World War. As for WWII, it was more a matter of self-defense, as Hitler and his henchmen had to be stopped. But in reality, Germans and Americans have much in common culturally. Anywhere from 15% to 20% of the U.S. population (along with our English language) has German roots. During the mid to late 1960's, one of the most coveted overseas assignments was to be stationed in West Germany. Prost und beste Wünsche.
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  1924. POTUS Shatus Horribilis.
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  1925. I call it the U.S. Government. 💸
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  1926. Your solution is?
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  1927. It’s 1980 all over again. For weeks before the 1980 presidential election, the gurus of public opinion polling were nearly unanimous in their findings. In survey after survey, they agreed that the coming choice between President Jimmy Carter and Challenger Ronald Reagan was “too close to call.” A few points at most, they said, separated the two major contenders. They’re saying the same thing now in 2024. But when the votes were counted, the former California Governor had defeated Jimmy Carter by a margin of 51% to 41% in the popular vote–a rout for a U.S. presidential race. In the electoral college, the Reagan victory was a 10-to-1 avalanche that left Carter holding only six states and the District of Columbia. Carter (like Kamala Harris) was an unpopular candidate, and the pollsters were blind to that fact. Trump, like Reagan 44 years ago, brings hope to an America desperate for a new start in a positive direction. Harris can’t even articulate a coherent sentence. Case closed.
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  1928. How about, "Don't Fear the Reaper"?
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  1929. My dear, Gov. Newsom can't "pass" any laws on his own. The state legislature (Assembly and Senate) has to vote to approve any new traffic laws that take effect on a statewide basis, then the new legislation has to be sent on to the Governor's desk for approval (or veto, as the case may be), and THEN the new law(s) become effective. Take a civics lesson, why don't you.
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  1930. People think that when you do an "Arnold" impression, you have to say "AHH-OOOH-ARRRGH-BWAAAH"! Foolish people, that's NOT an "Arnold" impression, that a medical condition. Exactly. BTW, screw Caw-lee-forn-ya.
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  1931. Al Green 👹 even has his own emoji.
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  1932. “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” (Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5) Quite possibly, but none of them are UFO aliens, folks.
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  1933.  @steveseclecticadventures1894  Care to elaborate on that statement? Are you referring to me, or to Andrew?
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  1934.  @steveseclecticadventures1894  Indeed, they are. Thanks for the clarification. Maranatha.
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  1935. Best barrel length for non-military and non-LE use is the 18" CMV with mid-length gas system. Gives almost the same FPS velocity as the 20" barrel, while being almost as easy to handle as the 16". Now if you're military or LE that needs to go in and clear a building, then that's another story.
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  1936.  @WilliamRepsher  Inside vs. outside. If I'm in my own home and need to protect myself and my family from an intruder breaking in, then a handgun (or maybe a short-barreled shotgun) would be my weapon of choice. However, if I'm faced with an external threat (e.g., an angry mob) and need to protect my property from said threat, then an AR-style rifle would be preferred. As for most starting points for a gunfight being inside, couldn't really say. One needs to be prepared to face any situation that poses a threat to life or property. Cheers.
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  1937. Having worked in IT, I can assure everyone that your home modems and/or internet gateway devices most assuredly have back doors installed by the manufacturers (at the government’s insistence, of course). Anytime Big Brother wants into your network, there’s nothing to stop them. Consider a router that lets you run OpenWRT or DD-WRT. These codebases, while not immune to vulnerabilities, are at least open and reduce the risk of backdoors being placed in them. One major modem manufacturer even admits to having a back door in its routers. At least they’re honest about it.🤔
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  1938. America has now become even worse than the old USSR, when it comes to using the judiciary to silence political opponents that challenge the establishment.
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  1939. Hope that KR sues ALL his slanderers from here to Mars and beyond! 🪐
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  1940.  @pennypapakosta5949  You, and others like you, see this life through rose-coloured glasses. Stop being a Pollyanna and get a dose of reality. And I'm not "ashamed of my own kind," but simply do not see any good thing in humanity that's worth propagating to another planet (which we'll never reach anyway, as FTL interstellar travel is impossible for ANYONE, including Jean Luc-Picard). And your "when worlds collide" scenario is pulp fiction from the 1950's. No, planet Earth is our forever home, and we had better get our act together to save it from the corporate destroyers. Or to quote Mark Twain, “The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.” Cheers.
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  1941. What you’re really saying is that you want to find heaven on earth. No such place exists. As for the “globalist agenda,” if it really exists, then there’s no escaping it, even in Mexico. For us, the middle class, there are only “better” places to move to. Outside of CA, for sure. After living in the (not so) golden state for over 35 years, we did relocate to a better place in the USA. Think maybe (Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, etc.) If you don’t mind some colder weather, they can be great places: lower taxes, far less crime and smaller, less intrusive government(s). Cheers and good luck.
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  1942. 🤣🤣🤣 It will be a ♥🌊
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  1943. Williamson is pro-abortion, pro reparations (for black Americans, not for Native Americans), pro Green New Deal, pro gun control, pro open borders, and has been quoted as declaring about the American population that “We’re hallucinating....a mass hallucination of a distorted reality.” Yeah, she sounds like a really sane, impartial commentator. 🤪
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  1944.  @mati261000  You are woefully misinformed regarding so-called "eternal consequences" and the topic of "hell" in general. First of all, there is no such thing as "your soul getting zapped." The soul has no continuing or separate existence from the entire person. We do not possess a soul, we ARE living souls. See Genesis 2:7, where it reads, "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man BECAME a living soul." Man is composed of the natural elements found in the earth, and, when God provides breath/spirit (Heb., nᵉshâmâh), he BECOMES a living soul (Heb., nephesh). We differ from the animal kingdom in that mankind possess a rational intellect (after the image and likeness of God), with which we can relate to ourselves and to our Creator. Don't know about you, but I've never have noticed my dog pausing before his meal to return thanks to God before eating. 🐕 We do NOT continue existence after death as some kind of disembodied spirit or ghost. If we did, then the spiritists and necromancers might have a valid point. The condition of the departed dead is one of being "asleep in the dust of the earth" (Daniel 12:2). See also John 11:11, where our Lord Jesus states, "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep." And also John 11:14, "Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead." Also Psalm 146:4, "His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish." And the "wrongdoings," as you call them, can only be propitiated (atoned for) by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, shedding his blood for the remission (forgiveness) of ALL of our sins. "...and without the shedding of blood, there is no remission. (Heb. 9:22). The future for all unbelieving humans is eternal judgement in the lake of fire (Rev. 20:15), which is the final GeHenna (Matt. 23:33). BTW, what's in YOUR future?
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  1945.  @jhoughjr1  Please, when referring to the Almighty, capitalize the "G" out of respect for His glory and sovereignty. And you are correct in saying that our puny human minds cannot "contain" Almighty God. When dedicating His temple in Jerusalem, King Solomon remarked, “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built!" (1 Kings 8:27)
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  1946.  @mati261000  "They (the Jews) said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may WORK the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the WORK of God, that you BELIEVE on him whom He hath sent." (John 6:28-29) That's the only WORK that God honors.
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  1947.  @mati261000  "Once the body goes back into the dust there no possible way to bring it to life because it disintegrates." WRONG!! Scientists have discovered that all it takes (in theory) is only one DNA molecule with which to reconstruct any human being. So it really doesn't matter how long a person has been dead, or the manner in which he died (drowning, man-eating sharks, a fiery volcano, a nuclear explosion)--a tiny DNA molecule still exists. And if human scientists have this figured out, do you suppose that Almighty God couldn't do the same? Or, to quote the words of Job (19:26), "Even after my skin is destroyed, yet in my flesh shall I see God."
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  1948. "Happy", def. Merriam-Webster: feeling pleasure and enjoyment because of your life, situation, circumstances, etc. "Happiness" has as its root "happenstance," which is a circumstance that is due especially to chance. IOW, "happiness" is dependent on the external ups and downs of life. Win Super Lotto? Whee, you're happy! Lose your job? All bummed out. Joy, on the other hand, is an internal construct signifying gladness, exultation and/or rejoicing. One can (and should) have "joy" even in the midst of negative external circumstances. Example? "And ye (the disciples) now therefore have sorrow: but I (Jesus) will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your JOY no man taketh from you." (John 16:22) Even in the midst of the imminent loss of their Master, Jesus' disciples were told to expect JOY. Or, as the Hebrew Psalmist put it, "...weeping may endure for a night, but JOY cometh in the morning." (Psalm 30:5b). Maranatha.
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  1949. “Thus no one was allowed to buy or sell things unless he bore the mark of the beast--that is, his name or his number.” (Rev. 13:17) These so-called “mandates” are just a trial balloon to condition the sheeple to receive the real, serious mark. It’s on the way, folks!
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  1950.  @xomox5316  I couldn't say, as I have no interest in this commodity. I was just making a play on the words posted by "USA." Like gold, silver, etc., commodities go up and down, so timing is everything when buying or selling. Cheers.
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  1951.  @xomox5316  Hope everything works out to your advantage and expectations.
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  1952. On a recent visit to the San Jose, CA area, I noticed charging stations at a local shopping mall. Out of 10 stations, only one was actually in use, while the rest were either idle or out of service due to “technical” problems. EV’s will only be practical as a replacement for gasoline engines when they are used in crowded urban environments where range and/or charging time is not an issue. Think of EV’s as your next SECOND car, but not as your primary mode of transportation. They will never replace gasoline engines in the vast, wide open spaces common in the West, where stops between places are measured in HOURS, not minutes. Sorry, Wendover, to rain on your parade, but ‘dems the facts.
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  1953. Don’t have to…don’t want to.
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  1954. "By the time SkyNet became self-aware it had spread into millions of computer servers all across the planet. Ordinary computers in office buildings, dorm rooms, everywhere. It was software, in cyberspace. There was no system core. It could not be shut down. The attack began at 6:18 P.M. just as he said it would. Judgment Day."
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  1955. Really hasn't changed at all...the strong still devour the weak. 🦖
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  1956. More like…California IS the problem.
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  1957. I'm sure that you also believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. 🎅🧚‍♀
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  1958.  @lp9280  Neither is practical nuclear fusion, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
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  1959.  @lp9280  Depends on what your definition of "is" is.
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  1960. “Oh he might have went on living but he made one fatal slip, When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip.”
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  1961.  @attentioncestpaslegal7847  No. Have you ever been to Alaska? Texas? Ohio? British Columbia?
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  1962.  @jamesrenaud592  You're correct. My geography was a bit off.
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  1963. Wait a minute! What is all this about "more" Epstein files? I haven't seen any of these files yet. More stonewalling and delay by the government, due in no small part to a certain lobbying group that must remain nameless. 👃✡
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  1964. A repeat of the old classic "rope-a-dope" (Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman, 1974). This time Ukraine is the rope, and Russia is the dope. I'm not so sure that NATO and the USA weren't intentionally downplaying Ukraine's chances of success back in December 2021 in order to further encourage Putin to invade. Ukraine has become a "tar baby" for Putin and his military forces. He would love to extricate himself from this mess, but cannot find a way to do so. You know, the old "peace with honor" conundrum.
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  1965. "I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely distinct from ours. Their mutual jealousies, their balance of power, their complicated alliances, their forms and principles of government, are all foreign to us. They are nations of ETERNAL war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labour, property and lives of their people." --Thomas Jefferson, Letter to President James Monroe, 11 June 1823.
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  1966. Part of the answer probably is the fact that the U.S. spends an enormous amount of money in its military budget for the defense of Western Europe. If that wasn't the case, then we could have free tuition here in the U.S. as well.
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  1967. For the money, you can't beat Kirkland Signature Men's Jeans, $13.99 at Costco. Mine are made in Mexico, but that may have changed since I purchased them.
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  1968. 1/3rd of Oregon is already “Left” (wing). 🤣
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  1969. An articulate black man running for governor. Hmm, where have we heard that before? Hopefully, the people of Michigan will have more common sense than those 🤮🤮🤮 in Kommie-fornia.
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  1970. Speaking about bringing jobs BACK to America, when is something going to be done about these “call centers” located in foreign countries? And we all know which ones they are. These cheapskate American corporations are so money hungry that they refuse to hire Americans and instead farm out jobs to people (at slave wages) that can barely speak bloody English!
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  1971. Really? Seems as though the Soviets did quite well in copying U.S. designs for early nuclear bombs.
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  1972. Enjoy being broke.
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  1973. Enjoy your poverty.
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  1974. Geheime Staatspolizei. (aka, Gestapo)
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  1975. One practical matter is the question of whether Idaho would even want such an expansion, given the sparsely populated nature of eastern Oregon, and the responsibility of maintaining the associated infrastructure of such a vast area. Speaking as a long-time ID resident, I'm thinking no. Any eastern Oregonians would be more than welcome here in Idaho. The most logical solution is simply to leave Oregon as it is, and take Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho and combine them into one new state, which would include basically everything east of Yakima in Washington, and the 12 northern counties of Idaho. There are several reasons for this: similar climates, similar demographics, similar voter registration, and identical time zone (PST). Eastern Washington people despise the Puget Sound socialist oligarchy, and northern Idahoans feel neglected by their southern counterparts. Win, win.
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  1976. Gaza delenda est. 💥
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  1977. “Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?…”
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  1978. "...and do not throw your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet, and TURN and tear you to pieces." (Matt. 7:6)
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  1979. Burn out the day, burn out the night, I'm not the one to tell you what's wrong and what's right.
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  1980. To bite, or not to bite...that is the question.
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  1981. “Coalition of the willing…” Hmm…that has a familiar ring to it. Maybe 2003 when George W. Bush launched his ill-fated invasion of Iraq? History repeats itself.
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  1982. Goanna? Goanna ain’t no country I ever heard of. They speak English in Goanna?
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  1983. In United States v. Wilson (1833), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a pardon can be rejected by the intended recipient and must be affirmatively accepted to be officially recognized by the courts. In that case, George Wilson was convicted of robbing the US Mail and was sentenced to death. Due to his friends' influence, Wilson was pardoned by President Andrew Jackson, but Wilson refused the pardon and the Supreme Court held that his rejection was valid and the court could not force a pardon upon him; and consequently the pardon must be introduced to the court by "plea, motion, or otherwise" to be considered as a point of fact and evidence. According to Associate Justice Joseph McKenna, writing the majority opinion in the U.S. Supreme Court case Burdick v. United States, a pardon is "an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it."
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  1984. What?! You totally missed "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" by the Greg Kihn Band, released in May 1981.
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  1985. Coming from China, I’m sure it has people-tracking in mind before anything else. Why would you need to activate a car with your cell phone, if not to record all the places you’ve been visiting. Pass on a surveillance vehicle.
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  1986.  @debrakaiser331  🤗
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  1987. Bye, bye, Biden, not gonna miss you, oh no, Bye, bye, Biden, so glad to see you go.
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  1988. “The juice could be put down very plausibly as the most unpleasant race ever heard of. As commonly encountered they lack any of the qualities that mark the civilized man: courage, dignity, incorruptibility, ease, confidence. They have vanity without pride, voluptuousness without taste, and learning without wisdom. Their fortitude, such as it is, is wasted upon puerile objects, and their charity is mainly a form of display.” - H.L. Mencken
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  1989. Putin is a bully and a bluffer. He has drawn the “red line in the sand” so many times, that no one takes him seriously any more. If he attacks any NATO country, it will be the end of him and his regime, and he knows it. All he is doing is trying to save face and gain some concessions before ending his futile war, a war he can never win. He’s so desperate that he has resorted to using starving, untested N. Korean troops, who defect at the first chance for a good meal. Putin is a loser, and he knows it.
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  1990. Reading it is all well and good. Respecting and upholding it is better. Too bad neither party is really interested in doing so. Lip service only.
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  1991. So why is this doofus interviewing NON-Poles? Is he trying to tilt the conversation in favor of illegals? Ridiculous!
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  1992. Is it any wonder why so many people (myself included) have left CA and OR? It’s brain dead stunts like this by leftist politicians that have ruined both (once) great states. Truly, the inmates have taken over the asylum. But let’s be even more accurate—the inmates have destroyed the asylum. The left coast has left the building.
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  1993. “Sniff each other’s farts and talk about how good it smells…” 💨Oh, Drinker, that’s one for the ages! Shakespeare himself couldn’t have put it more eloquently.
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  1994. “I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely distinct from ours. Their mutual jealousies, their balance of power, their complicated alliances, their forms and principles of government, are all foreign to us. They are nations of eternal war.” - Thomas Jefferson
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  1995. The UK is home to rabid, left-wing, anti-American media and tabloids. They still regard the USA as “the colonies,” and have never gotten over the fact that their once-great nation has gone down the loo socially, economically, politically and militarily. The UK is barely a 2nd world country, fast becoming a 3rd world country. Saddest of all, they’re still in denial of the fact that they’ve done it to themselves.
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  1996. The Greens may as well run a BEER Stein; they’ll both get about the same number of votes. 🍺
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  1997. Agreed. We’re finally getting rid of the woke, lunatic left culture, of which Sen. Sanders is a ring leader. 🤪
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  1998. Out of money? Hmm…just checked this morning and everything seems to be in order. Not rich, but not broke either. Ever heard of living within your means, holmes?
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  1999. If only the liberal MSM would really “melt down”—just like the Wicked Witch of the West.
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  2000. “I am Biden, hear me snore, someone help me to the door, And I don’t know much to go back and pretend…” (apologies to Helen Reddy)
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  2001. His own soul.
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  2002. Be careful what you wish for. Do you folks really want to trade one eastern bureaucracy (Ottawa) for another (Washington, DC)? The east coast bureaucrats are both widely distrusted (and despised) by most of us here in Idaho. I wish our Canadian neighbours all the best, but I’m not sure that would include becoming part of the States. Cheers.
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  2003. The lack of available water to fight the fire is due to the fact that the California State Water Resources Board chose to NOT divert water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta south (where it would do some good) through the California Aqueduct. Rather, they allowed all this fresh water to uselessly flow back into the Pacific Ocean. All because of a supposedly imperiled fish (the delta smelt) that turned out to be not so imperiled after all. They put the supposed well being of a tiny, obscure fish over the health and welfare of their own citizens. It's almost as if these bureaucrats hate human beings, and wish to return California back to a 19th century ecosystem.
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  2004. Why on earth would you want ANY government (especially the U.S. govt) to be “efficient?” That would mean they could enact their nefarious programs more easily and take away your rights, and money, with less delay. I recall reading of a certain national government in Europe that operated “efficiently” during the 1930’s and 1940’s, headed up by a mustachioed politician. That certainly didn’t end well.
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  2005. This is a joke, right?
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  2006. 🪢 + 🪜
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  2007. One kg of C-4 comes to mind.
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  2008. Justy = (⊙▃⊙)
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  2009. "The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. The process engages all of the hidden forces of economics on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner that not one man in a million can diagnose." - John Maynard Keynes
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  2010. Slotkin, another typical member of a certain tribe that must not be named. 👃🏻
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  2011. "The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting" — Charles Bukowski
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  2012. Chomsky is starting to look more and more like Einstein—minus the intellectual acumen.
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  2013. I've never liked or trusted Graham. He is the prototypical slimy, snake-oil, pandering politician. The people of South Carolina could do much better than Lyin' Lindsey.
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  2014. Yeah, but they were mostly peaceful apartment building takeovers.
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  2015. You prefer BTC over gold, eh? Well, to each his own, I guess. Facts about BTC: pyramid scheme, origin unknown, created out of thin air, exists only in cyberspace, can be shut down and/or regulated at the whim of government (like in China), not accessible in the event of a power outage (think EMP), and can be hacked and/or stolen by online criminals. Facts about gold: tangible store of value for over 5,000 years of recorded history, has to be mined at great expense and effort, cannot be created or destroyed by government fiat, can be stored near at hand in case of paper money failure. Like the saying goes, if you can’t touch it and hold it in your hand, you really don’t own it.
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  2016.  @AndreiJikh  Thank you for acknowledging the undisputed facts that I presented. Your candor is refreshing.
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  2017. Bob Odenkirk is really SOMEBODY!
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  2018. So, the logical question would be: Was the covalt released to get rid of senior citizens who are a "burden" on society in general, and the government in particular? Coincidence or not? Only Fauci knows. 🙄
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  2019. Black+Decker is the best bet, considering all factors. Two year warranty for $25 and great performance. Who cares about the crumb tray?
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  2020. No one says anything much because the Resnicks are huge contributors to Democratic candidates and programs. Now if they were Republicans, hoo boy, would the press be up in arms. Double standard? Nah, couldn’t be.
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  2021. The "Unclean Thirteen."
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  2022. Paul Pelosi's attacker, David DePape, was found to be an illegal immigrant, has a rap sheet as a gay prostitute, as well as being a nudist and a Green Party member. DePape has been living illegally in the U.S. since age 14 (never naturalized). He also has been known to have lived in a yellow school bus parked in front of the Berkeley home of his ex, San Francisco pro-nudist activist Oxane "Gypsy" Taub (a female), with whom he shares three children. Taub is a Russian American activist in the San Francisco public nudity movement. In 2021, she was convicted of "stalking, dissuading a witness, and attempted child abduction". She is currently in prison for stalking and attempting to abduct a 14-year-old boy. I'd say that's a rather strange profile for a "MAGA" Trump supporter, anyway. FYI, David DePape was also accused of sexual abuse by his stepdaughter, Inti Gonzalez, in a Facebook post. Perhaps, DePape and Mr. Pelosi were having a rather personal "get together" that got out of hand. Who knows.?
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