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re: Maduro is anti-Israel

Posted by JoeHackett on 1/3/26 at 11:47 am to
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This Catholic church?



Those are lawyers hired by the Catholic Church. But it does illustrate the Catholic problem with regards to illegal immigration and legal immigration, they hire high priced lawyers to undermine our sovereignty. Not to mention the Catholic charities that facilitate the migrant caravans through South and Central America, the Catholic charities that move illegals into the interior and the very famous Catholics that ran the country and authored our immigration laws (Pelosi, Biden, Ted Kennedy etc...)

re: Maduro is anti-Israel

Posted by JoeHackett on 1/3/26 at 11:21 am to
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I'm sorry, who's flooding us... with migrants?


The Catholic Church?

re: Maduro is anti-Israel

Posted by JoeHackett on 1/3/26 at 11:10 am to
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Maduro is anti-Israel


A number of South American leaders/countries condemned Israel.

Bolivia cut ties due to "crimes against humanity"
Brazil's President called Israel's actions "the insanity of Netanyahu"
Chile called Israel's actions "unacceptable" violations of humanitarian law.
Colombia severed diplomatic relations with Israel

So you'll have to connect some more dots before you can blame Israel for this because on its face this doesn't seem at all like something Israel would care about.
The 'Burbs is one of my favorite comedies of all time. This feels like a personal attack by Peacock. I'll also probably watch an episode or two because who knows.

I hate these types of remakes though. They need an IP to mine but that invites comparisons to the original that are unlikely to ever be met.

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The 'Burbs comes from Imagine Entertainment and Fuzzy Door, with executive producers Brian Grazer (Empire, Arrested Development), Kristen Zolner, and Natalie Berkus, as well as Seth MacFarlane (Ted), Erica Huggins, and Aimee Carlson.


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As redefined by liberals



I'm not following. Liberals started referring to themselves as woke to highlight the fact that they've abandoned personal responsibility?

It's just a point of fact. The people who blame the patriarchy, for instance, are doing so because they need an oppressor. It's just how wokeness manifests itself.

"Woke Right" was a phrase I believe coined by Konstantin Kisin a few years ago. A term he specifically used to call out the shift in ideology by Tucker Carlson.
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Woke is a term to describe cuck liberals.


Wokeness is described as embracing an oppressor/oppressed political ideology. "All of my problems are due to _____ oppressing me."

On the left that manifests itself as blaming the patriarchy, racism, sexism, Israel etc..

On the right the blame is usually more conspiratorial but the ideology is the same.
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Ironically the Muslims are more tolerant of Jesus than the Jews.



They are more tolerant of a fictionalized Jesus they invented hundreds of years later.
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I don’t know how you can interpret that article any other way


There's nothing to interpret, the article makes zero mention of things that Israel does that Americans can't. It mentions things that Israel has done that American's haven't done but doesn't suggest that Americans are incapable.

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purchase these “innovations” apparently only Israel is capable of discovering.


You're the one saying that, not the article quoted.
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These discussions are always framed as Israel is important because they do things Americans can’t.



Always? Because the quoted part of that article makes zero mention of Israel doing things Americans can't.

re: The Road (2009 Film)

Posted by JoeHackett on 12/11/25 at 11:55 am to
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Amazing book. Haven’t watched the movie but the book messed me up for several days after i finished it.



Totally agree. I think I finished the book in tears. It was so good I never wanted to watch the movie.
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Adding real flexibility to Atmos spatial sound could re-open doors for a lot of people if they can just squeeze in a few discrete or pleasant looking speakers wherever convenient.



Sony has the best product on the market for the people who need what you're describing. They started with the HT-A9 and the newest model is called the Theatre Quad.



TCL and Hisense have recently entered the market at a more budget friendly price point.

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Muh gubmint is so corrupt, but I'll keep sending my representative to Congress because he's not the corrupt guy


Pretty much.
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1) true campaign reform...no larger donation than 200.00


Why restrict people's ability to exercise their 1st Amendment rights?

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3) Term limits Senator,12 years Congressmen,8 years



There's no need for this, just vote them out.
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You believe your own country should all pull up their boot straps.



I think we have agency to change our lives and our government. If you're unhappy, do something about it. Blaming others from your couch isn't ever going to work.

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Yet, You believe Israel should be propped up and aided.



You keep saying this, not because it's true, but because you need it to be true.
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but NOT the people of a foreign nation is what is stupid.


I never said anything like that. :lol:

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No. I see you as retarded.


I'll wear that with pride. You're a conspiracy theorist obsessed with Israel, frankly I'd be embarrassed if you agreed with me at all.

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I am a White Christian


White I believe.

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my belief system is America First.


Those are just words. You have the ability to do something about changing your country, instead you spend the day posting about Israel.

Me "People should embrace personal responsibility"

You "WhAt aBoUT ISraeL!?"

:lol:
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Your entire stupid point of picking yourself up by the bootstraps is a logical fallacy with your belief in funding Israel.



Personal responsibility = stupid point. Ok fair enough. I think people have agency to change their lives and country. But if you disagree, that's a choice.

As far as funding Israel, what is my opinion on that? What is my opinion on funding any nation?

You think you're arguing with an enemy because you see everyone who disagrees with you, even a little, as an enemy.

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Don't spin it. I don't think you even know what you believe


I've said it in this thread. I believe that people online all day on the right are adopting a political ideology that resembles the ideology of the black community since the 1960's. And that the same results should be expected.

But you want revenge and there's really nothing I can say to change that. You see Israel and your own government as being responsible for your pain and want to blow up the entire system to exact the revenge you seek.
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Except for that one irrelevant middle eastern country of 9 million people.



I don't see myself as a victim of Israel. I don't see myself as a victim of any group. I can be dissatisfied with things but I don't see the value in blaming my problems on any country or large group. If I want to see change, I try and make that happen myself.

Frankly the Catholic Church concerns me more than Israel. It's that Catholics that fund and facilitate the migrant caravans, they move and settle them when they cross the border, they advocate against deportations, a Catholic is responsible for our 1965 immigration law that opened us up to legal immigration from the third world.

I still don't think of the Catholic Church as my oppressor though. I reject that way of thinking.
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I never stated there was NO solution, so that’s where you’re propping up a straw man


I don't know, if you see yourself as a victim there's no much room for solutions. You arguing repeatedly against my position that people can take personal responsibility, doesn't feel like someone embracing solutions.
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And yet, he was violently assassinated because he was a white, Christian male. They literally hate us, and we’re rapidly becoming a minority in a country that OUR ancestors established.
It’s not victimhood to notice that there are more black on white crime, television propaganda and discrimination in hidings/college admissions against our European descended brethren, than the other way around.
It’s reality. Accept it.


He was right about personal responsibility though and the dangers of going through life viewing yourself as a victim.

Pointing out problems is great. Believing that you aren't going to be allowed to fix them is terrible.

You want to stop crime, you can elect politicians to stop crime.
You want to stop illegal immigration, you can elect pols to stop it.
You want to fix college admissions, you can elect pols to fix it.

Victimhood ideology says that you have no agency, no way to fix your problems... something I think most of you believe. That ideology has never worked, never created anything of worth and will only lead to pain.
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Well, I am more than happy to oblige in helping you humiliate yourself!



You just sort of dance around points.

A lack of personal responsibility leads to an oppressor/oppressed political ideology.

That ideology has nothing to do with how people view a foreign country.