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Also, yes. The 2nd and 3rd shots were clearly unnecessary by any measure. If autopsy shows those were the lethal shots……
When there is a lethal threat and I have pulled and see the need to fire, depending on which firearm I have, 10-16 rounds will be expended. Never leave a doubt. Between someone else and me…always gonna choose me.
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God tested Abraham. He came close to sacrificing his own son. God stopped him at the last minute. However, when God saw his faith and the level to which he was willing to go, He blessed Abraham and his descendants forever.
Yeah, I believe this allegorical, but I understand what you are saying.
Maybe faith is personal and defined in the heart of the individual, as is the working of the spirit of God in a heart, like the wind. Weak or strong, loud or quiet, but there. We may quote scripture and say it is this or it is that, but if the inward man is drawn towards the goodness that comes from God, would that not be faith in the purist sense, regardless of how any might try to codify it?
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Does this mean my gas bout to be .99 cents a gallon?
From what I have read, this oil isn’t the goldmine that people are making it out to be. That is, if their oil reserves is the kind that is being written about. Those that are more involved with the ‘from ground to market’ process (compared to other crudes) could shed more light on the subject.
An aside, what do you think the ‘wailing wall’ is, if not part of the remains of an old Roman garrison built where the temple once stood?

re: We need to raise taxes

Posted by Pragmatist2025 on 1/7/26 at 7:12 am to
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Consumption tax
This
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Sophomore in HS. Lol. I was 41
You were 41 years old and sophomore in high school?

How many times did you get held back?!
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Massie is a conservative and Trump is a 90s democrat(which is still worlds better than a 2020s democrat don't get me wrong).
I don’t disagree. He has however “shot too many times at the king and missed”. Perception and reality are different in a social media driven world.
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Do you agree I’m a violent person because I posted a Massie tweet on a political forum like the user suggested?
As I do not know you, I have no reason to believe you are a violent person. However, I believe you REALLY do not like Massie. I only offered a couple of observations.

Massie has used up much if not all of his political capital with many libertarians and fiscal conservatives. His Twitter obsession has cast a negative light on him that outshines any legitimate principles he espouses. With that said, he may well retain his seat, even with the big money that will attempt to unseat him. We shall see. Whatever the case, he will likely lose any influence he may have had at one time.
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There he is to defend his lover
I do not know the guy’s sexual orientation to whom you directed this to but there are quite a few “Massie” threads you have created as of late.

The President and Rep. Massie have irreconcilable differences. Their twitter feuds are tiresome. Just an observation.

re: Sen Murphy everybody!

Posted by Pragmatist2025 on 1/4/26 at 11:44 am to
Their support for fair and free elections along with their view on crime/criminals is schizophrenic to say the least.
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I agree with him not renewing that retarded antisemitism EO- letting an outside organization set moving target definitions of prohibited expression is, well, retarded. I’m not versed on the anti-BDS rule… when it says it prevents gov employees from participating in BDS, is that while acting in official capacity or in one’s personal life?
I agree with all of this. Free speech/protests that do not incite or include violence and private freedom of association are kind of like rights that should be in a bill. While the prohibition of these things seemed to favor one group of people, his reasons for elimination of these have to do with his feelings (hatred of) about these people and not because he cherishes those rights.

To despise a corrupt government is not the same as hating a people because of their bloodline.
He by all accounts was not only illegitimate but he basically changed/refused the results of their election. His dictatorship has plunged them deeper into economic despair and poverty, not to mention the sanctions that he has brought upon their country because of his leadership of a cartel. He cozied up to bad actors, worked around sanctions and is guilty of crimes against his people and indirectly ours. His capture and whatever happens next to him is just and only a small minority has a problem with this.

Not to diminish your question, but whether anyone wants to spike the football, characterize the action as a war, or even condemn the President is immaterial. This has happened and the only thing that matters is the question that most rightly ask, what comes next?

There is always instability when a transition of power happens in an asymmetrical way. The variables here are many and complex and will require a proportional solution. The only hope that anyone should have is that it be more peaceful and expeditious than other similar campaigns.

An efficient first action will be either celebrated or condemned over time depending on success of the actions that follow. Wherever anyone falls on the political spectrum that wishes failure in this matter out of hatred for our President is a despicable person.
As someone said the other day, Candace has become a poison pill and doesn’t represent everyone who may see the Israeli government and their lobbies as problematic. Should that be equated with being an anti-Semite or a Jew hater or having a mind virus? I don’t make that leap.

TDS has become somewhat of a catch-all for anyone who disagrees with the President on several things but should that constitute a mind virus or equated to be far-left progressivism? I don’t see it that way.

There are people who see the President in an almost infallible way but should they be called a cultist? Should the pejorative Israel-firster be used for those who show unwavering support for them? I would not do so.

Or maybe you are just speaking to the extremes on the spectrums of those you mention, however many don’t make that distinction.
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How is the United States punishing Iran for their internal affairs good for the American people?
The argument has swung from ‘can he do it’ to ‘should he do it’, depending on what time of day it is and if someone is trying to win an argument.

Whether or not he can is irrelevant if he shouldn’t. I am waiting for a rational reason of why he should. I have not seen one yet that makes any sense, except ‘we don’t know what he knows.’

If we destroyed their nuclear capability to make weapons, what is the imminent threat that requires action? ‘We are at total war’ words by Iran was in response to sanctions and ‘death to America’ and ‘great Satan’ are losing their shine. Am I missing anything? If Bibi strikes Iran soon, then we will find out ‘how necessary’ it was and that we stand with Israel.

At some point, the ‘you have TDS’ and ‘you love goatfrickers’ mantra should be replaced with rational dialogue.
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Wai, I just figured it out... indians
I had not considered that. Been a while since been to Okey
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MoT
I see this repeated. Who or what is this?
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can still tick off all (now 46) of them in a row, in order.
I cannot do that, but I have 30 year old who can. He believed he was going to get a degree in History before I convinced him that engineers make a lil more money than that. He never wants to talk about his career though, only history and geopolitics.
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I am not casting dispersions on Calvin Coolidge one way or another
I did not think you were. I just love presidential history, and his name NEVER comes up in conversation.