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    Today, 05:05 PM
    I'm really enjoying this discussion. I just wanted to add something that touched me pretty deeply when I visited a Coptic church over the summer. There are already icons of the 21 martyrs of Libya from 2015. The immediacy of the thing is what really hit me. This happened less than 10 years ago. And all the icons I see of it are careful to have Matthew Ayariga from Ghana featured as prominently as they can. By some accounts he was not already a Christian and responded to the faith of the others and joined them in martyrdom. It would be far from the first report of this happening.
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    Today, 04:34 PM
    Progressivism and the Murder of a Health Insurance CEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77kBOhjV3Y8 {Mises Media | 11 December 2024} Progressives are openly cheering the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. However, it was progressive legislation that created this healthcare crisis in the first place. Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/progressivism-and-murder-health-insurance-ceo this post - OB]
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    Today, 01:25 PM
    The BLACK Daniel Penny | Similar Story, Different Outcome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLEV9TVOk9o {Nate The Lawyer | 11 December 2024}
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    Today, 01:22 PM
    Dan Abrams Confronts BLM Founder On Daniel Penny Case. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJzbOpo5_Kg {Nate The Lawyer | 11 December 2024} Dan Abrams takes on a BLM founder in a heated discussion about the Daniel Penny case and the broader implications of race and justice in America. In this viral debate, the two clash over whether the legal system is inherently biased and the role public perception plays in high-profile cases like Jordan Neely's. Witness the fiery exchange as Abrams challenges the activist's stance, calling out inconsistencies and exploring the racial dynamics surrounding the controversial subway incident. Stay tuned for exclusive insights, bodycam footage analysis, and eyewitness accounts that shed light on this polarizing case. This video is a must-watch for anyone following the Daniel Penny case or interested in the intersection of race, justice, and media narratives. Don’t miss the gripping back-and-forth that has everyone talking!
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    Today, 12:45 PM
    Yeah we should also never forget that 4 years ago we all learned that if there's ever a major pandemic where there's multiple times normal demand for hospital beds, irrespective whether there actually is a hospital to begin with, we need the state to temporarily suspend their limit on hospital beds before we can get adequate treatment. Pretty sure those regulations are still in place unaltered, despite everyone being able to see what the result was.
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    Today, 12:00 PM
    “It’s TREASON” Scott Horton vs General Wesley Clark On Syria, Putin & Trump War Strategy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPwqDGnTMuc {Piers Morgan Uncensored | 10 December 2024} The wars in Syria, Israel and Ukraine have been cycling through the news at a disturbing rate, and the stories that connect them are gaining more focus with each passing hour. Uncensored covered the war between Russia and Ukraine recently and a match up between two of the guests was floated. Today, that match up is delivered. Discussing and unpacking the furious war between Russia and Ukraine, as well as the shocking fall of Bashar Al-Assad, is author of 'Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine' Scott Horton and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Wesley Clark. The two men respectfully illuminate the issues, events and mistakes that led to the world we see today. 00:00 - Introduction 01:00 - Piers on Assad’s downfall in Syria
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    Today, 11:36 AM
    Fair enough - when I was a Lutheran I didn't like the term "protestant" either. That's what Henry was. As you said, Luther didn't want to break from Rome. I think the most important division though, and the one I focus on, is that there are three entities that believe in the Church as a physical entity - the Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Orthodox, and Rome. Scripture mentions the Church a lot. If you subscribe to a tradition that interprets that as something more than an invisible entity, you have those three choices. If you subscribe to a holy tradition that doesn't believe the Church is something concrete, then you have everybody else. I never found evidence that the latter of those traditions existed prior to the 1500s. For me that clearly puts this teaching into the category that the reformed Christians are constantly trying to shove the historic churches into. I think if there was a competition to find a modern slogan for Orthodoxy it would be "Would you people please stop making me defend Rome". Our divorce was finalized a thousand years ago.
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    Today, 11:34 AM
    Those drugs do a lot of good for a lot of people. But, as you say, there are side-effects. Any time you hear a commercial saying that the drug may cause "suicidal ideation" or thoughts, that's an admission. Suicidal thoughts and homicidal thoughts are not so different. Just depends on the person's situation and their own lines of thinking. I imagine that if these companies could be held liable for the side-effects of their product, they'd have to do a lot more work before allowing doctors to prescribe them, and then follow-up work to ensure all precautions are being taken. But then that would cut into profitability. (It would also cut into the pool of available candidates when the intel agencies need a job done)
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    Today, 10:46 AM
    Progressivism and the Murder of a Health Insurance CEO https://mises.org/mises-wire/progressivism-and-murder-health-insurance-ceo {Connor O'Keeffe | 10 December 2024} Last week, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot to death on a New York City sidewalk in what was clearly a thoroughly planned-out attack. Over the next few days, as authorities hunted for the killer, online progressives did not try hard to hide their delight that a millionaire health insurance executive like Thompson was killed. Social media was flooded with posts and videos—with different ranges of subtlety—suggesting that Thompson, at the very least, did not deserve to be mourned because of all the health care his company has denied to poor and working people. Progressives framed the shooting as an act of self-defense on behalf of the working class. Before the alleged killer was caught Monday, they promised not to snitch if they saw the shooter themselves and fantasized about a working-class jury nullifying all charges, leading to other CEOs getting gunned down with impunity if they oversaw price increases. The narrative that these online progressives clearly subscribe to and perpetuate is one where, in the United States, healthcare is a totally unfettered, unregulated industry; where—because of a total lack of government involvement—wealthy CEOs charge whatever prices they want and then refuse to provide customers what they already paid for without facing any bad consequences.
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    Today, 10:30 AM
    https://x.com/ThomasEWoods/status/1866507959003472275
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    Today, 10:22 AM
    "You might beat the rap, but you won't beat the ride." -- Officer Friendly https://x.com/michaelmalice/status/1866217542307746118 to: https://x.com/michaelmalice/status/1866217820733796809
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    Today, 10:18 AM
    https://x.com/gunpolicy/status/1866686819888242728
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    Today, 09:26 AM
    https://x.com/RealSpikeCohen/status/1866622882735866007 to: https://x.com/RealSpikeCohen/status/1866623072872304920 {Spike Cohen @RealSpikeCohen | 10 December 2024} This man's name is Roger Ver. The IRS and DOJ are trying to imprison him because he paid taxes on his Bitcoin 10 years ago.
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    Today, 07:48 AM
    It's not "controlled opposition". It's just a common and well-known manifestation of a particular form of libertarian autism sometimes referred to as "macho flashing" (which is the making of statements along the lines of "why, I am so libertarian, I believe that !"). It's nothing new or surprising, and it's at least as old as the Libertarian Party and organized activist libertarianism is.
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    Today, 07:15 AM
    Remember that time in 1995 when Bill Gates had literally only just risen to prominence because ID software games only worked on IBM hardware, and then he released a brand new OS that had absolutely no facility for video game graphics and he had to shoehorn in the directX library? The man doesn't just fail to understand people. He doesn't even understand computers. I don't know anyone who believes he got where he is through honest business practices. I kinda hope he lives long enough for the old media to die so he can live the last part of his life getting completely ignored, like everyone has wanted to for the last 30 years.
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    Yesterday, 04:55 PM
    It is not "100% the fault of the government". I already addressed this in the part of my post you omitted: In principle, I would have no problem with them being punished as part of the solution, if that were ever to happen. I don't demand it - but I don't have a problem with it, either. I myself would be entirely satisfied if, by getting the government completely out of health care, they were merely prevented in the future from forcibly warping and extorting the market in their favor. But I would also have no problem with things going further than that, and holding them liable for the favors and fortunes they have willfully used government to forcibly extort from the market in the past - because, as I have said, it takes two to tango, and they are not entirely innocent or blameless for the current state of affairs.
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    Yesterday, 03:30 PM
    Dave Smith | Syria Has Fallen | Part Of The Problem 1202 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwogn66XFAY {Dave Smith | 09 December 2024} On this episode of Part Of The Problem, Dave is joined by co-host Robbie "The Fire" Bernstein to discuss the connection this show and Dave have to the topic of Syria, statements made by Netenyahu and Ben Shapiro, and so much more.
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    Yesterday, 09:28 AM
    THREAD: Communism 3.0 THREAD: China is the Model for US Billionaires, Crony Corporatists and Authoritarian Kleptocrats
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    Yesterday, 09:27 AM
    THREAD: The Evolution of Communism
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by acptulsa on 07-02-2017 at 08:46 AM
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So, you take a sniff, mistake an anti-Fed argument for a minimum wage argument, and jump off board? Do you think victims of inflation and the systematic destruction of manufacturing jobs should be stripped of the right to vote, but corporations should get to vote even though they are things, not people? You say government is the problem, not the corporations, but I don't see you acknowledging who or what it is that is paying the lobbyists to make the particular bribes they make.

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by acptulsa on 06-15-2016 at 10:08 AM
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Did a delay in response give the gunman more time? Cops face questions over why it took three hours for SWAT teams to storm Orlando nightclub as police chief admits officers may have shot some of the VICTIMS

...Police Chief John Mina has also admitted that some of the victims may have been hit by officers' gun fire.

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by acptulsa on 09-23-2012 at 10:16 AM
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I just can't decide who to vote for in the presidential race. They're both just so perfect! I can't believe it. Things are just going so well I never considered firing the president, but this Romney guy is just such a temptation!

Romney promises us more war. Obama promised us just the opposite, but that's ok, because he saw Dubya's two wars and raised us three police actions. I think that's a wonderful thing, and can't wait for the next one. I heard somewhere that with six you

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by acptulsa on 09-23-2012 at 10:14 AM
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Once upon a time, there was a thing called the Interstate Commerce Commission. It was founded to prevent kamikaze capitalism amongst railroads in a day when their efficiencies and primitive technology pretty much guaranteed them a monopoly in viable transportation.

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