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I make a point of never looking down at anyone merely for what they believe about the nature of existence. We all have to believe something. I believe that we can never know. I prefer to ignore beliefs and only judge on behaviour.

History remembers the Urban II's, not the Mother Theresas.

If you have to do good things out of fear of damnation, you're not a good person to begin with. There is both good and bad among believers and non-believers. Your point is starting to sound as disdain about an entire group of people. If that disdain were directed at Trans or Blacks . . .

As a refresher, here is one of Tom's early photos documenting bacterial activity on one of the bills - in response to the issue at the time: what made the holes in the bills.

Ryan - check your DMs.

Connections are made on the Internet. Skydiving partners and life-long friends will be made at the DZ. Getting a parachute packing class will be a great ice-breaker. Spend a few evenings around the firepit developing relationships - the partnership will happen.

Deciding to get a dog is deciding to care about something that isn't you.

Gabbard just didn't get the message. The IAEA has stated again and again that their monitoring will show if and when the bomb making decision gets made. They just stated again that no decision has been made. Even Netanyahu hasn't stated that the bomb making decision hasn't been made. He just states that they can start building it at any time. A former Israeli prime minister stated that since the war started that Iran hasn't made the decision to build the bomb. Trump is lying to peddle his message to his base. Nothing new here. His two week delay to make a decision is just him seeing which direction the flags are blowing in front of the WH.

Which one is the idiot? Or is it both?

But most Christians are also nice because it’s the right thing to do. After all, at least some traditions say whether you go to heaven or hell is predestined before you’re born. I find that most people are as good as is convenient, most of the time. So my job is to point out easy convenient things they can do… Wendy P.

Blaming Trump for the racist policies is taking the easy way out. The fact is that fear of non European immigration is what drove his success. The American people support them in large part.

And we did it all to ourselves and the country we ostensibly love so much. We could have packed the courts, Biden could have stepped down and Harris could have said not me not a chance, our ossified leaders in the House and Senate could have ended their own thievery and self aggrandizement and gone home, we could have read the room a lot better and moderated the message, but we didn’t. Instead we whined, cried, deplored, and jumped up quickly to turn off Fox News instead of countering with our own propaganda. Maybe seeing US Marines threatening by their presence US citizens will wake up those who still insist on only going high and gripping their principles.

12 years ago today, my friend Dave came out running and screamed "It's a BOY!, it's a BOY!" with tears streaming down his face... We never went back to Thailand again.