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Not sure why humility is so important, I thought the new America was in fact all about me, me, me, me. Individual rights, zero govt, anarchy and every man for himself. Certainly your own humility has been called into question enough times since you can be such a self serving prick when you go out of your way to narc people out for simply having belief structures different from your own and take direct actions to harm business relationships because you have a defective/different view. Yes I stil have those emails and I will never let you forget that. But back to the subject at hand....my humility is well maintained by simple reading some DeGrasse-Tyson or Sagan and looking at the night sky. No need for prayer, there is plenty of reality around me to satisfy whatever purpose humility serves

He was also a born-and-raised Briton. The U.K. lobbied for his release after his torture. If you want to convict and detain people without trial and persecute while pretending to uphold the rights that you claim to believe in, then in fact you are EXACTLY like your enemies. I thought we were better than that....no? Besides that, he blew up Iraqi soldiers, and seriously....we are claiming that we give a fuck? I assure you we do not, given the number that have died that did not make the news this week

I did not know that 3) existed.

many work for cash, but those loopholes are closing rapidly due to penalties and such. Not that many businesses out there that have ways to bury cash...as well burying cash itself is federal tax fraud, nothing to do with illegal immigration Some work for cash, but the work if paid through a legal employee, who then deducts the expected taxes and pays the cash to the illegal person. They will claim the income on their taxes and therefore income tax is paid for that illegal persons work Some do the same by getting a paycheck using someone else's SSN, often willingly or the SSN is 'sold' for $$. So W2 wages get taxes deducted and the person gets a paycheck. That illegal may very well get a W2 but will not file a tax return. But the income tax was still paid to the federal govt and the discrepancy may or may not show up on the person (who owns the SSN) income tax return. If it does show up as their income, then the taxes were paid so often a null financial penalty for them. This loophole is also being closed up as the IRS is noticing that income is coming from several different companies or entities for the same person - which is a red flag. Illegals mostly pay taxes I expect. They also pay all the same taxes as you and I when they buy things, so the image that they do not contribute to society or are freeloaders with free healthcare and all that is simply bunk. If they have a medical emergency, they go to the ER just like regular Americans without health insurance do every day. Or they go to walk-in clinics, and pay cash, like so many other Americans do every day. And I bet even some of them have health insurance, as there would appear to be no reason they could not buy it. Most cannot get a drivers license as this is one govt-controlled avenue where loopholes were easily plugged after 9/11. So we bunch them into groups and call them freeloaders (probably not true). And then we call them criminals and felons, because using someone else's ID or SSN to pay taxes is a form of identity theft, so then we get to deport them because they are 'criminals', when in fact most are simply trying to live within the system and pay taxes so they can work. It's kind of like me calling someone a 'felon' or a 'drug addict' when you take someone else's prescription pills because you are in pain and cannot get a prescription yourself. In the truest sense of the law, you are a criminal and a felon, but I expect that EVERYONE here has taken a prescription drug that was not theirs at one time or another. The definition of a felon is also part of the problem, which makes it easy to label people as some kind of heinous criminal with ease. i.e. It is a felony to record a phone call without the other person's permission in most states. Not exactly 'heinous'. It is also a felony to rape babies. Which is heinous. Both people are called 'felons'

Is Mrs Trump unclean every time she bleeds from between her legs? How long do you suggest we send her away for that mis-deed and uncleanliness? http://biblehub.com/leviticus/15-19.htm I guess Mr Trump is unclean as well, assuming he actually 'touches her'

there are so many considerations. Generally I would say no. http://www.skydivecity.com/weight-age-limits/ Certainly it can be the exception and not the rule. There are things you do when you are 20, riding motorcycles, climbing rocks, jumping out of planes There are things you do when you are 30 and 40, learning to fly, scuba, activities sure there are even things you start when you are 50 and 60......but I think learning how to skydive when you are 70 means you missed the boat. I want to be an astronaut....but that does not matter, nor does it even matter what kind of shape I am in....at 56, it is NOT going to happen.

and it goes on. "The news is fake because so much of the news is fake" That is a quote. That is also the level of a 10 year old. You did in fact listen to him speak and read the transcripts right? Because all we are 'not finished' is because all we have to do to finish is to continue to record what he says and then play it back

I am pretty sure a lot of the takeoff and landing numbers are made up or embellished. Same in Z-Hills...they know how many aircraft, that is easy, but they stretch the operations to look good fro govt grant money and such. Z-Hills published something like 80,000 movements a few years ago...given that we do 6000-7000 of those and we are the largest operation at the airport, I think it is a stretch to say 80000 is even remotely close to accurate. But I may be wrong. We just do nto seem to be very busy there.

I had a term life policy as well for 20 years that had no issue with skydiving.. that was then. Renewal was too expensive due to my age and I do not need it so I dropped it

Which is what I said, no health insurance asks. AFLAC supplemental is not health insurance.

I do not know of any health insurance that asks for the details of your recreational activities in the USA. Life insurance yes, travel insurance, yes.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/oversight-panel-probe-trump-conflicts-interest-article-1.2966751 And the guy in charge of investigating it says it is legal. Of course there are still ethical concerns (and arguably legal too) I am not holding my breath for anything more than the Trump empire quadrupling in size each year.

and you said as well The 'alarming number' is statistically insignificant. And 'your issue' is not necessarily 'the issue', it is one of the issues, part of the issue, as are so many other things. There is no one thing that makes the case. However, in saying that, I still believe EVEN IF there are 'two humans' that fit your definition that the women holds the final decision and right and that NO entity can nor should take that right away fro her under ANY circumstances. Including the death of that fetus prior to it being born. But as well, I am also quite comfortable with the current laws from Roe v Wade, allowing the 1/2 trimester and restricting the 3rd trimester. They seem to be adequate, they seem to be 'righteous' and like has been posted so many times, 3rd trimester abortions are rare and almost always due to a medical issue. 350 kids under 5 years old die in pools every year, we do not ban pools. We might tighten some regulations and build better safety equipment, but we are not clamoring for super strict regulations taking away your right to play in the water. so many people die every year is so many ways from negligence to shit-ass bad luck. I am not seeing the basis for an argument that so strictly turns a woman into a walking uterine factory at some point based on 'law' and 'definitions' of what life is. We barely know what life is already, and we certainly do not know what death is yet. So arguably there is no perfect solution, hence I would choose then to try not to define one. Or at least one that preserves the rights of the existing person, not the 'probably person'.

late term abortions are so rare, they are hardly worth talking about. Just like we do not pass draconian laws to stop doctors from doing dental procedures when sure..once in awhile, someone dies due to s dental procedure, or anesthesia, or whatever simple thing went wrong. So making some sort of assumption that just because we legalized abortion at ANY stage of the pregnancy that women suddenly are going to be running into clinics AFTER waiting 8 1/2 months just so they can get an abortion (and stick it in your face) is pretty obtuse not to mention disingenuous. They are typically due to some major issue with the pregnancy, the woman's health and the risks involved with prioritizing one life over another. I would love to see the stat that says there is a problem with late term abortions due to expectant mothers deciding they do not want a baby after 8 months or so. I bet it is unmeasurable. So ultimately, regardless of the time, this is a decision for the woman to make. And she would also have to find a willing doctor and/or clinic. Not likely going to happen either when she is within 2 months of giving birth to an otherwise healthy baby. Ultimately, the woman makes the final decision, it is her choice and yes, I am Ok with that, regardless of ANY OTHER factor involved in the decision. One article shows the stats, and states 1.3% after 21 weeks http://reason.com/blog/2016/10/21/late-term-abortions-in-america-2016 Second article uses exactly the same statistics but headlines it with "...happens more that you think" http://liveactionnews.org/there-is-no-federal-law-protecting-the-preborn-from-abortion-at-any-time/ It's all spin. And like I said, i do not actually care. It is the woman's decision and 30,000-40,000 children die from starvation in the world every single day, so we do not actually give much of a fuck about human life as we like to pretend we do. There are things we each care about and there are things we each do not care about. I care about the woman's rights over her body more than anything other argument in this arena.

people like that are just as fucked up as the people they are complaining about. us and them mentality, ever justifying your own existence through the disparagement of others... I'm a patriot and you're a traitor. yawn.

And the Jim Crow laws made no reference to racism or niggers either. But the outcome was still destructive and meant to be exactly what it was. And religious freedom laws do not say 'hate gays' but they allow it and encourage it for that matter. actions, not words. We are just calling things out for what they really are. If you cannot write a coherent and comprehensive law, they feel free to step out of office and let someone in that IS capable of writing them.

still rather subjective. Now write a rulebook and guidelines for CBP and INS to use please with that sort of preface..... By highest degree, surely you mean torturing the refugees to make sure they do not confess to their evils plots prior to entering? By critical examination do you mean assuming that all passports are forgeries?

oversimplification of complex issues...handwritten by a 'simple' guy. regulations are not 'numbers', and should not be treated like dominoes. These are the kinds of orders we would expect from the leaders of N Korea. I wonder what you might think when they repeal the regulation that prevent whatever amount of lead in your drinking water. i mean after all, if you are a true patriotic bible-thumping American, you would take responsibility for your own drinking water and fuck everyone else.....

agreed. half a millions 'democrats' marched on Washington last weekend. Thousands of people are flooding airports all over the country tonight. The Democrats are not finished any more that the republicans are. The country is split 50-50 and a few million votes 2-3% or so can swing ALL the control one way or the other. Part of Trump's punishment may/will be seen in 2 years time if he gets to implement the rhetoric with no common sense coming from Congress. If Congress gets him in check and does their job (quite possibly not going to happen), then we can expect mid-terms to be a typical swing in another direction.

8200 jumps in 35 years, so many cutaways I lost count. Only serious injury was due to a stupid low hook turn

while tragic that we lose good people because Trump is an idiot, there is some hope in all this as well. It just shows that there are many people in govt, including elected representatives, that believe in the Constitution, the structures of govt and the importance of it all working the way it was intended. the question is, how far will 'they' let Trump go before they act or react to his insanity and rantings. Remember the part a few years ago when we were posting pictures of Allah just to irritate the radical Muslims? We should be doing the same daily for Trump...pictures of small hands and small penises...whatever He is so thin skinned that he will do nothing but react to it...eventually nothing gets done. Of course that would be a libertarian ideology in part...govt that does nothing.

In the USA it does not appear to be approved for in-flight operations with the door removed, so that would be another 337 hurdle to get over with no other examples to use or from which to gain approval data. good luck with that.

Trump and his administration will in fact double down on all the rhetoric, deflecting away from facts and offering their altered view of reality. This ABSOLUTELY worked for the campaign and is a large part of the reasons for his election. They have no reason to change that strategy, and with people like Bannon at the White House, they have no reason to, fully confident that over time they can simply control the information they want out there, whether accurate or not. Hopefully the media stays on track and shows him for what he is, a fraud, and bullshiter and a con. Whether the people buy into it is a different thing altogether. I expect that even Fox will eventually 'get burned' by the administration if and when they decide to not tow the line on any particular story.

I am all for defensive actions with targeted accuracy to defend what we see as our enemies. Those that intend or have actually brought harm to our country or allies. That being said, unless your drone/bombing program is accompanied by an effective propaganda campaign to deliver a message, then the perception that we are bombing 'Islam' is difficult to deflect, because you certainly can be sure that those that were bombed are perpetuating that message. The message needs to be that we are bombing these 'murdering fucks' and portraying them for what they are. Not sure that message is getting anywhere. So how do we do it? I have no idea, but I am certain that we have done it in the past....Japan after WWII https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconstruction - we dismantled their military - we occupied their country, probably 100's of thousands of people in that country at a time. - we installed a democratic system, along with many socialist policies, removing the wealthy from control - we poured in billions in aid, food, education etc - we built their economy for them - it took seven years minimum Now we have a strong ally who does not hate us for nuking them in catastrophic oblivion (quite a feat when you think about it)...and yes there is still some hatred on both sides, however, it is pretty small. Why can this not happen again? Because we are not willing to invest the people, money and time to make it happen, that is why. Not saying either that it is a guaranteed success, there are vast societal differences between Japan in 1944-45 and Afghanistan or Iraq today... The bombing campaigns and drone campaigns may very well be keeping us 'safe at night', but there is, and will be no end unless we do something different from what we are doing today.

hmm, where did Jesus condone torture? how VERY chirstian of you indeed.... but of course we have become accustomed to expecting nothing less....