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Unseen wrote:
Some people respond in the spirit of the OP, some argue dishonestly with ad hominems and beside-the-point distractions.

In this case, I agree, Maher’s being a prick. In a land full of pricks now, accelerated by an incompetent prick that was in the White House, and political pricks around the country (and the world, even in Canada)…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
You seem to trust absolutely that the military will stay within the guard rails, but if Gen. Flynn is any indication, there are some at or near the top willing to countenance a coup to return the country to their vision of America, even if it isn’t shared by the majority of Americans.

I’m with Robert on this, and believe that the m…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
_Robert_ wrote: OK, so you are throw-in-the-towel, wimp-ass Democrats, LOL. What else is new. That’s why we lose. China, Russia? Give me a break. They have never known democracy.

If you think we in the U.S. has experienced democracy, then here’s my point: More and more Americans are ready to get it up and line up behind an aut…

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Unfortunately, at large, it’s human nature to feel more empathy for one person they see in need of help, than for larger and faceless groups of people in need of help. Although often enough, it’s our local people (with visible faces) whom we need to help (for practical reasons) before we can move on to helping the larger crowd.

(I guess I’m must…[Read more]

michael17 wrote:
@popebeanie, I’m afraid that was not me. Besides only the age will end in the future and next the Millenium of peace.

I found it, but I suppose what you wrote could be interpreted as a longer-term prognostication. Maybe we just have to wait a hundred years to see the predicted manifestation? From one of your posts: h…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
I had my atheism confirmed when I saw an image of Big Bang in a slice of toast.

If only authors of Revelations mentioned electric toasters, for the consideration of future civilizations…

michael17 wrote:
This will occur at the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple. Plans are in progress. See the Temple Institute on line.

Thanks for the heads up. But didn’t you also predict worldly doom to follow a series of earthquakes a year or two ago? (You do keep track of your predictions, right?)

Zooming out here, topic-wise in biblical context, ask how does any scripture maintain credibility for hundreds or thousands of years? It’s written by mere humans, distributed by mere humans, and interpreted by mere humans. Even if one believes that specific prophecies prove divine authorship, how would that prove that the rest of the mere…[Read more]

michael17 wrote:
But what are they?

1. How can anyone be sure that this isn’t just an optical manipulation done by guy operating the recording device?
2. How can anyone be sure, with such a pure blue background, that some optical post processing in software isn’t being used to intentionally make that object “shape shift”?
3. With my radar jamming…

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
Perhaps this is where A.I. can come into play. A.I. could be our explorers, rangers, and scouts going places where we humans cannot go with out massive systems of support and massive energy inputs.

I was about to suggest similar. I expect our scouts will not just be AI in nature, but designed to fit into tiny capsules…[Read more]

I often have a really hard time maintaining objectivity in these times. Responses to this topic seem to illustrate part of the difficulty that many people have, not to mention how it illustrates the difficulty in helping children understand and/or adapt to these times. Congrats to Ivy for finding success, in this case. It’s not easy!

I had to…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
Powell seems to have been a pretty straight arrow. If he recited bad intelligence at the U.N. and to the American public, I have to believe that he believed the intelligence he was receiving. Whether that justified the way it was ultimately handled is a different question.

The following also comes from the article I cited above:

In…

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Unseen wrote:
Was there an answer to my question in there somewhere?

Whoops sorry, no… I was answering a different question while quoting the wrong text. (I’ve no idea what I was doing!)

I think the United States is China’s Golden Goose, so I’m not too worried about a hot war with China, but North Korea…?

_Robert_ wrote:
I was so relieved to learn that little George prayed about Iraq and the lord told him….’yeah do it’.

LOL, just like those who piloted those planes.