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[Brent in Az]

I do. He is talking about having a radically different view of immigration than the Pope.

No deflection involved. When one wants to sling childish pejoratives at an institution one of the ways to respond to remind people of some of the good work that institution does. Even if you disagree with their policy on immigration.

Of course this is just more MAGA ass kissing. Trump gets is a social media pissing contest with the Pope and his little MAGA-bots look for ways to insult the Catholic church. It shows a lack of original thought.

 

[wesheltonj]

If basing your opinions on facts then please provide where you get the facts about US illegal immigration because I assure you the mental and statistical gymnastics to hide the problem are incredible.

Hears some statistics you will never find published by Travis Co, but I lived it first hand!

2017 Austin Texas - Sanctuary sheriff Sally Hernandez makes Travis co jail a Sanctuary.

They will only honor ICE detainers for illegals charged with 3 crimes.......
Murder
Human Trafficking
Aggravated sexual assault

At the time this was passed there were 200 illegals in the Travis county Jail and all but 48 were released on bail - 48 of 200 = 24% of the illegals in the county jail were charged with at least 1 of 3 crimes that are eligible for LIFE SENTENCES; or 3.5X HIGHER than the U.S. citizens who were in the same jail.

And that was just the ones charged with those 3 specific crimes; Travis county also freed a man who had been previously convicted of crimes against children and illegally being in the country....

He was apprehended trying to sneak back into Mexico to avoid prosecution.

Another individual illegally in the country was granted bail for various crimes against children and was in the process of being released when the local news reported to the county jail that the man being released had OPEN WARRANTS for child sex crimes out of Lubbock Texas and they were setting up cameras for his release and would like to interview the sheriff after his release....

This started a panic storm from the potential bad press and the man was literally handed his property bag and re-arrested for the open warrants before he could walk out.

When asked why illegal immigrant pedophiles were allowed to bond out of jail the sheriff calmy explained.......

"Those crimes against children did not meet the Aggravated mandate set forth previously."

I can assure you that sex crimes against children are indeed an Aggravated crime in Texas.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

This is blasphemy at its worst.. Trump posted it on Trumps´s Truth..

He eraised it today after massive critisism.. It is sickening.. He has a sick mind.. 25th..??

But I guess you people can excuse your Orange Jesus..

I don't know about burning him at the stake but they really should give some thought to redesigning the new White House ballroom with rubber padding on the walls.

How can anyone with half a brain take this guy seriously? But enough people did to make him president. Democracy didn't just fail, it has flunked out. America looks to the rest of the world like a nation of fools. Embarrassing ... not to mention downright scary.

 

[deewayne2003]

And as I am sure you are aware, skipping bail is not just a immigrant issue.

Oh yes it is an immigrant issue!....

If it wasn't an immigrant issue than why do bail bondsman charge immigrants 300% more for felony bonds?

Because they know there is a massive risk of losing their surety.

As the uber liberal prosecuting attorney for Travis county said.....

"The very fact that they are in your country illegally makes them a flight risk."

 

[deewayne2003]

I can assure you that sex crimes against children are indeed an Aggravated crime in Texas.

Agreed, but the Travis county sheriffs department didn't honor that!

It literally took a reporter pointing that out to the county jailers for the release of said individual to be halted.

After all, if they were honoring that - Why was another child molester allowed to bond out and captured trying to illegally re-enter Mexico after being released?

 

[WAB]

Yes, amusing and infuriating.

As are yours, our four kids are all successful but I didn’t let them sit around to play video games and smoke pot. We kept their minds busy playing sports and working. We expected straight A’s and had political and life lesson chats at the dinner table. If you don’t have these chats, the liberal schools will indoctrinate your kids. You’ve got to balance it out. Just leading by example doesn’t work anymore.

Another lesson I taught my kids is that life is the summation of your decisions. Don’t blame others. The trick is to string good decisions together day by day, week by week which which then turns into years and a successful life. One stupid decision negates several good decisions so why do that to yourself?

Agreed, I have no patience for these whiners. Our son is incredibly succesful, but he has worked diligently to be so.

No one in this country with a modicum of intelligence has any excuse. I’ve spent a great deal of time in the third world among the poorest of the poor. Those folks need genuine help to break the cycle. Regardless of intelligence or work ethic, without a hand up there is no path to prosperity for them. What is truly sad is that the generosity of the USA does very little for the poor, but results in tremendous riches for their corrupt leaders. Foreign aid programs simply do not work.

 

[rookhawk]

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[Aaron N]

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Hit the beers early for a Monday, eh?

 

[rookhawk]

Out of curiously, if Catholicism is not Christian, how do you define "Christian" and which denominations are really Christian in your view?

And one more question. Do you think observant Catholics are going to heaven?

The sticking point between Catholicism/Orthodox versus Protestantism really comes down to one major issue, the rest being minor issues. (e.g. transubstantiation or intercession of saints are minor disagreements)

The big schism is sola scriptura (bible alone) versus bible+tradition. The Catholic/Orthodox believe that faith alone is not sufficient for salvation. They rather believe that works/sacraments must occur to maintain salvation. Skipping mass on a Sunday for example, puts a Catholic's salvation in jeopardy until pennance occurs. In protestantism they believe the Bible's authority alone shows that salvation is certain and via faith-alone, no sacrements required to maintain or support salvation.

Protestants would point to the thief on the cross that Christ stated would be with him in heaven...yet he didn't get baptised, circumsized, go to mass, receive an indulgence, belong to a church, or other later added tradition/sacrement.

The Catholics and Orthodox would point to their church traditions as supporting their doctrines because they believe their Popes or Patriarchs can speak Ex Cathedra, creating policies on equal-plane with written scripture.

That's the schism in a nutshell, everything else is friendly inter-denominational minor disagreements that are not considered "major" by most Trinitarian Christian faiths.

 

[RLD]

The sticking point between Catholicism/Orthodox versus Protestantism really comes down to one major issue, the rest being minor issues. (e.g. transubstantiation or intercession of saints are minor disagreements)

The big schism is sola scriptura (bible alone) versus bible+tradition. The Catholic/Orthodox believe that faith alone is not sufficient for salvation. They rather believe that works/sacraments must occur to maintain salvation. Skipping mass on a Sunday for example, puts a Catholic's salvation in jeopardy until pennance occurs. In protestantism they believe the Bible's authority alone shows that salvation is certain and via faith-alone, no sacrements required to maintain or support salvation.

Protestants would point to the thief on the cross that Christ stated would be with him in heaven...yet he didn't get baptised, circumsized, go to mass, receive an indulgence, belong to a church, or other later added tradition/sacrement.

The Catholics and Orthodox would point to their church traditions as supporting their doctrines because they believe their Popes or Patriarchs can speak Ex Cathedra, creating policies on equal-plane with written scripture.

That's the schism in a nutshell, everything else is friendly inter-denominational minor disagreements that are not considered "major" by most Trinitarian Christian faiths.

That is a concise and accurate description of the theological issue, very well written. Also the role of the priest is a big issue. Martin Luther used to write about the "priesthood of all believers" and obviously Catholics don't work that way.

Personally though, I refer to anyone who believes Christ is the messiah, and is the son of God who died for our sins, as a Christian.

The Catholic Church in the last half century has really mellowed on a lot of issues. Current doctrine holds that muslims, jews, Christians and even people not of Abrahamic faiths may achieve salvation. We have really gone big tent.

 

[Brent in Az]

Swalwell. First sexual assault allegations, and now campaign funding questions.
Everyone knows he's a dirt bag, but California will vote for any dirt bag with a (D)

 

[Big_Easy]

Work quite well? For who? Certainly not the environment or taxpayers. Wind doesn’t pay for itself, even with government subsidies. What’s the point then? Trash our ranches with ugly wind turbines that are not financially sound? Build a road to each one and destroy wildlife habitat? 70% of the time it is either too windy or not windy enough. They are black, not green. Unless you’re a liberal businessman/politician who is heavily invested. Then they are green as in $$ lining pockets. Big Oil? Huh, try Big Wind scam at taxpayers expense!

The facts say otherwise:

https://www.lazard.com/media/5tlbhyla/lazards-lcoeplus-june-2025-_vf.pdf

Solar and On-shore wind are the two cheapest forms of electricity production. Combined cycle gas is third, depending upon location.

“Build a road to each one and destroy wildlife habitat”

Have you seen what the oil and gas industry does to the land? Each well head requires a road as well, and a pad, and a tailings pond, especially for fracked wells. Go to google maps right now and zoom in on west texas. All that visible scare tissue on the land isnt from wind turbines.

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

The facts say otherwise:

https://www.lazard.com/media/5tlbhyla/lazards-lcoeplus-june-2025-_vf.pdf

Solar and On-shore wind are the two cheapest forms of electricity production. Combined cycle gas is third, depending upon location.

“Build a road to each one and destroy wildlife habitat”

Have you seen what the oil and gas industry does to the land? Each well head requires a road as well, and a pad, and a tailings pond, especially for fracked wells. Go to google maps right now and zoom in on west texas. All that visible scare tissue on the land isnt from wind turbines.

hard to say whether it hurts or helps the appearance of west Texas..

 

[Big_Easy]

We can build anything that will technically work but at what cost?

Yes, nuclear power is the way forward.

As much as I support it, Nuclear power is the most expensive form of energy. Especially in America. Vogtle Units 3 and 4 just cost $35-36 billion to build. Thats almost $16 per watt/hour cap cost. Thats way more expensive than solar or wind with 100% battery backup. An absolutely astronomical amount of money.

Olkiluoto 3 EPR in Finland cost $12 billion, thats $7.5 watt/hr cap cost. And the Flamanville 3 EPR is almost $16 watt/hr cap cost.

And SMRs are yet to be proven cost effective either.

 

[Big_Easy]

Meant to say gear oil!

And how many billions of gallons of crude oil and refined products have been spilled over the past 150 years by that industry?

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

And how many billions of gallons of crude oil and refined products have been spilled over the past 150 years by that industry?

Quite a lot. Whataboutisms are never an attractive means of making an argument however

 

[Tanks]

If you are really worried about crime you need to look in the mirror. Native born Americans tend to commit more crimes than illegal immigrants (other than the crime of disobeying immigration laws obviously).

• Incarceration Rates: Data from 2010–2023 shows undocumented immigrants are about half as likely to be incarcerated as native-born Americans.
• Crime Trends: Studies suggest that as the undocumented immigrant population increases, violent crime rates tend to either decrease or remain stable.
• Conviction Rates: Research from Stanford University found that immigrants (including those in the country illegally) have been 60% less likely to be incarcerated than native-born people since the 1960s.
• Regional Data: In Texas, which provides some of the only tracking data on this topic, unlawful immigrants had lower conviction and arrest rates than native-born Texans, including for homicide

But it really is simple for the intellectually bankrupt to blame the outsider for their own problems.

One comment regarding all this comparative data. Let's say for arguments sake that out of 100 murders native born Americans commit 85 of them and illegal aliens commit only 15 of them.

You do away with the illegal aliens then you have 15 less murders.

I don't care about the comparisons and how illegal aliens might commit less crimes, point is without them there would be less crimes overall period.

 

[Big_Easy]

they are not made of recyclable material so have to be handled as hazmat. Either buried and isolated as a hazmat or encased in a polymer coffin and buried to prevent the spread of the friable carbon fiber used as their structural matrix.

Lol, wind turbine blades are not hazmat, neither are solar panels. Just because something is not recyclable, doesn't mean it’s hazmat. As if folks on here are concerned about recycling anyways.

Solar and wind are also the cheapest forms of electricity…put down the cool-aid buddy.

https://www.lazard.com/media/5tlbhyla/lazards-lcoeplus-june-2025-_vf.pdf

 

[Big_Easy]

How can anyone with half a brain take this guy seriously?

Perhaps that’s because some of his supporters only have 1/4 of a brain?

 

[Pondoro]

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Said by Jesus after his resurrection:

"You build tempels of stone and gold, but the true temple is within you. Every heart that loves is a sanctuary. Every act of kindness is a prayer made flesh"

"Blessed are those who suffer for my name, not in word, but in silence. For I walk with the forgotten, the quiet believers whose Faith needs no audience"

This I personally believe is the core of Christianity.. We do not need institutionalized Christianity.