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RE: The Absurd GOP
February 13, 2025 at 2:25 pm
52 US Senators just voted to confirm an HHS Secretary who told them 2 weeks ago that Black people have different immune systems
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: The Absurd GOP
February 13, 2025 at 3:55 pm
I keep on reading about Senate Republicans finding this or that nominee unacceptable ... right up to the moment they collapse and rubber-stamp another pillager of our government.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
February 13, 2025 at 4:01 pm
(February 13, 2025 at 3:55 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I keep on reading about Senate Republicans finding this or that nominee unacceptable ... right up to the moment they collapse and rubber-stamp another pillager of our government.
They are afraid of retaliation from Trumpmusk. And, it seems, rightfully so.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
February 13, 2025 at 4:08 pm
(February 13, 2025 at 4:01 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: (February 13, 2025 at 3:55 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I keep on reading about Senate Republicans finding this or that nominee unacceptable ... right up to the moment they collapse and rubber-stamp another pillager of our government.
They are afraid of retaliation from Trumpmusk. And, it seems, rightfully so.
Or they agree with them, but are afraid to be open about it in the media.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
February 13, 2025 at 4:13 pm
They're a bunch of racist 1%er trolls. I think they're fine with the looting and pillaging.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: The Absurd GOP
February 13, 2025 at 4:13 pm
(February 13, 2025 at 4:08 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: (February 13, 2025 at 4:01 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: They are afraid of retaliation from Trumpmusk. And, it seems, rightfully so.
Or they agree with them, but are afraid to be open about it in the media.
So far, there are few elected people with spines. I am surprised they have chairs and aren't just piled in a heap.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
February 13, 2025 at 4:16 pm
They're waiting for the little people to start the revolution, and they know it wont be good for them.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: The Absurd GOP
February 13, 2025 at 9:04 pm
It's mildly amusing that McConnell has seemed to realize in hindsight the damage he's done by enabling Trump to appoint three judges. Can't take it back, Mitch.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
February 14, 2025 at 2:42 am
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: The Absurd GOP
February 14, 2025 at 6:18 pm
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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