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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 3, 2026 at 12:21 am
Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers: "If you belittle Christ in the halls of power and blaspheme Him by not ascribing to Him glory and authority over the governments that rest upon His shoulders, the scepter you grasp will become the rod that breaks you. Kiss the Son or face the beating."
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
April 3, 2026 at 1:39 am
Which "Church of Jesus Christ"? There's only a few thousand of them.
Fuckin' blowhard.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 3, 2026 at 6:08 am
(This post was last modified: April 3, 2026 at 6:14 am by Ivan Denisovich.)
(April 3, 2026 at 12:21 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers: "If you belittle Christ in the halls of power and blaspheme Him by not ascribing to Him glory and authority over the governments that rest upon His shoulders, the scepter you grasp will become the rod that breaks you. Kiss the Son or face the beating."
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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 5, 2026 at 5:59 pm
Pete Hegseth, that master of all things military, in a stunning example of Chesterton’s Fence, has issued a directive that soldiers will now be allowed to carry personal firearms on military bases.
I guess that in his extensively deep and detailed study of military history, he missed this bit:
‘That no non-commissioned officer or soldier have with him arms of any kind, unless he is on duty.’ - General George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, 26 December 1777.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 5, 2026 at 6:47 pm
Who wanted that?
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
April 5, 2026 at 7:08 pm
Plenty of right-wing nutjobs on base.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 6, 2026 at 1:53 pm
(April 5, 2026 at 5:59 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Pete Hegseth, that master of all things military, in a stunning example of Chesterton’s Fence, has issued a directive that soldiers will now be allowed to carry personal firearms on military bases.
I guess that in his extensively deep and detailed study of military history, he missed this bit:
‘That no non-commissioned officer or soldier have with him arms of any kind, unless he is on duty.’ - General George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, 26 December 1777.
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Yeah, but what did HE know?
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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 6, 2026 at 2:20 pm
(April 6, 2026 at 1:53 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: (April 5, 2026 at 5:59 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Pete Hegseth, that master of all things military, in a stunning example of Chesterton’s Fence, has issued a directive that soldiers will now be allowed to carry personal firearms on military bases.
I guess that in his extensively deep and detailed study of military history, he missed this bit:
‘That no non-commissioned officer or soldier have with him arms of any kind, unless he is on duty.’ - General George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, 26 December 1777.
Boru
Yeah, but what did HE know?
Yup. Washington was obviously one of those radical left woke bastards. Thank goodness Pentagon Pete is on the job!!
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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 6, 2026 at 3:02 pm
Those Confounding Fathers!
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RE: The Absurd GOP
April 7, 2026 at 5:14 am
Is it just me, or is this an uber-creepy metaphor?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/...3cc8&ei=70
Quote:Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) made the political reality clear: "If our troops need more money, I want to give it to them, but I want to see the details. You gotta show me the candy before I'll get in that car."
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