Fantastic, can they send me a piece of cake.LOLccguns
What has Trump done to this country?
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I certainly don't view my country (USA) through rose colored glasses, We've got warts also but at least we try to ask ourselves the hard questions as a nation and as I've previously said there is somebody from every ethnic background that has "made it" here, not many countries can say and THAT is what I believe gives us our karma as a nation.ccguns
Absolutely, always fond of the Aussies.ccguns
smokinrav
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One of my favorite thing about the Olympics is the opening procession. The US team is so ethnically diverse compared to others.
topcat
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Like Douchey, like son.
captainmorgan
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Alabama is a joke, they outlawed yoga in public schools because the Hindu's are a dangerous cult lol.
printer
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Maybe they know a thing about themselves. The ability to be drawn into a cult. Like the one they are in now.
CunningCanuk
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Budley Doright
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Well we didn’t outlaw it but if your not from the east and teaching it it is deemed to be cultural appropriation
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DIY-HP-LED
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They just need to call it prayer and turn it into a bullshit religion to hoist them by their own petard. They are all for prayer in schools and I'll bet they have laws protecting it too. These shit hole states are gonna be sued out of existence one day if the feds change the law to make it easier. Breonna Taylor's family just got a $75 million dollar settlement, a good example of the way everybody in the state pays for this bullshit.
End of Civil War almost 160 yrs Where's the progress south of the Mason Dixon line? At start of pandemic people could'nt get unemp. checks after 6 weeks for Christ sakes, total shithole correctional depts.,sucky state services,shitty standard of living, yet still proud as a MF. ccguns
DIY-HP-LED
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They also worship the golden calf, Cheeto Jesus, the deplorables have turned heathen! Not just the republicans are going through shit and division, their religious lunatic branch is in upheaval too, good job Donald.
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Pastors quit after watching churchgoers become radicalized by QAnon (businessinsider.com)
Pastors are leaving their congregation after losing their churchgoers to QAnon
The Christian Reformed Church pastor from Michigan had been watching for months as some members of his congregation grew captivated by videos about the QAnon conspiracy theory on social media, openly discussing sex trafficking and Satan-worshipping pedophiles.
He had watched as other spiritual advisors, including the self-proclaimed "Trump Prophet" Mark Taylor, incorporated wild and dangerous QAnon beliefs into their sermons on YouTube, and as organizers of the Christian Jericho March gathered in Washington, DC, days before the insurrection, urging followers to "pray, march, fast, and rally for election integrity."
So when hundreds of President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol hours after his premonition, Swieringa was shocked, but not surprised.
"I think some of the signs had been there all along and it just all came to a perfect storm," Swieringa told Insider.
The pastor said he had been worried about so-called "Christian nationalism" since Trump was elected into office in 2016. (Neither Swieringa nor any of the other pastors interviewed for this story say who they voted for in 2016 or 2020.)
He became even more concerned when, in 2018, some elderly members in his own congregation started sending him "disturbing" QAnon videos. When Swieringa brought these to the attention of his superiors, they were mostly dismissive, telling him they didn't know what QAnon was.
But when the coronavirus pandemic hit last year, the problem got worse, and a lot more personal.
Swieringa felt increasingly uncomfortable when a large part of his congregation said they believed the pandemic was a hoax.
The 61-year-old pastor had been taking the pandemic very seriously, partly because his wife was considered at risk. A bout of pneumonia in 2019 had left her with permanent scarring in the lungs.
"It was at that point when I put my foot down and said, 'I'm not going to preach in front of a congregation that wants to sing and not wear masks,'" Swieringa said. "But they still wanted me to preach in front of them without wearing a mask."
He said the church offered to him a plexiglass barrier to preach behind, but he felt it wouldn't make much of a difference in an enclosed space.
"We agreed to separate at that point, and so it felt pretty cordial at the time. But I found out later that there were really hard feelings amongst the congregation, and many of them felt like I abandoned them," Swieringa said. "It was heartbreaking."
Swieringa left the church in December 2020 after eight years of service.
He now works part-time at the Kibbie Christian Reformed Church in South Haven, 30 miles away from his original job. His new church has a mandatory mask rule.
One in four white evangelicals believe in QAnon
Swieringa is not the only pastor who has struggled with the rapid spread of conspiracy theories and misinformation in his congregation.
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Pastors quit after watching churchgoers become radicalized by QAnon (businessinsider.com)
Pastors are leaving their congregation after losing their churchgoers to QAnon
- Pastors are trying to fight conspiracy theories and misinformation that have gripped churches.
- Insider spoke to two pastors who left their congregation after watching members become radicalized.
- More than a quarter of white evangelicals believe in the QAnon conspiracy theory, research shows.
The Christian Reformed Church pastor from Michigan had been watching for months as some members of his congregation grew captivated by videos about the QAnon conspiracy theory on social media, openly discussing sex trafficking and Satan-worshipping pedophiles.
He had watched as other spiritual advisors, including the self-proclaimed "Trump Prophet" Mark Taylor, incorporated wild and dangerous QAnon beliefs into their sermons on YouTube, and as organizers of the Christian Jericho March gathered in Washington, DC, days before the insurrection, urging followers to "pray, march, fast, and rally for election integrity."
So when hundreds of President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol hours after his premonition, Swieringa was shocked, but not surprised.
"I think some of the signs had been there all along and it just all came to a perfect storm," Swieringa told Insider.
The pastor said he had been worried about so-called "Christian nationalism" since Trump was elected into office in 2016. (Neither Swieringa nor any of the other pastors interviewed for this story say who they voted for in 2016 or 2020.)
He became even more concerned when, in 2018, some elderly members in his own congregation started sending him "disturbing" QAnon videos. When Swieringa brought these to the attention of his superiors, they were mostly dismissive, telling him they didn't know what QAnon was.
But when the coronavirus pandemic hit last year, the problem got worse, and a lot more personal.
Swieringa felt increasingly uncomfortable when a large part of his congregation said they believed the pandemic was a hoax.
The 61-year-old pastor had been taking the pandemic very seriously, partly because his wife was considered at risk. A bout of pneumonia in 2019 had left her with permanent scarring in the lungs.
"It was at that point when I put my foot down and said, 'I'm not going to preach in front of a congregation that wants to sing and not wear masks,'" Swieringa said. "But they still wanted me to preach in front of them without wearing a mask."
He said the church offered to him a plexiglass barrier to preach behind, but he felt it wouldn't make much of a difference in an enclosed space.
"We agreed to separate at that point, and so it felt pretty cordial at the time. But I found out later that there were really hard feelings amongst the congregation, and many of them felt like I abandoned them," Swieringa said. "It was heartbreaking."
Swieringa left the church in December 2020 after eight years of service.
He now works part-time at the Kibbie Christian Reformed Church in South Haven, 30 miles away from his original job. His new church has a mandatory mask rule.
One in four white evangelicals believe in QAnon
Swieringa is not the only pastor who has struggled with the rapid spread of conspiracy theories and misinformation in his congregation.
more...
Rottedroots
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I'm a bit uncomfortable referring to states like Alabama, Mississippi as shit holes even if they are. I honestly don't know the numbers but I'd bet they rank 49th and 50th in education and educational funding. WTF, Maybe education wouldn't make a different.
Rottedroots
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I guess a took a wild shot at that one but I wasn't certain.. who is 94, 95 and 96. My brother's children in Connecticut get two sets of books and two computers one set for home and the other set for school. The town doesn't want them to hurt their backs. Two stinking computers for a child
I hear you on that my man, I take no pleasure in trashing these states, shit,they are AMERICANS just like I am and in diff. circumstances or points in history we could be in afoxhole together as AMERICANS.It's just hard to believe 1000 or so miles apart can have 180 mindsets.I guess the internet can divide just as easily as it can unite.ccguns
CunningCanuk
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America should listen to Stacey Abrams' warning about 'racist' election laws
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Analysis: America should listen to Stacey Abrams' warning about 'racist' election laws
Stacey Abrams' stark warning about Georgia's new election bill being racist is shining a spotlight on a nationwide battle over whose voices will be heard at the ballot box, as Republicans around the country try to suppress voting rights.
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DIY-HP-LED
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Hopefully the democrats will drive through HR-1 and the voting rights act to counter act the republican turn to fascism. Remember the conservative members of the SCOTUS recently watched their political home get burned to the ground by Trump and his base of deplorables. They drove all the people like them out of the party as it morphed into a racist anti democratic and illiberal organization. I would expect that these people watch the news and apprehend the threat that this trend in the GOP represents to democratic institutions, the constitution and rule of law. Their thinking might have changed a bit on protecting voters rights, dark money and other things that weaken democracy. Really these SCOTUS justices and others are ideologically adrift, as their allies in the republican plutocracy are rendered powerless.America should listen to Stacey Abrams' warning about 'racist' election laws
Analysis: America should listen to Stacey Abrams' warning about 'racist' election laws
Stacey Abrams' stark warning about Georgia's new election bill being racist is shining a spotlight on a nationwide battle over whose voices will be heard at the ballot box, as Republicans around the country try to suppress voting rights.
