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  What Do You Think Of Jehovah?

  by minimus in

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  What Do You Think Of Jehovah?

  Don't ever use him as a designated driver when you go on a bar crawl. You'll end up having to pay for a taxi.
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  Any Runners Here?

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  anyone else like to run?

  i started running regularly in the past year or so and am becoming addicted.

  participated in my first 5k earlier this summer, a large even with about 2,500+ runners.

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  I used to run, and really enjoyed it. 5k (more or less) was my usual daily run. This is back 10 years ago though. The way you feel after your first mile...it is habit forming.
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  The Supreme Law of the Land

  by Farkel in

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  folks, i almost feel silly creating this thread, but i think i must do it based upon comments by folks who think the various governments in the usa can make any legally enforceable laws they want.. they cannot!.

  in the usa we have a republic.

  we do not have a democracy.

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  BTS...the book you recommended presents only one side of the argument, so it's good if someone is interested in being fair-and-balanced in a Fox News/MSNBC sorta way.

  It is still a good read, and I admire the author.

  There are two sides to an argument:

  The more correct one and the less correct one.

  BTS
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  The Supreme Law of the Land

  by Farkel in

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  folks, i almost feel silly creating this thread, but i think i must do it based upon comments by folks who think the various governments in the usa can make any legally enforceable laws they want.. they cannot!.

  in the usa we have a republic.

  we do not have a democracy.

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  Politically incorrect Latin Americans read Alexis de Tocqueville as well, for several reasons. One is that he foresaw that the United States, small and poor and even backwards at the time, would one day be way above Latin America (incidentally, this was also noticed by the Count of Aranda, but that is a different story). One of the reasons for such preeminence was democracy and a way of living that fostered people's freedom and gave them an opportunity to prosper for and by themselves. The kind of things that you can lose if you're not vigilant.

  Any people that controlled the land area that is now the United States was almost destined to become a great and wealthy power in the world with the kind of technology developed over the last 300 years. The US land mass is one of the greatest on the planet for economic development. Nothing in Latin America comes close, not even Brazil.

  Not to take away anything from the political and cultural foundations of the country which allowed the natural wealth to be used efficiently and to the greatest extent, but in terms of navigable rivers, arable land near those rivers, ports, distance from aggressor nations, and so on, the US is hard to top.

  A fascinating analysis on the subject.

  Ever heard about "The Road to Serfdom", by Friedrich von Hayek?

  Yes, great book.
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  The Supreme Law of the Land

  by Farkel in

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  folks, i almost feel silly creating this thread, but i think i must do it based upon comments by folks who think the various governments in the usa can make any legally enforceable laws they want.. they cannot!.

  in the usa we have a republic.

  we do not have a democracy.

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  The IC cancer goes back to Wickard vs Filburn.

  If you want to do more research, here is a great book that covers the case, written by a friend of mine (who brought the Heller case ). Highly recommended. He also covers Gonzales vs Raich, and Kelo vs New London.

  http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Dozen-Radically-Expanded-Government/dp/1595230505

  And Thomas may be the most influential Justice on that court.

  http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2011/08/28/new-blue-nightmare-clarence-thomas-and-the-amendment-of-doom/

  I recommend the linked New Yorker article too.
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  The Supreme Law of the Land

  by Farkel in

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  folks, i almost feel silly creating this thread, but i think i must do it based upon comments by folks who think the various governments in the usa can make any legally enforceable laws they want.. they cannot!.

  in the usa we have a republic.

  we do not have a democracy.

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  Hell they even delivered us a bastard POTUS.

  Last I checked, they had nothing to do with the election of the bastard (conceived outside of marriage) President Obama.

  Interesting choice of words.
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  The GB Knew What They Were Doing

  by compound complex in

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  i believe that the governing body knew very well what would be the consequences of publishing the above article on apostates.

  they carefully word every article, not only for the faithful, but for the unfaithful, and for those who have never believed our faith.

  the above article and the comments here show me their great wisdom, because they have achieved exactly what they wanted.

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  Me cago en la puta madre del Cuerpo Gobernante de los Testículos de Jehová.
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  Sugar: The Bitter Truth (YouTube)

  by leavingwt in

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  this is an interesting presentation.

  robert h. lustig, md, ucsf professor of pediatrics in the division of endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods.

  he argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin.. .

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  I'd much rather consume cane sugar than aspartame.
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  The Walrus Was Paul

  by MoneurMallard in

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  many new testament biblical students today of both messianic jewish and christian backgrounds, are finding out that paul of tarsus simply doesn't fit with the remainder of new testament theology.

  there is an article i've recently read, from the judaism vs. christianity dot com website that deals explicitly with this topic.... well, now i cannot seem to access it, but here is the link:.

  http://www.judaismvschristianity.com/paulthe.htm.

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  They've been going in and out of style but they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
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  Watchtower Hate Speech and Intimidation Might be a Violation of US Federal Law

  by DT in

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  the united states is more lenient than most countries when it comes to hate speech and allowing organised religions to have their way, even when they hurt others.

  however, there are limits.

  i found a federal law that seems strangely relevant to recent watchtower articles that labels former members as "mentally diseased" and discuss the "slaughter of apostates".

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  I think this is a hell of a stretch in the US. The US has very strong free speech protections.