a republican congressman voted his conscience to impeach trump.
the results might surprise some of us.. "my dad's cousins sent me a petition - a certified letter - saying they disowned me because i'm in 'the devil's army' now," kinzinger said in a phone conversation on thursday.
"it's been crazy, when you have friends - that you thought were good friends that would love you no matter what - that don't.".
“Divides” of some sort or other are almost inevitable, as nobody is likely to agree about every single thing. Then add to that those who feel obligated to say “black” just because they heard another person say “white”, and the rest is not hard to imagine. I believe it is called “human nature”.
“Popular Sovereignty” might be a laudable ideal, but almost impossible to ever achieve.
a republican congressman voted his conscience to impeach trump.
the results might surprise some of us.. "my dad's cousins sent me a petition - a certified letter - saying they disowned me because i'm in 'the devil's army' now," kinzinger said in a phone conversation on thursday.
"it's been crazy, when you have friends - that you thought were good friends that would love you no matter what - that don't.".
ShotWhileTryingToEscape,
Hear, Hear!
”let the discussion become deeper, not hotter”
Too true!
a republican congressman voted his conscience to impeach trump.
the results might surprise some of us.. "my dad's cousins sent me a petition - a certified letter - saying they disowned me because i'm in 'the devil's army' now," kinzinger said in a phone conversation on thursday.
"it's been crazy, when you have friends - that you thought were good friends that would love you no matter what - that don't.".
There are many parallels between religious fanaticism and political; with one example being suicide bombings.
During the first Indochina War (1946-1954), Communist Viet Minh forces employed “Death Volunteers” to breach the barbed wire entanglements. ( Any other army would use a Bangalore torpedo). This is well described in Bernard B. Fall’s work “Hell in a very small place - the siege of Dien Bien Phu, 1954”.
The political fanatic can be every bit as dangerous as the religious one - and even at the very best, just as big a pain in the @$$.
someone i know from england is a nurse.
she told me there was an outbreak at the hospital and she got the virus after being vaccinated.
she said she was told it probably would have been much worse for her had she not gotten vaccinated.
FFGhost
”Hard science and facts are merely a distraction on a thread like this”.
I think you might have nailed it there!
we've probably all heard it, "i wish i could get the covid and that way it would be behind me", as if it were some annoying rite of passage.
"sure, i'll lose my senses of smell and taste for awhile, i'll lose my strength for awhile", etc.. what else could be the reasoning for ignoring the social distancing to attend maskless parties and similar large group gatherings?.
however, looking at the following xray images of certain lungs may help impress some folks into thinking that there are more serious happenings in the attack progression of this virus.
It has long been observed that "success has many authors", and this is certainly true in the case of the development of vaccines for COVID-19.
According to www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/explaining-operation-warp-speed
- AstraZeneca received USD$1.2 billion to "support manufacturing and delivery" of their vaccine.
- Pfizer / BioNtech received USD$1.95 billion to support the "large scale manufacturing and nationwide distribution" of their vaccine.
Further, though, in June of 2020, BioNtech also received a 100 million Euro loan from the European Investment Bank, followed by a 375 million Euro grant from the German government - all to assist its R&D of a COVID-19 vaccine.
PS: I know I am a latecomer in this discussion, but isn't it time to step back a pace, and everybody take a deep breath!
i once left a copy with the kids of my return visit.
the next time i came she returned it to me saying it was discusting and not something kids should be reading.
i was shocked since i learnt to read using this book.
So much for “The Prince of Peace!”
i think that for the most part, dissenting views should be allowed to exist because of free speech principles.
one person may strongly feel that something is true while someone else may present “facts” that support the opposing view.
when that is the case, healthy discussion is mostly productive.
There is, of course, much misinformation circulating on the internet, and particularly on social media.
Hence the recent call by the Australian Medical Association for a media campaign to correct this - at least as it applies to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Action needed to tackle health misinformation on internet, social media | AMA
yes, many here have lost many years of life due to being infected by this cult like religion.
for many it is very hard to let go of that life and those wasted years.. of course people need time to heal and this web site is a great place to do that, swap war stories and commiserate.. i was in for over 50 years.
so of course it will be with me for the rest of my life.
Well said!
i can’t remember the last time i stayed in on new year’s eve.
every year we went out and made this date a real party.
it was a celebration that included a night out, a stay in a hotel , eating, drinking and dancing to live music!.
Sinking a couple of cold ones, while waiting to watch the fireworks on TV
here it is ,the end of a year and a new one starting tomorrow.. i do not want to reflect on the bad the year brought us ,but thankfully i will move into the new year glad that i am still here to enjoy the good things in life that are still here .. though i've had some personal bad stuff happening like all do from time to time i did have things to be thankful for ,like my loving partners support and a wonderful christmas visit with my daughters family and grand children.. i had to plan my driving trip to queensland in between covid shutdowns but this made it more exciting and helped me to see i should not take family for granted.. so i'm thankful for the good the year brought and yet sorrowful for those in the world who had bad things happen.. that's the stuff of life and sometimes it's worse for a while and then change brings better times.. i don't believe the strike of clock will bring change but what we do in our lives will ,i've made bad decisions that have lbrought life long change for bad but i have made some for good.
some things from outside will bring change ,like covid ,but it is how we handle things that really matters for the future.. the one big thing i am thankful for is getting insight from this wonderful site that helped me see what the disgusting watchtower org is in reality , and over the years have seen thru others here how they broke the clutches of a cult of liars.. so thank you all and hope that the future brings some happiness as well ,agong with the sorrow and especially to all the ozzies on here.
Smiddy3
Too right!
