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  Covid lung damage worse than from heavy smoking

  by FatFreek 2005 in

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  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.

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  Hadn't seen my neighbor since Christmas. His wife told me yesterday that he passed away from Covid complications.

  Sad... I'd known the guy for 15 years.
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  Do You Support Trump Being Impeached Again?

  by minimus in

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  it looks like it can happen again and i suspect if it does happen, the senate will not convict either because they can’t convict him since it’s after his presidency or simply because they don’t have sufficient votes..

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  Well again, a Senate impeachment "trial" is not a criminal proceeding. It is a legislative exercise where what is and what is not heard is almost entirely up to the Senate itself.
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  Do You Support Trump Being Impeached Again?

  by minimus in

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  it looks like it can happen again and i suspect if it does happen, the senate will not convict either because they can’t convict him since it’s after his presidency or simply because they don’t have sufficient votes..

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  Anony Mous

  The Constitution Annotated is the resource provided by the U.S. Government via the Library of Congress for understanding our Constitution. I would agree that it's not the final authority, but it is more than simply "one" opinion published by "a" government.
  

  The characterization of high crimes and misdemeanors with regard to impeachment as fundamentally criminal acts is a misconception commonly repeated in Trump's defense.
  

  This has never been true for judges under Article III, Section 1 of our Constitution which provides that judges of the supreme and inferior courts "shall hold their offices during good behavior."

  It's also not true of the office of President as Deschler's Precedents of the U.S. House of Representatives notes with regard to Nixon: "...the grounds for Presidential impeachment need not be indictable or criminal." (I can provide the full quote if context is needed.)

  Article I, Section 2 of our Constitution grants the House sole power in impeachment and Section 3 grants the Senate sole power to try impeachments. There is no Constitutional provision for judicial review and therefore unlikely that the Supreme Court would get involved.
  
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  Do You Support Trump Being Impeached Again?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  it looks like it can happen again and i suspect if it does happen, the senate will not convict either because they can’t convict him since it’s after his presidency or simply because they don’t have sufficient votes..

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  That is one opinion off course

  You don't appear to have read the article or noticed the .gov suffix on the domain, as you simply repeat the popular layman's misconception of high crimes and misdemeanors.
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  Do You Support Trump Being Impeached Again?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  it looks like it can happen again and i suspect if it does happen, the senate will not convict either because they can’t convict him since it’s after his presidency or simply because they don’t have sufficient votes..

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  No you don’t what?

  Minimus asked: "Do You Support Trump Being Impeached Again?"

  Tom answered: "No I don't."

  Unless there is something really serious that the public doesn't know about, it strikes me as mean-spirited at this point.

  I would point out though, that those on this thread and elsewhere who are judging the President's statements through the filter of 1st Amendment protections of speech are out to lunch.

  I doubt if anyone will read it, but here is a decent article on the subject.

  https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-2-1/ALDE_00000690/
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  Thoughts on JW funerals

  by Syme in

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  i recently had the sad opportunity to attend 2 jw funerals.

  the first was a few months ago and the second today.

  the first was my grandfather's and the second of an old friend back from my jw days.

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  Cannot up-vote or sympathize enough...

  JW services are an absolute abomination.

  People chattering, laughing, discussing sports teams, recipes, their plans for the weekend and other diversions on the way in.

  A noisy, page-rustling bible study explaining JW views of death, resurrection and paradise. The departed loved one and their memory is only a foil in this explanation
  

  People chattering, laughing, discussing sports teams, recipes, their plans for the weekend and other diversions on the way out.

  ---And this is supposed to recommend JW's as a faith to "unbelieving" relatives, who are shocked, saddened and horrified by this behavior.
  
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  Do You Support Trump Being Impeached Again?

  by minimus in

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  it looks like it can happen again and i suspect if it does happen, the senate will not convict either because they can’t convict him since it’s after his presidency or simply because they don’t have sufficient votes..

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  No, I don't.
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  Should Difference of Opinion Be Squelched On Sites Such As FB or Twitter?

  by minimus in

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  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.

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  Trump is not guilty of incitement under D.C. law. I don't know why the Dems keep saying that.

  As things stand right now though, our right of free speech is a restriction on the ability of government to suppress it.

  A social media outlet is under no more obligation to let you publish your opinion than a newspaper is. Which is none at all
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  Should Difference of Opinion Be Squelched On Sites Such As FB or Twitter?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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.

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  I was amused when Facebook banned the "Free States Militia" which is actually a faction in a survival themed video game and not a real militia at all.

  Until the courts rule one way or the other on the status of these companies I would say they have not just a right, but an obligation to remove certain content, but gee....

  They're way too trigger-happy right now.
  
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  Hysteria & Final Thoughts

  by Sea Breeze in

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  every republican president ever elected starting with reagan generated hysteria in the news media.

  they belittled, cajoled, ridiculed, mocked and resisted the highest elected leader in the land in an attempt to overturn the will of the people.

  reagan.

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  And, now its over. We will never see another Republican President.

  Sure we will. Biden's anti-gun agenda is enough all by itself to swing moderates back to the conservative side.

  Republicans will repair the damage Trump has done and go back to being the party of reason, moderation and constitutional scholarship.

  Who knows? Maybe in time, Trump supporters will learn the difference between conservatism and populism and understand why even conservative groups like the Heritage and Second Amendment Foundations had problems with him