US continues to go backward...

This is insane!!

A Baltimore police officer has been suspended after video showed him trying to run over a pedestrian, driving recklessly through a residential area, and crashing his vehicle.

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A Baltimore police officer has been suspended after video showed him trying to run over a pedestrian, driving recklessly through a residential area, and crashing his vehicle.
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GratefulPoke said:
Now that SNAP benefits are on hold, keep in mind that 70% of the people on SNAP work full time. So in other words, they are not paid a livable wage working 40 hours a week.

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Per Newsmax


ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.

SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.

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ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program. SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
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Polds4OSU said:
Per Newsmax


ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.

SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.

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ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program. SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
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Make racism great again
 
cowboyinexile said:
Yep. I don't know how you would trade SNAP for getting your nails done but hey let's make something up for an us vs them argument so the "working" people on benefits in rural areas feel less bad about starving next week.
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They are playing a dangerous game. This could turn people onto the fact that they have been lied to and conned. Hungry people generally want concrete answers.
 
GratefulPoke said:
They are playing a dangerous game. This could turn people onto the fact that they have been lied to and conned. Hungry people generally want concrete answers.
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In today’s America. The wealthiest country to have ever existed. The top 1% own 31% of the US total wealth. The top 10% own 70%. The bottom 50% own less than 3%.

Data is all over the place but anywhere from 50-70 percent of snap recipients work. Doesn’t say how many hours or what jobs.

I am not suggesting redistribution through government means. But why do we have such low minimum wage and argue that by increasing it would cause inflation, and stay mostly silent when executive and CEO pay has risen exponentially higher?
 
HacklemanPoke said:
In today’s America. The wealthiest country to have ever existed. The top 1% own 31% of the US total wealth. The top 10% own 70%. The bottom 50% own less than 3%.

Data is all over the place but anywhere from 50-70 percent of snap recipients work. Doesn’t say how many hours or what jobs.

I am not suggesting redistribution through government means. But why do we have such low minimum wage and argue that by increasing it would cause inflation, and stay mostly silent when executive and CEO pay has risen exponentially higher?
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Im surprised people still believe increasing the minimum wage will cause significant inflation. We must have gotten a heck of a minimum wage increase the last 4 years. Wait, no that was a combination of supply chain issues caused by the pandemic and companies maximizing profits because they could use supply chain/lack of employees/other industries raising input prices/ect.
 
Assemblies of God churches have repeatedly reinstated ministers and volunteer leaders accused of sexual misconduct, returning them to pulpits and youth groups, an NBC News investigation found.

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Polds4OSU said:
Assemblies of God churches have repeatedly reinstated ministers and volunteer leaders accused of sexual misconduct, returning them to pulpits and youth groups, an NBC News investigation found.

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This is so common that it almost isn't even news. Way back when these stories first came out, everyone was shocked. Then everyone was shocked again when the complex organizational cover-ups were discovered. Now, it is basically an expectation. The only shocking then for me is that people still put their children in situations where they can be alone with people at churches when churches have not shown any desire or ability to protect them.
 
Polds4OSU said:
Assemblies of God churches have repeatedly reinstated ministers and volunteer leaders accused of sexual misconduct, returning them to pulpits and youth groups, an NBC News investigation found.

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Assemblies of God churches have repeatedly reinstated ministers and volunteer leaders accused of sexual misconduct, returning them to pulpits and youth groups, an NBC News investigation found.
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From the article:
“defy a core biblical command: to forgive.”

I was saved in an Assembly of God church and attend an Assembly of Got church now. This is a dodge. The Greek word used in the NT for forgive is “aphesis” which means to release, as in to release the debt. The concept is that we create a debt by sinning, against God or against the person we sin against, and forgiveness releases the person from that debt. But the only one who can release the debt is the debt holder and that is the one who the sin was committed against. In the case of sexual abuse, it is the victim.

Releasing the debt also does not mean that the person gets to go back to what they were doing before. Reconciliation means that the sinner and the person sinned against are returned to a right relationship, but it may not be the same relationship it was before the sin. Reconciliation requires repentance on the part of the sinner. Forgiveness does not, it only requires the person sinned against to forgive. Restoration means that the relationship is fully returned to the condition that it was prior to the offense. Not only does it require repentance but it requires contrition, rebuilding trust. It is very difficult to accomplish.

Think of it this way, you borrow a large sum of money from a bank. When the note comes due you can’t pay. The bank decides to forgive the loan. Will the bank ever do business with you again? What would it take for the bank to do any business with you again? What would it take for the bank to ever give you another loan? This is forgiveness, reconciliation, and restoration.

For a denomination, the Assemblies of God understands this poorly, as do most evangelicals.
 
Nancy Mace berates airport security detail

This reeks of entitlement but that doesn't surprise me.
Her response is that they didn't take her security seriously; from the details, it seems like her handlers did a poor job communicating details to them (white BMW/Silver sedan vs dark colored...) and she was late. Spoiled & entitled
 
I didn’t quite finish the thought on forgiveness…

Let’s say that Steross loans me $100,000. Time passes and the day comes when I am supposed to pay up. I can’t, I don’t have the money. HacklemanPoke shows up.

HacklemanPoke: I forgive you brother!
Rx: Thank you! God bless you!
Steross: Hold up… not so fast…

This is what the Assemblies of God and other churches are doing when they “forgive” sexual predators and “restore” them to ministry positions. They aren’t the ones who were sinned against and therefore they aren’t the ones who need to release the debt. And before ANYONE should be RESTORED to a ministry position there needs to be repentance, contrition and recompense, if rebuilding that trust is possible at all.
 
Kash Patel was angry about his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown on taxpayers dime to see his musician girlfriend perform so he forced out a senior FBI official overseeing aviation, Bloomberg reports

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RxCowboy said:
I didn’t quite finish the thought on forgiveness…

Let’s say that Steross loans me $100,000. Time passes and the day comes when I am supposed to pay up. I can’t, I don’t have the money. HacklemanPoke shows up.

HacklemanPoke: I forgive you brother!
Rx: Thank you! God bless you!
Steross: Hold up… not so fast…

This is what the Assemblies of God and other churches are doing when they “forgive” sexual predators and “restore” them to ministry positions. They aren’t the ones who were sinned against and therefore they aren’t the ones who need to release the debt. And before ANYONE should be RESTORED to a ministry position there needs to be repentance, contrition and recompense, if rebuilding that trust is possible at all.
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It’s very simple:

No repetance…
No contrition …
No amends….

No absolution.
 
CowboyJD said:
It’s very simple:

No repetance…
No contrition …
No amends….

No absolution.
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If God forgives me why can’t you? <tears>

You ain’t wrong, JD, you ain’t wrong.

HacklemanPoke can’t absolve me of the debt I owe Steross. People who stand in the pulpit and preach don’t seem to understand this concept. It’s what Jesus is talking about in Matthew, seeking forgiveness and reconciliation.

Matthew 5::23-24
Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering
 
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