How does the saying go? "If it is punishable solely by a fine, that means that it's OK for rich people to do."

Excellent!

Who's the goober with the Pinto? Itty bitty car seems out of place there...

Cool! Now do gold v tulips!

:) sorry, I had to.

lol not me. I bought a turkey breast (quarter) for Christmas but it doesn't fit in my air fryer. Still thinking about what I can do with it. maybe cut it in half?

Sadly Mr Geldof and his offspring have exposed themselves many times over as being shills for the establishment - the establishment against whom this song pretends to rail - in the past few decades. I'll admit to being duped as a teen in those days..sad.

wait until I tell the CEO about you!

I honestly believe that a significant portion of my acquaintances may not be able to solve that puzzle. :(

My gift to all of us "conspiracy" realists out there. Merry Christmas!

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“My first rule: I don’t believe anything the government tells me.”

— George Carlin

the pronouns.

YOU will have nothing...meanwhile WE will have everything we want and be quite satisfied with it.

The ones who demand power over others always obfuscate rather than outright lie. Pronouns are the very top of the list.

I missed out on Bitcoin, but I am pretty early on nostr! when re we gonna hit $100,000?

#nostr #bitcoin #earlyadopter

What passport? I'm just going to walk over the nearest border, where that government's agents will welcome me with warm hugs, $5000 and a new phone.

Right? Right!?

o, there will always be a "payout". The government will always print more money. One may note that the mandatory medicare premium is rising at double the COLA each year. At some point, the "payouts" will be completely subsumed by a combination of inflation and medicare premiums, and those believing that they would benefit from these "payouts" will be sorely disappointed. But hey, free prescription drugs forever! :)

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Kinda. My love affair with sports (mostly MLB) ended with the lockout in 1994. If that didn't make it obvious that the fans are just cows to be milked, nothing will. After being away from sports for 30 years, I see that it's even worse than I thought back then.

Pronouns are the key to understanding those who demand power over us. "We" usually means that ruling class. "You" (as in, "you will be happy") means the proles. Phrases like "our democracy" mean that "the tool that the ruling class uses to maintain its power over the proles ("democracy") is indeed in the hands of that same ruling class and must be preserved at all costs"

Why is there strife and violence in our plane? Because we,as humans, create it.

Many people create a false dichotomy here. Either God is a loving God or there is strife and violence. Jesus said "rend unto Caesar what is Caesar's, but render unto God what is God's". He also said "I am the Alpha and Omega".

Note that Jesus did NOT say "I am the Alpha, the Beta, the Gamma, the Delta..." et cetera. Our universe was indeed created by God, and out of love for us, He granted unto us free will. But the current plane of our existence isn't the end game. Jesus mentions many times that our ultimate reward is with God, not on this Earth. The "rend unto Caesar" comment is essentially saying "hey, this is YOUR Earth. God created it for you, and you have the will to do with it whatever you choose". God is not concerned with whatever rules or acts that you humans decide to promulgate on this plane. But remember that in the end ("the Omega"), all of this will be gone and we will be summoned into God's presence. Jesus said on more than one occasion that there are only two Commandments necessary to follow in order to be summoned to the uiltimate peace: Belief that Jesus is indeed the Son of God, and the Golden Rule. Other than that, humans are on their own. Jesus gives us a number of pointers to make our existence here less violent and less stressful - don't throw stones, turn the other cheek, don't be obsessed with things or money, forgive others...and when we don't do that, we bring strife and violence upon ourselves. That doesn't mean that He doesn't love us. Just as a parent must sometimes watch adult progeny make bad decisions, so God watches us. He gave us free will, much as a parent lets the progeny leave the home at some point of maturity. The parents will always love their children, always forgive them, but cannot live their lives for them. The relationship between God and us is the same. We describe that as being "God's children", which is a bit of a simplification, but is made to be understood by the masses.

#GodStr #DavidIckeIsWrong #grownostr #philosophy

It's uncanny, but the makeup is almost exactly 50% 1's and 50% 0's.

Exactly! Life is not a series of events. Life is our reactions to those events.