Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 41.6 / 55.6 | -14.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 45.5 / 52.1 | -6.6 |
 | GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +21 | 207 | 228 |
Average Friday for those who don’t. For those who might be interested, there are two options for the year of Christ’s crucifixion, either A.D. 30 or A.D. 33. Most experts lean toward A.D. 33. Interestingly, this year falls on the same calendar as A.D. 33, which means the crucifixion was Friday, April 3, 33.
First.
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I can see some on the left objecting to Homer’s reference to the destruction of the bridge in Maryland under Biden, as not being Biden’s fault. But they are hypocrites. Under Trump, we cannot have as much as a sign blow over without it being Trump’s fault for inaction on climate change or some other stupidity.
Whenever I hear the Passion read on Holy Thursday or Good Friday, I am always struck with the thought, “What if this never happened? Stop!” But I know without the crucifixion there is no resurrection. As a lawyer, I just keep making objections throughout the trial.
It also sets up an intriguing What If? Rome fell after it became Christian but it was not the fault of Christianity. It fell because it overextended and pissed off too many barbarians. It was also corrupt. Still, without the Church, what would be left to preserve history and keep some focus to provide stability in the Dark Ages and Middle Ages? No Church means no Reformation means no Enlightenment means no American or French Revolutions. Discuss.
The year 1453 was perhaps the most consequential, with the fall of Constantinople. The universities in Europe were all about studying Latin. But ahead of the fall of Constantinople, the Greek scholars there fled west, and took with them their treasures of ancient Greek manuscripts, which led to an immediate interest in the universities to study them, which in turn launched the Renaissance and the Reformation.
And the Reformation led to the Puritans, which led to them being persecuted, which led to them coming to the new world to start fresh. That explains the New England colonies. The Virginia colony was just to make money.
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But as for the “what-ifs” each one of us, whether we know it or not, have in our past ancestry a host of incredible circumstances that had it gone the other way, we wouldn’t exist. I have a female ancestor whose first marriage ended with a freak accident of her husband. She remarried and I descended directly from their union.
I always celebrate the anniversary of dropping the atomic bombs on Japan. My dad was in basic training in the army at the time. He said the drill sergeant told them, “Great day. Most of you were going to die invading Japan.” My dad still spent more than a year in Germany as part of the occupation force but I am here because of those bombs.
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One of the reasons I laugh at the stupidity of racists of all races is that they literally did nothing to be the race they are.
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Trump’s cuts to transportation infrastructure were key to the steering failure of the container ship that hit the bridge.
The ship was from Singapore? Well, if he hadn’t cut USAID there would have been more money in foreign countries to inspect engines on ships.
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I celebrate all major holidays for several religions.
I like holidays and I like celebrations.
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I get DW’s point.
If one of my ancestor’s have been sacrificed as a child I wouldn’t be here.
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On the other hand, if Europeans had not sailed West, Jason would be ruling over his empire from Machu Pechu.
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Machu Picchu.
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Self deportations are on the rise. No more gubment benefits (housing/welfare etc).
2 appeal court cases stating Marxist district judges have no jurisdiction on illegals.
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Another day another couple dozen or so Americans defrauded, assaulted, stabbed, robbed, raped, maimed or murdered by illegals.
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US plane shot down in Iran, one pilot rescued so far.
Iran puts bounty on the other pilot, MSM celebrates.
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Not to be morbid, but we should have a prediction contest predicting how many American church attenders this Easter Sunday are going to be killed by terrorist acts while attending services. Hopefully the right guess will be 0. But it all depends on how many sleeper cells Biden let in, and how many of them want to die on Sunday trying to take out as many as they can with them.
My guess: 11
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My guess: 0
No need to attack when people are expecting it. They can kill as many somewhere else on a Tuesday or next Sunday
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hope you are right bitter.
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This damn flight around the moon better result in a billion photos of the dark side of the moon.
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Tiger Woods just announced his girlfriend gave birth to twin boys.
They were named Chip and Putt.
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It looks like the bright side. Just darker.
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Dark side of the moon gets just as much sunlight as the bright side. Dark side is only dark from our perspective.
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praying for the downed pilot. The words of Doolittle come to mind as he answered the question about what to do if captured by the Japanese: Don’t get captured
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the Mets got rid of Nimmo and Alonso and now they can’t score…who could seen that coming?
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Iranians. Kill em. Kill em all.
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Iranians. Kill em. Kill em all.
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Welcome back, Phil.
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Nice to see you Phil
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Scary
Idaho Democrat Senator: “When your children walk into our classroom, they become ours… those kids in that classroom, they’re ours.”
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This woman is a good little Leninist
Vladimir Leniin: Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever”
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But we want to make sure they are Bolsheviks so we give them the children for what, 16 years?
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DW – I know you have read all of the Gospels in Aramaic, Latin and Koine Greek. I always wonder why we say Jesus was raised on the third day. Sunday is 2 days after Friday. If he died at 3:00 on Friday and was raised early Sunday morning, we are not even talking about 40 hours.
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I guess they counted Friday as 1 day being dead, Saturday as 2 and Sunday as 3.
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that is correct Bitter, they counted any part of a day as a day. Some interpreters get hung up on the slogan three days and three nights, but that was a metaphor for someone being all dead and not slightly alive. It’s like a stitch in time saves nine is still true even if in reality only 8 stitches were needed.
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If Biden had struck Iran with 20,000 sorties and lost one plane to enemy fire, he would be heralded as the greatest military genius of all times.
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but when some demand that Jesus be crucified on Wednesday or Thursday, they still cannot get 72 hours because the resurrection was just before dawn and the crucifixion ended in the afternoon and burial was just before sunset
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OTHER THAN COMMINICATIONS
Name me a system(s) in the U.S. that is better than it was 20, 30, 40, 50 years ago.
Postal system?
election system?
immigration system?
judicial?
educational?
election?
social?
family?
justice?
dewey decimal
sewerage?
others?
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None of them. They have all descended into the crapper.
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Name me a system(s) in the U.S. that is better than it was 20, 30, 40, 50 years ago.
Healthcare technology. I wear a glucose monitor and insulin pod. When I was diagnosed with diabetes in 1983, I had to stab my finger, place blood on a strip, insert into a machine and wait 30 seconds for a somewhat accurate reading. I also had to do urine tests several times a day where I would drop a pill into a test tube. If the urine turned blue, it was ok. Red meant ketones which could lead to acidosis.
When I had my infection last June, I had an IV to wear at home. Before that, I would have had to be in the hospital for weeks.
Better testing and treatments for cancer. Dental implants instead of crowns or dentures.
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That’s not a better system, that is a technological advance.ment Just because you have faster cars or bigger planes doesn’t mean the “system” is better.
I think Walt is correct in that he means ” better” in the sense were people satisfied with it with the technology of the time.
Today you go to the supermarket and buy 30 different types of milk. Is it a better “system” than having fresh whole milk delivered to your door? Not so sure.
Was the “security system” at airports better when you could just walk out from the parking lot onto the tarmac with anything you wanted in your handbag or briefcase and walk up the steps, or is it better now with x-ray machines and pat downs and all kinds of other restrictions.
Was going to the movies better when you had a huge theater with one move with gigantic screen or is better now where you have a bunch of little rooms 5 times the size of your living room each with a movie.
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I flew a lot in 1973-74 when I worked management consulting firm. Air travel then was a lot cheaper, no lines, could smoke in the cabin, no secuity threat before 9/11. Lots better in the 1970s.
Now way too many people are flying.
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Us the seating room in the airplane was better than now and they fed you meals more often than today.
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Honestly, I cannot think of any system better now than 50 years ago…except for communication and health–both of which have skyrocket in price and with health care along came all the billions in fraud and corruption.
I am not sure who to blame foe everything getting worse. The cold war days were the best in a lot of ways. PLUS, you did not have all the radical whackadoodles back in the 1960s and 1070s.
I remember teaching and telling my students in the late 60s early 70s that the biggest threat in the future was radical Islamic movements (predicted in an article from U.S. News and World report which was a great mag and wonder help on my teaching. Then it became like Time and Newsweek and with all sorts of fluff stories and less and less on government has and politics and balanced presentations on current issues.
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My laptop keyboard is malfunctioning so I post comments with cell phone.
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Did everyone see where our erudite Trump (always making sure to appear presidential and be dignified) bashed Bruce Springsteen, called him a shriveled prune and a disgrace and urged everyone to boycott his shows?
Also Trump’s recent EO about elections (which are blatantly unconstitutional and wl quickly. E declared as such).
THESE are the types of things that make Trump look like a fool.
The guy is a train wreck.
Guy cannot help but say and do stupid stuff…
smh
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Took Goofball from the Rescue .issuon around d to various errands ds this morning.
He got in the car carrying a new T Shirt encased in sealed clear plastic. I assumed we were going to some store to return it. After 4 stops and take Goof back to the mission I asked him about that t shirt package. He said someone gave it to him.
I thought it was an emotional support t shirt.
Goofball did confide in me that he has to be very careful if what he says at the mission. He says he is the only one (of well over 100 guys who live there) who likes Trump.
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I have no issue with Trump calling out Springsteen, a Stalinist Marxist moron who IS a disgrace.
Springsteen got away easy, there is a LOT more Trump could say about him, and I wish he would.
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If Springsteen thinks communism is so great, why doesn’t he give away his millions and move to North Korea or Cuba?
He won’t because he can use the freedoms he so hates to spread the Marxist gospel.
A hypocritical despicable scumbag.
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But there was better music back then.
Some was. Some wasn’t. I try to listen to new music, too. Otherwise, I will be like my wife who knows her favorite bands/performers will all be dead soon.
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Good music stopped around 1974, I have to admit it.
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Walt never mentions the stuff that is said ABOUT Trump.
I like it that he gives as good as he gets. So I don’t have a problem with anything he says about the MSM or Democrats. It’s all fair game to me. Call him a pedophile, a Nazi blah blah blah and expect him to not respond? Not happening nor should it happen.
My problem is when he attacks the people that he need to support him in Congress or in states. It is not so much the content, but the fact that burning political bridges you need to survive in a hostile political environment is self defeating.
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There is NOTHING Trump could say about Bruce Springsteen that I would consider over the top
Nada, zilch, zero.
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‘”The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago — opening this June — is restricting entry to its grand opening ticket giveaway to only U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.”
I assume that to ascertain that you will have to show an ID.
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JUST IN: Strait of Hormuz weekly traffic reaches highest level since the special military operation began.
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TURKEY REPORTEDLY AIDING IRAN WITH WEAPONRY Reports are circulating that Turkey supplied Iran with advanced anti-aircraft and drone missiles, allegedly transported by intelligence-linked drivers to target US and Israeli aircraft.
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Another reason why we should no longer be in NATO.
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Tina really does believe that airplanes and ships can be uninvented.
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Thanks for the uses of bases and your airspace, NATO. You guys are great allies. Sheesh!
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Had an “interesting” experience. This happened once before about a week ago. Wife and I home watching tv and working on devices. I was sitting there and go to say something to her and a little–not a lot–of saliva gets sucked down my windpipe. I cannot breath, stand up while my weak attempts to get air in my lungs sounds ghastly, a high pitched death like sound.
it lasted maybe a minute. Kept gesturing for my wife to pound my back and she finally does and I gradually regain normality.
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Tonight, I go out on deck after supper and cleanup to have my coffee and smoke a cigar and enjoy the last of the evening fading light. It happened again. I did not inhale coffee, nor did cigar smoke go down the wrong way. Had not been drinking or puffing for a minute or more.
Go to say something to wife and a LITTLE, not a lot, of saliva goes down my windpipe. Wife and son very concerned as it lasted probably 3 minutes with me with hands in air to expand lungs and making those wailful sounds as I struggle to get a small amount if air into my lungs. Impossible for me to actually talk to tell what happened or what I would like them to do. Wife very close to calling 911. Son’s pounding me with force on my back ends this gasping. It was pretty scary for me.
Back in early NOVEMBER, my yoing female Indian doctor prescribed a powder inhaler device she thought MIGHT help my raspy throat/voice. It did not help with that after 6 weeks of use. She also prescribed me an emergency inhaler. I never opened the emergency inhaler. Wife says I need to go any use that inhaler. Some difficulty it getting it operative, etc.
No big piece of food or anything got expelled from my lungs/throat. Was a SMALL amount of clear liquid stuff thicker than water that came up.
I have had a lot of gas belching up for a half hour or more after my “episode”.
(Months ago my throat doc says I have a thick coating of something liquid on my vocal chords, but says it is just the way it is, did not recommend surgery or any further steps.)
Took two hits off that inhaler and man what a noticeable positive difference in my lung area and breathing .
Albuterol. Good stuff. I am gonna have that with me wherever I go.
Will hit that inhaler again before I go to be to ight.
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..before I go to bed tonight.
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If something happens to me and I croak, DW can be the recipient of Cash Cow.
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Walt hasn’t croaked in the past billion nights so I am not too worried.
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Walt, no trouble swallowing right, just breathing?
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Walt – Did you ever have asthma? Any periods of allergy attacks?
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I do rhink I am allergic to stupid liberal people.
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Wife texted our son in Wisc.–the nurse. Long conversation with him about what transpired, my meds i referenced here, etc. Was extremely helpful. I will need to get one prescription refilled and begin using it again 2x a day (powdery inhaler). And get an extension to use with the emergency inhaler…
Got it all worked out now.
So I hope DW did not get too excited about inheriting Cash Cow just yet.
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Hopefully, the wife will ease up some on new projects for me. Always a silver lining in every cloud.
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NEW: A Guatemalan illegal alien with a deportation order has been charged with raping a 5-year-old girl he was babysitting on Long Island, NY. The girl’s mother came home, noticed her bleeding, and took her to the hospital where a rape kit was used. DHS says local law enforcement in Suffolk County contacted ICE NYC and asked them to arrest Carlos Aguilar Reynoso to keep him out of the community while they built their case. ICE did arrest him, and transferred him back to local law enforcement once the DA charged him for the child rape. He is now facing a litany of charges and is in custody. In a statement, ICE says this is why cooperation between local and federal law enforcement is crucial, and why sanctuary policies that prohibit that cooperation endanger the public.
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Glad I didn’t bet my AZ pick to win the whole thing.
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BREAKING NEWS…..the second airman on the F-15E jet that was shot down has now been recused according to reports. “Dozens of aircraft that have been monitoring his location 24 hours a day were planning on his rescue”.
According to the President this airman sought refuge in the treacherous mountains of Iran.
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Happy Easter! Great news on the rescued airman.
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I do not like Peeps. GFY.
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the second airman on the F-15E jet that was shot down has now been recused”
Did the Democrats make him recuse himself?
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This post did not age well.
The second pilot is probably already a P.O.W. And since the U.S. terror regime has been carrying out war crimes against Iran on a daily basis, it’s a big question how he might be treated. Fortunately, the Iranians are not as barbaric as Trump or the genocidal Zionists.”
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