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Religiously, I am kind of in a rut (am I alone )
Satchel replied to Clintonaldo's topic in Cloak Room
You have a very valid point which becomes stronger when you don’t acknowledge the difference in application of a faith practiced by William Barber, Jim Walls, and that of Franklin Graham or Paula White. -
Religiously, I am kind of in a rut (am I alone )
Satchel replied to Clintonaldo's topic in Cloak Room
I like to think of myself as one does not practice his faith casually, and as such I still attend church regularly. In most things, I am an advocate of modernity, but the changes in worship, across denominational lines has been dispiriting. One would have difficulty discerning the difference in the music at St.Ann and that offered at Gateway or some such. From the sterile, uninspiring, windowless auditoriums that typify most modern churches, to the annoying, loud, often poorly performed band music, churches have made change the calling card without mapping to anything remotely transcendent. In my tradition (the black church) the fadishness has reached riduculous levels, to the extent that choosing a worship style that motivates and inspires is virtually impossible. While I am theologically and doctrinally in sync with my local congregation, (“Christ centered, Justice Driven, Kingdom Minded), I struggle with the pandering to Gen Z and Generation Alpha that masquerades as disciplining. I believe the church must change or die, but I’m not entirely comfortable with all that’s being done in the name of change Rant over. -
America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
Satchel replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
We didn’t know about this two weeks ago. This is a new breach. -
America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
Satchel replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
They can’t blame this in some underling. Hegseth created the chat himself and used his person phone instead of his government secured phone. Are these people just throwing their incompetence in our faces? -
America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
Satchel replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
Damn. This guy… https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/politics/hegseth-yemen-attack-second-signal-chat.html Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat. Some of those people said that the information Mr. Hegseth shared on the Signal chat included the flight schedules for the F/A-18 Hornets targeting the Houthis in Yemen — essentially the same attack plans that he shared on a separate Signal chat the same day that mistakenly included the editor of The Atlantic. Mr. Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer, a former Fox News producer, is not a Defense Department employee, but she has traveled with him overseas and drawn criticism for accompanying her husband to sensitive meetings with foreign leaders. Mr. Hegseth’s brother Phil and Tim Parlatore, who continues to serve as his personal lawyer, both have jobs in the Pentagon, but it is not clear why either would need to know about upcoming military strikes aimed at the Houthis in Yemen. -
Trump watched those old codgers light up Grassley at his town hall, and it gave him pause, which rarely happens. Of course he gave the okay.
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Since it is a well known and established fact that criminals commit crime where they roost, race related crime is not all that common.
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The billionaire preacher who bought this bill is the founder of Midland Classical Academy. Now, all of his friends get a 10k break on tuition. A lot of skulduggery was necessary to create this coincidence.
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They’re getting closer:
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“Oops” is the standard response for the Trump regime, followed by “so fucking what?”
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Ten grand is gonna put a nice dent in that Jesuit tuition bill.
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Mass Shootings that don’t end in death get a “meh.” We’re in Texas.
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Farxiga treats redness and bacterial infection between the anus and genitals.
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Let’s face it. Resonant messaging for Democrats will always be an issue because Republicans can and do craft easy to understand lies formulated for people who want to be lied to.
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After losing to the AP in court, this is how Trump and the Pep Sec’y are responding: The White House is making changes to which outlets are included in the press pool covering President Trump, and doing away with the spot normally reserved for wire services covering his daily activities. A source in the West Wing confirmed the changes to The Hill on Tuesday evening and said moving forward, the press pool will be made up of the following group: one print journalist who will serve as the “print pooler” each day, one additional print journalist, a crew from one of the major television networks, a crew from a secondary television network or streaming service, one radio journalist, one “new media” or independent journalist and four photojournalists. The White House official said eligible outlets will be chosen for the pool on a rotating basis, and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will retain day-to-day discretion to determine composition of the pool.
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