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And it is, by any objective measure. What is your point?

He's a error a day guy. Here he is completely screwing up his own claimed religion's doctrine. Joe screwing things up

Bring those points to the 80+% that think we're heading in the wrong direction.

Kind of interesting that a full four fifths of US think we are on the wrong path, whatever that means. These two stats happen at the same time.

Have you ever tried to get stained glass in "being" colors? It's very difficult.

A simple reading of 1 John would clear up the issue. It is suggested that the epistle, among other motivations, was written to stop the emerging Gnostic view on the issue. I think it's interesting that he starts out by establishing his bona fides as a direct witness, not some guy who was forming a views based on current and developing opinion, ie., Gnosics of the time. "which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled,...."

I'm not certain what you are claiming here, but to make it clear, I am completely OK with Jesus joint existence as God and human, if that is your complaint. Not of fan of the early Gnostic beliefs, or others that claimed separation. Either way Jesus was presented as male during his human existence, but God has no gender.

Jesus gender has nothing to do with his divinity. Jesus was on earth as a human. His divinity is completely separate. The Bible, whether in Hebrew, Greek, Latin or English uses the language of the time. It has noting to do with God's relating any gender.

Ya. Because of his "lily white skin," he needed to be born on the day of least daylight. everybody knows that. Not sure what "Christ-mass" means, and not interested in finding out.

New level of ignorance regarding religion. What madness is next? You mean Jesus wasn't really born on Dec 25th?

Are you serious? I am aware of no art work that has ever been produced that claims to be a likeness of the appearance of Jesus. He was simply an unremarkable looking male of his time, and went to lengths to not disclose his divinity on a large scale. A few miracles here and there, with often admonitions to not mention stuff. Anything of an unusual appearance would certainly have been mentioned. Just dumb. Either way, God does not have human gender.

God is a being No need for human gender. By the way, no knowledgeable human thinks that Jesus was "lily white." That is nonsense. He was the same as others of his locale/era. It is mentioned that his appearance never stood out.

None of that is your claim. You stated that nobody was forced. That is not true, and I stated so. My career had random drug testing, alcohol testing, and prohibiting certain activities like the simple purchase of alcohol while in uniform, so I'm no stranger to this. What is your definition of "forced," a death sentence; prison? The fact is that the military forced vaccines until they wisely ended the rule. Couldn't be more simple.

Sure. That's not "forced." Get it or lose your career. If that's not forced, what is? Get it or get shot? The other vaccine requirement for the military is an oft used specious argument/

I heard today that he was going to propose a massive increase in capital gains tax on stock buyback gains. Not that I will watch, but that is an insane idea. We'll see.

The US military was forced. Regarding gun laws, Biden is claiming to have passed largest gun law in dacades.

I am not interested in what Ukraine is suggesting. I am interested in how they will be used as an anti missile platform. I am also interested in how it is a good idea to use them on unimproved, Soviet/Russia grid pattern runways, which they are not designed to operate on, and how they will handle the hydrazine issue, peculiar to the F-16. The Swedish Gripen is a much better alternative.

My "level of thought" is based on years and years of following the energy markets closely. Anyway, Chevron was one of the few that took the risk of not scaling back, and their shareholders have been rewarded. They are working on a major Med project off Israel that will hopefully go well. Anyway, there is absolutely no doubt that Biden promised to end drilling. The admin also had an impact on refining and transportation regs. I could spend hours talking about this, and pointing out specifics that were done, but it simply doesn't matter. Your view, and his thrust, which started in the debates and continued well beyond his first day in office signings are not something I need to take my time to explain. Governor after governor and senator after senator of oil producing states talk about this all the time. You are either not a consumer of non administration, objective stuff that is out on a daily basis, or a Karin Jean-Pierre devotee. Not my concern.

You've lost me here. How is the F-16 an "anti missile platform?"

Just a little trivia. The F-22's used the call sign "Frank," in tribute to Frank Luke, who was a US pilot who shot down 14 German balloons during WW1, and for whom Luke Air Force Base outside Phoenix is named.

In true military form, the balloon has already been painted on the side of the Sidewinder F-22. Not sure how it would have gone in the Langley O'Club last night, but probably fun.

Evidently, there was no warhead on the Sidewinder that hit it, in order to limit payload damage. So...Simply an arrow through the thing.

Yep. If they did it again it should be considered an act of war and shooting them down would be the correct response.

Of course they could, and they do. My daughter is part of the management team of just such a company that was purchased be a very large oil company. They could also invest in any number of other things. Fortunately, they are publicly traded corporations that have to answer to shareholders, and they are very good at what they do, so they do it.

Come on. A combatant would be engaged immediately. Anyway, I think the thing should have been shot down as soon as it entered US airspace, unless there was some intel benefit to watching it, and tapping its upload for whatever data it was transmitting. In addition, doing the "kinetic" kill not only means the balloon and its payload, but also the remnants of a very small missile, or bullets or whatever else was used to puncture it. All that aside, this thing flew over areas that a small plane could fly over at a couple thousand feet. Not exactly a threat to security.