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And some people believe the earth is flat. In a forum of preposterous posts, claiming the right believes God has anything to do with Trump is idiotic, noteworthy and deserves response.

No. That is a dumb post.

I don't have a clue about this woman, and I certainly don't blame this event on the Secret Service. But.....It is undeniable that this administration has submitted appointee candidates based on identity politics rather than best qualified. Some have been so incompetent they have not survived hearings and gotten to a vote. Some have. Some have gotten through and been approved. But, there is no doubt that best candidates have not been selected because they weren't quota types.

This is not an accurate claim. The Jewish Sanhedrin did not have the authority to have people executed. Only the occupying Romans did. The Romans didn't care about blasphemy, but they did care about sedition, and that was a capital offense. The Sanhedrin wanted him killed and held a "trial." During that, they concluded that he needed to be killed, so they presented the issue to the Roman authority with the demand that he be killed as he was guilty of sedition, and Pilate authorized it. Matthew 26: 65-66 "He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now[o] you have heard the blasphemy! What is your verdict?”[p] They[q] answered, “He is guilty and deserves[r] death.”

The Churchill War Rooms, aka the Cabinet War Rooms is well worth a visit. Cabinet War Rooms It is where Churchill and staff ran the war from. Evidently they just walked out after WWII, and the rooms are exactly as they were then. In the Whitehall District, I believe under the Treasury Building. Very easy to get to.

He has never "looked good." Sometimes he's just bad, like last night. Sometimes he's frighteningly disassociated.

What happens makes sense. The IRS audits those whose returns are either wrong or suspicious. If you misstate earnings, they send you a notice of payment due with a penalty. The chances are that lower income returns are not professionally done, and would be more likely to contain errors, or have the return prepared by someone not well versed in tax law, thus they get noticed. Higher income folks have their returns professionally prepared, and are much less likely to have obvious errors. They don't audit just for fun, they do it when they think they are going to get a return on their time.

Another plus in London is the quality and selection in the ready to eat sections of their large grocery stores. If you don't have time or not in the mood to sit at a restaurant, Sainsbury's and Waitrose have great stuff and good wine selections to take back to your hotel, or eat while walking. That was my standard lunch while walking in the daytime.

Robert James at cornerback is an absolute lock for any all Bills team.

Regarding restaurants, Churchills Arms Pub in Kensington is good. It's a famous old pub but serves very good Thai food. The menu is very descriptive, so no risk of getting something you don't like. My wife always insists we go there whenever we were in London. 119 Kensington Church St.

Not to quibble, because Trump did trigger an increase in spending. The real thing that caused countries to address the reality was looking at a snapshot of non US/UK NATO capability when Russia invaded the Ukraine, against the "funding agreements," which were grossly neglected. The reality was shocking.

The performance of most NATO countries prior to the reality of Russia's invasion of Ukraine was negligent. We should not have to provide a grossly disproportionate capability to that of our allies. Germany had no real functioning Air Force. Canada either, for that matter. NATO is an alliance. The US taxpayer and the US military should not have to bear a such a grossly unfair proportion of cost and mission capability. That mission capability would cause a equally disproportionate amount of US lives. It was a completely screwed up alliance that needed someone to shake it up. It was pathetic. No offense, but not possible. The technology and capability of the US military, and the reality of us choosing to support it, makes that situation impossible.

You didn't show me anything. I am very familiar with the process. The President is presented a list of potential candidates for these positions. He usually is unfamiliar with the various candidates and usually, he chooses the candidate from among those that the services recommend. To go rogue as the president would be a very stupid thing to do. Funny coincidence, but Biden did not chooses the recommended 3 star to serve as Chief of Naval Operations. The recommendation from the Navy, and agreed to by SecDef Austin was ADM Paparo, head of the Pacific Fleet. Instead, Biden chose ADM Lisa Franchetti, no doubt becasue she is a woman. Qualified. but not the best candidate, as has been Biden's history of appointments. Still, very unusual, and not a thing that makes you a popular president to the military.

There's a bit more to the market and politics than what has been reported. Things change, but I saw a graph last week that showed the last few months of the S&P over a graph of Trump's chances of winning. Quite interesting. They had a striking, matching trajectory.

Does anybody care about the US hostages being held in the Gaza and in Russia? I don't see any acknowledgement of them. Just wondering.

I'll take a shot. To deter war and protect the nation's security.

Remember this little exchange? From "Convicted felon Donald Trump stole top secret nuc docs" thread page 88. Prescience Feb 9 2024 Sherpa: "The difference is that Biden is now absolutely done. Last night was fatal." A few minutes later, same day. BILLStime, in clear disagreement of my claim: "We will save this for posterity." Well, BILLStime, I did save it for posterity.

Every day you add evidence that you are getting more and more stupid. I never said that abortion wasn't an issue. Not sure where you came up with that. It is a huge issue, and the only pillar for the Dems. For the one billionth time, and someone needs to hit you over the head with a 2x4 because you continue to neglect facts, I am not a supporter of Trump. I've never voted for him and never will. What I believe is that Biden is incompetent, incapacitated and should be removed from office. In any industry, this would have already happened. None of that has anything to do with your stupid, false claims.

Preposterous on every level.

Do you realize that his position is to let the states decide? Totally rational.

Absolutely true. I would add whoever is supplying the cocktail to this incapacitated man as another very important part of the equation.

For the thousandth time, don't tell me or anyone else here, what they think. Biden is incapacitated. We all know it and we need to move on.

Predicted, before the stupid plan, by naval experts.

Yes, everyone does. Your second sentence implies there will be no further diminution of ability, which is preposterous given his history the past two years. That view is dangerous.

I don't know what you are saying here, but Biden's "best" is entirely insufficient. He is incapacitated, and everyone knows it.