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    Trump incriminates himself in comments outside courtroom.

    Looks like Trump is toast. He basically confessed in comments outside the courtroom that the hush money was recorded as legal expenses, meaning that: 1. He admits the hush money was paid (which by itself was illegal) 2. That the bribe was recorded as a legal payment (strike two) Quoting the...
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    The new Dr Phil streaming website

    Doctor Phil has begun a new streaming channel, www.meritplus.com He addresses issues such as the giving of hormones and doing sex change surgery on children, DEI ideology, attacks against teachers in the classroom becoming the norm, the ill effects on children of helicopter parenting, and much...
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    Eastman's potential disbarment.

    State Bar Court Hearing Judge Recommends John Eastman's Disbarment https://www.calbar.ca.gov/About-Us/News/News-Releases/state-bar-court-hearing-judge-recommends-john-eastmans-disbarment For those of you who may not recall, John Eastman was the lawyer on Team Trump who dreamed up the notion...
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    All six members of the goon squad sentenced for torture and rape of black men

    Let me give this context by saying I am virulently opposed to any racism by anyone towards anyone, including the tendency of those on the left to hate white people and Jews. But in this particular case, the obvious racism was directed at two black men, and this form of racism is common and has...
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    Chag Purim Sameach!

    The holy day of Purim began last night, March 23. It remembers the story of Esther. Purim is a celebration of the deliverance of the Jews in the book of Esther. If you don't know the story, here is a horribly simplified version. King Ahasuerus, a Persian monarch, demands that his wife dance...
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    Trump makes more stupid remarks about American Jews

    Trump says any Jewish person who votes for Democrats ‘hates their religion’ and ‘everything about Israel’ https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/politics/trump-antisemitic-jewish-people-israel-support-netanyahu/index.html This is why so many American Jews hate Trump.
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     Who are the Palestinians?

    If you go back to the 1800s, the Holy Lands were pretty much uninhabited. You had a few Arabs, a few Jews, and a few Christians, and acres and acres of empty space. People who visited there were struck by the desolation. When the British Empire released the Balfour Declaration promising Jews...
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     Why Zionism is necessary and moral

    I realize that most of my Christian friends are religious Zionists. But despite the recent rise in religious Zionism, it is primarily a secular political philosophy, complete with rational arguments not based on any religious text. I would like to review the origins of Zionism, and discuss why...
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     Trump can't keep his mouth shut

    I'm seeing numerous articles on Jean Carroll's attorneys "paying attention to what Trump is saying." IOW, he may be sued for the third time for defamation. Given that the court found that he had in fact shoved his fingers up her you know what, and that he then defamed her, he is prohibited by...
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     UN finds evidence of rape and sexual torture of Hamas' hostages

    Following a 17-day visit to Israel, the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict reported on Monday that she and a team of experts had found “clear and convincing information” of rape, and sexualized torture being committed against hostages seized during the 7 October terror...
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     Trump's legacy: There is No Truth

    One of the lasting ways Trump has effected our culture has been to decimate our understanding of how to determine Truth. In the past, when questions have arisen in various areas, we have gone to experts. It's not that we felt experts were infallible; we simply recognized their unique...
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     When did Jews begin observing the Torah on a wide scale basis?

    Certainly, the story of the Tanakh is one of the Jews receiving the Torah, but not following it. Yet somewhere along the way from the last book of the Tanakh (Chronicles) to the first century CE (when the gospels were written) things changed. The common Jewish person was familiar with the...
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     The fall of Harvard

    A Harvard diploma has now become a detriment. There are lots of Wall Street firms that are now refusing to hire Harvard grads. Harvard has become a laughing stock. I would like to offer three reasons for its demise. I'm sure you will point out that other universities have similar problems --...
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     Discussion of the nature of conspiracy theories.

    When I was younger were never so many people that believed in conspiracy theories. Oh, we had the occasional UFO enthusiast, and Bigfoot and Nessie were popular. But today, there are a gazillion whacky paranoid conspiracy theories out there, from Hillary Clinton being a reptilian shapeshifter...
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     Virgin in the OT

    Remember that the Jerusalem Bible and New American Bible are TRANSLATIONS. The are not rewrites of the Bible.
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     The complexity of the transgender issue -- No easy answers

    Animal life has evolveed to have two sexes. However, not everyone fits neatly into those boxes. If all goes well, a child will be born with matching sex indicators for their 1. chromomes 2. genitalia and 3. brain wiring. But sometimes things go wrong and that is not the case. 1. Chromosomes...
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     Chanukah thread

    This Thursday, December 7 in the evening, begins Chanukah. This word, Chanukah, means dedication. IOW it is the Festival of Dedication. This refers to the cleansing of the temple after the Greeks desecrated it by sacrificing a pig to Zeus. As you know, that event started the war waged by...
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     What is the Hebrew Roots movement and is it Messianic Judaism?

    “They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.” (1 Tim. 1:8) Both of the Messianic Jewish denominations (UMJC and MJAA) teach that Jewish believers keeping the law is legitimate to Messianic Judaism. They do not teach...
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     The danger of replacement theology

    This morning, we had a new addition to our forum family of someone who is a supercessionist. Supersessionism is another word for Replacement theology, the idea taht the church has replaced Israel as God's chosen people. I found the following Christian site to be worth reading. It goes into...
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     Spinning your wheels.

    Over and over again, Christians quote teh New Testament in this forum as if this accomplishes anything. The New Testament is NOT considered God's word by Jews. Your quotes accomplish NOTHING. So, as long as you are spinning your wheels, let's hear from other books that have no authority...
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