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Post by weltschmerz on Oct 1, 2019 19:15:36 GMT -5
6. Religiosity? Surely, you jest. This place would make Caligula blush.
The USA is the most religious first world country. Study: most wealthy countries aren’t religious. Then there’s the US. Fifty-five percent of Americans pray daily. That’s a statistical anomaly. America is the most religious wealthy country in the world, according to a recent survey. A Pew survey found that Americans said they prayed more than any other wealthy nation surveyed. Fifty-five percent of Americans report praying at least once daily, 6 percentage points higher than the international average. While this may not seem like a big gap on its own, America is an extreme statistical outlier when it comes to countries with at least a $30,000 per person GDP. In this category, the global average hovers around 40 percent. In Canada, for example, only 25 percent of people pray daily. That number drops to 22 percent in Europe (on average), 18 percent in Australia, and a minuscule 6 percent in Great Britain. In fact, the study’s authors found, America was the only country out of the 102 surveyed to score higher-than-average on metrics of both religiosity, or the reported frequency of prayer, as well as national wealth, as measured in GDP per capita. By contrast, countries that report daily prayer rate comparable to the United States tend to be poorer, such as Bolivia (56 percent) and Bangladesh (57 percent). www.vox.com/identities/2018/8/1/17639444/pew-study-americans-wealth-prayer-religion
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 1, 2019 19:16:35 GMT -5
What’s sad is that there’s a hardcore 23% to 26% of the population represented by the Democrats who are now the Party Of The Squad that is pushing the narrative that the greatest country on earth for ALL people is “racist” and therefore illegitimate and worthy of being burned to the ground so they can start over and build their tyrannical one-party eco-fascist slave state. And you have not one issue with this. You will suffer along with everyone else. There will be no special place for you in their glorious new whirled odor.. me? suffer? how so? I will be kicked back in Southern Europe on my beachfront property watching videos of y'all devouring each other. that will go nicely with breakfast. I...don't....care....anymore. whirl that odor. |
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 1, 2019 19:17:44 GMT -5
What’s sad is that there’s a hardcore 23% to 26% of the population represented by the Democrats who are now the Party Of The Squad that is pushing the narrative that the greatest country on earth for ALL people is “racist” and therefore illegitimate and worthy of being burned to the ground so they can start over and build their tyrannical one-party eco-fascist slave state. And you have not one issue with this. You will suffer along with everyone else. There will be no special place for you in their glorious new whirled odor.. me? suffer? how so? I will be kicked back in Southern Europe on my beachfront property watching videos of y'all devouring each other. that will go nicely with breakfast. I...don't....care....anymore. whirl that odor. LOL. Southern Europe, he says. You mean northern Africa? The East Mid East? You're fucked, my friend. Trump's America prevails, or we all die. |
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 1, 2019 19:18:33 GMT -5
1. When you account for criminal on criminal violence- 82% of all murders are committed by someone who already has a criminal record where the victim also has a criminal record- we rank 4th just below Belgium in violent crime. 2. Gun crimes- again, correcting for essentailly gang-member-on-gang-member violence, is practically non-existent. 3. School shootings have declined dramatically since the 1990's- and again, virtually never happen. They are so viscerally sad and traumatic when they do happen that it always seems like there's a plague-- but there are fewer school shootings now than in the 1990's. 4. Education is a shithole thanks to the left. The left OWNS education- don't deny it. 5. LGBTQ people have it better here than anyone else- just like everyone else. There is virtually ZERO persecution of anyone in the US with the exception of Jews and other victims of islamist extremism. 6. Religiosity? Surely, you jest. This place would make Caligula blush. 7. Poverty and homelessness- again, correct for liberal / Democrat one-party-rule shitholes and you've got another non-existent problem. Much of what does exist-- besides being entirely the fault of Democrats-- is largely a mental health problem. We used to institutionalize people who state that they prefer to be homeless-- want to go back to that? 8. Obesity- bad, but another problem that is exaggerated. And a lot of what does exist is imported-- mostly from Mexico and Central America. 9. Abortion? Leaving that one alone per the rules. I could go on- but the fact is that life is better here for a more diverse population of people than anywhere else on earth. Why do you think everyone wants to come here? Everyone? Surely you jest. We have a backlog of millions waiting to come here. Oh, and I love your rationalizations/excuses. Even if school shootings are declining, as you say, the USA is still number one in school shootings. Even if you blame your lousy education and poverty and homelessness on the "liberals", it's still America, is it not? It's like saying that the USA is the healthiest and most fit nation on earth if you don't count all the fat and sick people. Sorry, it still counts. The American dream is alive and well.........but it's in Canada. www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-american-dream-moved-to-canada/www.wired.com/2016/10/data-reveals-american-dream-alive-well-canada/you got that right. other than Gangland Guatemala and BF Bama, nobody gives fuck one about the US.
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Post by weltschmerz on Oct 1, 2019 19:18:40 GMT -5
The vast majority of Americans still believe in angels. It's something like 75%.
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 1, 2019 20:26:45 GMT -5
me? suffer? how so? I will be kicked back in Southern Europe on my beachfront property watching videos of y'all devouring each other. that will go nicely with breakfast. I...don't....care....anymore. whirl that odor. LOL. Southern Europe, he says. You mean northern Africa? The East Mid East? You're fucked, my friend. Trump's America prevails, or we all die.  West Middle East. |
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Post by dondub on Oct 2, 2019 0:47:21 GMT -5
Lots of kook ass ranting tonight. Priceless garbage.
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Post by dondub on Oct 2, 2019 0:50:57 GMT -5
I’m just thankful she didn’t have a car to plow into people that differ from her politically to “remove them by any means possible”. Then it wouldn’t have been just a hoax.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2019 7:52:32 GMT -5
They are physically capable, but are do they really understand the ramifications of their actions? Usually, no. Ramifications is quite subjective. Children understand death. You did cover yourself with "usually" however.  |
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Post by swamp on Oct 2, 2019 8:24:23 GMT -5
They are physically capable, but are do they really understand the ramifications of their actions? Usually, no. Ramifications is quite subjective. Children understand death. You did cover yourself with "usually" however. I'm not sure they do understand death. I've done lots of defense work for juveniles. Most of them really can't predict the fallout from their actions. Their brains aren't cooked yet. |
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Post by happyhoix on Oct 2, 2019 8:35:52 GMT -5
The greatest country on earth, you say? Greatest at what? Gun violence? Obesity? School shootings? Incarceration? Poverty and homelessness? Religiosity? Jingoism? How is it the "greatest country on earth?" It certainly isn't education or infant mortality or longevity or access to healthcare or womens' autonomy over their own bodies or quality of life or treatment of the LGBTQ community or even upward mobility. You do have a really big army, however. That's not the way to measure a country's greatness. 1. When you account for criminal on criminal violence- 82% of all murders are committed by someone who already has a criminal record where the victim also has a criminal record- we rank 4th just below Belgium in violent crime. 2. Gun crimes- again, correcting for essentailly gang-member-on-gang-member violence, is practically non-existent. 3. School shootings have declined dramatically since the 1990's- and again, virtually never happen. They are so viscerally sad and traumatic when they do happen that it always seems like there's a plague-- but there are fewer school shootings now than in the 1990's. 4. Education is a shithole thanks to the left. The left OWNS education- don't deny it. 5. LGBTQ people have it better here than anyone else- just like everyone else. There is virtually ZERO persecution of anyone in the US with the exception of Jews and other victims of islamist extremism. 6. Religiosity? Surely, you jest. This place would make Caligula blush. 7. Poverty and homelessness- again, correct for liberal / Democrat one-party-rule shitholes and you've got another non-existent problem. Much of what does exist-- besides being entirely the fault of Democrats-- is largely a mental health problem. We used to institutionalize people who state that they prefer to be homeless-- want to go back to that? 8. Obesity- bad, but another problem that is exaggerated. And a lot of what does exist is imported-- mostly from Mexico and Central America. 9. Abortion? Leaving that one alone per the rules. I could go on- but the fact is that life is better here for a more diverse population of people than anywhere else on earth. Why do you think everyone wants to come here? You know, it's so tempting to live in your world.
Nothing would be my fault. Ever. I could blame every bad thing in my country on 'them' and never do any self reflection on how we might improve things, because things don't need improved, we just need to kill off all of the 'thems'.
Except the impending apocalypse doesn't sound so great, but that's been in the works for decades now, so maybe it won't happen until I'm dead and won't care anymore, and besides, it will be the fault of 'them' - nothing to do with me, so I won't get blamed for it.
Sounds pretty sweet. Maybe I'll start attending the church in my town that has the 'God Hates Gays' sign out front, I'm sure they can show me how to hate all the 'thems.'
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Post by OldCoyote on Oct 2, 2019 9:21:49 GMT -5
Ramifications is quite subjective. Children understand death. You did cover yourself with "usually" however. I'm not sure they do understand death. I've done lots of defense work for juveniles. Most of them really can't predict the fallout from their actions. Their brains aren't cooked yet. Shot his father between the eye as he reached the top of the stairs, then called in his fathers friend ,, killed him also.. Now going on probation,, this kid is a psychopath,, he will kill again!
He knew exactly what he was doing!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2019 11:06:35 GMT -5
I'm not sure they do understand death. I've done lots of defense work for juveniles. Most of them really can't predict the fallout from their actions. Their brains aren't cooked yet. Shot his father between the eye as he reached the top of the stairs, then called in his fathers friend ,, killed him also.. Now going on probation,, this kid is a psychopath,, he will kill again!
He knew exactly what he was doing!
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Post by mmhmm on Oct 2, 2019 12:10:40 GMT -5
I'm not sure they do understand death. I've done lots of defense work for juveniles. Most of them really can't predict the fallout from their actions. Their brains aren't cooked yet. Shot his father between the eye as he reached the top of the stairs, then called in his fathers friend ,, killed him also.. Now going on probation,, this kid is a psychopath,, he will kill again!
He knew exactly what he was doing!
I wasn't aware you held a doctorate in Psychiatry and had personally interviewed this child, thus determining his mental state. |
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Post by mmhmm on Oct 2, 2019 12:11:48 GMT -5
Shot his father between the eye as he reached the top of the stairs, then called in his fathers friend ,, killed him also.. Now going on probation,, this kid is a psychopath,, he will kill again!
He knew exactly what he was doing!
And when he kills again, it will be the rally cry again, for more gun control. Seems like that would be something to deal with IF he kills again. |
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Post by weltschmerz on Oct 2, 2019 12:33:57 GMT -5
Hate Hoax: 12 yr old admits she fabricated hate crimeLol! Funny how you seem to have no issues with your hero fabricating..... well.....everything under the sun. Fact check: Trump invented imaginary CNN studio, made 58 other false claims last week President Donald Trump told a detailed story about CNN in a private meeting with US diplomats at the United Nations last week. According to leaked audio, Trump said that CNN had built a special studio for a September special congressional election in North Carolina's 9th District, a "beautiful" studio that cost maybe "$2 million," and planned to keep it up for "weeks." But when the Republican candidate won, Trump said, CNN dismantled the studio on election night, not wanting to report on the outcome. Except...CNN did not build so much as a little set in North Carolina, let alone a seven-figure studio. It simply sent reporters to cover the two candidates. The President made this whole thing up. The tale of the imaginary studio was one of 59 false claims Trump made last week, down from 79 the week prior and right at his average of 59 per week for the 12 weeks we have checked at CNN. www.cnn.com/2019/10/02/politics/trump-59-false-last-week-september-imaginary-studio/index.html
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Post by weltschmerz on Oct 2, 2019 12:36:11 GMT -5
The only difference between your 12 year old and Trump, is that she admitted that she lied. Trump never, ever admits that he lied. Ever.
Seems like the 12 year old is more mature than the liar in chief.
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 2, 2019 21:07:30 GMT -5
Trump Is ‘Last Hope for White People,’ Said Police Chief on TrialThe former chief, accused of a hate crime after allegedly slamming a black teenager’s head into a doorjamb, has used “derogatory racial terms,” his lawyer said. A former police chief in New Jersey who is on trial on a federal hate-crime charge after he allegedly slammed a black teenager’s head into a doorjamb, once called President Trump “the last hope for white people,” according to a recording recently played for jurors. In the 2016 recording, which federal officials shared with The New York Times, Frank Nucera Jr., the former chief, can be heard saying that Mr. Trump was the last hope because “Hillary will give it to all the minorities to get a vote. That’s the truth! I’m telling you.” The Trump comment was surreptitiously recorded by a Police Department colleague just months before the 2016 presidential election. The recording was played in court last week by prosecutors in an effort to show that the alleged attack in September 2016 by the former chief on a guest — an 18-year-old black man — at a Ramada Hotel in Bordentown, N.J., was motivated by Mr. Nucera’s “intense racial animus.” Complete article here: Trump Is ‘Last Hope for White People,’ Said Police Chief on Trial
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 2, 2019 21:39:22 GMT -5
LOL. Southern Europe, he says. You mean northern Africa? The East Mid East? You're fucked, my friend. Trump's America prevails, or we all die.
I have few problem with parts of NA and the Middle East, and even less with Southern Europe. I could list my reasons why.
I have a big problem with Trump's America. I could list my reasons why, there, too.
but you know them. you just won't admit them publicly.
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Post by dondub on Oct 2, 2019 23:32:54 GMT -5
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 3, 2019 7:04:17 GMT -5
Nor do the real hate crimes perpetrated by Trump supporters , some of whom are very fine people. You can't name a single one. But it's interesting that you bring up one of the worst hate-hoaxes in your snarky comment. The fine people hoax. Still clinging to that one, are you? |
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Post by dondub on Oct 3, 2019 10:35:07 GMT -5
Nor do the real hate crimes perpetrated by Trump supporters , some of whom are very fine people. You can't name a single one. But it's interesting that you bring up one of the worst hate-hoaxes in your snarky comment. The fine people hoax. Still clinging to that one, are you? No, I’m quite sure I mentioned something about a car plowing into people with a differing political perspective. You must have missed that while you were out destroying the Democratic Party “by any means necessary”. But I guess in right wing fringe loon world ‘real’ with a death attached to it is not nearly as bad as a hoax from a 12 year old. Thanks for making that so abundantly clear. |
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 3, 2019 19:24:36 GMT -5
These people are SICK! Mikea Turner, a local TV reporter in Washington, D.C., was the first to report the discredited story of Amari Allen, a 12-year-old black girl who said white classmates cut off her dreadlocks while calling her an “attention-seeker.” Turner spent the hours before the supposed attack advocating for a “natural” hair law that would criminalize discrimination based on dreadlocks, then used the incident as evidence for why such a law should be enacted. Amari’s family owns a beauty company called “Still Natural” that Turner promoted on air in 2018. The TV station removed all video and articles about the supposed attack and did not include the Allens’ name in a brief story acknowledging that it was a hoax. dailycaller.com/2019/10/02/wusa-false-dreadlocks-story-natural-hair-laws-laws/?fbclid=IwAR2YR58tXMrB6OfVhJOH3TS0hpQp5b0F8M69ZujXm1pykxsKXfPsiDiOSEw |
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 3, 2019 19:25:11 GMT -5
The local reporter who first pushed the hoax that white boys pinned down a 12-year-old black girl and cut off her dreadlocks advocated for laws protecting the hairstyle hours before the supposed attack.
The reporter also used the claims by the Virginia girl’s family — which runs a “natural” cosmetics company that the reporter has previously promoted on air — as justification for the laws.
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Post by dondub on Oct 3, 2019 23:01:05 GMT -5
The local reporter who first pushed the hoax that white boys pinned down a 12-year-old black girl and cut off her dreadlocks advocated for laws protecting the hairstyle hours before the supposed attack. The reporter also used the claims by the Virginia girl’s family — which runs a “natural” cosmetics company that the reporter has previously promoted on air — as justification for the laws. At least that reporter didn’t drive a car into a crowd of really fine people that differed politically to do away with them by any means necessary. |
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