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Cannonpointer » 25 Apr 2023, 12:22 pm » wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 12:22 pm

Christians are the chosen people - but they are few and far between.

To whatever degree the current crop of yarulkes is in any way related to the Israelites, they declined to continue participating in the Covenant. They're out. They spend their time corrupting Christianity, with a religious zeal. 

The papists - and this includes EVERY protestant, as they are all papists and too stupid to know it - are anti-Christ. The only real Christians, IMO, would be your Orthodox - though I have not investigated that lot.

Word.  We gravitated to Greek Orthodoxy about 10 years ago.  Sometimes visit a Russian Orth church as well.
Its not perfect as it his operated by humans.  But it consists of two issues important to me:

1.  No Israel worship.  Paul said in Thessalonians "they are contrary to all men and prevent us from preaching the Gospel"
2. Socially conservative.  The most of any Christian sect.

We take what we need and reject a few things Im not sure of.  Meets our needs.  They reject the Papacy
 

RayJJohnson » 25 Apr 2023, 12:26 pm » wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 12:26 pm

Settle down Sandy. 

Sandy, that his name!  And his/her 3 friends...Jessica, Misty, and Monica.  The Heels Brothers          
 

Sumela » 25 Apr 2023, 12:32 pm » wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 12:32 pm

Sandy, that his name!  And his/her 3 friends...Jessica, Misty, and Monica.  The Heels Brothers        

Make your jokes funny please. That's all I ask. 

RayJJohnson » 25 Apr 2023, 12:33 pm » wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 12:33 pm

Make your jokes funny please. That's all I ask.

Yee hurting badly...its all crumbling.  Accept it old man        
 

Taipan » 25 Apr 2023, 8:13 am » wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 8:13 am

Then go die alone & stupid.
Do I care about you?
No, not really.                                               

oh, I'm so crushed!

Skans » 25 Apr 2023, 9:22 am » wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 9:22 am

What's right is right.  You and I know what is right here.  Putin is a present-day reflection of what Communist Russia always was. Things that you and I cannot control:

• Biden is President - a very weak president who has nothing in his bag of tricks to do **** about the Russia-Ukraine war.
• Ukraine will become Russia's because of Biden's weakness.  The left-media is already trying to find an excuse-narrative for this.  Watch for them to tie it to the Republican's deadlock on budget negotiations
• Republicans still don't see this coming, but I do.  When will republicans start playing chess instead of the second-mover at tic-tac-toe?

I thought about it for 6hrs.
I am not the weak kind that sits on a fence.
I choose.
I believe that you are on Heaven's Team.
My heart.....will stand with your heart.
Until death.

Peace Brother.                                        
https://youtu.be/TME0xubdHQc
          


 

Sumela » 25 Apr 2023, 12:38 pm » wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 12:38 pm

Yee hurting badly...its all crumbling.  Accept it old man      

Sup!
 

Taipan » 25 Apr 2023, 1:15 pm » wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 1:15 pm

I thought about it for 6hrs.
I am not the weak kind that sits on a fence.
I choose.
I believe that you are on Heaven's Team.
My heart.....will stand with your heart.
Until death.

Peace Brother.                                        
https://youtu.be/TME0xubdHQc
          

I, like you, would love to see the US jab Russia in the eye and put the Ukrainians back in an independent Ukraine. 

But, facts are facts.  We have a weak President.  We have a weak Senate.  And, a somewhat divided House.  Americans will not fund or support a war with Biden at the helm. Do you want our young men and women dying at the hands of an 80 year old inept, imbecile of a commander-in-chief? Even I have to draw the line somewhere.

That doesn't mean I stop hoping and praying that Ukraine someday rises up and destroys Russia.  I hope that Ukraine becomes Russia's Vietnam and destroys that country like Vietnam destroyed ours. Then, perhaps when that has happened we will once again have a strong President who will take advantage of Russia's weakness and carve-up that country into the 51-57 new states of America.
 
 

Sumela » 25 Apr 2023, 12:31 pm » wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 12:31 pm

Word.  We gravitated to Greek Orthodoxy about 10 years ago.  Sometimes visit a Russian Orth church as well.
Its not perfect as it his operated by humans.  But it consists of two issues important to me:

1.  No Israel worship.  Paul said in Thessalonians "they are contrary to all men and prevent us from preaching the Gospel"
2. Socially conservative.  The most of any Christian sect.

We take what we need and reject a few things Im not sure of.  Meets our needs.  They reject the Papacy

Sir,
The Texas Tribe can out-whoop.....all the other tribes.
They will put their hardest warriors into the field.
They are mounted on the strongest, fastest horses.
They are called........"Texas Rangers".

I can promise you this......"they won't back down, they are
severely armed, ..........& you cannot out run them".                                     


https://youtu.be/5A4xBp2rizQ                              

 

Skans » 25 Apr 2023, 1:34 pm » wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 1:34 pm

I, like you, would love to see the US jab Russia in the eye and put the Ukrainians back in an independent Ukraine. 

But, facts are facts.  We have a weak President.  We have a weak Senate.  And, a somewhat divided House.  Americans will not fund or support a war with Biden at the helm. Do you want our young men and women dying at the hands of an 80 year old inept, imbecile of a commander-in-chief? Even I have to draw the line somewhere.

That doesn't mean I stop hoping and praying that Ukraine someday rises up and destroys Russia.  I hope that Ukraine becomes Russia's Vietnam and destroys that country like Vietnam destroyed ours. Then, perhaps when that has happened we will once again have a strong President who will take advantage of Russia's weakness and carve-up that country into the 51-57 new states of America.

Sir,
You know where to draw lines.
That is why I will back you.
You know how to fight, how to retreat, how to bluff, how to wait...., how to gather forces
.....until the exact right time......before dawn....to attack.
And then call for the death of our enemies.
"The battle is won.......before it has been fought".

You know how to play the game.                      

"The wise man studies the battlefield;
  The Strong take away from the weak......
   But the Smart,......take away from the strong".
                                                                                               Sun-Tzu.           
                                                                                               The Art of War.       

@Z09  
@sooted up Cyndi  
@Squatchman  
https://youtu.be/l3LFML_pxlY


                                                                                               
                                                                           

Sumela » 25 Apr 2023, 12:31 pm » wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 12:31 pm

Word.  We gravitated to Greek Orthodoxy about 10 years ago.  Sometimes visit a Russian Orth church as well.
Its not perfect as it his operated by humans.  But it consists of two issues important to me:

1.  No Israel worship.  Paul said in Thessalonians "they are contrary to all men and prevent us from preaching the Gospel"
2. Socially conservative.  The most of any Christian sect.

We take what we need and reject a few things Im not sure of.  Meets our needs.  They reject the Papacy

You are likely familiar with some of these terms:
A murder of crows
A cauldron of bats
A bevy of quails
A troop of africanized americans

But here is one you might not be familiar with: A group of two or more protestants is referred to as a schizm of protestants. 

I will give you the three steps to causing a schizm amongst protestants.

1. Isolate two protestants in a room together for one hour.

Just kidding - there are no other steps.   
 

Remember the leaked documents by the 21 year old National Guardsman that the lapdog, enemy of the people, lying, leftist, corporate controlled media has gone silent about? They even stopped reporting on the 21 year old leaker while ignoring the contents of the leaked documents which paint a different story than the US sheople are being told. What those documents revealed is that the war is going worse for Ukraine than our political leaders have admitted to us and have instead been LYING to the US sheople about. Why can't the lying, corrupt assholes in DC level with the US sheople about why they are prolonging the bloodshed and what they want to achieve and why the braindead biden administration continues to reject the resumption of the promising peace negotiations it blocked in April 2022.

"Former Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennet, who led the country for the first several months of the Russo-Ukrainian war, has said the United States and its closest Western allies “blocked” his attempts to broker a peace agreement between the two East Slavic nations.

In a wide-ranging, nearly five-hour interview with Israeli journalist Hanoch Daum posted to the former prime minister’s YouTube channel on Saturday, February 4th, Bennet—who played a central role in mediating between the two sides following a request from Zelensky at the war’s outset—said “there was a good chance of reaching a ceasefire” before key Western powers “blocked” his attempts."

https://europeanconservative.com/articl ... eace-deal/

Meaning the US was the "key Western power"...

Of course, now the US has spent $BILLIONS of taxpayer money and $100BILLION militarry epuipment and munitions to Ukraine greatly weaking US military suppies that cannot readily and quickly be replaced. All to what end? What is the objective of the US sticking its nose in? One thing is clear is now that Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria are basically over, Ukraine is the next saga in the US continues forever wars for the last 75 years.

"Retired Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, who led NATO and U.S. European Command from 2013 to 2016, said the United States does not have a policy that supports Ukraine defeating Russia on the battlefield.

“We keep saying, ‘We’re going to give them everything it takes,’ – everything it takes to do what?” Breedlove told Task & Purpose. “We’re going to be there as long as it takes – as long as it takes to do what? As a military commander, if someone gave me those as directives, I would have no idea what they were asking me to do.”"

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/ukraine ... -analysis/

The US sheople should ask: What’s the truth? Is the US more directly involved in the Ukraine war than previously reported? Are American troops fighting Russians? Is the braindead biden administration purposely draining our weapons arsenals to favor the Chinese? Can Ukraine really win the war against Russia?

Is the US fighting a proxy war against Russia for western corporations to get control of Ukraine's abundant resources or is it to cover upandor continue the money laundering schemes of the corrupt braindead biden crime cabal?

Remember: WAR IS A RACKET!!! A racket that benefits corporations and the elite at taxpayer expense and young mens' lives!!!
 
 
 

Buffalo » 25 Apr 2023, 3:09 pm » wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 3:09 pm

Remember the leaked documents by the 21 year old National Guardsman that the lapdog, enemy of the people, lying, leftist, corporate controlled media has gone silent about? They even stopped reporting on the 21 year old leaker while ignoring the contents of the leaked documents which paint a different story than the US sheople are being told. What those documents revealed is that the war is going worse for Ukraine than our political leaders have admitted to us and have instead been LYING to the US sheople about. Why can't the lying, corrupt assholes in DC level with the US sheople about why they are prolonging the bloodshed and what they want to achieve and why the braindead biden administration continues to reject the resumption of the promising peace negotiations it blocked in April 2022.

"Former Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennet, who led the country for the first several months of the Russo-Ukrainian war, has said the United States and its closest Western allies “blocked” his attempts to broker a peace agreement between the two East Slavic nations.

In a wide-ranging, nearly five-hour interview with Israeli journalist Hanoch Daum posted to the former prime minister’s YouTube channel on Saturday, February 4th, Bennet—who played a central role in mediating between the two sides following a request from Zelensky at the war’s outset—said “there was a good chance of reaching a ceasefire” before key Western powers “blocked” his attempts."

https://europeanconservative.com/articl ... eace-deal/

Meaning the US was the "key Western power"...

Of course, now the US has spent $BILLIONS of taxpayer money and $100BILLION militarry epuipment and munitions to Ukraine greatly weaking US military suppies that cannot readily and quickly be replaced. All to what end? What is the objective of the US sticking its nose in? One thing is clear is now that Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria are basically over, Ukraine is the next saga in the US continues forever wars for the last 75 years.

"Retired Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, who led NATO and U.S. European Command from 2013 to 2016, said the United States does not have a policy that supports Ukraine defeating Russia on the battlefield.

“We keep saying, ‘We’re going to give them everything it takes,’ – everything it takes to do what?” Breedlove told Task & Purpose. “We’re going to be there as long as it takes – as long as it takes to do what? As a military commander, if someone gave me those as directives, I would have no idea what they were asking me to do.”"

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/ukraine ... -analysis/

The US sheople should ask: What’s the truth? Is the US more directly involved in the Ukraine war than previously reported? Are American troops fighting Russians? Is the braindead biden administration purposely draining our weapons arsenals to favor the Chinese? Can Ukraine really win the war against Russia?

Is the US fighting a proxy war against Russia for western corporations to get control of Ukraine's abundant resources?

Remember: WAR IS A RACKET!!! A racket that benefits corporations and the elite at taxpayer expense and young mens' lives!!!

biden did not even attempt  at peace talks. all he said he would give ukraine weapons. and we all know how that turned out.

also he said many times ukraine has the right to try to join nato which only pissed russia off and we all know by now nato will never ever let ukraine join.

so not only did biden shun any peace talks he added gasoline to the  fire.

righteous » 24 Apr 2023, 7:35 pm » wrote: ↑

24 Apr 2023, 7:35 pm

Russian airborne forces have quashed the counterattack attempt by Ukrainian militants in the special military operation.

Russian troops and Wagner mercenaries killed each other in a shootout after blaming each other for their war failures, Ukrainian government says

Russian troops and Wagner mercenaries killed each other in a shootout after blaming each other for their war failures, Ukrainian government says (msn.com)

Cannonpointer » 25 Apr 2023, 3:05 pm » wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 3:05 pm

You are likely familiar with some of these terms:
A murder of crows
A cauldron of bats
A bevy of quails
A troop of africanized americans

But here is one you might not be familiar with: A group of two or more protestants is referred to as a schizm of protestants. 

I will give you the three steps to causing a schizm amongst protestants.

1. Isolate two protestants in a room together for one hour.

Just kidding - there are no other steps. 

     
I love the murder of crows.  I have asked that question of folks....that term is rarely known by anyone. It is odd of course.

Each Protestant sect believes they were specially spoken to by God.  Thats hilarious.

When you go fishing why do you never take a Baptist?  He will drink all your beer. 
Better to take TWO Baptists because they wont drink in front of each other  
 

MackTheFinger » 25 Apr 2023, 3:26 pm » wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 3:26 pm

Russian troops and Wagner mercenaries killed each other in a shootout after blaming each other for their war failures, Ukrainian government says

Russian troops and Wagner mercenaries killed each other in a shootout after blaming each other for their war failures, Ukrainian government says (msn.com)

Easy to tell that is a ridiculous lie.

1.  Ukrainian govt says....  
2.  msn.com      
 

Cannonpointer » 25 Apr 2023, 3:05 pm » wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2023, 3:05 pm

You are likely familiar with some of these terms:
A murder of crows
A cauldron of bats
A bevy of quails
A troop of africanized americans

But here is one you might not be familiar with: A group of two or more protestants is referred to as a schizm of protestants. 

I will give you the three steps to causing a schizm amongst protestants.

1. Isolate two protestants in a room together for one hour.

Just kidding - there are no other steps. 

Speaking of schizms.  It is fascinating that one of the provocations in Ukie is the persecution of the Russian Orth Churches.
Many Priests are in jail - many murdered.

Sadly NATO has been able to cuck the Ukie Orth Church to accept all LGBTQ perversions. 
Its the ONLY Orth church in the world that has done so.
 

Are Ukraine's vast natural resources a real reason behind Russia's invasion?

Ukraine's geostrategic position has rendered it susceptible to the ongoing strains between Russia and the West.

Updated Feb 25, 2022, 1:19 PM IST

As a buffer for the two conflicting blocs, Ukraine has had very difficult choices to make in the last decade. Russia's contention with the West.
Ukraine has become a seedbed of conflict between Russia and the West. The country's geostrategic position has rendered it susceptible to the ongoing larger conflict between Russia and the West. As a buffer for the two conflicting blocs, Ukraine has had very difficult choices to make in the last decade.

Russia's contention with the West

Russia is opposed to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) in its backyard, a position which is non-negotiable. However, Ukraine's current government wants to not only join NATO but also be a part of the European Union (EU).

Although much of the struggle is military as well as strategic, that is not where the story ends. Ukraine's economy, resources and the clash to lay claim to the country's bountiful rare earth elements are also the motives to influence its political leanings - Russia or Europe? Pledge allegiance to Russia as an erstwhile Soviet state or open up to the West? Tough choice for Ukraine.

Ukraine's economic significance for Russia and the West

Both Russia and the West see Ukraine as a prospective buffer against each other. A look at the country's natural resources:

Oil and Gas

Ukraine has the second-biggest known gas reserves in Europe, apart from Russia's gas reserves in Asia, although largely unexploited.

In terms of natural gas, the country has around 1.09 trillion cubic meters, which is an incredible amount. Picture this, it's sufficient to be stretched around the earth several times. This is second only to Norway's known resources of 1.53 trillion cubic meters.

However, ironically enough, Ukraine depends on gas imports and it is primarily because the USSR began extracting gas on a large scale in Siberia in the 1970s.

Thus, much of the gas exploration, as well as production, have been transferred to Russia, due to which Ukraine's resources remain untapped. Presently, Russia supplies 40 per cent to 50 per cent of Europe's gas consumption via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline as well as the Ukrainian network.

 
 

Germany is also a big consumer of Russia's natural gas. The country gets 55 per cent of its natural gas from Russia, and the bulk of it goes through Ukraine, which earns a transit fee equivalent to $7 billion.

This is around four per cent of Ukraine's GDP (Gross Domestic Product). While these colossal gas reserves remain unexploited, the country is still important for gas transport from Russia to Europe.

In 2019, Russia and Ukraine inked a transit agreement that allows easy transfer of Siberian gas to the EU through Ukraine's huge gas transportation system, regardless of unilateral sanctions by the US.

In order to feed the energy-hungry Europe, Russia set up the Nord Stream II gas pipeline to transport natural gas which would be cost-effective, reliable, and sustainable.

This also implies that the US is nowhere near the gas race. However, Gazprom's Nord Stream II pipeline which goes through the Baltic Sea might have hit a major roadblock with the Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Gazprom is Russia's largest company and, as of 2019, was the world's largest publicly-owned natural gas firm.

The German Chancellor has stopped certifying Nord Stream II in view of Russia's aggression. Apart from natural gas, Ukraine abounds with minerals such as iron, coal, titanium, and other non-metallic raw materials. It's the leading nation when it comes to reserves of titanium, iron and non-metallic raw materials.

Could that be the US' pretext to compete with Russia? While Europe depends on Russian natural gas, the US is trying to be a more prominent Liquefied Natural Gas supplier (LNG), even though the price of LNG would be substantially higher in price than that of Russian gas.

The point that the US is aiming to make is to stop

Therefore, it is not surprising that Russia'sUkraine invasion will have a huge collateral effect on the coal and electricity sector.

In 2021, India imported coal to meet its domestic coal shortage and with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, that supply chain is going to get impacted. Ukraine has large natural resources, with precisely five per cent of the earth's natural and mineral resources.

Ores such as iron, titanium, and non-metallic raw materials are some of the country's major exports, and so are iron ore ($3.36 billion), corn ($4.77 billion), semi-finished iron ($2.55 billion), and seed oils ($3.75 billion), which are exported largely to China ($3.94 billion), Germany ($3.08 billion), and Italy ($2.57 billion), Poland ($2.75 billion), and to Russia ($4.69 billion).

 
 

Precious Metals

Ukraine was the fifth largest exporter of iron ore in the world in 2019 and in the same year, iron ore was the third most-exported product in the country. Lithium and titanium are some of the precious metals on earth today. Why is that? Lets' take a look:

Lithium

Ukraine's breakaway territories in the Donbass region have abundant natural resources and, thus, make the area economically very feasible for the future. Lithium fields in Ukraine are concentrated in Zaporizhzhia oblast (Kruta Balka area), Donetsk (Shevchenkivske field), and Kirovohrad (Polokhivske field, Dobra area).

However, no mining work is happening in the area currently. The Dobra and Donetsk mines were up for grabs and there has been cut-throat competition between Chinese Chengxin Lithium and Australia-listed European Lithium, and both the companies want a foothold in the European lithium industry.

The companies are just two of a list of bids published online by the Ukrainian Geological Survey. Lithium chemicals are the main component of electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The majority of auto companies are looking at lithium reserves across the world.

Titanium

Some estimates indicate that up to 20 per cent of the proven world reserves of titanium ores are situated in Ukraine. But it is one of the few nations with a closed-loop production in the titanium industry - from mining and processing of the titanium iron ores to the producer of finished products.

Interestingly, China was the largest importer of Ukrainian titanium iron ores in 2021, with Russia on the second spot (15.3 per cent), and Turkey ranked third (14.5 per cent). The one industry that could be majorly impacted should the Ukraine-Russia clash intensify, is the aircraft industry, mainly because titanium is an important component used in the manufacture of aeroplanes.

Boeing, in a statement on January 31, said that the tensions over Ukraine create an "adverse climate" for its business. In the event of economic sanctions, the supply chain for titanium could be affected, and furthermore, the ability to produce aircraft could be hampered.

To illustrate, the US' Boeing has broadened its titanium supply chain since 2014, when Russia was sanctioned for its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, however, it is still heavily reliant on Russia's VSMPO-AVISMA -- world's largest manufacturer of titanium -- for the supply of the metal.

Food security

Russian invasion of Ukraine means the former will rein in the exports, which will create food security issues as Ukraine is one of the largest distributors of wheat and corn. Grain exports are the mainstay of Ukraine's economy.

Much of the country's corn and wheat are destined for Africa and West Asia, which are heavily reliant on imports for food items. Over 50 per cent of Ukraine's annual corn and wheat shipments head to Africa or the Middle East.

Global food security is the biggest concern if Ukraine's exports are disturbed. Meanwhile, owing to distance, US wheat amounts to less than 10 per cent of what caters to those regions. Ukraine is aiming to clinch the third spot in wheat and fourth spot in corn this year, but the ranking could be missed due to the crisis with Russia.