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2024-10-14T22:37:26-07:00

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Trump Is a Big Liar, Except When He Says What He Will Do

Last updated on: October 14, 2024 at 10:37 pm   By Kermit Zarley

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Trump a Great Big Liar Donald Trump is the biggest liar I have ever seen in my lifetime. And I don’t think he is even a very good liar because he’s not persuasive. He merely tells lies and expects people to believe him. And that is his strategy which has become known multiple times. He says if you tell people enough times what you want them to believe, they eventually will believe it. Yeah, but it’s stupid people who do... Read more

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2024-10-11T23:20:17-07:00

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Are Trump’s Bibles “Ripping Us Off”?

Last updated on: October 11, 2024 at 11:20 pm   By Kermit Zarley

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Trump Says China Exports Are “Ripping Us Off” Donald Trump, while president and ever since, has kept on harping about China “ripping us off,” meaning China-made goods exported to the U.S. His remedy for it was to impose large tariffs on this China trading to try to discourage U.S. citizens from buying China-made products. And along with this strategy, Trump tried to discourage U.S. companies from having their products made in China. Donald Trump now asserts that, if he regains... Read more

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2024-10-10T22:26:53-07:00

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Jesus’s “Born Again” Idea Should Not Have Been New to Jews

Last updated on: October 10, 2024 at 10:26 pm   By Kermit Zarley

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Many Bible readers have thought Jesus’s language “born again” was something new. For, we read in the New Testament that Jesus told a man named Nicodemus, “Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3 NIV). This language “born again” in the form of whatever Aramaic words Jesus used (for those Jews native tongue was Aramaic)—which is gennethe anothen in the Greek text and also can be translated “born from above”—may have been unfamiliar.... Read more

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2024-10-10T12:17:48-07:00

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Elite Panel Assesses Mid-East Conflicts

Last updated on: October 10, 2024 at 12:17 pm   By Kermit Zarley

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Introducing Panel Members The Council on Foreign Relations is an elite, non-profit think tank located in Washington, D.C. It produces the eminent Foreign Affairs magazine which is about U.S. foreign policy and international affairs. The CFR holds many panel forums open to the public, as they did Tuesday on Mid-East conflicts, especially those involving Israel. This panel discussion included host Vivian Salama posing questions to Senior Fellow Linda Robinson at CFR, Mid-East expert Suzanne Maloney at the Brookings Institution Center,... Read more

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2024-10-09T23:59:12-07:00

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Could Jesus Have Sinned?

Last updated on: October 9, 2024 at 11:59 pm   By Kermit Zarley

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The question, “Could Jesus Have Sinned?” has been much debated in church history. Thus, Christians have not agreed about it’s answer—yes or no. Most have been taught by scholars and pastors that Jesus could not have sinned. But many believers in Jesus have not accepted that teaching because it seems to conflict with many things, such as just being a complete human being. Did Jesus Ever Sin? Now, the main question about Jesus and sin should be, “did Jesus ever... Read more

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2024-10-06T17:26:09-07:00

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If Trump Wins, He Says He Will Jail His Political Enemies

Last updated on: October 6, 2024 at 5:26 pm   By Kermit Zarley

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The U.S. Has Lost Its Moral Compass The fact that the Republican Party chose Donald Trump as its candidate for president, even though he tried really hard to overthrow the government by overturning a fair election, shows that the U.S. has lost its moral compass. I therefore believe that November 5th will be the most important presidential election of my lifetime. If Donald Trump regains the White House, the U.S. will descend into a pit of hell. Folks, I have... Read more

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2024-10-04T12:04:33-07:00

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Why Do People Leave Trump’s Rallies Early? Too Much Talk!

Last updated on: October 4, 2024 at 12:04 pm   By Kermit Zarley

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Trump’s Crowds Donald Trump makes a huge deal about how many people he gets at his political rallies. He likes to tell the numbers, often exaggerating them. But now he’s catching flack from both the media and his opponent, Kamala Harris, about the people who leave his rallies early because he speaks so long. Harris said the other day that people are leaving Trump’s rallies early due to “exhaustion and boredom.” Trump recently fired back at a town hall meeting... Read more

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2024-10-02T20:56:02-07:00

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To Most Americans, Walz Won the Debate Due to Believability

Last updated on: October 2, 2024 at 8:56 pm   By Kermit Zarley

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Yesterday, I posted, “Tim Walz Ruled!” I meant that in the vice presidential debate last night between Democrat Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz and Republican Donald Trump’s running mate J. D. Vance, for most Americans watching it Walz won. How so? Morality was on the line, and Walz proved more moral than Vance. But that’s not what most expert analysts have been saying ever since, thus in the past 24 hours. Most of them claim Vance won the debate... Read more

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2024-10-01T22:00:00-07:00

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Tim Walz Ruled!

Last updated on: October 1, 2024 at 10:00 pm   By Kermit Zarley

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WOW! There sure must be a lot of very capable high school teachers and football coaches out there in America! Democrat Tim Walz, who used to be one of them, proved it tonight in the only vice presidential debate, hosted by CBS, that will be conducted before the presidential election November 5th. He debated Republican J. D. Vance. J. D. Vance is Donald Trump’s vice presidential running-mate, and Tim Walz is Kamala Harris’s running-mate. Sixty-year old Walz—after many years as... Read more

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2024-10-01T14:23:51-07:00

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Barna Study Says Worldview Affects Mental Health

Last updated on: October 1, 2024 at 2:23 pm   By Kermit Zarley

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According to medical practitioners, the U.S. is experiencing a mental health crisis that is especially commonplace among the Z generation (Zoomers: ages 11-26) and the Millennial generation (Millennials: ages 27-43). According to a study by George Barna, the U.S. medical community says nearly half of Millennials and over half of Zoomers “regularly experience anxiety, fear, and depression.” They say at least one in three Millennials have at least one diagnosable mental disorder. Barna Says Worldview Affects Mental Health A new... Read more

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