@divegeester said
I hope all is well; he said he’d be back to respond to all those comments and questions after a few days and that he absolutely was not ducking out.

May I ask what this has to with spirituality?

@sonhouse said
@mchill
Like we used to put up a table and sell lemonade when we were 10, I guess that makes us criminals just like those wretched candy sellers. Even more wretched, delivering newspapers like I did when I was 12, THRASH THAT SOB.

@sonhouse

Ah yes - Paper routes and lemonade stands. I remember them well. 🙂

It's a pity Joe has "selective amnesia" when it comes to this.

@averagejoe1 said
One sees this all over Europe. It is coming here now. It, like everything, cannot be stopped. They are bringing There Here.
You will prevail, you will disappear the USA.

https://nypost.com/2024/05/01/us-news/city-hall-is-taking-candy-from-babies-to-end-subway-peddling-as-parents-plead-i-need-to-work/

Children of immigrants peddle candy


You claim to value capitalism over socialist free stuff, but when these kids engage in a free market enterprise, you snivel about that too. News flash skippy: Many multi-million-dollar companies and present-day billionaires started much like this.

There's just no pleasing you - is there? 😲

@averagejoe1 said
Be all that as it may, it apparently does not evidence the crime that we are all searching so hard for. The lawyers on both sides are searching so hard, even Trump‘s lawyers are really curious about what the crime is.

Open your closed mind, you silly goose. You have been around that Sunhouse character too long. Also, possibly blinded by the plethora of links ...[text shortened]... o try to build a case, which is exactly what that Bragg person, who is ruining his career, is doing.

Be all that as it may, it apparently does not evidence the crime that we are all searching so hard for.

Dear Joe - Neither you or your favorite news show hosts have access to even 10% of the real evidence the prosecutors have to present in court, so please stop putting your ignorance on display (again) and let the professionals handle this. All you're doing is parroting back what you favorite news guy says.

@averagejoe1 said
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ny-vs-trump-trial-search-imaginary-crime.amp

Seems long, but worth the read, and will definitely have you all seeing the light. This is basically what Marauder has omitted from his opening. Libs never close posts.
There is no crime. Even Goes far enough to show that should the jury find guilty, a reverse will be a no-brainer.

Complements of AvJoe.

That's right Joe - Trump's signatures on those checks, recordings in his own voice, bank records, and that parade of his own former staffers testifying against him are all just products of a liberal imagination. They don't really exist.

Do you still hear those voices? Do follow her down to a bridge by a fountain. Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies? What are your plans when finally release you from the sanitarium. 😏

@shavixmir said
Says trump… who then constantly falls asleep in public…

God damn… what a shyte show.

For the 1st time in decades, he's in a place where he doesn't get to make all the rules. That cold, stark courtroom is a really scary place for Donald. He knows he's in real trouble. It's impossible for him to refute or intimidate that documentation, his voice on the recording, and his signature on those checks. Despite the makeup and expensive suits, he looks old and worried as he's forced to listen to so many of his former staff members testifying as to his many illegal acts - and that carefully crafted hair combover is looking less and less convincing.

Think on your sins Donald. 😏

@averagejoe1 said
No, it is more of the mixing of cultures. Brrrrrr

Your ignorant, narrow minded, racist attitude is duly noted. 🙄

@averagejoe1 said
Is it OK if we do? The posts of liberals on the RHP Forum appear to not think so. What is their underlying theme of posts?

What is their underlying theme of posts?

The underlying theme of "their" posts takes many forms, from the environment, to criminal's having access to guns, to Mexico paying for that border wall, to a convicted fraudster and sexual abuser selling himself as the very best candidate for President, to huge corporations getting billions of dollars in government "free stuff" while complaining about a lower middle-income student who got a discount on her college tuition, to conservatives passing laws that will force 13 year old rape victims to carry their children to birth, even though it would severely injure or kill the mothers under developed young body in the process

Does that answer your question, or are you still struggling with your reading comprehension? 🙄

@pettytalk said
The nuances of translating the Greek New Testament.

The following is from this source https://concordiatheology.org/2021/11/five-things-new-testament-translations-dont-want-you-to-know/

1. The Devil Has a Father? (Jn 8:44)

In John 8:44, Jesus says of the devil, ὅταν λαλῇ τὸ ψεῦδος, ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων λαλεῖ, ὅτι ψεύστης ἐστὶν καὶ ὁπατὴρ αὐτοῦ. The ESV renders this, “Whe ...[text shortened]... egarding John 8:44? It does make a hell of a difference, when it comes to the Devil, and his father.

The Devil Has a Father?

An intriguing question, but I can't find an answer.

@zahlanzi said
The US is trying to establish a hip new trend: if someone is accused of something, we ask nicely that someone to tell us if they are guilty or not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBATQzOd048&ab_channel=AlMayadeenEnglish

"How does it ever make sense that the #UnitedStates asks the accused party to examine itself and provide reports," said a reporter, cornering #US Sta ...[text shortened]... , around 30 bodies were found buried in two graves in the Al-Shifa Hospital courtyard in #Gaza City.

There is plenty of blame to go around here. Hamas is clearly guilty of starting this conflict with Israel, just as Palestinian protestors are guilty of harassing Jewish students on college campuses across America, most of whom are simply trying to get an education. The flip side to this is Benjamin Netanyahu's insane scorched earth military tactics that have left so many innocent Palestinian children and women dead, starving, or wounded; much of it using American military weapons to do so. The galling part of this (for me) is Israel's arrogant attitude that somehow America owes them these weapons.

This situation is a world class mess - I don't have any answers. 😕

This Memorial Day will mark the last OTB event for me (The Washington Open) at least for awhile, and it's been quite an experience to say the least.

I was an active OTB player in the Seattle area in the 80's and 90's but left for 3 decades for personal reasons. However last year I decided to end the drought and played in the Oregon Class championship. My 2/5 score in the 1400-1600 section was expected due to such a long layoff, however other experiences left me wondering if OTB was a good idea for me anymore. i.e.

I found my older self in my 60's sitting in a room with 85% school age kids. When the rounds finished, usually with me losing, I offered to analyze the games with them, they looked at me as if I were speaking another language and scampered off to play with their friends. 2 of them were quickly escorted out by their mothers who frowned and looked at me suspiciously as if I were a pervert or other undesirable.

The clock: I bought a new electronic clock for the event, but despite my internet search, I couldn't find instructions for how to set secondary time controls. When I asked the TD (whom I judged to be about 17) about this, he quickly snatched the clock from my hand and began flipping various buttons to set the clock correctly. I asked him if he could slow down and let me take notes so I could do this myself. visibly irritated, he simply said it was my responsibility to learn this. By round 5 he clearly dreaded to see me coming even though the education process would not have taken more than 2 min. I could find no other players willing to help me with this. (Gone is the comradery of decades past I guess) I was wondering about the possibility of having to hire a chess coach just to teach me how to program my clock!

The site: Our stay at the DoubleTree inn was comfortable. Clean rooms with good food and surroundings, however travel, lodging, and other related expenses topped $600.00. Some simple math told me 5-6 of these events a year would put a dent in my savings.

4 more events have come and gone since then, and things have improved. I've made a few new friends, am more comfortable with different time controls, and now can program my clock like a pro. I'm not bitter. In fact, I'm deeply thankful to live in an internet age where chess competition is no farther away than my notebook computer.

I'm back at Red Hot Pawn, have entered an Open Duel tournament and will spend some time deeply considering if OTB events are really for me anymore. 🤔

@averagejoe1 said
Just the facts from AvJoe. There are many sources. (Gallup Poll)

https://twitter.com/AndyPuzder/status/1784360060472398021

Least Popular Pres in 70 Years

Wrong again Joe. Republican George W Bush left office with an approval rating of 34% and a low of 25%. Substantially worse than Bidens current 39%. See both Gallup polls below. You don't win any of these, do you? Just the facts from mchill 😏


Biden

https://news.gallup.com/interactives/507569/presidential-job-approval-center.aspx

Bush

https://news.gallup.com/poll/116500/presidential-approval-ratings-george-bush.aspx

@sonhouse said
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/27/us/tennessee-governor-signs-school-guns-bill/index.html#:~:text=Tennessee%20Gov.%20Bill%20Lee%20signed,to%20the%20General%20Assembly's%20website.

Yeah, that will stop crazed teenagers from killing kids, give guns to teachers who don't even know how to shoot. Or how about the scenario where some bad kids attack the teacher, steal the gun and ...[text shortened]... eh? Nice putting yet more guns right next to kids who may kill if they could get their hands on one.

Feel good legislation designed to appease the gun nuts. Idiot lawmakers protecting their phone baloney jobs, instead of doing their jobs.

@divegeester said
His bereavement has been well documented in this forum. I’ll pass on your good wishes for his well-being.

Do you agree with the premise in my OP that this forum and the spirituality forum are worse off without his posting?

Sorry about missing the documentation of his bereavement. My reading of the postings here is inconsistent.

Regarding my views on agreeing with the premise in your OP that this forum and the spirituality forum are worse off without his posting; I have no opinion one way or the other. I never knew much about FMF and tend to focus most of my very limited brain power on either work or chess. These forums are just a hazy and occasional endeavor for me.

@greenpawn34 said
HI mchill,

Recently I took a week to finish a jigsaw. One week!
I was so proud. It said on the side of the box 6-8 years.

greenpawn34 - You're a 1900+ rated chess player. You don't need to be a 1900+ jigsaw solver too. 🙂