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I admit that I don't really get the lionization (here literally) of Trump. I believe it's largely a reflexive reaction to the media's unceasing drumbeat of hatred toward the man. I myself, no huge fan of Trump, have felt the itch to get behind the guy and support him much more than I normally would, just because the leftist hatred of him is soooooooooooo far overboard. My rational faculties are hoping that Trump does not run in 2024, but some vindictive and grudge-holding part of my being secretly wants to see it as a way to give a big middle finger to those who despise Trump supporters.

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Freedom of speech is a right that needs to be protected just like the other rights we have... Also like our other rights it is not absolute, it has limits. Those limits are when it comes against the rights of others. You can't harm others. The common example given is Yelling Fire in a crowded theater. Other cases are statements that are harmful to reputation and whatnot. Freedom of speech is one of the few rights that have an exception to this limit. That exception is TRUTH. If the Theater is crowded... and it is on fire... then we want you to be yelling fire even if by doing so you cause some harm... Truth can be harmful to people's reputation. We can and should tell the truth even if it hurts... If we do not want to be hurt by truth then we should live in such a way that it can not hurt us. Now I have not followed this case beyond what has been presented here. But if you accuse someone of being a 'Crisis Actor' that is something you better be ready to prove because that is an attack on that person's reputation. In the case where causing others to take action that hurts (aka the Theater example) that can get murky fast, but it is not unreasonable to think that with greater power/influence comes greater accountability. But that greater accountability needs to be equality applied. You don't get to go after commentators/talking heads/politicians that say things you do not like for causing harm while ignoring the commentators/talking heads/politicians that say things you do like that cause harm. It is unwise to protect one group because you "like/agree" with them and strip the protection from those you "do not like/agree" with. Because the day will come that you find yourself in disagreement with the group you protected. What are you going to do when they turn on you and you helped them become too powerful to stop? That is just short sighted and foolish

You've probably heard. It's all over the news. Trump's Mar-a-Lago Home was raided by the FBI. The subtext was that he had some records that belong to the Federal Government that he supposedly took home with him. The liberal media is, for once, all over the board. They don't know what to make of it. There are some liberals siding with conservatives being outraged at an obvious weaponization of the DOJ for political purpose. Others are saying that they recovered documents that were labeled "Top Secret". These would obviously be the property of the Federal Government, and therefore would be considered "stolen". And there are many saying that the story is still developing, so they don't have all the facts. I believe it was Don Jr. who said that they broke in but didn't find anything in his father's safe. As you can imagine, every conservative is outraged by this making cries of third world countries (Trump, himself, made this accusation along with others). Others using the term Banana Republic. GOP legislators are threatening to bring up the officers of the FBI before a Congressional Hearing about this. I have no idea if that will even do anything. AFAIK, I don't think Congress has any authority to convict anyone of a crime unless it's Democrats wanting to imprison several dozen protesters who hurt their feelings over 18 months ago. So, as usual, because it was perpetrated on a Republican by Democrats, we'll never see any justice because of this. The White House is denying they even knew about this. OK, given Biden's current condition, I bet he didn't. But what is he going to do about this? Oh, that's right, also nothing.

Unless there's a big revelation of real, substantive malfeasance by Trump, I will vote for him if he receives the Republican nomination. I'm not a huge fan of his, except when compared with my feelings toward any national-level Democrat.

Nutshell: Joseph received revelation that over the centuries a number of theological truths and principles had been lost from the manuscripts that comprised what we today know as the Bible. The JST was him attempting a spiritually-based re-translation whose goal was to seek out these lost truths and re-insert them. However, he was murdered before he completed it, which is a big part of why we put the JST in footnotes and a special section at the end instead of incorporating it all into the text.

As a child I was a Mary Ann guy, like 90% of the male population. I didn't really watch much Gilligan's Island past my childhood, but I remember as a 30-something-year-old seeing a photograph of Ginger and saying to myself, "What was I thinking?"

The Chief Judge who was murdered by his brother that Nephi prophesied about was plausibly also a wicked man. If we consider Trump as like one of the Chief Judges, he doesn't have to be compared to Nephi for it to be an accurate comparison. Personally, I have seen Trump like Morianton from the Book of Ether: a good leader to the people, despite not being a good role model due to his moral failings. This is me exactly. 😂

The more I see Trump investigated, the more it is going to be hard to believe if anything "really" comes up. Trump called out Epstein. Trump probably has more knowledge on the despicable nature of many of our rich elites and politicians. Imagine if Hillary and Bill were treated in the same way the Democrats have gone after Trump. We already know the FBI is weaponized, assuming it is accurate that the FBI was used to retrieve a journal of the president (hmm....what was in that journal if the FBI were used to break in?). Trump was assisted by Russians....crickets...but it appears the Clinton's had more ties with the Russians (irony a little). There are signs of tyranny for sure, and this would be one of them. We already know the IRS has been weaponized also, and now (shocker) we have a bill to increase the number of workers -- who is going to be investigated with scrutiny? The signs are all there, we are seeing the same result with Nephi after his prayer on the tower. The one's in fault, and knew they were in fault, were pinning their evil works on Nephi. We are at this point or nearing this to a further degree. Those who were truly evil, excited the minds against Nephi. I'm not likening Trump to Nephi/Moroni (that was the worst thing Arizona governor/senator?? could have done). I'm simply saying those who are truly corrupt/evil will turn their angst against someone calling out their ploys and excite the public mind against them such that they even begin to believe someone who is innocent is guilty, and those who are guilty are the victims.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62Z4MnFIifY CNN is saying that this is a "good day" for Trump. ... When was Trump "flushing documents down the toilet"? I seem to have missed that accusation.

One of the rare funny things Family Guy did, that isn't offensive and evil:

If she was in a well stocked latter-day saint household her Mom would have sent the child to the cellar downstairs, got some frozen butter out, grabbed some powdered milk and some wheat from the dried food storage so she could grind it into flour. After grinding the wheat she would have made some home made bread.

Don't forget David Robinson and Patrick Ewing. (Ignore Ewing's lack of championships. He never got the help he needed, and no one not named Chamberlain can win a game all by himself. Not even Jordan.) Never liked Kareem. 7'2" of crybaby. But he was a great center in an era of great centers. He stood out, literally and figuratively. Easily a top 5 all-time center, and easily a top 30 all-time player. Olajuwon was always, always, always underrated. He may have been The Best Pure Center Of All Time No I Am Not Joking Even A Little. I absolutely loved the guy; maybe my favorite player, certainly among the top few. Unbelievably athletic, freakishly smart (basketball-wise), and HE NEVER PLAYED BASKETBALL UNTIL HE WAS FIFTEEN YEARS OLD. Despite being billed as 7' or 6'11", could not have been more than 6'9" or 6'10". Just look at him standing next to other centers of the time. Abdul-Jabbar looked to be four inches taller. Olajuwon played like he was 7'6", while my man Shawn Bradley (always pulled for him), who really was 7'6", often played like he was 6'9". Difference in temperament and mindset.

That little girl walked almost a full hour to get to the store to buy a loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter. Someone needs to call CPS. The proof:

Same. My rational self much prefers the idea of DeSantis. But....

Heh. That was the graduation movie at my elementary school! After that, we all went roller skating, which was even bigger than the movie made it look. Only problem was @mirkwood crashing the school party and beating us all up.

The liberals are loving it.

The upcoming press briefing about the raid.

Well, thank goodness no one asked what your thoughts are about Xanadu! (seriously, Google that movie) 😉

Dallas?

Barbara Eden really was old enough to be my mother. I did envy Tony, though, even as a boy. Speaking of which, what kind of moron has a beautiful, ageless, all-powerful girl so totally in love with him that she (literally) throws herself at him at every opportunity, but he's too distracted to pay attention? There should have been a movie called "What's Wrong With Tony Nelson?"

Olivia Newton John passed away today as well. Maybe something is up...