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That crowd would die off extremely quickly.

Purdue is out. Go Houston.

I'll let him speak for himself on what he meant. I think he meant that there are negative things in this world. I did not see a denial of good things on his part, which you seem to be implying. Go to the third world and you will find plenty of what he was describing, leading me to reject your rejection.

Rumor: 1 hour church. I don't buy it. @Ironhold is right. There is a lot of ugliness in the world. Lots of coldness and unhappiness. That doesn't mean there are not happy warm people, but to deny the reality of the darkness in the world is naive.

You're not beating Wisconsin.

Fixed that.

Now the drug cartels are getting closer to what the BOM talks about when speaking of secret combinations. They have political influence, but only in their own countries. The top levels of the cartels are running businesses...literally, they operate like a business. They use groups like Tren de Aragua, but what most people don't understand is a group like TDA will run amok with thier own agendas as well.

Street gangs are not what we as LDS would think of as Gadiantons/secret combinations, though they have some similar behavior patterns. Your statement is otherwise 100% accurate.

I would not call them a national threat as you are describing. Some of them are actually sophisticated in some of their operational organization.

To my knowledge I have never met a Nazi. I have dealt with white supremacists. There are aryan gangs and I view them through that lens (street gang lens.)

Let's try this again. YOU DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO FREE HEALTHCARE. Not that difficult to understand. Now you have attempted to make an emotional argument which does not change the reality that YOU DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO FREE HEALTHCARE. I unabashedly reject your emotional argument that it does give you a right. It does not. Period. End of story. Full halt. Is that clear enough for you? I'm being provocative because that is the route you chose. If you would like to shift to a non confrontational mode let me know in your response.

Correct, socialism = theft, with governmental controlled slavery thrown in. No thanks. Since we are using healthcare as the example. You have a right to healthcare. You do NOT have a right to free healthcare.

Most people are trying to play checkers with Trump. A few are playing chess. Trump is playing 3D chess (ala Star Trek) and most people do not realize that is the real game. I do not think he is as scary as the boogey man the media is trying to paint.

What happened? PM if you prefer privacy.

What about acupuncture?

Glock 17's with Holosun optics and Colt AR15's with Aimpoints.

I've been to Purdue Notre Dame games at Notre Dame and they are FAR better than my BYU experiences.

Let's not pretend that BYU doesn't have cringe fans as well. I have stories of the way BYU fans have acted in their venues as an opposing fan daring to attend. From last year:

Purdue just had it's fourth straight loss and their fourth straight second half disappearance. Smh.

Terrible call at the end.

Or in your case signs of addiction.

You can create stress inoculation if you train (or do) something sufficiently. This lets you control the adrenaline to a great extent.

That is a dodge since you can't really defend your claim. Care to try again? Say you misspoke? Provide proof? Triple down?

I carry a gun for a living. I pretty much carry one all the time and have done so for 30ish years now. In all those years there has been only one time I thought about pulling my gun while not at work. I had gone out with a buddy who worked for a different department for an evening and was in plain clothes. We had a run in with some gang members. One particular one did not like us much. A couple weeks later I was with my wife in a Sears. We were walking towards the parking lot and I saw that same gang member with a group of his buddies. They were on the escalator going up to the second floor. We made eye contact and he clearly recognized me. I immediately knew he was going to turn around and come right back down. My wife was looking at something and was not ready to leave. I had two options. Leave or likely end up pulling my gun on a half dozen turds. I opted to leave. As we headed out the doors I looked back and saw the group coming right back down the escalator as I expected. The one I had already had a run in with was scanning the area I had been standing just a minute earlier. Not using force whenever possible is the best option.