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As I predicted earlier, at the World Economic Forum, Trump successfully negotiated a deal for use of Greenland by the US for strategic purposes. Anyone want to apologize for assuming Trump would do it by force? Got to know how to read the man. Why don't y'all Trump critics try that strategy instead of your constant bitching. He's just a man, but usually effective in negotiating. He tried negotiating with Iran, but some entities just refuse to negotiate, like Iran, and Maduro ion Venezuela, when both were given ample opportunity to stop their criminal behavior, just like what his happening her at home with criminals that include those who cross the border illegally. That is illegal, you know. There are several federal immigration statutes preventing it. Biden/Harris ignored them. Trump is not. He has sworn to uphold the law. Biden did too, but didn't. You tell me which is the more peaceful result with peace as a positive choice with consequence of peace, and not just the absence of war, which, as the "Cold War" proved, is neither peaceful nor cold.

I have collected 2021 data detailing gun use to kill humans [non-military], target shooting, and hunting. The results are revealing:

Activity* Incident count Percentage

Kill humans** [non military] 46,091 43.74%

Target shooting 46,900 44.51%

Hunting 12,386 11.75%

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Total: 105,371 100.00%

Results: more people engage in target shooting than by both other activities, individually, and more people engage in the two peaceful activities of target shooting and hunting than by killing humans.

This means that more people would loose their right to "keep and bear arms" by the 2nd amendment. Therefore, by strict adherence to democracy, a minority of people would cause the inconvenience of loss of a guaranteed constitutional right to the majority by banning all guns, which denial is a constitutional violation by denial of the root effect of democracy: majority rule.

*It must be acknowledged that there are other uses of guns than the three activities noted, such as ownership, but non-use, which has no statistic that could be found. Also, some gun owners engage ownership for self-defense, and while there are statistics of defensive gun use engaging an agressor, it is unknown how many have guns for this purpose, but never engage the actual self-defense need. Two of the three uses noted are the two highest percentage of known actual use: Target shooting and killing humans. Known engaged gun use for self-defense ranks in the 30th percentile of gun ownership for that purpose, but the actual count of that activity was not reported.

**"Kill humans" means intent to shoot and kill.

I apologize that the statistics above are difficult to read. When writing the post, I used tabs to separate columns, but the columns don't translate the formatting when posted. Why not???

https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/21/politics/donald-trump-election-democrat

Wow, me citing Cartoon News Network? Didn't see that one coming, but, just goes to show that this appears to be the Democrats' real beef against Trump: they just could not hold on to him. Just think, he should have run in 2016 for the Democrats, and all his antics since would have been applauded, rather than hated. But, considering how well the Democrats conducted their autopsy on loss of the 2024 campaign, clearly, they lack an ability to understand loss, at all. Quelle domage. Just remember; they even tossed out a Kennedy!

did I touch a sensitivity button? Hey, recall that Trump was once a Democrat, yeah?

https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/21/politics/donald-trump-election-democrat

No, Trump has promised Denmark we will not take Greenland by force. I read that to mean by military force, but we may by civilized negotiation, which is perfectly legit, by the same means we acquired Alaska from Russia, for a value the Russians agreed upon. Alaska turned out to be worth far more, but the deal was agreed upon by them. Their loss, I guess, but, hey, they agreed, so, quelle domage. We have made no secret of the fabulous worth of Greenland's natural resources.

No, China, as well, was a much greater empire than it is today. But then again, no empire of man endures forever. They all have fallen historically, and all will fall, ultimately. Nothing of mortal man will endure, But more glorious things are in store for us. As Yoda once said, "Beings of light, are we."

Gold [the real stuff, not just paper] is going to outstrip bitcoin as if it wasn't there, at all.

Good on you, my friend. And, yes, hold on; don't sell now.

That’s just MAGA cultist mindless defense.

Reply to your post #16;

And why wouldn't I respond that your claim above isn't just woke cultist mindless defense? Well, maybe because neither argument really expresses a direct rebuttal, but rather, is merely personal attack, and that is a losing argument. I have said this before and I tire of the repetition.

Any evidence for that claim? No, of course not. 

Citation from the Institute for Science and International Security, dated 11/21/2025:

https://isis-online.org/isis-reports/comprehensive-updated-assessment-of-iranian-nuclear-sites-five-months-after-the-12-day-war

and a quote from the cited reference: "Overall, satellite imagery indicates that Iran's uranium enrichment program remains significantly set back. At present, Iran does not appear able to enrich uranium in any significant manner or make gas centrifuges in significant numbers. Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities, its facility to produce uranium hexafluoride (UF6) and its centrifuge manufacturing and research and development facilities remain severely damaged or destroyed." [bold and italic added for emphasis]

This is the long view off the effect of the US attack on Iran's nuke enrichment facilities, not a pathetic 6-day assessment offered by Iran, or yours, even 7 months later, apparently.

it’s everyone else’s responsibility to figure out how to decode him.

That's about the only true statement in your entire post, up to then.

When US agencies misread him, whatever misconduct they engage in is their fault. When businesses misread him, whatever havoc is wreaked upon the stock market is their fault. When US agencies misread him, whatever misconduct they engage in is their fault. When pissed off supporters misread him, whatever damage they cause to the US Capitol and whoever dies as a result is their fault.

Those are also true statements. Yes, understanding what any other person says is our responsibility to interpret correctly, if we bother to understand at all. Would understanding belong to no one? That seems to be your sarcastic intent.

I trust the results of a scientific inquiry of 13 years' duration to be more reliable than any average person's self-centered opinion. I have no idea what credentials that average person has, whereas, I have the credentials of the scientists involved in the HGP study and their reference material, which I can also research, and have.

YOUR means of translation

Did I say my method of inquiry to know what is true win scripture is an effort of "translation?" No. Don't put words in my mouth.

by your own admission the bible is not "flawless" and it is "imperfect".

This string is mine, and my post #1 clearly states: "So, where do we get off claiming the Bible's 'infallibility?'" Yes, that is what I believe: the Bible is not infallible.

you have rendered all bibles written in the English language pointless and redundant.

No, I have not. I am very careful to write what I think, and that is not the conclusion to which I arrived on this string. Re-rerad my post #1. Re-read my post #15 ["The Bible, itself, does not declare its alleged infallibility."] Re-read my post #15 ["the Bible, alone, is not the only scripture in which I have personal assurance of the existence of, and supreme authority of God." Re-read my post #20 ]"...even inspired, as prophets were, how they interpret "inspiration" varies widely from what may have actually been inspired."] Re-read my post #39 ["...we must take the advice of James [James 1] seriously and with purposeful intent to seek God in prayer for personal revelation to us of what is wisdom & truth in the scriptures, and what is not. The claim that direct revelation from God discontinued after the first century C.E. is simply nonsense. Why would God remove himself from our honest pursuit of truth? Doubt is a truth killer. That is what is meant by serious and purposeful intent to know." Re-read my post #49 ["I have at hand, a means to overcome the problems of translation of biblical text. I can go to the source of that inspiration to be helped to un derstrand what is trying to be said. It's called revelation, my friend, and it is real and useful today."] Therefore, any Bible in any language can be a better source to understand the will of God than virtually any other book, but that does not discount all books. Truth is found in diverse places.

The problem with Deus vult is that it is an individual approach and interpretation of God's will, which then allows variation among us to try to understand what God's will happens to be from his perspective, and not ours. The problem with that is that seldom does anyone declaring that anthem actually kneels before God to ask him what his will is; they just make the assumption they know, and the result is something that generally results in going to war against their assumed opponent to their will. Therefore, a circular argument, and such do not hold water, or, frankly, anything else.

Being a Niners fan [and living in San Francisco longer than in any other house as an adult or child, from the mid-70s to early 90s] I am bummed that the 49ers failed this year, but with their injury list, I'm not surprised. I don't care who wins this year; I probably will not even watch the game. I did enjoy watching the Indiana/Miami game Mon night.

re: watches: I once, ten years ago, had my eye jealously on a Panerai Luminor Marina 44mm x 2.5cm watch, currently going for just over $9,000, retail. Then, I realized I really didn't care anymore what time it was, and had the facility to guess what time it was, within an accuracy of +/- 15 minutes, which, now, is accurate enough. Glad I didn't buy it.

...jump up and down like a 5-year-old in premature efactulation mode.

...sing off key to attempted new lyrics of a song no one else remembers, but expects a crowd sing-along.

...clap their hands without rhythm.

...generally attempt all three simultaneously when they notice a media cam with the red light on...evoking that 5-year-old, but even real 5-year-olds shake their heads and walk away unimpressed, mumbling "whatanasshole."

Debby's #29 does make a point.

Satire is funny. This isn't satire.

repeated, long ass. non-identifed AI info posting

You mean like https://www.debatecraft.com/forum/c/philosophy/posts/lg/finite-vs-infinite

Trump actually told Norwegian leadership

Not familiar with sarcasm? Problem is, Iran thought Trump was being sarcastic. Got to know how to read the man. Maybe a linguistics course is in your future? Or is that too childish for you?

Sadolite is correct. The action of some Euro countries/NATO members sending a token handful of military wish-balloons is an absurd gesture.

Pedants. Spoiled. Brats. This will be settled by negotiation by the adults in the room.

Debby's posts are sometimes AI-laden posts and a minor irritants. The posts are not offensive nor vulgar, just verbose. There are plenty of members who are verbose, but, it's a style like any other. Variety is the spice of life. No ban, no penalty

Trump wants Greenland because he was denied the Nobel Peace Prize.

That's woke pettiness, and Trump is not that shallow. Greenland is a a place of several critical resources.

Are y'all watching the gold/silver markets? I'm talking the commodities, themselves, not paper, which is currently being over-sold and there's not the gold or silver in actual product to support the sales of paper [gold/silver stock, effectively]. But the value of both in real commodities is rising steadily and is well above just a year ago, andI expect it continues rising. Wahoo!

And? How does that stop Denmark/US negotiation, which is, after all, a more civilized approach than military.

Yes, it, and ancient China, were probably ly the premier civilizations of the age of 5,000 - 4,000 BCE. They both, independently, in that era, invented paper and ink technology, one of the markers of advanced civilization.

There is no "original version" of the Bible, in either Hebrew or Greek, but in Latin; the Vulgate, so Herman, if he is the source of that claim, is talking through his hat. For a PhD on the subject, he would not be that dumb. We do not even have a single scroll's original script, let alone the entire book. No "Bible" existed prior to Constantine's commission of it in the 4th century CE. The oldest scrolls of either Hebrew or Greek were apparently written 300 - 400 BCE by current paper/ink dating technology, and those, at best, are what Constantine's hired translators used.

I am aware of that. Unlike some in this string, which is mine, dated 1/13/26, I read the H.G.P. report when it was issued 23 years ago. Some need to catch up. that many years is like yesterday to some who live in utter woke fantasy

That may be Bart Ehrman's problem, no? For me, it's just the opposite. But then, I am utilizing more than an English Bible in my research, which, truth be told, may not be the best language representation for the Bible. I also use French, Italian, and Greek. The German, I've heard, is quite good. And, I believe in direct revelation, whereas, I understand, Ehrman lost his faith. Quelle domage.

Greenland and the Nobel are completely separate concerns, Stay on point. And, I understand both Denmark and Greenland have expressed objection. But Trump is, if anything, a negotiator, so, those objections may change as that discussion is engaged. That's what negotiation does; it potentially changes stuff.

The ancient Egyptians actually have a very rich, abundant literary library available to read