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As though God would use

You are going out on a limb saying what God would or wouldn't do. And the word blasphemous on top of it, c'mon.

The secretive dark money group behind an Islamophobic ad campaign run during the 2016 election was unmasked Thursday as being funded by rightwing mega-donors, in a Center for Responsive Politics report on its 2016 tax return.

In three ads — “Islamic State of France,” “Islamic State of Germany” and “Islamic States of America” — Secure America Now spliced violent imagery, including of an execution-style murder and Islamic State fighters, in between doctored images of the three countries re-imagined as theocracies. The group has been prolific on YouTube for years, as well as on several social media channels.

In 2016, the tax return revealed, Secure America Now was funded primarily by Robert Mercer, the hugely influential Trump donor and far-right activist; 45Committee, another dark money group reportedly started by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and Todd Ricketts, the co-owner of the Chicago Cubs and son of TD Amitrade founder-billionaire Joe Ricketts; and Ronald Lauder, heir to the Estée Lauder fortune who is also active in Israeli politics.

Mercer, 45Comittee and Lauder gave Secure America Now $2 million, $2 million, and $1.1 million in 2016, respectively. The group counted donations in slightly smaller numbers from yet more well-known donors: Brad Anderson, former Best Buy CEO; Foster Friess; and Olympus Ventures LLC, which the Center for Responsive Politics reported is tied to the founder of Best Buy, Dick Schulze.

‘Confidential’ Shell document shows oil giant knew about climate impacts over a generation ago
"By the time the global warming becomes detectable it could be too late" to act, Shell scientists warned in 1988

Dutch oil giant Shell knew about the impacts of climate change as early as the 1980s, according to newly uncovered documents. But as one confidential document shows, Shell also knew the world would not take action quickly enough to stop the effects of climate change.

According to perhaps one of the most significant documents uncovered — a 1988 Shell document marked “Confidential” and titled “The Greenhouse Effect” — the oil giant had an internal climate science program dating back to 1981.

As the document’s authors acknowledge, fossil fuels are the “main cause” of increasing carbon dioxide emissions. It also lays out detailed analysis of the potential impacts from rising global emissions, including sea level rise, ocean acidification, and human migration..

Infowars furious that Mueller is stopping Russian oligarchs at the airport: "Trump needs to stop this"
Owen Shroyer: "Robert Mueller is off the chain. He has no boundaries, he is limitless, he is above the law, he is lawless, he is super Mueller"

A Sinclair national correspondent frequently interviewed Alex Jones for Russian-funded TV

Samuel Avery-Quinn

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Replying to @washingtonpost

Targeting red states is not a direct attack on Trump. It is a strategy to get leverage on GOP Congress members. The Chinese are playing targeted, precise, four-dmensional chess while our administration is playing and losing that peg game at Cracker Barrel.

Born in grassroots and matured on the internet, we are now a nationwide army of Democrats, Republicans, Independents, conservatives and liberals who share a common concern about our security and our liberty. We know the stakes and we won’t back down.

Margaret Sullivan
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@Sulliview
Another case of seeing and hearing is believing -- @TheAtlantic is firing Kevin Williamson after @mmfa dug up video and audio that made it clear his comments about hanging women who have abortions, etc. were not just an errant tweet

Zeke Miller
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Trump in WV: "In many places, like California, the same person votes many times. You probably heard about that. They always like to say 'oh that's a conspiracy theory.' Not a conspiracy theory, folks. Millions and millions of people."
11:46 AM - 5 Apr 2018

Former Gov. Phil Bredesen has a 10-point lead over U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn in the race to succeed U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, according to a new poll from Middle Tennessee State University.

The poll, released Thursday, found 45 percent of 600 registered Tennessee voters said they would choose Bredesen, a Democrat and former Nashville mayor, if the election were immediately held.

Blackburn, a Brentwood Republican, netted 35 percent, with another 17 percent of respondents saying they were not sure.

Wonderful humans, these folks

Listen we are all entitled to our belief system, a reading of Hebrews of the Bible will lead one to believe Jesus fulfilled the prophesies (God in times past used the prophets and diverse manners but now speaks to us through Jesus Christ..). I admit I let myself get carried away with what type of prophet God would use. I apologize for it. I knew I took a limb out; have at it. I would rather take flack from an honest belief than your screwed up posts.

Samuel Avery-Quinn

Samuel Avery-Quinn | PhD | Appalachian State University, Boone ...
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Samuel Avery-Quinn is a University College Visiting Assistant Professor at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. His teaching and research focuses on the intersection of landscape, material culture, and religion. His recently published articles include work on the late nineteenth-century Wesleyan Holiness ...