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It has nothing to do with ID. And everything to do with whether or not ballots conform to election laws. If not then they don't get counted. What's not fair about that?

No example of a single election law that targets Democrats given. Maybe because none exist because you can't write laws that target only one party?

How so? How do you create election laws that target only one party. Please give an example.

He'll wait for the proper timing. He's laid enough hints that his entrance is a foregone conclusion. Trifecta.

I agree. Voting by everyone should be encouraged. The only barriers to voting that should be in place would be those that prevent anyone who is not eligible to vote from voting. The Republicans have been working hard on that. More to come, too. Again, if you're eligible to vote then there should not be a problem with any of the reforms taken place so far.

I agree. You may well find out that most of those millions more will be voting Republican.

The numbers most on the right are tossing out there are +5 seats in the Senate and a 52 seat pick up in the House. I'm hoping for even more. If not now then I believe there will be another huge pickup in 2024, including Trump back in office. The Democrat Party is following the Whigs into the dustbin of American history.

My prediction is that the Republicans will have not just a victory but a statement victory. The left is about to find out just how out of touch they are.

Two of these puppies would do the trick for me. 418 EUR for 20TB.

I don't shop on Amazon but I thought it interesting that the product appeared there. You would think that Amazon would vet the companies that it hosts on it's site? Apparently not. Couldn't find HUangH on the Internet which is certainly a tell.

I use multiple back-ups. Never lost a single file in over 15 years.

I have a need for a lot of storage. So I went online to price some storage devices and found a 20TB solid state drive for . . . are you ready? . . . $159.99, or just under 6,000 baht if 37:1. Here's the link but since I first opened it it has now changed to "unavailable" and the price is not shown any longer. I tried googling the brand, HUangH but can't find a thing. This is the stuff dreams are made of, 5555555555.

Medicine can indeed be a solution. That evidence cannot be denied. I would, however, warn that medicines should not be viewed as a long term solution. Too many reasons why to get into here. But any malady is ultimately a product of psychology. I understand that statement would seem to many to be blasphemous. Live and learn.

Well, it lasted about a day and a half for me. I immediately took a regimen of Vitamin C, Vitamin D, and zinc. Had one full day of it. Woke up to a rough morning. By 11 AM I felt back to normal. It was a non event for me. Again, given the amount of deception rampant in the world today with so many trusted institutions lying through their teeth I don't trust the accuracy of the store bought test. Maybe it was accurate, maybe not. I also gave myself suggestions that I'd get over it quickly if I did have. I approached it as a challenge. Not that people here believe that suggestions have any power to influence.

Hey Hummin. I'm down with Covid right now. I can't say it's 100% certain as the prognosis is from a store bought Covid test. I don't know enough about them to certify their complete accuracy. I'm certainly not having any trouble breathing, which is supposed to be one of the symptoms of Covid. Feels much like a common flu right now. In any case, in order to give you good answers to your above questions I need to be clear headed enough to organise my thoughts well enough. And I'm anything but clear headed right now. I feel as though I've drunk enough beer to make me feel woozy. Give it a few days then. Just wanted to let you know I'm not ignoring you.

There's been a lot of ideas thrown around on this thread. Most make no sense to me (though I understand the logic behind the ideas). This statement does not trash other folks as to the ideas they hold or what they personally believe. I better make that clear. I'm only saying that most of the ideas don't make sense to me. No different than my ideas not making sense to others. Now I've done a lot of searching, same as everyone else, and the only thing I've found that does make sense is The Physical Universe As Idea Construction. For once I could wrap my brain around that concept, which didn't take long, so much of our mysterious life is explained. Once this concept is understood one is able to understand where so many beliefs come from. And best yet, once this concept is understood then so many of the fallacies of other ideas become as plain as the nose on one's face. Again, this is how it works for me. I've given a good example of the use of beliefs and thoughts in how they are the source of depression. Someone just sent me this meme which crystalises how beliefs and thoughts operate and their use in actual action in our world. And in this case it highlights beliefs which contradict each other. Yet still any holder of these beliefs goes from one to it's opposite without so much as feeling the slightest bump in the road. They are quite blind to their own contradictions. Maybe I'm the only one who can see it, maybe not. I'll post it and I guess I'll find out. Well, I can say that if no other then at least the artist can see what I'm seeing.

Actually, it fits right in. God is all about creation. And this is about creation as well. Individual creation. Our creations. The God within us. But I won't bore you with it any further.

Are there dogs who behave similarly? Of coarse.

My cats follow me everywhere I go. Our most recent, a 5 week old kitten, nuzzles constantly. She rubs her face and snout up against my face and her purring is unbelievably loud. I can't get her to stop. I'm rarely able to sit on the commode with one cat or another wanting to jump up on my lap, purring while I stroke him or her. We have to limit the number of cats who sleep with us. One of our males, another street kitten we found, insists on sleeping next to me. I usually fall asleep on my side with my arm outstretched. He lays himself next to my body and rests his head on my arm. He'll lay there all night. If I start to stroke him he'll start purring. I'm usually in my office during the day. Whenever they hear me come out a number of them will rush up the stairs to greet me, all wanting my attention. Or if I'm downstairs and go upstairs it's like a herd running up the steps. And always getting ahead of you and stopping. A number of them will lick me incessantly. We let them out and if I call them they always come, just like a dog. Well, not always. Depends on whether something has fixated their interest. Our first cat, a huge male, would follow me to one of the neighbors I visit a few doors down. If I get to my neighbor's house and sit with him out front he'll arrive at the gate and meow, as if to say, "What about me?" I could give countless other examples. Unconditional love? 5555555555 You get only what you see, my friend? Cats are different than dogs in the sense that they're much smaller. They understand that much larger humans can potentially be a threat. So they act out of self preservation. That's a good thing, no? Cats therefore do not easily give their trust over to just anyone. It requires gaining their trust. Most humans don't have the patience for it and, like jealous Gods, they feel insulted if they make an overture of friendship only to be rejected. But once you gain their trust you'll find that a cat will give you as much unconditional love as any dog. Yet still there is no comparison to be made between dogs and cats. They're different and can't be expected to be the same. Simply put, a cat's expression of love is different than a dog's expression of love. But both love unconditionally.

The appreciation is mutual, Hummin. I've respect for what you've found for yourself in life and I, too, am happy for you. Just one last comment. Growth is never ending. And growth implies challenges. And so challenges are eternal. One will never be without them. And there is also no end to the mysteries of life. Neither here nor anywhere we may find ourselves. You have a better weekend, Hummin.

Perhaps your mother saw the cat differently than you did?

Cats have a quite different nature which can be interpreted as selfishness. BTW, what's wrong with selfishness? Aren't we all highly concerned about what's best for us? Selfishness is good. As long as that selfishness is to everyone's benefit. Wanting more than what one needs isn't selfishness as much as it is greed, for instance. Cats look after themselves. As it should be. And no different than what we do. Martyrdom and self sacrifice are never a good idea. That's not to say they can't appear to be noble, worthy and workable values. But those ideas don't work well. I love cats.

@Hummin Why do I promote Seth? Now I understand the difficulty some would have in believing in an afterlife, or rather continued existence beyond this world. Be that as it may I can think of no other more concise, knowledgeable and comprehensive source than someone who is in a position to have a much more broader awareness than we do. For if it is true, and it is, that Seth has access to knowledge and broader awareness which is expansive enough to explain us and our reality to us then the potential of hitting a true gold mine are beyond obvious. It's certainly panned out for me. On the other hand, the degree of humbleness which Seth possess cannot be evidenced more by his statement, "You can learn more from watching the animals than you can from reading my books." Which is not only true but it is also his way of saying that the knowledge many of us seek is to be found everywhere. Reading Seth is in no way a requirement to acquiring any knowledge one wishes to possess. I've met those who know much as I do but have never heard of Seth. But Seth is a very handy reference for assembled knowledge. Beyond Seth is the knowing that all of life's answers are truly within each and every one of us. We are the true source of it all.

Cats can and do, indeed. I've got 10 of these marvelous, loving and loyal creatures. You'd be amazed at their capacity for expressing love.