... and, back in the day, I was taught that there is one, and only one Savior.

But now, I see different opinions on that matter.

@#22 ... Yeah, if labor does price itself out of the market, then the business owners will go elsewhere to resolve that labor cost issue ...

So, if companies look to profit at the expense of hiring American workers, that's OK?

And thanks for your alias' quoting of a salient point of my comment...

... Thanks for providing further evidence of corporate America exporting jobs overseas for little else than to increase the profits of their wealthy shareholders.

One thing I didn't see in the articles your comment cited was a reduction in prices to customers for that exporting of labor. ...

Yup, have a good night.

Always good jousting with your alias here.

:)

@#20 ... Maybe for those like you who don't have the necessary skill set, ...

OK, I think you just blew your cover.

Up until that c#20 omment, I have seen you present links and facts. And I welcomed that for the discussion and the jousts I have had with you.

But, with #20, your alias seems to have turned to the ad hominem attacks that I see in other trolls here on this most august site.

@#30 . ... clarified that the photos had been taken at a non-political event at Mar-a-Lago ...

A couple of questions...

1) "non-political event at Mar-A-Lago?" That statement alone raises questions.

and

2) yeah, maybe the photos of the individual Marines in the photo are real. But is the composite photo, with the quite obvious issues real, or fabricated?

From the article your current alias cites...

... clarified that the photos had been taken at a non-political event at Mar-a-Lago ...

One thing I note that the article does not say, that the composite photo is real. And another that the article does say, "photos."

So, multiple photos were taken.

... and assembled, albeit poorly, into a composite photo?

And, btw, thanks for posting the link to that Newsweek article. But, I have to comment, the link does little to bolster your prior comments. Indeed, it looks like it may raze them.

@#8 ... What a klassy guy. Perfect for FL, though. ...

Yeah, that's one aspect of all this brouhaha that I wonder about.

How did he get elected?

I mean... ... "He used to walk around the cloakroom showing people ----- of him and his latest girlfriend," one former Republican lawmaker told Atlantic writer Elaine Godfrey, ...

Do those in his district have similar views and, ummm, urges?

Stated differently, what are the people of his district like, such that they support him to represent them?

@#7 ... Lamplighter, are you an old mainframer? ...

Back in the late 70's, commercially, mainframes were The Thing. So, yeah, in that respect, yes.

Though I had a microcomputer in the basement, a hand-assembled micro. With a S-100 bus and an Intel 8080 CPU. That CPU ran at a blazing 2MHz, and I had a whopping 64MB of memory to work in.

I also was one of the early adopters who lead my corporation (a major corporation) into the PC world, away from those rusty ole mainframes.

The stories i could tell ...

But for starters,

64MB of memory cost, let's say, $20,000 per megabyte in the 1970's...

... Is Donald Trump Losing Evangelical Christians? ...

I'd say... no.

imo...

In other words, where are the Evangelical Christians (EC) going to go?

The EC have demonized any alternative to their apparent Savior, fmr Pres Trump.

So much so that he seems to be the only choice they have now.

Regardless of what he now says or does.

And, I'd proffer that the Trump campaign knows that the EC are quite docile, subservient?, at this point.

So, the Trump campaign does not seem to care if it p!sses of the EC.

More from the article...

... In a video posted to his Truth Social website on Wednesday, Trump again took credit for ending Roe v. Wade, but then argued abortion access should be "up to the states," which would be free to pursue "different" policies. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee also criticized an Arizona Supreme Court ruling that reapplied an 1864 law outlawing abortion in nearly all cases, which he said went "too far" and would "be straightened out."

Abortion access has become a politically troublesome issue for Republicans since the Supreme Court overturned Roe in June 2022. The GOP's underperformance in the November 2022 midterm elections, when a widely anticipated "red wave" failed to arrive, was widely linked to the backlash over this issue.

Trump's video on Wednesday sparked an angry response from some Christian conservative commentators, with Ben Zeisloft, editor of The Republic Sentinel, saying, "I will not vote for Donald Trump unless something very drastic changes," adding that Trump "refuses to do his duty under King Jesus and use his federal power to protect all humans under his jurisdiction." ...

@#18

Thanks for providing further evidence of corporate America exporting jobs overseas for little else than to increase the profits of their wealthy shareholders.

One thing I didn't see in the articles your comment cited was a reduction in prices to customers for that exporting of labor.

@#3 ... Putin's bitch is glitching again. ....

Yeah, I have typos when I type here (so many typos).

But, on the other hand, I am not someone who wants to be President of the United States.

And, I might add, my typos are not as bad as those you cite.

And, for fmr Pres Trump, it does not just seem to be the typed comments. I mean, have you ever listened to one of his rally speeches from start to finish?

The garbled speech is painful.

When he was President, did he talk like that when he was face-to-face with leaders of other countries?

@#6 ... Absolutely, I work from home, which means if you break in with violence I will shoot you dead in not only the evening, but the afternoon and morning as well. ...

Congrats on that.

But the big deterrent seems to be more of someone present on the property during the day.

More from the article...

... The Great Lakes in the Midwest comprise the largest unfrozen freshwater stores on Earth, but experts have forecast that rising water levels could have serious consequences.

More than 30 million people live along the lakes' roughly 4,500 miles of coastline, which stretches across the U.S. and Canada, and touches upon the cities of Chicago, Detroit and Buffalo, New York. That means millions of families could be hit hard by new, higher water levels, which could potentially wash away homes and jobs in the surrounding areas in the future. ...

Lake Michigan, which is bordered by Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan, is shown with a current Low Water Datum (LWD) level of 1.90 feet, with a high LWD of 4.92 feet. But if that level is raised to a LWD level of 10 feet"the worst scenario possible on the interactive map"the effects would be catastrophic.

Much of South Chicago is flooded, along with a huge swathe of the East Side. Whole neighborhoods are submerged underwater, with the newly-flooded areas heading as far inland as Marian R. Byrnes Park and the Chicago Bureau of Sanitation. Lawrence Elementary School would also have been lost to the lake. ...

And, I'll ask once again...

What did Spkr Johnson give to fmr Pres Trump in order to get this apparent level of support from fmr Pres Trump?

Fmr Pres trump is a transactional person, not one who seems to be concerned about long term ramifications.

But transactional, i.e., what does this deal get me now?

Get yer popcorn....

More from the article...

... Johnson traveled to Florida and promised to introduce legislation touching on two of Trump's favored political issues: border security and election integrity. Trump looked on as Johnson spoke, before taking questions from reporters at his Palm Beach Mar-a-Lago resort on Friday.

"I stand with the speaker. We've had a very good relationship," Trump said during the joint press conference.

The backing from Trump, the party's dominant figure, could be vital to strengthening Johnson's hold on power. Some Republicans are eager to avoid public fights that make the GOP-led House seem ungovernable months before the November election against President Joe Biden.

Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a close Trump ally, though, has warned that she could force a vote in the coming days on ousting Johnson. The Georgia congresswoman said that how Johnson handles Ukraine aid -- which she opposes -- will be a factor in whether she triggers the vote.

"He's doing a really good job under very tough circumstances," Trump said Friday of Johnson. "I'm sure that Marjorie understands that. She's a very good friend of mine. And I know she has a lot of respect for the speaker." ...

@#22 ... which is why it's never settled. ...

It was settled in Roe vs. Wade.

@#21 ... This alias has no idea, and neither do you. ...

I was responding to a comment that led off with, "imo."

An opinion, not a statement of fact.

Do try harder.

And ditto for the other comments your current alias has posted.

@#26 ... The orc-loving pissant seems triggered. ...

You noticed that also?

That current alias seems to have a mission, or a directive, here.

So many comments, so little to actually state.

@#14 ... Businesses can't get up and move at the drop of a hat. ...

Well, yeah.

It is quite difficult to move the incorporation of a business to a different country.

But that says little about businesses actively not wanting to use American workers.

@#15 ... In the nineties all American politicians thought it a good idea to send jobs overseas and Mexico.

Those that didn't were called racist. ...

Got a link?

@#80 ... sparking a regional conflict involving U.S. military forces. ...

Uh-oh.

@#2 ... That looks fair to me ...

Yup, at this point, I agree.

@#11 ... I was a public defender for 31 years. I'm just having fun. ...

OK, thanks for that.

Prior to that comment, I had taken your comments rather seriously, even though I may have disagreed with them.

There always seemed to be a substantiated gravitas behind them.

Now I know to be more dismissive of your comments because you may be just having fun.