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madmaxvol
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Just curious what has stopped Iran from obtaining the Uranium needed from the black market and or an ally like Russia or China?
Russia and China don't want Iran to have Nukes, either.
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Anyone who actually knows Tim Burchett, knows that he was just messing with people.
Burchett quotes include:
On DC and Congress
"Everyone talks about this place being a dadgum swamp. It's not a swamp… This is a sewer. A swamp is something cool that God created, which filters water and supports animal life. This is a sewer—it's man-made and needs to stop".
"Congress has been using taxpayer money to enrich itself for years... This place is crooked as a dog's leg".
"US Congress members and federal employees should all be banned from stock trading. Reporting isn't enough... it's pathetic. I'm ticked off. Let's see if we have the guts to ban Members of Congress from trading stocks"
When asked by a guy on the street, "Do you trust Trump's security team to keep our war plans top secret?", he responded, "Do you trust your mother every night to fix your hot pockets and make sure your Gameboy is turned off?"
Burchett quotes include:
On DC and Congress
"Everyone talks about this place being a dadgum swamp. It's not a swamp… This is a sewer. A swamp is something cool that God created, which filters water and supports animal life. This is a sewer—it's man-made and needs to stop".
"Congress has been using taxpayer money to enrich itself for years... This place is crooked as a dog's leg".
"US Congress members and federal employees should all be banned from stock trading. Reporting isn't enough... it's pathetic. I'm ticked off. Let's see if we have the guts to ban Members of Congress from trading stocks"
When asked by a guy on the street, "Do you trust Trump's security team to keep our war plans top secret?", he responded, "Do you trust your mother every night to fix your hot pockets and make sure your Gameboy is turned off?"
People much happier in New Jersey than Kentucky, Tennessee or Alabama.
:rolleyes:
:rolleyes:
I was expecting something like this:
re: Don't smoke and drive, kids.
Posted by madmaxvol on 4/17/26 at 12:31 pm to NOLATiger163
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How did she not smell the propane?
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I've got to think that the lower explosive limit* of propane is far higher than the odor threshold.
The odor threshold for Ethyl Mercaptan is around 0.00035 ppm. The LEL of propane is 21,000 to 22,000 ppm. When monitoring for it, you typically set your detection limits to 10% of the LEL (around 2,100 ppm).
You should smell it long before you reach the LEL.
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And Froman is still a massive fig.
But Abe Froman is the Sausage King of Chicago.
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You say Rome “drifted” from sola scriptura, sola fide, etc., but those aren’t the standard the early Church used. That’s the point. You’re judging the first 1500 years of Christianity by a 16th century framework that didn’t exist before the 1500s.
Show me where the early Church teaches sola scriptura as you define it. Not just quoting Scripture, but Scripture alone as the sole infallible authority over and against a binding Church. You won’t find it. What you do find is bishops, councils, apostolic succession, and authoritative interpretation.
It was around 397 when St. Augustine wrote, "the things that are plainly laid down in Scripture are to be found all matters that concern faith and the manner of life". Much more recently, in the 1300s, John Wycliffe both pointed out that the authority for the Christian is the scriptures, rather than the Pope. Thus...sola scriptura appears to have been present in the church, and embraced by a Bishop and Priest quite a while before the 1500s.
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This is a surface level argument on indulgences…. Abuse of a practice isn’t the same as invention of a doctrine. The Church reformed abuses, yes, but that’s very different from saying the entire framework was false from the beginning.
By accepting the Bible as the norma normans non normata, the Church would actually ensure that their traditions and dogmas are anchored in the God-Breathed text of Scripture. Otherwise, they may go do crazy non-biblical things like start selling indulgences and encourage veneration of relics. They've done it before...what's to keep them from doing it again?
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On Matthew 23:9, you’re taking it way too literally. If “call no man father” is absolute, then Paul calling himself a spiritual father (1 Corinthians 4:15) is a contradiction. Clearly it’s about not usurping God’s ultimate authority, not banning the word “father.” Otherwise you’d also have to stop calling your biological dad “father.”
Jesus was talking to the Pharisees about the honorary titles and status they would place on themselves. It is a warning not to elevate human authority to a divine level. In chapter 23, we are warned not to call anyone rabbi, father or teacher if that title diminishes our faith or dependence on God. What I call my earthly father has no impact on my dependence on my creator.
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At the end of the day, the difference is this… You’re arguing the Church fell into error for 1500 years until the Reformers recovered the truth. Catholicism is arguing Christ actually kept His promise to preserve His Church, and that the same visible, sacramental, apostolic Church continued through history, even with sinful members and the need for reform.
One of those requires a total collapse and restoration… The other requires continuity with purification… Which one actually fits the historical record better?
I do not believe that all church practices were erroneous for 1500 years. I do believe that the church added things during that period that eventually were woven into doctrine, even though there was no scriptural connection.
The continuity of the church is through Christ...Sola Christus. Through that, the Protestant Reformation actually WAS continuity with purification. Ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda secundum verbum Dei. Reformation is not a "license to change for change sake", it is a dedicated effort to return to biblical faithfulness when areas of non-biblical doctrine are recognized.
ETA...ultimately, it comes down to this. If my Catholic Brothers and Sisters believe in the Holy Trinity, and put their faith in God, and believe their salvation comes through Christ's Birth, Death and Resurrection...then everything else is doctrinal semantics.
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The 1054 split wasn’t Rome “starting something new.” Both East and West already existed as the same apostolic Church with bishops, sacraments, and succession going back to the apostles. The split was over authority and doctrine within that already existing structure.
The "Great Schism of 1054" split over theological differences between the East and the West. In particular was the position on Papal Primacy.
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The Reformation is fundamentally different. It wasn’t a dispute within the same sacramental and apostolic framework that stayed intact. It rejected core elements of that framework outright. That’s why you get multiple, conflicting confessions afterward.
The Roman Catholic Church's drifting away from the concepts of: sola scriptura, sola fide, sola gratia, sola Christus and soli deo gloria, was absolutely different. A failed attempt to bring the church back to the teachings of the early church fell on deaf ears, and ultimately led to the Protestant Reformation.
The big sticking point is sola fide. Catholics may point to James 2:24, and Protestants will point to examples like Luke 23:43, Matthew 9:6, Romans 4:2-9, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 or Philippians 3:8-12 as support for heir perspectives.
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Rome can actually point to continuous bishops, councils, and teaching authority from the beginning. Where is that continuity structurally in Protestantism prior to the 1500s?
The Protestant churches derived from the Roman Catholic Church prior to the 1500's...but split off after they recognized practices like indulgences, were not scriptural and were elements of false theology...consequently, the Catholic Reformation also took place because it was recognized internally that they had drifted away from their original theological practices and doctrine, and this resulted in a change to reaffirm/realign their apologetics.
As for teaching authority...Matthew 23:9 "And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven". The title "Pope is derived from the Greek "Pappas" meaning father.
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You are my brother as well. But if you can’t recognize your church all the way back to the beginning then you are in a false church.
This is true. If you are an Apostolic Catholic, rather than a Roman Catholic, then you can recognize your church all the way back to the beginning.
If Roman Catholics can say that their church was there in the beginning and the Schism of 1054 was just a separation from the Apostolic Catholic Church...then Protestants could also say that their church was just a separation from the Roman Catholic Church during the Protestant Reformation in 1517, the Church of England formation/split in 1537, and the subsequent Council of Trent in 1563.
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Apparently, the last really good shows were in the 90’s. I saw a couple and they were great…
My wife went and saw him with Willie Nelson when they were doing the Ball Parks Tour back in 2004 and said it was a great show.
re: If there was a mirror 100 light years away in space and I had a very powerful microscope..
Posted by madmaxvol on 4/16/26 at 7:47 am to OysterPoBoy
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If there was a mirror 100 light years away in space and I had a very powerful microscope..and I lined everything up perfectly so it should be pointing back at myself what would I see?
You would see something like this:
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Tennessee - goes .500
Josh Heupel came close to going .500 at UT his first year when he finished 7-6...should have won the Music City Bowl over Purdue and gone 8-5...but it is what it is. That 7-6 season is the closest he has ever come to a .500 season in his career as a head coach.
Tennessee's opponents this season include:
Furman - FCS team that went 6-6 last year
Georgia Tech - ACC team that went 9-4 last year, but lost 4 of their last 5 games.
Kennesaw State - CUSA Team that went 10-4 last year with the 112th rated SOS in FBS.
Arkansas - Finished 2-10 last year
South Carolina - Finished 4-8 last year
Kentucky (at Home) - Finished 5-7 Last year (has beaten Tennessee 3 times in the last 40 years). Tennessee gets them after a bye week.
For the first time since 1991, Tennessee doesn't play the trifecta of Georgia, Florida and Alabama. They only play Bama this year.
Here are the seasons where Tennessee has only played 1 of those 3 in the regular season over the last 50 years.
1) 1987
2) 1986
3) 1983
4) 1982
5) 1979
6) 1978
This will be the 7th time since Johnny Majors' first season coaching at UT (1977) that this has happened.
Brandon Marcello knows his stuff. Like last year...here are his predictions vs the actual outcome:
Team - Prediction - Actual Regular Season Outcome
Texas - 1st - 6th tied (Way Off)
Georgia - 2nd - 1st Tied (Pretty Close)
Alabama - 3rd - 1st Tied (Pretty Close)
LSU 4th - 10th (Way Off)
Florida 5th - 11th tied (Way Off)
Missouri 6th - 8th (Pretty Close)
Tennessee 7th - 8th tied (Pretty Close)
South Carolina 8th - 13th tied (Way Off)
Ole Miss 9th - 1st Tied (Way Off)
Auburn 10th - 13th tied (Pretty Close)
aTm 11th - 1st Tied (Way Off)
Oklahoma 12th - 6th tied (Way Off)
Arkansas 13th - 16th (Pretty Close)
MSU 14th - 13th tied (Pretty Close)
Kentucky 15th - 11th tied (Quite a bit off)
Vandy 16th - 8th tied (Way Off)
He was pretty close on 7 of his 16 predictions...or 44%.
For perspective...in the last 5 NFL regular seasons there has only been 1 QB who completed less than 45% of his passes. In 2022, Anthony Brown completed 44.9% of his passes. If Marcello would be just a little bit better this year, he could be the Anthony Brown of Preseason SEC Predictions.
Team - Prediction - Actual Regular Season Outcome
Texas - 1st - 6th tied (Way Off)
Georgia - 2nd - 1st Tied (Pretty Close)
Alabama - 3rd - 1st Tied (Pretty Close)
LSU 4th - 10th (Way Off)
Florida 5th - 11th tied (Way Off)
Missouri 6th - 8th (Pretty Close)
Tennessee 7th - 8th tied (Pretty Close)
South Carolina 8th - 13th tied (Way Off)
Ole Miss 9th - 1st Tied (Way Off)
Auburn 10th - 13th tied (Pretty Close)
aTm 11th - 1st Tied (Way Off)
Oklahoma 12th - 6th tied (Way Off)
Arkansas 13th - 16th (Pretty Close)
MSU 14th - 13th tied (Pretty Close)
Kentucky 15th - 11th tied (Quite a bit off)
Vandy 16th - 8th tied (Way Off)
He was pretty close on 7 of his 16 predictions...or 44%.
For perspective...in the last 5 NFL regular seasons there has only been 1 QB who completed less than 45% of his passes. In 2022, Anthony Brown completed 44.9% of his passes. If Marcello would be just a little bit better this year, he could be the Anthony Brown of Preseason SEC Predictions.
re: Recent Bob Dylan Show Thoughts
Posted by madmaxvol on 4/15/26 at 9:51 am to Arthur Bach
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He hasn’t played the guitar regularly at shows in over two decades.
I’m a huge Bob Dylan fan. I own a harmonica and harmonica holder solely to play Dylan songs while I play acoustic.
His shows are not good. Plain and simple.
His vocals are not good...but musically, it was pretty awesome. The guys he has with him are pretty amazing. I will also add...when the show ended, he came out to the front of the stage...waved, walked back and off the stage, the lights came up and they started breaking all of the equipment down before people could even get out of their seats. It was like..."Thanks for the money...you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here".
re: Well Well Well
Posted by madmaxvol on 4/15/26 at 9:06 am to Wishbone85
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Well Well Well
2000 NL MVP voting was a mess. Todd Helton led the league in: Wins Above Replacement, Hits, RBI's, Batting Average, On Base %, Slugging % and On Base plus Slugging. That's 7 of the 13 Batting Statistical Categories...and he came in 5th in the voting.
The winner that year was Jeff Kent...ahead of Barry Bonds, Mike Piazza, Jim Edmonds and Helton. Kent, Bonds, Piazza and Helton were the only players with any 1st place votes.
2000 MLB MVP Voting
The winner that year was Jeff Kent...ahead of Barry Bonds, Mike Piazza, Jim Edmonds and Helton. Kent, Bonds, Piazza and Helton were the only players with any 1st place votes.
2000 MLB MVP Voting
Recent Bob Dylan Show Thoughts
Posted by madmaxvol on 4/15/26 at 8:50 am
So...I got to see Bob Dylan last night in Knoxville. I did love the show...but I will also say that it was a bit weird. The stage wasn't well lit, and Dylan sat all night at the keyboard, rather than playing any guitar. He wore a hoodie and sunglasses (and I was having some Moon over Parador flashbacks).
Also, I knew the songs, but even knowing the words, I couldn't help but laugh a bit. I was thinking, if I brought someone in off the street who didn't know him...would they know he was singing in English? It was like a mix up of Bob Dylan and Farmer Fran from Joe Dirt. Still, I enjoyed the show overall, but don't know that I would see it again, even if the tickets were free.
Also, I knew the songs, but even knowing the words, I couldn't help but laugh a bit. I was thinking, if I brought someone in off the street who didn't know him...would they know he was singing in English? It was like a mix up of Bob Dylan and Farmer Fran from Joe Dirt. Still, I enjoyed the show overall, but don't know that I would see it again, even if the tickets were free.
Thanks a freaking lot...this thread reminded me that I've never shown my kids Fright Night or An American Werewolf in London. Now, I have to correct both of those...Damnit!!!
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Has any school completely castrated and cut the nuts off, destroyed an entire athletic department program and psyche of school as completely as A&M has done to LSU.
Bear Bryant alone, made Georgia Tech leave the SEC...
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My son is in kindergarten. His tuition is $22k. My daughter is 3. Her tuition is $18k. We live in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
20 years ago, my friend and his wife decided to move their daughter from her public school kindergarten class to a small private Christian school. He told me, "a year of her going to Kindergarten cost more than a year of her going to UT" (they live in Knoxville). After a week of school, he picked her up one day and was driving her home. He asked what they did today and she said, "we learned to play Simon Says". He thought to himself...I'm paying this kind of money for her to play games...that's crazy. She asked, "do you want to play Simon Says with me?" He said he did...then she started playing Simon Says in French. They just learned how to play Jacques a dit, so she would say something like "Jacques a dit de lever la main". They only learned a couple of different commands...but it was pretty telling.
She is 25 now and finished in the top 1% on the National Latin Exam her Senior year of High School. She earned a degree in Agronomy from Iowa State, and was accepted to Grad School at Purdue. After she graduated, but before grad school, two of her close friends were killed in a church shooting. She decided to change her focus...she got married and she and her husband are on Church Staff with a Salt Network Church...dedicated to supporting Student Ministries.
She is a brilliant kid, and she would have been successful wherever she went to school...but the education she received has blessed a lot of people. Private school doesn't work miracles...but it does challenge kids to work in a different way than most public schools.
ETA...my boys both went to private school, and the annual tuition was around 15K each per year...they both graduated in 2024.
re: Aluminum facility to be built this year, doubling the current US smelting capacity
Posted by madmaxvol on 4/14/26 at 9:20 am to hawgfaninc
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Inola, Okla., known as the Hay Capital of the World, could soon have another moniker to consider: America’s Aluminum Epicenter.
The prairie town east of Tulsa has been selected by Emirates Global Aluminium, or EGA, and Chicago-based Century Aluminum CENX 0.98%increase; green up pointing triangle as the site for the first new aluminum smelter in the U.S. since 1980
This will be a good thing for Real Alloy in Sapulpa, Oklahoma to process their dross...they are the only secondary aluminum facility in the state, and it's right outside of Tulsa.
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