Joel Kurtinitis
@Joel_Kurtinitis
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First-gen homeschooler, erstwhile conservative columnist, reasonably capable woodworker, a stranger and a pilgrim here. II Timothy 2:4 I RT homeschooling wins.
Des Moines, IA
Joined September 2011
Western Europe is about to find out just how "free" their free health care is, when we stop paying for their defense.
End of an era. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to European countries: I’m here today to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States from being the primary guarantor of security in Europe. Realities prevent the U.S. from being its security guarantor, and to expect a drawdown of U.S. forces in the region. We face a peer competitor in the Communist Chinese with the capability and intent to threaten our homeland and core national interests in the Indo-Pacific. The U.S. is prioritizing deterring war with China in the Pacific. Recognizing the reality of scarcity and making the resourcing trade-offs to ensure deterrence does not fail. Deterrence cannot fail. European allies must lead from the front. United States will no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship which encourages dependency. Rather, our relationship will prioritize empowering Europe to own responsibility for its own security.
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There goes the Western European welfare conglomerate. Good riddance.
End of an era. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to European countries: I’m here today to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States from being the primary guarantor of security in Europe. Realities prevent the U.S. from being its security guarantor, and to expect a drawdown of U.S. forces in the region. We face a peer competitor in the Communist Chinese with the capability and intent to threaten our homeland and core national interests in the Indo-Pacific. The U.S. is prioritizing deterring war with China in the Pacific. Recognizing the reality of scarcity and making the resourcing trade-offs to ensure deterrence does not fail. Deterrence cannot fail. European allies must lead from the front. United States will no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship which encourages dependency. Rather, our relationship will prioritize empowering Europe to own responsibility for its own security.
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@SpecterAndBride You read "patiently enduring vessels of wrath" As "Purposely and effectually ordaining that they were created as vessels of wrath." One is biblical truth. One is eisegesis.
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This is one of the biggest under-the-radar tyrannies we allow in the USA. Property rights are quintessential to a free people - without them we are serfs, not citizens.
US Government is out of control This woman has 37 acres of land, “I just walked into the municipal building and I'm gonna put a tiny home on my property, and he immediately said, Nope, you can't do that” “I have 37 acres. There's plenty of room to put a tiny home. Nope. You can't do that. You are zoned to have one house on your property. I'm like, dude, my property is massive.” “It's my property. So it's absolute madness.” “Even if you own 37 acres of land, the government will still control your land. Did y'all know that?”
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Guy owns multiple houses, has a net worth over $3 million, and has drawn taxpayer salary for most of his life. Please tell us more about the evil oligarchs.
Bernie Sanders to visit Iowa City as part of 'Fighting Oligarchy' town hall tour
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@DMRegister Guy owns multiple houses, has a net worth over $3 million, and has drawn taxpayer salary for most of his life. Please tell us more about the evil oligarchs.
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@SouthernKeeks I agree with the analysis of him, but I see the prospective goal as different. I don't think they're putting him there to make HHS bigger and better. I think they're putting him there to remove bureaucratic tyranny and the circular relationship of govt and academia.
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@LauraRBelin @ZachNunn This seems a deliberate bait and switch. Project 2025 endorsed ending the DoE, so did the GOP platform. Nunn supported a position endorsed by both. There is no proof he knew - or cared - about project 2025. It's immaterial.
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@LauraRBelin @ZachNunn He said he hadn't read it and didn't know about it, and that he understood it to be a Democrat talking point (which it certainly was). Where's the lie?
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@_jonbowlin Did this happen? Matthew 24:29 KJV [29] Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
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This is actually the correct answer.
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@Kasparov63 Please leave my tax dollars out of your opinions. If you want to buy condoms in Palestine, use your own money.
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