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I recognize and thank you for speaking in a civil manner. The others don't on these topics. They are blind MAGA cultists with a lot of hate toward anyone that questions what Trump does. Nothing Christian about that. True bible believers are in a life and death struggle between good and evil. This world is Satan's dominion for now. We won't find the answer with either party or with politics. That is becoming clear. The solution is in Christ and the KJV Bible. Blessings to you.

Here is an interesting article that explores this subject somewhat. quote Trump’s Evangelicals vs. Biblical Christianity Introduction: Is the Trump Church the Same as Biblical Christianity? Christianity has changed over the centuries, but Trump-era Evangelicalism has taken on a new identity. Does Trump represent Christian values? Is the Prosperity Gospel biblical? How does Christian Nationalism compare to Jesus’ teachings? This article explores where Trump’s Evangelical movement aligns with or departs from historical Christianity. 1. The Rise of Evangelical Nationalism Historically, Christianity focused on faith in Jesus, not loyalty to a political leader. However, many Evangelicals now view Trump as God’s chosen leader. A. How Evangelicals Became Politicized Evangelical Christianity was not always political, but several events changed that: ✔ 1970s – The Moral Majority – Christian leaders (like Jerry Falwell) partnered with Republicans to influence elections. ✔ 1980s-2000s – Culture Wars – Evangelicals opposed abortion, gay rights, and secularism. ✔ 2016-Present – Trump as a Messianic Figure – Many saw Trump as a leader who would “restore” Christian America. B. Trump as a Political Messiah Some Evangelical leaders claim Trump is “anointed by God” to lead America. Paula White (Trump’s spiritual advisor): “To oppose Trump is to oppose God’s plan.” MAGA Preachers: “Trump was sent to defend Christianity.” 💡 Biblical Issue: Nowhere in the Bible does Jesus tie faith to political power. In fact, Jesus rejected earthly kingship (John 18:36). 2. The Prosperity Gospel: A False Christian Message? One of the defining features of Trump’s Evangelical movement is the Prosperity Gospel, which teaches: ✔ God rewards faith with wealth and success. ✔ If you’re struggling, you lack faith. ✔ Giving money to pastors leads to financial blessings. A. Prosperity Gospel vs. Jesus’ Teachings TeachingJesus’ WordsProsperity Gospel Money & Wealth“You cannot serve both God and money.” (Matthew 6:24)Wealth is proof of God’s favor. Suffering & Faith“In this world, you will have trouble.” (John 16:33)God gives riches to believers. Giving & Charity“Sell your possessions and give to the poor.” (Luke 12:33)Give to pastors to receive blessings. B. Trump and the Mega-Pastors Many Trump-aligned preachers promote Prosperity Gospel: ✔ Joel Osteen: “Your best life now” – teaches self-empowerment, not repentance. ✔ Kenneth Copeland: Bought a private jet with $760 million in donations. ✔ Paula White: Asked followers to send "first fruit” offerings" for financial success. 💡 Biblical Issue: Jesus warned against religious leaders who exploit people for wealth (Matthew 23:14). 3. Christian Nationalism: Is America God’s Kingdom? Christian Nationalism teaches that America is a Christian nation, and God wants it to stay that way. A. The Beliefs of Christian Nationalism 🔹 America was founded as a Christian nation. 🔹 The government should uphold Christian values. 🔹 God blesses America when it follows Christian laws. 🔹 Opponents of Trump are “enemies of God.” B. Does Christian Nationalism Match the Bible? TeachingJesus’ WordsChristian Nationalism God’s Kingdom“My kingdom is not of this world.” (John 18:36)America is God’s chosen nation. Enemies of Faith“Love your enemies.” (Matthew 5:44)Liberals, immigrants, and Muslims are enemies. The Church & Government“Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s.” (Mark 12:17)The government should enforce Christian laws. 💡 Biblical Issue: Nowhere does Jesus say a nation should be Christian by law—faith is a personal choice. 4. The Contrast: Jesus vs. Trump’s Evangelicals TopicJesus’ TeachingsTrump Evangelicals’ Teachings Power & LeadershipServanthood – “Whoever wants to be great must be a servant.” (Mark 10:43)Strength, dominance, defeating enemies. Humility“Blessed are the meek.” (Matthew 5:5)“We’re tired of being meek!” (Trump Evangelicals). Truth & Integrity“Let your ‘yes’ be ‘yes’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no.’” (Matthew 5:37)Accepts Trump’s lies and scandals. Loving Others“Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Mark 12:31)Demonizes political enemies. Wealth & Prosperity“Do not store up treasures on earth.” (Matthew 6:19)Wealth is proof of God’s blessing. 💡 Biblical Issue: Trump’s movement prioritizes power, wealth, and nationalism over Jesus' actual teachings. 5. Where Do We Go From Here? Christianity is at a crossroads: ✅ Return to Jesus’ Teachings – Focus on humility, love, and truth. ✅ Reject Political Idolatry – No earthly leader replaces Jesus. ✅ Hold Churches Accountable – Stop supporting leaders who exploit faith for power. ✅ Rediscover the Gospel – Focus on repentance, grace, and faith in Christ. Conclusion: The Trump Church Is Not Biblical Christianity ✅ Evangelical nationalism ties Christianity to power, not faith. ✅ The Prosperity Gospel contradicts Jesus’ teachings on wealth and humility. ✅ Christian Nationalism distorts the idea of God’s kingdom. ✅ True Christianity is about Jesus, not politics or wealth. unquote Trump’s Evangelicals vs. Biblical Christianity – Jack Righteous

Another tragic story showing the absolute disregard by the Trump admin for human rights. While he was detained in inhumane conditions, he witnessed a man with a heart condition pleading for days for medication. He didn't receive it and died. " Irish immigrant allegedly detained for 'looking Mexican'©REUTERS A Northern Irish immigrant deported from the U.S. claims he was targeted by ICE for 'looking Mexican'. Lee Stinton, 45, a hairdresser from Lisburn, about 9 miles south west of Belfast , had been living in Florida when he says he was arrested on the street and sent back to Britain for the apparent resemblance. Despite his beard and distinctive style, Stinton alleged that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer stopped him on his way to work in Key West and told him: 'You look Mexican.' When he explained that he was from Northern Ireland , the officer allegedly looked at his phone screensaver showing him with his partner, DeVaun Davis, and sneered: 'He looks Haitian. This might be a two-for-one deal today.' Stinton told The Belfast Telegraph that he was shackled and hauled away, describing the experience as being 'kidnapped off of the street.' He was taken to the Krome Detention Center near Miami, where he claims he was held in a concrete cell designed for about ten people but packed with more than one hundred men. Food and showers were limited, he said, and medical care was routinely denied. Stinton's immigration status in the United States was unclear, but The Daily Mail has reached out to ICE for comment. During his detention, Stinton claimed he witnessed a man beg for days for his heart medication before collapsing and dying of a heart attack in front of other detainees. Stinton further alleged that medical procedures were carried out without his consent, including the removal of subdermal piercings while he was shackled to a bed. The Telegraph reported that he was issued a blue detainee uniform indicating 'low custody,' but that British consular officials were not promptly notified of his detention. The hairdresser stressed that he had never been in trouble with the law. 'I never even had so much as a parking ticket. I have no criminal record. I have never done anything wrong. I was doing everything the U.S. government asked me,' he said. Despite this, he was deported to London with no onward travel arrangements and eventuall y arrived back in Northern Ireland on July 12. Announcing the Telegraph piece on Instagram , Stinton wrote: 'The wait is finally over. For the first time in a long time, I feel some heaviness beginning to lift from my shoulders. … I went through one of the most unjust and cruel experiences under President Trump's regime, and it has changed me forever. Irish immigrant allegedly detained for 'looking Mexican'

This is a complex subject and one that is not easy to fully understand. It requires some deep reflection and preferably some correct knowledge of the Bible. But this article seems to go into some detail about the problems involved. quote Theologian says the 'Trump admin and its apologists are working overtime — using Jesus' name' | Opinion It was a moment somewhat like this, 30 years ago, that turned me into a biblical scholar. In the lead-up to the passage of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, political and religious leaders quoted scripture to justify shutting down food programs and kicking mothers and their babies off public assistance. Those leaders, many of them self-described Christians, chose to ignore the majority of passages in the Bible that preached “good news” to the poor and promised freedom to those captive to injustice and oppression. Instead, they put forward unethical and ahistorical (mis)interpretations and (mis)appropriations of biblical texts to prop up American imperial power and punish the poor in the name of a warped morality. Three decades later, the Trump administration and its theological apologists are working overtime, using Jesus’ name and the Bible’s contents in even more devastating rounds of immoral biblical (mis)references. In July, there was the viral video from the Department of Homeland Security, using the “Here I am, Lord. Send me” quotation from Isaiah—commonly cited when ordaining faith leaders and including explicit references to marginalized communities impacted by displacement and oppression—to recruit new agents for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE, a job that now comes with a $50,000 signing bonus, thanks to US President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill. ”Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s former pastor went even further in marrying the Bible to anti-immigrant hatred by saying, “Is the Bible in favor of these ICE raids?… The answer is yes.” He then added: “The Bible does not require wealthy Christian nations to self-immolate for the horrible crime of having a flourishing economy and way of life, all right? The Bible does not permit the civil magistrate to steal money from its citizens to pay for foreign nationals to come destroy our culture. unquote For the full article go to: Theologian says the 'Trump admin and its apologists are working overtime — using Jesus' name' | Opinion

That is blatantly false. The U.S. has 120.5 firearms per 100 people. Canada has 34.7 firearms per 100 people, or about 1/4 the number of firearms compared with the U.S. quote below from Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country - Wikipedia United States 120.5 Americas North America 326,474,000 393,347,000 1 1,073,743 392,273,257 Est. [note 2] Falkland Islands 62.1 Americas South America 3,000 2,000 2 1,705 295 Yemen 52.8 Asia Western Asia 28,120,000 14,859,000 2 N/A N/A New Caledonia 42.5 Oceania Melanesia 270,000 115,000 2 55,000 60,000 Serbia 39.1 Europe Southern Europe 6,946,000 2,719,000 2 1,186,086 1,532,914 Montenegro 39.1 Europe Southern Europe 626,000 245,000 3 103,536 141,464 Canada 34.7 Americas North America 36,626,000 12,708,000 2 2,081,442 10,626,558 Uruguay 34.7 Americas South America 3,457,000 1,198,000 2 605,313 592,687

First of all, that is not true. I never recommended that we follow the USA health care system. I know it has lots of problems and is not the solution. For now, until I find something better, which is unlikely, I would point to Germany's health care system as a model we should follow. I understand it doesn't help to criticize our system if we don't offer any solutions. Well, that is why I point to the system Germany has. That is a solution. They have a long history of experience with it. You can read the whole webpage on Germany's system to see how it operates. This is an excellent webpage on it. The first part says this: quote Health care in Germany: Learn More – The German healthcare system Last Update: December 18, 2024; Next update: 2027. The German healthcare system is self-governed and operated by a large number of institutions and organizations. This article describes who is involved, how health care is structured, and how it has changed over time. German health care is provided in two main settings: outpatient (mainly in doctor's practices) and inpatient (in hospitals). Some facilities, like rehabilitation centers, offer both outpatient and inpatient care. The healthcare system is shaped and governed by many institutions and organizations with different tasks. These include doctors' and hospital associations, health insurers, quality assurance agencies, health ministries at federal and state level, as well as patient organizations and support groups. Go to: Basic principles of health care Health care in Germany is based on four basic principles: Compulsory insurance: Everyone who lives in Germany is legally required to have health insurance. Most people have to get public health insurance (gesetzliche Krankenversicherung, or GKV), also known as "statutory" health insurance. But employees with a gross income above a certain amount (known as the Versicherungspflichtgrenze) can choose between public health insurance and private health insurance. Other groups of people have this option, too, including many self-employed people and freelancers, public officials, judges and soldiers. Funding through insurance premiums: Health care in Germany is mostly financed through the regular payments (premiums) of health insurance members and their employers. It is also subsidized through taxpayers' money. To give you an idea of what this means: State-funded healthcare systems like those in Great Britain or Sweden are almost completely financed through taxes. In the United States, most people have to get private health insurance or carry the costs of treatments and loss of earnings due to illness themselves. Solidarity: In the German healthcare system, all public health insurance members and employers carry the costs together through monthly premium payments. Your premium is calculated based on a percentage of your income: The more you earn, the more you pay. But people who earn more than a certain amount (known as the Beitragsbemessungsgrenze) all pay the same maximum premium. Some family members can be insured for free – for example, if they have no income themselves, or don't earn enough. Anyone who gets ill has an equal right to the same medical care, regardless of their premium level. This means that the rich help the poor, and the healthy help the ill. Self-governance: The German healthcare system is not run by the government. The government sets the legal framework for medical care. But the further organization, development and financing of individual medical services is mostly regulated within the healthcare system itself. This task is carried out by supporting organizations and care providers, including public health insurers, doctors and hospitals. In the case of health insurers, for example, representatives of the insured members and employers make decisions about things like budget issues, extra services (freiwillige Leistungen) and additional fees (Zusatzbeiträge). Doctors and psychotherapists organize the nationwide provision of health care in associations of statutory health insurance physicians and dentists (kassenärztliche Vereinigungen). The Federal Joint Committee (Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss or G-BA) is the highest decision-making body within the self-governing system. You can read more about this below, in the section “Structure and institutions of the healthcare system.” unquote Health care in Germany: Learn More – The German healthcare system - InformedHealth.org - NCBI Bookshelf Canada has made some major mistakes in establishing its public health care system. But I don't know of any political party that is advocating we change the system to make it, for example, similar to the German health care system. It might be very difficult to do that in Canada. The system we have is so entrenched it may be difficult to change. It would require a massive amount of will in the population and political parties. I don't see that happening.

Again the admin is trying to appease its MAGA base which believes the only evils to be concerned about are abortion and DEI, but nothing said about the torture of deported migrants. Once the undocumented migrants are deported, it appears to the admin it doesn't matter how they are treated. The Trump MAGA gang wash their hands of them and don't think they are responsible, even though they are the ones that sent them to the El Salvador, known torture, CECOT prison. " A secret memo between the United States and El Salvador reveals the Trump administration’s $5 million deal for Nayib Bukele’s government to jail dozens of Venezuelan immigrants deported from the country earlier this year. According to a term sheet made public in court filings this week, the Trump administration agreed to pay the Salvadoran government $4.67 million to detain deportees at the notorious Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, a brutal prison that human rights groups have condemned as a “tropical gulag.” Under terms of the deal, El Salvador was prohibited from using the money to support drug traffickers and “mass-migration caravans” to the U.S.-Mexico border — as well as abortion care and support for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. But the deal does not explicitly prohibit immigrants from being tortured, experiencing abuse or being held indefinitely inside one of the western hemisphere’s most notorious jails, where more than 250 Venezuelan immigrants deported by the Trump administration spent more than four months before they were sent back to their home country. The agreement was dated March 22, one week after Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to summarily deport alleged Tren de Aragua gang members, igniting several overlapping legal battles against the president’s use of the wartime law and conditions inside the prison. Bukele, who has called himself “the world’s coolest dictator,” reached a tentative agreement with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to jail deportees in February. On March 13, the U.S. Embassy in San Salvador sent a note to El Salvador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stating that it “has the honor to request that El Salvador accept” up to 500 alleged Tren de Aragua gang members The note “serves as 24-hour notice” of their arrival, according to court filings in a lawsuit from human rights groups. The note stated that the “United States understands that El Salvador will take these actions in accordance with its authorities under Salvadoran domestic law, and in a manner that is consistent with El Salvador’s international legal obligations regarding human rights and treatment of prisoners, including the Convention Against Torture,” documents show. Nayib Bukele has called himself ‘the world’s coolest dictator’ (AP) The note also states that El Salvador “intends to accommodate” deportees “for a duration of one year unless or until a determination concerning their long-term disposition is made.” “We assure you,” El Salvador wrote to the United States, “that the reception of these individuals will be conducted in accordance with Salvadoran law and international obligations, including adherence to the Convention Against Torture.” But a subsequent agreement to be signed by representatives from both countries does not include any such assurances. Court filings in another case also reveal that El Salvador told the United Nations that the country is not responsible for detainees in their custody. “The jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these people lie exclusively with the competent foreign authorities,” according to Salvadoran authorities. The Independent has requested comment from the State Department. More than 250 men deported from the US were subjected to abusive conditions for more than four months inside CECOT, according to lawsuits against the Trump administration (EL SALVADOR'S PRESIDENCY PRESS OFFICE) In his proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act in March, Trump stated that “all Venezuelan citizens 14 years of age or older who are members of [Tren de Aragua], are within the United States, and are not actually naturalized or lawful permanent residents of the United States are liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed as Alien Enemies.” Several planes were loaded up with immigrants for their removal to El Salvador, and administration officials resisted court orders on March 15 for the planes to turn around — provoking an extraordinary legal battle in which Trump himself demanded the judge’s impeachment. Government officials later admitted that “many” of those men did not have criminal records, and many were in the country with legal permission and scheduled to appear in court on their asylum claims, according to their attorneys. “Oopsie… Too late,” Bukele wrote on social media on March 16. “The United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for us,” he wrote. Records show that the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs provided a $4.76 million “grant agreement for El Salvador’s law enforcement and anticrime needs, which may include costs associated with the detention of [Tren de Aragua] members.” “The grant letter did not, however, include conditions relating to the human rights of those rendered under the Agreement, or specify that the funds could not be used, for example, to torture them,” lawyers for human rights groups wrote. Venezuelans detained inside CECOT were released by El Salvador and sent to their home country following a trilateral agreement with the United States (Getty Images) On July 18, following trilateral negotiations with the U.S. and Salvadoran and Venezuelan governments, Venezuelans jailed inside the facility were returned to their home country. Lawsuits filed by immigrants detained at the jail have alleged widespread, prolonged abuse, including routine beatings from guards using their fists and batons as well as “severe sleep deprivation, inadequate nutrition, and psychological torture.” Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly removed from the United States and forced to spend more than three weeks inside CECOT, was allegedly told by prison guards that “whoever enters here doesn’t leave.” He was “forced to strip, issued prison clothing, and subjected to physical abuse including being kicked in the legs with boots and struck on his head and arms to make him change clothes faster,” according to his lawsuit. He shared a cell with 20 other Salvadorans, who were “forced to kneel” from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., “with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion,” according to his complaint. Detainees “were confined to metal bunks with no mattresses in an overcrowded cell with no windows, bright lights that remained on 24 hours a day, and minimal access to sanitation,” he claims. Prison officials also repeatedly threatened to move him to cells where gang members would “tear” him apart, according to his lawsuit. Abrego Garcia “repeatedly observed prisoners in nearby cells who he understood to be gang members violently harm each other with no intervention from guards or personnel,” the complaint states. “Screams from nearby cells would similarly ring out throughout the night without any response from prison guards on personnel.” The Independent has always had a global perspective. Built on a firm foundation of superb international reporting and analysis, The Independent now enjoys a reach that was inconceivable when it was launched as an upstart player in the British news industry. For the first time since the end of the Second World War, and across the world, pluralism, reason, a progressive and humanitarian agenda, and internationalism – Independent values – are under threat. Yet we, The Independent, continue to grow." Trump paid El Salvador $5M to jail deportees – with conditions on abortion and DEI but not preventing torture

"A federal judge has temporarily blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement from deporting targeted Guatemalan children, and the Florence Project has joined the lawsuit to preemptively block the government from similarly removing a dozen Honduran children. “The only difference between the children from Guatemala protected by those temporary restraining orders and the children from Honduras who are being targeted is their country of origin, and existing laws protecting unaccompanied minors applies to all migrant children in the government’s care,” Avila-Cimpeanu said. “The blatant disrespect for the basic rule of law that the government is displaying towards these children shocks the conscience,” she added." Trump was barely stopped from deporting a plane full of Guatemalan kids. That could just be the beginning Meanwhile the Trump admin makes noises about how they oppose abortion and are getting rid of criminals in order to make the MAGA supporters think they are acting in a humane (or Christian) way with the migrant deportation matter. They simply can't legally deport unaccompanied children to some country where they could be in serious danger of abuse and other crimes.

I will continue to post articles exposing the Trump admin violations of human rights of undocumented migrants regardless of what the usual group of Nazi-minded racists say on here. They can go take a cold shower and a pill. There is another article on the Trump admin trying to deport unaccompanied children to some south American countries where they could be in serious danger of abuse.

Very interesting. You seem to have some knowledge about some of the problems that could happen. It is odd that they couldn't look after faxing paperwork. I know I ran into an odd thing at the local lab. She told me it would take a day or two for a doctor's office to fax a requisition across town. Can you believe that? Seems like nobody cares to fix problems like that.

You make some very good points on that. I will have to give it some thought. There are so many parts of the system that should probably be examined very closely to see how they are operating. But how much is actually be done to fix the system? Doesn't seem like a lot. One of the problems with government is the tendency to grow bureaucracy. I don't know exactly why that is. That should be examined and we should find out exactly how many administrators there are in every area and what exactly they are doing and how much it is costing. I wouldn't exclude private care from coming in to fill gaps and weak areas where there are waiting lists. Eliminate waiting lists would be one of the first things I would aim at. Secondly, I would examine the whole system of training doctors and NPs to see what can be done to greatly increase the number of doctors and specialists as well NPs. I would examine where we could have walk-in clinics that don't have them now. Many people going to ERs might be better treated in walk-in clinics too. Finding a way to have private care supplement public care with the use of medical insurance programs might be the biggest way to help fix the system. It would have to be done in a way to ensure those who couldn't afford premiums would still receive good medical care. That would require an overall plan which would maintain a Constitutional right to provide timely medical care for everyone regardless of income or level of wealth. That is the only way we could possibly get everyone to agree to fix the system and bring in lots of private insurance money and medical doctors.

No, I am not saying that. How it is done is likely a complex business. I am not opposed to top income earners paying more. We have to do something to find a solution to the present problem. It is bad right now. There are some major problems. If we could examine in detail how it is being run by the bureaucracy and politicians we would probably not be happy. Anyone run by government has a tendency to build large bureaucracy and become inefficient. That is one of the problems that should be closely looked at. How many high paid bureaucrats are there in each area of the health care system and how much are they making? What percentage of the money actually goes to provide direct care for patients?

So, tell us how you would fix the system without the help of private care and money from insurance companies if government is unwilling to spend billions more? What is your solution?

"A Canadian police chief offered up bizarre advice for citizens handling home invasions - suggesting that people should 'just comply.' York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween advised in a news conference on September 3 that residents shouldn't take matters into their own hands if they are a victim of a home invasion. 'The best defense for most people is to comply,' MacSween said at the conference. 'My advice is to rely on our police service, call 911 immediately and let us take it from there. We saw more often than not when people comply that injuries are not happening.' But MacSween was quickly forced to defend himself two days later after he was repeatedly slammed by celebrities, as well as the public, for his bizarre advice just weeks after a father of three was killed defending his family during a break-in. American actor, producer and director Kevin Sorbo refuted MacSween's advice with two examples of tragic victims of recent home invasions." Canadian police chief slammed over advice on home invasions I see this as an invitation to criminals to just go ahead and break into homes and do whatever you wish. This is a prime example of the progressive, liberal, left Canada. Suck up to criminals, abolish capital punishment, and release all the dangerous offenders as soon as they are caught.

" An Irish woman who has been living in the US since she was a child faces deportation over a ‘bad’ $25 cheque she wrote a decade ago. Donna Brown, 58, who emigrated nearly 50 years ago, is being held by Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement – known as ICE – and faces being sent back to Ireland. Her husband, Jim Brown, said his wife, an Irish citizen born in England, moved to America when she was 11 and is a legal resident alien, but not a U.S. citizen. The couple married eight years ago, which he believes should also protect her from being deported. Mr Brown told his local TV station in Missouri: ‘It’s just not fair that you’re telling me I have to be a bachelor the rest of my life because of some stupid policy.’ In July, Donna was arrested at customs in Chicago on her return from Ireland after a family funeral. Her husband said: ‘You don’t arrest 58-year-old grandmothers. It’s just wrong. She hasn’t committed crimes.’ She has now spent more than 30 days in jail in Kentucky as the US government moves to deport her, which Mr Brown fears will happen. ‘It’s egregious that we have allowed a government to allow this to happen,’ he said. Legal documents for her arrest say that ten years ago, Donna wrote a bad cheque for $25. However, she paid the money back and was given probation. But Mr Brown said the US government is now arguing that was a ‘crime of moral turpitude’. US courts say a ‘crime of moral turpitude… refers generally to conduct that shocks the public conscience as being inherently base, vile or depraved, contrary to the rules of morality’. It has been used in the past against former IRA members who did not declare their crimes to immigration. Mr Brown believes his wife’s arrest is a direct result of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policies. ‘I think it’s nonsense. I think it’s a blanket thing to catch everybody, to fill [jail] beds. They signed a stupid bill that is torturing innocent people, and that’s the problem,’ he said. He is now protesting at what he calls his wife’s ‘deplorable’ conditions in jail and is campaigning for her release. ‘She’s been in this country 47 years, is married, with five kids and five grandkids, and you’re telling me she’s a flight risk? I want somebody to have the guts and the fortitude to stand up and say, “You know what? This is wrong”,’ he said. ‘It’s crazy that this is happening. It’s just crazy that this is even allowed in this country. That’s the problem. It shouldn’t even be thought that this should be okay,’ he said. Mr Brown, a veteran who served 20 years in the military, said he won’t stop fighting for his wife. ‘My wife is not a criminal,’ he said. He is now caring for their horses on their nine-acre farm near Troy, Missouri. A GoFundMe for Donna states it was created to help prepare and support her husband’s ‘fight for justice and freedom of his wife, Donna Hughes-Brown, who was wrongly detained and incarcerated this past July. ‘The goal is to raise the resources necessary to cover the lawyers and court fees, and help Jim and Donna navigate these difficult, stressful and expensive times,’ the appeal reads. Cliona Ward ‘full of gratitude’ after being released from US immigration ‘Jim and Donna are both very strong supporters and helpers of our community. They are often involved with multiple volunteer organisations and projects. They both are hard-working, honest, and caring individuals. They are good servers of God; humble people who are always willing to help, and kind friends that share knowledge and wisdom with anyone in need.’ In May of this year, Cliona Ward was released from custody in the US where she had been arrested after she returned from visiting her dying father in Ireland. The 54-year-old Dubliner lives in Santa Cruz, California, and was detained by ICE over minor convictions from almost 20 years ago, which were supposed to have been expunged from her record." Trump’s ICE agents threaten to deport Irish grandmother living in the US for 47 years It seems pretty clear this woman and her husband are being put through this horrible situation unjustly and for no sane reason. Is there no common sense or compassion at all with this admin?

You're just trolling for trolling sake. You're not interested in changing the system to stop the thousands of unnecessary deaths. You can't fix it anyway when the leftists hate any kind of private care to help the public system because it goes against their ridiculous ideology. Leftists believe if anyone pays for anything that is bad and government just doesn't have enough money to improve health care. So nothing will change.

I don't run the system and can't change it. But as long as we have ideologues blocking any serious changes, people will continue to die by the thousands. You seem ok with that. You're not a serious poster; just like to troll.

Pure BS. You are making up lies. I have never heard any conservative say anything like that.

Of course it does. It is the right to private ownership of one's property and to be paid for what one earns and accomplishes. There is no right such as in Communism to take what belongs to others or expect that those who by their own efforts earn a good income must give half of it to you or anyone else. Just because a group of people vote for a party or government that takes a large part of someone's income or property to give to others doesn't make it right. That is stealing by consensus or by vote. It is still theft.

I wasn't talking about health regulations or safety regulations like window glass and seat belts, etc. I was clearly talking about government telling us what kind of car to buy, EVs for example. That is Marxist intrusion on freedom of choice. Don't give me the BS about climate change caused by driving internal combustion engine cars. It's a pile of unproven nonsense. Carney is a radical globalist climate change man. We can expect more of Trudeau 2.0 from him. Learn to read. I was talking about government intrusion in things that are none of their business, not genuine safety features in vehicles. If you want a Commie system move to N. Korea. You might be happier.

Historically, there never was a country called Palestine. You are pushing a fake claim. Israel's claim to the land goes back thousands of years. quote WHAT DOES "PALESTINE" MEAN? It has never been the name of a nation or state. It is a geographical term, used to designate the region at those times in history when there is no nation or state there. The word itself derives from "Peleshet", a name that appears frequently in the Bible and has come into English as "Philistine". The Philistines were mediterranean people originating from Asia Minor and Greek localities. They reached the southern coast of Israel in several waves. One group arrived in the pre-patriarchal period and settled south of Beersheba in Gerar where they came into conflict with Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael. Another group, coming from Crete after being repulsed from an attempted invasion of Egypt by Rameses III in 1194 BCE, seized the southern coastal area, where they founded five settlements (Gaza, Ascalon, Ashdod, Ekron and Gat). In the Persian and Greek periods, foreign settlers - chiefly from the Mediterranean islands - overran the Philistine districts. From the time of Herodotus, Greeks called the eastern coast of the Mediterranean "Syria Palaestina". The Philistines were not Arabs nor even Semites, they were most closely related to the Greeks. They did not speak Arabic. They had no connection, ethnic, linguistic or historical with Arabia or Arabs. The name "Falastin" that Arabs today use for "Palestine" is not an Arabic name. It is the Arab pronunciation of the Greco-Roman "Palastina"; which is derived from the Plesheth, (root palash) was a general term meaning rolling or migratory. This referred to the Philistine's invasion and conquest of the coast from the sea. The use of the term "Palestinian" for an Arab ethnic group is a modern political creation which has no basis in fact - and had never had any international or academic credibility before 1967. This page was produced by Joseph E. Katz Middle Eastern Political and Religious History Analyst Brooklyn, New York unquote The History of the Words Palestine And Palestinians

When will you understand Israel is in a ongoing war with Palestinian terrorist organization? What else do you think Israel should do?

No, I wouldn't call it queue jumping. When thousands of people are dying on waiting lists and many if not most of those people can afford health care premiums, the system is failing the people. Health care is being denied for thousands of people. That is wrong and criminal. Proper and timely health care is being denied to countless people in Canada. Millions don't even have a family doctor. If you think the present system is equitable, you don't know what is going on. I have a family doctor but it takes over a month to get an appointment to see him. If you need care quickly, your only choice is go to the walk-in clinic or the ER and sit for hours. Even when a person does get in to see a doctor, he runs people through like an assembly line, as quickly as possible. You are only allowed to bring up one problem in a visit. Why keep denying care to millions of people who could afford private health premiums? Makes no sense. It is being done to follow some ridiculous and cruel left wing ideology that says nobody should be able to pay for health care, even if they can afford it. Let people who can afford it pay for care. Denying care to massive numbers of people is not a fair or equitable system unless you think giving everyone an equal chance to die unnecessarily is a fair system. The present system of making people die on waiting lists is wrong. Some wait longer than others and some need care more urgently than others. Every situation is different. There is nothing fair or equitable about it. America has a complex system. That is not what we are talking about. Have a look at some of the systems in Europe that are given good ratings. Canada should be able to do much better than it is. Don't let ideology get in the way. The ideology that private care is evil and only government care is good is proven to be a disaster. We can do better. Surely you can understand the problem is government control and government's inability to rectify the problems.

"A new report from SecondStreet.org has revealed a staggering number of patient deaths linked to long wait times for surgeries and diagnostic scans in Canada. In 2023-24 alone, at least 15,474 Canadians died while waiting for care—a number that is likely much higher due to incomplete data from several provinces. Since 2018, nearly 75,000 Canadians have died while on waiting lists, highlighting the urgent need for health care reform in the country." 28,000 Canadians Died on Waiting Lists in 2024 - Western Medical Assessments Many of these deaths could have been avoided if we had private care working alongside public care in Canada. Allow people who can afford it to pay for medical premiums to obtain private care. This would take a tremendous workload off of the public system which just can't provide the necessary care now. But many people and their politicians oppose allowing private care to operate in Canada because they say it would create a two-tiered system. The problem with that ideology is it is depriving millions of Canadians the essential care they need, while pretending we have a good medical system that is caring for everyone. That is a lie as we see. Millions do not have a family doctor. NDP, Liberal, and left ideology is killing thousands of Canadians and causing suffering of many more. all on the claim of equality. What equality. It doesn't exist.

Government should stay out of the auto industry entirely. They should not be enforcing EVs within a certain time period. That is a direct infringement on the freedom of Canadians. It is either Marxist, Fascist or authoritarian. People should always be free to purchase whatever kind of car they wish, gas, diesel or EV. Industry should be free to manufacture whatever they wish that makes business sense to them. Government should also abolish the net zero agenda and get out trying to control the economy and energy industry. That means they should also abolish C69, the no more pipelines law. Also stop the carbon taxes on industry and all the regulations and red tape hampering growth of the energy industry. I am afraid Carney is a Trudeau 2.0. He is a globalist and environmental radical as well as an authoritarian. Don't expect much to change under Carney.