They can do this whenever they would like to with a simple majority vote.

They call this “the nuclear option” today, because Trent Lott (notorious Republican) came up with the term; it works well for suppression of bills and scaring the proles, so bOtH pArTiEs have used the term ever since.

What did they call “the nuclear option” before Trent Lott (R.)? The constitutional option. not the same ring to it…

… and all to avoid the threat of filibuster… let them filibuster. They have five months off a year, they can always catch up. I posit that the vast majority of members who threaten filibuster are far too lazy and old to actually do it. Much of the “old guard” are over 70 years old, something like 120!

Anyways, they use this “nuclear option” to bypass the threat of a filibuster, and do this whenever they really want something to pass; then, it only needs a simple majority vote.

This parliamentary rule confuses the vast majority of people.

Remember, they can always pass a bill with a simple majority vote (that’s what makes Biden’s failure to raise minimum wage so frustrating), and even if they couldn’t, they don’t bother to filibuster any longer. Stop playing pretend.

They’re doing the absolute minimum amount of politics so that they have more time to trade stocks and attend “seminars” in The Virgin Islands on the taxpayer’s dime.

why do you think it’s a “fake shooting”?

… and do you think Sandy Hook was a “fake shooting”?

… and what makes you the “fake shooting decider”?

That’s not how bills work.

Either party can reverse this whenever they want to… just like the “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act”.

Now, they do like to pretend the bills are permanent, admittedly.

You’re misusing “whataboutism”, you should drop that from your rotation.

We’re not limited to one point of discussion here, etc.

Primus~ “He’s a murderer, how dare he murder Bob!”

Secundus~ “That’s because Bob killed his entire family!”

Primus~ “Whataboutism!”

Secundus~ “You win the debate, I am wrong, I’m sorry.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

I know you’ve heard the term many times and are excited to join in… but don’t.

Why do you believe the “democracy perceptions index”?

Take a look at their supporters… like Palantir and Microsoft.

I just choose how and when to engage with reality, and leave out the blocking; you do this to exert control, because you feel out of control.

It won’t work, your attempt at control is a temporary illusion, because you’re trying to control others instead of controlling yourself.

Your blocking announcement is meant as an affirmation of control, but it is actually an announcement of your own weakness.

… not that there’s anything wrong with that

Hell, as most people imagine it, is from Dante"s Inferno.

Not really. Vivid Christian depictions of Hell existed long before Dante’s Inferno was ever written, centuries of established history. Dante was Christian and Catholic, you’re embarrassing yourself.

You are 100% wrong. Your source, “The Brazen Church” at Medium, is absolute apologist garbage, with no citations or footnotes, totally worthless, with many false claims without any historical basis. Note that your source ignores all of the descriptions of Hell, and instead focuses on only the translation of one word (Hell).

It is clearly described as a place of eternal torment, repeatedly, with vivid descriptions (whatever you’d like to call it).

Re Jews, they are another matter, they have differing beliefs than Christians. Satan was not an “advocate” per the Bible. I never claimed that Hell was Jewish, so try and stay focused.

Lastly, it’s not my religion.

Now, please stop spreading misinformation that you’ve learned from Medium, it’s a tragedy.

But it did… UK and USA created the state in 1948?

They wanted Israel before WWII, but US/UK/UN formed it, and they did so because of WWII. The Jews always wanted their Holy Land, of course.

“Actually” what? I didn’t imply otherwise… if every Palestinian moved to Egypt tomorrow, the war would continue… Israel would continue to expand.

See “Greater Israel”.

Yes, they are, per The Bible. Repeatedly.

Your claim was never even imagined until long after the 1611 KJV, it’s apologetic tripe

Hell is not a “pagan” concept. Many religions share it, pagans weren’t the first (or Christians)

Where are you hearing this? Share, I want to see the goofiness personally… it’s certainly not from The Bible.

Other real Christianity~

Christ will return leading a Holy Army that will murder everybody who doesn’t bow down to Him and accept Him as Lord, many millions upon millions will be killed… and they won’t even have peace in death, as Christ will condemn them to eternal torture with Hellfire, as He will all who won’t worship Him who lived before, unfathomable tens billions of souls, all tortured forever and ever.

He’s gross. He had some good points, but He’s no moral authority on anything

She’s right from a Biblical standpoint, per “Bible Logic”.

Bible Logic: render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s, Caesar is ruling because it is God’s Will that they rule.

… and this is why we abandoned “Bible Logic” many centuries ago, because it’s stupid.

Human beings have an innate right to resist oppression and murder once available peaceful avenues have been tried.

Agreed. When do you start the clock of oppression, and why at that point specifically? There have been repeated bloody conflicts for longer than we have been alive.

One side is committing genocide and massive human rights abuses right now. One side is not.

They all want to genocide the other, as they have all repeated constantly (today and in centuries prior)… and they all have committed genocide. No one has clean hands here.

All parties have committed countless human rights abuses for decades or even centuries, and still do right now.

They won’t ever stop until only one people owns “The Holy Land”… and Israel is the only nuclear power. Remember that when you propose “solutions”, you must disarm Israel and/or have their support…

So… “we” do “need” it.

(“We” in this case being everyone who lives in something larger than a 150-person village, which is the overwhelming majority of us)

(“Need” meaning very accommodating for trade, which seems to be important to the vast majority of all societies ever)

Lame

Some good points, but your inappropriate “lols” and hysterically laughing emojis are tiresome, especially considering the topic

For a while, I carefully scrutinized every image for signs of AI

Now, I’ve decided to not bother with a close examination unless it’s important for some reason. There’s not enough time in the day

Something like 120 in congress are over 70 years old, so over 20%.

bOtH pArTiEs are unwilling to fix this, that 20% are of course much more powerful than newer members. Maxine Waters, Mitch McConnell, and others are over 80; McConnell is visibly, horribly, embarrassingly impaired, and still in office. Maxine is 87 and is the modern incarnation of Smaug, sitting upon her immense treasure hoard.

Yet another humiliation for Americans… and they have the best healthcare insurance on Earth, while the lifespan of their own constituents falls.

Go ahead and vote, but I don’t think we can vote our way out of this and that change must be forced upon them by others.

If we don’t need it, why does practically every civilization invent it?

What’s your alternative? Barter?

It appears that Europe is similar, with 64% disapproval (from Pew, pick your own source).

When will they do something?

(yes, you could list what they have done, and I could list what Americans have done, but let’s pretend up until this point they have all done “nothing”, as you can’t possibly hold the USA to a higher standard than all of Europe without admitting that the USA is more capable than all of Europe)

If EU stopped using the US dollar for trade, for example… that would be very influential, don’t you think? There’s much more the EU and/or NATO could do.

Meanwhile, EU can’t even be bothered to stop buying Russian oil, gas, fertilizers, etc.