Shaun Bailey 🪔

The main problem with our society is thinking disagreement is the same as criticism, criticism is the same as violence, and violence is the same as disagreement.

@patbahn @JackPosobiec Sovereignty means we have a nation with enforced borders, and the rights of our citizens are not willingly given away to or compromised by foreign nationals.

@RealShaunBailey @JackPosobiec Define sovereign

Alito is very smart for bringing up military service requirements. In countries with compulsory service (South Korea, Israel, Russia), even if a child is born abroad, they are still required to serve in the military

@BlackDumpling It is basically the ethical trolley problem but with nukes. It was a utilitarian decision. And by that measure was the right one. But by a different ethical framework it could easily be viewed as abhorrent and unconscionable.

アメリカ人は、日本への原爆投下についてどのように感じているのでしょうか？ 正直に話しましょう。 まず、当時のアメリカ人は喜びました。日本人に与えた苦しみに対してというより、戦争が終わったことを喜んだのです。あれはもう何十年も前のことですが、当時は多くのアメリカ人が日本人を本当に嫌っていました。その点は認めたいと思います。 しかし、今日ではどうでしょうか？ まともな考えを持つ人は、原爆投下を「良いこと」「肯定的なこと」として見ていません。私たちはそれを肯定的に語ることはありません。むしろ、「必要だったかどうか」という議論がほとんどです。 アメリカ人の間では一般的な見方として、原爆は当時としてものすごく恐ろしいものだったけれど、代替案はもっと悪かったというものです。当時の私たちの認識では、日本側は絶対に降伏する気がないように見えました。つまり、日本本土への実際の侵攻作戦です。死者はおそらく数千万規模になると予想されていました。 重要な点として、もしアメリカが本土侵攻をして、そのために必要な血と財産の代償を払っていたら、戦前の日本政府と軍部指導部がそのまま権力を維持することはほぼ不可能だったでしょう。日本はドイツと同じように、長期間の連合国による占領を受け、政治体制に大きな変更を強いられた可能性が高いです。 これはあなたを不快にさせたり、恥をかかせるために言っているのではありません。ただ、事実を尊重して話しているだけです。何十万人もの息子たちを死なせて、何年もの残酷な戦いの末に、戦争を始めた当時の体制をそのまま復活させるなんて、アメリカ人にそんな選択肢はありえません。 本土を取るためには、何十万人、場合によっては数百万人のアメリカの若者たちの命が犠牲になったでしょう。それ以上に、日本側の民間人の死者は数千万規模になっていたかもしれません。私たちは何年も非難爆撃を続け、その後必要なら家一軒一軒を攻め落とさなければならなかったでしょう。 その時点でアメリカはヨーロッパで勝利したばかりで、日本は完全に孤立・封鎖されていました。日本全体が包囲され、史上初めて空からの攻撃も含めた完全な国家包囲網にさらされることになっていたのです。 日本人は勇敢に戦ったでしょう。それが日本人の気質です。しかし、その時点では勝算がありませんでした。 原爆を投下したことで、皆が衝撃を受け、目を覚ましました。歴史上、あれほどの生の力を目撃した人はいませんでした。それが存在することすら、落ちるまで誰も知らなかったのです。 まるでアメリカが空飛ぶ円盤（フライングソーサー）で攻撃してきたようなものです。勝ち目はない、戦いようがない、そして「ただ待っていればいい」という希望を完全に打ち消しました。当時の日本人から見れば、アメリカは無限にそれを持っているように思えたからです。 原爆を落としたことは恐ろしく、苦しみは極めて悲惨なものでした。しかし、アメリカでは一般的に、本土侵攻を試みるよりはるかに悪い結果になっていたというのが受け入れられている見方です。 繰り返し強調しますが、私はこれを日本人を恥ずかしく思わせるために言っているのではありません。どちらの側も、はるかに大きな犠牲を払うことになっていたでしょう。 あなたはアメリカ人がどのように感じているかを知りたかったので、一般的に言えば、これが私たちの感じ方です。 We are not our great grandfathers, and you are not yours. Their sins and their victories belong to them alone. Today we cherish the friendship we have built with you and I hope my candor has not threatened that in any way.

@JBlunt1018 @JackPosobiec This makes no sense. Jurisdiction and citizenship are not the same thing. Illegal immigrants are under the jurisdiction of the USA when they are here. But their citizenship is an entirely different question.

Very smart deflection but it doesn’t change the law. If you’re born here, you’re subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Full stop. Military service in other countries has nothing to do with how the 14th Amendment works. If that’s an issue why do we allow dual citizenship? You’re comparing obligations of citizenship elsewhere to the definition of citizenship here, they’re not the same thing. Stay on the actual issue.

It’s an easy issue. People like to over complicate it. If you are here legally and permanently (not just for travel) and you have children here, your children are citizens. But children are also children. And minors require guardians and someone with legal residency. If their parents get deported, then they get deported with them. They can come back when they’re adults. You can’t just step over the border, have a kid, and expect them to be citizens of the United States of America.

my prediction, subject to revision after hearing the arguments today: 9-0 against the administration on statutory grounds, with maybe Alito saying that the administration's interpretation isn't necessarily unconstitutional.

My visceral hatred for communists is a result of my visceral hatred for thieves. And in the end, they’re all just thieves. Filthy, vicious, demonic thieves.

Florida Just LAUNCHED Their OWN Version of the SAVE America Act Straight to Ron DeSantis’ Desk — And He’s ALREADY CONFIRMED He’ll SIGN It IMMEDIATELY! This massive bill CRUSHES voter fraud with MANDATORY citizenship verification for EVERY voter and locks in PEN & PAPER ballots as the DEFAULT method — no more shady machines or unverified chaos! The Sunshine State is LEADING the charge and showing the ENTIRE nation how to SECURE ELECTIONS for We The People once and for all! DeSantis delivering BIG LEAGUE on America First 🇺🇸 Follow @17QStorm

🚨 BREAKING: SCOTUS Justice Samuel Alito says it PERFECTLY on birthright citizenship He suggests that just because illegal aliens were not a problem at the time the 14th Amendment was adopted does NOT mean they shouldn't be addressed today Nailed it. ALITO: "Justice Scalia had an example that dealt with this situation. He imagined an old theft statute that was enacted well before anybody conceived of a microwave oven, and then afterwards someone is charged with the crime of stealing a microwave oven, and this fellow says, well, I can't be convicted under this because the microwave oven didn't exist at that time." "And he dismissed that. There's a general rule there, and you apply it to future applications. And what we're dealing with here is something that was basically unknown at the time when the 14th Amendment was adopted, which is illegal immigration. So how do we deal with that situation when we have a general rule?" JOHN SAUER: "Yeah, I strongly agree with the way that you framed it, that there is a general principle that's a broad principle that's adopted in the phrase, subject to the jurisdiction thereof, and we submit that our theory of allegiance and domicile-based allegiance is what explains those specific exceptions that everybody was aware of, but it is broad enough to sweep in future situations, and as you pointed out, illegal immigration did not exist then." You can almost ALWAYS count on Alito!

#GeneralConference “So, I paged through this American Bible wondering how many Protestants had seen a copy or read a verse out of any of the fifteen books. Wherever these auxiliary scriptures came from, whatever they were, they surpassed in magnitude and content my most extravagant expectations. The style was biblical, the references to Holy Writ were voluminous, the ancient story was tremendously involved. It was not the kind of book a man would read for pastime or write for profit. It was solemn and ponderous and heavy as were the plates on which it was inscribed. No Vermont schoolboy wrote this and no Presbyterian preacher tinkered with these pages. After wading through the first book of Nephi, I was ready to settle for the miracle of Cumorah and let it go at that.” - Marcus Bach, Faith and My Friends

Fantastic Idea! I’ll add this to the plans!

Clarence Thomas is a brilliant man and one of the greatest justices of all time. He also needs to retire immediately. He's 77 years old. If Democrats win the midterms and then the presidency, which they very likely could, there's a significant chance they will get to replace him with another Kentanji Brown Jackson. That would be a disaster for the country. We need to get young conservatives on the court right now. Alito, too. He's 76.

When COVID began, many people on the right were peddling the panic. When the winds changed, they just breezed right past what they did and acted like freedom fighters. Every single “94% of MAGA approves!!!” person will do the exact same thing when we get wiped out in November.

@libraryofgodwin Agreed

I really disliked jumping between Come Follow Me one week to General Conference the next, because it meant we were skipping weeks of Come Follow Me discussion. I think this new arrangement means we cover less but we get better continuity, and I like that.

As the years have passed, I have become increasingly humbled as I have thought about, studied, and found immense comfort in the immeasurable gift of our Savior, the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The human mind can scarcely begin to comprehend how completely the destiny of mankind changed because of what happened in Gethsemane, on the cross, and at the tomb. There are no words to describe the magnitude of His precious gift. It will never be required of another. Jesus Christ suffered “once for all” (Hebrews 10:10). As one of His ordained Apostles, I have experienced the spiritual and personal moments that have brought to me a sure and certain witness that Jesus Christ lives. At this Easter season, may we rejoice in singing: “He is risen! He is risen! ... Death is conquered; man is free. Christ has won the victory” (“He Is Risen!” Hymns, no 199).

Trump Begins Negotiating With Iranian Leadership Via Ouija Board buff.ly/OAZiEZr

Why can’t Utah do this? Serious question. What law firm is advising our legislators on the hill?

@HansFiene We look in focus to me. Have you considered glasses?

Mormon physiognomy: Good looking, clean, lean, chipper countenance, but most importantly, (and this will sound weird until you learn to spot it) face always looks slightly out of focus.

Mormon physiognomy is a real thing. Having grown up in Utah, I can spot a Mormon at 50 yards. I did this on my honeymoon. My wife and I were holding the cruise ship elevator for a couple coming down the hallway and I told my wife "they're Mormons" and she said "how do you know," and I said "by looking at them" and she said "you can't tell if someone is Mormon just by looking at them" and I said "yes I can" and then they got in the elevator and I asked where they were from and they were from Utah and he had just finished his mission.

If you are an American, the most important thing in the world is keeping Democrats from ever taking power again. The horrors they will bring next time will make Biden look like a dream. The communists must be kept from power.

The woke Pope always has something you say about current events except when his hometown basketball team fires a player for being a Christian. Suddenly he can’t find his tongue. Fascinating!