Scott Turner
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Psychoanalyst, FIPA. Retired attorney. MA, Biblical Studies.
"A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object."
Bonhoeffer, D. (1933). God is in the manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas (Kindle). Westminster John Knox Press.
Khan. (2018). Color of friendship [Photo]. Bangladesh.
Bonhoeffer, D. (1933). God is in the manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas (Kindle). Westminster John Knox Press.
Khan. (2018). Color of friendship [Photo]. Bangladesh.
December 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object."
Bonhoeffer, D. (1933). God is in the manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas (Kindle). Westminster John Knox Press.
Khan. (2018). Color of friendship [Photo]. Bangladesh.
Bonhoeffer, D. (1933). God is in the manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas (Kindle). Westminster John Knox Press.
Khan. (2018). Color of friendship [Photo]. Bangladesh.
“The most depressing thing about the United States in 2025 is that we’re led not just by bad people, but by unimpressive, dumb, totally noncreative people,” Mr. Carlson said.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“The most depressing thing about the United States in 2025 is that we’re led not just by bad people, but by unimpressive, dumb, totally noncreative people,” Mr. Carlson said.
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"Judgment is a theme [in the Book of Daniel]. And the mighty condemn it, even as they undergo its rigors in nightmares of fear and dread. The lowly, on the contrary, hail its onset with joy; come liberation, come vindication!"
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December 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"Judgment is a theme [in the Book of Daniel]. And the mighty condemn it, even as they undergo its rigors in nightmares of fear and dread. The lowly, on the contrary, hail its onset with joy; come liberation, come vindication!"
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So they can seize an oil tanker, but not a drug boat?
December 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
So they can seize an oil tanker, but not a drug boat?
"Among the many and grave duties of rulers who would do their best for their people, the first and chief is to act with strict justice - with that justice which is called in the schools distributive - toward each and every class."
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December 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"Among the many and grave duties of rulers who would do their best for their people, the first and chief is to act with strict justice - with that justice which is called in the schools distributive - toward each and every class."
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Civil defence recovers bodies of 15 Palestinians killed by Israel from mass grave in al-Shifa hospital area - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-civil-defence-removes-15-bodies-al-shifa-hospital
Civil defence recovers bodies of 15 Palestinians killed by Israel from mass grave in al-Shifa hospital area
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8">The Palestinian Civil Defence has recovered the bodies of at least 15 Palestinians from al-Shifa Hospital courtyard in Gaza City.</p>
<p>The discovery comes as part of work to retrieve Palestinians killed by Israel and buried in what Gaza’s Government Media Office said was a "mass grave" discovered in May 2024. </p>
<p>The total number of bodies recovered from Gaza’s largest medical facility is now 113, underscoring the scope of Israeli killing in the area. </p>
<p>“Several bodies remain missing on the hospital grounds, as work is still ongoing to retrieve them,” the Palestinian Civil Defence said. </p>
<p>It added that four of the bodies had not been identified.</p>
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December 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Civil defence recovers bodies of 15 Palestinians killed by Israel from mass grave in al-Shifa hospital area - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-civil-defence-removes-15-bodies-al-shifa-hospital
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The scale of intelligence gathering at the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) prompted the US commander of the base, Lt Gen Patrick Frank, to summon an Israeli counterpart for a meeting to tell him that “recording has to stop here”.
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Israeli surveillance targets US and allies at joint base planning Gaza aid and security, say sources
Concerns over recording of meetings at coordination centre excluding Palestinians that was set up to provide support for Trump’s Gaza plan
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December 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The scale of intelligence gathering at the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) prompted the US commander of the base, Lt Gen Patrick Frank, to summon an Israeli counterpart for a meeting to tell him that “recording has to stop here”.
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"Love for real people leads into the fellowship of human guilt."
Bonhoeffer, D. (1933). God is in the manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas (Kindle edition). Westminster John Knox Press.
Andea, A. (2021). Chaos Incarnate [Photo]. Unna, Germany.
Bonhoeffer, D. (1933). God is in the manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas (Kindle edition). Westminster John Knox Press.
Andea, A. (2021). Chaos Incarnate [Photo]. Unna, Germany.
December 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"Love for real people leads into the fellowship of human guilt."
Bonhoeffer, D. (1933). God is in the manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas (Kindle edition). Westminster John Knox Press.
Andea, A. (2021). Chaos Incarnate [Photo]. Unna, Germany.
Bonhoeffer, D. (1933). God is in the manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas (Kindle edition). Westminster John Knox Press.
Andea, A. (2021). Chaos Incarnate [Photo]. Unna, Germany.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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CNN investigation now points to #Israel #IDF bulldozing the bodies of some of those murdered near the crossing into shallow unmarked graves. At other times, their remains were simply left to decompose in the open, unable to be recovered in the militarized area. #Gaza
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Bulldozed corpses and unmarked graves, CNN investigates the fate of Gaza’s missing aid seekers | CNN
Ammar Wadi knew he was risking his life when he set out to get a bag of flour for his family from an aid truck near the Zikim crossing into Gaza in June.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
CNN investigation now points to #Israel #IDF bulldozing the bodies of some of those murdered near the crossing into shallow unmarked graves. At other times, their remains were simply left to decompose in the open, unable to be recovered in the militarized area. #Gaza
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If Maduro really was a monstrous tyrannical dictator the US would be selling him F-35s.
December 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If Maduro really was a monstrous tyrannical dictator the US would be selling him F-35s.
“Biblical interpretation is never an innocent or neutral activity. It is always implicated in structures of domination or in struggles against them.”
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December 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Biblical interpretation is never an innocent or neutral activity. It is always implicated in structures of domination or in struggles against them.”
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"The greater a man’s ignorance, the more implicit his obedience, the more absolute his confidence in his leader."
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December 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"The greater a man’s ignorance, the more implicit his obedience, the more absolute his confidence in his leader."
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Photojournalist Mahmoud Wadi was killed after being targeted by an Israeli drone in the center of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza Strip.
December 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Photojournalist Mahmoud Wadi was killed after being targeted by an Israeli drone in the center of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza Strip.
"We are never free from two conflicting tendencies: one to emerge from the womb, from the animal form of existence into a more human existence, from bondage to freedom; another, to return to the womb, to nature, to certainty and security. In the history of the individual,
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November 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"We are never free from two conflicting tendencies: one to emerge from the womb, from the animal form of existence into a more human existence, from bondage to freedom; another, to return to the womb, to nature, to certainty and security. In the history of the individual,
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"The reason for emphasizing non-violent resistance is this: he who resists force with force in order to seize power may become contaminated by the evil which he is resisting and, when he gains power, may be just as ruthless and unjust a tyrant as the one he has dethroned.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"The reason for emphasizing non-violent resistance is this: he who resists force with force in order to seize power may become contaminated by the evil which he is resisting and, when he gains power, may be just as ruthless and unjust a tyrant as the one he has dethroned.
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"National liberation, national reawakening, restoration of the nation to the people or commonwealth, whatever the name used, whatever the latest expression, decolonization is always a violent event."
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November 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"National liberation, national reawakening, restoration of the nation to the people or commonwealth, whatever the name used, whatever the latest expression, decolonization is always a violent event."
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Six Israeli soldiers also wounded during clashes following the incursion into the town of Beit Jinn.
Israeli incursion in Damascus countryside kills 9 Syrians: State media
Six Israeli soldiers also wounded during clashes following the incursion into the town of Beit Jinn.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Six Israeli soldiers also wounded during clashes following the incursion into the town of Beit Jinn.
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Job cuts are up 65% from 2024, per Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Job cuts are up 65% from 2024, per Challenger, Gray & Christmas.