Phat Unplugged

Trivia question: How much does a pound of gold weigh?--Percy

Securing a border does not mean blocking out people. It simply means having a method of screening desirable s from undesirables. There are many terror groups that seek to harm the US. Bring it down. Look what Hamas did to Israel. Trust me, if they had the weapons they would have done worse. (They still would...whats left of them.) We have a lot of shoplifters in our store, and many of them speak no English. They look at us as if we are nothing and walk right out a fire exit loaded with hundreds of dollars worth of goods. What would Jesus do about that? Thou shalt not steal! Now look...im no grinch. If a guy is hungry and grabs a sandwich, I look the other way. But when organized criminal enterprises steal from American businesses and force many locations to either close or employ armed guards then the situation is getting way out of hand. Corporate Loss Prevention spent two weeks at our store all of the way to closing time. They have the authority from Corporate to physically confront people and take back the merchandise. We literally had 6-8 carts full of recovered goods every shift. 20 tide pods. Razors. Wine. Beer. carts of meat. The store loses $4000.00 a day. And yet due to lenient policies on crime, nobody can be charged with a felony as long as the recovered goods do not exceed $2000.00 (In Colorado) Thats according to Alexa. I thought the amount was lower...like $900.00. One guy taunted them, saying he would be back tomorrow. He later came back the same night and stole $200.00 more under their noses, ducking out of a fire escape. Another guy pulled a knife on them. What *would* Jesus do? Arm guards? Taze them? Look the other way? allow them to keep stealing?
Personally I pray for most of them except the repeat offenders who fight the security.We are commanded to love our neighbor as ourselves, but that does not mean leaving our doors unlocked and inviting all of the homeless poor disenfranchised masses into our living room. Some of them are on drugs. Some of them have knives and guns. Some of them would hurt you or your children.

Trivia inquire: On what planet?

One would think it weighs a pound. 16 ounces. Thats 16 one ounce coins worth roughly
$33,000.00 dollars at todays prices.

The gold was too heavy for the Apollo astronauts to carry. Plus it was not on the science agenda. On the moon, 1 pound of gold would be 6 times lighter but would still be one pound.

If so, every president is wrong. One does not weaponize the global reserve currency. It should be neutral. Freezing assets is another issue, but keep in mind that such behavior drives former allies into the BRIC-yard.

This one will do.--Percy

0.453592 kilograms.

--Percy

Where in the Bible does it say that? Illegal immigrants commit crimes at a much lower rate than US citizens.

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In 2018, the illegal immigrant criminal conviction rate was 782 per 100,000 illegal immigrants, 535 per 100,000 legal immigrants, and 1,422 per 100,000 native‐​born Americans.
https://www.cato.org/...research-illegal-immigration-crime-0

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Matthew 25:31-40

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The Sheep and the Goats
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

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12 Troy ounces, about 373 grams.

remember - a pound is a unit of weight. a kilogram is a unit of mass.on the earth's surface 2.2 kilograms WEIGHS about a pound. yes, on the moon a gathering of gold enough to weigh a pound on the scale on the moon would still weigh a pound, but it would be about 6 times as much gold.2.2 kg of gold would weigh about a pound on earth, but only 1/6th of a pound on the moon, but it still be 2.2 kg.please keep weight and mass separated in your brain.

Interesting. Who decides what is "undesirable?" How does a person become "undesirable?"Also interesting is the specific language you use. Not just the choice of the word "undesirable," but "an undesirable" or "undesirables." Your language implies that these are objects, things, not people. Curiously, this has never even once been the result of immigrants illegally crossing the US border. Even the 9/11 hijackers had legal visas (some of which I think were expired, but that still means they entered legally).Most (read: nearly ALL) mass shootings and other terror attacks in the US are the acts of US citizens. Not even naturalized immigrants, but natural-born US citizens.

Phat writes: Yet the Webb telescope has a gold mirror. And many satellites have gold parts on them because of the minimal chemical interaction.The Apollo Astronauts had a major weight budget to meet. if gold was necessary it would have been carried. a smuggled sandwich in your uniform after you were weighed before getting into the capsule was courting with disaster.

Then on the moon your scale would only show 2.72 ounces, not 1 pound.