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    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Jimmy Carter</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/jimmy-carter.12319/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Sid)</author>
      <dc:creator>Sid</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A brief comment, which I guess is most appropriate in this discussion. As a moderate/conservative Dem (an almost obsolete position), I thought at the time that he was the worst president of my lifetime for several reasons, which is why I voted for Reagan in 1980. After his presidency, he and his wife became great hands-on humanitarians, which earned my admiration. Rest in peace, Mr. Carter.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Crickets</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 22:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/crickets.12298/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (gipper)</author>
      <dc:creator>gipper</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Chirp]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Debate</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 01:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/debate.12270/</link>
      <guid>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/debate.12270/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Terry O'Keefe)</author>
      <dc:creator>Terry O'Keefe</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[So discouraging .<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" />]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Digital ID should scare you...</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/digital-id-should-scare-you.12274/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Scott88)</author>
      <dc:creator>Scott88</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This is NOT good stuff...<br />
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      <title>The Markets</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 14:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/the-markets.12049/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (gipper)</author>
      <dc:creator>gipper</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[How&#039;s everyone&#039;s retirement fund doing? Retirees on a fixed income are hit pretty hard with inflation and when you pair that up with lost value to IRAs and 401Ks it&#039;s twice as bad. <br />
If you&#039;re fairly young, I Bonds now are not a bad way to go. Little risk and are currently paying 9.1% interest. If you cash them out before 5 yrs. you do lose 3 mos. interest.<br />
Just sold my house and are moving into a nicer (although equally priced) home. Mortgage interest is considerably higher than the one I&#039;m...<br />
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<a href="https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/the-markets.12049/" class="internalLink">The Markets</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>151</slash:comments>
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      <title>Trump Criminal Trial - Hush Money, Catch and Kill - 1 of 4</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2024 22:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/trump-criminal-trial-hush-money-catch-and-kill-1-of-4.12251/</link>
      <guid>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/trump-criminal-trial-hush-money-catch-and-kill-1-of-4.12251/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (BuckeyeT)</author>
      <dc:creator>BuckeyeT</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nine-questions-about-the-trump-trial-answered" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Nine questions about the Trump trial, answered</a><br />
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Day 1 - Jury Selection. First President in the history of our country to face a criminal trial. Sure to be a circus, let the games begin. He says he&#039;s going to testify....we&#039;ll see. Chances that Melania shows up in the courtroom to support her husband???? My guess is asymptotically approaching zero...for both]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>FTC bans non compete clauses</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/ftc-bans-non-compete-clauses.12253/</link>
      <guid>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/ftc-bans-non-compete-clauses.12253/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Terry O'Keefe)</author>
      <dc:creator>Terry O'Keefe</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Certainly the devil is in the details, but they are common in the sale of dental practices.   Could you imagine buying a practice only to have the previous owner opening a new practice close by.<br />
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I&#039;m sure other industries are impacted.  <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Haley is done</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 01:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/haley-is-done.12241/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Terry O'Keefe)</author>
      <dc:creator>Terry O'Keefe</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Not a big surprise, but we now have the Senile Old Guy vs the Miserable Human Being.<br />
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sigh.]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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      <title>No Labels Candidate?</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/no-labels-candidate.12242/</link>
      <guid>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/no-labels-candidate.12242/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (BuckeyeT)</author>
      <dc:creator>BuckeyeT</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[&quot;No Labels may finally have a candidate in consideration for its third-party &quot;unity ticket&quot; in the 2024 presidential election.<br />
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Sources familiar with the group&#039;s efforts to field a third-party ticket tell ABC News that No Labels representatives have had meetings with former Georgia GOP Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan about running as the group&#039;s presidential candidate.&quot;<br />
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<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/former-georgia-gop-lt-gov-geoff-duncan-consideration/story?id=107940453" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Former Georgia GOP...</a><br />
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<a href="https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/no-labels-candidate.12242/" class="internalLink">No Labels Candidate?</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The Supreme's have spoken</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/the-supremes-have-spoken.12240/</link>
      <guid>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/the-supremes-have-spoken.12240/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Terry O'Keefe)</author>
      <dc:creator>Terry O'Keefe</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[and they did so unanimously, not along &quot;party&quot; lines.  Trump can not be kicked off the Colorado ballot.  It will mean that no other state can do the same. I&#039;m certainly glad that it was a unanimous as it avoids the cries of it was the &#039;Trump&#039; appointed court, even the democrats on the court voted to give Trump a big victory.<br />
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<a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/supreme-court-opinion-trump-ballot-03-04-24/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Live updates: Supreme Court opinion on the Trump 14th Amendment...</a><br />
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<a href="https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/the-supremes-have-spoken.12240/" class="internalLink">The Supreme&#039;s have spoken</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Tucker and the Right?</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 16:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/tucker-and-the-right.12238/</link>
      <guid>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/tucker-and-the-right.12238/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (BuckeyeT)</author>
      <dc:creator>BuckeyeT</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Where does Tucker stand these days with the Republican Right? Just asking as it seems our NC Republican Senator Tillis has some issues with Tucker during his recent visit with Putin. Speaking of which, here&#039;s another question to ponder....was it mere coincidence that Navalny&#039;s murder coincided with Tuckers Putin interview/visit? I&#039;m not a conspiracy guy, but it would be out of character for the murder of such a high profile political opponent to be done without a fair amount of forethought...<br />
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<a href="https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/tucker-and-the-right.12238/" class="internalLink">Tucker and the Right?</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Navalny is dead</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 14:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/navalny-is-dead.12235/</link>
      <guid>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/navalny-is-dead.12235/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (BuckeyeT)</author>
      <dc:creator>BuckeyeT</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color: #ff0000">&quot;MOSCOW, Feb 16 (Reuters) - <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/who-is-alexei-navalny-what-does-he-say-russia-putin-death-2023-04-13/" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Alexei Navalny</a>, Russia&#039;s most famous opposition leader, died on Friday after collapsing and losing consciousness at the penal colony north of the Arctic Circle where he was serving a long jail term, the Russian prison service said.&quot;</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000">...</span><br />
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<a href="https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/navalny-is-dead.12235/" class="internalLink">Navalny is dead</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>14th Amendment</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 13:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/14th-amendment.12167/</link>
      <guid>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/14th-amendment.12167/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (BuckeyeT)</author>
      <dc:creator>BuckeyeT</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[First shots fired, didn&#039;t take long. Stay tuned....gonna be an election cycle for the ages<br />
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<a href="https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/trump/2023/08/25/florida-attorneys-14th-amendment-lawsuit-aims-to-disqualify-trump/70672653007/" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Florida attorney&#039;s 14th Amendment lawsuit aims to disqualify Trump</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>DeSantis dropped out</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 22:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/desantis-dropped-out.12230/</link>
      <guid>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/desantis-dropped-out.12230/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Stu Ryckman)</author>
      <dc:creator>Stu Ryckman</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Nuff said.]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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      <title>9/27 GOP Debate</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 14:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/9-27-gop-debate.12184/</link>
      <guid>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/9-27-gop-debate.12184/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (BuckeyeT)</author>
      <dc:creator>BuckeyeT</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[What&#039;d you guys think? I&#039;m beginning to think these things are becoming more and more circus-like and less and less productive in any meaningful sense. That said, I don&#039;t have any definitive answers on how to improve the format, love to see some other options tho]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>My Unofficial 2023 Veteran's Day Poll</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/my-unofficial-2023-veterans-day-poll.12205/</link>
      <guid>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/my-unofficial-2023-veterans-day-poll.12205/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (George Krebs)</author>
      <dc:creator>George Krebs</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As we celebrate our great veterans on this day for all they have done to preserve our way of life I ask this simple question of my SkyBox friends. <br />
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<b>On this date in time, has the United States ever been in a more precarious position where it&#039;s very existence going forward in in serious doubt?</b><br />
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Note:  I ask only that anyone who answers think our current situation through in total from as many perspectives as possible; i.e social, economic, spiritual, geo-political, immigration,...<br />
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<a href="https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/my-unofficial-2023-veterans-day-poll.12205/" class="internalLink">My Unofficial 2023 Veteran&#039;s Day Poll</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>I don't even know how to title this thread..... maybe, "Death by a Thousand Cuts" ?</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/i-dont-even-know-how-to-title-this-thread-maybe-death-by-a-thousand-cuts.12197/</link>
      <guid>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/i-dont-even-know-how-to-title-this-thread-maybe-death-by-a-thousand-cuts.12197/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (George Krebs)</author>
      <dc:creator>George Krebs</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.patriotproject.com/notre-dame-defends-drag-show-claims-display-isnt-counter-church-teachings/?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=teapartypatriots&amp;utm_content=2023-10-30&amp;fbclid=IwAR31oQeAnYUPGMju1Y2pPphp6yXSSt5USihgPpk-rhvq0ZvZ39f23_h6tME" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">Notre Dame Defends Drag Show, Claims the Display Isn&#039;t Counter to Church Teachings - Patriot Project</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Israel</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 21:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/israel.12189/</link>
      <guid>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/israel.12189/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (George Krebs)</author>
      <dc:creator>George Krebs</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The world has taken stock of the United States and the bad actors have decided that there is no better time than the present to make their moves. What do they see that emboldens them?<br />
An aged, out of touch President<br />
An administration riddled with scandal and disliked by 2/3 of Americans<br />
All major US cities crumbling, under siege from crime, immigration and drugs<br />
Millions of immigrants over three years from over 100 nations turned loose in the US and basically unaccounted for. We have...<br />
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<a href="https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/israel.12189/" class="internalLink">Israel</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>McCarthy removed as Speaker</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 11:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/mccarthy-removed-as-speaker.12187/</link>
      <guid>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/mccarthy-removed-as-speaker.12187/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Terry O'Keefe)</author>
      <dc:creator>Terry O'Keefe</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It&#039;s historic that&#039;s for sure.  I wonder where we go from here, it was a tough job just for him to get to be Speaker in the first place. Is there a candidate who has enough backing to take his place or will he just end up replacing himself?]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>TRUMP CHARGED....AGAIN.</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 11:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/trump-charged-again.12164/</link>
      <guid>https://theskybox.com/forums/threads/trump-charged-again.12164/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (HUSKERMAN-HUSKERFAN)</author>
      <dc:creator>HUSKERMAN-HUSKERFAN</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Those well doers are extremely scared of this guy ain&#039;t they?  GAME ON.]]></content:encoded>
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