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  1. May 2019
    1. Notice that we can find the seal of God in verse 11. The name given: the Lord (Jehovah). His title: Creator. His domain: heaven and earth to include all inhabitants.

      exact format for king's seal...as given in exodus?

    2. Rev 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

      Verse used

  2. Sep 2018
    1. the

      Throughout this article, the author uses the propaganda of media covering this incident to show how it has covered up this terrible scheme. Yet, the author also uses these same techniques, so how can we trust a writer's credibility when he is so hypocritical?

    2. These are the people who got Trump elected

      It would be truly helpful to this article, and the credibility of this author, to specify what exactly he means by his statements.

    3. and the election of Donald Trump

      The author STILL doesn't explain what President Trump has to do with all of this? He is still just pinning his name to controversial topics to try and get a response out of his readers.

    4. Bernanke

      So Bernanke is pinning it on politicians instead of exposing himself and his big banking partners as the true adversaries.

      Putting Bernie Sanders and Ron Paul as the "good guys" in this situation is a partisan statement. What evidence does he have to say that other Republican politicians don't care about the financial crisis as well?

    5. disproportionately to white counterparts.

      Disproportionately to all white homeowners of all financial standings, or to white homeowners of the same financial standing?

    6. poor

      Exactly, these buyers were POOR and statistically there are more minorities that are poor. I really don't think that these banks were specifically targeting minorities.

    7. underwater

      Here is another example of a, less direct, weasel word. What exactly does "underwater" mean in actual money terms? This is impossible to know, but because of the statistic attached to the sentence the audience forgets all about the deceiving word.

    8. many of them do not understand the real reason they’ve been making money

      So, the public and even workers at these banks are not aware of this scandal.

    9. In the next crisis, letting losers lose will be even more unimaginable.

      So maybe instead of our selfish beliefs destroying the Capitalistic system, suggested in Overselling Capitalism, it is the expanding of corrupt businesses and banks in our economic system.

    10. Just like actual aristocrats

      Here the author is angering his audience by relating these events to the aristocratic government which Americans have long despised.

    11. a serious problem Trump has made worse.

      So, maybe President Trump has something to do with this events through how he has decreased the taxes of major banks in America. But, to an uninformed observer, the author still provides no clear evidence tying him to these events.

    12. Previously, small banks traditionally enjoyed a lending advantage because of their on-the-ground relationships with local businesses.

      Here the author is again attempting to relate these events to the "plain folks" reading it by showing how it could effect their personal, local economy.

    13. yes, in that universe, the bailout “earned” a profit. But for whom?

      If the government obtained huge amounts of debt from these events, how could this have turned a profit? Is the author trying to say that this only profited the large banks and not the government as a whole?

    14. a generation of savings used to plug a single hole.

      So this simple prevention of major banking firms closing created a huge amount of debt that we still have to deal with today. But, again, how does President Trump factor into all of this? Or is the author just falsely associating his name with these events?

    15. the legend

      The author keeps using the term "legend" over and over again as a strategy to arouse the audience's emotions. The reality of this situation is that the press and public was fed misinformation, they didn't actively choose to create a "legend" to mislead the public.

    16. 12 were at risk of failure within a period of a week or two…”

      So maybe all of this was just a ploy to keep this banks in business, because their mortgage scheme was crumbling.

    17. If you had a retirement fund and woke up one day in 2009 to see you’d lost 30 percent of your life savings

      The author makes this scheme relatable to to public by guilting them with stories of the victims.

    18. universally

      Firstly, the author is using "universal" too loosely, because he has no way to prove that everyone believes the same way about this topic. Second, the "Cadillac-driving welfare queen" was a gross exaggeration of the amount of people exploiting welfare, but that doesn't mean that it was entirely inaccurate. Obviously there are the people in every system that will choose to exploit it, so I wouldn't go as far as saying that this idea is "asinine".

    19. The

      This is another use of analogies in this article, but for this circumstance, it seems mostly accurate. Admittedly, comparing this event to the Titanic where civilian lives were lost is inflammatory, but it doesn't seem like a huge stretch at this point.

    20. , Wile E. Coyote-style.

      Here, and in several other pieces of text, the author uses the "plain folks appeal" by incorporating popular culture references into his article.

    21. This colorful language – dominoes, a confidence game, an “iceberg,” a “storm” – artfully disguised reality

      These words are a propaganda technique, but the author can't act as if he isn't in on this game as well. Throughout this article, the author has used inflammatory and, most likely inaccurate, phrases.

    22. But metaphors would do.

      The participants in this event, and the media covering it, used metaphors as a propaganda technique without truly justifying their accuracy.

    23. including the election of Donald Trump

      So, the author is trying to say that President Donald Trump's election is the result of influential, yet inaccurate propaganda surrounding this event.

      This also seems to be an example of the use of the "transfer" technique. President Trump obtaining office could have absolutely nothing to do with these events and the propaganda surrounding them. The author is "transferring" them onto Trump with, so far, no evidence to support his claim.

      Also shows the use of faulty cause and effect.

    24. virtually every major bank in New York

      This text uses the weasel word "virtually" which leads this sentence to become effectively meaningless. Virtually every major bank could mean any number of banks or very few banks. This word is just used to attempt to signify the importance of this event without being entirely accurate.

    25. civilization-imperiling ball of debt hurtling its way.

      Again they are relating this event to a hyperbolic analogy. Even if this event could lead to a large amount of debt for the major bankers of this country, this would only lead to economic slowing rather than the destruction all civilization.

    26. The New York Federal Reserve was a zoo. Imagine NASA headquarters on the day a giant asteroid careens into the atmosphere.

      This could be use of a false analogy. At this point, the audience doesn't know if this analogy is accurate or not because of the lack of information. Either way, comparing this event to a serious natural disaster seems like an overreaction.

    27. the world was about to end

      I'm not sure if this is a specific propaganda technique, but this line does use hyperbolic language to elicit a response from its audience.

    28. grotesque consequences, including the election of Donald Trump

      This section uses the propaganda technique of "name-calling" when it associates our President, Donald Trump, with "grotesque".

    1. Throughout

      This article is a great example of how our capitalistic society has encouraged a mindset of uneeded exuberance for the wealthy and upper class while ignoring the lower class's real problems and needs.

    2. Hosted by former NBA standout and sports analyst Jalen Rose,

      Also another way Jeep is attempting to manipulate the public into buying from them. Both with celebrities actually participating in the event and sponsoring the event.

    3. Jeep launched

      Jeep is also sponsoring this event. They are clearly using celebrities' influence on popular culture to encourage the public to buy from them.

    4. Jeep Wrangler Celebrity Customs Challenge

      Celebrities wasting their money on uneeded products like customized expensive vehicles. This is encouraging audiences to do the same.