| second: It is silly how Trump supporters can misunderstand simple ideas. Sean Hannity questions the Pope’s knowledge of the Bible. The same Sean Hannity who thinks that Trump is a devout Christian and a Bible scholar questions whether or not Pope Leo has read the Bible. Hannity: “He [Pope Leo] doesn't want any conflict anywhere, and he was talking about violence. And I'm like, have you even read the Bible?” For 6ixStringJoker: Hannity seeks a Biblical justification for Trump's war-making. But there is none. Not to worry! Hannity makes one for Trump from hot air, his rhetorical sophistry beating the Pope to death, metaphorically speaking. [go to link] |
| second: The Parable of the President - Trump’s criticism of Pope Leo XIV reveals that to him, religion is about power, not morality. Since surviving an assassination attempt in 2024, Trump has sounded more overtly religious, and has publicly mused about his chances to get into heaven. But his rhetoric has not been matched by any clear change in behavior, quest for absolution for past sins, or increased attendance at church. Matters of peace, poverty, and privilege do not seem front of mind: After briefly portraying himself as a peacemaker in pursuit of the Nobel Prize, Trump has now embraced military adventure; he has shrugged at economic tumult; and he has brushed aside faith leaders’ concerns about his immigration enforcement. Trump well understands the iconographic and organizational power of Christianity, but he seems to reject the idea that it should create any constraints on him.
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| 6ixStringJack: Trump basically is still Democrat. You went so far to the looney fucking left, Theodore that everybody looks right wing to you. |
| 6ixStringJack: Hard to recover drugs when you blew up the boats. Whoops! |
| second: Viktor Orbán’s loss in yesterday’s election is just as much a defeat for Donald Trump and his vice president, J. D. Vance, as it is for the now-toppled Hungarian strongman. Seldom have American leaders intervened so overtly in a foreign election, and seldom has their preferred candidate fared so badly. Trump has a way of distancing himself from people who disappoint him. Last night, when reporters asked him about the outcome in Hungary, he turned and walked away. But having tied himself so tightly to Orbán, he may find it unusually difficult to dissociate himself from the prime minister’s downfall. Orbán turned Hungary into a testing ground for practices that Trump is now implementing in America, including the expansion of executive power and the assault on universities and other elements of civil society. [go to link] |
| second: U.S. military has killed at least 168 people in 50 boat attacks targeting alleged drug traffickers, with no public evidence of narcotics recovered. [go to link] |
| second: Trump post appearing to depict himself as Jesus Christ sparks backlash from religious right. Evangelical and Catholic allies call the post blasphemous and urge its removal in a rare public break from a base that has largely stood by Trump. [go to link] |
| THG: And now Ukraine gets it's 90 billion dollar loan. |
| THG: Because Jack is ignorant, he doesn't know that Orban started out left of center. Even Trump was a democrat before he went republican. Before he went dictator. |
| THG: Another Trump indorsed candidate loses. Orban is gone. Poor donnie, he lost another friend. |
6ixStringJack: I already wrote about this. The new guy is going to kick out all the Muslims and even end work programs. He's even more hardline against immigration than Orban was. Methinks you got played.  |
| 6ixStringJack: I already wrote about this. The new guy is going to kick out all the Muslims and even end work programs. He's even more hardline against immigration than Orban was. Methinks you got played. |
| second: Despite (or perhaps partly because of) JD Vance’s unprecedented campaigning for Orbán, he was, in fact, handed a landslide defeat by the Hungarian people. And to his credit, Orbán did what Trump never has: he conceded defeat. Why was JD Vance in Hungary, in first place? Here is why: [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: That's kind of funny... Back when BP ripped a fucking hole in the earth, I hadn't seen or heard anything about it before I went to my grandma's house and she was watching FOX News showing all of that oil going out into the ocean at what looked like a billion gallons per second. I told her I hope Cthulu was still sleeping or were all in some deep shit. |
| second: Cthulhu is everywhere. Crude oil is often described as a "Lovecraftian" substance because it is an inky-black ichor created from the ancient dead, bubbling beneath the earth's surface. It represents a cosmic horror in real life, as its extraction and burning allows humans to realize their dreams while simultaneously poisoning the world and returning it to a primordial state. [go to link] |
| second: “How lucky is the United States that every time they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: Shut up. |
| second: Maybe Trump should be flailing politically because he’s brazenly profiting off the presidency and renaming half of Washington after himself, but near as I can tell, that part doesn’t especially trouble people. What’s killing Trump right now isn’t the extremist agenda — it’s the mind-blowing incompetence. Deporting immigrants is one thing; masked agents executing American citizens on Midwestern boulevards is another. Ending Iran’s nuclear ambitions might get majority support on paper, but launching a war without any clear rationale, without having thought through even the most basic consequences, is how you lose the electorate in a hurry. The attorney general installed U.S. attorneys who really ought to be doing wills and closings (if that). Better if we just stipulate to staggering daily malfeasance and enter it into the record. [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: Grow the fuck up. America is DONE with you. |
| second: Team Trump gets rich while Americans pay for war. During the Korean War, Lyndon B. Johnson aggressively investigated military spending. Today, similar oversight is conspicuously absent. [go to link] |