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Justice, Politics

You tell ’em, Pope!

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Pope Leo, addressing ‌tens of thousands in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, the celebration that opens the holy week leading up ​to Easter for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, stated emphatically that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have “hands full of ‌blood”.

The Pope called the Iran conflict “atrocious” and said Jesus cannot be used to justify any wars.

“This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war,” Leo, the first U.S. pope, told crowds ‌in brilliant sunshine.

“(Jesus) does not ⁠listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands ⁠are full of blood’,” he said, citing Isaiah I:15.

Give ’em hell, Pope!

Reported by Joshua McElwee for Reuters.

Photo: Francesco Fotia

Politics, Satires

Putin’s Dog Demolishes White House?

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Suppose everything Trump is doing – invading US cities, harassing and deporting low-wage workers, demolishing the White House – is what Putin has ordered him to do?

Suppose he really is – as was widely suggested in 2016 – Putin’s lackey? Wouldn’t this be his game plan?

No, I don’t quite believe it. But as a short story idea, it certainly qualifies as “plausible.”

Party time at the new ballroom site.



Politics

Scam Your Minions, Betray Your Allies – Check!

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A first-month checklist:

(1) Scam American people – mainly your own minions – out of $2 billion – Check!

(2) Betray Ukraine while kissing Putin’s ring – (have we forgotten that around 2017 it was widely rumored that Putin had dirt on Trump – this continues to pay dividends) – Check!

(3) Impose punitive tariffs on the US’s major trading partners (Canada, Mexico, Europe, China) that can only be inflationary – Check!

(4) Disrupt any and all enforcement of financial laws, including de-staffing the SEC – Check!

I find myself wondering – what exactly will be the tipping point – the little thing Trump does that finally pushes things over the edge.

For Nixon, it was Watergate – a pointless, petty burglary of a down-and-out opponent. All the horrid crimes Nixon committed – and it was a third-rate burglary that took him down.

What stupid little thing will Trump do that brings the whole circus tent crashing down?

Culture

A Golden Age of Grift

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Quick update – Trump and Milei meet to compare crypto-scam notes.

Is this a golden age of grift, or what? A con man for President, and the richest con man in the world as his chief advisor.

Quick thoughts on a few cons that Trump & Co are pulling in their first month back in office:

Crypto – 100% scam. Crypto is a useless faux-currency whose only “value” is that some other sucker might pay more for it. If Bitcoin or some other crypto-currency somehow took hold, the most it can do is supplement existing currency – in other words, increase the money supply and cause inflation.

Governments having a “strategic bitcoin reserve” – this is nothing but a funnel from taxpayers’ bank accounts into the pockets of the techno elite. There is absolutely no need for such a “reserve” – it’s just a way to pump the price of Bitcoin etc by creating more buyers.

Memecoins – these are always scams. How could they have any enduring “value”? It’s the nature of a meme to be transitory. Crypto is going to have to show the public more than “what’s trending on yahoo” as a basis of a new currency.

Trump & Melania memecoins – considering that most of the buyers are Trumpies (many of them “onboarding” to crypto for the first time) this is quite the karmic scam. At this writing, Trump’s coin is sitting at about 25% of the price most people paid, and Melania’s is at 10%. The First Family and Friends have pocketed at least $2 billion. Crypto brokers have made $100 million in fees. Ka-ching!

Image: Motley Fool

Culture, Satires

Meet President-For-Life Pennystock!

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Para-Journalist Luke Hauser goes underground to get the scoop on President-For-Life candidate Phineas J. Pennystock!

Whether it’s dodging bullets, selling NFTs of his farts, legalizing slavery, or invading Mexico, you’ll get the latest reports here!

President-For-Life Pennystock – click here

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Culture, Satires

I’ve Been Ingesting Chlorine

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Sodium chloride (rock salt, halite, table salt), crystal structu

I admit it – I’ve been ingesting chlorine. On a daily basis. So far, there are no ill effects except I’m often thirsty.

I’ve heard from many people, some of whom are actually on TV, that chlorine is good for you, so I decided to double my intake during shelter-in-place.

According to what I hear, it isn’t just good for curing pandemics. It may actually turn out to be an essential health supplement!

Cashews vs Popcorn: Crumbs in the Mask

My favorite ingestion system is potato chips and popcorn. But lately cashews have hit the spot – protein and chlorine at the same time. Plus fewer crumbs in my mask.

It’s gotten to where I’ve found myself adding chlorine to vegetables, boiled potatoes, even a dash in my oatmeal. Yum!

Really, once you get the taste for it, everything tastes better with chlorine! Luckily, it’s cheap and easily accessible.

You can buy crystalized chlorine here

Make Your Own Chlorine Crystals!

Or make your own edible chlorine crystals by adding 39.34 grams of sodium (Na) to 60.66 gram of chlorine (Cl). Shake, don’t stir. Let stand for a few minutes – and voila! Ingestible chlorine!

Illustration: Sodium Chloride – the miracle molecule.