Personal Finance Topics / Macroeconomic Trends and Risks
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Keeps everyone busy perhaps.
Meanwhile
Trump's Wealth Surges 60% Since Returning to Office
Forbes reports former president's net worth has skyrocketed since 2024 election win.
No. of Recommendations: 2
“ Judging by the facial expression, the image depicts a suffering, victim, Trump, being consoled by Jesus.”
This one is ok imo.
Trump is suffering from mental health and probably physical health issues. Jesus could be a comfort to one who believes in that kind of thing. Not that he does, of course.
I doubt he can understand religious believers at all. He probably thinks they are all faking it, like him.
No. of Recommendations: 10
I doubt he can understand religious believers at all. He probably thinks they are all faking it, like him.
As with the military servicemen and servicewomen, he likely thinks of them losers and suckers...people to whom he can dupe for their vote.
Pete
No. of Recommendations: 10
The caption on that image should say - I love all people, but I’m sorry to tell you that you’re going to hell.
No. of Recommendations: 2
B-b-b-but Biden had a bad debate performance.
No. of Recommendations: 12
Forbes reports former president's net worth has skyrocketed since 2024 election win.
I long for the day when the headline is “Trump angry that he can’t spend his wealth in prison.”
No. of Recommendations: 1
... or when he can't spend his wealth from some other place.
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“ Judging by the facial expression, the image depicts a suffering, victim, Trump, being consoled by Jesus.”
Jesus just told Spankee he is going to Hell, and asbestos coolers won't help.
No. of Recommendations: 2
The caption on that image should say - I love all people, but I’m sorry to tell you that you’re going to hell.
If it said that, the next frame would have God in Human Form Trump lecturing Jesus "you are required to forgive everyone, of everything, so get on with it. I'm entitled".
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 1
"you are required to forgive everyone, of everything, so get on with it. I'm entitled".
Not quite. Gotta have the contrition, Hail Marys, etc BEFORE forgiveness. Spankee is Hellbound.
No. of Recommendations: 5
Not quite. Gotta have the contrition, Hail Marys, etc BEFORE forgiveness. Spankee is Hellbound. We have cafeteria Christianity in Shinyland: embrace the parts you like, and ignore the parts you don't like.
The "news" showed Vance, again, lecturing the Pope.
What does it take for someone to be excommunicated from the Catholic church?
from the net sifter:
Excommunication from the Catholic Church is a severe penalty usually incurred automatically (latae sententiae) for grave offenses, including apostasy, heresy, schism, desecration of the Eucharist, procuring an abortion, or physical attack on the Pope. It requires full knowledge and deliberate consent, resulting in immediate separation from sacramental life.
Automatic (Latae Sententiae) Excommunication Actions
According to the 1983 Code of Canon Law and updates, these actions automatically incur excommunication:
Apostasy, Heresy, or Schism: Totally rejecting the Christian faith, obstinately denying Catholic doctrine, or rejecting papal authority.Vance having the nerve to lecture the Pope on theology, might do the trick.
'Be careful.' Vance issues warning to Pope Leo when discussing theology
“When the Pope says that God is never on the side of people who wield the sword, there is more than a 1,000-year tradition of just war theory,” Vance continued. “We can, of course, have disagreements about whether this or that conflict is just.”
"If you're going to opine on matters of theology, you've got to be careful, you've got to be sure it's anchored in the truth and that's one of the things that I try to do and that's certainly something I would expect from the clergy," Vance added.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/...Of course, the regime wants to make Shinyland a Protestant, fundy, whack, theocracy, so the more war it can stir up with the Catholic church, may benefit it's agenda.
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 1
We have cafeteria Christianity in Shinyland: embrace the parts you like, and ignore the parts you don't like.
To be fair, every Christian is a cafeteria Christian. There's contradictory strictures - "tension" my theology prof friend likes to say - and no one can do it all.
Folks make Jesus in their own image. Happens on the left as well as the right.
No. of Recommendations: 5
The USian God war continues:
Trump yanks millions from Catholic Charities amid Pope feud
The Trump administration has abruptly canceled a multimillion-dollar contract with a Catholic charity that houses and cares for migrant children amid the president’s feud with Pope Leo XIV.
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami has helped provide vital services to unaccompanied minors for more than 60 years, but could now shut down within a matter of months after the administration canceled an $11 million federal contract.https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-yanks-mill...In 24, some 55% of Catholics voted GOP/MAGA/Trump. The GOP has worked for years, to win the Catholic vote, making common cause on abortion. Trump's squandering of that support would only matter, if there were "free and fair" elections this fall.
Maybe God and Savior Trump will declare an independent USian Catholic church, and appoint himself Pope?
Trump criticised after posting AI image of himself as Popehttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrg8zkz8d0oSteve
No. of Recommendations: 0
declare an independent USian Catholic church, and appoint himself Pope?
Then an untold (but fully NON-TAXABLE) bunch of "pseudo-Catholic" denominations AND Popes begin to pop up all over the US.
The Church of the AK-47. AR-15. Autofire. The Holy Hand Grenade. And so on.
Religious wars begin in 3-2-1....
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The USian God war continues:The born Catholic Sean Hannity weighs in:
Sean Hannity questions the Pope’s knowledge of the Bible
LYNDA MCLAUGHLIN (PRODUCER): I see everything he says. I hate-watch him. It's terrible.
HANNITY: You hate watching him. I hate the Pope.
MCLAUGHLIN: No. I hate-watch him. Get it? Like, I hate what he says, so I hate watch him. Like, I got to know what he says because I got to know, but I hate-watch him. It's like, I'm just watching it because I know it's going to tick me off.
HANNITY: Okay. He doesn't want any conflict anywhere, and he was talking about violence. And I'm like, have you even read the Bible? Have you read the conflicts, the wars that were -- that the Israeli people that were they were empowered by God to defeat their enemies? Did you ever hear the story about David slaying Goliath through the power of God with a slingshot against this massive giant, or the conflicts and the wars of King Saul and so on and so forth. And frankly, all throughout Israel's history, they've been, you know, surrounded by enemies. But as God's chosen people, they, against all odds, keep winning. Pretty amazing.https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/sean-han...Hannity is referencing the Old Testament stories of wars and genocides, many perpetrated by the Hebrews. Didn't Jesus say there was a better way? If people ignore the teachings of Jesus, and embrace the blood soaked Old Testament, why does Christianity exist?
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 0
why does Christianity exist?
Forced conversion and killing of millions who refused.
No. of Recommendations: 2
The Church of the AK-47. AR-15. Autofire. The Holy Hand Grenade. And so on.Tucker Carlson weighted in on the new USian civil religion. The USian civil religion used to be civil rights/human rights. Now, we have a new civil religion: "Israelism". In his monologue he talks about the official definition of "antisemitism", as adopted by nearly 40 US states, other countries, and numerous organizations, that make criticism of the policies of the current Israeli government, essentially, blasphemy. He also touches on Hannity's criticism of the Pope, and says that Hannity is NOT espousing the teachings of Christianity, where violence and greed are bad, but of the new religion "Israelism".
The discussion of "Israelism" starts around the 41 minute mark.
There is also a section, starting around the 33 minute mark, about a week long remembrance event going on in DC. The event concerns WWII, but not remembrance of everyone who died. Only the Jews. No mention of the many others the Nazis murdered. No mention of the quarter million US soldiers who died, and the many more lost by the allies. He suggests this narrow view of those lost in the war, is motivated by guilt. I have also suspected the US has, for 80 years, leaned way, way, over backward, to aid Israel, due to guilt over not ending the Nazi horror sooner.
Tucker on the New Religion of Trump’s America and His Mockery of Jesus Christhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv9Bh6Pu3ucSteve
No. of Recommendations: 4
Forced conversion and killing of millions who refused.
Tucker Carlson, in the piece I posted tonight, asks, did Jesus ever advocate violence? Violence against people who thought differently? Violence against people who looked different? Violence against people he simply didn't like?
Steve
