I’m surprised Elon didn’t convince them to take the payments in Dogecoin…

I’ve seen other references elsewhere. Any quotes on what was said seem to reference the Free Press article. But the other sources are still reporting that there was a meeting, and the Vatican didn’t like what they heard,whatever it was.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/pope-leo-visit-us-trump-president-b2954080.html

According to Vatican and U.S. officials who were briefed on the meeting and spoke to the publication, the Pentagon criticized the Pope’s statements in January, interpreting them as hostile attacks on Trump’s policies.

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A Vatican official speaking to The Free Press said the Pope has no plans to visit the U.S. while Trump is in office.

You’re not wrong, but that’s not the way Catholicism works. People overplay the “infallibility” angle, but the bishops are supposed to listen to the Pope, that’s the whole point.

The logical end result of “a difference in priorities between Catholic leadership in America vs the rest of the world.” is either that the US bishops get in line, or we have a new Schism.

And I think this Pope knows it. The original Pope Leo is literally the Patron Saint of “defending against heresy”. He chose that name for a reason.

Has Netflix tried not going to Starbucks as often, or not eating Avocado Toast?

Most of those Republicans are some flavor of Protestant, so it tracks

It would be ironic if Trump does to the Vatican what he did to Venezuela, even after the US Catholic Bishops’ drive toward outlawing Abortion might have been the decisive factor giving Trump enough support to win both elections.

Where’s the link?

“Once the email arrives and Iran completes its assessment, vessels are given a few seconds to pay in bitcoin, ensuring they can’t be traced or confiscated due to sanctions,” Hosseini told the newspaper.

Oh shit, it’s one thing to be on the wrong side of the US Army. But the Iranians are about to be on the wrong side of Monero shills, who will loudly proclaim “Bitcoin isn’t untraceable, they should use Monero instead” from the comfort of their parents’ basement…

Can they both lose, please?

I will always upvote a Phillies loss

Think of the defense contractors, though, who get contracts to replenish all those missiles. They will be happy …

I remember going to a Mets-Giants game there in 2015 where the ticket on StubHub was cheaper than the beer, lol. I know exactly which game too: it was the one when MadBum homered off of DeGrom. You don’t see that every day.

Actually, this one has some facts behind it. To the extent that Trump has any faith, it was shaped by Norman Vincent Peale, as the Trump family attended his church in Manhattan. Peale’s theology isn’t quite as “fuck poor people” as Prosperity Theology, but is just as narcissistic.

This looks like an idea some MBA who has never been a baseball fan came up with.

I am all for that, but at some point you need to pay the rent and eat, and you can’t buy food with satisfaction.

The toilet is malfunctioning, but only for liquid waste, somehow

What you are ignoring us that the new Congress will be in place by then, and as long as the election isn’t ratfucked the Democrats will probably gain a slim House majority. This means not only that the Democratic Speaker will be third in line for the Presidency, but also that the Democratic House (and the Senate)will have to approve whoever Vance picks as his VP. They could just sit on it and not do anything, in which case the VP slot remains vacant, and that House Speaker is now second in line (plus, ties in the Senate can’t be broken, which can be handy if Republicans still hold that.)

So, they may pull the trigger* early if they don’t think the Congressional election is in the bag

*= Hey, FBI, that’s only a metaphor…

I keep reminding people that the 25th Amendment is not the solution here, because it requires a higher bar to enact than simply impeaching the guy. You need to have the VP and half the cabinet on board to trigger it, but then the President gets his office back by simply telling Congress “Nah, I’m good”. But then if the VP and cabinet still insist, it would take a 2/3 vote of both houses to trigger.

Impeachment requires no Cabinet officers, and only a majority of the House (but still 2/3 of the Senate to convict).

It would be fitting, though, if for all the dumb, impeachable shit he’s done, the thing that finally did it was swearing in a tweet on Easter…

Not pictured: all the bags of pee