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Trump administration 2024-2028

Navy_Pete said:
Yeah, I was raised Catholic but walked away from it at 18 for a reason; what they said to do and what they actually do are two different things.

Will say the last Pope seemed like a generally decent human being, but I wouldn't shed a tear if the institution flamed out tomorrow and every single one of them had to live the vows of poverty and lack of worldly goods they are supposed to live by, and all their worldly wealth was redistributed to actually do some good, as there is a massive amount of hypocrisy (and I think on the majority of Christian religions at the institutional and mega-church level).

I think the Be-attitude (treat people how you want to be treated) is a solid way to approach life, but pretty common to a number of other religions and non-religious ways of life so not unique or special, and I don't feel any need to pay some wizened guy on the other side of the planet to live in a gold bedecked palace to intercede on my behalf with a god I don't believe in.
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Not "every single one of them" made vows of poverty.

franciscanmissionaries.com

Do All Priests Take A Vow Of Poverty? - MFVA - Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word

One of the most common misconceptions about the Catholic priesthood is that all priests take a vow of poverty. In fact, most do not. Diocesan priests do not even make […]
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One of the most common misconceptions about the Catholic priesthood is that all priests take a vow of poverty. In fact, most do not. Diocesan priests do not even make vows, they make “promises” of obedience to their bishop: chastity and to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. Vows, on the other hand, are typically made by members of religious orders, such as Franciscans, Benedictines, Dominicans, et. al. These vows typically include poverty, obedience, and chastity.
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I just like to marvel at the absolute hysteria to things like securing borders and such.
 
It's 'Short Attention Span Man!'

Elon Musk says DOGE needs to endure amid hints that he’ll step away​



Musk reposted a tweet this week stating he was shifting into strategic management of DOGE, not leaving the initiative altogether. He said the team has engineered the cuts to make them difficult to reverse should Democrats eventually retake the White House.

“We’re trying to have it be such that the funding is removed so the grants are gone,” Musk said. “There’s a lot of work required to restart the waste and fraud. And that will at least slow it down.”

 
daftandbarmy said:
It's 'Short Attention Span Man!'

Elon Musk says DOGE needs to endure amid hints that he’ll step away​



Musk reposted a tweet this week stating he was shifting into strategic management of DOGE, not leaving the initiative altogether. He said the team has engineered the cuts to make them difficult to reverse should Democrats eventually retake the White House.

“We’re trying to have it be such that the funding is removed so the grants are gone,” Musk said. “There’s a lot of work required to restart the waste and fraud. And that will at least slow it down.”

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I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess that shareholders finally made it clear that it’s either a prominent role in the administration or CEO of Tesla, but not both.
 
PrairieFella said:
Uh oh...cuts start.

breakingdefense.com

Hegseth orders 'comprehensive transformation' of US Army, merging offices and cutting weapons - Breaking Defense

"All of these parochial interests and all of these lobbyists that crawl around this building and crawl around Congress, they have succeeded for far too long, and so the first thing is, we are going to start to cut the things we don't want or need," Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll told reporters.
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  • Enable AI-driven command and control at Theater, Corps, and Division headquarters by 2027


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    This sounds fun!
 
The (arguably) most powerful country on earth being led by a bunch of rich thugs that have no clue about government.

A new term - Duncocracy (Duns ok cracee) or a nation ruled by dunces.

Where is my pointy hat?

stan marsh hat GIF by South Park
 
A bit of hope out there ....
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

Share of Americans ranking Canada as top U.S. ally doubles, despite Trump's rhetoric

OTTAWA - Despite U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated claim that Canada has been ripping off the United States, new polling suggests the percentage of Americans identifying Canada as their country's
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From the survey in question (part of a broader foreign aid survey) ....
www.pewresearch.org

3. Americans’ views of allies and threats

When asked which country poses the greatest threat to the U.S., China remains at the top of Americans’ list. Since we last asked this question in 2023,
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Methodology details here:
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Methodology

The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 166 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s
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HavokFour said:
On this episode of jaw droppingly ignorant and petty things to do... but I guess this is expected in his quest for oblast-hood.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Trump renames VE Day ignoring European contribution to victory

US president downplays role of allied forces in defeating Nazism, saying ‘nobody was close to us in terms of bravery or brilliance’
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Alt: https://archive.ph/IldE9

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He is also ignoring the US veterans who fought in the Pacific campaign, a campaign that did not end until VJ (Victory in Japan) day, 2 September 1945.
 
Ah yes, the involvement of the US in WWI for about a year and casualties about the same as Belgium.
 
HavokFour said:
On this episode of jaw droppingly ignorant and petty things to do... but I guess this is expected in his quest for oblast-hood.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Trump renames VE Day ignoring European contribution to victory

US president downplays role of allied forces in defeating Nazism, saying ‘nobody was close to us in terms of bravery or brilliance’
www.telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk
Alt: https://archive.ph/IldE9

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Tell me you’re enamoured with the Soviet 2.0 way without saying those specific words …
 
The Bread Guy said:
Tell me you’re enamoured with the Soviet 2.0 way without saying those specific words …
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Well I'm not so sure that Soviet 1.0 would be very happy with the suggestion that the US "won both Wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance"

From Chatgpt:
The military and civilian losses of the United States and the Soviet Union in World War II were vastly different in both scale and nature, reflecting their distinct roles and experiences in the war.

United States​

  • Military deaths: ~416,800
  • Civilian deaths: ~1,700 (mostly due to merchant marine losses and minimal homeland attacks)
  • Total deaths: ~418,500

Soviet Union​

  • Military deaths: ~8.7 to 11 million
  • Civilian deaths: ~14 to 17 million (due to massacres, sieges like Leningrad, forced labor, starvation, etc.)
  • Total deaths: ~23 to 27 million
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And Europe in general might have something to say about WWI
Here's a comparison of the military and civilian losses suffered by the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Russia, and Canada during World War One (1914–1918). These figures are based on the most widely accepted historical estimates but should be viewed as approximate due to inconsistent record-keeping, especially in Russia.

🌍 World War I Death Toll Comparison​

CountryMilitary DeathsCivilian DeathsTotal Deaths
United States~116,500~750 (mainly from disease or accidents)~117,000
France~1.3 million~300,000~1.6 million
United Kingdom~885,000~100,000~985,000
Russia~1.7–2.2 million~1.5–2 million~3.5–4.2 million
Canada~61,000Negligible~61,000
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HavokFour said:
On this episode of jaw droppingly ignorant and petty things to do... but I guess this is expected in his quest for oblast-hood.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Trump renames VE Day ignoring European contribution to victory

US president downplays role of allied forces in defeating Nazism, saying ‘nobody was close to us in terms of bravery or brilliance’
www.telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk
Alt: https://archive.ph/IldE9

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To celebrate the effort of American soldiers who marched across Europe to victory . . . except for those who didn't march because they had "bone spurs".
 
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