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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.
 
Apparently the Pope just out of hospital sent a letter telling one cardinal he was PNG for the conclave; another Cardinal was ordered not to wear the vestments of his station after being convicted of sexual abuse.

www.thetimes.com

Cardinal Becciu bows out of Vatican conclave after Pope’s letter

Reports of a request made by Francis for the scandal-hit Becciu not to vote echo the plot of the recent film Conclave
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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!
 
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