We need to talk about Donald – the Nightmare continues

[tattuchu]

[Forty Two]

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What did he do? Take up smoking?

[Hermit]

[JimC]

Trump tried a little locker room talk, but Il Papa was not impressed...

[Brian Peacock]

When you're the Pope you can do anything.... anything you want... you can grab 'em by the cassock.

[Animavore]

I disagree with the Pope on almost everything; but I thought it was funny when, exchanging gifts -

Francis also gave the President some homework, or summer reading, if you will: Copies of his three major writings as Pope.
The first, an apostolic exhortation called "The Joy of the Gospel," may take Trump by surprise. The 50,000-word work, in addition to exhorting the Catholic Church to wake from a spiritual slumber, launches a fierce attack on modern capitalism, blasting the "idolatry of money" and calling trickle-down economics "crude and naive."
"The culture of prosperity deadens us," Francis writes in a signature passage. "We are thrilled if the market offers us something new to purchase; and in the meantime all those lives stunted for lack of opportunity seem a mere spectacle; they fail to move us."
So, not exactly "The Art of the Deal."
The Pope's second written gift to Trump is no easy read, either. In "Laudato Si," Francis calls for a revolution to halt climate change (which the President has called a Chinese hoax) before the Earth devolves into an "immense pile of filth."
"What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?" Francis asks.

Obviously I think the very first paragraph on that article is bullshit. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/polit ... -homework/

[Animavore]

[Animavore]

Ouch!

[Hermit]

I disagree with the Pope on almost everything; but I thought it was funny when, exchanging gifts -

Francis also gave the President some homework, or summer reading, if you will: Copies of his three major writings as Pope.
The first, an apostolic exhortation called "The Joy of the Gospel," may take Trump by surprise. The 50,000-word work, in addition to exhorting the Catholic Church to wake from a spiritual slumber, launches a fierce attack on modern capitalism, blasting the "idolatry of money" and calling trickle-down economics "crude and naive."
"The culture of prosperity deadens us," Francis writes in a signature passage. "We are thrilled if the market offers us something new to purchase; and in the meantime all those lives stunted for lack of opportunity seem a mere spectacle; they fail to move us."
So, not exactly "The Art of the Deal."
The Pope's second written gift to Trump is no easy read, either. In "Laudato Si," Francis calls for a revolution to halt climate change (which the President has called a Chinese hoax) before the Earth devolves into an "immense pile of filth."
"What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?" Francis asks.

Obviously I think the very first paragraph on that article is bullshit. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/polit ... -homework/

Giving 45 any reading material longer than a tweet is a total waste.

[Alan B]

I disagree with the Pope on almost everything; but I thought it was funny when, exchanging gifts -

The Pope's second written gift to Trump is no easy read, either. In "Laudato Si," Francis calls for a revolution to halt climate change (which the President has called a Chinese hoax) before the Earth devolves into an "immense pile of filth."
"What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?" Francis asks.

Then perhaps the Pope should set an example by making birth control methods free and mandatory to help reduce the worlds population increase...

Bit of 'Double Standards' there, methinks.

[JimC]

But think of all those unlucky sperm!

[Scot Dutchy]

And the souls!

[Animavore]

[Brian Peacock]

The Congressional Budgetary Office, with it's Republican appointed head, has re-evaluated the latests version of Trumpcare and, somewhat surprisingly, come up with some rather positive numbers. Instead of removing 24 million people from state-supported healthcare by 2024 the new plan will only remove 23 million by 2026. Congress Republicans are still saying the CBO is wrong though - they're a tough crowd.

https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52752

[pErvinalia]

Not being on healthcare is just a mindset.