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Neither did the original picture that The Donald reposted. Yet no one claimed the Obama was sacrilegious. See the Hypocrisy ? Your vendetta on this is so illuminating. You would think that you would realize that someone's faith in God doesn't depend on what an anonymous poser lectures you on the internet.

Since the Pope Francis thread has become overrun with false outrage, I thought that I would start this thread. The papal conclave, to elect the successor to Pope Francis, is scheduled to begin on May 7, 2025. The cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City to begin the process. Start Date: May 7, 2025. Location: Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. Purpose: To elect a new Pope. Timing: Conclaves must start 15 to 20 days after the pope's death, which occurred for Pope Francis on April 21, 2025 Who will be the next pope? Conclave 2025 When the world's Catholic cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect the next pontiff, eight out of ten will share one primary thing in common: They were all elevated to their rank by Pope Francis. As they gather for what is expected to be the largest conclave in history, the cardinals now face a stark choice: to continue along the path of reform as the trailblazing Francis — of opening the church up to the modern world and making its structures more inclusive — or to initiate a course correction. https://www.ncronline.org/feature-series/conclave-2025/stories Find our coverage of papabile candidates here. https://www.ncronline.org/feature-series/papal-front-runners/stories * Note the National Catholic Reporter is independent, not part of the church.

New York's Budget: Highway Robbery New Yorkers are getting robbed blind. Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state's two legislative leaders announced a budget deal Monday night on how much to tax New Yorkers and how much the state government will spend in the coming fiscal year, which starts June 1. From the smattering of information available, it's likely this deal will necessitate additional tax hikes months from now that could trigger an economic death spiral for the state and its largest city. Here's the kicker. This is a backroom deal, done in secrecy. No press allowed, and none of the other 211 members of the legislature were permitted in the room. New Yorkers are paying through the nose because of this backroom dealing. It allows the state to spend a staggering $254 billion in the coming year. That's more than it costs to run Florida and Texas combined, even though New York has 33 million fewer people to serve. As lieutenant governor, I witnessed this backroom dealing 30 years ago. It prevented lawmakers from doing the right thing. They're still getting sidelined today. State Sen. Tom O'Mara considers the level of spending "reckless," but his voice isn't heard. In fact, there was no Republican in the room. Now that the deal is announced, nine or more bills will be hurriedly printed and put on each lawmaker's desk, along with a "message of necessity" from the governor asking that it be voted on within hours, even in the middle of the night. Unread. Lawmakers will vote with no debate. Like party puppets. This is not representative government. https://hotair.com/betsy-mccaughey/2025/05/04/new-yorks-budget-highway-robbery-n3802377

I see "White House posts AI image of Trump as pope/'I’d like to be pope,' Trump jokingly told reporters this week, soon after attending the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome" (Politico): When asked who should succeed Francis, Trump told a reporter on Tuesday: “I have no preference,” after joking that “I’d like to be pope.” Trump said he himself would be his “number one choice.” He then added: “I must say, we have a cardinal that happens to be out of a place called New York who’s very good.” The AI-generated picture has been met with some amusement as well as criticism, with a large swath of social media users seeing it as a clear insult to the just-deceased pontiff.... Well, it seems pretty simple. Someone asked him who should be the next Pope. He made an offhand comment, which makes some sense, in that he feels capable of running things and he knows himself and doesn't know much about the various cardinals. Then someone made the AI image, and he passed it on because it was funny and provocative. It's something to think about and to distract us from other things. Posted by Ann Althouse https://althouse.blogspot.com/2025/05/trump-as-pope-posted-by-trump-himself.html

Your Sunday Clarice: COVID-19 on My Mind By Clarice Feldman Like most of us, I suppose, the shock to our system and way of life during the government’s response to COVID-19 cannot easily be forgotten. It was our taste of ill-considered government tyranny, a public-health disaster. As more information about its origins and how the disease was handled is revealed, it always gets my attention. In sum, banking on helping defeat Trump, the public-health establishment and media suppressed more credible options for dealing with a disease which was not life-threatening to most in order to promote a vaccine then in the works. The vaccine when it was developed and administered was not terribly effective and has itself caused substantial injury. In the process of locking the country down, the health establishment and government caused the very deleterious effects which the signatories of the Great Barrington Declaration had warned against. Those opposing less tyrannical treatment of COVID-19 included Dr. Anthony Fauci, whose role in creating COVID-19 is no longer deniable. At the outset, I’ll disclose my bias. I never believed the lockdowns which destroyed so many small businesses, detrimentally affected student learning, and caused so much mental illness and economic loss was warranted. My hero was not the press hero Dr. Anthony Fauci, it was John Ioannidis, the most outspoken and best positioned to know this reaction was unwarranted. Who Done It? Now that the preposterous wet market origin of the spread of COVID-19 has reliably been rebutted, the responsibility for the Wuhan lab leak remains. (Seems quaint now, doesn’t it, that when Donald Trump called it the “Chinese virus” he was accused of racism?) China is placing the blame on the United States and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, denies that. More at: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/05/covid_19_on_my_mind.html .

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Here Are 12 Reasons Why NPR And PBS Deserved To Be Defunded by Bryanna Lyman On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order defunding NPR and PBS — two taxpayer-subsidized “news” organizations that have consistently published propaganda. The order proclaims that “Government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence. At the very least, Americans have the right to expect that if their tax dollars fund public broadcasting at all, they fund only fair, accurate, unbiased, and nonpartisan news “No media outlet has a constitutional right to taxpayer subsidies, and the Government is entitled to determine which categories of activities to subsidize.” Here are 12 reasons why NPR and PBS News deserved to be stripped of taxpayer funds. https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/02/here-are-12-reasons-why-npr-and-pbs-deserved-to-be-defunded/

There will be NO dissent from the Democrat Party Narrative The Coup Against Sen. Fetterman Is Officially Underway by Scott Pinsker “Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.” —Frank Herbert Three years ago, the Democratic Party nominated John Fetterman to the Senate, despite his significant health problems. It wasn’t a secret: Fetterman’s brain trauma was on full display during his horrendous debate against Dr. Mehmet Oz, where he stammered, stuttered, and (repeatedly) lost his train of thought. Fetterman won anyway, beating Oz by nearly 5% points, helping the Democrats flip the only Senate seat of the 2022 midterms, giving the Donkeys control of the Senate for the first time since 2015. It was an important election — and a Faustian bargain. In order to wrest control of the Senate away from the Republicans, they had to link their future to a brain-damaged man. Just six weeks after taking office, Fetterman checked himself into the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for clinical depression. He was hospitalized for over a month. No matter: Even though Fetterman is routinely AWOL (he’s missed more votes than any other senator), when he’s there, he votes the way his party elders demand. At least, he used to. But after breaking with the party on issues such as Israel and (gasp!) voting for a few Trump nominees, the liberal base is in a tizzy. They feel betrayed. And now they’re planning a coup. https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2025/05/03/the-coup-against-sen-fetterman-is-officially-underway-n4939461

No one, NO ONE falls for the 4 second snippet spin anymore. Except for dopes like Homelander. He is the one on a loop .

Deport him.

Wow. Roundy coming out strong with ass-backwards thought.

If that was what it was. . . . . . . no. But it wasn't. and as a Catholic for 70 years, and someone with their eyes wide open, I KNOW when when my faith is REALLY being attacked. and it has been , from the left for decades. So you just keep lecturing from your pulpit. Whining "Why aren't you outraged by the orange man's antics ?" Faith isn't shallow Joe. You would think that you would slightly understand Trump after 4 decades of celebrity, but you don't As Leh-nerd and countless others have posted (and been ignored) We back President Trump for his pro-America policies and goals When he acts childishly it is not as important. .

That lawn is awful. Meanwhile: HEY, THE LEFT HAS BEEN CALLING FOR CIVIC DISTURBANCE: Reaping What You Sow: AOC Townhall Descends Into Chaos As Protester Shrieks, ‘You’re a Liar!’ https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/05/03/reaping-what-you-sow-aoc-townhall-descends-into-chaos-as-protester-shrieks-youre-a-liar-n2188638#google_vignette

Joe is outraged . . . . .

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Where oh where is the leftist we used to know ?