Years ago I always had a soft spot for Catholics and the Catholic service. But pretty much like all non-Evangelical churches, they got taken over by the "I love Commies more than Jesus movement." Unilateral disarmament is just signing up for a death sentence or a lifetime of slavery. So, it's historically impossible and it's also not biblical. Pope Francis is welcome to submit to evil and he should just say so rather issue an incoherent word salad.
POPE FRANCIS IS A FOOL
Pope Francis says that all nations have a moral duty to disarm:
Pope Francis said Sunday that military disarmament is not optional but constitutes a “moral obligation” for all nations.
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“How many resources are wasted on military expenditure, which, because of the current situation, sadly continues to increase!” he told the estimated 20,000 tourists and pilgrims gathered in the square.
Actually, I think it is a fact that a smaller proportion of resources is going to military spending, in almost all countries, than at any time in history.
He went on to express his hope that “the international community will understand that disarmament is first and foremost a duty, and that disarmament is a moral obligation.”
“Let’s get this into our heads,” he added. “And this requires the courage of all members of the great family of nations to move from a balance of fear to a balance of trust.”
But some leaders, and some nations, can’t be, and shouldn’t be, trusted. Francis’s foolish advice is reminiscent of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the most overrated men ever, who urged Jews not to resist the Nazis. Wouldn’t want to dirty your hands with weapons. Back to Francis:
In the past, the pope has suggested that if people are really serious about world peace, the solution is to “ban all weapons.”
This is gun control writ large: blame the inanimate weapon, which can be used either for good or for ill, rather than the evil regime of Hamas, Putin, or the Chinese Communist Party.
For decades, the Catholic church has criticized the arms race and consequent build-up of nuclear arsenals, but Francis is the pope to call for the banning of all weapons. If he were to be taken at his word, this would imply outlawing everything from rifles to hand grenades to the halberds carried by the Pontifical Swiss Guards in the Vatican.
Good point! People used to go to war with spears and swords, tools which were sufficient to kill vast numbers.
The existence of weapons leads humanity to live “in fear of war,” the pope declared, and the only way to remove this fear is to eliminate all weapons.
People live in fear of war for excellent reasons. They lived in fear of war two thousand year ago, too, when weapons were much more primitive. The way to remove fear of war is to be more powerful than one’s potential adversaries.
I suppose Francis’s defenders would say that his call to disarm is aspirational, and that he doesn’t really want countries like the United States and Italy to turn their swords into ploughshares tomorrow. But when you tell people they have a moral duty to do something that it would be stupid and even fatal for them to do, you forfeit any claim to moral leadership.
Francis is a fool. Happily, there is no chance that anyone will listen to his bad advice.
I’ve read that these fires are generally burning on land where cattle graze, but without knowing how much land is used total for cattle grazing it’s kind of a reach at this point to say it’s targeted at a specific industry.
One of the core dem principles is that hateful white men aren't paying women the same salary for the same work as white men. Turns out that they aren't doing the same work at the same level and thus get paid less. But, it's an article of faith and they have very strong feelings about the subject so actual facts don't matter. Oops.
By nature, men are also more likely to ask for raises. But to woke fools, men and women are alike, and you can pick which gender you are by the minute.
I think there is some truth to that, but especially for larger companies, particularly with a national HR department, they have a pretty tight review and pay process. The women I worked with wouldn't put up with a pay disparity and neither would HR and senior management. The only limit on the women were the ones who wanted to work part-time or have limited responsibilities because of the kids. Promotions were based on production and the ability to run a team.
Monty Python veteran John Cleese has been planning a stage production of Life of Brian, and several American actors advised him to cut the “Loretta scene.” Cleese said he had “no intention” of cutting the scene, which involves the Grumpy People’s Front of Judea:
JUDITH: (Sue Jones-Davies): I do feel, Reg (John Cleese) that any anti-imperialist group like ours must reflect such a divergence of interests within its power-base.
REG: Agreed. Francis? (Michael Palin)
FRANCIS: Yeah. I think Judith’s point of view is very valid, Reg, provided the movement never forgets that it is the inalienable right of every man . . .
STAN (Eric Idle): Or woman. . .
FRANCIS: Or woman . . . to rid himself. . .
STAN: Or herself.
FRANCIS: Or herself.
REG: Agreed.
FRANCIS: Thank you, brother.
STAN: Or sister.
FRANCIS: Or sister. Where was I?
REG: I think you’d finished.
FRANCIS: Oh right.
REG: Furthermore, it is the birthright of every man . . .
STAN: Or woman.
REG: Why don’t you shut up about women, Stan. You’re putting us off.
STAN: Women have a perfect right to play a part in our movement, Reg.
FRANCIS: Why are you always on about women, Stan?
STAN: I want to be one.
REG: What?
STAN: I want to be a woman. From now on, I want you all to call me “Loretta.”
REG: What?
STAN: It’s my right as a man.
JUDITH: Well, why do you want to be Loretta, Stan?
STAN: I want to have babies.
REG: You want to have babies?!
STAN: It’s every man’s right to have babies if he wants them.
REG: But. . . you can’t have babies.
STAN: Don’t you oppress me.
REG: I’m not oppressing you, Stan. You haven’t got a womb! Where’s the fetus going to gestate?! You going to keep it in a box?!
JUDITH: Here! I’ve got an idea. Suppose you agree that he can’t actually have babies, not having a womb, which is nobody’s fault, not even the Romans, but that he can have the right to have babies.
FRANCIS: Good idea, Judith. We shall fight the oppressors for your right to have babies, brother. Sister. Sorry.
REG: What’s the point?
FRANCIS: What?
REG: What’s the point of fighting for his right to have babies when he can’t have babies?!
FRANCIS: It is symbolic of our struggle against oppression.
REG: Symbolic of his struggle against reality.
As Bruce Bawer explains, the current trans movement is a “revolution against reality itself.” Hats off to John Cleese for resisting the Grumpy Woke Front of America.
STEVE adds: Add this scene to Blazing Saddles as something you can’t show on a college campus without risking expulsion.
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Sad @MelloDawg still doesn't understand actual power.
But mosquito that he is, life as a parasite apparently suits him.
Years ago I always had a soft spot for Catholics and the Catholic service. But pretty much like all non-Evangelical churches, they got taken over by the "I love Commies more than Jesus movement." Unilateral disarmament is just signing up for a death sentence or a lifetime of slavery. So, it's historically impossible and it's also not biblical. Pope Francis is welcome to submit to evil and he should just say so rather issue an incoherent word salad.
POPE FRANCIS IS A FOOLPope Francis says that all nations have a moral duty to disarm:
Actually, I think it is a fact that a smaller proportion of resources is going to military spending, in almost all countries, than at any time in history.
But some leaders, and some nations, can’t be, and shouldn’t be, trusted. Francis’s foolish advice is reminiscent of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the most overrated men ever, who urged Jews not to resist the Nazis. Wouldn’t want to dirty your hands with weapons. Back to Francis:
This is gun control writ large: blame the inanimate weapon, which can be used either for good or for ill, rather than the evil regime of Hamas, Putin, or the Chinese Communist Party.
Good point! People used to go to war with spears and swords, tools which were sufficient to kill vast numbers.
People live in fear of war for excellent reasons. They lived in fear of war two thousand year ago, too, when weapons were much more primitive. The way to remove fear of war is to be more powerful than one’s potential adversaries.
I suppose Francis’s defenders would say that his call to disarm is aspirational, and that he doesn’t really want countries like the United States and Italy to turn their swords into ploughshares tomorrow. But when you tell people they have a moral duty to do something that it would be stupid and even fatal for them to do, you forfeit any claim to moral leadership.
Francis is a fool. Happily, there is no chance that anyone will listen to his bad advice.
I can't tell what's parody anymore. Is that?
Exactly! It's where we are now with actual communists running every part our government and apparatus.
I’ve read that these fires are generally burning on land where cattle graze, but without knowing how much land is used total for cattle grazing it’s kind of a reach at this point to say it’s targeted at a specific industry.
Mello?
One of the core dem principles is that hateful white men aren't paying women the same salary for the same work as white men. Turns out that they aren't doing the same work at the same level and thus get paid less. But, it's an article of faith and they have very strong feelings about the subject so actual facts don't matter. Oops.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/03/the-daily-chart-white-house-hypocrisy-by-the-numbers.php
By nature, men are also more likely to ask for raises. But to woke fools, men and women are alike, and you can pick which gender you are by the minute.
I think there is some truth to that, but especially for larger companies, particularly with a national HR department, they have a pretty tight review and pay process. The women I worked with wouldn't put up with a pay disparity and neither would HR and senior management. The only limit on the women were the ones who wanted to work part-time or have limited responsibilities because of the kids. Promotions were based on production and the ability to run a team.
Wow. Only 45 years ago and Monty Python must have been using a time machine for this scene. Nails.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/03/life-of-loretta.php
LIFE OF LORETTAMonty Python veteran John Cleese has been planning a stage production of Life of Brian, and several American actors advised him to cut the “Loretta scene.” Cleese said he had “no intention” of cutting the scene, which involves the Grumpy People’s Front of Judea:
As Bruce Bawer explains, the current trans movement is a “revolution against reality itself.” Hats off to John Cleese for resisting the Grumpy Woke Front of America.
STEVE adds: Add this scene to Blazing Saddles as something you can’t show on a college campus without risking expulsion.
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