Joe Ferguson forever

The art of the deal? This looks like a guy who listed his house for sale at a ridiculously high price, no offers came in and he had to cut the price by half. What a deal! https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/business/trump-china-trade-war-reduction-hnk-intl/index.html Trying to destroy the constitution’s prescription of 3 equal branches of government. But you knew that and are fine with it.

the markets have spoken to orange turd. Fire powell and we're gonna f u. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/trump-fed-powell-inflation-tariffs-00305251

nAh. we need to see the stock and bond markets stabilize and then improve right now. things is bad!. T Bill rates stay up or go up further., the deficit increases way more. We lose more leverage and we start a viscous cycle. And none of the NYC shyster types couldn't have predicted this?

what metrics would you propose to judge win from loss? I'd say Inflation, the stock market, bond rates, employment. down the road, wages, factory start ups. And I don't think our cost of the trust of important neighboring allies can be replaced by these easily.

dogs are a special case. wolves were domesticated by cavemen because of their friendliness and desire to be with humans. years of breeding have resulted in some of them being the amazing heroes we see now. wolverines, opossums, skunks, squirrels, rats, groundhogs etc not so much.

many people (nearly all R's) cared about hillary's emails. That went on for many months. so should this.

I think his politics would be very similar to Pope Francis'. So yes. More aligned with US Dems but not in full agreement. i think that you find actual independent thought exhausting.

i live in the south. I've been called a papist before and told that I worship Mary. So, yes. And they are deplorable. so do you think he's going to celebrate the Pope's death?

why should he "help himself". Your sources are Joe Schmoes who have been inexplicably elevated to expert status by a bunch of stupid maga's...kinda like many of trump's cabinet picks.

yeah, they were about following the law. and protecting bedrock institutions - guardrails to reign in madness and unchecked power. now we have a despot and the ass kissers applaud him. bravo.

perhaps he's glad for his death. they disagreed on nearly every major global issue.

he's as moronic and polarizing as his supporters and vice versa.

weird. been to many funerals. never looked forward to one.

would you want this dolt running your family sporting goods business much less the department of defense? c'mon, the guys a womanizing trump with an average IQ. We can do so much better.

Alternatively, there are many examples of human self sacrifice: running into a burning building, fighting against terrible odds, treating incurable transmissible diseases, forgoing family life to be clergy etc...I think these acts are much less common in animals, especially wild ones.

here's one "Christian" nationalist's reaction to the news. No doubt many others agree. https://www.mediaite.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-declares-evil-is-being-defeated-by-the-hand-of-god-in-apparent-celebration-of-pope-franciss-death/ “Did not have ‘Thank God the Pope is finally dead, evil has been vanquished’ on my Bingo card of reactions, but MTG always aims to grab the headlines,” mused National Review‘s Jeff Blehar.

I'm hoping some maga here can tell me what is good about this https://www.investopedia.com/dow-jones-today-04212025-11718673

There are constant examples of savage attacks by animals. Even domesticated animals. Natural selection is most evident in nonhumans. I joke about survival of the fittest here but it is the ultimate reality for wild beasts.

This isn't logic based other than incorporation of the question "How did the universe begin?" or "what is the meaning of life", But your argument excludes the possibility the humans are born with a soul. I reject that belief but accept that it's certainly possible that I'm wrong. Yes, If you believe humans are inherently good. Many faiths and Christian sects don't.

predestination? I believe there is no present, past or future due to the concept of omnipotence. Time is an illusion (I am the alpha and omega). But we still have free will. even the fundamentalists largely agree, if they bother to consider the difficult question.

yes, lots of bad. more good. The concept of charity is religious. without it, the top 1% would have owned everything long ago. We'd all be serfs. Dissenters would be dead. Fascist, authoritarian, murderous regimes were/are largely areligious, agnostic at best. Morality exists largely due to religion.

Thanks. I thought something similar: Dumb kids = amoral adults. Schools don't work therefore churches don't work. Largely true but not totally. Francis touched many people. So did John Paul II. The world is better for them. And Jesus would definitely not be a MAGA were he here today.

but what has that got to due with defunding the church? I assume you mean tax exempt status.

you lost me. Let's start with the premise that the US is defunding the DOE be cause kids are dumb. Let's just take that as fact even though it's stupid. so show me the logic from there to "the church should be defunded" conclusion.