Benedicto Rodriguez

@PiotrSowinski23 @Casey5122dark There no such thing as self-made Billionaires. All used their connections to government to enrich themselves.

@Casey5122dark Literally all of them beyond certain level.

Your Holiness, let me put this as politely as I can: you don’t know what you are talking about. If you want to write on a subject—horse racing, say, or musical composition—it’s a good idea to know something about it before putting pen to paper or, these days, hitting the computer keyboard. The same goes for economics. You don’t have to know anything about economics, but if you don’t, you shouldn’t pontificate on the subject. What you have written gives evidence of a soft heart, which is a good thing, but soft hearts, if they are not to be destructive, should be closely associated with hard heads. Your post is an embarrassment to those of us who are Catholic and who respect and venerate the office you hold. You wrote: "Hundreds of millions of people throughout the world are immersed in extreme poverty." Yes, and that’s not good. However, almost all of the human race was immersed in extreme poverty for most of human history. The last two hundred years have seen the mass of people lifted out of poverty in a way that has never been achievable or achieved before. [see Hans Rosling’s Factfulness for some real information: [amazon.co.uk/Factfulness-It…] You wrote: "Yet, disproportionate wealth remains in the hands of a few." If wealthy people have obtained their wealth by honest means, issues of proportionality are irrelevant. They have provided goods or services that people are willing to pay for and they have been rewarded accordingly. What they do with that wealth is a moral issue for them and not a legal or political matter for anyone else. You wrote: “...the need to address solvable problems related to a more equitable distribution of wealth, to be achieved with moral sense and honesty.” [italics added] This is a classic example of the zero-sum fallacy. The solution to poverty is to make poor people un-poor, not to make wealthy people un-wealthy. [see stephankinsella.com/2023/06/casey-…] What you call 'equitable distribution' presumes that wealth is something that just sits there, waiting to be distributed. But wealth is something that is produced, and its production already determines its ‘distribution’. Your Holiness, there is much work to be done to sort out the problems in the Church. May I respectfully suggest that you direct your attention to the resolution of these problems.

@9Chris__ @BoLoudon While he does "donate" his salary, he does so by putting it into one of his "charitable" foundations, so he really winds up keeping most of it.

This is a misleading flex. Yes, Trump donated his $400K annual presidential salary, and that’s documented. But acting like salary is the only taxpayer cost is dishonest. Presidential travel, Secret Service protection, staffing, White House operations, and visits to personal properties cost taxpayers far more than the salary ever did. Salary ≠ total taxpayer cost.

Here's the total amount of taxpayer $ the past 10 Presidents took as salary: Trump: $0.00 Biden: $1.6 Million Obama: $3.2 Million W Bush: $3.2 Million Clinton: $1.6 million HW Bush: $800K Reagan: $1.6 Million Carter: $800K Ford: $500K Nixon: $1.1 Million

@sparkey909w @WallStreetApes Because there is a myth about people on public assistance buying lobster and expensive cuts of meat with EBT cards, like how dare the poor buy nice things. This millionaire is just feeding in the propaganda against those on pubic assistance.

@WallStreetApes I'm just curious why he bought steak and filet mignon. I think people would believe him just for being able to obtain a SNAP card loaded with $6k. 🙄

A millionaire in Minnesota signed up for an EBT card, was able to thousands of dollars, and buy steak and lobster “I went public as a millionaire receiving food stamps. Legally, I have purchased lobster and filet mignon on my EBT card. Why did we do this? To raise public awareness and work to eliminate a case of fraud by design — Something is wrong” He was able to get $6,000 on his EBT card

@RockNRoLL_85 Stevie Wonder

Take away The Stones,Led Zeppelin & Pink Floyd!!! Now who owns the 70s?

@GRCinemaTicket Grease 2

Can you name a Michelle Pfeiffer movie you like that is not Scarface ??

@j_smith1968 @unlimited_ls Um, no. But there is a Supreme Court ruling that says a police officer may not shoot a fleeing suspect. So, in that respect the verdict and sentence are correct.

@unlimited_ls Maybe the suspect should have stopped? Isn’t there a Supreme Court ruling that suspects who evade police are inherently responsible for any injuries occurred during such fleeing, even if they are being pursued for an infraction?

BREAKING: Despite more than 11,000 officers signing a petition to keep NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran out of prison, a judge sentenced him to three to nine years for throwing a cooler that killed a fleeing suspect on a scooter Former NYPD Sergeant Erik Duran was sentenced to three to nine years in prison for the 2023 death of 30-year-old Eric Duprey Prosecutors said Duran threw a cooler at Duprey during an undercover operation as he fled on a scooter Duprey crashed into a tree and die at the scene. Duran was convicted of second-degree manslaughter in February A police union backed Duran and gathered over 11,000 signatures asking for no jail time

@BoLoudon This is not true and has never been true.

President Trump has been President of the United States for over 6 years so far and has been paid a grand total of $0.00... The fact every American doesn't know this shows how corrupt the mainstream media is. God bless Trump. He didn't have to do this.

@mdusahk @TCGView @BBGreatMoments The white line is irrelevant when determining obstruction. That is determined from where the runner is when he tries to advance to the next base. Everyone gets it wrong, the 3-foot rule only applies as a tag is made, since he didn't have the ball, the catcher obstructed.

@TCGView @BBGreatMoments The runner has the right to run within 1.5 feet (on purpose or not) on either side of the white line it is a clear obstruction The catcher should have continued to chase the runner back to 3rd and tags both runners on 3rd

Might be the worst obstruction call you’ll ever see.

@BBGreatMoments Every time there is a video like this, there are a mountain of comments from individuals who have no understanding of what the rules concerning obstruction are and who have no idea what the definition of the "basepath" is.

@dos_lynx @GarysheffieldJr You do know that DRE training is scientifically suspect, right?

Almost every law enforcement agency in the country has officers who are trained as Drug Recognition Experts. It's an intensive school where they learn to recognize impairment for several categories of drugs like stimulants, depressants, narcotic analgesics, opiates, dissociative anesthetics etc.

If Tiger blew triple zeroes why is he being charged with a DUI?

@PollSter_Mike1 The Man Who Would Be King, Highlander, The Untouchables, The Hunt for Red October, Outland, The Great Train Robbery

Can you name ONE movie for Sean Connery that is NOT Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989, The Rock 1996, or James Bond Franchise'?

@MediocritesIAm @stubronstein02 @cmclymer Tulips

@stubronstein02 @cmclymer Is there some other wild tech stock I could use to back a loan?

We are so completely fucked.

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@CherokeeOwl Of course, he could just pay them a fair wage, thereby negating the need for tipping all together.

People are divided on this. A restaurant automatically added a 25% tip to every dinner bill. The owner says it guarantees fair pay for servers. Some customers say tipping should always be optional. Should restaurants be allowed to add automatic tips?

@Matt_Pinner 42

You deserve $3,000,000 if you can answer this question.... What is the meaning of life?

@YouMayCallMeV1 @LosSignmakrDeCt @CNviolations Again there is a video, watch it. It was a traffic stop, the officer is on tape, and admits that his body cam is on, where he stated emphatically that he observed her driving and that had the mobile phone in her other hand. HER MISSING HAND. It is on video.

@LosSignmakrDeCt @CNviolations Was the car moving or stopped at an intersection? x.com/youmaycallmev1…

Oh the judge is gonna love this one...

@YouMayCallMeV1 @IchBinDeutsch_ @CNviolations She posted a video of the stop with the police officer stating emphatically that she had the phone in her missing hand. That alone should get this case thrown out.

@IchBinDeutsch_ @CNviolations No, that's what SHE said he said. He was just trying to give her the ticket and be on his way. Why am I try to reason with a bot? 🤦‍♂️

@RedWavePress It's Reagan, he came to him while he was sleeping.

Fox News’ Peter Doocy: You said twice today that you talked to another former president about the Iran strikes, and they said they wished they had done them during their term. “Was it George W. Bush?” President Trump: “No.” Peter Doocy: “Was it Bill Clinton?” President Trump: “I don’t want to say.” Peter Doocy: “Barack Obama.” Reporter: “Joe Biden.” President Trump: “It’s somebody that happens to like me, and I liked that person who’s a smart person.” “I don’t want to get into who.” 
“I think you probably know.”

@20th_Centurygal Songs In the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder

Name one album that’s perfect from start to finish. No skips. No filler. Just pure greatness...🎶🎸

@BHappy3 @MAVERIC68078049 Estimated bird deaths per year from Wind Turbines ~250,000. Estimated bird deaths per year from Electrical Lines ~25,000,000. Estimated bird deaths per year from Buildings ~ 1,000,000,000. Estimated bird deaths per year from Cats (Domesticated and Feral) ~2,400,000,000.

Not to mention the thousands of birds it slaughters and how it destroys the land it's built on, and then gets buried as toxic waste after its brief lifespan. It was a scam from the beginning. There is real pollution in the world. Let's concentrate on fixing it and not add to it with Toxic polluting windmills

A two-megawatt windmill is made up of 260 tons of steel that required 300 tons or iron ore and 170 tons of coking coal, all mined, transported and produced by hydrocarbons. It hold 700 gallons of oil and hydraulic fluid, and like car these need to be replaced every 9 months. People might fall for the idea that we can merrily run on sunshine and breezes, alone, but with a few trillion dollars worth of mythical mega-batteries providing backup for a few minutes, it could spin until it falls apart over and over again and never generate as much energy as was invested in building it.