Voltaire

@atrupar @mikes121212 Mike Johnson, a putative “Christian,” fails to understand that “politics” is ALL ABOUT PEOPLE. The Pope is not addressing a particular political party, he’s addressing the fundamentals of what it means to be human and acting in tune with one’s higher power.

Mike Johnson says the Pope had it coming: "A religious leader can say anything they want, but obviously if you wade into political waters, you should expect some political response and I think the Pope has received some of that. Frankly I was taken a bit aback by him saying something about 'those who engage in war, Jesus doesn't hear their prayers' or something. There's something called the 'just war' doctrine.'"

@r0ck3t23 As usual, “genius” Elon Musk fails to understand the basics of human nature.

Elon Musk just put the entire university system on trial. Not the curriculum. Not the professors. The premise. Musk: “You don’t need college to learn stuff. Everything is available basically for free. You can learn anything you want for free.” For a thousand years, universities held one monopoly. Access. You paid the toll or you stayed ignorant. The internet erased that in a decade. Every lecture. Every framework. Every textbook. Free. From any screen on Earth. The six-figure tuition is no longer buying knowledge. It is buying a signal. Musk: “There is a value that colleges have, which is seeing whether somebody can work hard at something, including a bunch of annoying homework assignments, and still do their homework assignments.” That is the product. Not intelligence. Not creativity. Not vision. Compliance. You are paying $200,000 to prove you can tolerate bureaucracy on a schedule. Musk: “Colleges are basically for fun and to prove you can do your chores. But they’re not for learning.” The entire system is a sorting machine for corporate HR. It does not measure what you can build. It measures whether you can sit still, follow directions, and deliver on command. Four years of obedience dressed as education. Musk: “If you’re trying to do something exceptional, you must have evidence of exceptional ability. I don’t consider going to college evidence of exceptional ability.” The system optimizes for average. It rewards the compliant. It certifies the patient. It quietly filters out everyone who refuses to wait for permission. The ones who reshaped the modern world never finished the test. Musk: “Gates is a pretty smart guy, he dropped out. Jobs is pretty smart, he dropped out. Larry Ellison, smart guy, he dropped out.” They did not drop out because it was too hard. They dropped out because the speed limit was too low. The most dangerous thing a university does is convince a generational talent that finishing the syllabus is the achievement. It is not. It is the floor. A degree is a receipt for compliance. The future has never belonged to people who finish their homework. It belongs to the ones who never needed the assignment.

@Megankstack @mehdirhasan Is the Pope in Opus Dei? Order of Malta? Maybe that’s where JD’s “Catholicism” lies.

The weird thing about Vance is that he converted to Catholicism and just 7 years later he’s telling the Pope to shut up.

@ericmetaxas You daft? Christianity is, and always has been, woke. You gotcha problem with that? Take it up with Jesus.

Every Catholic should be screaming for an investigation into what looks like leftist corruption infiltrating the church. This deserves answers.

@ericmmatheny Only if it’s 10% with no deductions of any kind.

Flat tax. Whether you make $1000 or $100 million. A fixed percentage for everybody. And that’s it. A one-page tax form. No bullshit. Everybody pays a reasonable and equitable amount. Everyone - from the wealthiest to the poorest - have skin in the game.

@GuntherEagleman If JD Vance thinks Trump’s attack on Iran is “just,” he must also think Putin’s attack on Ukraine is “just.” Explain. Also: JD invokes “just war theory,” which has no rational application in this case. JD just mouths words that sound important.

JD Vance sharply responds to Pope Leo XIV: “When the Pope says God is never on the side of those who wield the sword, there is more than a thousand-year tradition of Just War Theory in Christianity.” “Just as I have to be careful when speaking about public policy as Vice President, the Pope should be very careful when speaking about theology.” “If you’re going to opine on matters of theology, it must be anchored in truth. That’s what I strive for, and it’s exactly what we should expect from the clergy, Catholic or Protestant.”

@jeremykauffman Liar. Look it up, people. You’d have to eliminate the interest on debt & the defense budget to get close to that $3,500 figure.

The per capita tax burden in the United States is ~$16,600 Eliminate all social welfare and it falls to ~$3,500 The primary purpose of the United States government is violent wealth redistribution

@mitchellvii Who says you’re a Christian, Bill? Just saying you follow Christ doesn’t cut it, when your actions tell a different story.

Honestly, when I saw this picture of Trump I didn't think of Jesus at all. He looks more like an apostle is healing sick people. I'm a very strong born-again Christian. I wasn't even remotely offended. 99% of the people who were offended by this hated Trump anyway.

@KristanHawkins “You don’t seem to recall” means “I didn’t bother to look this up.” Of course the Pope has spoken out against these things—consistently.

I don’t seem to recall three Bishops doing a lengthy interview with 60 Minutes to denounce President Biden’s policies that unleashed unrestricted chemical abortion pills into every state and killed over 700,000 children made in God’s image last year alone.

@RepBrandonGill People who come to the U.S. almost always learn English pretty quick. They typically speak two or more languages. They’re capable of hard work and they have ambition. Gill demonizes them because he’s ignorant.

Your kid's classroom is full of illegal alien children who don't speak English - and you're subsidizing them at your hospital and your Social Security office too. We are done tolerating this.

@mitchellvii The Pope is the leader among Catholics, elected by Cardinals. He’s the top person in an organization of over a billion people worldwide, responsible for guiding them on their spiritual journey. That’s an awe-some task.

In my opinion, the Pope is an elected official. There is no mention of a Pope anywhere in the Bible. He is essentially the elected leader of the Catholic church, and that's fine. But don't assign him spiritual importance he does not possess beyond that. What do you think?

@TheShadowIntelX Elon pays half his employees’ FICA. He should whine about that, too. And those pesky requirements to pay unemployment insurance & workers comp—nope. Salaries alone are enough!

Elon Musk calls out the system—arguing that people are taxed at every step, only to see that money spent on things they don’t even support. "You get taxed on what you earn, you get taxed on what you buy, and you get taxed on what you own." "Taxes, taxes, taxes." "And then what does it get spent on? A bunch of stuff you don't even agree with." "That's why we need to reduce the size of government."

@LangmanVince That’s just what Hitler said when he cut his Concordat deal with the Pope before WWII: ‘The church agrees not to interfere in politics and the government agrees not to interfere in church matters.’

JD Vance: "It would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of mortality" Unfortunately they picked this Pope because he hates Trump and they want him to hurt President Trump's Catholic base!

@Jim_Jordan “Deep State” means nothing.

It was a sham from the start.   The only thing we got wrong is that it is always worse than we thought.   God bless Tulsi Gabbard for declassifying this information.

@JoeyMannarino Study world history and migration patterns, Joey.

31% of the entire country of Germany is now comprised of migrants. THIRTY. ONE. PERCENT. Pair that with a birth-rate in total free fall. The country of Germany as we have known it will cease to exist in 50 years. Absolute disaster.

@AnchorLightPub @brianulmer503 Corrective to this post: plenty of people who are not 80+ years old are dumb as rocks or demented. It’s not about age, it’s about ability.

As an older guy myself, I can say this with confidence: It's not ageism to suggest that there's an age, once reached, when politicians shouldn't be making decisions that impact millions of lives. Citizens have a right and a responsibility to demand full cognitive abilities.

@mitchellvii In the land of the blind, the one-eyed is king.

I think the Marco just needed a position of true leadership to shine. I think he was held back in the Senate where it's really not a leadership position but it's just sort of a group think position. He's obviously a very talented communicator but we always knew that.

@ARMINISTRY1 You think Jesus wasn’t addressing the whole world?

He doesn’t speak the gospel, he spouts globalist propaganda

@DonaldJTrumpJr @peter_carruth Infantile Junior seems to think everything in life boils down to a wrestling match: Them vs. Us.

I’m shocked.

@Patriota_81 Like the Oval Office. You’re right.

Walking through the Vatican, I remember saying to my mom, “This is absolutely gorgeous… but it feels like it goes against everything Jesus taught.” The gold, the gilt, the pageantry, the guarded walls, the lavish robes, the opulent altars, the unimaginable wealth… it’s breathtaking, but hard not to wonder how any of it aligns with a man who preached humility, simplicity, and detachment from earthly riches.