Indeed. Not mainstream Christianity, for sure - however 'devout' she claims to be.

That is her job description. Trump has a seeming special supply of these young, always female, usually blonde, easy on the eye not on the mind, and almost invariably Catholic. Presumably they are cultivated by a seminary of some sort, unless they're a special type of nun.

Wasn't there something about "Though shalt not bear false witness"? Perhaps Leavitt's branch of devout Catholicism/Christianity is one that, uniquely for her, permits barefaced lies on behalf of her boss.

USA under felon rapist regime is an appalling stain on democracy. It's attitude towards other nations /people is despicable - Venezuela, Somalia, Cuba, Greenland, Canada, etc. It's internal 'police' ICE/CBP; state controlled thugs. The regime ignores the constitution. The rule of law, forget it.

Breathing while not white.

She's a devout Catholic. But so too are all the priests who fiddle with children.

Most countries are enjoyable. But fear, now that’s different. I never felt fear (of the government) in China. In the USA however …

I have to note that China is still rather more enjoyable to visit as a foreigner.

She's a devout Catholic. But so too are all the priests who fiddle with children.

When the repugnant woman Leavitt, Trump's spokesperson, says "criminals", it turns out she just means non-white non-US nationals. Nothing more than that. Not offenders. Not even those charged, let alone convicted.

When the repugnant woman Leavitt, Trump's spokesperson, says "criminals", it turns out she just means non-white non-US nationals. Nothing more than that. Not offenders. Not even those charged, let alone convicted.

This is more useful in the context of this thread. They are 2025 data, but I suspect (judging by US) they they reflect 2024 findings. China is .. ahem .. just a tad lower!

Current state of US democracy; 57/100 on democracy meter, “electoral autocracy”, “flawed democracy”. tcf.org/content/repo...

"Pothole", my arse! That's obviously a Hamas command and control centre. It's the clearesr possible evidence of the spread of anti-semitism in Sheffield.

"The Trump administration is seeking to expand and intensify this archipelago of torture," writes @moiradonegan.bsky.social. "Mass illness, abuse, immiseration and death will be the inevitable result. How will we live with the shame?"

.. around their necks. A year later, the successful candidate is taken back to the same place and the noose again placed around his neck. If the villagers find by a majority vote that he has broken his promises, then they hang him. (2)

It's no longer clear that 'democracy' is meaningful when it's perfectly evident that voters can be so easily manipulated by feeding them lies. In an Indian fabled version of it, there is a village in which the candidates for village head man make their promises at the hustings with a noose ..(1)

Israeli minister issues 60-day ultimatum to Hamas, threatening renewed war if the group fails to disarm as demanded.

Nonsense. It's purely about social status and a pretence of what they suppose is sophistication.

"Pothole", my arse! That's obviously a Hamas command and control centre. It's the clearesr possible evidence of the spread of anti-semitism in Sheffield.

Who, but a MAGA moron, would have thought they were a secret code?

Who, but a MAGA moron, would have thought they were a secret code?

Not really fair to blame a bloke for obviously finding it very difficult to be dishonest, ruthless and shameless enough to survive in British politics. Michael Foot didn't even try to shed his integrity, and I respect him the more for that, but the end result was the same.

It would be unfair to write a parody of The Ballad of Reading Gaol to mark Starmer's agonising wait for execution by the parliamentary Labour party.

A federal election has never been postponed or canceled in the history of the United States. Ever. And Donald Trump's “evidence” of “Democrat cheating" is entirely fake. There is no mass voter fraud. trib.al/Ycr2lh4

A federal judge, evoking the dystopian world of George Orwell’s novel “1984,” ordered the Trump administration on Monday to return a long-standing exhibit on slavery it removed from a popular historical museum in Philadelphia. https://cnn.it/4qEnzhe

The top U.S. diplomat pledged that Donald Trump would provide assistance if Hungary ever ran into financial trouble and touted personal rapport between the two leaders.

Billionaire Trump donor and tariff advocate is moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China: report

Obviously not

As if advanced extraterrestrial intelligent beings would even try to communicate with the Americans! As if..

Judge quotes Orwell’s 1984 as she orders Trump to restore slavery exhibits in Philadelphia

As if advanced extraterrestrial intelligent beings would even try to communicate with the Americans! As if..

Although Woody Allen told of his dream in which an alien spaceship landed in NY and demanded the Americans do their dry cleaning - by Friday, because they had a wedding. The US president later announced he had defeated them by refusing to return their clothes because they didn't bring their tickets.

If they ever did want to make contact with us, it's hardly likely that they would choose the Americans of all nations!

Your guess is wrong. The = signs, often followed by a number, are just the result of rendering of certain MIME characters to ASCII or improper rendering to whatever format they are copied and stored in.

Anyone who's ever had to do text conversion from various sources recognized what it was

If they ever did want to make contact with us, it's hardly likely that they would choose the Americans of all nations!

What a silly business! It is highly likely that there are many intelligent alien beings elsewhere in the universe. Why they would want to make contact with us, given that the age of the universe and that of our planet mean it's most likely that they are far more advanced than us, I can't imagine.

What a silly business! It is highly likely that there are many intelligent alien beings elsewhere in the universe. Why they would want to make contact with us, given that the age of the universe and that of our planet mean it's most likely that they are far more advanced than us, I can't imagine.

When I say primitive, I mean like only recently descended from the trees kind of primitive. O America, Land of the Free, how art thou fishified!

When I say primitive, I mean like only recently descended from the trees kind of primitive. O America, Land of the Free, how art thou fishified!

This is the most primitive and corrupt government I have ever seen in the US. Boris Johnson's Tories were disgracefully corrupt, but nothing comes close to Trump's cabinet. As for primitive, well there are just no comparisons in any developed countries in living memory.

It would be unfair to write a parody of The Ballad of Reading Gaol to mark Starmer's agonising wait for execution by the parliamentary Labour party.

Correct on too many levels to count.

This feels very Labour. It's clear that Starmer needs to be replaced as PM, but he's a nice man and has been doing his best. For me, he signalled his intention to betray the UK and throw his celebrated integrity to the winds when he repeatedly asserted that there was no case for rejoining the EU.

Am I alone in never ever wanting a giant ballroom? And yet Trump thinks it's awfully important to Americans that their President has the most magnificent ballroom in the world. Because, how many MAGA have been to a ball since they graduated high school? .. oh wait .. graduated, what am I saying?

Apparently the Queen thought that they must have some kind of business arrangement.

Apparently the Queen thought that they must have some kind of business arrangement.

Am I alone in never ever wanting a giant ballroom? And yet Trump thinks it's awfully important to Americans that their President has the most magnificent ballroom in the world. Because, how many MAGA have been to a ball since they graduated high school? .. oh wait .. graduated, what am I saying?

And implying that they will fund them. A bit like the Argentinian election, Trump thinks he can "buy" foreign elections. Rubio is a joke. One day a speech saying that the US still values Europe. Then next a blatant attempt to push an election in favour of Europe's least European Leader. What a twat.