MAGA geniuses, were you told that there was a long-running conspiracy against the USA that nobody had bothered to expose? You won’t believe it, but they’ve been teaching Arabic numerals to American children in schools.
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This is among the most emphatic swings I've ever seen. Trump will doubtless throw lots of toys out of the pram as he heads over the cliff
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I’d like to thank this gentleman for dismantling two powerful stereotypes: first, that Jews are smart; and second, that gay guys are good looking.
Has any of the figures who said they would return, or who are believed to be returning (Buddha, Krishna, Jesus, any of them) actually returned? Why is malevolence shrinking from Washington, DC, to Brasília to Tel Aviv? Has the Second Coming occurred?
If the Norwegians give this man the Nobel Peace Prize, it will be one of their few uncontroversial decisions.
I’m increasingly unable to ignore the possibility that the Pope does indeed possess divine powers. Just look at how he has half-exorcised the evil out of Uncle Sam. A few more sessions, and the grumpy uncle might yet be hale and hearty.
Hours before polls opened today, the U.S. launched new airstrikes on Iran.
In April, after Donald Trump warned that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” Pope Leo XIV called the threat “truly unacceptable.”
The pope urged citizens to tell their elected leaders “to work for peace and to reject war, always.”
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Hallelujah! Donald lame-Duck.
But let’s hope the Looney-Tunes left wing of the Democrat party can be reined in.
At the same time let’s hope Congress will find a way to bring Trump to justice, for his corrupt use of the presidency to enrich himself, for his criminal attempted coup when he lost the 2020 election, and for besmirching the dignity of the presidency.
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JUST IN: Abdul El-Sayed (D) wins Michigan Senate, becoming the first Muslim senator in U.S. history.
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I am teaching #Manusmriti today for what it is, a searing vision of dharma as extreme inequality, patriarchy, and caste-based privilege/oppression.
Except, I really did think I was teaching about early India (c. 200 CE)...
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What else can you do, other than read Alice Munro's dazzling short stories, when you're triaged as the least concerning case at the ED of a public hospital? And it's 1:30 at night. The wolf hour.
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In 2014 when Modi became PM, India's nominal GDP per capita was $1,573, while Bangladesh's nominal GDP per capita was approximately $1,118. That is, India's was 40% higher in 2014. Modi pushed India behind.
