@DschlopesIsBack Textbook example of playing with your head up rather than staring at the ball. He might have noticed Haaland at glance but he was focused solely on the ball. Nowhere near professional level of play.
@MiniMaxToon@FOXSports Right. Thats the upgrade statement, he had previous gotten the yellow card. It’s insane that he decided to flop. But it’s great for the fans to see a suspension for a clearcut flop.
@dissidentwest Embargo doesn’t lift until Wednesday for real reviews. This happens with almost every movie, faux word of mouth positive reviews. They mean nothing.
@BoLoudon I was guilty of scoffing off Charlie Kirk for his stance against groups. I didn’t understand Jesus Christ and so his words fell on deaf ears. I now wish he were still around, I’d love to talk to him about the Gospel. Learn how to make America a true Christian nation.
@OliLondonTV I wish people wouldn’t abuse the English language like this. Beauty is much more than physical qualities. It stirs the mind, inspires the heart, and challenges the soul. To make Helen only about her physical beauty is to ignore the worship men were willing to give her.
@AntSpeaks The woman “behind” the beauty should be part of her beauty. Gorgeous is a characteristic that only defines physical characteristics. But true beauty comes from a combination of rich spirit and physical attractiveness. A woman that has both can move all men of this Earth.
@ArielleScarcell I had some exposure to drag as a kid in the 80s and 90s. Never once did I find it sexual. But today’s drag is not the same. And the messages aren’t the same. Were drag queens flirty bitches back then? Yes. But they knew when and where to do it. Be morally gay and fabulous.
@AdrianneCurry She saw Supergirl’s promo before and said “Hold my beer.” The first fucking major author being accused of misogyny by someone playing his character in a movie thousands of years later is the definition of modern entitlement and stupidity.
Many are disappointed that Pope Leo continues to urge Western countries to welcome migrants, viewing it as a straightforward continuation of his predecessor Pope Francis’s approach.
In reality, however, the Vatican’s position is neither new nor novel.
For more than a century, the Catholic Church has consistently affirmed nations’ right to control their borders while simultaneously calling on them to remain open to migration whenever possible.
The Church has long upheld the principle of a “right to migrate” in pursuit of a better life. This stance has been reiterated by every pope from Pius XII in the postwar era through John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
Pope Leo actually stands in noticeable contrast to Francis by moderating previous pontiffs pro-migration emphasis in several important ways:
* He explicitly affirms the sovereign right of nations to control their borders, decide who enters, and reject “open borders” policies. Francis tended to focus more on moral imperatives and the dangers of overemphasizing security.
* He places far greater stress on addressing root causes, pressing countries in the Global South to combat corruption, injustice, and poor governance so that people are not forced to leave. At the same time, he calls on wealthier nations to provide genuine development aid. This frames migration as a symptom to be reduced, not merely a humanitarian imperative to accommodate.
* He emphasizes reciprocal integration: migrants must adapt to their new societies, while host nations must preserve their own social cohesion. He explicitly warns against the creation of “parallel worlds” and cautions against unrealistic expectations about what large-scale migration can achieve.
* He has revived Benedict XVI’s concept of the “right not to migrate,” arguing that people should have the opportunity to flourish and rebuild their own countries rather than being compelled to leave.
These differences reflect more of a stylistic shift—Leo is more reserved, diplomatic, and measured—than any reversal of underlying Church doctrine. Francis’s pastoral, often blunt approach has given way to a cooler, more balanced tone.
Critics of the Church’s pro-migration message are free to voice their concerns (many Catholics, myself included, do). But it is inaccurate and misleading to portray the current Vatican position as a sudden or recent innovation. The broad contours of this teaching have been consistent across multiple pontificates.
@RachelT1722 That’s cute, how many years have you lived without a King or Queen? And how was that war 250 years ago? How about the weather? GDP? Admitting you’re that old is shameful. We have accomplished more in 250 years than you have a millennia.
@CoughsOnWombats America will never die because of what it accomplished. Even if it falls like previous empires, the ideologues born and bred here will live forever.
@CoughsOnWombats Not scary at all when you look at where we were before America. We didn’t know the people could run a country successfully. But not only that, we continue to grow. And find ways to create diplomacy to allow everyone to be equal.
@jason_howerton I feel ashamed to have fallen for his ego stroke of the working class. These people are taking advantage of America’s hardships. Best way to counter this is to educate your neighbor and stick to your communities. They cannot break a tight-nit Christian community.
@JenniferSey I was giving him the benefit of the doubt but this speech feels like a cartoonish villain upset about what President Trump did to Iran during Ramadan.
On July 4th, I think we should remind ourselves and leftist friends that America and the West did not invent evil.
Slavery, conquest, oppression, empire, tribal warfare, and brutality, or whatever else these losers want to complain about, existed all over the world long before America ever existed.
The REAL difference is that America and the West helped build the moral, political, and legal framework that eventually challenged many of those evils AND ENDED THEM.
America does not have to apologize for existing. WE AREN’T GOING TO.
America isn’t unique because it has flaws. Every nation has flaws. Every civilization has blood in its history, some much more than America.
America is unique because of how much freedom, prosperity, innovation, opportunity, and human advancement it has produced in such a short period of time. It’s unmatched.
America’s story is not defined by the fact that it had flaws, but by the fact that it created ideals and institutions powerful enough to confront them, and even allow others to escape oppression from all over the world, even when we didn’t have to.