Dale Smith

[Dale Smith @smithrdale]

@JonahDispatch The few environmentally-minded are concerned that one-legged ducks swim in circles.

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@KenCarman Brookpark. Haslam's ordered the meteor to assist with site prep.

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@newsheraldinoh Entires???

[Jewish Dems @USJewishDems]

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[Dale Smith @smithrdale]

@DougHeye More the effect of shrinkage opposing the expansion of the freezing sap https://t.co/9BEhtceBff

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@JonahDispatch @HaikuJonah I thought that was Waters. My bad.

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@charlesclovett @KenCarman @SportsBoyTony Comin' in Hot X Style

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@JohnTelich8 I put my money on waterbed. FYI - I am at 20.

[Australian Jewish Association @AustralianJA]

"IT'S DA JOOZ"

A hit song for all the losers, grifters and basket cases...

Maybe you know someone (or many) to share this with.

[Dale Smith @smithrdale]

@SportsBoyTony Circumcision is the cause

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@RuiterWrongFAN You are correct Sir!

[McNeil @REFLOG18]

Someone fell off the raft when the Browns did the helmet reveal. I just can’t 😂😂

[melinda ribnek @MRibnek]

Trump’s “Pope image” wasn’t just trolling—though it certainly was that. It was also a display of narcissistic power. A message: I can mock your faith, and you’ll still serve me. He’s made his disdain for Christians clear over the years. He sees them as tools—for votes, for image, for loyalty. He finds them laughable, but useful. That post wasn’t made from conviction or even ideological contempt—it was made because he knew he could get away with it.

This wasn’t just about provoking liberals. It was about asserting dominance over his own supporters—especially the Catholics who populate his staff, his voter base, and much of the conservative movement. It was a calculated humiliation. He knows they won’t push back. He can post something that openly mocks the Pope, and instead of rebuke, he gets silence. That’s narcissistic control. That’s power. He’s testing how far he can go in mocking them, and they keep proving they’ll take anything.

Let’s also be honest: the same White House account has posted content far more morally grotesque. The ASMR migrant video didn’t just cross a line—it dehumanized people. It mocked the suffering of the vulnerable through dystopian theatrics—stylized, manipulative, and grotesquely disconnected from human dignity. And they did it proudly. That video, far more than a meme, should offend the conscience of every Christian. It should move us not just to critique, but to lament and protest

Of course we should point out the hypocrisy. Prominent Catholic figures—like Bishop Barron—have loudly condemned liberals for offenses a fraction, a hundredth, as serious as these. We’ve seen outrage over vague gestures or artistic missteps. But when Trump or his White House engages in direct mockery of the sacred, they go silent. And not just silence, complicity. Their outrage is selective. Their principles are conditional. Their witness crumbles in the presence of power.

But here’s the deeper truth: both of these images—the Pope and the migrants—represent the sacred. The Pope is a visible, overt sign of the sacred in our tradition. That’s why the meme was so brazen. But the migrant, the refugee, the vulnerable—they too are sacred. Perhaps not as visibly or ceremonially, but sacred in the most profound sense. We are called not just to recognize that sacredness, but to seek it out in them. And when the state mocks their suffering, it’s not just offensive—it’s sacrilegious.

I love Pope Francis. I mourn his death. I have deep reverence for the papacy and the Church. But when cruelty is aimed at the most vulnerable—when the sacred is desecrated not in symbol but in personhood—it strikes even deeper. That’s where offense becomes moral emergency. And when the loudest voices in our faith community stay silent—not just about a meme, but about the abuse of the sacred in human form—we see clearly what has been lost.

Because at the end of the day, we’re being shown something chilling: not just Trump’s cruelty, but the loyalty of those who refuse to challenge it. Even when their own faith is on the line. That’s power. That’s control. And it’s control based not just on fear, but on complicity.

This isn’t just about disrespect or trolling. It’s about power. It’s about a narcissist demonstrating he can mock both the overtly sacred and the quietly sacred—and no one close to him will dare object. That’s not strength. That’s a collapse of moral courage. And it’s not just politics—it’s spiritual failure.

[nature @Nature]

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[Dale Smith @smithrdale]

@fox8news Why were 25 students on a box truck?

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@nickschulz You could make a similar video of Yankees baserunning errors during the ALCS...

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@JohnTelich8 @Zoom You need to go into your Zoom account and open the recordings. From there you can delete old ones...

[Dale Smith @smithrdale]

@KenCarman His arm has made up for several fielding issues recently. He has looked a bit shaky.

[Dale Smith @smithrdale]

@JonahDispatch I recommend following Gary - he is hilarious