Michael Higgins: Expect Pope Leo XIV to bring more liberal controversy - "The late Pope Francis was canny enough not to let history write his legacy, deciding instead to ensure it continued after his death. The election of an American, Cardinal Robert Prevost, as Pope Leo XIV, is a surprising first, but many Vatican watchers will see the hand of Francis at work. Of the 133 cardinals who elected Prevost, 108 had been appointed by Francis — the equivalent of stacking the deck with liberals. Francis also appointed Prevost as head of the Dicastery of Bishops in Rome two years ago, a powerful position which meant he would have spoken and engaged with many of the world’s cardinals. This familiarity would have boosted his prospects. Leo has already signalled that he intends to continue Francis’s legacy, thanking him profusely in his speech from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica and talking of his “courageous” voice. While that may delight many it will also anger those who felt the late pope was destroying the moral foundations of the papacy and the Church."
Meme - "Job Position. Manager, Sale Excusive, Supervisor
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Meme - "Vote DAN FOR SUPREME EMPEROR and never make another decision again"
Meme - "Marketplace listing $160,000"
"Muhammad. Pizzeria restaurant for sale"
"Dude im gonna lowball the *** out of you Imao"
"Sure go ahead"
"Fifteen dollar"
"Bruh"
Factors associated with inappropriate attendances at the emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Singapore - "Inappropriate attendances (IAs) at emergency departments (ED) are contributed by patients with mild or moderate medical conditions that can be effectively managed by primary care physicians. IAs strain limited ED resources and have an adverse impact on efficiency. This study aimed to identify factors associated with IA at the ED of a tertiary hospital in Singapore... Among 120,606 attendances, 11,631 (9.6%) were IAs. Multivariate analysis showed that gender, ethnicity, referral source, time of ED visit, nationality and history of frequent visits to the ED were factors associated with IAs. Moreover, the odds of IA were found to be higher among attendees who were younger, were self-referred, or had at least one IA in 2014."
Time to pretend that this is not a problem and the PAP is just trying to deflect from their failures
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Meme - Pop Base @PopBase: "Margot Robbie has welcomed her first child, a boy, People reports."
@evristainted: "Girls, we lost."
- @iswearimabby: "Can't believe she became a boymom"
@evristainted: "'Boy mom' is more of a mindset beyond being a mother of a boy (even though I would abort) but it's simply not fair that a male gets to grow and say his mother is Barbie. Like he's not going to appreciate that in the way a girl would, it's such a waste."
- @iswearimabby: "True, we aren't sure how she necessarily feels about mothering a boy. I would say she could try again for a girl, but I would never want to subject a little girl to having an older bother."
@evristainted: "Real."
Person @18lucy20: "There's still time. Sometimes they have cot death."
pistachio @riseydoux: "yea u need to just die"
@evristainted: "The baby boy first."
Misandry is a misogynistic myth
Andy Ngo on X - ""How many of us have the courage to carry it out?" Far-left extremists from the DSA chapter at @uofcincy were among those who attended a May 12 training by extremist black nationalists in Cincinnati who are advocating for law enforcement to be killed."
Time to jail the "far right" to keep people safe
Bullet fired into Berthoud home kills single mom battling cancer - "A small northern Colorado town is mourning the loss of a single mom who was killed by a bullet that pierced her home last week. Jennifer James, 49, was undergoing chemotherapy for cancer when a bullet struck a window of her home in Berthoud and killed her, according to court documents. The Larimer County Sheriff's Office has arrested 27-year-old Ebenezer Worku in connection with the shooting."
Amazing how random bullets are flying around for no reason. We need to ban random bullets as that's the only way to stop them
After Waiting 45 Years, Church Building Permit Rejected Again - "After an astounding 45 years of waiting for a building permit, Catholics in Bulukumba Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, were told yet again that they couldn’t build their own place of worship. Residents of Jalanjang village in the Gantarang District voted against the construction, forcing the church to worship in empty homes and warehouses. Recently, the local government facilitated the use of the PKK building as a temporary worship space."
Islamophobia!
Thread by @the_culturist_ on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "Reminder: Tolkien hated Disney. He called them "hopelessly corrupted" and knew they'd ruin any story they touched. Why? Tolkien's storytelling philosophy was profoundly different… (thread) 🧵
The Hobbit was published a few months before the Snow White movie came out in 1937. Tolkien watched it with his friend C.S. Lewis, and later insisted that Disney *never* adapt his own works… Tolkien dedicated his life to the study and creation of myths and what he called "fairy-stories". For him, age-old tales like Beowulf weren't just entertainment, but vehicles of profound truth, emerged from cultural soil over generations. Disney took folkloric material and stripped it of its spiritual depth, commercializing what Tolkien deemed essentially sacrosanct. But how, exactly?
Take Snow White. In the Brothers Grimm original (1812), Snow White flees into the forest, bargains, and works to earn her shelter. In Disney's version, she simply sings to animals and waits to be rescued... Throughout, danger, violence and ambiguity were erased, replaced by a tale designed to comfort children — not warn them. Instead of Grimm's brutal justice delivered to the queen (forced to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she dies), the story ends with a kiss.
Tolkien loathed sugar-coated storytelling like this, and kept the rough edges in his own works. The Hobbit was written for his children, but it contains anger, hardship, horror, evil and death. As G.K. Chesterton once said: "Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed." "Disneyfication" also deprived stories of spiritual weight — Grimm's original lost its deeper symbols of renewal, death and resurrection. And Disney's bumbling dwarfs lacked the depth of Norse tradition: craftsmen of the mountains, with deep, spiritual ties to the land.
Why were fairy-stories and myths so sacred to Tolkien? Because he knew that myths are not lies, but the precise opposite: "Myths convey the essential truths, the primary reality of life itself."... He saw fantasy world-building as a kind of "sub-creation" mirroring God's creation — NOT something to be cheapened or commercialized.
In 1937, Disney began sanitizing fairy stories for children. Now, they sanitize them for adults — contorting folkloric stories to fit modern politics..."
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Meme - "Pakistani folk desecrating Irish flag mistaking it for Indian flag"
Two cities that stopped adding fluoride to water have seen shocking results on teeth years later - "In 2011, the Calgary City Council in Canada decided to remove fluoride from the city’s water supply - and subsequent studies done by Lindsay McLaren, a self-described fluoridation researcher, has provided some surprising results. A sizeable 2,649 second-graders was quizzed roughly seven years after fluoridation ended in Calgary, with the team of researchers finding 65 percent had tooth decay. Edmonton, for example, had a much lower 55 percent. "Compared to Edmonton kids, Calgary kids were now considerably worse as far as dental health goes,” McLaren said. The same was done by local officials in Juneau, a city in Alaska, some years prior, and the results were just as alarming. Expert Jennifer Meyer and many of her colleagues found the average number of surgeries to treat tooth decay rose in children under six years old after the measure had been implemented... Juneau remains without fluoridated water to this day, though Calgary brought it back in four years ago in 2021 after a political vote. Meyer concluded: "More people voted to reinstate fluoride than voted for the mayor. So that’s a success. But in America, we are entering a dark time." In March, Utah became the first US state to ban fluoridation, with many local governments across the country continuing to debate the issue."
Being Vegan or Vegetarian in China is Tough I Think : r/chinatravel - "So, being vegan or vegetarian in China can be quite an adventure. Meat is everywhere, even where you wouldn’t expect it. Lard for frying, oyster sauce in stir-fries, chicken powder in “vegetarian” dishes—it’s all pretty normal. Even tofu dishes might come with surprise meat bits. It’s also important to know that the term “vegetarian” (素食) in China doesn’t always mean what you’d expect. For many, it simply means “no visible meat,” but eggs, dairy, or even seafood might still be included. Here are a few ideas I have right now:
Know This Phrase: “我是严格素食者，不吃任何动物产品，包括肉、鱼、蛋、奶、动物油、高汤、蜂蜜。” (I’m a strict vegan. I don’t eat any animal products, including meat, fish, eggs, dairy, animal oil, broth, or honey.)
Double-Check Ingredients: “这个有没有放蚝油、鸡精或猪油？” (Does this have oyster sauce, chicken powder, or lard?)
Look for Buddhist Restaurants: Places labeled 纯素 (pure vegan) or 素食馆 (vegetarian restaurant) are usually safer options.
Use Helpful Apps: HappyCow (for vegan-friendly spots in major cities.) Dianping (Search for 纯素 (pure vegan) to find options nearby.)"
Martin Sellner on X - "8 young Germans are now banned from LEAVING Germany. If they try it, they commit a crime. They have to check in daily at their local police station. If not, they have to pay an extra fine. The democracy simulation is shutting down."
Eva Vlaardingerbroek on X - "A couple of young Germans who wanted to attend the Remigration Summit @resum25 in Milan where I’ll be speaking tomorrow have been BANNED from leaving Germany and are being threatened with criminal prosecution. For wanting to ATTEND a conference. Germany is a tyrannical state."
Clearly, to Protect Democracy we can't let people leave the country. We need to build a Wall to keep them in
PeterSweden on X - "So this is what's going on in Germany 🇩🇪 They banned people from leaving the country because of their political opinions. The government talked about banning the main opposition party. The government say they will make Germany the strongest military power in Europe. People have had their homes raided for mocking politicians. This sounds way to much like the 1930s..."
Meme>/a> - "Reject all cookies" *head being kicked off and exploding*
Meme - *long queue for Walmart*
Muslim convert fails in bid to return to Christianity - "The Court of Appeal here has dismissed a Muslim convert’s attempt to renounce Islam and revert to his original faith of Christianity. Justice M Nantha Balan, who chaired a three-judge panel, held that the man’s appeal had no merit. Sitting with him were Justices Nazlan Ghazali and Azmi Ariffin. The 47-year-old man married a Muslim woman in 2010. However, they divorced five years later. In 2016, he filed an application in the shariah court to renounce Islam, but was ordered to attend “counselling sessions” instead. The shariah court subsequently dismissed his renunciation application and ordered that he undergo further counselling sessions. The man’s appeal to the shariah appeals court was also rejected. He then turned to the civil courts seeking to nullify the shariah court’s decision, and sought a declaration that he is entitled to profess his original faith. His legal challenge was dismissed by the High Court in 2023. Nazlan, who read out the judgment today, said the civil court had no jurisdiction to hear cases from the shariah courts. “This is not a case of him never being a Muslim but a renunciation (of Islam). “We affirm that shariah courts have the exclusive jurisdiction to hear these cases and civil courts cannot interfere,” he added. The court also noted that the shariah court had dismissed the man’s application to renounce Islam on grounds that the evidence presented was “insufficient”. “He can apply again before the shariah court,” Nazlan said, noting that there had been cases of successful renunciations."
Why no Costco here ? : r/SingaporeEats - "Their business model doesn't really work in SG. As my North American colleague says, "Costco is great value but it turns my home into a warehouse" The average Singapore home does not have the space to buy in bulk (unless you want to live like a hoarder) - it's far easier to buy when we need as opposed to buying cartons levels of product."
Gad Saad on X - "There are four key sources of Jew-hatred:
Critical Spectator | Facebook - "Apparently I'm dangerous to Singaporean society for commenting on the obviously racially charged political campaign of the Workers' Party - but the party which has carried it out is not 🙂 Does reminding you of it hurt? Does it trigger a cognitive dissonance after you've invested your trust into people who just wanted to win a few extra votes? Let's just highlight the facts of what WP has done for the past 18 months:
Meme - "The Holy Trinity of fraudulent bullshitters.
Knowledge isn’t enough: What really predicts condom use in teens - "A systematic review of studies on adolescents in the United States examined factors associated with condom use. The strongest predictor was condom use at first sex—adolescents who used a condom during their first sexual experience were more likely to continue using them in the future. Contrary to expectations, knowledge about safer sex was not associated with condom use... Although condoms are a simple and effective way to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy, only 52% of sexually active high school students reported using a condom during their last sexual encounter, according to previous studies... Surprisingly, knowledge about safer sex—a core component of most sex education programs—was not associated with condom use. This finding challenges the common assumption that increasing awareness alone will lead to safer sexual behavior."
Meme - Hugo Fartingale @HugoMartingale: "employment is a humiliation ritual"
Exact moment children ‘stop enjoying school’ revealed in new study - "A study by the Research Commission on Engagement and Lead Indicators found that pupils’ enjoyment of school drops sharply during their first year of secondary education. This can be seen by a stark decline in reported enjoyment levels commonly appearing between Year 6 and Year 7, when most pupils move to secondary school."
Terry Newman: Don't panic, Canada — it's still safe to travel to the U.S. - "According to a Leger survey conducted early this month, the majority of Canadians are leery about travelling to the United States because they feel unwelcome (54 per cent), or they no longer feel such travel is safe (52 per cent). These fears are unfounded. There is no evidence Canadians are unwelcome in the U.S., nor is there evidence that travelling there is unsafe. There are several reasons, however, why Canadians may have been led to believe this was the case. The first is the story of Jasmine Mooney, a Canadian who has been described as an actor turned entrepreneur. Much attention has been paid to her detention, but very little to the possible reasons. When Mooney attempted to travel from Vancouver to California in November 2024 — before Donald Trump assumed office for the second time — she found out that her three-year U.S. work visa, which had been acquired the previous spring, had been revoked. Mooney told the Guardian that a border agent told her she couldn’t work for a U.S.-based company because it used hemp in its products. Hemp-derived CBD is an ingredient in the drink Holy! Water, the company Mooney co-founded ... “Mooney said she later returned to the Mexico border with a new job offer and the necessary visa paperwork, but because she had already been flagged, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers denied her entry back into Mexico and detained her instead.” The fact that Mooney presented CBP with a new job offer suggests she was aware that border officers flagged her for her first job. If Mooney knew border agents had taken issue with her Holy! Water’s ingredients, she probably shouldn’t have followed up her denial of entry with an attempt at a different border with a new job offer. That would have obviously looked suspicious when she tried to enter the U.S. — from Mexico of all places — in March. According to one immigration expert quoted by Newsweek, she would likely not “have met with the same repercussions had she applied to enter the United States at a border crossing between Canada and the U.S. in similar circumstances.” In addition to this widely circulated story, on April 15, the Canadian Association of University Teachers sent out a hyperbolic warning, saying that it “strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary.” As evidence for why this was necessary, the group claimed that a French researcher was denied entry to the U.S. because his phone contained messages that were critical of Trump’s policies on academic research. However, the CBP says he was turned away due to the “discovery of proprietary information” from an American lab. Another example given was a Brown University professor who, despite having a valid visa, was turned away after it was found that she had attended the funeral for a Hezbollah leader and had “sympathetic photos and videos of prominent Hezbollah figures” in her phone. Hezbollah is a listed terrorist organization in the U.S. And who can forget the dishonest, anti-American fear campaign, cynically employed by Prime Minister Mark Carney, and quickly dropped after the Liberals secured a minority government? This very effective campaign stoked fears in Canadians as to whether they’d be safe travelling to the United States. Although Carney reportedly gave Trump a heads-up that he would be talking tough during the election campaign, his rhetoric wasn’t just anti-Trump, it was anti-American. In his victory speech, Carney said, “ As I’ve been warning for months, America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country. These are not idle threats. President Trump is trying to break us so America can own us .” Canadians can, of course, choose to travel elsewhere than the U.S. if they wish, but it shouldn’t be because they feel unsafe or unwelcome. These claims have been greatly exaggerated by those who should have known better, those who reacted hyperbolically and those who wanted to use your fear for their own benefit."
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*Me*
"I'LL BE BUYING ONLY CANADIAN PRODUCTS TODAY"
"ME TOO!...LET'S SEND A MESSAGE TO TRUMP!"
"HECK, YEAH!!"
"ELBOWS UP!"
Hudson's Bay: "Going out of business"
Moderate Islam strikes again
"On top of this, you need to drive your purchases home, and many households in Singapore don't have a car."
1) Extreme right types ("Jews won't replace us")
2) Academic leftist types ("Jews/Zionists are white colonizers who have taken over the land of the Noble and Peaceful Palestinians")
3) Islamic sources/societies (endemic Jew-hatred is self-definitional)
4) the self-serving bias as applied to all personal and collective failures, namely the Jews are the external forces that have caused said failures. This happens because Jews are nearly always a minuscule minority but grossly overrepresented in terms of their success. This breeds conspiratorial and existential hate.
@lauder_ronald, each of the latter sources of Jew-hatred requires a targeted and at times distinct strategy."
Resisted calling Hamas' massacre "terrorism" a little over a week after October 7 happened in 2023, referring to it as a "military operation".
Brought up public complaints about Singapore's balanced approach to the conflict, despite consistent support for a two-state solution by the government.
Fielded an MP candidate who joined the party because she was upset about Palestine.
Exploited the MPS scandal, where pro-Palestine activists disrupted Meet the People Sessions of PAP MPs. Instead of condemning the incidents they invited Singaporeans supporting Palestine to come to their own MP sessions (as if that was the goal, not pressure on the PAP).
Added a demand for the government to formally recognise the State of Palestine to its 2025 political manifesto.
As the only political party sent its Malay MPs to speak with Islamic preachers, including controversial Noor Deros, ahead of the GE.
It's pretty clear that the Workers' Party deliberately brought a foreign conflict into domestic politics in Singapore ahead of the GE in the hope of winning votes of a particular ethnonreligious minority. It went as far as to mention it in its electoral manifesto. Don't blame me for merely pointing it out. Or for observing that now that the strategy has failed to deliver new constituencies, the party's veteran Malay MP has been replaced with a young Chinese female, whom Terry Xu lauded for being the Mandarin speaker that WP needed to connect with many Chinese voters (despite the fact that Pritam himself called for mandatory English tests for PRs and new citizens just two years ago)."
"Prince Harry. Spare. Michelle Obama. The Light We Carry. Barrack Obama. A Promised Land."
Time for more education!
"What is your primary responsibility when you acquire a new job?
Correct Answer: to help the business operate and make a profit
You Answered: to earn enough money to pay your bills"
Fear mongering to push an anti-US and pro-Liberal Party agenda is good