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2016-02-19 Home Front: Politix

Loser Pope takes on Donald Trump, suffers massive humiliation, slinks off to {walled} Vatican

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Posted by gorb 2016-02-19 11:30|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The Pope stepped into that one all by his politically gullible self.

Trump is like the tar baby. People can't resist taking a swing at him, however much they regret it later. And in all fairness to His Leftness, this pope doesn't seem to be - uh, how can I put this nicely? - quite as astute as his predecessors.

Posted by SteveS 2016-02-19 13:15|| 2016-02-19 13:15|| Front Page Top

#2 There's no asking WWJD here.

Jesus didn't seem to mind the Romans who invaded his country even when they crucified Him. I think he saw them all as potential converts and indeed they were because Rome eventually became the very seat of Christianity. That's where the Pope lives, surrounded by a wall of course. There is a great deal of irony in all of this. The Jews hated paying taxes to the Romans and I'm not all that crazy about my tax dollars subsidizing the lives of illegal immigrants. So maybe I'm really a Jew at heart. But Jesus told the Jews to pay their taxes. But the illegal immigrants are mostly Catholic so I don't have to convert them. All I have to do is subsidize them, let them turn the United States into a Third World country, let them smuggle narcotics into this country and let them vote for Hillary.

I have no problem with a couple of bridges across the Tijuana River, one at I-5 and the other at I-805, as long as we have lots of those nice ICE guys there to check for visas.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-02-19 13:39|| 2016-02-19 13:39|| Front Page Top

#3 The walls around Vatican City are about thirty feet high and made of stone. You want to immigrate to the Vatican? See if it is even possible. Just go check. You don't have a life span long enough to even climb the stacked paper work . Provided you can even get to see the pile.
The Pope is somewhat dim....plus he does seem to sound and act like a clueless EUroweenie. The only people who want to move to EUroweenie are Moslems. See if you can figure that out. Moslem home countries are sh*&holes. And EUroweenies are stupid. You know where that leads without even looking.

Posted by Omolutle Spawn of the Gepids4508 2016-02-19 13:45|| 2016-02-19 13:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh, and you know what would be really cool? If I could buy a place on the beach in Baja California and live with all the rights, security and amenities that I enjoy here in the United States? Not gonna happen? whimper

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-02-19 13:46|| 2016-02-19 13:46|| Front Page Top

#5 If trump becomes president he should tax churches to pay for the wall.

Posted by Airandee 2016-02-19 13:47|| 2016-02-19 13:47|| Front Page Top

#6 #4 for those who do not know -

Article 27 of the Mexican Constitution -

The property of all land and water within national territory is originally owned by the Nation, who has the right to transfer this ownership to particulars. Hence, private property is a privilege created by the Nation.

Expropriations may only be made when there is a public utility cause.

The State will always have the right to impose on private property constraints dictated by "public interest". The State will also regulate the exploitation of natural resources based on social benefits and the equal distribution of wealth. The state is also responsible for conservation and ecological considerations.

All natural resources in national territory are property of the nation, and private exploitation may only be carried out through concessions.

Nuclear fuel may only be exploited and used by the State. The use of Nuclear elements in the Nation may only have peaceful purposes (i.e., Mexico cannot build nuclear weapons).

This article also deals with other subtleties on what constitutes Mexico's territory.

Foreign nationals cannot own land within 100 km of the borders or 50 km of the coast; however, foreigners can have a beneficial interest in such land through a trust (fideicomiso), where the legal ownership of the land is held by a Mexican financial institution. The only precondition sine qua non to granting such a beneficial interest is that the foreigner agree that all matters relating to such land are the exclusive domain of Mexican courts and Mexican jurisdiction, and that in all issues pertaining to such land, the foreigner will conduct him or herself as a Mexican, and settle any issues arising from their interest in such land exclusively through Mexican courts and institutions. The stipulated consequence of a failure to abide by these terms is forfeiture to the nation of their interests in all lands where the foreigner has such beneficial interests.

That an area of land at the coast (20 meters from the highest tide line) is federal property which cannot be sold.

D'em fools on HGTV thinking they're buying land on the coast (till some local judge decides to nullify their fideicomiso).

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-02-19 18:49|| 2016-02-19 18:49|| Front Page Top

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