The U.S. is going to lose billions in travel revenue.
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Very interested to see who the next Pope is. I really enjoyed Francis. Belonged to an order that believed in helping people more, so he actually walked the walk a bit more. While not enough, was willing to listen to other religions and even somewhat was flexible on LGBT+ issues. It was fun to listen to my inlaws, who are pretty heavy duty Christians, try to fit his world views into theirs.
Looks like of the favorites, 2 are more liberal and 3 are more conservative, with one of the liberals being the betting odds favorite. But Francis wasnāt in the mix this last time so who knows.
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Yup. A Canadian friend had to cross the border for work on the Easter long weekend, which would usually be a 2 hour wait in the traffic jam. This year, he sailed through in under 5 minutes.
According to assorted online sources, tourism accounted for about 2 trillion dollars of the US GDP in 2022.
A big chunk of that has already evaporated.
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Dusk over the empire
Repressive injustice in Putinās Russia has led to a rebirth of regional opposition movements
https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/04/16/dusk-over-the-empire-en
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I canāt imagine anyone really wanting to visit here right now. I mean, we deported backpackers the other day, for gosh sakes.
My wifeās demanding we get away on vacation this summer and itās stressing me out. Worry that the plane might have issues since weāre seeing that more than usual and then concern about us getting back in the country as weāre brown.
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Until now, Iāve never delved into the question of (nor have I cared about) who would be the next Pope. Based on the little shown in the link, and if only offered two choices, Iād prefer Tagle.
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Catholic League calls for MTG sewage outlet to be plugged up.
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Catholic League is what, two people?
ETA: Not being sarcastic. I mean it literally.
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Crossposting at @mindysan33ās suggestion from Interesting Stories and the History thread:
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Itās a single organization.
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By pure coincidence, Eastern Europe is not generally considered to be primo territory for tourism.
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Itās the crank Bill Donohue who defends sexual abuse by priests and a handful of other people (if any).
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Yep. Any bets on how MTG will react? Whatever the outcome, itāll be an interesting thing to watch.
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Is MTG Catholic? Iām assuming not.
But battle of the cranks is going to be interesting. I wonder whoās going to go lowest.
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She is not, but she was. She left due to the sex abuse scandalā¦ Which isā¦ actually understandable. But she seems fine with other groups that have such scandalsā¦ namely those in her cult.
I donāt think she attends still, but she ended up getting baptized at my sisterās church (which is a mega church north of ATL)ā¦
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As long as it helps cause dissension in the maga coalition- I donāt care if thereās no people in the org.
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