Tom Toles for May 24, 2017

Trump doesn’t do anything by the book, especially THAT book!

Today your president is here in Italy : the entire city of Rome is blocked because one man , and the city is not that little .

That same book says to go forth and procreate like rabbits. It didn’t say to stop at 7 billion.

A BIBLE-LESSON – {a pair of limericks}

I preach here but say it politely,

that we treat the Bible too lightly.

Better be contrite

when not in the right,

and comply with the Bible forthrightly.

. . .

The Bible’s about Man’s Salvation,

but it’s Also a guide for a nation

as a “Civic Religion”.

Yet we’ve only a smidgen

of respect for its illumination.

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ARTFUL DODGER – {a rhyme and an image}

Dickens wrote of the “Artful Dodger”

who was tricky in “Oliver Twist”.

What would he say ‘bout our UNartful codger? -

- √ a Prez whose brain is a cyst?,

who √ oughta be slapped on his wrist?

or √ slugged with a fist? or √ quickly dismissed?

or √ something else of a similar gist?

… Image:

Trump as the Artful Dodger coaches his White House crew to divert the suckers while he steals their watches:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/social-issues-oliver_twist-oliver-boys-orphans-impoverished-csl4586_low.jpg

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STANDARD-BEARER – {1.40 limericks and a coda}

We need a standard-bearer

who’s handy as a policy-repairer

for the yuuge range of errors

in the Trump-era terrors,

whose values are civically fairer

than what we’ve now got

in the White House slot.

… Coda:

LIke Bernie or Liz

or some Other whiz.

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How would Little Hands know? He’s illiterate.

If it’s over 140 characters, the Twitter Twit can’t be bothered…

God is gonna get mad if we have not used up all the resources given us.

Trumpee is a Russian hoax.

“The Bible has noble poetry in it … and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.” —Mark Twain (1835-1910), nom de plume of Samuel L. Clemens, American writer and humorist

All that smoting and begatting

He doesn’t pay attention to the parts he doesn’t like.

It’s a book by Tony Schwartz.

The Bible has other obvious signs of being a hoax. Jesus certainly never said “Love one another.” What he said was in agreement with Trump, the epitome of Christian virtue, who said “Bomb the sh*& out of them.”

Trump effusively praised Duterte for his prosecution of the Philippines’ drug war, which has killed thousands and seen the alleged use of extrajudicial death squads.

Trump also shared information with Duterte about the U.S. efforts against North Korea, telling Duterte that he has sent two nuclear submarines to the waters off the Korean peninsula. Trump has tried to rally other Asian nations, namely China, against Pyongyang in recent months.

Reuters noted that the disclosure to the Philippines leader is “likely to raise questions about his handling of sensitive information.” Trump found himself in hot water earlier this month for a similar disclosure to Russia that the White House has defended.

I was hoping Trump would just burst into flames.

The republicans think that book is alt-facts. Fox will tell them what the bible says not some religious leader. the Republican bible is soft on the help the needy and big on tax cuts to the rich.

Let’s see if he was able to swing a “Vatican Tramp Tower” deal… Why would the Pope of all people, lower himself to acknowledge this trash-bag of a man. Not that it matters b/c as an atheist, I don’t believe in the Pope anyway, but I can’t help my cynical side to wonder if the imposter-in-thief made a substantial “donation” to the “Church” at US tax payer$ expense, of course…

Will trump learn about the last judgement he viewed at the Vatican? He doesn’t seem to know the meaning of whatsoever you do to the least of my brethren, you do also unto me.