Toes on the nose
One's dead and the other wtih HRC
The fact remains Slick was in tight with Jeff
26 times
Clinton Foundation
but more interestingly
John O. Brennan
what was he doing with Epstein
Jeff Sessions Urged Trump Admin To 'Immediately' Halt Immigration to U.S. Days Before the President Announced Executive Order
https://www.newsweek.com/jeff-sessions-urged-trump-admin-immediately-halt-immigration-1499168
https://x.com/jeffsessions/status/1250959149304872960
Holy ground: why Persian carpets played an important symbolic role in the funeral of Pope Francis
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/25/holy-ground-why-persian-carpets-play-an-important-symbolic-role-in-the-funeral-of-pope-francis
The three carpets seen in Francis’s funeral proceedings function in much the same way as the carpets in the paintings. They signal holy ground, a sanctified space with distinct borders that separate the pontiff from attendants and visitors around him. In the more intimate space of the private chapel, two members of the Swiss Guard stood flanking the casket on the carpet’s border, echoing the gesture of John the Baptist in Verrocchio’s Piazza Madonna. In St Peter’s, for the public viewing, the larger carpet’s borders and the sanctified zone they encompass were reinforced by stanchions.
Remembering Pope Francis, for 12 years head of the Catholic church and proprietor in trust of the Vatican's library and art collections
Louis Jebb
Another Persian carpet was spread under Pope Francis’s casket for his funeral mass in St Peter’s Square. It was a Heriz carpet, again from northwest Iran, and appears to be the one also used for the previous two papal funerals; for Pope John Paul II in 2005 and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in 2023.
So why did President Trump and First Lady Melania put the feet on the rug? Was the Holy See up to something behind the scenes wrt Iran, Israel/Hamas?
Constructive diplomacy? The Vatican’s close engagement with Iran could have far-reaching consequences
https://brusselssignal.eu/2023/11/constructive-diplomacy-the-vaticans-close-engagement-with-iran-could-have-far-reaching-consequences/
Iran is considered an essential partner on the Middle East Chessboard. The concensus among Vatican diplomats is that closing bridges with Tehran would create more significant problems. Diplomatic relations are characterised by ups and downs and common points of view, as one might expect between two states governed by religious leaders.
When Gallagher and Amirabdollahian met last September 25, Tehran had made it known that the purpose of the meeting was to talk about an alliance of religions against the profanation of sacred books.
At the same time, the statement from Tehran’s Foreign Minister, perhaps surprisingly, also called for a global focus on state terrorism. It stated that some nations use “sanctions as a political tool against other nations”. The statement highlighted how this perpetuation of sanctions has “had not only inhuman consequences but also complicated regional issues”.
Read with the benefit of hindsight, the statement was a warning that something could happen in territories affected by sanctions. Gallagher had made it known that he appreciated the restoration of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia. He would have underlined the importance of dialogue because it “contributes to the settlement of global problems and issues”.
It was a dialogue in which both sides highlighted issues, indirectly or directly, which are difficult for the other party.
The Swiss Guard, aka, "the world's smallest army" (135 people), has roots in the early 16th century, when Matthäus Schiner, a Swiss bishop, suggested creating a permanent, non-mercenary outfit to stay with the pope and protect him. This happened shortly before Pope Leo X stepped into power in 1513. Leo X was born Giovanni de' Medici of the Medici family, Florence's most powerful, wealthy, and politically influential bloodline. And the Swiss Guard's colors — red, yellow, and blue — are the Medici family colors.