Vatican Cardinal: Pope Francis Is ‘Ice-Cold, Cunning Machiavellian’

The German progressive weekly Der Spiegel has ended its love affair with the pope, declaring that the Church’s sex abuse crisis is “increasingly about Pope Francis.”

In a stunning cover article titled “The Silence of the Shepherds,” the magazine blasts the pope for his unwillingness to answer direct questions regarding what he knew about the serial homosexual abuse by U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and when he knew it.

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/09/24/vatican-cardinal-pope-francis-ice-cold-cunning-machiavellian/

Jerome Powell expected to make rare comments this week

This was pointed out to me the other day.

Fed chief Powell hardly ever makes comments on economic events outside of his regular official meetings.

Well, there will be a press conference Wednesday after the Fed meeting, and the central banker is expected to announce the eighth rates hike since 2015.

And the press conference is one of these rare occasions when Powell is expected to speak— just like he did at the Fed’s annual summit in Jackson Hole, Wyo., a month ago.

https://nypost.com/2018/09/24/jerome-powell-expected-to-make-rare-comments-this-week/amp/?

What else do they have to do but play with butterflies? Monarch…hmmmmm….where have I heard that before. The end of?

Congress to release 50 monarch butterflies into the air Tuesday

House lawmakers will release 50 butterflies outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday in the evening as part of an effort to alert the public of the decline in the monarch butterfly population.

The Congressional Pollinator Protection Caucus, comprised of just seven lawmakers, will supply 50 of the black and orange butterflies for the first 50 guests. They will have the pleasure of setting the creatures — who live an average of two to six weeks — free into Washington, D.C.

The lawmakers are also giving away milkweed pods — which will grow into plants that these butterflies depend on — for fall planting to guests.

The caucus co-chairs, Reps. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., and Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., will attend along with Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, and Dan Newhouse, R-Wash.

Staff from Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, House Chaplain Rev. Patrick Conroy, and Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan will also be present.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress-to-release-50-monarch-butterflies-into-the-air-tuesday?