@RossDouthat: USA has a diversity of religions and people who know that all gods and religions are human constructs. We need policies informed by human ethics, not a specific religious one, which would smack of violation of our Constitution anyway, not that our current regime would care. You should!

Soccer is OK. FIFA/Infantino sucks (up to Trump).

FIFA under Infantino won't regret anything. Otherwise they would have removed him long ago.

Not watching anyway so no way to boycott it. I wish the German team would boycott the world cup in the US but they would have the excuse that they wouldn't want to offend Mexico and Canada...

Grafters among themselves...

With the right amount of money or the right amount of fascist ideology and sycophancy(?) you can ge a pardon, even if you are a drug trafficker. If Epstein had held on he'd probably be pardoned by now, too. Too bad most immigrants don't hold that kind of sway over the current regime...

Trump is religious only as needed to garner votes. I think he knows that there is no creator to be feared.

Basic fallacy is that ethics or morals require a "god". There is no god needed to not do to others what you would not want done to you, and not do anything to others without their (educated) consent. Sure, child rearing throws a monkey wrench...

Too late...

3 Parkplätze reichen mal gerade für ein Schlafwohnklo mit Kochnische...

One can only hope that health care providers and insurers know that prevention is cheaper than emergency care.

Thank you. We'll see what the policy update will look like. The NYT also mentioned the CG's response; however, apparently the policy draft so far has not been changed.