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- Staging a coup? Get rid of ALL politicians & kill new leaders who ‘f*** up’ – Duterte to troops
Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte advised his armed forces to get rid of the establishment next time they stage a coup and to bring young blood to politics instead, on the condition that they’d all be killed if they “f*** up.”Feb 8, 2019 04:19World News - ‘Most of them are gay’: Duterte urges Vatican to allow its ‘useless’ priests to have boyfriendsThe Catholic Church must embrace homosexual kinship among the clergy, Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte has said in his latest attack on the Vatican… just after calling on the population to rob and even kill “useless” bishops.Jan 11, 2019 00:06World News
- ‘What if we kidnap & torture them?’ Duterte blasts state auditors who ‘stall’ govt workThe president of the Philippines has suggested kidnapping and torturing government auditors who look too closely into how the government is spending money.Jan 9, 2019 06:07World News
- ‘God crucified? F**k, how unimpressive!’ Duterte says his Jesus would’ve burned all non-believersThe Philippines’ eccentric leader has shared his views on the cornerstone tenets of the Christian faith, calling the Holy Trinity doctrine “silly” and claiming that it was “unimpressive” for a true god to get himself crucified.Dec 30, 2018 05:02World News
- ‘Kill them’: Duterte loses patience with ‘useless fools’ at Catholic ChurchPhilippines President Rodrigo Duterte is letting everyone know he's had enough with the Catholic Church's opposition to his policies, deriding its leaders as "useless fools" who worship a "stupid" god.Dec 6, 2018 04:11World News
- Drug-busting Duterte quips smoking pot ‘keeps him awake’Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has waged a controversial crusade against drugs, said that smoking pot helps him keep fit at events that are too tedious for a man of his age. He later said he was “cracking a joke.”Dec 3, 2018 13:28World News
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