Devildoc
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Right wing and left wing belong to the same bird. Or something like that.
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Right wing and left wing belong to the same bird. Or something like that.
Wait a second- we just got our first American pope?! WE ARE SO BACK.
Cardinal Robert Prevost announced as first American pope, taking name Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Prevost announced as first American pope, taking name Leo XIV
JD Vance secretly killed Pope Francis so the CIA could establish an American successor.
(Probably an actual plan workshopped in the 60s.)
Oh man this makes the Vance/Pope memes even funnier.
Look up the story of Virgilio Scatalolini (sp?) during WWII and the players.
I know that story. Virgillo the Scurge of Carpathia
Ok folks, now this isn't financial advice... but the last time the Prez said something like this, if you invested $1k worth of strike calls into QQQ with a strike price of $420 (nice), you would have made $22k in a day.
Even for the folks that hate the man, let's all build some generational wealth!!!
Even for the folks that hate the man, let's all build some generational wealth!!!
Honest question- I know nothing about the new pope or his politics (weird thing to say about a pope but whatevs) or how people who are religious are taking it.
Anyone have an opinion on this one?
Anyone have an opinion on this one?
Devildoc
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As a non-Catholic, I don't care.
Sociologically and anthropologically I find it fascinating. There is no singular leader of the non-Catholic Christian church, the Jewish nation/church, the Muslim church. And he's also the leader of a nation -state. Where else can a state leader must be a man but can be from any other nationality?
ThunderHorse
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Could be more liberal bullshit. Generally American Bishops have been significantly more conservative than the Europeans. it was thought that Francis would have been more like John Paul II which is progressive but not crazy Liberal. Served most of his time as a Bishop in South America. He was head of the Dicastry of Bishops, which is the organization that selects new Bishops and reviews current ones. It's like being the head of whatever organization evaluates dudes for Division Command. Considered an ally of Francis. Conclave voting him into the Papacy in two days? Must be popular.
The closest analogue is Iran’s supreme leader. Head of state and supreme religious authority for most of Shia Islam.
ThunderHorse
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By we, he means Jill...but why do they continue to trot this hallowed out vessel out?
757
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Personally, I war really hoping they would elect Pizzaballa for two reasons.
1) Name. The memes would have been worthy of the Vicar or Christ.
2) I'm like 70-80% sure I accidentally ran into him when I wandered into a church in Jerusalem and ended up in an area I apparently wasn't supposed to be in. His face is very familiar.
Either way, both reasons had me actively rooting for him like my favorite sports teams. Sadly, my favorite baseball team is the Pirates...so this outcome was very much expected XD
1) Name. The memes would have been worthy of the Vicar or Christ.
2) I'm like 70-80% sure I accidentally ran into him when I wandered into a church in Jerusalem and ended up in an area I apparently wasn't supposed to be in. His face is very familiar.
Either way, both reasons had me actively rooting for him like my favorite sports teams. Sadly, my favorite baseball team is the Pirates...so this outcome was very much expected XD
Devildoc
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Yeah, Iran is weird: an elected president but the ayatollah runs the show. The two even have conflicts about how to run the country, but most of the time the Supreme Leader comes out on top.
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