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#43

Reminds me of this story:
Man hops out of a cab at night in the wrong part of Belfast:
-gun to the head -click
"Catholic or Protestant?"

uhhh, Jewish Atheist.

"Catholic Jewish Atheist or Protestant Jewish Atheist?"

maximum stupid

"As democracy is perfected, the office of President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
-HL Mencken July26, 1920

Maybe she can explain why the church has covered up child abuses for years
TBF, they didn't really have the power to cover it up. You need to bag judges and prosecutors for a proper cover up. What they did can be more accurately described as enabling---------- --for centuries-- and then shielding the rapists in parishes with no extradition.

when being Catholic was controversial
Back then people understood perfectly well that Fascism was another name for the political activity of cathloics.

building the Kingdom of God

Imagine the arrogance required, and not very cleverly concealed, to assume you have been cast in the starring role of god's cosmic opera. It leads to the sort of honesty rarely proffered by the cathlolic right wing. As anyone can clearly see, despite all the loose talk about god, heaven and supernatural kingdoms, what they really desire is power -- power in the real world -- the only world that exist.

you should be grateful

the findings of the OSS
Are you referring to the Donovan/Cornell files? General Donavan, Nuremberg prosecutor, staunch right wing catholic, that Donovan?
I prefer to get history from historians rather than ------. Different strokes....

You dont see OSS being bandied about much these days as reference material. Operation Paperclip sorta ended whatever credibility they had left.

Feel free to break out the ONI, OSS, SiS, BCRA, if you stoop low enough I'll bet their is a white paper from the KGB you can use. But you will still have all your work ahead of you to prove one can not be a Nazi and a christian. We know without a shadow of a doubt there were/are Nazis who are practicing christians. The best you can do is claim the power to decide who is a "real" christian (whatever the hell that is) and who isn't. It wouldn't be the first time you've attempted to wield that particular magic wand.

Just as with fascism one can follow Donald Trump or Christ but not both.
This is a-historical nonsense. It's the sort of self-aggrandizing piffle that can only come from religious revisionism.

The catholic church celebrated Hitler's birthday from the pulpit. A compact with the Vatican was the first act of business for the Third Reich. Priest ratted out Jews that joined christian churches in the 20's and 30's so the could be rounded up and sent to the death camps.
Fascism, whether we are talking about Spain, Bavaria, Croatia, Salizarism, Mussolini, whatever, where ever, is just another name for the political activity of the catholic right wing.
More than half of the Waffen SS were confessing cathloics. Exactly one nazi was excommunicated; Goebbels, for the sin of marrying a protestant.

It is laughably easy to "follow Christ" and attach any political ideology you want to his intentionally vague, meaningless, Bronze Age drivel.

are idiots
I don't think that explains it. It is something deeper and more troubling. Similar to people that keep wild animals, snakes, tigers and such. There is something seriously wrong with the way their brains work.

thrilling from start to finish.

I saw Hamilton win at Silverstone. The race was good but the event itself was a joy the whole weekend. It reminded me of the infield at the Kentucky Derby, everyone slightly overdressed and completely sloshed by noon. Part prehistoric part sci-fi pure fun.

For all the nonsense of "smelly euros" the thing you notice most about sporting events in other countries in how much they (and we) are all alike. A European night at Anfield is nearly identical to an Iron Bowl under the lights with the SEC championship on the line. A minority of away fans banded together determined to give as much as they get, singing and chanting and fighting alongside total strangers. It's great, and if you dont like it, that's fine, but you are missing out on a genuinely human experience.

Driving fast in a circle is definitely not a sport.

I think the drivers are athletes, so that seems like a sport. I like motorsports in general but dislike NASCAR for the anti-competitive rules. They might as well be running coal powered steam engines.

F1 is far superior for me and at the end of all that fuel wasting cool and useful gadgets get invented like anti lock brakes, split turbos, fuel injection, carbon composites, variable cam timing....and those things eventually make it to production cars that we all use.

Have you ever noticed that soccer-haters always fit a very specific profile?

It's rare (and creepy) that anyone gives a flying duck what other people do with their recreational hours. But this particular phobia seems to imply larger issues of psychology, narcissism and overcompensation.

If all you know about someone is that they passionately hate soccer, you already know a great deal.

Nike just spent the GDP of Mississippi for the honor of outfitting the best team on the planet and all we get is Loris ---- Karius? Poor form.

Great ad otherwise.

It wasn't specifically directed towards Trump, but he did say: Sometimes, in spite of its stolid, boring commitment to lying, a despotic regime will actually tell you all you need to know.
Applies today.

"the salient and extraordinary thing about Christopher is the extent to which he was loved." The salient and extraordinary thing about his legacy is the extent to which he is missed, by his many fans, readers, acolytes, and imitators. He is missed perhaps even more by his many haters, critics, and detractors, for whom Hitchens was such a juicy target to pick on in the abstract and such a difficult opponent to best in actual head-on debate."
Applies to this weak-ass thread.
The butt hurt over Anjez Gonxhe Bojaxhiu is still palpable.

Highly doubtful.....life on the line facing a heavyweight with 60+ pounds on him

For sure doubtful, the whole thing is preposterous. 3 months passed between Tyson announcing a comeback and finding an opponent. I'm sure the two camps had contact. Would it be stupid for Floyd to fight Tyson? undoubtedly. Is he a stupid man-child? absolutely. Remember we are talking about an ego that extends past the Kuiper belt, named himself the greatest fighter on all-time on a top 5 list that didn't include Ali or Tyson, and derives his self-worth directly from his net worth.
Ketchel fought Jack Johnson as a middle weight. He even put him on the mat right before Johnson knocked out most of his teeth.

I wonder if they will be held to standard drug testing. Jones is a Russian citizen and has been fighting there, he is probably juiced.

Bookmakers don't seem to know what to do. You can find Tyson between -300 and +125. Madness.

I'm a big Roy Jones fan boy, so I'll watch even if it is handbags at dawn. I think the original idea was Tyson v Mayweather for charity to exploit the market of people (myself included) who will pay alot of money for the small chance they get to see that ------- knocked out. Tyson genuinely dislikes Mayweather and power is the last thing to go. That could have been a fun show.
I suspect the negotiations broke down the moment someone explained to Floyd what the "charity" means.

1,004 officer involved fatalities
Delicate way to put it.

Combine the populations of Portugal, Sweden, Taiwan, the UK, Poland, Japan, Denmark and Germany and you'll have roughly the population of the US. They had 22 "officer involved fatalities". 41 is soft considering every person shot in their car is listed as "armed with a vehicle". And how many of the knives were found in a pocket after the shots? How many throw-away guns left at the scene? We'll never know. Dead suspects tell no tales. Twain had a phrase for stats like these, sadly it wont make it past the moderators here anymore.

So you aren't against BLM activists per se, it's ThA hYp0cRiSy of BLM failing to reform urban ghettos, end gang violence, organized crime and drug trafficking nationwide (or at least in Chicago) before they act on the less pressing issues of systemic racism and a police force that is over militarized, trigger happy and completely unaccountable.

A city nearing 100 shootings per week might suggest an ineffectual police department. But no, as your have proven, the poor cops are helpless victims of the violence. It's BLM that should be out in the streets bringing harmony to bloods and crips and teaching the white suburban kids to Just Say No.

Slightly off-topic, but I often see Chicago stats used as a prop for various pig-headed 'arguments'. Having visited I think we should consider the possibility the cold, the wind, the smell, the bad juju from the old days as Packingtown and the proximity to Michigan encourage many Chicagoans to prefer a bullet rather than living in such a dreadful place any longer.