tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post1216435133202320018..comments2023-12-23T16:22:22.290-05:00Comments on alicublog: SHORTER PEGGY NOONAN:roy edrosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15161980502027888634noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-80783178543396295632013-03-16T19:24:09.377-04:002013-03-16T19:24:09.377-04:00There was a talking donkey in a movie once named F...There was a talking donkey in a movie once named Francis.Julia Greynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-30642548713395185592013-03-16T10:00:28.018-04:002013-03-16T10:00:28.018-04:00His very name is a Jesuit in-joke.His very name is a Jesuit in-joke.LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-79662934398152674212013-03-16T09:52:51.781-04:002013-03-16T09:52:51.781-04:00"It's a beautiful day you little mooching..."It's a beautiful day you little mooching bastards"LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-44075547139437071742013-03-16T09:51:01.452-04:002013-03-16T09:51:01.452-04:00Father Duffy playing hide the staff of the Lord ag...Father Duffy playing hide the staff of the Lord again?LittlePignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-17793788756719590632013-03-16T09:48:00.343-04:002013-03-16T09:48:00.343-04:00Or the old story priests used to tell about the ma...Or the old story priests used to tell about the man who was standing on his roof because rising floodwaters were swallowing his house. A boat came by and offered to rescue him, and then two helicopters offered help, but he refused them because he was waiting for a sign from God. Finally the swirling waters rose over him and he was swept away and drowned. In Heaven, he met God and asked why he had been abandoned. "But I sent a boat and two helicopters to save you", replied God.atheisthttp://www.tumblr.com/blog/atheist-thoughtsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-36428406814506932672013-03-16T09:36:28.604-04:002013-03-16T09:36:28.604-04:00What a beautiful scenario!What a beautiful scenario!atheisthttp://www.tumblr.com/blog/atheist-thoughtsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-26219853464892824722013-03-15T21:01:59.003-04:002013-03-15T21:01:59.003-04:00I remember that song! Also really liked "Manc...I remember that song! Also really liked "Manchester, England England... across the Atlantic sea.."atheisthttp://www.tumblr.com/blog/atheist-thoughtsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-43829740855746746792013-03-15T09:29:25.839-04:002013-03-15T09:29:25.839-04:00[Wind ruffles pages of Bible]
"Truly, a sig...[Wind ruffles pages of Bible]<br /><br /><br />"Truly, a sign from the Lord. The Bible is a book that deserves reading."<br /><br /><br />[Wind slams Bible shut]<br /><br /><br />"Truly, a sign from the Lord. Let no one add or take away from His inspired text."<br /><br /><br />[Wind pushes Bible off coffin]<br /><br /><br />"Truly, a sign from the Lord. Too many of us are in freefall, yet still arrogantly rejecting the lifeline He offers."<br /><br /><br />[Lightning sets Bible on fire; proceeds to start striking down corrupt, pedophile-enabling Church officials]<br /><br /><br />"Eh, coincidence."mdsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-34606920037471022772013-03-15T09:20:28.987-04:002013-03-15T09:20:28.987-04:00So that's why "Kermit the Frog" was ...So <i>that's</i> why "Kermit the Frog" was a write-in for all five votes!mdsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-56240383864082700492013-03-15T09:17:46.522-04:002013-03-15T09:17:46.522-04:00Is it incontrovertible that "Francis" is...Is it incontrovertible that "Francis" is a shout-out to "Saint Francis of Assisi"? Because despite the fact that this guy <i>rode buses</i> (Gasp), he's just been made the nominal absolute monarch of a multinational enterprise with a headquarters where the <i>gilding</i> has gilding on it. I still cling to the notion that it's a reference to "Francis Xavier," what with this being the first Jesuit** pope and all.<br /><br /><br /><br />**In light of the American Jesuits I've been acquainted with, it's sad but predictable that they'd go "to the end of the world" to find the most reactionary craven asshole of a Jesuit they could.mdsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-53145184515744990932013-03-15T03:11:45.848-04:002013-03-15T03:11:45.848-04:00The Lonely Passion of J̶u̶d̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶H̶e̶a̶r̶n̶ Pe...<a href="http://www.nybooks.com/books/imprints/classics/the-lonely-passion-of-judith-hearne/" rel="nofollow">The Lonely Passion of J̶u̶d̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶H̶e̶a̶r̶n̶ Peggy Noonan</a>MyPetGloatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-6885156803512368712013-03-15T00:55:47.200-04:002013-03-15T00:55:47.200-04:00gender, celibacy, corruption, pederasty, perderast...<i>gender, celibacy, corruption, pederasty, perderasty</i><br /><br /><br />Is that their law firm?DocAmazingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-53242107247812474062013-03-14T23:46:33.787-04:002013-03-14T23:46:33.787-04:00Sure, it's deliberate. Ever since John XXIII,...Sure, it's deliberate. Ever since John XXIII, who pleaded with the hierarchy to drag the Church, kicking and screaming, into the 20th century, the effort has been to completely undo Vatican II, in theory and practice. That has been the mandate of Paul VI, John Paul II, Ratzo, and Pope Frankie.<br /><br /><br />What cannot be forgotten is that this is an institution that is desperate to regain its former glory--and power--and is completely deluded in its estimation that it can and will obtain those goals. To that end, it is just as reactionary and authoritarian and contemptuous of modernity as the most extreme fundamentalist radicals of other religions.montag2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-22282214532205864322013-03-14T23:35:16.395-04:002013-03-14T23:35:16.395-04:00"Fuck you. We'll do whatever the hell we ...<i>"Fuck you. We'll do whatever the hell we damn well please."</i><br />Ding ding ding, we have a winner, by the way, would you toss our fucking salad?<br />...Provider_UNEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-24787824289881666592013-03-14T22:17:53.987-04:002013-03-14T22:17:53.987-04:00NOBODY EXPECTS THE GIN AND TONIC DISQUISITION!NOBODY EXPECTS THE GIN AND TONIC DISQUISITION!dexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-72718668322025438242013-03-14T21:50:20.743-04:002013-03-14T21:50:20.743-04:00My favorite part of the papal power rankings were ...My favorite part of the papal power rankings were the reports that Bergoglio was perceived by the cardinals to not have the "steel" and the "fire in the belly" for the job back in 2005 (not joking, actual words from the National Catholic Reporter). So... were the cardinals embarrassed when they handed it to the first pope to retire in more than half a millennium?<br /><br />One thing that would improve the selection of the pope is flying out a group of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZxNeFLuY98" rel="nofollow">New York Jets fans</a> to wait for the announcement.whetstonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-58604892792116342912013-03-14T21:09:52.678-04:002013-03-14T21:09:52.678-04:00Putting Nooners and her usual wacky bullshit aside...Putting Nooners and her usual wacky bullshit aside...<br /><br />So. The Church hierarchy followed up their choice of a genuine, card-carrying Nazi - or near enough as makes little difference - for their spiritual leader with a man who collaborated with a military junta? Really?<br /><br />My question: Is it that they <i>couldn't</i> find someone with a background reasonably free of controversy? Just for appearances' sake? Or is it deliberate? i.e. a case of some corrupt, entrenched, evil old bastards giving the enitre world the finger, and saying, "Fuck you. We'll do whatever the hell we damn well please."<br /><br />Any thoughts?John D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-90839602714077823282013-03-14T20:46:53.138-04:002013-03-14T20:46:53.138-04:00If you google coverage from the time, the wind was...If you google coverage from the time, the wind was so strong it blew the book closed. Supernatural nothing, that's, like, ULTRAnatural.tigrismusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-55886065355506560432013-03-14T20:01:39.861-04:002013-03-14T20:01:39.861-04:00"Mother chants her litany/Of boredom and frus..."Mother chants her litany/Of boredom and frustration/But we know all her suicides/Are fake..."Mr. Wonderfulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-64876752119670191622013-03-14T19:24:54.942-04:002013-03-14T19:24:54.942-04:00Not even. There are some things you just don'...Not even. There are some things you just don't share with Father McFeely.zuzunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-44387180974036693422013-03-14T18:29:13.250-04:002013-03-14T18:29:13.250-04:00Until this column, I did not realize that Noonan i...Until this column, I did not realize that Noonan is absolutely bananas. Check this out:<br /><br /><i>A big Bible was placed on top of [John Paul II's] casket, and a wind suddenly came up and turned the pages—page after page, as if turned by an unseen hand. The whole world saw it on TV, and no one could have seen it <br />without having a feeling of the divine, of the supernatural.</i><br /><br />Uh, really? It's IMPOSSIBLE to imagine a human being who saw that and just thought "Hey, it's breezy"? That is a colossal failure of her imagination... <br /><br /><br /><br />Wait. You know, I had a much longer version of this post but I'm going to stop right there. It sums up all the flaws of conservatism so neatly. "I can't imagine anyone thinking even slightly different from me, even about invisible stuff that by definition requires a leap of faith!"Grometnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-21307222983823897582013-03-14T17:52:37.117-04:002013-03-14T17:52:37.117-04:00A dolphin farts in the Caribbean, and pages turn h...A dolphin farts in the Caribbean, and pages turn half-a-world away...PersonaAuGratinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-89046497669536115372013-03-14T17:47:39.648-04:002013-03-14T17:47:39.648-04:00Allegations about {then} Provincial Jorge Bergogli...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis#Relations_with_the_Argentine_government" rel="nofollow">Allegations about {then} Provincial Jorge Bergoglio</a>:<br /><br /><i>Bergoglio has been the subject of allegations regarding whether he had <br />failed to prevent the torture of two priests during Argentina's Dirty War<br /> in 1976, including a court case in 2005 that was ultimately dismissed. [...] A human rights lawyer filed a criminal complaint against <br />Bergoglio, as superior in the Society of Jesus of Argentina, accusing <br />him of involvement in the kidnapping by the Navy in May 1976 (during the<br /> Dirty War) of two Jesuit priests. The priests, Orlando Yorio and Franz Jalics, were tortured, but found alive five months later, drugged and semi-naked. Yorio <br />accused Bergoglio of effectively handing them over to the death squads <br />by declining to tell the regime that he endorsed their work.</i>"Provincial," BTW, is apparently an actual title for certain priests.James MacLeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-44781745870944445542013-03-14T17:37:09.308-04:002013-03-14T17:37:09.308-04:00an accidental "Being There" or "Dav...<i>an accidental "Being There" or "Dave" like scenario where they <br />accidentally choose a truly virtuous, St. Francis like person and then <br />have to live with the consequences</i><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian_the_Seventh" rel="nofollow">Whenever this happens</a>, traditionally the usurper is shot within a year "by a Pope-hating Scotsman".smut clydenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-16813664982173888472013-03-14T17:22:01.781-04:002013-03-14T17:22:01.781-04:00The epigraph to my dissertation on Family Property...The epigraph to my dissertation on Family Property Law was Balzac, by way of Mario Puzo who quotes it at the start of The Godfather "Behind every great fortune, lies a great crime." That's really the first thing that popped into my head when I heard "Habemus Papa." There isn't a mayfly's chance in December that anyone called up from the Minors to take the big red beanie is some kind of pure hearted innocent. As much as the next person I'd like to fantasize that there would be an accidental "Being There" or "Dave" like scenario where they accidentally choose a truly virtuous, St. Francis like person and then have to live with the consequences but there isn't any chance that that could/would be true and, if it were to come to pass, they'd kill him as fast as any previous Pope who rattled the cages or didn't pay off the right people. <br /><br /><br />The stunning corruption of the Church as it currently stands--all the more vile because it includes both embezzlement of the literal widow's mite of millions of gullible believers as well as the rape and abuse of millions of children--just boggles my mind. And all this pope watching and commentary just makes it worse. A corrupt international corporation has chosen a new figurehead? Get off my fucking TV already and let me watch my soaps. At least they are fictional and no one gets hurt.aimainoreply@blogger.com