conundrum of the weekend

[pantryslut]

Oh yeah, I've been meaning to ask: why did all the American sports events this Saturday begin with a moment of silence for the Pope? Canceling Italian soccer I understand, but this...

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The pope had an awesome jump shot.

[bucky-sinister.livejournal.com]

From like, 25 feet. the boy was sick. Nothing but net.

Re: The pope had an awesome jump shot.

[black-pearl-10.livejournal.com]

Actually Karol Wojtyla was goalkeeper in his youth.

Jesus saves indeed.

Don't get me started.

[whumpdotcom.livejournal.com]

It's the new thing: blind deference to anything religious lest someone on the Right needs a diaper change.

This is how modern Egypt fucked themselves as well, going out of the way not to upset radical Islam (you know, the people who murdered Anwar Sadat in cold blood, and then were pardoned.)

[manomano.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've noticed this really odd thing, that the Radical Right is in love with the Pope right now, even though most of their beliefs are anti-Catholic. Flipping channels before forcing myself out of the house this morning, I hit on Pat Robinson going on about how great the Pope is.