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Post 161
Stone Aart - the saturnalian Sybarite currently perched on Galbraiths Roost.
Posted Feb 28, 2013
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Post 163
Posted Mar 3, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21649475
It seems the good ex-cardinal is 'fessing up to being a sex pest. What an unexpected development.
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Post 164
Posted Mar 3, 2013
>> What an unexpected development. <<
Indeed. But it give one hope that some of the clergy
still have some sense of honor and respect for humanity.
Dare I say this honest streak speaks more to the British-ish
DNA of the man than to his religious orientation.
Maybe he will even be able to make amends on his previous
anti-gay and same-sex marriage opposition which will prove
beneficial to the movement.
~jwf~
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Post 165
Otto Fisch (VSC 14 shirt) "Rock and Roll is full of bad wools"
Posted Mar 4, 2013
The Daily Mash wins again...
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/cardinals-hatred-of-gay-marriage-veering-towards-poignant-2013022560821
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Post 166
Posted Mar 4, 2013
"Catholic guilt is amazing stuff: you could use it to clean an oven" (from Otto's link)
I also liked "What came first - the inappropriate chicken or the ashamed-of-itself egg?"
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Post 169
Posted Mar 8, 2013
"The BBC has seen evidence that bishops in the Catholic Church in Scotland knew of 20 allegations of child sex abuse by priests between 1985 and 1995."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21715473
Colour me surprised
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Post 170
Posted Mar 8, 2013
This is the BBC that employed and potentially covered up for Saville.
Pot. Kettle. Slow news week.
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Post 171
Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master
Posted Mar 8, 2013
Err what?
So the BBC has done something wrong and then it means it cannot report on wrongdoing elsewhere? Should they just shut down their entire news output?
And for how long should this post Saville, we cant report news thing, last?
FB
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Post 172
Posted Mar 9, 2013
Is there a live webcam for the black smoke/white smoke?
Are bookies taking bets on the first black pope?
GB 
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Post 173
Gingersnapper+Keeper of the Cookie Jar and Stuff and Nonsense
Posted Mar 9, 2013
GB ~ Live web cam ~ What a wonderful/fun idea! ~
. . . . . . . . . But probably not for another 50 years yet. .. ... ................................... . .. 
. .. ...
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Post 174
Posted Mar 9, 2013
All the American TV News networks are setting up shop
in front of the Vatican for the duration. No doubt they
will all have one camera aimed at the chimney. Oh boy,
another exciting week (or more) of nail-biting viewing. 
~jwf~
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Post 175
Stone Aart - the saturnalian Sybarite currently perched on Galbraiths Roost.
Posted Mar 14, 2013
Argentina's Bergoglio elected Pope
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21777494
I hope he doesn't spur Argentina on to declare a holy Jihad on the Falklands 
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Post 177
Posted Mar 14, 2013
Someone's made him a lovely cheat sheet.
http://media.tumblr.com/de7010bd2a2475d35f54ab181b35218b/tumblr_inline_mjm99nZKAR1qz4rgp.jpg
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Post 178
Posted Mar 14, 2013
With all this excitement and media furore about the selection of a new Pope, I almost forgot that gods don't exist 
