Flotsam
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OMG this is the stuff of nightmares!! LOLBelated
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cybrguy
Putin is a War Criminal
I've been wondering if trumps choosing these people for these gigs was his way of trying to punish us all for being so mean to him. How dare we impeach him, et cetera, et cetera? And then it came to me. Trump wouldn't be smart enough to choose these people because they are the ideal choices to destroy the departments they run, and trump just isn't that smart. These are actually Putin's choices, and sadly he is that smart.
Bakin4Life
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Uh, that's 'Da Pope', buddy. (just like 'Da Bears', for you non-US people on this thread). Yes, that's a thing, and no, I didn't make it up.
Every day since his ascension, the local news leads off with some new 'story' or other about him. It's Popemania, over here. Local reporters have been stationed in Vatican City, covering things out there. Today, I wondered if they would all set up permanent stations out there for the next 25yrs or so.
Rumor has it when the Vatican staff showed him the Popemobile, he got in, sat down, and said, "Hey, this is sharp!"
Seriously, though, Chicago is a pretty Catholic city, given its immigrant influx in the earlier part of last century. When I grew up in Chicago, and you would ask where someone else in the city lives, the response would be based not on neighborhood name, but of the parish name. "Oh, you live near St. Whozit's... oh, yeah, I know that area!" Now, it's more 'neighborhood' name, but the oldsters like me remember.
Big education presence, as well -- elementary schools in many / most of the parishes, to stay on the local level. Many have closed or been consolidated, with Chicago losing population, etc. Fun fact: My family wasn't Catholic, yet I went to Catholic schools from 7th-12th grades. I'll spare details. But they did their bit to provide me with a good education, IMHO.
