The Hall of Fire

The pope also read the pre-1960s mass which calls on Jews to convert... :help: If I were to look at this one case, there are several possibilities: Ratzinger knew about it and failed Ratzinger was in charge of a department that failed Ratzinger was in charge of a department that didn't know Either w...

A Nuncio is a diplomat: he's the Vatican ambassador. It is a grievous breach of protocol for a government to subject an ambassador to interrogation, and the Irish parliament was way, way out of line. If they wanted to, they could have subpoenaed, say, the Archbishop of Dublin, who is an Irishman; b...

And there, in a nutshell, is the problem people are having with the Catholic apparatus. This was an internal trial. Nothing was handed over to the police. That is simply untrue. Why didn't the Church go to the police in 1974? THEY DID. Link please? I understood that the victims went to the police, ...

Maybe I have a jaundiced view of politicians: I do not vote for someone, I vote against the bigger of the idiots - the one least likely to screw things up.

From soli's link: We proceeded to start a trial against Father Murphy. I was the presiding judge in this matter and informed Father Murphy that criminal charges were going to be levied against him with regard to child sexual abuse and solicitation in the confessional. And there, in a nutshell, is th...

C'est la vie.

What is more interesting to me is the education aspect of all of this. Lies, misinformation and conspiracy theories more often fester with the downtrodden and those who feel frustrated that life has short-changed them. These also tend to be the people eager to take part in an interactive online poll...

If someone had suggested three years ago that three years from then there would be a black president, a health bill passed along these lines, that Al Franken would be presiding over the amendments, that the New Orleans Saints would win the Superbowl, that Sandra Bullock would win Best Actress... Wha...

The Bakshi film comes out on BlueRay on April 6 http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/lord-of-the-rings-animated2.html I watched it again last night. I really can't see the point of a blu-ray transfer. The animaiton is of such nature that it is doubtful that any extra layer of detail woudl be reve...

How many states are introducing laws to nullify most of this watered-down bill now? I heard 36 at the last count.

Wow.

*looks at first post on top of page*

*image of a Republican smiting a bridge with his staff*

...or What Happened To The Blue Wizards (not a ROTFLMAO effort, but it might raise a gentle smile) Manwë summoned the Valar for a council at which it was resolved to send out three emissaries to Middle-Earth and he asked who would go. They would have to lose might and clothe themselves in flesh to ...

Dear Abby, I knew a mother once who tried to bring up her son in a tough, racist neighbourhood. Gangs of each colour roamed the streets and she tried to protect him from it - always making sure he always had enough money in his pocket not feel the need to fall in with them - always making sure he ha...

Irish and Icelandic debt is only worth 80p in the pound.

Whilst I was living in the US I tried to donate blood, and was immediately turned down because I wasn't American.

I have decided to give up finishing sentenc

Strange that the one thing that desperately needs health insurance is the health plan itself.