White smoke! a new Pope...

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Is he really what he claims though?  Reports are already coming out that he was complicit in Argentina's Dirty War and helped the Argentine government hide political prisoners from an international human rights inspection.

http://www.businessinsider.com/pope-francis-has-links-to-dirty-war-2013-3?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/jan/04/argenitina-videla-bergoglio-repentance

[bayonetbrant]

find me anyone on this planet that they can't find something negative about

you know that no matter who they chose, there was going be something that someone, somewhere was going to find negative to say

that's just the world we live in today

[LongBlade]

As an aside - could this be the origin of the phrase "holy smoke?"

[Keunert]

i once stole a rubber as a kid and some years later i did not answer a love letter of a girl i did not find attractive enough to o through the pain of writing. but i never supported a dirty war. well except if it's true that i do it everytime i eat at mc donalds and thus support american imperialism.

[GDS_Starfury]

that was like you were channeling your inner longdan.

[son_of_montfort]

I wouldn't say Pope Francis I is a huge shake-up of the hierarchy - he may be a Jesuit but he also rejected South American Liberation Theology, so he has some conservativism still in him. That being said, I think he will go in a different direction and I'm excited to see how that turns out. From the recent reports, there were some financial scandals in the Vatican at the highest levels of the Vatican bank and sources say Benedict "retired" so a stronger man could handle them.

I also found out that John Brennan, the new CIA head, graduated from the same Jesuit University as I did (although before I was even born). Pope = Jesuit. CIA = Jesuit educated. I welcome the inevitable conspiracy theories.  ::)  (But I'm really proud of my intellectual heritage!)

[Keunert]

if they would like to handle all their scandals they should have chosen Brennan in the first place. come on the guy wears a white robe. who would be intimidated? that would be like being intimitated by Longdan or Longblade or Longjohn Hailey

[Longdan]

that was like you were channeling your inner longdan.

That's not quite right. I have personally done my bit to support American Imperialism and a lot of good it did me.
I still eat at donalds occasionally.  Thanks for dropping by Star.  It is not fair to compare Keunert to me.
What would his neighbours think?
If you want some freakin' crazy!! comspiracy crap take a look at this: http://one-evil.org/content/entities_organizations_jesuits.html
These guys are over the moon!

[LongBlade]

i once stole a rubber as a kid and some years later i did not answer a love letter of a girl i did not find attractive enough to o through the pain of writing. but i never supported a dirty war. well except if it's true that i do it everytime i eat at mc donalds and thus support american imperialism.

Hey, you're in Switzerland. You've gotta try to be friends with everyone. Including us.

[GDS_Starfury]

give us your chocolate, watches and shady bank accounts.

[son_of_montfort]

If you want some freakin' crazy!! comspiracy crap take a look at this: http://one-evil.org/content/entities_organizations_jesuits.html
These guys are over the moon!

Dan, I said that in jest. Let's not get the attention of the government spider bots and give them a reason to come crawling in by linking it!  :P We already are on too many "watch lists!"

The Jesuits are one of the finest institutions I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with, working alongside, and to be educated by. They are, IMHO, a paragon of Christian service and compassion.

[LongBlade]

That's quite the endorsement, SoM.

[bob48]

give us your chocolate, watches and shady bank accounts.

and gnomes.

[LongBlade]

give us your chocolate, watches and shady bank accounts.

and gnomes.

And hot jodeling maidens.

And a solid Swiss pike or two just for good measure.

[bob48]

Landschneckt.