Vatican to recognize the state of Palestine

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Habbaku

#15
May 14, 2015, 09:57:29 AM
:yeah:
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

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Razgovory

#16
May 14, 2015, 03:45:09 PM
I recently read that Raul Castro is considering becoming a Catholic.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

The Minsky Moment

#17
May 14, 2015, 03:47:29 PM
Quote from: Kleves on May 14, 2015, 09:03:52 AM
The Pope! How many divisions has he got?

He's got those Swiss pikemen, no?  So he's ready in case the Duke of Burgundy invades.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
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Norgy

#18
May 14, 2015, 03:53:17 PM
And we all know what dykes on Burgundy can do.  :ph34r:

lustindarkness

#19
May 14, 2015, 03:53:37 PM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on May 14, 2015, 03:47:29 PM
Quote from: Kleves on May 14, 2015, 09:03:52 AM
The Pope! How many divisions has he got?

He's got those Swiss pikemen, no?  So he's ready in case the Duke of Burgundy invades.

The funny uniformed Swiss Guard carry firearms now also, right? I may have read that some time ago. :unsure:
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Norgy

#20
May 14, 2015, 04:04:22 PM
If you are to believe Dan Brown, the Swiss Guard is akin to the MI5/CIA/FBI and coastal rangers in one overdressed package.

Malthus

#21
May 14, 2015, 04:06:19 PM
Quote from: Norgy on May 14, 2015, 04:04:22 PM
If you are to believe Dan Brown, the Swiss Guard is akin to the MI5/CIA/FBI and coastal rangers in one overdressed package.

You'd need all of those skills, and more, dealing with tourists in high season in Rome.   :hmm:
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Razgovory

#22
May 14, 2015, 04:11:07 PM
Quote from: Norgy on May 14, 2015, 04:04:22 PM
If you are to believe Dan Brown, the Swiss Guard is akin to the MI5/CIA/FBI and coastal rangers in one overdressed package.

They are the only military in the world looking into GPS guided halberds.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

jimmy olsen

#23
May 14, 2015, 06:42:31 PM
Quote from: Kleves on May 14, 2015, 09:03:52 AM
The Pope! How many divisions has he got?
It took until the eigth response to get this. I'm very disappointed in you Languish.  :mad:
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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