Thought we should have a thread for these two heavy-hitters making their way across America, leaving unbelievable chaos in their wake. Or are there threads already? :unsure: Languish to Tim, domestic needs require your immediate return to the United States, repeat immediate return to the U.S.A.
Apparently Xi made a joke about House of Cards while he was here in Seattle. :goodboy: High on the Sino-American agenda is going to be: intellectual property. :pirate For his part,Francis is set to give his big talk to Congress today, IIRC. The likely topic -- climate change. :ph34r: So far he's been mobbed in D.C., talked immigration and climate change and family values with B.H. Obama, and canonized an old Spanish California missionary. :pope:
The Chinese visit has produced a "traffic nightmare," as the Seattle press put it. Coming back from the UW yesterday, the bus driver announced that we were going to be stuck indefinitely, as the street going over the freeway was closed off for a long, long time in anticipation of Xi's motorcade. Cops were everywhere, but you could still stand on the overpass at either end...which, given all the other extreme measures, seemed like a bit of a security oversight. :unsure:
It was a beautiful day, so I eventually hopped out and started hoofing it home, 4 miles away. I did see some motorcycle cops zooming along I-5, presumably in advance of the motorcade, but no Xi sighting. :( But I did make friends with a woman from the bus as we walked together for a half hour. :) I also made the junior high kids on the bus titter when I muttered "Fuck this" a bit too loudly under my breath when I decided to abandon the bus. :blush: The swearing and confrontation culture up here is rather underdeveloped, at least when compared with the urban Northeast. :sleep:
It certainly is an "interesting" week with these two visitors. Lots of stuff for the news to cover so news folks are all happy. :)
Will they fight?
Quote from: Tyr on September 24, 2015, 10:42:26 AM
Will they fight?
You have to put them both in the same bottle first. Then they will either fight or mate. :)
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on September 24, 2015, 10:19:25 AM
But I did make friends with a woman from the bus as we walked together for a half hour. :)
is she hott
LOL Seattle can't handle celebrity visits.
Traffic in DC hasn't been better during the Pope's visit, thanks to the push to get people to telework this week.
I got a glimpse of the Pope and his Fiat as he went to that church on Rhode Island Avenue. Pretty cool :)
How many divisions does the Chinese president have?
Also: The Pope makes me sick.
Quote from: The Brain on September 24, 2015, 12:20:00 PM
Also: The Pope makes me sick.
Did you try getting an exorcism?
I'm loving this Pope. Best Pope ever.
Quote from: Martinus on September 24, 2015, 12:43:10 PM
I'm loving this Pope. Best Pope ever.
How is his popularity in Poland? I mean besides you :P
The things he says seems to annoy alot of Republican Catholics over here. Granted I don't hang with too many Catholics in general so I could be wrong about that.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on September 24, 2015, 10:55:34 AM
LOL Seattle can't handle celebrity visits.
Traffic in DC hasn't been better during the Pope's visit, thanks to the push to get people to telework this week.
I got a glimpse of the Pope and his Fiat as he went to that church on Rhode Island Avenue. Pretty cool :)
This ain't no joke. The Pope needs to come to town more often.
I was given a ticket to the west lawn of the Capitol through a friend out of the blue yesterday so I got to mill about the grass all morning to see the speech on the jumbotron and then see the Pope say kthanxbye on the balcony as John Boehner wept incessantly next to him. All in all a cool morning. :lol:
QuoteJohn Boehner wept incessantly next to him
From being overwhelmed by religious ecstasy from standing so close to the successor to St Peter?
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on September 24, 2015, 10:19:25 AM
The Chinese visit has produced a "traffic nightmare," as the Seattle press put it.
As if that wasn't enough:
http://q13fox.com/2015/09/24/crash-involving-ride-the-ducks-vehicle-and-bus-close-all-lanes-of-aurora-bridge/ (http://q13fox.com/2015/09/24/crash-involving-ride-the-ducks-vehicle-and-bus-close-all-lanes-of-aurora-bridge/)
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gannett-cdn.com%2F-mm-%2Ff5165edfa19bcf273643df7b3770f5690bca06dd%2Fr%3Dx404%26amp%3Bc%3D534x401%2Fhttp%2Fcdn.tegna-tv.com%2F-mm-%2F89c4458c5f1b6b00870f2bba47f8e8662ac27268%2Fc%3D432-0-1864-1077%2Flocal%2F-%2Fmedia%2F2015%2F09%2F24%2FNWGroup%2FKING%2F635787023431783224-AuroraBridgeCrash092415-1.JPG&hash=44ded6058891d6bcf23cfa128eebae126df7ba47)
That will buff right out.
Quote from: Valmy on September 24, 2015, 02:18:03 PM
QuoteJohn Boehner wept incessantly next to him
From being overwhelmed by religious ecstasy from standing so close to the successor to St Peter?
Presumably :lol:
I've heard Ole Johnnie is a pretty emotional person.
Quote from: lustindarkness on September 24, 2015, 02:21:56 PM
That will buff right out.
A little putty and no one will notice.
Quote from: citizen k on September 24, 2015, 02:18:15 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on September 24, 2015, 10:19:25 AM
The Chinese visit has produced a "traffic nightmare," as the Seattle press put it.
As if that wasn't enough:
http://q13fox.com/2015/09/24/crash-involving-ride-the-ducks-vehicle-and-bus-close-all-lanes-of-aurora-bridge/ (http://q13fox.com/2015/09/24/crash-involving-ride-the-ducks-vehicle-and-bus-close-all-lanes-of-aurora-bridge/)
Too bad - the Chinese President really wanted to "Ride the Ducks".
Though, presumably, that was the result of the usual odd Chinese-English interpretation. ;)
Quote from: FunkMonk on September 24, 2015, 02:14:14 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on September 24, 2015, 10:55:34 AM
LOL Seattle can't handle celebrity visits.
Traffic in DC hasn't been better during the Pope's visit, thanks to the push to get people to telework this week.
I got a glimpse of the Pope and his Fiat as he went to that church on Rhode Island Avenue. Pretty cool :)
This ain't no joke. The Pope needs to come to town more often.
I was given a ticket to the west lawn of the Capitol through a friend out of the blue yesterday so I got to mill about the grass all morning to see the speech on the jumbotron and then see the Pope say kthanxbye on the balcony as John Boehner wept incessantly next to him. All in all a cool morning. :lol:
Nice! I had to see the highlights on TV. On the other hand, since he went right past my work, I didn't have to wait long to catch a glimpse of him. I wouldn't want to stand outside starting at 4am, not even to see the Pope.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on September 24, 2015, 03:51:56 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on September 24, 2015, 02:14:14 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on September 24, 2015, 10:55:34 AM
LOL Seattle can't handle celebrity visits.
Traffic in DC hasn't been better during the Pope's visit, thanks to the push to get people to telework this week.
I got a glimpse of the Pope and his Fiat as he went to that church on Rhode Island Avenue. Pretty cool :)
This ain't no joke. The Pope needs to come to town more often.
I was given a ticket to the west lawn of the Capitol through a friend out of the blue yesterday so I got to mill about the grass all morning to see the speech on the jumbotron and then see the Pope say kthanxbye on the balcony as John Boehner wept incessantly next to him. All in all a cool morning. :lol:
Nice! I had to see the highlights on TV. On the other hand, since he went right past my work, I didn't have to wait long to catch a glimpse of him. I wouldn't want to stand outside starting at 4am, not even to see the Pope.
I'm kinda lucky since my work is just up the street from the Capitol so after the festivities I just walked up North Capitol. I feel sorry for those SOBs who had to take the metro to wherever they were going.
I just love Republicans throwing a fit about the Pope. Especially when they accuse him of "promoting questionable science". Yeah, a Pope who preaches something that is not scientifically proven - that would be nuts!
:lol:
Quote from: Valmy on September 24, 2015, 12:45:02 PM
Quote from: Martinus on September 24, 2015, 12:43:10 PM
I'm loving this Pope. Best Pope ever.
How is his popularity in Poland? I mean besides you :P
The things he says seems to annoy alot of Republican Catholics over here. Granted I don't hang with too many Catholics in general so I could be wrong about that.
Right wing politicians and pundits range from explaining why he didn't really mean what he said to threatening a schism.
Left wing Catholics and atheists love him. :lol:
For the record, I read regularly an influential left-leaning Catholic magazine, and they couldn't get over Pope Frank.
My leftie Catholic friends love him. My right wing Catholic friends... well, for some reason I don't seem to have those kind of friends. :hmm:
Yeah this is a fun part about Catholics - while the right wing ones are insufferable, the left wing ones are some of the loveliest people that I disagree with on some fundamental issues (but agree on others).
I do not have a lot of experience with people from other Christian denominations, but arent they more uniform in their views (so eg Unitarians are generally leftist but Baptists are right wing etc)?
Quote from: Martinus on September 25, 2015, 07:50:53 AM
I do not have a lot of experience with people from other Christian denominations,
That hurts, man.
Quote from: Martinus on September 25, 2015, 07:50:53 AM
I do not have a lot of experience with people from other Christian denominations, but arent they more uniform in their views (so eg Unitarians are generally leftist but Baptists are right wing etc)?
Well, members of the PCA tend to be more conservative than members of the PCUSA, but you'd call all of them Presbyterians.
Quote from: FunkMonk on September 24, 2015, 02:24:33 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 24, 2015, 02:18:03 PM
QuoteJohn Boehner wept incessantly next to him
From being overwhelmed by religious ecstasy from standing so close to the successor to St Peter?
Presumably :lol:
I've heard Ole Johnnie is a pretty emotional person.
He is resigning from Congress so the Pope must have had a big impact on him. I bet he is resigning to become a Franciscan :P
Quote from: Martinus on September 25, 2015, 07:50:53 AM
I do not have a lot of experience with people from other Christian denominations, but arent they more uniform in their views (so eg Unitarians are generally leftist but Baptists are right wing etc)?
Depends on the denomination. Ones that have deep cultural connections, like Lutherans, tend to vary. Ones that don't tend not to, since if anybody says anything you disagree with you just go to the church across the street that says what you want to hear.