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Apocalypse Like Sugar
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse get a bad rap for leaving death and destruction wherever they go. But on their days off, when they get the chance to let their hair – those who have hair – down, they are remarkably relatable.
War, for example, loves to play Stratego. (It used to enjoy a good game of chess, but Death always beat it; eventually, rather than wage…rather than fight with its compatriot, it chose to play a different game.)
On the other hand, Famine is currently working its way through the cookbooks of Julia Child. It hasn’t quite mastered coq au vin, but it has all the time in the world to perfect the dish. (The Four Horsemen don’t eat, of course; the food is left to rot.)
Conquest binge-watches Mexican telenovelas.
They’re just like you and me. If you and me were mythical representations of human suffering.
SOURCE: USA Whenever
[http://www.usawhenever.com/news/newyork/2022-07-25-the-myth-as-good-as-a-mile_x.htm]
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Church And [Don’t] State
Pope Francis came to Canada to address the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system that devastated the country’s Indigenous peoples. But in his major speech on the subject, there was what he said and what he didn’t say. We read between the lines of his speech to better understand it:
THE LINES: I have come to your native lands to tell you in person of my sorrow, to implore God’s forgiveness, healing and reconciliation, to express my closeness and to pray with you and for you. BETWEEN THE LINES: Better hope for God’s justice, because you won’t be getting any justice in this world.
THE LINES: I ask forgiveness, in particular, for the ways in which many members of the church and of religious communities co-operated, not least through their indifference, in projects of cultural destruction and forced assimilation promoted by the governments of that time, which culminated in the system of residential schools. BETWEEN THE LINES: It wasn’t church policy, it was just a few bad apples. And anyway, secular governments made us do it.
THE LINES: Although Christian charity was not absent, and there were many outstanding instances of devotion and care for children, the overall effects of the policies linked to the residential schools were catastrophic. BETWEEN THE LINES: Individual church workers did good things, too, so it was pretty much a wash.
THE LINES: …[L]ooking ahead to the future, no effort must be spared to create a culture able to prevent such situations from happening. An important part of this process will be conduct a serious investigation into the facts of what took place in the past and to assist the survivors of the residential schools to experience healing from the trauma they suffered. BETWEEN THE LINES: Hopefully, the investigation will go on long enough that I will have died, and then the whole mess becomes somebody else’s problem!
SOURCE: Religion For Dummies
[http://www.politicsfordummies.com/entertainmentfordummies/economicsfordummies/religionfordummies/home.asp?did=569&dir=bb]
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When A Certain Somebody Loses The Federal Conservative Leadership Race, He Shares The Pain With Others
Ouch!
“I have written the Brampton City Councillors currently on vacation who have missed 4 straight meetings that if they do no return to work next week then I will be moving a motion that any City Councillor who misses 5 consecutive meetings will be deducted pay for the meetings missed.
Do you agree with my position that no City Councillor should collect a full pay check if they miss 5 meetings in a row?”
– Facebook ad for Patrick Brown
SOURCE: No Comment Quotes
[http://thesepeopleareinsane.psy/update.toshtml]
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The Pope Shouldn’t Have Been Given A Ceremonial Headdress – He Should Have Been Given A Helmet And Knee And Elbow Pads!
In one of his speeches in Canada, in the context of the youth of the North pursuing great things, Pope Francis mentioned, “The great glaciers in these lands make me think of Canada’s national sport, ice hockey.”
The Catholic Church just can’t avoid the issue of child abuse, can it?
SOURCE: The Schwartz Sports Report
[http://www.schwartzsportsreport.com/ssr-news.shtml.htm#52244730295]
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Komer One, Komer All?
The United White People of Canada (TUWPoC) wants you to know that it has nothing to do with the “Freedom Convoy” protests in Ottawa five months ago. “Nope. Nyunh unh. No way,” said one of the organization’s directors, William Komer. “Not even a little bit. Not a single iota, not the slightest sub-atomic particle. None connections. Not a one.”
How is it, then, that one of the supporters of the organization is Dwayne lich, husband of convoy co-organizer Tamara Lich? Or that TUWPoC’s first official activity will be a two week discussion called: “The Freedom Convoy: A Community Conversation?”
“You can’t have reconciliation and healing,” Komer stated, “without the people who feel aggrieved. Not that we’re among them. Nope. Not us. We’re not connected to those people in any way…have I…have I mentioned that?”
SOURCE: Toronto Stunned
[http://www.canoodle.com/NewsStand/TorontoStunned/News/2022/07/28/509727.html]
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The Future Is Nothing If Not Efficient
Many farmers are reluctant to change their practices to combat global climate change. “I would rather burn my crops to the ground than submit to the climate change lunatics,” avowed poi farmer Alfred Fergesson.
Thanks to global warming, he may get his wish.
SOURCE: Earth Worst! Journal
[http://www.earthworstjournal.org/article.php?id=537]
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Humour, Faith And A Fanatical Devotion To The Pope – Ach!
Among The Very Important Tools To Get Through This Life Are…
On the last day of his tour of Canada, Pope Francis admitted that the policy of murdering indigenous people, stealing their land and teaching their children to hate their culture amounted to genocide.
That sound you hear is a thousand bishops spitting up their chardonnays.
“No, no, no,” insisted Bishop Vincenzo Effluvia. “The Pope – he was just joking. Making a joke. Humour is a very important tool to get through this life – humour and faith in a beneficent god. Ha ha. See? Ha ha, uhh, ha…”
When he thought the interview was over, Effluvia added under his breath, “Francis is 85 years old – when is he going to have the grace to die?” When he realized he was still being recorded, he added: “Umm…joking? Ha ha?”
SOURCE: Glob and Maul
[http://www.globandmaul.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20220730.eladvote0730_@/BNStory/newsOops2022/]
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