White smoke! There's a new pope!
That's quick! Where's the intrigue and the infighting?!
I'm like 99% sure it isn't Trump.
Is it our Tom Scola?
Sun has already broken through in SF. Back off fog!
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - May 08, 2025 10:02:43 am PDT #7109 of 8292
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Steph L. - May 08, 2025 10:16:33 am PDT #7110 of 8292
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm like 99% sure it isn't Trump.
Is it our Tom Scola?
The NBC commentators are saying it's the first American — Robert Francis Prevost. (That's not his papal name.) Wow!
Steph L. - May 08, 2025 10:19:54 am PDT #7111 of 8292
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Okay, he's Pope Leo XIV. He apparently was favored by Pope Francis as a successor, so hopefully he'll continue Francis's more progressive (for the Catholic Church) attitude.
Steph L. - May 08, 2025 10:21:21 am PDT #7112 of 8292
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
He's 69 years old and a Chicagoan who also has Peruvian citizenship.
A USAmerican pope will not get me back to the church, but it's pretty cool nonetheless.
Tom Scola - May 08, 2025 10:24:17 am PDT #7113 of 8292
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
No Pizzaballa for you!
Steph L. - May 08, 2025 10:29:07 am PDT #7114 of 8292
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
No Pizzaballa for you!
I'm a little disappointed by that.
Karl - May 08, 2025 10:32:40 am PDT #7115 of 8292
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
I log in to tell everybody about my overnight adventures, and get immediately upstaged by a new Pope.
(Housemate -- the spouse of the one who was on TV -- had a kidney-stone attack a bit after midnight. We just got home from Kaiser about an hour ago. Everybody's fine, but we didn't get much sleep.)
Here's hoping the new Pope isn't a dickhead.
Tom Scola - May 08, 2025 10:34:11 am PDT #7116 of 8292
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
JD Vance has been a Catholic for less than six years, and he’s already been smacked down by TWO Popes.
Steph L. - May 08, 2025 10:49:53 am PDT #7117 of 8292
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
JD Vance has been a Catholic for less than six years, and he’s already been smacked down by TWO Popes.
Yesssssssss!
Trudy Booth - May 08, 2025 11:23:36 am PDT #7118 of 8292
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
:::Chef's kiss:::