[paraclete]

It seems this year we might have reason to beware the Ides of March

;A new Pope

;NK on the prod

;new highs in the DOW

;the impact of the Sequester in the US

;fresh incidents in the Israel/ Palastinian conflict

;cannibals in New York

[tomder55]

The last one may be the most disturbing . The guy was convicted ;not for cannibalism.. but for expressing his cannibal fantasies on the internet .

Defense lawyers say everyone using the Internet should worry that their online words can end up in federal court after a jury concluded that a New York police officer's plans to kidnap, kill and eat young women he knew was more than Internet chatter.

At the end of one of the most unusual federal trials ever, a jury agreed Tuesday with the government that 28-year-old Gilberto Valle wasn't just fantasizing when he conversed online with others he had never met about killing and cooking his wife and others in a cannibalism plot.

"Yes, they should be cautioned," Valle defense lawyer Robert Baum said outside court of people everywhere. "It sets a dangerous precedent."

The larger principle at stake in the trial was that "people can be prosecuted for their thoughts," Baum said, pausing before adding: "And convicted, which is even sadder to think about."

New York Cop Convicted in Cannibalism Plot - ABC News

Oh for the want of finger food . Two cannibals standing in front of a campfire, one says to the other "I hate my mother-in-law" and the other cannibal says "That's okay; just eat the rice."
I'm sorry... I love tasteless cannibal jokes.

[speechlesstx]

Appaently white smoke was seen coming ftom the Sistine Chapel.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/wo...pope.html?_r=0

[tomder55]

Vive Papa . I am not that familiar with Jorge Mario Bergoglio; but I did have a feeling that the next Pope was going to come from either Latin America or Africa.

[speechlesstx]

I hear he's an excellent choice. He's already got TMZ's feathers ruffled...

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Anti Abortion, Same-Sex Marriage

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been elected the new Pope. He has chosen the papal name Pope Francis I.

Here are the facts:
-- He staunchly opposes gay marriage and abortion
-- He's from Argentina
-- He's 76 years old
-- He's the son of Italian immigrants
-- He's the first Latin-American pope... and the first from the Americas
-- He's known for his advocacy on behalf of the poor, primarily in his home country

As someone else said, apparently TMZ is surprised to hear the new Pope is Catholic.

[tomder55]

He was appointed by JPII .That tells me he's likely conservative ;perhaps on the evangelical side.

[tomder55]

Another good sign... my inner alarm went off when I heard he was Jesuit . That is the branch of priests that liberation theology came from. But apparently he steered clear of that .

[speechlesstx]

Man of the people, reformer, evangelical, a holy man - those were the words I heard earlier

[paraclete]

Perhaps a new beginning but putting the sinners among the priesthood on notice

[tomder55]

A new Pope and the Higgs Boson (which should be renamed the Boson Higgs) all on the same day.
Higgs-Boson Discovery All but Confirmed at LHC | Video | Space.com

[paraclete]

Onward, upward, into the unknown, I told you to beware the Ides of March, what catastrophy will that unleash on the world

[smoothy]

I hear he's an excellent choice. He's already got TMZ's feathers ruffled...



As someone else said, apparently TMZ is surprised to hear the new Pope is Catholic.

Gives me even MORE reason to like him even though I'm a Protestant.

[paraclete]

You never know the Pope might be too, I hear he is an evangelical

[tomder55]

Switching to the impacts of the sequester... The White House hinted it might cancel the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn. But Jay Carney would not answer questions related to the President's lavish leasure time travels and plans.

Related to this is the fact that some libs are beginning to get it.. This is Bill Mahrer commenting on his taxes .
"“You know what? Rich people – I'm sure you'd agree with this – actually do pay the freight in this country.....” ...“I just saw these statistics,”...“I mean, something like 70 percent. And here in California, I just want to say liberals – you could actually lose me. It's outrageous what we're paying – over 50 percent. I'm willing to pay my share, but yeah, it's ridiculous.”

[paraclete]

switching to the impacts of the sequester .... The White House hinted it might cancel the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn. But Jay Carney would not answer questions related to the President's lavish leasure time travels and plans.

[/I]

Ah Tom I know you love to baste BO but think about this; those job creators who you want to protect from higher tax just might be sitting on cash reserves equal to the national debt. So here is an idea I know you will like, give them an ultimatum; either spend it in leveraging the economy or loose it ah la a Cypress contribution or hair cut. Very un american I know but somertimes others suggest solutions

[tomder55]

I guess we can scrap the right to property too.

[paraclete]

I guess we can scrap the right to property too.

No tom you still have the just compensation clause, think of my suggestion as a subsidy, a reverse subsidy, if you do something you loose nothing, I know Tom you love to subsidise the rich

[smoothy]

Ah Tom I know you love to baste BO but think about this; those job creators who you want to protect from higher tax just might be sitting on cash reserves equal to the national debt. so here is an idea I know you will like, give them an ultimatum; either spend it in leveraging the economy or loose it ah la a Cypress contribution or hair cut. Very un american I know but somertimes others suggest solutions

That's EXACTLY why we have a second amendment...

Let the government here try that... and I can all but guarantee there will be an armed uprising and someone's Presidency will very likely come to a very abrupt end..

[talaniman]

They have already done it here, but of course we have a FED, to keep us insulated. Our Fed has moved trillions and I bet you never saw a looey.

[tomder55]

They have already done it here, but of course we have a FED, to keep us insulated. Our Fed has moved trillions and I bet you never saw a looey.

or we have Obamacare taxing the value of the sale of our home. Yes the Fed is part of the problem... Clete's suggestion is tongue in cheek (maybe )... But maybe not . The idea of taxing inactivity or non-commerce ;or a "tax " to force someone to engage in commerce was inconceivable to me before Obamacare .