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Pope Francis angered by America's 'mother of all bombs' name
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Posted on 05/06/2017 6:46:51 PM PDT by Ennis85
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To: gaijin
As a Lutheran, I am reaching the point that I would rather have Adrian VI than this man.
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:04:25 PM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: Pelham
“mother” of all bombs actually refers to “The mother F@@@er” of all bombs.
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:06:27 PM PDT
by
vannrox
(The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:07:01 PM PDT
by
Hieronymus
(It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
To: gaijin
MOAB...
Mother
Of
All
Bombs
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:07:16 PM PDT
by
vannrox
(The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
To: Ennis85
I call him Pope Commie the 1st.
To: Ennis85
I like the official name “Massive Ordnance Penetrator” better than MOAB because it reminds of my younger days when the girls called...well...never mind.
To: Ennis85
From
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-does-mother-of-all-bombs-mean-iraq-saddam-hussein-2017-4
The phrase originates from the Quran, which contains verses that describe Mecca as "Umm al-Qura" the "mother of all settlements" or "mother of all cities." Arabic speakers use the phrase to describe the most important or prominent example of something in any given category.
I first read anything like it was in Dune by Frank Herbert where a huge sandstorm near the end of the book was called "the grandmother of all storms".
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:10:02 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
To: Ennis85
Every dead terrorist means lives saved...
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:10:30 PM PDT
by
piasa
To: Ennis85
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:11:42 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
When you were known as having the MOAP?
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:13:04 PM PDT
by
exit82
(The opposition has already been Trumped!)
To: dp0622
I am not disgusted by Catholics or the USA. But, I am extremely vomiting disgusted by francis and 0bama.
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:13:32 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: Ennis85
Fine, don’t want to hear the whining. We’ll rename it The Pope of all bombs.
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:13:36 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Make up my mind, NBC,CBS,CNN,ABC. What are the "facts" today?)
To: gaijin
Real popes,used to employ catchy nickname: Crusades Inquisition and so forth.
To: Jane Long
Can you do this with Alexander VI?
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:13:52 PM PDT
by
Hieronymus
(It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
To: Ennis85
The popster is the reigning father of all idiots. What an abject fool of a “man.”
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:14:19 PM PDT
by
Fungi
(No tagline.)
To: Ennis85
Tear down your vatican wall, Francis.
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:14:25 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Ennis85
Oh, really, well I'm angered at the Church's pedophile priest scandal, and how it took so long for The Vatican to step up to the plate and deal with it. To this day they may still know more than they told the authorities. How 'bout it Pope-a-Dope? Does
Matthew 7:5 ring a bell?
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:15:00 PM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
To: Ennis85
Says Francis, the Socialist Pope.
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:15:06 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I believe those are two different bombs.
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:15:17 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Ennis85
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posted on
05/06/2017 7:15:55 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(How many does it take? It takes two. One to eat the possum, the other to direct traffic.)
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