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One evening I was having dinner with a friend who is a prominent leader in the world of entertainment. He is not Catholic, but professed to have a very strong liking of our Holy Father, Pope Francis. He appreciated his clear voice in defense of the marginalized, his powerful symbolic witness in actions such as washing the feet of prisoners and his radiant and joyful interactions with people from every background.“What makes him tick?” he asked. “What centers him and directs his life?” I replied: “The Holy Father genuinely believes not only that Jesus rose from the dead 2,000 years...

After closed door meetings with FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday, top members of the Senate Judiciary Committee looked grim and rattled and refused to divulge the contents of the meeting to reporters. At around 5 p.m. E.T. on Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) faced reporters but revealed little about their meetings with Comey. “This briefing was all on sensitive matters,” Feinstein said, “and highly classified and it’s really not anything we can answer any questions about.” Comey has been at the center of multiple controversies lately, from his decision to make a later-discredited announcement...

Please post all SOUR PUSS snapshots or videos of the MSM talking heads or pundits responding to Scott Brown's stunning victory to this thread. We want to immortalize their lamentations and wailing and gnashing of teeth. Posting a snapshot of real, confirmed blubbering on camera will make you a lifetime member of the "I'm Mad as Hell" club.

The BEST thing about Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's prison sentence is the absolute outrage it has provoked in DUmmieland. So not only does Libby get out of serving a sentence for a crime that didn't exist in the first place but we get incredible entertainment as well. There are currently two DUmmie conniption fit threads on this commutation. The first is a DUmmie THREAD titled, "Bush Commutes Libby's Prison Term in CIA Leak Case." The other related (which we will lead off with) DUmmie THREAD has the berserk title of "IT'S ON F*CKING CNN! It's commuted! Libby's not...