17 Comments

I'd say "Assholers".

Expand full comment

Based on the last few elections, that appears to be about expectation.

Expand full comment

Points to Trix for writing his name in the correct order (as a pedant, it bugs me just as much to see "Cardinal Firstname Lastname" as "Lord George Byron"). Now, let's excoriate this idiot! Rather than refute it point by point- which I already did, in my head, while reading- I'll just say: I hear <a href="" target="_blank">Murmansk</a> has been long without apostolic administration.

Expand full comment

your welcome!

Expand full comment

Crazy, man.

Expand full comment

My late wife was raised Catholic, because her father had been raised Catholic. When we were first dating (this was quite a long time ago), she mentioned that when she was a kid, there came a time when her mom (who had been raised Baptist) simply told her dad that either (1) he was coming to church with her and the three kids, every time, or (2) she was taking them to Baptist church.

This would have been in the seventies. Grammie was quite a wonderful woman, but she would have been confused if Burke called her a feminist.

Expand full comment

I remember Jamie [redacted]. She married Steve [censored] and hyphenated her name to Jamie [redacted]-[censored]. Their kids went by [omitted].

Expand full comment

Pretty sure the church was doing some assaulting of its own.

Expand full comment

Or in a "contemplative monastery", which is so far off the map you'd need a hunting dog and a Ouija Board to find it.

Expand full comment

It really was a lot easier back in the good ol' days when you wimmenz were chattel.

Expand full comment

The man hasn't had a decent sandwich in years.

Expand full comment

So he prefers alter boys... ohs he's Catholic alright.

Expand full comment

<i>Young boys don’t want to do things with girls. It’s just natural.</i>

I always knew I was an unnatural child.

Expand full comment

There would be a major incident when Burke attempts to burn a Muslim infidel at the stake.

Expand full comment

Ain't that the truth?! My truly-awful, died-before-I-was-born great grandmother pushed all 7 of her children into joining the priesthood (the sole female kid into nun-hood) and refused to have anything more to do with my grandfather once he decided he wanted to do something else. Ain't Irish Catholic guilt grand?

Expand full comment

How dare they insist on parity in a relationship! Argle and also bargle! Remember: there are two kinds of humans, people and women.

Expand full comment