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[Psy-Fi]

Vatican tightens rules on supernatural phenomena

[DJChameleon]

If any of you Europeans wonder why the US Congress can't hardly ever get anything useful done, and why it has such low approval ratings, I present to you, exhibit #10547374:

The UK Parliament is worse than this though and Taiwan Parliament actually let's them go to blows.

[grindy]

Vatican tightens rules on supernatural phenomena

We need to be very careful and have proof and evidence for supernatural shit. New shit, of course, the old, established shit our whole system is based on is golden and unquestionably true.
(c) The Vatican

[Lisnaholic]

^ Excellent summary of the Catholic church's position !!

The UK Parliament is worse than this though and Taiwan Parliament actually let's them go to blows.

^ I was intrigued by this comparison, and it's not wrong: the  US has a long way to go before it reaches the levels of routine chaos we see from UK Members of Parliament:-

[SGR]

The UK Parliament is worse than this though and Taiwan Parliament actually let's them go to blows.

I like this idea. Might mitigate some of the shit talking. But, I don't want there to be any discrimination based on age. If you're not too old to be serving in congress, you're not too old for a Congressional dustup.

[Psy-Fi]

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash along with foreign minister, state media confirm

[Trollheart]

I love how the immediate reaction of the US is to state they were not involved in the crash. As they sidle away, trying to hide that spanner...

[SGR]

I love how the immediate reaction of the US is to state they were not involved in the crash. As they sidle away, trying to hide that spanner...

[Mindy]

[Mindy]

[Psy-Fi]

Justice Department sues Live Nation and Ticketmaster for monopolizing concert industry

[Psy-Fi]

Napoleon's one-and-a-half inch long penis last known to be in the possession of NJ urologist's daughter

Here is a short history lesson.

French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte died 203 years ago May 5, but his legendarily petite privates were last known to be in the hands of an Englewood, NJ, resident.

The penis belonged to Evan Lattimer, whose renowned urologist dad beat out stiff competition at a Paris auction in 1977 to buy the organ for $3,000.

[SGR]

Napoleon's one-and-a-half inch long penis last known to be in the possession of NJ urologist's daughter

Jeez, let's be fair to the guy, maybe he was a grower and not a shower! 

I can't imagine, you're a successful emperor, conqueror, and military strategist and despite that, over 200 years later since you've been alive, people are still making fun of your dick. 

[Lexi Darling]

Jeez, let's be fair to the guy, maybe he was a grower and not a shower! 

I can't imagine, you're a successful emperor, conqueror, and military strategist and despite that, over 200 years later since you've been alive, people are still making fun of your dick. 

I have to wonder if maybe the preservation process shrunk it over time or if that was the size it was when it was attached to him. Either way it's wild that, of all the body parts of famous people that have been preserved, that one's still hanging around.

[SGR]

I have to wonder if maybe the preservation process shrunk it over time or if that was the size it was when it was attached to him. Either way it's wild that, of all the body parts of famous people that have been preserved, that one's still hanging around.

That's certainly possible that it's shrunk - who knows how it's been preserved.

But, for what it's worth, Napoleon, contrary to popular, wasn't that short for a French man of his time. He was actually somewhere between 5'6'' and 5'7'' which wasn't at all unusual.

https://www.ripleys.com/stories/tall-napoleon-bonaparte

I think it was the propaganda of his enemies that instilled this idea of the 'Napoleon complex' in the popular consciousness.

Another one that I am skeptical about is the popular idea that Hitler had only one testicle. I'm leaning towards that being a bunch of bull too.