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| 2018-03-11 |
| [DavidWarrenOnline] If Mohammed bin Salman can stay alive and in power, many things become possible, that were not possible before. In Egypt, the Saudi prince said many surprising things, widely reported in Arabic media but ignored here. He visited not only Al Azhar (the citadel of learned, moderate Sunni Islam), but also the Coptic pope (Tawadros II) at St Mark’s; and invited Copts to visit his country. He allowed a photo-op under a pictorial representation of Jesus Christ. This was previously unthinkable. It bodes well for Christian minorities in Saudi Arabia itself, and across the region. (God bless that Jewish boy, Kushner, for his part in this.) Something large and potentially very positive is happening, and yet it is ignored by our media, obsessed instead with tabloid things that are small, dirty, and inconsequential. |
| Posted by:newc |
| #10 I'm adding it to my vocabulary. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-03-11 17:24 |
| #9 "...and if my aunt had ball$, she'd be my uncle." Do people still dare to say such a thing? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-03-11 17:21 |
| #8 is ignored by our media Of course. Christians are PNG as far as the media is concerned. You know, all those yucky bitter clinger deplorable red-necks. "Sophisticate" proggie liberals don't do yucky and don't want anyone else to either. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-03-11 11:32 |
| #7 I guess my version - common in Israel, was cleaned up for kids. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-11 08:50 |
| #6 #4 "We would be a bus company", Mercutio. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-11 08:26 ...A dear friend of mine - grew up in Brooklyn - had a slightly different version, always said in that amazing accent: "...and if my aunt had ball$, she'd be my uncle." Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-03-11 08:48 |
| #5 The wheels on the bus go...... |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-03-11 08:43 |
| #4 "We would be a bus company", Mercutio. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-11 08:26 |
| #3 "If grandma had wheels..." OK, g(r)omgoru, you got me.. what's the rest of the saying? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2018-03-11 07:08 |
| #2 If Mohammed bin Salman can stay alive and in power If grandma had wheels... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-11 03:33 |
| #1 small, dirty, and inconsequential And don't forget speculative. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-03-11 01:30 |