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“A little piece of the Malvinas” and Falklands' berries for Pope Francis
An Argentine teacher and runner who has competed three times in the annual Falklands marathon met last week Pope Francis, in Rome, and handed him a “little piece of the Falklands” and some of the berries that the Argentine soldiers had to eat during their time in the 1982 conflict. Read full article
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Nov 30th, 2016 - 10:50 am - Link - Report abuse +6Reference the Falklands - Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, said in 2012 when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires that Britain had “usurped” the disputed islands from Argentina. In 2011, he said the islands were “ours,” a view most Argentinians share. He's wrong of course:
Falklands – Some Relevant International Law:
https://www.academia.edu/17799157/Falklands_-_Some_Relevant_International_Law
Well, isn't he just the berries.
Nov 30th, 2016 - 11:20 am - Link - Report abuse +3As a well-travelled gal the first thought I had was, how did she smuggle plants and berries through customs? Haha. Most countries take a very dim view of taking such items from one country to another because of the spread of diseases, fungi and upsetting the eco-balance but I guess they don't mind at all in Argentina. They would go ape-shit in Chile.
Nov 30th, 2016 - 11:49 am - Link - Report abuse +5ElaineB, I think that the Powers-that-be in Argentina prefer the fiction that bringing stuff to Argentina from the Falklands is an internal movement, not an importation, as it is simply moving from one part of 'their' territory to another. Quite how she smuggled them into Italy and out again into the Vatican is another matter. However, it does say that she gave him some of the berries they had to eat during the conflict so perhaps they were just the pips stored in someone's bottom before being handed over over the Pope?
Nov 30th, 2016 - 12:00 pm - Link - Report abuse +7Wonder if the silly bitch knew that all the gravel surrounds to the graves and on the pathways came from- ENGLAND!!
Nov 30th, 2016 - 12:13 pm - Link - Report abuse +8It is not local stone!!
Same as when we see other silly b****s kissing the tarmac at the foot of the aircraft steps when they arrive- its tarmac/concrete was made from 100% materials shipped in from UK at that time- only the water is local!
And with luck an RAF Police Dog cocked his leg in that area the day before anyway.
The RC Church has gone from having a pope who did time in a concentration camp, to one that was in the Nazi Wehrmacht, and now to a Peronist who presides over this...
Nov 30th, 2016 - 01:39 pm - Link - Report abuse +5http://www.thebubble.com/priests-in-mendoza-charged-with-the-rape-of-disabled-children/
As far as I am concerned, they have zero moral authority over anyone.
Sweetness and virtue.
Nov 30th, 2016 - 05:02 pm - Link - Report abuse -7( last version )
Sweet and present
delight, when
the sound of a
blackbird spreads
in the air with
a delicate chirping
I see your profile
proceeding alone
while the candour
returns and the
wind's intuition
appears near
a shade: the soft
wind invites you
to cry, a tender
sensation remains
in the dark to discover
the sadness and
the voice of your
heart...
Francesco Sinibaldi
Ms Badra is a teacher, expert in Autism-Asperger,
Nov 30th, 2016 - 06:42 pm - Link - Report abuse +3Does she know Troll boy ?
“Ms Badra is a teacher, expert in Autism-Asperger,”
Nov 30th, 2016 - 07:01 pm - Link - Report abuse +3So she will never be out of a job in The Dark Country then.
The Dope of an Argy Pope! He cannot help himself, can he?
Sandbagged by a weirdo who thinks the Falklands belongs to TDC. Stupid bugger.
Same old, same old.
Od like to give the Argies a large piece of nuked Buenos Aires.
Nov 30th, 2016 - 08:18 pm - Link - Report abuse -3To be fair, Brit Bob, Frankie didn't claim to be infallible when he said that Britain had “usurped” the disputed islands from Argentina.
Nov 30th, 2016 - 09:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“I told him I was the only Argentine woman to run three times the Malvinas marathon and....”
Dec 01st, 2016 - 07:47 am - Link - Report abuse +4One would expect an Argentine teacher to have a sounder grasp of geography and not get confused about where she was running her marathons.
As for the Pope, he is following a long tradition of catholic popes supporting despots.
@ Faulconbridge
Dec 01st, 2016 - 11:49 am - Link - Report abuse +3To be fair The Dope of an Argy Pope also didn't say I am just a big nosed Argy who hasn't got a fucking idea about reality, but that is what he is.
The Pope has clearly forgotten there is Roman Catholic representation on the Falkland Islands. This suggests he has no contact with his own staff on the Islands at St Marys. If he has eaten Diddle Dee berries, doesn't the idiot realise there was a local saying that if you have eaten them you are destined to return? Or in his case visit. And why did the Argentine soldiers have to eat berries when there were huge stockpiles of food in Stanley? Answer, Argentina can't run a piss up in a brewery.
Dec 04th, 2016 - 07:16 pm - Link - Report abuse +4From a British/Falklands Catholic point of view it is sad that we have an Argentine pope especially one who has, previously, forcibly stated his opinions about the archipelago.
Dec 07th, 2016 - 09:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0However, since his election he has not, publicly, mentioned the islands which, I suppose, means his advisors have done their job well. It would appear that the incident described above was a complete surprise for him!
He also dealt well with La Kretina - he never gave her any pontifical support in spite of her several visits to the Vatican seeking his backing and pretending to be a practicing Catholic.
In so far as the Falklands are concerned I give him 5/10!
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