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[struggle4progress]

Liveblog: black smoke signals papal conclave has not yet chosen pope
Coverage as 115 cardinals gather in the Vatican to decide which of them will become the next leader of the world's 1.2bn Catholics

... A puff of black smoke from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel this evening signalled that the cardinals had not yet come to a decision. They will now retire to the isolation of St Martha’s House, within the Vatican walls, and reconvene tomorrow morning at 8.30am GMT for more deliberations ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/12/papal-conclave-to-choose-new-pope-day-one-live-coverage

[Lint Head]

1. Why is it always that black is negative and white is positive?

Why couldn't it be blue is negative and green is positive?

[LAGC]

7. The Bible is chock-full of those same stereotypes.

Black = Dark = Bad.

White = Light = Good.

No wonder African slavery was justified for so long by early believers...

[AnnieBW]

2. First Vote - Coke vs. Pepsi

57% Coke, 43% Pepsi.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. What if it is just that someone burned the pizza?

[longship]

4. I told you, Cardinal Fang, 30 minutes to cook the pizza pie!

[struggle4progress]

5. Black Smoke (Again) As Morning Fails to Bring New Pope

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014423302

[cbayer]

6. One pundit said yesterday that the length of time could be positively correlated

with the conservative nature of the eventual choice.

That is, picking early would have been a good sign that they we going for change.

Have no idea if there is any validity to this theory, just putting it out there.