Friday, October 11, 2013

Scalia chides New York Magazine Reporter after she challenged his belief in the existence of the Devil; Trailing for the first time this season, No. 1 California rallies to beat San Diego State

BALTIMORE, Maryland October 9, 2013 - Long interview reveals much about Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia: When a journalist at New York Magazine criticized Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for his Christian belief in the existence of the Devil, the feisty Scalia gave it back.  He concluded his retort to the reporter by admitting he was offended that the reporter acted incredulous when he said he believed in the Devil.  "I was offended by that, I really was," Scalia said.  The reporter, Jenifer Senior, tried to back-peddle a bit, saying she was more surprised at the vigor with which Scalia stated his belief than the fact that he believed.  Senior said she did not believe in the devil or heaven or hell. Scalia, on the otherhand, stated again and again his belief in standard Catholic dogma and he took occassion to praise the Pope. The 8-page interview is at http://nymag.com/news/features/antonin-scalia-2013-10/  California rallies to beat San Diego State:  For the first time all season the No. 1 ranked California Bears trailed in a soccer match.  Playing at San Diego State, which competes in the Pac 12 in soccer, the Bears fell behind, 1-0, when the Aztec's Jordan Ongaro headed in a feed from Abraham Villon at the 59:31 mark of the second half.  It didn't last long.  Just over eight minutes later California senior midfielder Ryan Neil played a ball into the Aztec's end and it got behind the defense.  Junior midfielder Max Oldham raced Aztec keeper Blake Hylen for the ball and Oldham won. His shot pounded into the empty net at the 69:16 mark to tie the score.  Then Bear freshman reserve forward Christian Thierjung scored his second goal of the season at the 79:17 mark to put California ahead, 2-1, and that is how the match ended.  For Thierjung, it was not only his second score, but also his second game-winner.  At the University of San Francisco earlier in the season the score was deadlocked, 0-0, in the final seconds when Thierjung scored his first goal, giving the Bears a 1-0 win over the Dons.  California is now 8-0-2 overall and 2-0-1 in the conference.  San Diego State fell to 3-6-0 overall and 0-2-0 in the Pac 12.  The Bears play next at No. 6 UCLA on Sunday afternoon.



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