Going To Italy?

"Been Caught Stealing"

Zamiast łowić kolejne "głowy", Duane "Pies" Chapman posiedzi za kratkami meksykańskiego aresztu.

Jane's New Addiction: Watching "Dog the Bounty Hunter" on A&E. Salt of the Earth. Kitschy. Good people.

...Make Him A Gesture He Can't Understand

"Va Fungool Yourself," dipshit. We got the Court.

As The World Turns

I do not want to minimize the serious challenges that lie ahead for the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion, but I am hopeful that we are leaving behind the Frank Sinatra approach to doing church – “I did it my way!”-- +Rio Grande

"An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"

I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above:
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love:
My country is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.


Or, "A Liberal Bishop Flies Home from Kanuga" linked above.

Bobby Short at The Carlyle on Ovation

But I find his later work obscure and too conceptual.

Mind the Sgian Dubh!

"Aye...the con-versation's much better, but the sex...aboot the sayme."

Lobby? Wait Until You See The Ballroom

Dans un essai intitulé Le lobby israélien et la politique étrangère des Etats-Unis, les professeurs Stephen Walt, directeur des études à la Kennedy School de l'université Harvard, et John Mearsheimer, professeur de sciences politiques à l'université de Chicago, estiment que les Etats-Unis confondent trop souvent leur intérêt national avec celui de l'Etat juif au risque de "compromettre leur sécurité". Ils incriminent l'action du "lobby pro-israélien", un groupe qu'ils définissent comme composé d'individus et d'organisations qui "travaillent activement" en vue d'influencer la diplomatie américaine.

I'll have the Arnaud de Borchgrave, medium rare...

Quilty Leads Fenwick To Glorious Victory! Click title for Fearful Words from the Ministry of War

Benedict To Deliver Smackdown! Ohh Yeeahhh!

Anglican leader to hold rare meeting with Pope

By Paul MajendieThu Mar 23, 8:15 AM ET

Anglican leader Rowan Williams is to visit Pope Benedict in the Vatican as the world's two largest organized churches battle to bridge their differences over homosexuality. The visit later this year will mark the 40th anniversary of Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey's historic meeting with Pope Paul VI in 1966.
That was the first formal meeting between the heads of the two churches since England's King Henry VIII broke with Rome in the 16th Century.

"My visit this autumn is an opportunity to continue that rich tradition of visits between Canterbury and Rome," said Williams, struggling to avoid schism in his own church over the ordination in America of openly gay bishop Gene Robinson.

The blessing of same-sex unions in Canada's Anglican Church and moves to ordinate women bishops in the Church of England are two other issues that could drive Protestants and Catholics further apart.

"We are living in an ecumenical winter," admitted former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey who visited Pope John Paul six times. "It has got even icier since the American church's decision to consecrate Gene Robinson which goes completely against the Catholic position and the historic position of the Anglican communion as well," he told the Times. Carey hoped the personal chemistry between Williams and Pope Benedict would help to mend bridges.

The Roman Catholic Church, which accounts for just over half of the world's 2 billion Christians, has been working since the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) with its "separated brothers" to try to overcome the splits in Christianity.

Also Sprach Hausfrau Clinton

"It is certainly not in keeping with my understanding of the Scriptures," she declared, before adding: "This bill would literally criminalize the Good Samaritan and probably even Jesus himself."

...Versus Episcopal Convention in July 2006

"Why Bad?"

What Would Janet Reno Do?

Man Overboard
By Ruth Marcus
Tuesday, March 21, 2006; A17

I have a new theory about what's behind everything that's wrong with the Bush administration: manliness. "Manliness" is the unapologetic title of a new book by Harvey C. Mansfield, a conservative professor of government at Harvard University, which makes him a species as rare as a dissenting voice in the Bush White House. Mansfield's thesis is that manliness, which he sums up as "confidence in the face of risk," is a misunderstood and unappreciated attribute. Manliness, he writes, "seeks and welcomes drama and prefers times of war, conflict, and risk." It entails assertiveness, even stubbornness, and craves power and action. It explains why men, naturally inclined to assert that "our policy, our party, our regime is superior," dominate in the political sphere.

Now, use this in a sentence...
he·ge·mo·ny: n.
Etymology: Greek hEgemonia, from hEgemOn leader, from hEgeisthai to lead: preponderant influence or authority over others : DOMINATION
e.g We elect the President to assert the hegemony of the United States and Western Civilization over competing ideologies.

Sarandon To Play Sheehan

"How do you? I see you've met my handy PR man...."

Or "Scrub me, scrub me, scrub me! She makes me feel dirty...someone euthanize the Creature of the Night."

Young Men Are 'Secret Traditionalists'

London: Teenagers and young men today are secret traditionalists who believe in hard work and family values, new research has revealed. The popular stereo-type of the menacing hoodie feared as a yobbo and restrained by an ASBO appears far from being the truth.
The unexpected findings were uncovered by research group Prescient which quizzed almost 1,000 men aged from 18 to 24. It carried out the survey for the Army over the December 2005 and January 2006 period, questioning young men across the UK.
The research looked at the mind set and attitudes of the chosen group and found it had "surprisingly traditional values." "The study revealed that young men today are unpredictably traditional in their values and beliefs," a spokesman for Prescient said."They believe manhood lies in inner strength, rather than brute force, sexual prowess or material goods."

'For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways', says the Lord.

'For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.

'As the rain and the snow come down from above,
and return not again but water the earth,

'Bringing forth life and giving growth,
seed for sowing and bread to eat,

'So is my word that goes forth from my mouth;
it will not return to me fruitless,

'But it will accomplish that which I purpose,
and succeed in the task I gave it.'

Isaiah 55.6-11

Born in N'Haven, Reared at Andover

Eulogia Is Not Amused.

The Harvard Pink Gets a Scoop!

(Cambridge):Anti-war protesters amassed at the Kennedy School of Government on Friday, when 2004 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass) spoke with former Senator Max Cleland and a group of veterans to a packed John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. While Kerry came to Harvard for the premiere of “Hidden Wounds,” a documentary on veterans of the war in Iraq suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the event took a political turn as several dozen protesters gathered together at 79 JFK Street.
“Bush Lied. Kerry Complied. Bring the troops home now,” they chanted outside the Kennedy School. The protest was sponsored by the organizations Not One More (NOM) and Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) as part of their continued effort to provoke a withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.
One man, who was sitting inside the forum, called out to Kerry after the documentary. “Stop this war, John, grow some balls” the man said. “You can do something, John.”

Obviously, the Phalanx of the Cambridge godless do not know that in his year of Skulls and Bones, Kerry was designated the codename 'Lucky Pierre.' Eulogia screams in vain.

'But Legend Embodies It'

"Her name was Beatrice. She said she was a Seductress, Third Class. I was struck by her sad, yet hard, face. Something’s not in orbit in the capital of this Galaxy."

Ecstasy Causes Depression in Pigs (But It Gets Them Laid First)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 10 (UPI) -- Danish scientific experiments where Ecstasy was adminstered to pigs may help to explain depression in humans abusing the drug.
The three-year study conducted at the PET Center at Arhus Hospital in Denmark showed the recreational drug caused depression in laboratory pigs, reported The Copenhagen Post Friday. The scientists injected pigs with varying doses of Ecstasy to study the effect the drug has on the pigs' brains. Pigs' brains are similar to human brains.
"We have proven that Ecstasy releases seratonin in the brain, which we know plays a role in depression," said Dr. Aage Kristian Olsen at Arhus Hospital. "Ecstasy users risk depression given its long-term effects on the brain."

The scientists noted that pigs on Ecstasy lost control of their body temperature, an effect also seen in human overdose fatalities, Olsen said.

Smells Like Chanel Number Two

John Profumo, who was at the centre of one of the UK's most famous political scandals, has died at the age of 91. John Profumo's public life was dramatically split into two parts: disgrace and redemption.

The shape of journalism to come, like the chisel strike on the first wheel.

He covers the heavens with clouds*
and prepares rain for the earth;
He makes grass to grow upon the mountains*
and green plants to serve us all.
He provides food for flocks and herds*
and for the young ravens when they cry.
He is not impressed by the might of a horse,*
he has no pleasure in human strength;
But the Lord has pleasure in those who fear him,*
in those who await his gracious favour.
Ps. 147.9-12

"Would you believe...Bishop of Pennsylvania?"

On the Road to Crossmaglen, There's One Less Rogue

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Police, soldiers and customs officials from both parts of Ireland launched a dawn raid Thursday on the border home of the Irish Republican Army's alleged chief of staff, Thomas "Slab" Murphy.

At least 400 soldiers and officers from the Garda Siochana, Ireland's national police, and the Police Service of Northern Ireland converged on several properties in the so-called "bandit country" borderland. Among the first properties targeted was Murphy's border-straddling farm. Police reported no immediate arrests.

"Mr. P...How you be?"

The Teenie Harris of NYC.

Dee Ang Lee of Defeat

Ang Lee said promoting his Oscar-winning gay romance "Brokeback Mountain" was an arduous process and it was a disappointment not to win Oscar best picture. "We've won every award since September, but missed out on the last one, the biggest one," Lee said in a post-Oscar news conference in Los Angeles that aired in Hong Kong Wednesday.

'I have good rooking guys, who are physically fit/Yet Academy does not give a sheep shit,' he sang to a chorus of angular banjo. Citing the shame he had brought on his ancestors, he gathered his belongings to participate in a secret martial arts tournament on an evil island.

"Patriot Games"

Come all ye young rebels, and list while I sing,
For the love of one's country is a terrible thing.
It banishes fear with the speed of a flame,
And it makes us all part of the patriot game.

My name is O'Hanlon, and I've just turned sixteen.
My home is in Monaghan, and where I was weaned
I learned all my life cruel England's to blame,
So now I am part of the patriot game.

This Ireland of ours has too long been half free.
Six counties lie under John Bull's tyranny.
But still De Valera is greatly to blame
For shirking his part in the Patriot game.

Now leave him his dignity, you bastards! O.P.N.
click title

Brokeback Duke

"Looking for a New England"

That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

St. Swithin's Day

Thinking back now,
I suppose you were just stating your views
What was it all for
For the weather or the Battle of Agincourt
And the times that we all hoped would last
Like a train they have gone by so fast
And though we stood together
At the edge of the platform
We were not moved by them

Green and Pleasant Land

Of the Method of Sentencing the Accused to be Questioned: and How she must be Questioned on the First Day; and Whether she may be Promised her Life. The Ninth Action

SECONDLY, the Judge must take care to frame his sentence in the following manner. We, the Judge and assessors, having attended to and considered the details of the process enacted by us against you N. of such a place in such a Diocese, and having diligently examined the whole matter, find that your are equivocal in your admissions; as for example, when you say that you used such threats with no intention of doing an injury, but nevertheless there are various proofs which are sufficient warrant for exposing you to the question and torture.
Malleus Maleficarum

Marat Sade

Julia's unit in the Fiction Department had been taken off the production of novels and was rushing out a series of atrocity pamphlets. Winston, in addition to his regular work, spent long periods every day in going through back files of The Times and altering and embellishing news items which were to be quoted in speeches. Late at night, when crowds of rowdy proles roamed the streets, the town had a curiously febrile air. The rocket bombs crashed oftener than ever, and sometimes in the far distance there were enormous explosions which no one could explain and about which there were wild rumours.

The Turing Machine

As a result many citizens who had been composed entirely or work went ape straight away and screamed through the streets attacking the passers-by who in many cases went ape in turn as The Silence Sickness hit - To combat these conditions, described as "intolerable," political leaders projected stern noble image from control towers and some could occupy and hold up the ape forms for a few days or weeks - Invariably the leader was drained by the gravity of unregenerate apes, torn in pieces by his relapsing constituents, or went ape himself on TV - So the Survivors as they call themselves lived in continual dread of resistant dwarfs always more frantic form host hunger - Knowing that at any minute the man next to you in the street might go Mandril and leap your your throat with virginal canines - K9 shrugged and put in a call for Technicians - "the error in enemy strategy is now obvious.
It is machine strategy and the machine can be redirected - Have written connection in

The Soft Typewriter the machine can only repeat your instructions since it can not create anything - The operation is very technical - Look at a photomontage - It makes a statement in flexible picture language - Let us call the statement made by a given photomontage X - We can use X words X colors X odors X images and so forth to define the various aspects of X - Now we feed X into the calculating machine

WS Burroughs papers bought, making adding machines profitable as 'lim n approaches infinity.'