Category Archives: Insults Shakespeare-style

Shakespeare and the Extreme Madness of Imperialism

Posted on May 3, 2013 by jimmie

“Mad world! mad kings! mad disposition!” (King Lear, act 2, sc. 2) Comment. Some visitors of this web-site may have already viewed the horrifying and tragic video of the military Boeing 747 that crashed after take-off in Afghanistan.  The plane … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Victoria Secret and the Corruption of Neo-liberal Capitalism

Posted on March 29, 2013 by jimmie

“…she that sets seeds and roots of shame and iniquity” (Pericles, act 4, sc. 6) Comment. The appellation, let alone the profession of moralist is historically suspect. Who has the qualifications or the right to dictate moral canons to others? … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Murder, the Iraq War and a Letter from a Dying Soldier

Posted on March 20, 2013 by jimmie

“Murder most foul, as in the best it is; But this most foul, strange and unnatural” (Hamlet, act 1, sc. 5) Comment.  It is the 10th Anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, when the arrogant ostentation of a nauseating, foul, … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and the Physics and Mathematics of NIST (National Institute of Science and Technology)

Posted on March 11, 2013 by jimmie

BIRON. By Jove, I always took three threes for nine. COSTARD. O Lord, sir, it were pity you should get your living by reckoning, sir. (Love’s Labours Lost, act 5, sc. 2) Comment. As it often happens, when an earth … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Chavez and the Associated Press

Posted on March 9, 2013 by jimmie

“Fellow kings, I tell you that that Lord Say hath gelded the commonwealth, and made it an eunuch” (KHVI p2.4.2) Comment. Among the large volume of nonsense uttered in the US corporate media regarding the death of Hugo Chavez, one … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and Useless Expectations on Education and Everything Else

Posted on February 21, 2013 by jimmie

“…the raven doth not hatch a lark” (Titus Andronicus, act 2, sc.3) Comment. Comes a point when whatever is said (on the current national-international conditions) terribly sounds as deja-vu, or to be more accurate, deja-dit, not only by the  redactor … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare on the Latin in the Pope’s Resignation Text

Posted on February 13, 2013 by jimmie

“I smell false Latin.” (Love’s Labours Lost, act 5, sc. 1) Comment.  The day has finally come when my immensely useless learning (see “About the author” in the menu for details) can be put to task. With all respect for … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and Ed Koch

Posted on February 7, 2013 by jimmie

“…the tears live in an onion that should water this sorrow.” (Antony and Cleopatra, act 1, sc. 2)   Comment.  I am referring to the political persona, not to the human being. The death of Ed Koch, three times mayor … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare on Murder as a Game

Posted on February 5, 2013 by jimmie

“… And look upon, as if the tragedy Were play’d in jest by counterfeiting actors” (King Henry VI, part 3, act 2, sc. 3) Comment.  As they say and as the picture shows, the wheel has come full circle – … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare on King who had a dream and Obama who has a drone

Posted on January 18, 2013 by jimmie

IAGO. Will you hear me Roderigo? RODERIGO. Faith, I have heard too much; for your words and performance are no kin together. (Othello, act 4, sc. 3) Martin Luther King is a cultural icon who, these days, must be used … Continue reading →

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