Shakespeare and Unforgotten War Crimes

Posted on March 30, 2014 by jimmie

O, it presses to my memory, Like damned guilty deeds to sinners' minds - Shakespearean quotation to remember the aggression against Serbia“…. O, it presses to my memory,
Like damned guilty deeds to sinners’ minds.”

(Romeo and Juliet, act 3, sc. 2)

Fifteen years is a long time for the collective memory of people. Collective drunkenness is not indispensable for collective forgetfulness. But Lady Macbeth’s words still apply,

“… memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason
A empty vase a”

Different causes, same effect. Drunkenness from drink in one case, drunkenness from power in the other. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Godfathers and Radars among the Oranges

Posted on March 21, 2014 by jimmie

“.. deal mildly with his youth; For young hot colts being raged do rage the more. shakespeare quote applied to anti-military installations in Italy“… deal mildly with his youth; For young hot colts being raged do rage the more.”

(King Richard II, act 2, sc. 1)

Less than 1000 miles West-South-West of Ukraine and Crimea lies the island of Sicily. Where there is no desire for a referendum to join Russia or any other nation. Hence there is no need for the State Department’s display of staggering hypocrisy or for masking with arrogance the insipidity of truth. Neither it is necessary Continue reading →

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Ukraine and a Repeat of Lithuania

Posted on March 15, 2014 by jimmie

illustration of Shakespeare's line, Are there no stones in heaven But what serve for thunder? and Macbeth's “To know my deed, 'twere best not know myself.”“Are there no stones in heaven
But what serve for thunder?”

(Othello, act 5, sc. 2)

In traditional history, it was the slaves who rebelled against the masters. But in the revised Huxley’s edition of our brave new world it is the masters who revolt against the slaves. Which, more or less, is what happened in Ukraine. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and McDonald in Vietnam

Posted on March 9, 2014 by jimmie

illustration of David's statue before & after McDonald. on the Alps It is reported thou didst eat strange flesh, Which some did die to look on“…on the Alps
It is reported thou didst eat strange flesh,
Which some did die to look on …”

(Antony and Cleopatra, act 1, sc. 4)

The corporate US media reported, with thinly disguised pride, that the McDonald franchise has now entered Vietnam. The implied narrative can be condensed as follow, Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Nostalgia, a Tiramisu and an Italian Restaurant

Posted on March 2, 2014 by jimmie

a tiramisu, illustrating a shakespearean quote from love's labours lost, “... dainty bits Make rich the ribs, but bankrupt quite the wits.” (Love Labour’s Lost, act 1, sc. 1)“… dainty bits
Make rich the ribs, but bankrupt quite the wits.”

(Love’s Labours Lost, act 1, sc. 1)

Amidst the mist of business, war and folly, compounded in the subjects of recent articles, the following  “news, which is indeed true, may be so like an old tale that the importance of it is in strong suspicion”. Even so, in those who have tasted a tiramisu’, the closure of the Italian restaurant that invented it may induce some disappointment tinged with melancholy. Not different Continue reading →

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Color Revolutions, a Shakespearean Interpretation

Posted on February 25, 2014 by jimmie

shakespearean interpretation of colored revolutions - a bright bday that briongs forth the adder“These things, indeed, you have articulated,
Proclaim’d at market crosses, read in churches,
To trim the garment of rebellion
With some fine color, that may please the eye
Of fickle changelings, and poor discontents
……
And never yet did insurrection want
Such water-colours, to impaint his cause.”

King Henry IV, [art 1, act 5, sc. 1)

The previous article on this site (http://yourdailyshakespeare.com/shakespeare-ukraine-and-the-smoking-gun/equalities) reported verbatim the intercepted conversation of the state department deputy Nuland with the American Ambassador in Ukraine. The ambassador predicted that, after the planned and anticipated turmoil in Ukraine, the US would end up with the “jelly side up” – meaning achieving the goal of ousting the democratically elected but insufficiently friendly president with a character pliable by US demands and pressure. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Ukraine and the Smoking Gun

Posted on February 20, 2014 by jimmie

smoking gun and a Shakespeare quote from Troilus and Cressida, “I will no more trust him when he leers, than I will a serpent when he hisses.” I will no more trust him when he leers,
than I will a serpent when he hisses.”

(Troilus and Cressida, act 5, sc. 1)

The expression “smoking gun”, as we know, is intended to represent incontrovertible evidence of a crime, or of a generic act of lawlessness. The term is derived from Conan Doyle’s story “The Gloria Scott”, where, to be pedantic about it, to smoke was a pistol, rather than a gun. But I digress.

Here the topic smoking gun is the hacked telephone conversation Continue reading →

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Shakespeare at St. Valentine

Posted on February 12, 2014 by jimmie

A sample of St. Valentine words for cards, dinner date, any romantic occasionMany, or at least the overwhelming majority of St. Valentine traditionalists, will acquire one or more cards from sundry stationery stores or franchises. Nothing wrong, of course, except that the pre-printed messages on St. Valentine cards are often more soft than crisp, more sniveling than elegant and more ridiculous than romantic. All good grist, along with flowers and chocolate, for the money-making St. Valentine machinery.

But with cards, why not strive for independence? Following are a few random Shakespearean suggestions, some for hand-written messages and some for St. Valentine (more-or-less) related situations or occurrences. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare Applies for a Job Today

Posted on February 8, 2014 by jimmie

Imagining Shakespeafre applying for a job in a corporation of todayIf William Shakespeare applied for a job in a corporation today, would he get it? Or would he be rejected for being unable to speak the  fuzzy and sometimes nebulous managerese?

The question must remain unanswered but let’s imagine that the ghost and spirit of Shakespeare enter into your soul, so that you can fit Shakespearean language to situations you encounter or questions you are asked.

In this session you are applying for a job. (HR) refers to a Human Resources Representative, the initials WS are self-explanatory. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, America and the Superbowl

Posted on February 1, 2014 by jimmie

“Mad I call it; for, to define true madness, What is ‘t but to be nothing else but mad? Head hits, dementia and CTE“Mad I call it; for, to define true madness,
What is ‘t but to be nothing else but mad?
But let that go.”

(Hamlet, act 2, sc. 2)

This article may irritate or alienate some American Internauts who regularly visit this site. If so, I am sorry but the information is based on publicly available data. Continue reading →

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