Shakespeare on the Unbelievable Justice in Texas

Posted on January 24, 2014 by jimmie

Most noble sir, That which I shall report will bear no credit, Were not the proof so nigh, shakespeare, winter's tale.“Most noble sir,
That which I shall report will bear no credit,
Were not the proof so nigh.”

(Winter’s Tale, act 5, sc. 1)

… And disbelief will probably be your reaction on learning about the event, of which I first read in a comment to an unrelated article online. This is why I invite the reader to verify the news independently. And after the verification, he/she will probably agree with the maxim, “When you believe that you have seen them all, you haven’t”. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare in a Corporation or Job Interview

Posted on January 21, 2014 by jimmie

…there are throats to be cut and works to be done. From Shakespeare's Henry V “…there are throats to be cut and works to be done.”

(King Henry V, act 3, sc. 4)

Probably, Shakespeare would not fare well today in a job interview. For example, it is assumed, especially in a sales or marketing position, that the candidate must “like people”. Silly words for a silly concept. Some people are likable, some aren’t for whatever reason. To pretend otherwise under the mantle of “liking people” is to expect a lie even before you start (working).

I have not run accurate statistics, but it is safe Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and the Shenanigans of the New Jersey’s Governor

Posted on January 14, 2014 by jimmie

and you shall not sin, If you do say we think him over-proud And under-honest; in self-assumption greater Than in the note of judgment. Shakespeare's quote from Troilus and Cressida.“… and you shall not sin,
If you do say we think him over-proud
And under-honest; in self-assumption greater
Than in the note of judgment.”

(Troilus and Cressida, act 2, sc. 3)

That history repeats itself is an adage with multiple contributors. It started with the biblical Ecclesiastes “Nothing new under the sun”  (Nihil sub sole novum). Next came the Latin writer Curtius Rufus, author of the first History of Alexander the Great. A millennium and three quarters later, it was the turn of Karl Marx, “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and the Side Effects of Medicines

Posted on January 12, 2014 by jimmie

Shakespeare, considerations on medicines & medications. And thou, too careless patient as thou art, Commit'st thy anointed body to the cure Of those physicians that first wounded thee“And thou, too careless patient as thou art,
Commit’st thy anointed body to the cure
Of those physicians that first wounded thee”

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

Weary with toil, I hastened to my arm-chair, the just repose for a somewhat tired mind, and, on activating the remote, I inadvertently landed on a corporate-media channel, broadcasting a sit-com episode. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and the 30th Anniversary of Orwell’s 1984

Posted on January 3, 2014 by jimmie

 “…learn, good soul, To think our former state a happy dream; From which awaked, the truth of what we are Shows us but this”“…learn, good soul,
To think our former state a happy dream;
From which awaked, the truth of what we are
Shows us but this”

King Richard II, act 5, sc.1)

2014 is the thirtieth anniversary of the virtual, and properly Orwellian year 1984. Virtual in the sense that when the original book was written (1948), the year 1984 belonged to a time almost beyond imagination.

Many, if not most of us, rarely realize that the present could be anything but eternal. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and the Best Speaker of 2013

Posted on December 30, 2013 by jimmie

I speak as my understanding instructs me, And as my honesty puts it to utterance - an illustration of George Galloway to whom the Shekaspearean quote applies.“I speak as my understanding instructs me,
And as my honesty puts it to utterance.”

(Winter’s Tale, act 1, sc. 1)

The year’s end calls for celebrations and nominations of the “best man of the year” for this or that art, industry, fashion and other sundry human endeavors.
This website celebrates George Galloway. MP for Bradford, UK, as the Best Speaker of the year 2013. And here are some excerpts from a recent interview. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, a Christmas Rose, Reflection and Music

Posted on December 21, 2013 by jimmie

“At Christmas I no more desire a rose, Than wish a snow in May's new fangled mirth, But like of each thing as in season grows.” from Love's Labours Lost“At Christmas I no more desire a rose,
Than wish a snow in May’s new fangled mirth,
But like of each thing as in season grows.”

(Love’s Labours Lost, act 1, sc. 1

“It’s the season to be jolly…etc.” And, at least for some, reflection is the companion of gayety. Or perhaps the din and merriment of the season help us forget or conceal that we all have advanced, by one more year, towards “the undiscovered country, from whose bourn no traveller returns.”

Now for some questions. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Health Care, Doctors and ADHD

Posted on December 20, 2013 by jimmie

And thou, too careless patient as thou art, Commit'st thy anointed body to the cure Of those physicians that first wounded thee shakespeare richard II“And thou, too careless patient as thou art,
Commit’st thy anointed body to the cure
Of those physicians that first wounded thee”

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

Call it suspension of disbelief, or rather suspension of belief. But disbelief is called for when, on sundry TV snippets, dedicated to health, we listen to statements whereby doctors are “concerned” about this or that health-issue, e.g. diabetes, cancer, obesity and the like.

The concern is obviously untrue. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, False Smiles and a Document from the Bankers’ Magazine

Posted on December 14, 2013 by jimmie

he does smile his face into more lines than are in the new map, with the augmentation of the Indies. a quote by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night“… he does smile his face into more lines than are in the new map, with the augmentation of the Indies.”

(Twelfth Night, act 3, sc. 2)

Visitors to this site are well aware of the veneer of courtesy usually appearing on the face of economic and political pundits – praising democracy as a pretense and a screen to protect their abuses. There was a time when they were more frank. Here is an extract from US Bankers Magazine, Aug 25, 1924 Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky and the Brothers Karamazov

Posted on December 11, 2013 by jimmie

image of Opina russian sanctuary, a suitable icon to associate with the thoughts found in the Brothers Karamazov on the meaning of freedom“When I consider everything that grows, Holds in perfection but a little moment, That this huge stage presenteth nought but shows, Whereon the stars in secret influence comment.”

(SON.15)

While considering the lies (except one), uttered by Obama at Mandela’s funeral, I returned to the “Brothers Karamazov”, as a kind of “phylosophy’s sweet milk” and extracted the following observation by the Elder Zosima. Continue reading →

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