“When beggars die, there are no comets seen;(Julius Caesar, act 2, sc. 2)
Comments. When beggars die for sure there are no comets, but even when they live there are no comets seen. This quote and entry is almost a natural sequitur to the previous quote and comments, related to the pregnancy of Kate Middleton. Continue reading
“ … thou, I fear, has given me cause to curse.” (Midsummer Night’s Dream, act 3, sc. 2)
Comments. The announced pregnancy of Kate Middleton has triggered peaks of delight into the corporate media and associated establishment.
My indifference to the matter is immeasurable, but the dramatic upsurge of apparent imbecility leads to one sociological conclusion. The frenzy has the objective of diverting public attention from social disasters, “perpetual wars” and the creeping medievalization of society.
Therefore we must be compelled to hear (ABC) that the event is “the most eagerly awaited pregnancy.” Fox News, owned by the criminal Murdock, Continue reading
“… entreat the north(King John, act 5, sc. 7)
Comments. Apart from the oncoming festivities it is the time of the year when it is customary to complain about the rain, the ice and the cold weather in general.
To counterbalance Continue reading
“…may his pernicious soul(Othello, act 5, sc. 2)
Comments. Not Lincoln, but those who willingly falsify history. Steven Spielberg is one of the topmost masters of US propaganda and the heavily promoted movie “Lincoln” once more proves it. The film is no more accurate in its representation of a crucial period in American history (the consequences of the Civil War),
Sen. Crittenden, author of the Crittenden Resolution
than George Bush’ tale of Iraq’s “weapons-of-mass-destruction.” Tale that triggered the era of “perpetual war”, the verbal testament of the now disgraced Petreus.
To begin, contrary to popular myth, the Civil War had little if nothing to do with abolishing slavery. In this context, it may be interesting for readers of this entry to read Jefferson Davis’ account of the Civil War. Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States. If the war was to abolish slavery why is it that it was the slave-holding South attacking the Union at Fort Sumter? Should it not have been the other way around?
The Civil War was fought between two sets Continue reading
“Well could I curse away a winter’s night,(King Henry VI part 2, act 3, sc. 2)
Comments. In this, our post-Orwellian world, officially informed by refined state propaganda – where the art of censorship by omission has reached perfection, where a system of international murder is called “dispositive matrix”, where social crimes are sanitized by the name of “austerity”, where “humanitarian intervention” is a wretched euphemism Continue reading
(Timon of Athens act 1, sc. 1)
black friday walmart salesmen boot camp on Thanksgiving night
Comments. This most appropriate quote comes to mind when reading about the events that occurred during the most recent “Black Friday”.
Quoting from a published report, “You can tell the health of the tree by the quality of its fruits. America, as is evidenced by this week’s annual materialistic ritual known as ‘Black Friday’, has produced this particularly rotten fruit, consistently. It’s getting way too predictable for our liking.
The name “Black” joined with Friday, in itself, is worth looking at – in all its Satanic symbolism. Continue reading
“…to England then:(King Henry V, act 4, sc. 8)
Comments. It’s good to be back home again (as the song goes), and the webmaster thanks all viewers who have sent comments via e-mail and other social media outlets during his absence. In truth and in the instance the quotation should read, “… to Portland then: Where never 
from Italy arrived more happy man.”
The reason for the somewhat euphoric modification of the original has to do with the reasons of my visit to Italy – that is, the formal presentation in Florence of my book (in Italian but here with the title translated in English), “Our Daily Dante – 3500 ways to get away with it (with Dante).”
As you can guess (or verify by checking out the ‘about the author’ menu item), “Our Daily Dante” is the equivalent of “Your Daily Shakespeare” but for Dante’s Divine Comedy – Dante and Shakespeare being the quintessential contemporaries of the future. Continue reading
“Let all the number of the stars give light(Antony and Cleopatra, act 3, sc. 2)
Comments. Salutations to all friends and visitors to the “Your Daily Shakespeare”. The webmaster is on his way to Florence for a formal presentation of his new book, (title translated), “Our Daily Dante – 3500 Ways to Get Away with it with Dante.” For details go to the lower section of the “About the Author” page.
May you all be well and wherever you are or are going, Continue reading
“… Cheer your heart;(Antony and Cleopatra, act 3, sc. 6)
Comments. According to scientists and other experts, good poetry has an intrinsic therapeutic value. These lines are of universal application, individually and at large. Continue reading
“O, my offence is rank it smells to heaven;(Hamlet, act 3, sc. 3)
Comments. The picture of this child shows the effects of a drone visit to North Waziristan in a location called Datta Khel. The boy died from the wounds some time after the picture was taken. A quick search with GoogleEarth leading to the area can show the extreme poverty of the region and its inhabitants. It can also demonstrate the worse-than-absurd justifications for the drone wars. Namely, that these people are either a “threat” to our democracy or that they “envy our freedoms”, as one notorious prominent character in US politics used to say. Continue reading