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Shakespeare, a Horse with Wings and a Holy Helicopter

Posted on June 20, 2013 by jimmie

“O, for a horse with wings!” (Cymbeline, act 3, sc. 2) Comment.  If avarice were not the blindest of human passions, the motives of the topic and egregiously Christian pastor in Texas might excite our curiosity. That avarice seems to prevail in his Christian mind over other Christian sentiments will be shortly documented. On the Read More

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Shakespeare, Thatcher, Chavez,Two Funerals and One Abyss

Posted on April 26, 2013 by jimmie

“A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.” (Hamlet, act 4, sc. 3)   Comment. Nothing can better represent the chasm, the divide, the dichotomy and the abyss between the classes of the 1% and of the 99%  than Read More

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Shakespeare and the Undermining of the Social Compact

Posted on April 11, 2013 by jimmie

“Undoing all, as all had never been!” (King Henry VI, part 2, act 1, sc. 1)   Comment. And so it has come to this, after the ‘war on drugs’ and the ‘war on terror’ we have the ‘war on Social Security’ and the ‘war on Medicare’. For the many (thank you) international friends of Read More

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Shakespeare, Obama and the Right to Assassinate US citizens within the US

Posted on March 7, 2013 by jimmie

“That he should die is worthy policy; But yet we want a colour for his death: ‘Tis meet he be condemn’d by course of law.” (King Henry VI, part 2, act 3, sc. 1) … so says Cardinal Beaufort who wants to assassinate the Duke of Gloucester. But, as you see, the Cardinal and his Read More

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Shakespeare on Health-care and the Bad Effect of Sugars

Posted on March 2, 2013 by jimmie

“… a surfeit of the sweetest things The deepest loathing to the stomach brings.” (Midsummer Night’s Dream act 2, sc. 2) Comment. This site is not specifically targeting health, but it is worth pointing out that no expensive “discoveries” and expensive “researches” are necessary to rediscover what is intuitive. Take this statement, chosen at random Read More

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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 the Pope and for the Catholics, Benedict XVI’s resignation Latin speech contains (2) errors. Says Read More

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Shakespeare on the Pope Blessing the CIA Director

Posted on January 20, 2013 by jimmie

“’Tis too much proved – that with devotion’s visage And pious action we do sugar o’er The devil himself.”  (Hamlet, act 3, sc. 1) Comments. If the director of the CIA, Leon Panetta, can get a blessing from the Pope, it is high time to dial up Milton and from his Paradise Lost call up Read More

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Shakespeare on the Afghans’ Point of View

Posted on January 6, 2013 by jimmie

“In time we hate that which we often fear. ” (Antony and Cleopatra, act 1, sc. 3) The news from the corporate media is such that, should they declare that today Jan 6, 2013 is Sunday, it is advisable to check for yourself that it is really so. It follows that many (or rather that Read More

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Shakespeare on a Hand-cuffed and Abused Santa Claus in Texas

Posted on December 27, 2012 by jimmie

“The ancient proverb will be well effected, – A staff is quickly found to beat a dog.”  (King Henry VI part 2 act 3, sc. 1) Comments. As you can see from the picture (and from the video whose link is also posted in this entry), in Austin, Texas, Santa Claus has been handcuffed and Read More

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Shakespeare on Injustice or Justice Unequally Applied

Posted on December 13, 2012 by jimmie

“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: Some run from brakes of ice, and answer none: And some condemned for a fault alone.” (Measure For Measure, act 2, sc. 1) Comments. The US incarcerates more of its citizens than any nation on earth, both in absolute numbers and proportionally. But the law is Read More

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