про ангелов

Они летят ночью к старушкам, пока мы отдыхаем. © etotam

еще одна

прогресс и др.

С каждым часом Солнечная система приближается на сорок три тысячи миль к шаровидному скоплению М13 в созвездии Геркулеса — и всё же находятся недоумки, которые упорно отрицают прогресс. - у iraan

Я вышел из дому, прихватив с собой три пистолета: один пистолет я сунул себе за пазуху, второй - тоже за пазуху, третий - не помню куда. - у venichkaerofeev

Между собакой и волком

опрос

февраль, утро

Sacrificium

"The age of the castratos was one of the most dazzling and remarkable in European music history. Seldom has there ever been such a complete fusion of sensuousness and splendor, form and content, poetry and music, and, above all, such a perfection of vocal virtuosity, as was achieved in the glory days of the Baroque era." -Sacrificium Product Descriptionпосле этого диска слушать барокко как раньше будет трудно. Cecilia и Il Giardino Armonico с чувством доносят до слушателя определенное музыкальное зверство тех времен (вплоть до конца XIX века в просвещенной европе). великая и ужасная музыка.

Sinfonia in B-flat G 497 Luigi Boccherini

либертарианское кредо кота Мурра

Всяк ищи себе селедочные головы сам и не покушайся на добычу соседа, ибо, ведомый верным чутьем аппетита, он уж как-нибудь припасет ее для себя. - Из житейских воззрений кота Мурра

демократия в действии

A Secret Deal Between Gov. Walker And Koch Brothers Buried In State Budget? - познавательный материал из Forbes.

nyt тоже высказалась: Billionaire Brothers’ Money Plays Role in Wisconsin Dispute.

what really matters

the planet may be going to hell, but here's NYT front page, top:

BREAKING NEWS 10:55 PM ET Denver Nuggets Are Said to Trade Carmelo Anthony to the Knicks

Cornered

"You did not understand our methods. You do not understand now. You continue to attack the wrong things in the wrong way. You attack the evil in man. We accept it. We find it good and fertile."

"Wherever you create misery and discontent, in whatever country, wherever men cannot earn the money to feed their children, there you will find us at work. If you look. I do not think you will look. Your political arteries will harden again. You will forget."

- Cornered and the Specter of Postwar Fascism

очень познавательный текст из исключительно мудацкого фильма.

Did Shakespeare Ever Think Twice?

But when Fortinbras's band of "lawless resolutes" become "landless resolutes," we are encountering a subtle rethinking of motives. And when the quarto's "What's Hecuba to him, or he to her," becomes the folio's "What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba," we are dealing, I believe, with the writer choosing to break his perfectly good iambic pentameter line for the sake of something more powerful. - Did Shakespeare Ever Think Twice?

reduced capacity for abstract thought

“The biggest difference,” he replied, “is that by the time today’s students arrive on campus, they’ve been juvenilized. You can hear it in the way they talk. There seems to be a reduced capacity for abstract thought.” - What Happens in Vagueness Stays in Vagueness (The decline and fall of American English, and stuff)

Iran and Germany can work on respect

German foreign minister met with Ahmadinejad: "The world's ruling systems are discriminatory and unfair," - said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "Iran and Germany can work on respect for nations' independence and cooperation based on respect and justice," Ahmadinejad said."

CIA spy story

"A number of US media outlets later learned about Davis's CIA role but have kept it under wraps at the request of the Obama administration, which fears that disclosure could inflame opinion in Pakistan and possibly put Davis at risk." - Guardian

"The most ominous point in this SVR report is "Pakistan's ISI stating that top-secret CIA documents found in Davis's possession point to his, and/or TF373, providing to al Qaeda terrorists "nuclear fissile material" and "biological agents", which they claim are to be used against the United States itself in order to ignite an all-out war in order to re-establish the West's hegemony over a Global economy that is warned is just months away from collapse," the paper [European Union Times - vs] added." - newstrackindia

nyt & wiki

anecdotal evidence

у shvarz

сознание Кота Мурра и др.

И вообще я считаю, что сознание лишь благоприобретенная привычка. Ведь в минуту рождения мы не осознаем, зачем и как появились на свет. - Житейские воззрения Кота Мурра

American Grindhouse

you couldn't show sex on screen, so the violence was a substitute.

Hitchcock Psycho etc - It's all about getting the suckers in.

People would sit through most movies. No matter how shitty.

Obama must

U.S. Blocks Security Council Censure of Israeli Settlements - nyt не нашла места для этой новости на первой полосе.

подборка Google News на эту тему открывается сообщением Синьхуа, озаглавленным (c плохо скрываемым удовольствием): Palestinian-US relations crack up

а редакционная статья в New York Daily News предсказуемо озаглавлена President Obama must die take the blame for the UN resolution condemning Israel that he had to veto

а между тем Iran naval ships to cross Suez Canal on Monday

On Wednesday, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called the warships "another provocation" by Iran against Israel. - haaretz

перевод О'Генри

Это была такая женщина, что даже архиеврея ввела бы в грех. © впс

у akula-dolly

из неопубликованного

просто высокий КПД: ума не густо, а горя от него - до хера. © впс

Watson & Borders

. Computer Wins on ‘Jeopardy!’: Trivial, It’s Not
. Borders’ Bankruptcy Shakes Industry

казалось бы - совпадение, но связь между этими событиями есть.