tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239022682024-03-19T00:42:14.998-04:00This North Eastern LifeThe Quote of the Day (from Liz Claiborne), plus other bits and pieces from my life in the North East of the United States. (I'm also a big fan of the PRI radio program This American Life.) Letters, emails, musing, and other sundry items from the attic of my PC's hard drive (all names have been changed).Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.comBlogger464125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-40725380205996887952016-10-01T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-01T00:00:00.290-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-10-01<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"Poverty is the mother of crime."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiodorus" target="_blank">Cassiodorus</a> (circa 485-585 CE) <i>Variae Epistolae</i>, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=itlcAAAAcAAJ&q=%22Mater+criminum+necessitas%22+tollitur&pg=PA146#v=onepage" target="_blank">book 9, epistle 13</a> (537 CE)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zWz3xdYZcEk/V-7AcOKmPyI/AAAAAAAAQxs/n-R2mXHn9TUjKcxU3zTFRWaRgSB7u-PJwCLcB/s1600/Alice_Caush_Tyne_and_Wear_Archives_and_Museums.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mugshot of Alice Caush, arrested for larceny in North Shields (October 31, 1903) Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums" border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zWz3xdYZcEk/V-7AcOKmPyI/AAAAAAAAQxs/n-R2mXHn9TUjKcxU3zTFRWaRgSB7u-PJwCLcB/s640/Alice_Caush_Tyne_and_Wear_Archives_and_Museums.jpg" title=""Lady Madonna, children at your feet, wonders how you manage to make ends meet"" width="474" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 474px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mug_shot" target="_blank">Mugshot</a> of Alice Caush, arrested for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larceny" target="_blank">larceny</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shields" target="_blank">North Shields</a> (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twm_news/6628772179/" target="_blank">October 31, 1903</a>) <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear_Archives" target="_blank">Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums</a></span></td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-85634527883191120802016-09-30T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-30T00:00:03.774-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-30<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"Faith which does not doubt is dead faith."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Unamuno" target="_blank">Miguel de Unamuno</a> (1864-1936) <i><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=5MtKAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Fe+que+no+duda+es+fe+muerta%22&pg=PA34#v=onepage" target="_blank">The Agony of Christianity</a></i> (1931)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 494px;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_Praying_in_the_Synagogue_on_Yom_Kippur" target="_blank">Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur</a></i> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurycy_Gottlieb" target="_blank">Maurycy Gottlieb</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gottlieb-Jews_Praying_in_the_Synagogue_on_Yom_Kippur.jpg" target="_blank">1878</a>)</td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-76788592687389428172016-09-29T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-29T16:37:26.892-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-29<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"The grief that does not speak, Whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids it break."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" target="_blank">William Shakespeare</a> (1564-1616) <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth" target="_blank">Macbeth</a></i>, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=LGZZAAAAcAAJ&q=%22The+grief+that+does+not+speak%22+%22Whispers+the+o%27er-fraught+heart+and+bids+it+break%22&pg=PA178#v=onepage" target="_blank">act 4, scene 3</a> (1606)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HKZV9AI-2Uw/V-wms9iq-8I/AAAAAAAAQv0/UdJqmsbPEmcsQ0s0wobwEehwwM6PwSiHgCLcB/s1600/paul-mccartney-after-john-lennon-death.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Paul McCartney leaving the AIR Oxford Street studio shortly after the murder of John Lennon (December 9, 1980) Photograph by Paul Fievez" border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HKZV9AI-2Uw/V-wms9iq-8I/AAAAAAAAQv0/UdJqmsbPEmcsQ0s0wobwEehwwM6PwSiHgCLcB/s1600/paul-mccartney-after-john-lennon-death.jpg" title="I was smoking pot in my dorm room when I heard the news" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 473px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney" target="_blank">Paul McCartney</a> leaving the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Independent_Recording" target="_blank">AIR Oxford Street studio</a> shortly after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_John_Lennon" target="_blank">the murder</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon" target="_blank">John Lennon</a> (<a href="http://www.rexfeatures.com/set/1498182" target="_blank">December 9, 1980</a>) <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photograph by <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-fievez-5b07a838" target="_blank">Paul Fievez</a></span></td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-4490170931229861542016-09-28T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-28T00:00:06.349-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-28<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masanobu_Fukuoka" target="_blank">Masanobu Fukuoka</a> (1913-2008) <i><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=3Uo1tTcpDmkC&q=%22The+ultimate+goal+of+farming+is+not+the+growing+of+crops,+but+the+cultivation+and+perfection+of+human+beings%22&pg=PA119#v=onepage" target="_blank">The One-Straw Revolution</a></i> (1975) translated by <a href="http://www.onestrawrevolution.net/One_Straw_Revolution/Larry_Korn.html" target="_blank">Larry Korn</a>, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/clpearce" target="_blank">Chris Pearce</a>, and Tsune Kurosawa (1978)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 536px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite" target="_blank">Satellite</a> image of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_wastewater_treatment" target="_blank">effluent pond</a> at <a href="http://www.google.com/maps/@36.0695588,-102.3030443,3a,75y,311.21h,95.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seHXTLjXQb8SxQV3YNCG1ug!2e0!7i3328!8i1664" target="_blank">Coronado Feeders</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalhart,_Texas" target="_blank">Dalhart, Texas</a> (<a href="http://www.wired.com/2013/09/mishka-henner-factory-farms" target="_blank">2013</a>) Photo enhancements by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishka_Henner" target="_blank">Mishka Henner</a></td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-87100605652021681192016-09-27T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-27T00:00:00.177-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-27<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"Nothing does Reason more Right, than the Coolness of those that offer it: for Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn" target="_blank">William Penn</a> (1644-1718) <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Fruits_of_Solitude_in_Reflections_and_Maxims" target="_blank">Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims</a></i>, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=efhmAAAAcAAJ&q=%22Nothing+does+reason+more+right+than+the%22+%22For+truth+often+suffers+more+by+the+heat%22+%22defenders+than+from+the+arguments+of+its%22&pg=PA48#v=onepage" target="_blank">part 1</a> (1682)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TnSTF8j4VqA/V-mTU9akrQI/AAAAAAAAQtk/dq7PnlqEQDw6Y2QwQM-5UYkZYeDUBgYXACLcB/s1600/MartinLutherKingJr1963.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Martin Luther King, Jr. during an SCLC meeting at B.B. Beamon's Restaurant in Atlanta (January 23, 1963) photograph by Flip Schulke" border="0" height="428" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TnSTF8j4VqA/V-mTU9akrQI/AAAAAAAAQtk/dq7PnlqEQDw6Y2QwQM-5UYkZYeDUBgYXACLcB/s640/MartinLutherKingJr1963.png" title="Non-violent opposition can move mountains" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 640px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." target="_blank">Martin Luther King, Jr.</a> during an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference" target="_blank">SCLC</a> meeting at <a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/historic-auburn-avenue-buildings-fate-uncertain/nQLHp/" target="_blank">B.B. Beamon's Restaurant</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta" target="_blank">Atlanta</a> (<a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/license/541222842" target="_blank">January 23, 1963</a>) <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photograph by <a href="http://www.flipschulke.com/" target="_blank">Flip Schulke</a></span></td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-77588148307179668542016-09-26T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-26T00:00:00.182-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-26<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_W._Adorno" target="_blank">Theodor Adorno</a> (1903-1969) <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minima_Moralia" target="_blank">Minima Moralia</a></i>, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=eLQkAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Kunst+ist+Magie+befreit+von+der+L%C3%BCge%2C+Wahrheit+zu+sein%22&pg=PA298#v=onepage" target="_blank">section 143</a> (1951) <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ZiD-I5vX-oMC&q=%22Art+is+magic+delivered+from+the+lie+of+being+truth%22&pg=PA222#v=onepage" target="_blank">translated</a> by E.F.N. Jephcott (1974)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 640px;"><i><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Bruegel_(1565)_Fall_of_the_Magician.jpg" target="_blank">Fall of the Magician</a></i> engraving by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_van_der_Heyden" target="_blank">Pieter van der Heyden</a> (1565) after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder" target="_blank">Pieter Bruegel the Elder</a></td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-24512273880752683272016-09-25T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-25T00:00:00.205-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-25<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"Our supreme governors, the mob."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Walpole" target="_blank">Horace Walpole</a> (1717-1797) <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=_qYQAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Our+supreme+governors+the+mob%22&pg=PA252#v=onepage" target="_blank">Letter</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Horace_Mann,_1st_Baronet" target="_blank">Sir Horace Mann</a> (September 7, 1743)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ih_3XOBbuWg/V-Z-RpdexjI/AAAAAAAAQpM/6LbtO2-ZdE4ionLOk9aDFuvhTPqTyseEQCLcB/s1600/OrvalFaubusLittleRockNineProtest1959.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Governor Orval Faubus speaking to the crowd protesting against the integration of Little Rock Central High School (August 20, 1959)" border="0" height="442" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ih_3XOBbuWg/V-Z-RpdexjI/AAAAAAAAQpM/6LbtO2-ZdE4ionLOk9aDFuvhTPqTyseEQCLcB/s640/OrvalFaubusLittleRockNineProtest1959.png" title="With no sign of diminishment" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 640px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orval_Faubus" target="_blank">Governor Orval Faubus</a> speaking to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine" target="_blank">crowd protesting</a> against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education" target="_blank">the integration</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock,_Arkansas" target="_blank">Little Rock</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Central_High_School" target="_blank">Central High School</a> (<a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003654385/" target="_blank">August 20, 1959</a>) <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photograph by <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/related/?fi=name&q=Bledsoe,+John+T." target="_blank">John T. Bledsoe</a></span></td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-9343340731134602692016-09-24T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-24T00:00:03.074-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-24<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"In politics evils should be remedied not revenged."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_III" target="_blank">Napoleon III</a> (1808-1873) <i><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=WvVBAAAAcAAJ&q=%22En+politique+il+faut+gu%C3%A9rir+les+maux+jamais+les+venger%22&pg=PA24#v=onepage" target="_blank">Des Idées Napoléoniennes</a></i> (1839) <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=7mMIAAAAQAAJ&q=%22in+politics%22+%22evils+should+be+remedied+not+revenged%22&pg=PA41#v=onepage" target="_blank">Translated</a> by James Augustus Dorr (1859)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 640px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWLByMshYIU" target="_blank">The Tramp</a> scene from <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(film)" target="_blank">A Clockwork Orange</a></i> (1971)</td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-40184778673008808602016-09-23T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-23T00:00:02.890-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-23<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"Tyranny, in this model, is not created by tyrants alone but by neurotic masses who want tyrants."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson" target="_blank">Robert Anton Wilson</a> (1932-2007) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Is_Under_Control:_Conspiracies,_Cults_and_Cover-ups" target="_blank"><i>Everything is Under Control</i></a> (1998)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8lHxwFkg31s/V-MAd9eICwI/AAAAAAAAQm8/NNdEPGBYYkAiLtxrCuUoUy2rwhXgLoyIwCLcB/s1600/TrumpAtFreedomFest2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Donald Trump speaking at FreedomFest in Las Vegas (July 11, 2015) Photograph by L.E. Baskow" border="0" height="474" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8lHxwFkg31s/V-MAd9eICwI/AAAAAAAAQm8/NNdEPGBYYkAiLtxrCuUoUy2rwhXgLoyIwCLcB/s640/TrumpAtFreedomFest2015.jpg" title="Il Donaldo will kick your liberal pansy butt" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 640px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a> speaking at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Skousen#FreedomFest" target="_blank">FreedomFest</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas" target="_blank">Las Vegas</a> (July 11, 2015) <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://pictures.reuters.com/archive/USA-ELECTIONS-TRUMP--GF10000156456.html" target="_blank">Photograph</a> by <a href="http://www.lefteyeimages.com/index" target="_blank">L.E. Baskow</a></span></td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-3236840435458048312016-09-22T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-22T00:00:04.096-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-22<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._R._Martin" target="_blank">George R.R. Martin</a> (1948- ) <a href="http://collider.com/george-r-r-martin-interview-game-of-thrones/" target="_blank">Interview</a> with <a href="http://twitter.com/ChristinaRadish" target="_blank">Christina Radish</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collider.com" target="_blank"><i>Collider.com</i></a> (April 17, 2011)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3RtEaqjB2uk/V-GFzJOb0RI/AAAAAAAAQmE/5F-Zr067Z-kiX5nWBUxuy_eZpvvGBZChACLcB/s1600/AlCaponeMugShot1929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mugshot of Al Capone after being arrested in Philadelphia on a concealed weapons charge (May 16, 1929)" border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3RtEaqjB2uk/V-GFzJOb0RI/AAAAAAAAQmE/5F-Zr067Z-kiX5nWBUxuy_eZpvvGBZChACLcB/s640/AlCaponeMugShot1929.jpg" title="He probably rooted for the bad guys in movies" width="540" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 540px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mug_shot" target="_blank">Mugshot</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone" target="_blank">Al Capone</a> after being arrested in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" target="_blank">Philadelphia</a> on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States" target="_blank">concealed weapons</a> charge (May 16, 1929)</td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-30653780660793210252016-09-21T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-21T00:00:04.183-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-21<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Liebling" target="_blank">A.J. Liebling</a> (1904-1963) "<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=oZtZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Freedom+of+the+press%22+%22is+guaranteed+only+to+those+who+own+one%22&pg=PA30#v=onepage" target="_blank">Toward a One-Paper Town</a>," <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker" target="_blank">The New Yorker</a></i> (<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1949/02/12/toward-a-one-paper-town" target="_blank">February 12, 1949</a>)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cij_m5vTuPg/V-Bo0jbMEiI/AAAAAAAAQlQ/lq0fFB7aGS4jlalOwkAi0TpM_h2vLVsAgCLcB/s1600/RupertMurdoch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rupert Murdoch standing under the printing presses of the New York Post (October 1985)" border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cij_m5vTuPg/V-Bo0jbMEiI/AAAAAAAAQlQ/lq0fFB7aGS4jlalOwkAi0TpM_h2vLVsAgCLcB/s640/RupertMurdoch.jpg" title="He owns lots and lots of 'em" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 640px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch" target="_blank">Rupert Murdoch</a> standing under the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press" target="_blank">printing presses</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Post" target="_blank">New York Post</a> (November 8, 1985) <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Protograph by <a href="http://ressmeyer.com/" target="_blank">Roger Ressmeyer</a></span></td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-21472207116253088972016-09-20T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-20T00:00:02.085-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-20<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"[I] am inclined to believe that few attacks either of ridicule or invective make much noise, but by the help of those that they provoke."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson" target="_blank">Samuel Johnson</a> (1709-1784) <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=R7kPAAAAQAAJ&q=%22am+inclined+to+believe+that+few+attacks+either+of+ridicule+or+invective+make+much+noise+but+by+the+help+of+those+that+they+provoke%22&pg=PA289#v=onepage" target="_blank">Letter</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hester_Thrale" target="_blank">Hester Thrale</a> (July 5, 1783)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5X32McxzN_w/V982NDIaCzI/AAAAAAAAQkk/urXwg1CBd2EKEKUkjGu_YnaNHUf-Z5rHgCLcB/s1600/GaryHartAndDonnaRiceInBimini1987.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Donna Rice and Gary Hart sitting on a dock in Bimini (1987)" border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5X32McxzN_w/V982NDIaCzI/AAAAAAAAQkk/urXwg1CBd2EKEKUkjGu_YnaNHUf-Z5rHgCLcB/s640/GaryHartAndDonnaRiceInBimini1987.jpg" title=""Follow me around. I don't care. I'm serious. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'll be very bored."" width="428" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 428px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Rice_Hughes" target="_blank">Donna Rice</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Hart" target="_blank">Gary Hart</a> sitting on a dock in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimini" target="_blank">Bimini</a> (1987)</td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-32119396545605197982016-09-19T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-19T00:00:00.365-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-19<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"But look, you are hiding a lance under your clothes, surely."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes" target="_blank">Aristophanes</a> (circa 446-386 BCE) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata" target="_blank"><i>Lysistrata</i></a>, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=rLtZrrE9PJMC&q=%22But+look+you+are+hiding+a+lance+under+your+clothes+surely%22&pg=PA44#v=onepage" target="_blank">scene 6</a> (411 BCE) translation was done anonymously, but is presumed to have been <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde" target="_blank">Oscar Wilde</a></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JH47qr3PeZk/V93eJAo97tI/AAAAAAAAQjY/Buu8StIE-3k4nJC_e-yr0QXZt6ApMT0kACLcB/s1600/Mae_West_Catherine_Was_Great_1944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mae West as Catherine II, from her play Catherine Was Great (1944)" border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JH47qr3PeZk/V93eJAo97tI/AAAAAAAAQjY/Buu8StIE-3k4nJC_e-yr0QXZt6ApMT0kACLcB/s640/Mae_West_Catherine_Was_Great_1944.jpg" title=""Lieutenant, is that your sword or are you just glad to see me?"" width="407" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 407px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_West" target="_blank">Mae West</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_the_Great" target="_blank">Catherine II</a>, from her play <i><a href="http://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/catherine-was-great-1318" target="_blank">Catherine Was Great</a></i> (<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=MFI5AQAAIAAJ&q=%22is+that+your+sword+or+are+you+just+glad+to+see+me%22&pg=PA193#v=onepage" target="_blank">1944</a>)</td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-54209987550062474472016-09-18T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-18T00:00:00.869-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-18<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"I talk about going to [George W. Bush's] Inauguration and crying when he took the oath, 'cause I was so afraid he was <i>going to wreck the economy and muck up the drinking water</i>. The failure of my pessimistic imagination at that moment boggles my mind now."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Vowell" target="_blank">Sarah Vowell</a> (1969- ) <a href="http://www.cc.com/video-clips/e88k08/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-sarah-vowell" target="_blank">Interview</a> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Stewart" target="_blank">John Stewart</a> on <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Show" target="_blank">The Daily Show</a></i> (February 21, 2006)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Bsts2JDvBU/V9ctGktxGsI/AAAAAAAAQcI/UEW0WyVnpkIhIGbkR6ztTcNMS7Ow1WCGQCLcB/s1600/LoneRangerTrain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Train crash scene from The Lone Ranger (2013)" border="0" height="336" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Bsts2JDvBU/V9ctGktxGsI/AAAAAAAAQcI/UEW0WyVnpkIhIGbkR6ztTcNMS7Ow1WCGQCLcB/s640/LoneRangerTrain.jpg" title="Imagine how she and I would feel at a Trump inauguration" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 640px;">Train crash scene from <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Ranger_(2013_film)" target="_blank">The Lone Ranger</a></i> (2013)</td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-55988597871796108182016-09-17T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-17T00:00:11.236-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-17<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Michener" target="_blank">James A. Michener</a> (1907-1997) <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_(novel)" target="_blank">Space</a></i>, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=V1UQXxsQTskC&q=%22Scientists+dream+about+doing+great+things+Engineers+do+them%22&pg=PA378#v=onepage" target="_blank">chapter 6</a> (1982)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_xvneAGd9iA/V9xVtPajHgI/AAAAAAAAQg0/ESYycGI6iRoqHG8R0_A7fgC8lY7gCLhwgCLcB/s1600/Military_V2_1944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Military V-2 Rockets in a hanger at Peenemünde (1944)" border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_xvneAGd9iA/V9xVtPajHgI/AAAAAAAAQg0/ESYycGI6iRoqHG8R0_A7fgC8lY7gCLhwgCLcB/s640/Military_V2_1944.jpg" title="They don't launch the bombs, just build 'em" width="451" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 451px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket" target="_blank">Military V-2 rockets</a> in a hanger at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peenem%C3%BCnde_Army_Research_Center" target="_blank">Peenemünde</a> (1944)</td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-56978124870402873142016-09-16T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-16T00:00:21.633-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-16<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"Prejudice is the cause of most of the mistakes of bodies of men. It influences our conduct and warps our judgment, in politics, religion, habits, tastes and opinions."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fenimore_Cooper" target="_blank">James Fenimore Cooper</a> (1789-1851) "<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=0boTAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Prejudice+is+the+cause+of+most+of+the+mistakes+of+bodies+of+men+It+influences+our+conduct+and+warps+our+judgment+in+politics+religion+habits+tastes+and+opinions%22&pg=PA73#v=onepage" target="_blank">On Prejudice</a>," <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Democrat" target="_blank">The American Democrat</a></i> (1838)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6tjkP3Bm2yo/V9sfeev7B6I/AAAAAAAAQgE/tu4T8oEX5FgtyFMHCR5pdsryxI0ZufYAQCLcB/s1600/LynchingOfLauraNelsonAndHerSon1911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lynching of Laura and Lawrence Nelson (May 25, 1911) Postcard by George Henry Farnum" border="0" height="426" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6tjkP3Bm2yo/V9sfeev7B6I/AAAAAAAAQgE/tu4T8oEX5FgtyFMHCR5pdsryxI0ZufYAQCLcB/s640/LynchingOfLauraNelsonAndHerSon1911.jpg" title="In the south, lynchings evolved into police shootings" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 640px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Laura_and_L._D._Nelson" target="_blank">Lynching of Laura and Lawrence Nelson</a> (May 25, 1911) Postcard by George Henry Farnum</td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-4222221991479949282016-09-15T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-15T00:00:13.699-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-15<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_J._Harris" target="_blank">Sydney J. Harris</a> (1917-1986) "<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=DLcEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22The+difference+between+patriotism+and+nationalism++is+that+the+patriot+is+proud+of+his+country+for+what+it+does+and+the+nationalist+is+proud+of+his+country+no+matter+what+it+does+the+first+attitude+creates+a+feeling+of+responsibility+but+the+second+a+feeling+of+blind+arrogance+that+leads+to+war%22&pg=PA228#v=onepage" target="_blank">Purely Personal Prejudices</a>," <i>Strictly Personal</i> (1953)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rehu-4a-mPc/V9nH4JnNElI/AAAAAAAAQe8/w6kY-VjYhggDLUShG59dtAVIYyt-vIiHgCLcB/s1600/NurembergRally1934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Nazi parade, probably during the Nuremberg Rally of 1934, from Triumph of the Will by Leni Reifenstahl (1935)" border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rehu-4a-mPc/V9nH4JnNElI/AAAAAAAAQe8/w6kY-VjYhggDLUShG59dtAVIYyt-vIiHgCLcB/s640/NurembergRally1934.jpg" title="Il Donaldo's rallies will be even better" width="512" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 512px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party" target="_blank">Nazi</a> parade, probably during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Rally" target="_blank">Nuremberg Rally</a> of 1934, from <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Will" target="_blank">Triumph of the Will</a></i> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leni_Riefenstahl" target="_blank">Leni Reifenstahl</a> (1935)</td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-92100798363479108642016-09-14T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-14T00:00:02.452-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-14<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"So I the pleasant grape have pulled from the vine, / And yet I languish in great thirst, while others drink the wine."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_de_Vere,_17th_Earl_of_Oxford" target="_blank">Edward de Vere</a> (1550-1604) "<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=WvNHAQAAMAAJ&q=%22So+I+the%22+%22Grape+haue+pulled+from+the+Vine+And+yet+I+languish+in+greate%22+%22while+others+drinke+the+wine%22&pg=PA117#v=onepage" target="_blank">Care and Disappointment</a>," <i><a href="http://archive.org/stream/paradiseofdainty027377mbp#page/n15/mode/2up" target="_blank">Paradise of Dainty Devices</a></i> (1576)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U5gHo6GYHFw/V9h2OCAr4rI/AAAAAAAAQdg/GRFVvgoXqcUkiC5NFziQr0wBftUDvnMWQCLcB/s1600/AmasisWineVase.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Amphora depicting Satyrs making wine by Amasis (circa 550-510 BCE)" border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U5gHo6GYHFw/V9h2OCAr4rI/AAAAAAAAQdg/GRFVvgoXqcUkiC5NFziQr0wBftUDvnMWQCLcB/s640/AmasisWineVase.jpg" title="The trail from barbarism was blazed with wine" width="422" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 422px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphora" target="_blank">Amphora</a> depicting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyr" target="_blank">Satyrs</a> making <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece_and_wine" target="_blank">wine</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amasis_Painter" target="_blank">Amasis</a> (<a href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/pottery/painters/keypieces/blackfigure/amasis.htm" target="_blank">circa 550-510 BCE</a>)</td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-55183289305957450172016-09-13T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-13T00:00:05.378-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-13<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"It was better to let the crime of a guilty person go unpunished than to condemn the innocent."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan" target="_blank">Trajan</a> (53-117 CE) <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=EecGAAAAYAAJ&q=%22It+was+better+to+let+the+crime+of+a+guilty+person+go+unpunished+than+to+condemn+the+innocent%22&pg=PA403#v=onepage" target="_blank">Quoted</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Douglass_White" target="_blank">Justice Edward Douglass White</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_v._United_States" target="_blank">Coffin Vs. United States</a></i> (March 4, 1895)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-quv7dO4Yp3o/V9dbIWcmnAI/AAAAAAAAQcg/jyhe7COm3BAR3TVUVCc-LlaCdIjhto17wCLcB/s1600/LethalInjectionHuntsvilleTX.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The execution chamber in Huntsville, Texas (2008) Photograph by Pat Sullivan" border="0" height="360" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-quv7dO4Yp3o/V9dbIWcmnAI/AAAAAAAAQcg/jyhe7COm3BAR3TVUVCc-LlaCdIjhto17wCLcB/s640/LethalInjectionHuntsvilleTX.jpg" title="Would you kill someone whose guilt wasn't certain?" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 640px;">The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_chamber" target="_blank">execution chamber</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsville_Unit" target="_blank">Huntsville, Texas</a> (<a href="http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Death-Penalty-Texas/59eec1954bff461f93212b2ebe8bda13/1/0" target="_blank">2008</a>) <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photograph by <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/pat-sullivan-aa74922" target="_blank">Pat Sullivan</a></span></td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-12246443035401183772016-09-12T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-12T00:00:09.754-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-12<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"We learn nothing by being right."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bibesco" target="_blank">Elizabeth Bibesco</a> (1897-1945) <i><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=a0tEAAAAIAAJ&q=%22We+learn+nothing+by+being+right%22&pg=PA379#v=onepage" target="_blank">Haven</a></i> (1951)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jU_M7N_dVBc/V9X4_iZb2SI/AAAAAAAAQbY/BcL9hDhgEnYuDa43mpv8zikMnwLrEQPFACLcB/s1600/NightmareBeforeChristmas.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Jack Skellington trying to explain Christmas Town to his admirers, from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)" border="0" height="384" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jU_M7N_dVBc/V9X4_iZb2SI/AAAAAAAAQbY/BcL9hDhgEnYuDa43mpv8zikMnwLrEQPFACLcB/s640/NightmareBeforeChristmas.png" title=""Making Christmas, Making Christmas!"" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 640px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Skellington" target="_blank">Jack Skellington</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ftU2vxIC0" target="_blank">trying to explain Christmas Town to his admirers</a>, from <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas" target="_blank">The Nightmare Before Christmas</a></i> (1993)</td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-63945499531981883782016-09-11T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-11T00:00:00.238-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-11, Fifteenth Anniversary<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"For those thousands in the south tower, the second plane meant the end of everything. For us, its glint was the worldflash of a coming future."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Amis" target="_blank">Martin Amis</a> (1949- ) "<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/18/september11.politicsphilosophyandsociety" target="_blank">Fear and Loathing</a>," <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian" target="_blank"><i>The Guardian</i></a> (September 18, 2001)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dkAYsw1QTDA/V9SjpvE1ZbI/AAAAAAAAQaA/sHQizV0l3_oswNaALI0m7PaKUrtjVEViACLcB/s1600/GroundZero20010917_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Aerial view of Ground Zero, in lower Manhattan, New York City (September 17, 2001) Photograph by Chief Photographer's Mate Eric J. Tilford" border="0" height="510" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dkAYsw1QTDA/V9SjpvE1ZbI/AAAAAAAAQaA/sHQizV0l3_oswNaALI0m7PaKUrtjVEViACLcB/s640/GroundZero20010917_2.jpg" title="It started out a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 640px;">Aerial view of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center_site" target="_blank">Ground Zero</a>, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Manhattan" target="_blank">lower Manhattan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" target="_blank">New York City</a> (<a href="http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=135" target="_blank">September 17, 2001</a>) <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photograph by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_communication_specialist" target="_blank">Chief Photographer's Mate</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Photographer+Eric+J+Tilford&tbm=isch" target="_blank">Eric J. Tilford</a></span></td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-35271486122516699722016-09-10T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-10T00:00:07.857-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-10<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"The strongest of all warriors are these two—Time and Patience."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy" target="_blank">Leo Tolstoy</a> (1828-1910) <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace" target="_blank">War and Peace</a></i>, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=asgWzzawkVEC&q=%22The+strongest+of+all+warriors+are+these+two+Time+and+Patience%22&pg=PA851#v=onepage" target="_blank">volume 2, chapter 41</a> (1869) translated by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Garnett" target="_blank">Constance Garnett</a></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UxOaiftSPYA/V9NdZ4ED54I/AAAAAAAAQYQ/w5Grn7ICt9sqlPY9S72TnWBY0SKQtUAvwCLcB/s1600/VietMinhAndOSS1945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The Viet Minh and the OSS Deer team (August 1945) Standing left to right: Unidentified, Lieutenant Rene Defoumeaux, Ho Chi Minh, Major Allison K. Thomas, General Vo Nguyen Giap, Pfc Henry Prunier, Unidentified, Unidentified, and Pfc Paul Hoagland. Kneeling left to right: Lawrence Vogt, Sergeant Aaron Squires, and Unidentified." border="0" height="459" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UxOaiftSPYA/V9NdZ4ED54I/AAAAAAAAQYQ/w5Grn7ICt9sqlPY9S72TnWBY0SKQtUAvwCLcB/s640/VietMinhAndOSS1945.jpg" title="Uncle Ho's patience was legendary" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 640px;">The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Minh" target="_blank">Viet Minh</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Strategic_Services" target="_blank">OSS</a> <a href="http://www.historynet.com/ho-chi-minh-and-the-oss.htm" target="_blank">Deer team</a> (August 1945) Standing left to right: Unidentified, <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp-stories/loc.natlib.afc2001001.03357/" target="_blank">Lieutenant Rene Defoumeaux</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh" target="_blank">Ho Chi Minh</a>, Major Allison K. Thomas, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B5_Nguy%C3%AAn_Gi%C3%A1p" target="_blank">General Vo Nguyen Giap</a>, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/world/asia/henry-a-prunier-army-operative-who-helped-trained-vietnamese-troops-dies-at-91.html" target="_blank">Pfc Henry Prunier</a>, Unidentified, Unidentified, and Pfc Paul Hoagland. Kneeling left to right: Lawrence Vogt, Sergeant Aaron Squires, and Unidentified.</td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-89642437564216648702016-09-09T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-09T00:00:04.872-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-09<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"That which is not yet known comes out of that which is not yet here."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Spolin" target="_blank">Viola Spolin</a> (1906-1994) Quoted by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sills" target="_blank">Paul Sills</a> in his <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=s0FZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22That+which+is+not+yet+known+comes+out+of+that+which+is+not+yet+here%22&pg=PAiii#v=onepage" target="_blank">preface</a> to the third edition of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvisational_theatre" target="_blank">Improvisation</a> for the Theater</i> (1999)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c8Xz4YqtbJo/V9Gy7hFkIrI/AAAAAAAAQXY/tNFG4OHpa6ogn8XRMrqZNO6new8BWhbdQCLcB/s1600/The_Second_City_1971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The Second City Chicago main stage skit "Cum Grano Salis" with Eugenie Ross-Leming, John Belushi, Jim Fisher, and Judy Morgan (1971)" border="0" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c8Xz4YqtbJo/V9Gy7hFkIrI/AAAAAAAAQXY/tNFG4OHpa6ogn8XRMrqZNO6new8BWhbdQCLcB/s640/The_Second_City_1971.jpg" title=""Let's go"" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 640px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Second_City" target="_blank">The Second City</a> <a href="http://www.secondcity.com/shows/chicago/cum-grano-salis/" target="_blank">Chicago main stage skit</a> "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain_of_salt" target="_blank">Cum Grano Salis</a>" with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0743935/" target="_blank">Eugenie Ross-Leming</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi" target="_blank">John Belushi</a>, <a href="http://www.secondcity.com/people/other/jim-fisher/" target="_blank">Jim Fisher</a>, and <a href="http://www.judymorgan-parenthesis.com/Parenthesis_Judy_Morgan/Contents.html" target="_blank">Judy Morgan</a> (1971)</td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-21648344652101058942016-09-08T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-08T00:00:14.947-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-08<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"An opinion, right or wrong, can never constitute a moral offense, nor be in itself a moral obligation. It may be mistaken; it may involve an absurdity, or a contradiction. It is a truth; or it is an error: it can never be a crime or a virtue."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Wright" target="_blank">Frances Wright</a> (1795-1852) <i>A Few Days in Athens</i>, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=i2A7AAAAYAAJ&q=%22an+opinion+right+or+wrong+can+never+constitute+a+moral+offence+nor+be+in+itself+a+moral+obligation+It+may+be+mistaken+it+may+involve+an+absurdity+or+a+contradiction+It+is+a%22++%22or+it+is+an%22+%22it+can+never+be+a%22+%22or+a%22&pg=PA166#v=onepage" target="_blank">volume 2, chapter 14</a> (1822)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--bohE4yeo2I/V9CRZURdAGI/AAAAAAAAQWA/kLKQzhoUztcWZ9_1it2MOFHFJSsrp57VgCLcB/s1600/WhyNotGoTheLimitByHarryGrantDart1908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt=""Why not go the limit?" by Harry Grant Dart in Puck (March 18, 1908)" border="0" height="418" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--bohE4yeo2I/V9CRZURdAGI/AAAAAAAAQWA/kLKQzhoUztcWZ9_1it2MOFHFJSsrp57VgCLcB/s640/WhyNotGoTheLimitByHarryGrantDart1908.jpg" title="See what'll happen if women get rights?" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 640px;">"<a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011647291/" target="_blank">Why not go the limit?</a>" by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Grant_Dart" target="_blank">Harry Grant Dart</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck_(magazine)" target="_blank"><i>Puck</i> magazine</a> (March 18, 1908)</td></tr>
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<br />Father Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222525376419692861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23902268.post-47697907404232524612016-09-07T00:00:00.000-04:002016-09-07T00:00:15.558-04:00Quote of the Day for 2016-09-07<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal;"><b>"And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;">— <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Leviticus" target="_blank">The Book of Leviticus</a>, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=1eVUAAAAcAAJ&q=%22a+stranger+sojourn+with+thee%22+%22in+your+land+ye+shall+not%22+%22vex+him%22+%22but+the%22+%22that+dwelleth+with%22+%22you+shall+be+unto+you+as+one+born+amongst%22+%22you+and%22+%22thou+shalt+love+him+as+thy+self%22+%22for+ye+were+strangers+in+the+land+of+Egypt%22+%22I+am+the%22+%22your+God%22&pg=PA17#v=onepage" target="_blank">chapter 19, verses 33-34</a>. Translation from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version" target="_blank">King James Version</a> (1611)</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--x3xi7NxT4s/V89Bg73cmAI/AAAAAAAAQUc/dpvdkQ3xoBM-UHpjJE4dEEPEc3Dc1SyDQCLcB/s1600/JaramanaRefugeeCamp1948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Palestinian man overlooking the refugee camp outside Jaramana, Syria (1948)" border="0" height="488" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--x3xi7NxT4s/V89Bg73cmAI/AAAAAAAAQUc/dpvdkQ3xoBM-UHpjJE4dEEPEc3Dc1SyDQCLcB/s640/JaramanaRefugeeCamp1948.jpg" title="Since conservatives keep quoting Leviticus 18:22" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; width: 640px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_refugees" target="_blank">Palestinian man</a> overlooking the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_refugee_camps" target="_blank">refugee camp</a> outside <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaramana" target="_blank">Jaramana, Syria</a> (1948)</td></tr>
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