Joseph Brodsky said, “The only things which poetry and politics have in common are the letters P and O.” Presumably ...
“An author frequently chooses solemn or overwhelming subjects to write about; he is so impressed at writing about Life and Death that he does not notice that he is saying nothing of the slightest importance about either.”
Randall Jarrell, “Ten Books” (The Southern Review, Autumn 1935)
A firefighter who attended Grenfell tower has written this: Michael Rosen Blog If you can only read one link today, make it this one. Harrowing.
Power Causes Brain Damage Atlantic. Obvious clickbait headline….
Trump Has A Solution, But It’s Not Clear That There’s A Problem FiveThirtyEight
Under communism there were a are a number of tales warning about being careful what we really wish for - like getting a double barrell Christian names ..., all built around the notion of a magic goldfish, who, when caught, promises to reward the fisherman if he returns the fish to the stream. The reward always comes with a twist, as in this one. The young fisherman knows at once that he has caught a magic goldfish, and trembles to hear the words. ‘Put me back, fisherman, put me back, and I will grant three wishes!’ ‘At once, magic goldfish, at once, and my three wishes are that I should be a prince, and live in a palace, and have a beautiful young wife.’ ‘Put me back, put me back,’ cries the fish, ‘and it will all happeh.’
He puts the fish back, and Zap!! He finds that he is sleepy but waking up. He is in a large, soft bed, and reaching out he can feel that there is a warm space next to him. As his eyes open he sees in front of him a beautiful young woman, dressed in a filmy negligee, the sunlight behind her outlining her lovely body. She looks lovingly at him, and says ‘Wake up, wake up, Franz Joseph. Today we go to Sarajevo!’
Those private remarks from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein are significant because they reflect the widening nature of the federal probe, which now includes a preliminary inquiry into whether President Donald Trump attempted to obstruct justice when he allegedly tried to curtail the probe and then fired James Comey as FBI director.Rosenstein, who authored an extensive and publicly-released memorandum recommending Comey’s firing, raised the possibility of his recusal during a recent meeting with Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, the Justice Department’s new third-in-command, according to sources.Although Rosenstein appointed a special counsel to lead the federal probe, he still makes the final decisions about resources, personnel and — if necessary — any prosecutions.In the recent meeting with Brand, Rosenstein told her that if he were to recuse himself, she would have to step in and take over those responsibilities. She was sworn-in little more than a month ago.
Opinion shopping reveals deep unhappiness with normal law
In "Lunches," Welles says to Jaglom: "I'm a racist, you know.Here's the Hungarian recipe for making an omelet. First, steal two eggs. [Alexander] Korda told me that."
But Welles tells this same story in his movie "F For Fake." Only in that movie, he attributes the origins of the omelet story to the artist Marcel Vertes: "Like all Hungarians, he (Vertes) told the best Hungarian jokes. The omelet, you know that, don't you? Sure, it's a classic. An omelet? It's in our Hungarian cookbook. First, steal an egg."
That's verbatim from "F For Fake."
But Welles tells this same story in his movie "F For Fake." Only in that movie, he attributes the origins of the omelet story to the artist Marcel Vertes: "Like all Hungarians, he (Vertes) told the best Hungarian jokes. The omelet, you know that, don't you? Sure, it's a classic. An omelet? It's in our Hungarian cookbook. First, steal an egg."
That's verbatim from "F For Fake."
Orson it is time to just shut up
Sydney Sagas: Boob jobs, bust-ups and porn claims: Investment bank exec wins ...
To hell with you people, to coin a phrase
Related: “The Happiest in the World,” Linda Chavez’s fiction on life in the Juche state.
Science and Technology Resources on the Internet – Text Mining, by Kristen Cooper, Plant Sciences Librarian, University of Minnesota Libraries, University of Minnesota. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, Spring 2017. DOI:10.5062/F4K0729W.
“As defined by Bernard Reilly (2012), president of the Center for Research Libraries, text mining is “the automated processing of large amounts of digital data or textual content for the purpose of information retrieval, extraction, interpretation, and analysis.”
Megyn Kelly, Alex Jones and how to interrogate a liar without getting played
Here's the story of a remarkably tone-deaf press release from a public relations agency representing PETA. Abuse of a cat was faked in the video and the PR agency asked news organizations to go along with it.
“Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.”
–Stephen R. Covey
"Our people are our most valuable resource." "What makes this company great is its employees." How many times have you heard platitudes like these? Unfortunately, at most companies, that's exactly what statements like these amount to. Most company leaders worry first about pleasing their investors, next about making their customers happy. Giving employees what they want comes in a distant third.
"Our strength in building relationships with key internal and external stakeholders has also been evident."
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- Half a loaf is better than no bread[1]
- Handsome is as handsome does[1]
- Hard cases make bad law[1]
- Hard work never did anyone any harm[1]
- Haste makes waste[1]
- He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing[1]
- He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches[1]
- He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day[1]
- He who hesitates is lost[1]
- He who laughs last laughs best[1]
- He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword[1]
- He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – 531 BC)[17]
- He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man[1]
- He who pays the piper calls the tune[1]
- He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – 531 BC)[17]
- He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon[1]
- Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned[1]
