Monthly Archives: July 2024

A Bacchanalian Mirage

July 30, 2024 – 10:52 am

Associated Press – Paris Olympics organizers apologized to anyone who was offended by a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ during the glamorous opening ceremony, but defended the concept behind it Sunday. Da Vinci’s painting depicts the moment when Jesus Christ declared that an apostle would betray him. The scene during Friday’s […]

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Jesus Everywhere Even Paris

July 30, 2024 – 10:26 am

According to the Baltimore Cathecism of my youth, God is omnipotent, all-knowing, and omnipresent, so that Christians seek to see their God everywhere, as happened in the Dionysius tableau on the Paris bridge for the Olympics Spectacle. They saw blasphemy, instead of recognize the Last Supper as miracle, although they see Jesus everywhere. Believers in […]

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Too Few Guns

July 27, 2024 – 8:42 pm

Gun freedom stems from the need to repress the freedom of the others. – James Steele – unrepentant counterfeiter Foto – Joey from New Hampshire – Pattaya 2007

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Rolling Stones – Shea – October 1989

July 27, 2024 – 8:16 pm

October 1989 Joey from Bay Ridge, a client at Manny’s diamond store in West 47th Street, repaired elevators.He was as filthy as a coal miner and as greasy as an oil rigger. “Every job was an emergency.” He pulled out a wad of bills with a filthy hand. “I like getting paid in cash.” A […]

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Playing With Fire

July 27, 2024 – 5:56 pm

January 1, 2014 My young friends sometimes complain that these times are no fun. Gwen O’Neils’ comrades aren’t like that. To quote the old punk duet band ART, “Our fun begins where other peoples’ fun ends. And they know how to play it safe too. Notice the plastic cup filled with something. Opps, I guess […]

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