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smarter than he looks
“failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite” – N. Scherman
abraham lincoln: russia bound
Abraham Lincoln, 1855: “We now practically read it “all men are created equal, except negroes” When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read “all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics. When it comes to this I … Continue reading
nice guys finish last
The voyage of 10,000 miles begins with a single step. Bill Clinton’s first election campaign….. Of course every administration lies. The truth gets out eventually. Like Lincoln said, you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. Obviously … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Bill Clinton, Christopher Stevens, Christopher Stevens ambassador, Hamid Karzai, Itamar Marcus, Lara Logan, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Oliver Stone, Oren Kessler, Republican Jewish Committee, thomas friedman new york times
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hearing the boom of the blood-lust song…
After the seven minutes of gymnastics reqired to complete the poem, “The Congo”, the piece de resistance of the Vachel Lindsay repertoire, Lindsay was hoarse and dripping with sweat, and the audience was almost as exhausted. The wind-up inevitably brought … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American "New Poetry", American Poetry, Elizabeth Ruggles, General William Booth, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, High Modernist poetry, Hiram College, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, Vachel Lindsay, Vachel Lindsay The Congo
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confederacy and complicity
Romanticized and demonized, the Confederate battle flag remains a divisive and polarizing influence, still part of a cultural dialog that permeates the soft boundaries of personal identity and its relation to racism; whether racist ideology outright or one’s own sense … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, American Slavery, Confederate flag, confederate flag symbolism, Dixiecrat party, Genral Custer, James McPherson, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, Steve Earle, Steve Earle Ben McCullough, The Dukes of hazzard, The Dukes of Hazzard Power Cycle, The Dukes of Hazzard Power Cycle Coleco
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garibaldi : romance for the authentic
They don’t make them like that anymore. He was one of the first stars of the media age of mass produced and disseminated images. it was the beginning of celebrity as the basis for our communal lives; the most significant … Continue reading
butch cassidy goes to piedmont
A rarity. At least at the time, one of the first media celebrities, a kind of royalty of image and talent. They all get discarded eventually as each new generation creates their gods. But Garibaldi is enduring; his manner of … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Arthur Rimbaud, Atheism, garibaldi, giuseppe garibaldi, giuseppi mazzini, james bond archetype, Lord Nelson, lucy riall, Pope Pius IX, Romantic Age, rory carroll, Saint Simon, sylvestro lega
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doppleganger effect: second selves and ghostly doubles
A guest blog from Tai Carmen at Parallax. Parallax: exploring the architecture of human perception Tai Carmen: Though pop references to “doppelgangers” (a German word translating to “double-walker”) are often used to describe people who resemble one another, the word … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, astral planes, astral projection, bilocation, claude swanson MIT physicist, claude swanson the synchronized universe, doppleganger effect, ellen rogers, father alonso de benavides, Florine Stettheimer, john donne, Lincoln assassination, mary desaulniers, out of body experience OBE, paramahansa yogananda, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Rene Magritte, st. alphonsus liguori, teleportation
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