by Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 — August 19, 1936) Rough translation by Leonard Cohen (in 1998 for a song he called Take This Waltz on the album I’m Your Man) En Viena hay diez muchachas, un hombro donde solloza la muerte y un bosque de palomas disecadas. Hay un fragmento de la mañana … Continue reading Pequeno vals vienes (Little Viennese Waltz)
I found these images amusing. Usually you see state leaders in mile-long motorcades of gas-guzzling armored limos, but Bush and Putin were caught again by a Reuters photographer driving themselves in an electric car (Rice and Ivanov in the back) to the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg. If I’m not mistaken, that’s a vehicle produced … Continue reading Bush and Putin go for a zero-emission spin
The men who stole the 2000 election and promised not to waste American military resources continue to flounder in a foreign policy debacle, dragging the US down like a lead balloon. A study brings forward many concerned experts trying to sound the warning: Eighty-four percent believe the United States is losing the “war on terror,” … Continue reading More bad news for Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld
The following excerpt is from William Tecumseh Sherman’s (1820-1891) speech in Salem, Illinois, on July 4, 1866, according to research by James Heintze: The Spaniards have nearly vanished from our territory, but the English, the Swedes, the Germans, the French remain, and their posterity will remain till the end of time. From this I infer … Continue reading General Sherman’s 4th of July