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Author Archives: Charles Lambert
Archbishop Arsehole stays mum over corruption
Amid claims of Nigeria’s presidential elections being conducted in the same climate of anarchy and corruption (see this report in today’s Independent) that marked last week’s general elections, you’d have expected the moral fulcrum of the nation, Archbishop Arsehole, to … Continue reading
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What’s in a name?
According to this story, The University of Florida is about to be forced to rename its education school the Jeb Bush College of Education. Whatever next? The Berlusconi College of Business Probity? The Ratzinger College of Religious Tolerance?
Posted in berlusconi, ratzinger
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Minima
Hey! I’ve lightened up! I’m tired of being confused with all those gloomy, moody blogs that think dark is cool. It’s spring, the swallows have arrived, it’s time to let in a little clarity. What do you think?
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It’s official: Foeti go straight to heaven
Eggs Benedict pronounced a couple of days ago that Limbo no longer exists. We’re still waiting for announcements on Narnia, Moominland and Gotham City.
Posted in crank, ratzinger
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Dirty business
Reports have emerged of a massive toxic waste dump found in Abruzzo, one of Italy’s loveliest and most unspoilt regions. The largest dump of its kind in Italy, and probably in Europe, it’s the work, not of the Mafia, traditionally … Continue reading
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Little Britain
It’s reassuring to know that the ‘normal family’ continues to be the most suitable environment in which to bring up children. Don’t believe me? Read this. Or this.
Posted in homophobia, natural law
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Berlin, Belfast, Baghdad…
Good fences may make good neighbours, as Robert Frost said, but there’s little doubt that the building of a 12-foot-tall wall through the middle of a city is an indication of something more destructive than a desire for neighbourliness. Yet … Continue reading
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Peckish?
This comes from the label of a small jar of a local speciality. The hairs have been removed.
Posted in translation, trouvé
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Fortuitous errors
In the following line from, I think, Letters from Iceland, ‘And the ports have names for the sea’, Auden originally wrote ‘poets’, but preferred the printer’s error and left it as it was. Similarly, in the previous post, I intended … Continue reading
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