High Fidelity Sep 7, 2009
Reznor was also influenced by the abrasive electronic pulses of industrial music, a trend that started in the nineteen-seventies in England with bands like Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle. Throbbing Gristle s songs were menacing first-person narratives about physical and emotional extremes. (New Yorker)
The organ harvesting controversy: Did Sweden fumble or Israel overreact? Sep 1, 2009
" But Sweden s foreign minister later disavowed her statement on his blog, saying the government had no right to comment.Lieberman called the report a blood libel. "The story published this week is a natural continuation of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and blood libels like the Beilis trial, in which Jews were accused of adding Christian children's blood to Passover matzah," he said, according to reports.Jewish Swedes have watched with dismay as the controversy has ballooned.Anders... (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Skepticism over 'breakthrough' Middle East peace plan Aug 27, 2009
As Voltaire said, it's a terrible idea, but what's the alternative. " If anything, the French position on Iran's missile and nuclear ambitions has become tougher than the American one though not widely advertised. "It is hard for France to have a more hard-line position than the US, since that puts France in the target line of Tehran," says Clment Therme, an Iranian expert at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. "The French position is weak on Iran and... (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
* Anti-Muslim xenophobia: Europe exporting violent prejudice Aug 22, 2009
Voltaire burnished his credentials as a defender of reason and civility with attacks on ... Voltaire burnished his credentials as a defender of reason and civility with attacks on ignorant and barbarous Jews who, as slaves to their scripture, were, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts ... (The Nazis put together a sizable anthology of Voltaires rants against Jews. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The Right Side of the Internet Aug 21, 2009
French philosopher Voltaire once noted, Nothing is so common as to imitate ones enemies, and to use their weapons. Conservatives have much to learn about the power of the Internet, but the recent Tea Party rallies and town hall protests indicate that the conservative base is using the Lefts online tactics to organize against and defeat their enemies. (Townhall.com)
Michael FarberON THE FLY Aug 19, 2009
The connection between the language of Voltaire and a letter. Gomez, whose albatross of a seven-year, $51. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NHL)
Will we destroy another president? Aug 12, 2009
farnsworth68 wrote on Aug 11, 2009 11:05 PM:" Tiger, if all you can do is call people names, then I feel sorry for you. Kind of. Why don't you go back to my post and rebut each one of my assertions, if you are so certain that Faux News is right and I am wrong? But I'm willing to bet that you won't do that because you can't. People like you and your like-minded cohorts here on TDN have been caught on the wrong side of history, and the thought of YOUR America being taken away from you has you so... (Longview Daily News, WA)
The truth about grit Aug 2, 2009
Unfortunately, the story of the apple is almost certainly false; Voltaire probably made it up. Even if Newton started thinking about gravity in 1666, it took him years of painstaking work before he understood it. (Boston Globe)
DISGUSTED AND ASHAMED Jul 18, 2009
we are not all like them wrote on Jul 15, 2009 6:19 PM:" While the complaining goes on I saw on KATC broke up a cocaine making ring on Brenda Drive with several arrest. Was that in the DI? Thank you IPSO for efforts to make our parish safe. "Those that make you believe absurdities will make you commit atrocities" Voltaire. ". I agree wrote on Jul 15, 2009 12:48 PM:" I agree with Reule, Ackal said that he could provide "Better" Law Enforcement for "Cheaper". He has done neither! So far, he has... (New Iberia, LA)
Click to read:Inside Holland's "Half Baked" Pot Policy Jul 15, 2009
"Or you should try altering your consciousness without the use of drugs or other outside sources as a crutch. Cannabis the "self help" commodity for those seeking enlightenment on a budget? LMAO by toldyouso29 July 14, 2009 11:03 AM EDT HOW IRONIC is it that comments calling people "stupid" and "dumb as dirt" are coming from those who partake OR ADVOCATE legalizing the partaking of a mind impairment drug? Sort of like the Republicans blaming anyone but themselves for stuff they did and claiming... (CBS News)
Comparing the French and American R... Jul 13, 2009
Voltaire, the Enlightenment ideologue of the Revolution, had once said that the only thing to do with the church was to crush the infamous thing. While emulating the United States in supporting natural rights and freedoms, the French Revolution soon devolved into a bloodbath of terror following the September 1792 Paris massacres. (Suite101.com)
The literary latte Jul 7, 2009
They may have been right - it's said Voltaire penned ideas that influenced the French Revolution while consuming up to 50 cups of coffee a day. Today, the notion of a coffee-fuelled revolution is almost farcical but there are pockets of Sydney that unashamedly encourage the meeting of minds and communities over coffee and books. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Daniel Lehan, Suzanne Moxhay and Nicholas Symes Jul 2, 2009
His work has been shown extensively in the UK and overseas (Netherlands, USA, Lithuania, Sweden) including shows at The Public, ArtSway, Studio Voltaire and Witte de With, Rotterdam). Since graduating from the Royal Academy Schools in 2007, Suzanne Moxhay has exhibited in Australia, Italy and Poland, and her work is held by major public and private collections. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Enlightenment Ideas Challenge the O... Jun 30, 2009
Thinkers like Voltaire and Rousseau Left a Long Legacy of Criticism ... Rousseau and Voltaire, two of the greatest Enlightenment thinkers, may well have been the ideological architects of the French Revolution, influencing men like Robespierre and Mirabeau ... Voltaire, when asked about the church, famously answered, crush the infamous thing. (Suite101.com)
French Lessons Jun 1, 2009
Voltaire, astonishingly, propped up delusions of national glory instead of speaking truth to power, and Rousseau wanted society razed to the ground before it could be built again, an idea whose direct outgrowth was the violence of the French Revolution. It is surprising to see a Harvard Ph. (The American Conservative)
Group may sue city of Lodi over prayers at council meetings May 30, 2009
Billy Rubin wrote on May 29, 2009 4:10 PM:" Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire ". warrenb1973 wrote on May 29, 2009 3:20 PM:" onestooge-I have read about it,and made my own dicision based on what i read.Putting god first? I think not. In the real world you should put your family first.You say that, "all the people in the bible that trusted in man failed".Of coarse it says that its the bible.lol.does that mean that everyone who beleives in god... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
4 comments May 22, 2009
As shrewd old Talleyrand also once said, "I know where there is more wisdom than is found in Napoleon, Voltaire, or all the ministers present and to come -- in public opinion." So consider this dismal data from the authoritative polling of the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes Project. The report tabulated the response to this key question: "Which statement comes closest to your opinion? 1) A way can be found for the state of Israel to exist so that the rights and needs of the Palestinian people are... (Human Events Online)
Everything Is Illuminati May 15, 2009
But the centerpiece of the plotand the movieis the Order of the Illuminati, a short-lived Bavarian cult that got on the wrong side of the church by trying to sneak books by Voltaire, Diderot, and other Enlightenment thinkers past the Catholic censors. In his attack on Angels & Demons, Donohue of the Catholic League makes much of the fact that Galileo could not have been a memberhe was dead for more than a century before the Bavarian Illuminati was formed. (Slate)
The Destruction of Miss California May 12, 2009
It would be incredibly smart for a gay leader to pull a Voltaire and publicly state, "I don't agree with what you say, but I defend your right to say it." So, who's going to be courageous and step up on this one. Gay marriage has been defined by some of its supporters as a civil rights issue. (Human Events Online)
Skit with teleprompter... May 11, 2009
Barack Obama: 'John Boehner. is a person of color' - Politico Staff - POLITICO.com. (The Drudge Report)
Up close with Chris Hayes May 9, 2009
CH 00004000 : It was Voltaire who said, "God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." So if I had to pick a comedian I'm influenced by, I'd have to say Voltaire. In all honesty, I don't feel like I try to model myself after anyone in particular. (MLB.com -- Kansas City Royals)
The End of Enlightenment May 6, 2009
The rich array of the characters who entered the lives of Hume and Rousseau are woven into the plot: Diderot, D Alembert, Voltaire, Comtesse de Bouffler, Julie de Lespinasse, Turgot, Condorcet, Boswell, Adam Smith, Adam Ferguson, Horace Walpole, Lord Kames, Francis Hutcheson, Erasmus Darwin, Frederick II, Louis XV, Prince de Conti, David Garrick, and many others. And the story is a page-turner, graced with colorful episodes, disregard of temporal order, flashbacks, and dramatic reversals. (The American Conservative)
the Independent reported Apr 28, 2009
Voltaire CANDIDE (novella)Stendhal LE ROUGE ET LE NOIRTolstoy ANNA KARENINA George Eliot MIDDLEMARCHHenry Fielding TOM JONESProust REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PASTPasternak DR ZHIVAGOH G Wells HISTORY OF MR POLLYJohn Fowles THE MAGUSodehouse. GREAT BECAUSE THEY ALL (CAN) EFFECT YOUR VIEW OF THE WORLD AND INFLUENCE YOUR DECISIONMAKING. (Harper's Magazine)
War of Austrian Succession Apr 9, 2009
Voltaire may have put it most aptly when he quipped that a dish of mushrooms changed the destinies of Europe, referring to the untimely death of Charles VI. Thanks to the military conquests taking Silesia, Frederick II was elevated to Frederick the Great and Prussia became a dominate force in Europe. Despite her hatred of Frederick the Great, Marie Theresa took some valuable lessons from her Prussian neighbor. (Suite101.com)
Big plans from the federal electricity man Apr 9, 2009
When I read this passage it was as if a flame lit by Voltaire himself started burning in my brain. No wonder Simon Johnson is obsessed with the emergence of a banking oligarchy that has dominated the political process in the United States over the last four decades. (Salon)
IUP to Receive $2.5 Million in Support of Cook Honors College Apr 8, 2009
"I think that having students argue modern morality with Voltaire, Rousseau and Descartes gives them an invaluable launch into adult life. For that earlier argument, the written and spoken word is the medium. Your peers judge you. Your faculty shows you how to do it, gently.". IUP's Cook Honors College was featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education and is one of the very few public university programs discussed in both editions of Donald Asher's Cool Colleges for the Hyper-Intelligent,... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Mobile Dog Heart Health Tour Through California Cities to Provide Free Heart Examinations in Sound-Proof Setting Apr 2, 2009
Mobile Dog Heart Health Tour in California SAN DIEGO: When: Saturday, April 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Ocean Beach Dog Beach - West Point Loma Boulevard & Voltaire Street PASADENA: When: Sunday, April 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Alice's Dog Park in the Vina Vieja Park - 3026 East Orange Grove Boulevard. About Congestive Heart Failure in Dogs. (PR Newswire)
Crisis Fatigue Apr 2, 2009
Location: CA Reply # 2 Date: Apr 2, 2009 - 12:06 AM EST Same Vitriol, Different Party I don't know Voltaire, many of these posts here remind me of the vicious attacks you see too often on the Left. And, I still agree with the central premise of her article. (Townhall.com)
'Abject Failure' Mar 23, 2009
Those AIG people getting those bonuses is unjust, but going after them the way the administration is doing, it's like "Candide" and Voltaire. They (INAUDIBLE) the officers shoot every tenth man in the Romanian army. (Fox News)
Freedom of speech on Kauai Mar 22, 2009
As the French author Voltaire once said I may disagree with everything you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. Freedom of speech is a precious right and we must honor the right of everyone to make known his or her opinion. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
The Man in the Iron Mask Mar 22, 2009
According to Voltaire, the masked man was a tall and handsome nobleman who was arrested and confined in the mask in 1661 ... According to Voltaire and other claims, when the man died in 1703, the mask was removed to reveal a person who looked identical to Louis XIV. These accounts fuelled the theory that Louis XIV had a twin brother and that he had to dispose of him so that he would be king. (Suite101.com)
Author James Purdy dies at 94 Mar 15, 2009
He was also called a comic genius worthy of Voltaire and an outlaw, in the best sense, among his compromised peers. Type Size. (AZCentral -- News)
James Purdy, author of underground classics, dies Mar 15, 2009
He was also called a comic genius worthy of Voltaire and an outlaw, in the best sense, among his compromised peers ... But Susan Sontag, writing in the Times six days later, likened Cabot Wright to Voltaire's Candide and praised it as a "fluid, immensely readable, personal and strong work by a writer from whom everyone who cares about literature has expected, and will continue to expect, a great deal.". (USA Today -- Life)
Age and experience Mar 15, 2009
Voltaire advised people to live as long as possible "solely to annoy those who are paying your annuities" but the powers that be can't really have it both ways - deploring the fact that there will be too few of the young to finance the pensions of the old, but then decreeing that the aforementioned old aren't allowed to support themselves when they can. So far, alas, there's little sign of the aged becoming a serious force to be placated and reckoned with, comparable to the Association of... (BBC News -- UK)
Controversial novelist James Purdy dies Mar 14, 2009
He was also called a comic genius worthy of Voltaire and an outlaw, in the best sense, among his compromised peers. Interviewed by The Associated Press in 2005, Purdy recalled being exposed to everything as a child, and his books revealed the most detailed awareness of sex, violence, race, class, familial cruelty and romantic longing. (MSNBC -- News)
The politics clash, but the playbook is the same Mar 13, 2009
Maher praised the president for daring to quote Voltaire, and criticized Republicans for nominating Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, for vice president. (Theyve gone from the party of Lincoln to the party of winkin, he said. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Politics: Rush Vs. The Party Of Soros Mar 11, 2009
Voltaire could never be a contributor to Newsweek. But David Frum is, and his inside cover story, "Why Rush Is Wrong," savages Limbaugh and praises President Obama in a way that makes one wonder if tingles are running up his leg like they did for MSNBC's Chris Matthews. (Investors Business Daily)
A city without the Mattoon library? Yes, no, maybe Mar 5, 2009
voltaire wrote on Mar 4, 2009 11:32 AM:" If people outside of city want to use the library they can for $40. Under your proposed tax rate increase it would cost my family and most of my neighbors more than $125/ year. Why should we pay $90 more dollars from something that I can get now for $40? We are already being hit with a school district tax increase. If you want to increase revenue then base the out of district fee on the EAV of the home not a flat rate of $40. Instead of forcing us who... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Dazzling wordplay Mar 1, 2009
Across the road at No1 stood the Meirei Bar, home of the Cabaret Voltaire, the crucible of Dadaism, a modernist art movement based on chance founded by (among others) the expatriate Romanian Tristan Tzara. What if these three historical giants, more or less, could be brought together to discuss the nature of art, revolution and literature as an epoch thrashed in its death throes and a brave new world tantalisingly beckoned. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Plain Truth About Glorious Carbon Dioxide Feb 28, 2009
" -- Suggest you follow the excellent advice of Roger Arnold above. And one of the very best days I've had in many years was the day several years ago when I first encountered (on PhysOrg.com newssite) the theory that cosmic rays could be a (to then ignored) significant balancing factor in earth's climate. The theoretical arguments were very carefully presented, very solid science and it looked to me like this single item might have the potential to allow me to significantly re-formulate my... (Energy Pulse, CO)
Love part deux Feb 26, 2009
Originally published in 1924, this classic collection of love letters includes timeless contributions from the likes of Beethoven, Keats, Lord Byron, Napoleon, Voltaire, Rousseau and Mozart, among many others. My Dearest Friend. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
SUBVERSE: Unpopular free speech Feb 26, 2009
Voltaire spoke of how he might completely disagree with a view but was ready to fight to death for the right of a person to air that view. It is, in fact, the essence of true democracy and freedom. (India Times, India)
Louis XVI, Ill -Fated King of Franc... Feb 22, 2009
He would estrange public opinion by such moves as banning Voltaire as well as Beaumarchais' hugely popular Marriage of Figaro. Justly or unjustly, Marie-Antoinette will always be renowned for her Habsburg extravagance. (Suite101.com)
Conservatives and Liberals, Come Together Feb 20, 2009
ali hirsi is under 24 hour guard in this country for also putting out a truthful film about moslem culture in the netherlands; and theo van gogh is ten feet under; those are bigots you refer to; i suppose voltaire was a bigot; let me define a bigot as someone who desires by law to deprive one of fundmental rights as defined by locke, john stuart mill; i dont see wilders, theo van gogh, ali hirsi, all in the same class as bigots; but a portion of the moslems do wish to deprive people of what we... (Townhall.com)
LETTER: Act's intent is to put Roe v. Wade into law Feb 20, 2009
voltaire wrote on Feb 19, 2009 8:10 PM:" Wow all this fighting and the FOCA bill doesn't even exist. LOL! http://tinyurl.com/cuw3eh ". BlueDogDemocrat wrote on Feb 19, 2009 8:15 PM:" (Susan - "I am straight forward, honest and virtuous, moral and true. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Our regular guest Feb 14, 2009
As popular French author and philosopher Voltaire says: "Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do". So always, be prepared and remain alert. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Review: The Book of Dead Philosophers Feb 8, 2009
Critchley recounts that Voltaire, after decades of denouncing the Roman Catholic Church, announced on his deathbed that he wanted to die a Catholic. But the shocked parish priest kept asking him, "Do you believe in the divinity of Christ?" Voltaire begged, "In the name of God, Monsieur, don't speak to me any more of that man and let me die in peace.". (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Leave us discerning viewers of pornography alone Feb 8, 2009
The famous maxim "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" was never actually uttered by Voltaire. It was the work of an upright lady named Evelyn Hall, summarising his attitudes in her book, The Friends Of Voltaire ... Not even Evelyn Hall or Voltaire. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Captain Fantastic hits the Colonnade this weekend Feb 8, 2009
Waters has received one award for a speaking role; he was named Best Young Adult Actor for playing Plato Voltaire in The Great All-American Musical Disaster. While most of his performances have been in comedies, Waters said he would like to pursue other types of roles. (Catoosa County News, GA)
Diderot's Encyclopedia Feb 8, 2009
Among its contributors were Jean-Jacques Rousseau (music and political theory), Voltaire (history, literature, philosophy), Montesquieu (on the idea of "taste"), Baron d'Holbach (the sciences, politics, religion) and tienne Bonnot de Condillac (philosophy). Its aim, as set out by d'Alembert in his Preliminary Discourse, was the unveiling of the order within and interconnection among the various forms of human knowledge. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
