Revisiting the Wikipedia Entry for Burning at the Stake
Until very recently, Jeanne d'Arc, a remarkable peasant from north-east France, was the most famous person burnt at the stake. Of course, there are a few other...
The Great Leveler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwfZyQeinTILove me tender/Love me sweet Sailor Ripley (Nicolas Cage) serenades Lula Pace Fortune (Laura Dern) in the final scene of Wild at Heart (1990),...
TheWeekholeView – A Day by Day Account of a Scripted Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0x4aSM5yM4Here, each hole starts on Wednesdays and this is what fell through this past week, in more than one way or day:
On Wednesday, June...
NYC Made – TPV Noted – Broadway Windows
Walking across the City on 10th Street from Avenue B all the way to 6th Avenue could bring one peace of mind. Not really if...
To Tax or Not to Tax My Friends. That’s Hillary’s Question
There is one way TPV could support a Hillary candidacy for the US Presidency. Taxes. If she fights for increasing taxes on the rich,...
Coming Soon – George Clooney at an office near you!
Here, each hole starts on Wednesdays and this is what fell through this past week, in more than one way or day:
On Wednesday, June...
Ghana – A Most Trusted Ally in the War … for Ratings
If you never heard about the Obama Doctrine, here is its gist:$5 billion dollars are ready to be used to buy US-made military equipment and...
Obama Cracks under Neocon Pressure. TLC’s Big Win!
Using the presidential powers given to Bush-fils by Cheney, Obama is personally deploying 275 soldiers to Iraq:
President Barack Obama told Congress on Monday the...
Will Iraq Join the Union? Which State Would It Emulate?
President Barack Obama isn't ruling out any potential responses to escalating violence in Iraq.
We have been monitoring the situation on the ground there, he...
TheWeekWholeView: Cantor and the Tea Party Itch
Here, each hole starts on Wednesdays and this is what fell through this past week, in more than one way or day:
On Wednesday,...
The Battle of the Weekend: The underdog and the superdog
If you like women’s tennis, as Boris Becker calls this type of endeavor, then you did not miss yesterday’s final at Roland Garros between...
Debunking truthiness: Hillary Damaged? Bergdahl a Fighter?
Truthiness is one overrated value the Americans have exported so much since GW Bush, that we cannot distinguish anymore between it and everything else. Here...
Obama Offers No Apologies for the Swap and TPV Does Not Need Them
President Barack Obama said Thursday he
"absolutely makes no apologies" for seeking the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in a prisoner swap with the Taliban.
The...
TheWeekholeView: and the Winner Is this SelfieTaker
Here, each hole starts on Wednesdays and this is what fell through this past week, in more than one way or day:
On Wednesday, May...
