Greece

The Greek Air Force has called in sick, to protest pay cuts. Who will defend Western Civilization today?

Bach - BWV 147 - 1 - Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto en Do majeur pour Flautino 1/3

Ukraine Parliament Fight (27 April 2010)

The Ukraine Parliament makes an omelette of the Crimea.

Greece Just Tip of Debt Crisis Iceberg: Roubini - CNBC

Greece Just Tip of Debt Crisis Iceberg: Roubini - CNBC

Happy days are here again, or the proverbial broken clock...?

Hawking Warns Against Alien Contact - The Daily Beast

Hawking Warns Against Alien Contact - The Daily Beast

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La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein - "Dites lui" (Offenbach)

Simone Kermes, my favorite manic mezzo, at the AIDS Gala, Berlin 2009, singing 'Come nave in mezzo all'onde,' Hasse

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Former Nazi and child molester Paul Schaefer dies at 89

Paul Schaefer, Nazi and convicted Child Molester
I had forgotten about the 'Colonia Dignidad' cult in Chile, until this flashed up from the Washington Post. I can only lament that this toxic waste wasn't disposed of in 1945, instead of becoming a study in the perpetuation of evil.

Spring Commissioning

Stripped of barnacles, a freshly zinc'd prop - the Spring splash beckons and I am ecstatic!

Carolyn Sampson: Myself I Shall Adore

Central Park, between Chris and Will.

Friday

A slack, disorderly day, now bound for an evening's walk across the Park.