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guy gadbois, medieval castle authority
everybody say his own
Kyrie eleison
July 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
one of the last who played everything and played it well
We were sorry to hear that legendary pianist Alfred Brendel has passed away at the age of 94.

Alfred Brendel made his Wigmore Hall debut in 1958, and gave many performances at the Hall, including programmes of Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert and more.

Our thoughts are with all who knew him.
June 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
ahahahaha RAI just referred to him as the first “North American” pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
WHAT
February 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
French ex-regulator controversially joins private banking sector too soon? close enough, welcome back CE Ass., Dec. 6, 1996, 167502
L’ancien commissaire européen Thierry Breton rejoint un conseil consultatif de Bank of America. Après avoir quitté l’institution la plus puissante de l’UE, les anciens commissaires sont autorisés à exercer des fonctions de lobbying...
L’ancien commissaire européen Thierry Breton rejoint un conseil consultatif de Bank of America
Un comité d’éthique a donné un feu vert au pantouflage de l’ancien responsable du marché intérieur dans l’exécutif européen, en dépit des critiques.
www.lemonde.fr
January 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
“by all accounts he was not a good man”
December 17, 2024 at 10:41 PM
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Like a real democracy South Korea puts like half its former presidents in jail.
December 3, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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unrestricted pardon power is a good example of how the US, by virtue of being one of the first countries to abandon monarchy, retains far more elements of monarchic authority than most nations
December 2, 2024 at 1:54 AM
at least we can all agree that the Hunter pardon is a boon to paleographers, who now have a great new tool to teach parts of a charter
December 2, 2024 at 1:48 AM
now listening: an exuberant, gratuitous, burlesque parody of Wagnerian themes by Fauré/Messager: youtu.be/CGZYn20QvQw?...
Fauré/Messager - Souvenirs de Bayreuth
YouTube video by Bartje Bartmans
youtu.be
November 25, 2024 at 12:58 AM
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again, it isn't neoliberalism to say this process sucks shit. a socialist bureaucracy should be legible and efficient not least because that's how you actually get regulations followed
November 14, 2024 at 4:36 PM