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Why I Can’t Stand Black Opera Singers « Cyberquill

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Why I Can’t Stand Black Opera Singers. Bull; 4 Comments. Any regard Jessye Norman as one of the preëminent dramatic sopranos of our time. Primarily, though, Ms Norman is a thief. And a racist one at that, no matter how unwittingly so. See, classical music originated in Europe and surely ranks among the whitest of all art forms. Then along comes some black lady and, by belting out Wagner, attempts to. Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, et al., were. Now you probably think I’ve completely left the ranch. T]hese wo...

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Of Goats and Men « Cyberquill

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Of Goats and Men. Bull; Leave a Comment. Ho’s more valuable, a human or a goat? The answer seems obvious—but why? Superficial features aside, both are made up of the same components. Both have eyes, ears, limbs, a brain, a spine, a nervous system, and a heartbeat. Both will feel. Pain when poked with a sharp object. Anthropocentric hubris aside, what’s the. In other words, goats never figured out how to fly to the moon, nor has any known goat ever composed a symphony on par with Beethoven’s Fifth. While ...

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The Modern Enemy « Cyberquill

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Bull; 2 Comments. Ad the word been en vogue back in the 18th century, what would the British government have labeled the rebels in the American colonies? Terrorists, of course. Had George III ever delivered a televised BBC address on the American insurgency following the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress, he would have explained that he had given orders to crack down on. In the New World, using. 8212;and stressing—that word at least once every other sentence. Thomas ...

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Blaming the Victim (Pt. 2) « Cyberquill

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Blaming the Victim (Pt. 2). Bull; Leave a Comment. Uppose a woman asked you whether there was anything she can do to lower her chances of experiencing sexual assault—what would you say? Would you tell her that the odds of her falling prey to some creep with impulse control issues are always 100% the same, regardless of her surroundings, behavior, physical appearance, or intoxication levels? Or would you list one or the other factor within her control that might indeed skew the risk matrix toward. If you ...

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It’s Enough to Say Dakota « Cyberquill

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It’s Enough to Say Dakota. Bull; 36 Comments. Hy is South Dakota called. Dakota and not simply Dakota? There already is a North Dakota. Where else should the only other Dakota—we’re talking states, not actresses or buildings—be located but to its south? South Carolina, same story. Waste of a word. Not to mention South Korea. But let’s keep it stateside. Ever heard of a commonwealth called East Virginia? Tags: Words and Language. What made you write about this topic? By denoting one of a pair of states by...

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It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (Butter Like it!) « Cyberquill

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It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (Butter Like it! Bull; 4 Comments. Aving tried my hand at a miscellany of occupations with negligible to mediocre success, I realize I’ve reached a stage in my life—and an age—where I must get serious about my future. In other words, I figured it’s high time to take a jab at that rock star thing. I hear some of these people make a comfy living doing this. So this past Saturday, I gave my debut fronting a local Austr. Here’s some audio from the gig:. External Player →. Looking up in ...

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Between You and I: It’s Me! « Cyberquill

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Between You and I: It’s Me! Bull; 4 Comments. He other day, CNN’s early morning weatherman explained that a particular meteorological metric (some wind speed or precipitation amount or whatever, I forget the context) “may not seem that much to you or I, but …”. Have prevented him from tacking the. The word sequence “to I” sets a parrot cringing, not to mention a human endowed with rudimentary language faculties:. Who talks like that? Nobody. (Just because. Correct doesn’t mean it is. And the self-referen...

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The Fearsome Amphibrach « Cyberquill

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Bull; 2 Comments. Escribing the inadvertent albeit colonialization-facilitating import of infectious diseases to the Americas by the European invaders in the wake of the New World’s official discovery by Christopher Columbus, a 2002 article in. Provides this somewhat disquieting observation in light of the current Ebola situation:. Brought to Mexico apparently by a single sick Spaniard, [smallpox] swept south and eliminated more than half the population of the Incan empire.”. For starters at least.).