Archive for March, 2008
ASSEMBLY-LINE PRINCE (2)
a novel by Herbert Kuhner (excerpt)
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I met Herby in his and my Glenn period. Glenn had been precursor of the new era. But now the word was getting around. Beatle-itus was at its height and the mini-skirt had just come in. Glenn was one of Vienna’s first hippies. Short, well-packed, a broad […]
Posted: March 30th, 2008 under Text, Stories.
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ASSEMBLY-LINE PRINCE (1)
a novel by Herbert Kuhner (excerpt)
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I think that The Assembly-Line Prince, which I enjoyed in manuscript form, is the picaresque novel of our times. The Segment titled. Wedding bell: poet’s death knell was my favorite of many delightful passages. But the ending was great too, had me laughing out loud – partly with relief, […]
Posted: March 28th, 2008 under Text.
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Tomfoolery in the Land of Wicky-Wacky-Woo
According to Church Law it is ethical for a man to infect his whole family with aids, including his children. For it is Mortal Sin to prevent this from happening by the use of condoms….A man who has been infected with aids is justified in cohabiting with his wife. If he uses condoms, he is […]
Posted: March 26th, 2008 under Polemics, Aktuell, Materialien, Hypocrisy.
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Good Friday Tidbits
Let us also pray for the Jews. So that God our Lord enlightens their hearts so that they recognize Jesus Christ savior of all men. Almighty and everlasting God…mercifully grant that all Israel may be saved.
- Pope Benedict XVI, Good Friday Sermon, 2008, catholicintl.com
Jesus did not partake of euthanasia, but his death was dignified because […]
Posted: March 25th, 2008 under Polemics, Aktuell, Political, Hypocrisy.
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Michael Guttenbrunner (1919-2004)
Habsburg 1967
Long after, after the catastrophies
his people had experienced,
Habsburg walks through the remnants
and unties the knots.
As he enters the gates of the Republic,
porcelain rattles and silver jingles
in the Hofburg, and a Pannonic swan
wearing spurs climbs to the pulpit.
Lichtentenstein rigidly witnesses the spectacle,
holding a Sudeten glass of Helvetian wine,
and Bohemian camp followers scrape their feet,
giving the […]
Posted: March 25th, 2008 under Poetry, Materialien.
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Otto Hapsburg Takes a Stand
“Again and again there are shameful discussions concerning Austrians having been accomplices or victims. This makes it imperative for me to say that there is certainly no country in Europe that can more adequately describe itself as a victim than Austria!…When there’s a great commotion somewhere, many people will come to cheer. If you mention […]
Posted: March 22nd, 2008 under Aktuell, Political.
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Otto von Hapsburg …
“The Free Word”
Neue Kronen-Zeitung
March 13, 2008
Otto von Hapsburg, the oldest son of the last Austrian emperor and one of the great Europeans of the first hour, stated at the occasion of a commemoration for the events of March 1938 in parliament „There is no state in Europe that has more right to describe […]
Posted: March 20th, 2008 under Aktuell, Political, Hypocrisy.
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