Wednesday, December 3, 2014

thou dost in us command

Restore the inclusive language of Canada's nathional anthem. Lyrics changed in 1913.

a. original - "thou dost in us command"
b. current - "in all thy sons command"
c. proposed modified original - "in all of us command"


I like #a. And never mind Diane Francis or an order of the golden fleece man, Archduke Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Georg Bahnam Habsburg-Lothringen, whose uncle Franz Ferdinand and aunt Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo by black hand secret society and who says nationalism's not relevant well, as transnationalists, they wouldn't care.

wiki: referred to in Austria as Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, in France as Charles de Habsbourg-Lorraine, in the Czech Republic as Karel Habsbursko-Lotrinský, in Hungary as Habsburg Károly, and by his royal name as Archduke Karl of Austria

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

best of 2014

Super economic growth! Italy meeting deficit targets! New statistical rules, European System of Accounts (ESA 2010). Drugs, prostitution and smuggling, all untaxed and extant prior, will be part of Italy's, the UK's and Spain's GDP as of 2014. Italy can now comply with EU regulations for rates of national debt. On paper, Britain is practically booming. Spain's GDP will grow by up to 4.5%.