Tag Archive 'Photographs'

Honi soit qui mal y pense

Bookworm on Jul 15 2008 | Filed under: Britain, England

Britain’s famous Order of the Garter bears upon it the motto “Honi soit qui mal y pense” which is Old French for “shame upon him who thinks evil upon it.”  The order came into being in the mid-14th Century, during the reign of Edward III.  There are several stories about its origin, with the following [...]

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It gets ever harder to take the press seriously *UPDATED*

Bookworm on Jul 15 2008 | Filed under: Media matters

The press continues to shape public perceptions, but people are starting to wise up to the fact that the press often has no idea what it’s doing (especially when it comes to military matters) and that it either outright lies or misrepresents through omission.  The Confederate Yankee just found a photographic example in which the [...]

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