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14 Dec 2010, 7:51 am
Portia counsels otherwise.The quality of mercy is not strain'd,It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath: it is twice blest;It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomesThe throned monarch better than his crown;His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,The attribute to awe and majesty,Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;But mercy is above this sceptred sway;It is enthroned in the hearts of… [read post]
11 Dec 2010, 10:13 pm
And papa--specifically, King Philip II of Spain: Verdi dismissed him as a "savage monarch," and at times, he does play the villain of the piece. [read post]
9 Dec 2010, 2:44 pm
On Sunday evening, as Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas was returning from CocoCay, Bahamas, to Cape Canaveral, Fla., someone on board the cruise ship spotted a sinking raft. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 11:32 am
Marcus Antonius: And Caesar’s spirit, raging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch’s voice Cry “Havoc! [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 8:59 pm
Royal Caribbean’s Monarch of the Seas cruise ship reportedly "rescued" six people who were floating on a raft near the Bahamas. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 3:50 am
Whereas just over four centuries ago the monarch had absolute power, she now has practically none. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 2:29 am
As expected, the Supreme Court rejected this wholeheartedly, stressing that the point of the 1688 Bill of Rights, which was enacted to prevent the monarch from interfering in Parliamentary proceedings, was to protect freedom of speech and debate in Parliament. [read post]
29 Nov 2010, 10:27 am
On New Year's Eve Royal Caribbean crew member Neha Chhikara jumped from the Monarch of the Seas It is currently unknown whether this incident involved a death by natural causes (highly unusual with a 33 year old man), a suicide or foul play. [read post]
28 Nov 2010, 6:08 am
Give the monarch an emotional enema. [read post]
24 Nov 2010, 11:29 pm
21 Nov 2010, 8:59 pm
According to some recent polls, however, most Brits (see MSNBC piece) prefer Prince William and his new squeeze, Kate Middleton--both are 28 and, mercifully, have anti-slackoisie DNA and tendencies--as the next monarchs over his old Dad and his second wife Camilla Parker, 63. [read post]
17 Nov 2010, 11:23 am
But Prince Charles can just ask his namesake, Charles I, how quickly monarchical wealth can be taken away. [read post]
16 Nov 2010, 10:07 am
. - (1) A trade mark which consists of or contains - (a) the Royal arms, or any of the principal armorial bearings of the Royal arms, or any insignia or device so nearly resembling the Royal arms or any such armorial bearing as to be likely to be mistaken for them, or it, (b) a representation of the Royal crown or any of the Royal flags, (c) a representation of Her Majesty or any member of the Royal family, or any colourable imitation thereof, or (d) words, letters or devices likely to lead persons… [read post]
6 Nov 2010, 9:01 pm
This was the first (and so far only) time when the Monarch (Elizabeth II), Governor-General, Chief Justice (Dame Sian Elias), Speaker of the House (Margaret Wilson) and Prime Minister (Helen Clark) of a Commonwealth Realm were all female.While a member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, she helped to draft the Optional Protocol to CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. [read post]
5 Nov 2010, 4:03 pm
How monarchical of him. [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 11:27 pm
Even in its last, most dysfunctional century, the Republic repeatedly vanquished powerful foes, including monarchs such as Mithridates of Pontus, Eric’s argument that monarchy was a more efficient form of government during this period notwithstanding. [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 8:20 am
These include abuse of the royal prerogative by the crown and its agents; the emergence of a politicised middle class citizenry, empowered by the ascendancy of contract law; the limitations imposed by the courts on the lawful extent of divinely ordained kingship; the natural and rational authority of unwritten lex terrae; the poetic imagination of the judiciary and its role in shaping the constitution; and the fusion of temporal and spiritual jurisdiction in the person of the monarch. [read post]
29 Oct 2010, 11:46 pm
1340 – The last Muslim invasion of the Iberian peninsula is turned back by Alfonso IV of Portugal and Alfonso XI of Castile at the Battle of Rio Salado. 1485 – One of the few English monarchs with a head... [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 8:12 am
Another moneyed monarch, His Majesty the King of Rock and Roll (a.k.a. [read post]
19 Oct 2010, 6:03 pm
These can include assaults, fights, or even shootings such as in the Monarch Bay incident. [read post]
