Does anyone know what these fine gentlemen were hunting? The WP article refers to "boxed bird shoots". Are these pheasants? Pigeons? I assume that these are definitely not wild bird shoots.
As I remember, it was at a similar event that Scalia's ideological soul-mate Dick Cheney once shot his buddy in the face. I have always wondered what attracts these right wing types - who are always so brave about sending other men and women to die in foreign wars - to such cowardly "sports"? -raghu. On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 7:09 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died 11 days ago at a West > Texas ranch, he was among high-ranking members of an exclusive > fraternity for hunters called the International Order of St. Hubertus, > an Austrian society that dates back to the 1600s. > > After Scalia’s death Feb. 13, the names of the 35 other guests at the > remote resort, along with details about Scalia’s connection to the > hunters, have remained largely unknown. A review of public records shows > that some of the men who were with Scalia at the ranch are connected > through the International Order of St. Hubertus, whose members gathered > at least once before at the same ranch for a celebratory weekend. > > Members of the worldwide, male-only society wear dark-green robes > emblazoned with a large cross and the motto “Deum Diligite Animalia > Diligentes,” which means “Honoring God by honoring His creatures,” > according to the group’s website. Some hold titles, such as Grand > Master, Prior and Knight Grand Officer. The Order’s name is in honor of > Hubert, the patron saint of hunters and fishermen. > > full: > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-scalia-spent-his-last-hours-with-members-of-this-secretive-society-of-elite-hunters/2016/02/24/1d77af38-db20-11e5-891a-4ed04f4213e8_story.html > > "Fascism has opened up the depths of society for politics. Today, not > only in peasant homes but also in city skyscrapers, there lives > alongside of the twentieth century the tenth or the thirteenth. A > hundred million people use electricity and still believe in the magic > power of signs and exorcisms. The Pope of Rome broadcasts over the radio > about the miraculous transformation of water into wine. Movie stars go > to mediums. Aviators who pilot miraculous mechanisms created by man’s > genius wear amulets on their sweaters. What inexhaustible reserves they > possess of darkness, ignorance, and savagery! Despair has raised them to > their feet fascism has given them a banner. Everything that should have > been eliminated from the national organism in the form of cultural > excrement in the course of the normal development of society has now > come gushing out from the throat; capitalist society is puking up the > undigested barbarism. Such is the physiology of National Socialism." > > Leon Trotsky, "What is National Socialism?" > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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