Jan 20th, 1988

## Transcript

**LEITMOTIV:** “That was one of the reasons for Stalin acting as supreme censor. If you believe that the written word affects men's actions, then you watch it.” —Lord Snow, *A Variety of Men,* p. 232.

**1) “Blessed are the young ones that have died, who had not the time or patience for this earthly ride. . .” —Miss Joan B:**

ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, υἱὸς Δαυίδ

**2) “at the sound of the tone”:**

[First four measures of Beethoven's 5th symphony]

**3) “Reason with the wind and advise the air, but tell not sorrow's child that life is fair”:**

אֵ֥ין שָׁלֹ֖ום לְכָל־בָּשָֽׂר

**4) When Milpeda complained that Najima's exposition of the Morning Text was too hard to understand, Najima replied: “The sword that kills is the sword that saves”:** “Katastrophen von Gottes Gnaden” (Scheel); **5) “once you bend it, you can't mend it” —Miss Linda R.:**

[Two measures of an unknown piece of music]

**6) “I pray You, LORD GOD, strengthen me this once that I may be avenged upon the Philistines for one of my two eyes. . .thus those he killed at his death were more than he had slain in his life”:**

τελέσαι δέ με θυμὸς ἄνωγεν, ‘εἰ δύναμαι τελέσαι γε καὶ εἰ τετελεσμένον ἐστίν. (Iliad, xviii, 426)

**7) “Give me water when I'm thirsty, Whisky when I'm dry; Sally when I need her and Heaven when I die.”:**

**1st Level:** *Vide,* Arizona Daily Wildcat, 5/1/87, Leitmotiv; **2nd Level:** “Summoned I am to tourney, ten leagues beyond the wide world's end; methinks it is no journey”; **4th Level:** “Age quid agis”; **5th Level:** “For a fat girl you don't sweat much.” **8) “Fire, make your body cold, when I give you mine to hold”:**

[Structural formula of dimethyl sulfoxide]

**9) “The bomb in the baby-carriage was wired to the radio. . .These are days of miracle and wonder, and don't cry, baby, don't cry” —Mr. P. Simon:** V.N.B., 2 E. Congress 85701, s.d. box #668.

**REPRISE:** When a cretin asked Cervantes if he regretted the maiming of his left arm in the crusade against the infidel Turk, Cervantes replied, “To have fought at Lepanto, I would have given my right arm.”

Final scheduled Transmission, this Series: 4/27/88 (effective: 5/1/88); Winthrop rowed across the Charles, walked up Pinckney Street and into the State House while the door was unguarded, the Pigs having all taken each other to Happy Hour: Schrödinger, however, has made only partial delivery and may have run afoul of the Haneatic Factor (last transmission was from Bremen, Lübeck remains silent) — IF Schrödinger has fallen within the aegis of the Lutine Bell, THEN implement The New Economic Policy (1921); John W. stopped off at Epworth and Samuel advised him to obtain Letters of Marque from Whitehall; Mistah Kurtz is riding anchor off Port Royal while Melanchthon has rented a room within sight of 490 L'Enfant Plaza East, SW, 20219; John Brown has departed Haddington and checked in at Harper's Ferry; Owsley will shortly begin networking with Alberich, after which the Embarcadero will again be laden with Sutter's Surprise. The local opera-bouffe will, *Deo volente*, mercifully terminate on 5/14/88, immediately thereafter punitive operations against the Narragansett will commence. Current print-outs indicate the Iroquois will NOT come to their aid; however, initial field reports from Agitprop indicate that resistance will be fierce and it may be necessary for the advance column to fall back on New Bedford — the following sections should stand ready to receive casualties: WNW, CEC, RWG, PRMcS, KCW. If conventional ordnance does not suffice, Matthias Flacius (Illyricus) will hand-deliver FERMI'S FEAR, after which the heresiarch Roger Williams and his Pelagian cesspool at what is ludicrously known as “Providence” will be deprived of their heathen allies. Once the Black Flag has been raised over “Providence,” the liquidation of The Six Nations will proceed seriatim. The Hudson Valley will then lie open and undefended, fallow ground for The Agenda of 5/72. ★ “Et ad haec quis tam idoneus?” ORA PRO NOBIS, ORA PRO ME. ★ [Smiley Guy]

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