#Cohen

[curtwilde]

Leonard Cohen on Israel, from The Book of Mercy, 1984.

Israel, and you who call yourself Israel, the Church that calls itself Israel, and the revolt that calls itself Israel, and every nation chosen to be a nation — none of these lands is yours, all of you are thieves of holiness, all of you at war with Mercy.

The Covenant is broken, the condition is dishonored, have you not noticed that the world has been taken away? You have no place, you will wander through yourselves from generation to generation without a thread. Therefore you rule over chaos, you hoist your flags with no authority, and the heart that is still alive hates you, and the remnant of Mercy is ashamed to look at you. You decompose behind your flimsy army, your stench alarms you, your panic strikes at love. The land is not yours, the land has been taken back, your shrines fall through open air, your tablets are quickly revised, you bow down in hell beside your hired torturers, and still count your battalions and crank out your marching songs. Your righteous enemy is listening. He hears your anthems full of blood and vanity, and your children singing to themselves. He has overturned the vehicle of nationhood, he has spilled the precious cargo, and every nation he has taken back.

#for those that dont know cohen was jewish and deeply religious #the loudest support for palestine has always come from the jewish community #palestine #free palestine #free gaza #israel #leonard cohen #cohen

[lucdoodle]

All the frames from the animatic! You can see it with the music there

Based on the book: Discworld, The light fantastic by Terry Pratchett

#i love these books so much man #rincewind my beloved #discworld #rincewind #twoflower #bethan #cohen #the luggage #the light fantastic #discworld the light fantastic #myart

[silverseraph22]

hi guys

something something familial resembalnce like father like son whatever you get it

#bioshock #bioshock fanart #bioshock art #jack bioshock #bioshock jack #jack wynand #cohen bioshock #sander cohen #cohen #andrew ryan #ryan bioshock

[ragazzoarcano]

“I limiti devono diventare soglie.

Il limite blocca, costerna, paralizza;

la soglia è un invito a varcarla, a oltrepassarla.

Nessun limite, solo soglie.”

— A. Cohen

#senza limiti #limiti #soglie #sei tutti i limiti che superi #diventare #bloccare #costernare #paralizzare #varcare #oltrepassare #oltre #andare oltre #nussun limite #frasi sagge #frasi motivazionali #frasi motivanti #frasi e citazioni #frasi #frasi tumblr #Cohen

[thepursuitofunderstanding]

There is a crack in everything, that is how the light gets in.

Leonard Cohen

#leonard cohen #cohen #quotes #philosophy #wisdom #life #writer #literature #books #psychology #write #art #artist #ideas #idea #light

[limerenceobject]

from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Synagoge,_Enschede,_Mozaiek.jpg

#jewish #judaism #jewishart #mosaic #synagogue #hebrew #tile #mosaictile #magen david #kohen #kohanim #cohen #proverbs #torah

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Trump’s criminal trial begins in Manhattan

The criminal trial of Donald Trump for election interference began on Monday. Despite nearly non-stop media coverage, the proceeding was similar to the first day of most criminal trials in America—a fact that should give us all comfort. The first-day proceedings were consistently ordinary, sometimes boring, but glorious in their relentless insistence that all persons are equal before the law.

Rather than overinterpreting small actions or obsessing over whether a Trump-friendly juror can lie their way onto the jury, it is helpful to recall how we got here and what the case is about.

Rachel Maddow presented a superb summary of the sorry path to Trump's prosecution in state court for a federal conspiracy that sent Michael Cohen to prison for a year—but allowed the person who directed the conspiracy—Donald Trump—to escape prosecution. See The Rachel Maddow Show 4/15/24.

Although you already know the story, Maddow’s explainer is an absolutely essential refresher for the state prosecution. The short version is this: When Trump's DOJ investigated and prosecuted Michael Cohen for his role in the hush money payoff, then Attorney General Bill Barr ordered the Southern District of New York to cease its investigation of Michael Cohen’s co-conspirator--Donald Trump.

The failure of the DOJ to pursue Trump in 2018 was political corruption at its height. The fact that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg picked up the prosecution three years later is a credit to Bragg—not a ground for criticism.

The fact that Bill Barr was able to quash the federal investigation into Trump also explains the central legal theory of the state prosecution. Trump is charged with a state crime of falsifying documents in furtherance of a second crime—election interference, which is a federal crime.

Many observers were initially skeptical of Bragg’s legal theory, but some have come to believe that Bragg has a strong case. See Mark Joseph Stern in Slate, I Was a Skeptic of the Stormy Daniels Prosecution. I Was Wrong.

Stern writes,

Last year, I was uncertain whether this scheme, while sordid, rose to the level of a felony offense. I am now convinced that, if proved that [Trump] took these actions, it surely does. The falsification of business records is, by itself, a misdemeanor under New York law, but it’s a felony when it’s done with the “intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof.” In his indictment, Bragg claims that Trump lied about the payments with the intent to violate election law, which is what elevates the crime to a felony. Bragg has argued, convincingly, that the former president intended to violate at least two election laws—one state, one federal. First, Bragg asserted that Trump and Cohen ran afoul of the Federal Election Campaign Act by making unlawful campaign contributions (in the form of a payoff) at the direction of a candidate (that is, Trump). . .   Second, Bragg argued that Trump ran afoul of a New York election law that forbids any conspiracy “to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means.”

Read Stern’s article for additional explanation of the legal theory of the case. I find Stern’s analysis convincing.

Of course, the fact that Trump should be found guilty under a proper application of the law to the facts does not guarantee that a jury will return a guilty verdict. In every trial, it is always possible that a juror will not participate in good faith. Given the high-profile stakes and intense scrutiny involved in this case, I think the odds that a “stealth bad faith juror” will lie their way onto the jury are low.

But I am speculating in the same way as all other legal commentators. We must simply await the jury’s verdict and trust in a system that works most of the time. Trying to predict the future is a fool’s game. And remember, the prosecution of Trump is not a substitute for beating Trump at the ballot box.

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

#Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter #Trump trial #Bragg #Cohen #Joseph Stern #legal jeopardy #sleepy time

[de-sir-ee]

Leonard Cohen.

#art #art study #digital art #artists on tumblr #artistsoninstagram #sketch #traditional art #collage #sketchbook #illustration #mixed medium #music #rock music #collage art #leonard cohen #cohen #writers and poets #poetscommunity #stylized art #classic music #my art

[chrisengel]

"The real weapons of mass destruction are the hardened hearts of humanity." Leonard Cohen

#cohen #mass destruction #hardened hearts

[commetombeunarbre]

I loved your face, I loved your hair

Your T-shirts and your evening wear

As for the world, the job, the war

I ditched them all to love you more

And now you're gone, now you're gone

As if there ever was a you

Who broke the heart and made it new

Who's moving on?

Who's kidding who?

I loved your moods, I loved the way

They threatened every single day

Your beauty ruled me, though I knew

'Twas more hormonal than the view

#moving on #cohen

[lucdoodle]

The number of “how to edit” videos I watched to make this animatic haha, oh boy

Here’s a Discworld animatic with colors based on Discworld: The Light Fantastic!(It’s on youtube too!)

#discworld #animatic #fananimatic #rincewind #discworld rincewind #twoflower #discworld twoflower #the luggage #discworld the luggage #ymper trymon #trymon #discworld trymon #cohen #discworld cohen #discworld death of you squint #discworld bethan #bethan #video #myart

[suckrose-and-akwa]

"Do teachers go anywhere special when they die?" said Cohen.

"I don't think so," said Mr. Saveloy gloomy. He wondered for a moment whether there really was a great Free Period in the sky. It didn't sound very likely. Probably there would be some marking to do.

-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times

#gnu terry pratchett #discworld #discworld quotes #cohen #the silver hoard #teachers #teaching #afterlife

[joakimkarlsson]

Eden Cohen, Santorini 2021

#model #beach #jeans #skin #santorini #greece #eden #cohen

[detournementsmineurs]

"Daaaaaali !" de Quentin Dupieux avec Anaïs Demoustier, Edouard Baer, Jonathan Cohen, Pio Marmaï, Gilles Lellouche, Romain Duris, Eric Naggar, Didier Flamand, Agnès Hurstel et la participation de Marie Bunel, février 2024.

#films #FilmsArtistes #FilmsPeintre #Dali #Durieux #Demoustier #Baer #Cohen #Marmai #Lellouche #Duris #Hurstel #Flamand #Bunel #Naggar

[lateliergeneral]

#cohen #brother cohen #fargo

[singles-bar]

#45record #45records #45rpm #single #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity #7inch #Leonard Cohen #first we take Manhattan #I'm your man #Cohen #1988