AdamSmith

Little bit more on Madame... https://books.google.com/books?id=oIW915dDMBwC&pg=PA363&lpg=PA363&dq=anne-catherine+d'autricourt&source=bl&ots=6ZzGsNgZLi&sig=puWYHPayX3WfzvLyjKlD_eUN70g&hl=de&ei=qlacTKTJGZKaOIzg4bQL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=anne-catherine d'autricourt&f=false

Actually I was more thinking of the site's ultimate Watcher of Inbound IP Addresses...

'What a giveaway!'

But come to think, her visage above a little bit too much resembles that of Adam Smith.

I confess the thought had occurred to me.

Or call me a cab.

Just call me Mme Helvetius.

"Franklin...made no secret of enjoying the company of the ladies, time permitting. He evinced no qualms of immorality; he is reputed to have been the first American to own a copy of Cleland's Fanny Hill. But utility remained his middle name. 'The purest and most useful friend a man could procure was a Frenchwoman of a certain age, who had no designs on his person. They are so ready to do you service, and from their knowledge of the world know well how to serve you wisely,' he noted." A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America By Stacy Schiff https://books.google.com/books?id=1ns0nNohzcQC&lpg=PA231&dq=Madame Helvétius %2Beighteen cats&pg=PA231#v=onepage&q&f=false

(My pending alter-ego, should I ever have cause to create a second screen name here. For whatever nefarious purposes. ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne-Catherine_de_Ligniville,_Madame_Helvétius

P.S. King Louis XVI is said to have given a chamber pot bearing the likeness of Benjamin Franklin to a noblewoman who had bedded the American diplomat. https://www.sandiegoreader.com/photos/2013/sep/10/52929/#

Groves was a lot like my first (& only) boss, whom I came to love (we worked together 21 years) and who taught me how to Get Serious and Get Things Done... "First, General Groves is the biggest S.O.B. I have ever worked for. He is most demanding. He is most critical. He is always a driver, never a praiser. He is abrasive and sarcastic. He disregards all normal organizational channels. He is extremely intelligent. He has the guts to make difficult, timely decisions. He is the most egotistical man I know. He knows he is right and so sticks by his decision. He abounds with energy and expects everyone to work as hard or even harder than he does. Although he gave me great responsibility and adequate authority to carry out his mission-type orders, he constantly meddled with my subordinates. However, to compensate for that he had a small staff, which meant that we were not subject to the usual staff-type heckling. He ruthlessly protected the overall project from other government agency interference, which made my task easier. He seldom accepted other agency cooperation and then only on his own terms. During the war and since I have had the opportunity to meet many of our most outstanding leaders in the Army, Navy and Air Force as well as many of our outstanding scientific, engineering and industrial leaders. And in summary, if I had to do my part of the atomic bomb project over again and had the privilege of picking my boss I would pick General Groves." Kenneth D. Nichols[17] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Groves

Wonder why? In 2007 I easily hired several boys and girls on Maui, w/ no prob. Odd.

Far, far away on the horizon was something that was not of Earth—a line of misty columns, tapering slightly as they soared out of the sea and lost themselves among the clouds. They were spaced with perfect precision along the rim of the planet—too huge to be artificial, yet too regular to be natural. ("Sideneus 4 and the Pillars of the Dawn," said Rashaverak, and there was awe in his voice. "He has reached the center of the Universe." "And he has barely begun his journey," answered Karellen.) Ch. 18 https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Childhood's_End https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood's_End

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Sort of the inverse of stuffing cocaine ampules up the ass to transport them across borders. Wherein of course one ruptures and poisons the carrier to death.

Arsenic and Old...?

I didn't know that... Benedict IX: The First (Primarily) Gay Pope (r. 1033-1045; 1047-1048) That Benedict IX had sexual relationships with men seems to be beyond reasonable doubt. In his diatribe against "sodomy" among the Catholic clergy (Liber Gomorrhianus), St. Peter Damian described him as "feasting on immorality" and "a demon from hell in the disguise of a priest". The modern researcher Lynne Yamaguchi Fletcher, in "The First Gay Pope and Other Records", rightly called Benedict IX (r. 1033-1045; 1047-1048) “the first pope known to be primarily homosexual.” Benedict’s pontificate, which was known for homosexual orgies in the Lateran Palace, “turned the Vatican into a male brothel” and was so scandalous that he was deposed, not once but twice. Benedict IX (1021--ca. 1052) was the son of the count of Tusculum. He imitated John XII in staging licentious orgies. These and other excesses caused such indignation that Benedict was deposed in 1045, but then reinstated, only to be deposed again. He disappeared into such deep obscurity that his actual date of death is unknown.Matt & Andrej in their Biographies of LGBT people, quote this description (original source not stated): At the death of John XIX, his brother Alberic decided to keep the papacy in the family by having his young son Theophylactus elected (October, 1032). Theophylactus, a young man probably about twenty years old, was a cleric. That was about his only qualification for the papacy. Unqualified by his youth, his bringing up, his depravity, Benedict IX became one of the very few really disreputable popes. He was known for homosexual orgies, at the Lateran Palace. The story of Benedict's pontificate is as unsatisfactory as his life. The Romans rose against him probably about 1036 and drove him from the city. Benedict proceeded to Cremona, where he met Emperor Conrad II and received a promise of protection. By imperial influence Benedict returned to Rome, only to be driven out again in 1044. This time there was a fight, and Benedict's supporters grimly clung to a foothold in the Trastevere district. Inside the city, John, bishop of Sabina, was set up as Pope Sylvester III, but Benedict was not idle. He had fled for help to his family's base at Tusculum and within two months his tough Tusculans fought their way into the city, sent Sylvester III back to his diocese of Sabina, and restored Benedict IX. Once restored, Benedict did not feel at ease on the papal throne. For some reason, in 1045 he decided to abdicate. As Desiderius, the abbot of Monte Cassino (later Pope Victor III), put it, "Devoted to pleasure, he preferred to live like Epicurus rather than like a pope." Consequently, he handed over the papacy to the worthy archpriest, John Gratian. Benedict did not go empty-handed. Gratian paid a large sum to get rid of this offensive character. The charms of retirement soon wore thin for Benedict, and a short time after his abdication he was once more claiming to be pope. With Sylvester III and Benedict IX fighting Gregory for the control of Rome, things were in a frightful muddle. This was ended by Henry III, who had succeeded his father Conrad II in 1039. Henry came down into Italy, cooperated with Gregory to get rid of the pretensions of Sylvester and Benedict, and then had a council demand and receive Gregory's abdication. Henry then put in a German pope--Clement II. Benedict made one more comeback. After the death of Clement II, he once again entered Rome and held sway at the Lateran, but only from November 8, 1047 to July 17, 1048. Henry III insisted on his removal and brusquely ordered Boniface, marquis of Tuscany, to expel Benedict. What happened to Benedict after this is obscure. According to one report, which it may be hoped is true, Benedict retired to the abbey of Grottaferrata, resigned all claim to the papacy, and spent his last years as a penitent. Scandalous as Benedict had been, he carried on the routine business of the papacy. And like the few other bad men who were popes, Benedict taught nothing but the pure doctrine of Christ, though by so doing he condemned and did not excuse his own disordered life. http://queerhistory.blogspot.com/2010/08/benedict-ix-first-primarily-gay-pope.html

Again... http://queerhistory.blogspot.com/2011/09/cardinal-francis-joseph-spellman.html

Once again, with feeling... My favorite fashion trend these latter days...

If I was the manager in charge of their formal job position, NO. Else, yes.