5/1/08

5/1/08 Ad

MAY DAY 2008
Publication Date	May 1, 2008
Ad Source	MM Site
Smiley Type	Smiley with 7 hairs, Irregular Smiley

Ad Transcript

MAY DAY, 2008

SR/CL: Leitmotiv: ἐἀν μἠ ἔλπηαι, ἀνἑλπιστον οὐχ

ἐξευρἠσει, ἀυεξερεὐνητον ἐὀν χαἰ ἄπορον.--Heraclitus

The 478th Anniversary of the Confessio Augustana will be celebrated in THE FEDERAL ROOM of the Hotel California, 1200 Hours, 6/25/08—by cybernetically sealed invitation only. Mistah Kurtz will present our new line of Jams & Jellies as per [12 CFR] §204.126(b), sub specie Regulation D. The Loyal Order of Un-reconstructed Freaks in conjunction with Coimbra Section will supply Licor Regional (Trás-os-Montes); Produtor: Coop. de Vitic. e Olivicul. de Freixo de Numão, CRL. ★ORATE PRO NOBIS.★

DEUTERONOMY 7:2

Ad Artwork

The ad features four Biblical woodcuts or engravings:

• Top Left: Depicts the Reaper and a vision of Armageddon. The image may come from the Luther Bible—See a color version of the image here: Revelations 1414
• Top Right:
• Bottom Left: Depicts the opening of the fifth seal from the Book of Revelations. This image was also used in the 12/7/16 ad.
• Bottom Right:

Atop the biblical scenes, four hyperbolic shapes forming a cross contain names and fragments of mathematical equations:

• Top: LUTHER
• Left: GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS
• Right: CROMWELL
• Bottom: CALVIN

In three quadrants of the ad, there is circular seal representing a United States Federal Reserve Bank.

• Top Left: A Seal, representing the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• Bottom Left: E Seal, representing the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
• Bottom Right: L Seal, representing the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

In the center of the ad is a circular photograph of a mushroom cloud, most likely taken during the Castle Romeo nuclear test at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands in 1954. This was the first test of the TX-17 thermonuclear weapon. Wikipedia

Surrounding the mushroom cloud are 12 panels of stained glass from the north rose window of Chartres Cathedral in France. The center pane is normally where Christ would be depicted.

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Leitmotiv

ἐἀν μἠ ἔλπηαι, ἀνἑλπιστον οὐχ ἐξευρἠσει, ἀυεξερεὐνητον ἐὀν χαἰ ἄπορον.--Heraclitus

Translation from Greek: "If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail."