On October 8, 2026, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that the Pentagon plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the convicted Fort Hood shooter responsible for killing 13 people in 2009. The execution is scheduled for December 3. The announcement has reignited a disturbing question: What happens when an execution becomes a television event? In 1984, Pay the Price explored precisely that nightmare. The premise: America’s most-watched television program broadcasts a convicted killer’s execution live. Millions tune in. The audience wants blood. And when a governor initially refuses to authorize the execution, the show’s host offers him a luxury vacation in exchange for changing his mind. The governor accepts. Originally conceived as social commentary, Pay the Price was pitched to HBO and rejected. More than four decades later, its fictional premise has collided with a real national controversy. When the government puts an execution on camera, is it justice, a warning, or entertainment? Ray Jarvis welcomes you to Pay the Price—a 1984 production about ratings, political power, public punishment, and the price of turning human life into a spectacle. Watch it. Then decide for yourself how well it has aged. #PayThePrice#PeteHegseth#FortHood#RealityTV#1984#PoliticalSatire
Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
