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Polybius is a dead bore.Now, Origen on the other hand ...

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I'm just trying to see how stuffy we can get! PLOTINUS! BOO!

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Challenge accepted! Uh ... God, did Xenophon ever shut up ever?

(But I really do love Herodotus.)

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History shall be taught using the standards, customs, and traditions in use at the time of the historical event.Wow!

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Ooh, I missed this one! Thank you.

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Way to war, Vlad.

Finland ‘Highly Likely’ to Join NATO

April 16, 2022 at 7:56 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 17 Comments

Finland, which shares an 830-mile border with Russia, is “highly likely” to join NATO following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, its Europe minister has told Sky News.

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“There is not a [person] beneath the canopy of heaven, that does not know that slavery is wrong for [themselves].”The rest of Frederick Douglass’ speech, in which he reads the fledging country out for filth, inhumanity, and hypocrisy, though it certainly represents a perspective of “… the standards, customs, and traditions in use at the time of the historical event,” would doubtlessly be disallowed under this ridiculous piece of shit legislation.https://www.washingtonpost.... (Free link) Every person (especially white persons) should read this speech in its entirety. It is probably the most beautiful takedown of white hubris and self-aggrandizement ever written.

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No dogs?

THOSE MONSTERS!

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You got something against Herodotus?

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Those on the Right define "racism" as . . . "telling the truth about Whitey."

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Robyn, I can tell you, from listening to my grandchildren, that 7- and 8-year-olds do speculate about marrying specific other kids. Also, about which color flag goes with which sexual identity.

Parsing out the mental universe of a 7-year-old is a frustrating business. This week I discovered that my grandson does not understand that I am his grandfather because I am his mother's father. It does not make sense to him, because his mom and I are the same age -- "old."

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Are we pro-Caesar or pro-Brutus?

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Florida DOE rejects 'tenants' of CRT in math books: https://www.wfla.com/news/p...

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Cats. I will bet she has lots of cats

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And I'm not even stoned, thanks.

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Oh please. Pay attention.

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