@poemblaze @Usama_Backhair @p3R1n01D
The Romans borrowed a lot of language, concepts, and religion from the Greeks, all while subjugating them and claiming they were a backwards people.
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"The sun revolves around the Earth, as do the Moon, and the Four planets. We learned our astronomy from the Greeks, who were very poor scholars."
-- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
Don't forget.
Huge profits for the Bell System.
As it lowered operating cost by 40%, getting rid of tens of thousands of jobs.
@AskTheDevil Constantine was simultaneously the best and worst thing for Christianity. The persecution ended, but fusion with the state was deadly. #religion
Native American Heritage Month
Honoring Wilma Mankiller
November 18th is the birthday of Wilma Mankiller (born 1945), the first woman elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Mankiller was a renowned activist, community developer, and advocate for Native American rights. Her leadership and dedication to her people left a lasting legacy.
When my wife and I lived in St. Louis City in the first years of our marriage there was a couple across the apartment building courtyard from us.
The father drank all the time and kept telling his 5 year old boy that education was a waste of time. There were a younger girl and an infant too. I often wonder what happened to them. Those kids would all be in their 30s now.
"It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours."
~ Harry S. Truman
@Warpspeed3 Oooโฆ havenโt seen it yet, but hopefully will! Wish I had a Hubble-telescope level camera phone๐คฉ
We're at 71.47% but I KNOW we can get J to 100% before Thanksgiving! Let's go #CoSoFam! We have so much to be grateful for, let's give thanks!
#Christian. Theoretically a #poet. #Genealogy nut. ๐บ๐ฒ(๐ฎ๐ช๐ซ๐ท๐ฌ๐ง๐ฉ๐ช) Theoretically a photographer of #birds. But now I have a dog, George, whom birds flee.