‘A 1938 moment’: Lithuanian PM warns about Russian troops in Belarus | Lithuania | The Guardian

Source: ‘A 1938 moment’: Lithuanian PM warns about Russian troops in Belarus | Lithuania | The Guardian

Rep. Beatty Says Anti-Mask Colleague Harassed, ‘Poked’ Her

Rep. Joyce Beatty, a Democrat representing Ohio’s 3rd district, said in a Tuesday tweet that on her way to the House floor, Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) “poked my back” and told her to “kiss my ass,” when she asked him to put on a mask.

According to Beatty, the two had been about to board a cramped train in the Capitol Building to the House floor, when she says she “respectfully asked my colleague Rep. Hal Rogers to put on a mask while boarding the train.” In response, Beatty says Rogers “then poked my back, demanding I get on the train,” and when she asked him “not to touch me, he responded, ‘kiss my ass.’”

Source: Rep. Beatty Says Anti-Mask Colleague Harassed, ‘Poked’ Her

The Cure For Winter Doldrums? SNARKY SNIPPETS!!!

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I am feeling snarky today … and you know what that means!


Alabama … one of the most close-minded states in the union.  When the state redrew its district maps based on the 2020 census last year, it did so with one goal in mind – to dilute the votes of the Black portion of the state’s population.

A federal court in Alabama struck down the heavily gerrymandered map, told the state to go back to the drawing board and come up with one that is more fair and equitable.  Rather than doing so, the state appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to restore the map and … guess what?  The five conservative justices struck down the lower court’s ruling and upheld the racially gerrymandered map.  To his credit, Chief Justice John Roberts voted on the side of right, but the side of justice was outnumbered.  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Alabama is comprised…

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Apoi s-au născut legende

ore de drum

Cairo, 2018

Explorând cotloanele vechiului Cairo, am dat și peste rămășițe ale civilizației mameluce, pentru care merită să te abați de pe traseul turistic convențional.

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Mamelucii erau sclavi provenind de pe țărmul nordic al mării Negre, din Caucaz și Asia Centrală.

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Cu timpul, s-au eliberat și au devenit garda apropiată a sultanului, înainte să-l asasineze, în 1250, ca să preia atât de râvnita putere, pe care au păstrat-o aproape trei secole.

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Au fost alungați de otomani abia în 1517, după ce se stabiliseră deja în aria vechiului cartier islamic. Celebrele case El-Suhaymi, trei locuințe lipite una de alta, este o mărturie a acestui stil.

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Prima, cea mai veche, din 1648, a aparținut unui profesor universitar, următoarea unui bijutier și ultima unui croitor celebru, un fel de Christian Dior cairot. În general, casele tradiționale aveau trei etaje și adăposteau familia lărgită a proprietarului, adică toate soțiile, fiecare cu apartamentul ei. Partea…

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