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Relief depicting pharaoh Ramesses II (1279-1213 BC) offering wine to god Amun-Ra, from interior of the Great Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel.
“In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.” – Epictetus, Discourses
The Ancient Egyptian Gods, Wepwawet (with the arrows) and Anubis (with the scale). Tattooing by Taylor Cowen; original designs by Tara Antoinette (2020).
Turin Erotic Papyrus
A vignette from Turin Papyrus which depicts scenes of prostitutes, their clients and various love-making positions. This is the famous detail of the prostitute painting her lips with a long brush whilst looking into her hand mirror.
New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, Ramesside Period, ca. 1189-1077 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum of Turin. C. 2031
“In the approximately 20 minutes before the town hall was turned over to audience questions, Guthrie thoroughly grilled him. As [t]rump repeated false claims about the coronavirus outbreak and equivocated on things like QAnon and accepting the election results, Guthrie peppered him with sharp questions, follow-ups and fact checks.
"When [t]rump claimed that a study showed 85 percent of people who wear masks still get the coronavirus, Guthrie noted he falsely characterized the study.
"When [t]rump defended his covid-19 response by citing another study that showed 2 million people could have died of the coronavirus, Guthrie rightly noted that model predicted that only if the government did precisely zero mitigation.
"When [t]rump declined to denounce QAnon because he said he didn’t know what it was about, Guthrie provided details about what it was about and invited him to do it, noting Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) has flatly denounced it as a baseless conspiracy theory. [t]rump instead offered that he liked that QAnon was against pedophilia.
"When Guthrie pressed [t]rump on his retweets this week of a bizarre conspiracy theory about Osama bin Laden’s death, [t]rump explained by saying he was just passing along information. (‘That was a retweet, I’ll put it out there. People can decide for themselves.’) Guthrie then provided the retort those tweets have long demanded: that he’s the *resident, not someone’s 'crazy uncle’ spouting off on Twitter, and that the information he promotes matters.”
Donald Trump: I won’t denounce the terrorist nazi cult known as Qanon which is literally the American version of ISIS but I’ll happily pretend that me retweeting insane racist conspiracy theories is just your wacky grandpa who doesn’t know how social media works
North Korea’s display of new, dangerous weapons on Saturday made one thing perfectly clear: Over the last four years, President Donald Trump has failed to curb the nuclear threat from Pyongyang.
Trump made a big bet that meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un three times and sending him flattering letters might convince Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear and missile arsenals once and for all. But during the country’s 75th annual military parade celebrating the founding of its ruling party, Kim made sure to signal to the entire world that Trump has made no progress on that front. In fact, matters have only gotten worse.
Among other revelations, North Korea showed off a large intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that could potentially overwhelm US defenses; more trucks from which to shoot ICBMs than previously known; and more advanced shorter-range rockets to more precisely threaten South Korea.
Which means North Korea now has a greater ability to threaten America and its regional allies today than it did when Trump entered office. Trump is by no means the first president to fall short of reversing Pyongyang’s nuclear progress, but he’s now the latest.
