In ancient Egyptian mythology, honeybees were believed to be born from the tears of the Sun God, Ra. Bees are a hieroglyph that occurs as parts of titles of state, but most frequently as part of the title of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, rendered nswt-bjtj (interpreted as “He of the Sedge and the Bee”).
The Iowa caucuses aren’t over yet. A delay in the results meant the state Democratic Party did not call the race Monday night as expected, leaving the candidates and their supporters in limbo.
In a brief statement he read to reporters over the phone shortly after 2 a.m. ET, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price said, “At this point the [Iowa Democratic Party] is manually verifying all precinct results. We expect to have numbers to report later today.”
“We are validating every piece of data we have against our paper trail,” Price said. “That system is taking longer than expected, but it’s in place to ensure we are eventually able to report results with full confidence.”
Price said the party is continuing to update the campaigns. He took no questions.
Danger: Diabolik will be released on Blu-ray on May 19 via Shout Factory. The 1968 Italian comedic action film is directed by genre legend Mario Bava (Black Sunday, A Bay of Blood).
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis (Flash Gordon, Army of Darkness), the cult classic is based on the Italian comic series Diabolik. John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Adolfo Celi, and Terry Thomas star. Ennio Morricone (The Thing) composed the score.
Special features will be announced at a later date.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Fright-Rags has reprinted Justin Osbourn’s My Bloody Valentine 3D T-shirt ($28) and released new Harry Warden socks ($12) designed by Matthew Skiff.
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell will be released on Blu-ray on May 19 via Scream Factory. The 1974 British Horror film is the sixth and final entry in Hammer Films’ Frankenstein series.
Terence Fisher
(Horror of Dracula) directs from a script by Anthony Hinds
(Dracula Has Risen from the Grave). Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, David Prowse, Madeline Smith, John Stratton, and Patrick Troughton star.
Special features will be announced at a later date.
As someone who ran into the glue at 23rd st while trying to commute home during the protest I can tell you that:
1) there was a sign encouraging you not to swipe or get glue on your card and that
2) the emergency exit door was open so you could either walk onto the platform or hop the turnstile to still access the train
The protesters left you with a choice: become a fare evader (supporting the protest) or leave. But they didn’t stop access to the subway as a utility.
I see a lot of outrage in the comments about inconveniencing people on their commute home but consider whose commute under “normal” circumstances – under police surveillance – are inconvenienced by police.
Are you upset because you’re not someone who usually has to think about if you’ll be singled out for doing the same thing as everyone else?
Did the protests make you experience the thing that, oh, they were protesting against?
Hey, then they worked.
And if you don’t like it, well, the next subway stop is 5 blocks away. How convenient for you that this impediment was a one day, one stop friction in your life and not a constant threat.
And before anyone complains about how the protest impacted disability accessibility, 23rd st doesn’t have an elevator or other accessibility options. Let’s start with critiquing the institutional access first, shall we?
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