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On Mozilla Firefox's home page, at least since yesterday
Now seems like as good a time as any for an important reminder: Never read the comments.
2017-02-21
Now seems like as good a time as any for an important reminder: Never read the comments.
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Quotes and tweets
"Apparently I've been shopping in all the wrong places for drugs, and all the right places for candy."
@RoyKesey tweeting after President Trump said during his Thursday news condference that our country is "drug-infested," and that "drugs are becoming cheaper than candy bars."
His statement led some, such as Twitter user @anchorlines, to ask, "How much does Trump think a candy bar costs?"
(The Washington Post Express, 2/17/2017)
What if Caesar, Churchill and Custer could have tweeted like Trump?
(The Washington Post, 2/17/2017)
A small excerpt below, do take a look at the article for the complete set, in chronological order:
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Pharaoh, 1446 B.C.:
“Israelites had to come up with story as to why they were enslaved so long and so badly (400 years) so they made up a story — GOD. Fake news!”
Priam, king of Troy, 1200 B.C.:
“Cassandra says the horse shouldn’t come in the city gates. She’s been losing so long she doesn’t know how to win. Not me!”
Julius Caesar, 44 B.C.:
“Do you believe it? Wife had bad dream, says I can’t go to Senate because I will be murdered. Ridiculous and will be overturned!”
Napoleon, 1812:
“My so-called advisers warning of famine, dysentery, typhus if I invade Russia. Lies! Only emboldens the enemy!”
@RoyKesey tweeting after President Trump said during his Thursday news condference that our country is "drug-infested," and that "drugs are becoming cheaper than candy bars."
His statement led some, such as Twitter user @anchorlines, to ask, "How much does Trump think a candy bar costs?"
(The Washington Post Express, 2/17/2017)
What if Caesar, Churchill and Custer could have tweeted like Trump?
(The Washington Post, 2/17/2017)
A small excerpt below, do take a look at the article for the complete set, in chronological order:
~~
Pharaoh, 1446 B.C.:
“Israelites had to come up with story as to why they were enslaved so long and so badly (400 years) so they made up a story — GOD. Fake news!”
Priam, king of Troy, 1200 B.C.:
“Cassandra says the horse shouldn’t come in the city gates. She’s been losing so long she doesn’t know how to win. Not me!”
Julius Caesar, 44 B.C.:
“Do you believe it? Wife had bad dream, says I can’t go to Senate because I will be murdered. Ridiculous and will be overturned!”
Napoleon, 1812:
“My so-called advisers warning of famine, dysentery, typhus if I invade Russia. Lies! Only emboldens the enemy!”
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Romeo and Juliet
by Willy Pogany
and by F. Dicksee
(from The Golden Age of Illustration FB group)