Three of homo sapiens most ancient and accomplished civilizations have big doings this weekend.
Our Egyptian brethren and sistren, whose previous gift to mankind was the pyramidal geometric shape rendered as an architectural object now present to the world either a Mubarak holdover or an Islamist as president of New Free Egypt. Unless the military, through the Supreme Constitutional Court or some such worthy lackey, invalidates that inspired choice as it did the elections which delivered to the world an Islamist parliament.
Men (and a woman) in space! Chinese, whose previous gift to mankind was a wall, and tea, tea, we forgot the tea, put three homo sapiens, including the first female, into orbit above the Middle Kingdom. This is a first for mankind.
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Well, technically a Russian did it in 1961, a bunch of Americans have done it since but see, this was the first Chinese female to be blasted off, this is the first time that any blasting off has occurred via a rocket named the "Long March 2f" ("2f?), and the first time that Chinese astronauts have been blasted off on a docking mission. So yeah, this is the first time for mankind.
Greeks, whose previous gift to mankind was anal sex, and democracy, we forgot democracy, vote in new parliamentary elections their ownselves, the first round of which, sort of like the first round in Egypt, not having produced an acceptable result. Reuters headlines the choice for Grecians as between the "radical left" and "conservative right." J
And so there you have it, Egypt, China, Greece. Has anyone heard from Rome?
Image: "The Glory That Was Ancient Greece," by Rudolph F. Ingerle (1879-1950). Was that painted on velvet? Where's Elvis?
Image: "The Glory That Was Ancient Greece," by Rudolph F. Ingerle (1879-1950). Was that painted on velvet? Where's Elvis?
