belleslettres.bsky.social
Skeptical iconoclast freelancer, ex-Wall St lawyer,ex-Dubliner, outraged pol/econ observer, lover of Irish lit/theater/mother wit, now a Finistèrean.
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A check in French was called a 'eschequier', which produced exchequer (which originally meant the board), which came to be associated with revenue collection in Norman England because colored squares with pieces on them were used for the accounting, resembling a chessboard.
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Utter lack of any common sense or responsiveness to what was at very least criminal incitement.
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Is that cPAC?
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Those Egyptian themed cinemas were built in the US in the 20’s too. The Fox in Atlanta still stands. www.foxtheatre.org/assets/img/V...
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Quite a theatre!
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art is the original innovation
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Demonstrators are now chanting “Fuck Eric Adams” the corrupt Mayor of New York City who has personally involved himself in this trial by participating and helping to orchestrate Luigi Mangione’s perp walk on his arrival to New York.