Egypt definitely did have black pharaohs at one time -- the famous 25th, or Nubian, Dynasty. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/02/black-pharaohs/robert-draper-text/1 Still, the 25th Dynasty was notable precisely because it was un usual. It was not the norm. consider is it really logical that t...

I live in California, and have alot of Mexican friends. Some have been here 3 generations, some were born here, some born in Mexico. Virtually all of them, refer to themselves as 'Brown'. They might also use latino, but I find many of my mexican friends don't use latino because they think of themse...

I would love to look again. I want to take the kids too but it seems a little more dangerous now and I can't afford the flights. Your link to the National Geographic drawing is conclusive for sure. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/egypt-black-pharaohs-article-1.343865 That is exactly how the p...

I don't believe it is. What are the biggest issues women face and I can give you a bigger one that men face Then you are blind, deaf and showing no real awareness of what happens I am sure you faced more obstacles than either Jennifer Gates or Ivanka Trump, but just as an example.. I and several ot...

That is amazing. Weird how they were drawn, painted and sculpted to look like many of the modern Egyptians. Not white yet definately different from most other African people. You're the expert though. Look again... and also, consider is it really logical that the people who lived there then would r...

ANYTHING presented by the under 5 set... unless maybe a p & J sandwich!

Else --
cherries jubilee, dungeness crab in the shell, mango

Have been gone too long, apparently. Sorry to see you gone, MrM.. and condolences to all who knew him in real life.

Merry Christmas Dimes! -- and any other festivals you celebrate.

The origin of the English word "slave" is based on enslavement of Slavic people, who are white. Slavery is not limited to ONE culture, one ethnicity, or one location. For most of human history, slaves were part of that society. Native Americans, Asians and blacks all had slaves. Despite m...

There are more than a couple of writers. I think the issue is if there is any real news to give. Interviews were not as interesting as they could be because giving out any kind of real information on an internet site is risky. Folks tend to get to "know" forum posters perhaps better than o...

I think it would not hurt to have the ability to exclude certain maps. i am not necessarily in favor of a "self-selected" exclusion, in part because it would get unwieldy. instead, have a "random baseic" that would offer only the basic maps, 3 for every territory in standard play...

4 spades... (spades always seem useful in politics... and cards)

Anybody else see the new Harry Potter minus Hogwarts? I really liked it. Eddie Redmayne was very much doing a Matt Smith Dr Who. I liked it better than most of the Harry Potter's though. Loved it. Looking forward to more! have a neighbor boy, slightly autistic, who missed my son's birthday party (h...

Did you know that the EU spent more on foreign aid in a year than China has in the last 60 years combined? It's an interesting little stat, open to a variety of interpretations, but all the more fascinating for it. The US and EU have a lot of soft power that Beijing is rightly wary of. China stress...

The bigger issue (for some Aussies) is they come here and expect us to accept their culture rather than assimilate into ours. This... Nobody likes this kind of migrants. Not liking migrants because of their ethnic background or their religion has always been an issue for some people. That doesn't m...

DoomYoshi wrote:So they have won the U-17 and U-20 events this year. Do you think they are entering an era of dominance? What are the factors that enable North Korea to succeed?

They play better?

Symmetry wrote:
Daft tactics really. Taiwan has plenty in common with China, and would like closer ties, but as with Hong Kong, they've had a taste of freedom and don't want to let it go.

Hopefully NOT as Hong Kong. We have all seen how that one is going!

Hell, if an anonymous source from the dailybeast says he only occasionally saves saves lives and rescues people, that's pretty damning. name three people he's rescued Can't, can you? Meanwhile, Barron has rescued 300 million people: AMERICA. I think you might be trying to confuse the boy with his d...

hmm,.. I think I bid 2 clubs.

Don’t worry about China going to war over a phone call. They understand Trump, in part because they read my blog too. And look at the brilliance of China’s diplomatic response. Their Foreign Minister labelled the phone call, "a shenanigan by the Taiwan side.“ That is exquisite diplomatic frami...

If Trump continues with stupid provocations like this, hopefully Beijing will call his bluff and loose every single one of those missiles they've currently got pointed at Taipei. 'Ah love the smell of what used to be Taipei in the morning!' Correct me if I'm wrong, but when I dared to pass the head...

How will Republican bridge players handle the the next four years? They certainly can't bid No Trump anymore. Bridge Players: When life sucks - play Hearts. :twisted: Nah.. spades is the true "man's game".. or so the sailors I worked with informed me... ;) (right before I trounced them......

Yeah yeah player, one exception though to people here not being informed or not verifying there sources. That would be in the Obamacare thread... Don't MAKE me bump it :twisted: Are you implying I made an error? No argument. Are you arguing that YOUR record of verification even comes close to match...