POÈME BACHIQUE (Roudaki)

     POÈME BACHIQUE C'est le vin qui met au jour la valeur des hommes, et qui distingue des serfs ceux qui sont nés libres. Il est le révélateur d'une bonne race. Que de vertu contenue dans cette liqueur! Les plus belles heures sont celles où l'on boit, quand au jardin s'épanouissent roses et jasmins. Que d'altières citadelles le vin sut forcer! et que de poulains rebelles le vin sut dompter! Combien de vilains avares firent après boire sur l'univers étonné pleuvoir […]

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Largesse

Steel, cement and — cheese? U.S. spends big to cut these carbon footprints.

Some $6 billion in federal funding will help reduce emissions from industrial facilities including steel mills, cement plants and a macaroni and cheese factory.

The Washington Post

Pressure Grows on Clarence Thomas to Resign as ProPublica Finds More Undisclosed Lavish Trips, Gifts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ecerTqjwxE&ab_channel=DemocracyNow%21

In the wake of ProPublica's bombshell report detailing even more lavish #gifts from #rightwing #billionaires to Supreme Court Justice #ClarenceThomas, five House Democrats are calling on the Justice Department to #investigate Thomas under the #Ethics in Government Act for accepting the series of gifts from wealthy #benefactors without following #disclosure laws. Federal judges are required to disclose gifts worth more than $1,000 — including travel. ProPublica's report documents Justice Thomas accepting 38 destination #vacations, 26 #privatejet flights, 12 VIP #passes to sporting events and eight #helicopter flights, all paid for by wealthy #patrons. We speak with co-author of the #ProPublica #investigation Brett Murphy about the process of revealing these lavish gifts and why even other #judges consider it "an unprecedented amount of #largesse for a justice to be accepting, let alone accepting and not disclosing."

Pressure Grows on Clarence Thomas to Resign as ProPublica Finds More Undisclosed Lavish Trips, Gifts

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