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Chinese emperor’s musket valued at £1.5m to be sold in London
Edit The Guardian 09 Oct 2016
A musket made in the imperial workshops for an 18th-century Chinese emperor, which inspired him to write a poem in praise of its accuracy and his own skill hunting deer, is coming up for auction in London at an estimated price of up to £1.5m and is regarded as the finest ever sold ... He was a younger son, but became emperor as the favourite of his grandfather....
Government considers stipulating Emperor’s post-abdication title, status in bill
Edit Japan Times 09 Oct 2016
Given that the current Imperial House Law does not provide for such an event as an abdication, the government is considering stipulating a new title and position for Emperor Akihito in a bill to be drawn up to allow the 82-year-old monarch to abdicate, a government source said Sunday. How the current Emperor will be appeared first on The Japan Times. > ... ....
Republicans Urge Replacing Man Who Hates Women with Man Who Hates Women and Gays
Edit New Yorker 09 Oct 2016
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—As the crisis at the top of their ticket deepened on Sunday, there were increasing calls from Republican officials to replace a man who hates women with a man who hates both women and gays. See the rest of the story at newyorker.comRelated.. The Second Presidential Debate. Live-Drawing by Edward Steed. The Emperor’s Same Old Clothes. How to Walk Past a Group of Teens Without Attracting Attention ... ....
Donald Trump: Narcissist, Creep, Loser
Edit New Yorker 09 Oct 2016
A famous scene in the great Marx Brothers’ surrealist farce “Duck Soup” has Groucho, as Rufus T. Firefly, the prime minister of Freedonia, in negotiation with Trentino, the stuffy prime minister of the neighboring country of Sylvania ... “This means war!” Groucho declares, and it does. See the rest of the story at newyorker.comRelated.. The Second Presidential Debate. Live-Drawing by Edward Steed ... The Emperor’s Same Old Clothes ... ....
'Icky Trump': White Stripes T-shirt is latest artwork to condemn Republican
Edit The Guardian 09 Oct 2016
Band uses lyrics to Icky Thump, which address immigration, as they join list of artists targeting the businessman through music, painting and sculpture ... Icky Trump"> ... Several artists have also penned songs targeting Trump ... Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest ... Twitter ... The artist responsible said the statues, named The Emperor has No Balls, were meant to humiliate Trump while highlighting his authoritarian tendencies ... The Emperor Has No Balls ... . . ... ....
Ethiopia declares state of emergency amid protests
Edit BBC News 09 Oct 2016
Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency following months of anti-government protests by members of the country's two largest ethnic groups. The Oromo and the Amhara make up about 60% of the population ... "We put our citizens' safety first ... Source ... Amharic domination, under Ethiopia's former military government and emperors, was replaced by Tigrean leadership following the overthrow of long-serving ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991 ... ....
Why I am for Hillary Clinton for president: Sharon Broussard
Edit Cleveland 09 Oct 2016
CLEVELAND -- This country can't agree on much, but maybe we can agree on this. Our nation is churning through very troubled waters. While both Republican Donald J ... Economists tell us there are jobs aplenty, but too many people have jobs that don't provide a middle-class living ... First, about Clinton ... Just how will he help rebuild the middle-class? No one knows, particularly not the emperor strutting about with no clothes ... ....
Fawad Khan, Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees, Ranveer Singh’s Padmavati – Meet the top 5 newsmakers of the week
Edit Bollywood Life 09 Oct 2016
By Sreeju Sudhakaran . Published. October 9, 2016 9.00 am. comments. Even after days have gone by since the Uri attacks happened, the entire country is still reeling under its aftermath. Especially Bollywood, who has been divided over the ban placed over Pakistani actors working in our films ... Fawad and Sadaf already have a son ... Ranveer Singh will be playing the Delhi emperor Alauddin Khilji, who was obsessed with Padmavati’s beauty ... ....
The 10 Biggest Landowners in the U.S.
Edit Alternet 09 Oct 2016
Click here for reuse options!. If these people combined their assets, they'd have a good-sized private country. Buying land and kicking out the native or poor people who inhabit it is an American tradition, like the Fourth of July ... a political system that allows them to live the oligarchic lifestyle only Roman emperors could dream of. Here's a look at some of the biggest land hogs around. 1. John Malone ... 2. Ted Turner ... 3. The Emmersons ... 4 ... 5 ... 6....
A decorated scientist has ignited a passionate debate with claims that the founders of Chinese civilization were not Chinese
Edit Business Insider 08 Oct 2016
“This is people’s deep inferiority complex at work!” Another asked, “How can the children of the Yellow Emperor have run over to Egypt? This topic is really too pathetic ... We are the children of the Yan and Yellow Emperor.”. Historian Sima Qian took these legendary figures as the progenitor of the Han Chinese; and the Yellow Emperor’s great-grandson, Yu the Great, as the founder of the semimythical Xia dynasty ... The Yellow Emperor....
Horrible Histories Series 1 Ep 5
Edit Australian Broadcasting Corporation 08 Oct 2016
A priest makes a piano from live pigs, Emperor Caligula declares war on the sea, and discover disgusting beauty tips from Ancient Egypt ... ....
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