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Today we mark the assassination of Julius Caesar, the event from which future dictators learned a vital lesson: Never do anything good for the poor. Give all the money and resources to the super-rich to stay in power. Remarkably, authoritarians still follow this rule today.
If you watched Graham Hancock's "Ancient Apocalypse," you really need to know about the man who inspired Hancock's ideas. No, not Ignatius Donnelly. Today we're talking about Abu Ma'shar, the ninth century Persian astrologer who invented Hancock's vision of history. (cont.)
Every background in the original run of Looney Tunes was designed as a standalone work of art, so nearly every frame had a classical artistic composition, and each cartoon mimicked various art styles, whether traditional or pop art.