The Burning of the Houses of Parliament, 1834

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Batgirl is kind of dumb.
I'm currently reading Nightwing and it comes up that Batgirl gets upset that Dick was party to faking a guys' death to save him from the Owls (bad guys) and 'stealing' the Parliament of Owls' money (bad guys). Dick didn't even know until it was over.

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27th January 1606
The trial got underway of Guy Fawkes and seven other men, for attempting to blow up the Parliament House.

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My cartoon Wednesday on the extremist thuggery aimed at MPs and journalists outside Parliament

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"L'Escarpolette" ('The Swing') by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732 - 1806) painted from 1767-1768. It is considered to be one of the masterpieces of the rococo era.

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Louis XIV in costume for the "Ballet Royal de la Nuit" (1653). This court ballet lasted 12 hours, beginning at sundown and lasting until morning, and consisted of 45 dances.

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Concept artworks of "Bioshock Infinite" (directed by , developed by Irrational Games, published by in 2013).

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Rush's Tranquiliser Chair was used to remove sensory perception.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "This Side of Paradise" (1920) showed the disillusionment and moral disintegration experienced by so many in the United States after WW1...

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A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over" – "Let Us Prey." The Tweed Ring depicted by Thomas Nast in a wood engraving published in Harper's Weekly, 1871.

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An item on display at the Rebel Women exhibition, which aspires to ‘trace the early activism of women’s rights’.

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Today Bulgarian parliament adopted a new media law introduced by the oligarch the butcher of the free speech. Now online sites must report their owners, editors and all sources of incomes. We have >2000 donators and WILL NOT report to this Mafia ruled State!

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1 - Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
2 - Parliament - The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein

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in 1642, the bloody Battle of was fought.

The first major battle of the Civil Wars in England left 1000 men dead and 3000 men wounded.

The inconclusive result of the battle prevented either the King or Parliament from gaining a quick victory and ending the war.

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