It is two O'clock in the morning and I am watching some infomercial because Justified has run its course—they are playing the second season in the early morning hours anticipating its return.
Dating back to 1400 BC, the Oracle of Delphi was the most important shrine in all Greece, and in theory all Greeks respected its independence. Built around a sacred spring, Delphi was considered to be the omphalos - the center (literally navel) of the world.
People came from all over Greece and beyond to have their questions about the future answered by the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo. And her answers, usually cryptic, could determine the course of everything from when a farmer planted his seedlings, to when an empire declared war.
Here are ThinkProgress’s nominations for the most extreme attacks on a woman’s right to choose:
And I feel some of that Xmas spirit just boiling over; giving us warmth we need during these cold days as the Sun abandons us all—except in Cal or Fla or one of those OTHER heathen environs!
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