Is a DICE GAME from Eastern Europe. Barbooth, also called barbotte, or barbudi, dice game of Middle Eastern origin, used for gambling; in the United States it is played chiefly by persons of Greek or Jewish ancestry. The shooter casts two dice (traditionally miniature dice). If he throws 3–3, 5–5, 6–6, or 6–5, he wins; if he throws 1–1, 2–2, 4–4, or 1–2, he loses. Other combinations are meaningless. A…

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State of California and elsewhere should mandate that bicycle riders have lights (front and rear) when riding at night. Any comments?? Before accidents and law suits start happening?    

From Wikipedia: “Homo homini lupus, or in its unabridged form Homo homini lupus est, is a Latin proverb meaning “A man is a wolf to another man,” or more tersely “Man is wolf to man.” It has meaning in reference to situations where people are known to have behaved in a way comparably in nature to a wolf. The wolf as a creature is thought, in this example, to have…

Scoaterea Bucureștiului de pe hartă Nu obosesc să mă gândesc mereu la profeticele versuri ale lui Ștefan Augustin Doinaș: Și când acest popor TEMBEL Va plăti, pentru tot, pentru toate, Ce vei face, Doamne, cu el, În CUMPLITA Ta bunătate? M-am întrebat mereu, după ce am citit aceste versuri, cum poate oare să fie bunatatea divină, „cumplită” ? Astăzi, din păcate, știu, după ce văd ce a făcut poporul român cu el însuși dupa1989! Implicarea Rusiei şi…

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