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twodogsbarking

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22. History, oh history, please repeat thyself.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:10 AM
Sep 2025

Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator, was assassinated on the Ides of March (15 March) 44 BC by a group of senators during a Senate session at the Curia of Pompey, located within the Theatre of Pompey in Rome. The conspirators, numbering between 60 and 70 individuals and led by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, and Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, stabbed Caesar approximately 23 times. They justified the act as a preemptive defense of the Roman Republic, asserting that Caesar's accumulation of lifelong political authority—including his perpetual dictatorship and other honors—threatened republican traditions.

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As bad as Shoe Saleslady Barbie sidling up to a group of seasoned diplomats, as if she was one of them, Aristus Sep 2025 #1
Shades of Leonard Pinth-Garnell. Ocelot II Sep 2025 #2
I go with Dorothy Parker's no_hypocrisy Sep 2025 #5
"Springtime for Hitler at the United Nations" no_hypocrisy Sep 2025 #3
Thank you for that one, Mel Brooks "The Producers" coming to life just like Idiocracy Eliot Rosewater Sep 2025 #7
I think MAGATs are now believing that "The Producers" is an actual documentary! /NT sdfernando Sep 2025 #37
I forced myself to watch his autism rant, but this might be ... rog Sep 2025 #4
Same here... LuckyCharms Sep 2025 #11
He's attacked both Joe and Obama berniesandersmittens Sep 2025 #6
I feel like other heads of State, being guest in this country, can't really express what they are feeling Walleye Sep 2025 #8
Rambling on and on and on. Those present are oasis Sep 2025 #9
I'm Watching It, Just Because It's Historically Bad WiVoter Sep 2025 #10
Me too ... same reason I watched him yesterday. I think I just identified ... rog Sep 2025 #13
Yup, That's The Word: PANIC WiVoter Sep 2025 #15
could stand about one minute. Amaryllis Sep 2025 #12
and they clap because he's done talking bs. Emile Sep 2025 #14
Very tepid, polite applause. That's all. nt Wednesdays Sep 2025 #16
So, how much do you think it's affecting Baitball Blogger Sep 2025 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author 58Sunliner Sep 2025 #30
Trump attacked everyone Coldwater Sep 2025 #18
I wish bdamomma Sep 2025 #19
Nothing to see here. hay rick Sep 2025 #20
I just can't watch him at anytime. He makes me want to vomit. Bev54 Sep 2025 #21
Cannot watch 1 minute of him. Katinfl Sep 2025 #23
He sounds like a cut rate weed whacker. He makes me sick to my stomach anytime I listen to him. Texin Sep 2025 #28
History, oh history, please repeat thyself. twodogsbarking Sep 2025 #22
I forced myself to watch it and my brain cells are still trying to regenerate. Vinca Sep 2025 #24
Exactly! Can't even put into words. yellow dahlia Sep 2025 #25
"Rotting pumpkin." I think I'll go with that. surfered Sep 2025 #26
Yes! I always have thought that he looked like a Halloween pumpkin that had been left on the porch colorado_ufo Sep 2025 #38
I've been using that for weeks. tavernier Sep 2025 #41
I'd Find It Hilarious If I Wasn't A USA Citizen! BBbats Sep 2025 #27
He's making his bid for the Nobel Peace Prize. How can they refuse him after he's told them how wonderful he is? Jim__ Sep 2025 #29
Fortunately, living in the Lower Mainland (Pacific NW to many of you) offers some insulation from the worst of it... BobTheSubgenius Sep 2025 #31
Just more: popsdenver Sep 2025 #32
I don't see a link anywhere. BComplex Sep 2025 #33
No. I didn't post a link. n/t LuckyCharms Sep 2025 #34
I went looking for a link on the home page and latest....couldn't find one! BComplex Sep 2025 #35
It may be on YouTube by now but I haven't checked yet. LuckyCharms Sep 2025 #36
FOUND A LINK: LuckyCharms Sep 2025 #39
Thanks, LuckyCharms! BComplex Sep 2025 #42
My pleasure, BComplex! LuckyCharms Sep 2025 #43
LC, thread deserves a Duzy. I've saved it for posterity and many DUer quotable moments: txwhitedove Sep 2025 #40
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