Published on Oct 15, 2017
Artist Leonardo da Vinci produced two of the most famous paintings in history, "The Last Supper" and the "Mona Lisa." But he was also passionate about medical discoveries and military inventions, some of which were centuries ahead of their time. Walter Isaacson, author of bestselling biographies of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, has written a new book about da Vinci, and he talks with Dr. Jon LaPook about why this Renaissance Man's mind and curiosity were so extraordinary.
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The Best Definition of Donald Trump We Have Found
In his zeal to prove to his antagonists in the War Party that he is as bloodthirsty as their champion, Hillary Clinton, and more manly than Barack Obama, Trump seems to have gone “play-crazy” -- acting like an unpredictable maniac in order to terrorize the Russians into forcing some kind of dramatic concessions from their Syrian allies, or risk Armageddon.However, the “play-crazy” gambit can only work when the leader is, in real life, a disciplined and intelligent actor, who knows precisely what actual boundaries must not be crossed. That ain’t Donald Trump -- a pitifully shallow and ill-disciplined man, emotionally handicapped by obscene privilege and cognitively crippled by white American chauvinism. By pushing Trump into a corner and demanding that he display his most bellicose self, or be ceaselessly mocked as a “puppet” and minion of Russia, a lesser power, the War Party and its media and clandestine services have created a perfect storm of mayhem that may consume us all.— Glen Ford, Editor in Chief, Black Agenda Report
Leonardo drew on a deep inner conviction of reverence for life…. the lives of animals and humans: “The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men.” Leonardo da Vinci He was ahead of his time and ahead of the Christian religion, which to this day insists on the slaughter of animals as a privilege of human supremacy. It is a brutal, cold-hearted tradition that inspires violence to the weak and disenfranchised and to those who do not worship jesus:: Genesis 9:1-3 “The fear and… Read more »
“The uploader has not made this video available in your country”
“sorry about it” is gone.
Can Mr. P.G. (or, anybody) explain how YouTube functions ?