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2020-04-14 -Short Attention Span Theater-

'After darkness, there is the much brighter sun': Turkey sends planeloads of emergency equipment including masks and protective suits to Britain in poetry-inscribed boxes to help UK medics battling coronavirus

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-04-14 10:27|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
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#1 Anyone else snort about the poetry bit?

The items were sent in boxes displaying the words of 13th century Sufi Poet Jalaluddin Rumi: 'There is hope after despair and many suns after darkness.'

Says the article. I think Rumi is getting pumped about the establishing of the Ottoman Caliphate.

This time period also encompasses the Persian Muslims getting whallopped by the Mongols, more so than everyone else getting rolled by the Mongols at this time except what we now know as Russia.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-04-14 11:20|| 2020-04-14 11:20|| Front Page Top

#2 How many are precontaminated?

Posted by Woodrow 2020-04-14 14:01|| 2020-04-14 14:01|| Front Page Top

#3 I'd totally pay to watch Mongols vs Muslims.

Posted by SteveS 2020-04-14 15:03|| 2020-04-14 15:03|| Front Page Top

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