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To: Libloather

I figured it was a Roman telescope named for Nancy Grace. But I never knew that the Romans had telescopes.


33 posted on 09/01/2026 4:29:50 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Let’s must say that those blinds in your hotel window are there for a reason.


34 posted on 09/01/2026 4:39:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Verginius Rufus

Well, Galileo. He was an Italian, but that’s real close to being a Roman.

He did have to go to Rome to recant his discoveries under the baneful eye of the Pope. But still he whispered, “And yet it does.”


69 posted on 09/01/2026 9:13:29 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The greatest power the media has is the power to ignore.)
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