ΠΕΡΙ ΔΙΑΤΡΟΦΗΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΡΧΑΙΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ

Η αρχέγονη ανάγκη για διατροφή είχε μετατραπεί σε κεντρικό γεγονός με κοινωνικές και άλλες προεκτάσεις στην Αρχαίο Ελλάδα. Το ελαιόλαδο, το λαχανικό, τα φρούτα, τα καρυκεύματα, τα όσπρια και τα δημητριακό, τα κρέατα και βέβαια το ψάρι και το κρασί, όπως σήμερα και τότε αποτελούσαν τα  κυρίαρχα συστατικά της γαστρονομίας.

                                                                                                                      ΤΗΣ ΑΜΑΛΙΑΣ ΗΛΙΑΔΗ

Το πρωινό

 Το πρωινό, το οποίο ονομαζόταν συνήθως «άριστον», αποτελείτο από ψωμί, («μάζα» από κριθάρι γιο το λαό, «άρτο» από σιτάρι γιο τους πλούσιους) βουτηγμένο σε ανέρωτο κρασί. Συνηθισμένες πρωινές τροφές ήταν επίσης τα ξερά σύκα, τα αμύγδαλα, τα καρύδια και οι άλλοι ξηροί καρποί. Το πρωινό ρόφημα ήταν ο «κυκεών», ένα μείγμα κρασιού, τριμμένου τυριού και κριθάλευρου, το γάλο κυρίως κατσικίσιο, καθώς και ένα είδος υδρομελιού που το παρασκεύαζαν από χλιαρό νερό και μέλι.

Τα γεύματα

 Συχνά, τα γεύματα ήσαν μόνο δύο. Το πρώτο απαρτιζόταν από ψάρια, όσπρια, ή πρόχειρα φαγητά όπως ψωμί, τυρί, ελιές, αυγά, ξηρούς καρπούς και φρούτα. Το βραδινό, το οποίο αποτελούσε και το κύριο γεύμα, ήταν αυτό του συμποσίου και της φιλικής συντροφιάς διότι στους αρχαίους Έλληνες

Random Thoughts

Thomas Sowell 

Random thoughts on the passing scene:
How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch on, and stop getting swept away by rhetoric?
Why should being in a professional sport exempt anyone from prosecution for advocating deliberate violence? Recent revelations of such advocacy of violence by an NFL coach should lead to his banishment for life by the NFL, and criminal prosecution by the authorities. If you are serious about reducing violence, you have to be serious about punishing those who advocate it.
Have you noticed that what modest economic improvements we have seen occurred during the much-lamented "gridlock" in Washington? Nor is this unusual. If you check back through history, doing nothing has a far better track record than that of politicians intervening in the economy.
With all the talk about people paying their "fair share" of income taxes, why do nearly half the people in this country pay no income taxes at all? Is that their "fair share"? Or is creating more recipients of government handouts, at no cost to themselves, simply a strategy to gain more votes?
Some people are puzzled by the fact that so much that is said and done by politicians seems remote from reality. But reality is not what gets politicians elected. Appearances, rhetoric and emotions are what get them elected. Reality is what the voters and taxpayers are left to deal with, as a result of electing them.
Instead of following the tired old formula of having politicians and bureaucrats give college commencement speeches, in which they say how superior it is to follow a career as politicians and bureaucrats -- "public service" -- why not invite someone like John Stossel to tell the graduates how much better it is to go into the private sector, supplying what people want, instead of imposing the government's will on them?
In politics, few talents are as richly rewarded as the ability to convince parasites that they are victims. Welfare states on both sides of the Atlantic have discovered that largesse to losers does not reduce

Australia’s Richest Person and America’s Export-Import Bank

Dan Holler | 

Australian press is buzzing over the strange nexus between the country’s richest person and American taxpayers.  The headline in The Australian Financial Review even invokes the phrase “welfare queen.”

How Australia’s richest person, mining heiress Gina Rinehart, secured a $US694 million ($764 million) loan from American taxpayers is surely one of the great ironies of the capitalist system.

The case is the latest example of a flaw in the United States political economy: what some see as crony capitalism.

Rinehart’s mining group, Hancock Prospecting, last week signed off on a $US7.2 billion debt package for her highly anticipated Roy Hill iron ore project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

Why are American taxpayers subsidizing a financial transaction involving an Australian billionaire’s iron ore project?  

The Australian Financial Review explained “Government export credit agencies including the Ex-Im Bank in the US, as well as Japan and Korea, were crucial in helping the massive debt-funding deal over the line” because “Commercial banks and bond investors were reluctant to shoulder all the risk.”

When announcing the deal, U.S. Ex-Im Bank downplayed the risk, instead touting the “$694.4 million loan to Roy Hill Holdings of Australia [was] contingent upon the purchase of U.S. mining and rail equipment from Caterpillar Inc., GE, and Atlas Copco.”

So taxpayers have two plausible, though not mutually exclusive explanations for guaranteeing a $700

Good News: Michelle Able To Keep Taxpayer Cost Of Ireland Junket Under $10 Million

By Mike Miller  

In June of 2013, Michelle Obama, her daughters, and their entourage took a 3-day trip to Ireland. Documents released Wednesday show that the trip cost taxpayers nearly $8 million.
Air Force documents obtained via a Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act lawsuit reveal that taxpayers shelled out $7,670,476.80 on flights to, from and around Ireland during their June 17-19 trip.
Additional documents obtained from the Department of Homeland Security show that the cost for “security and/or other services” for a side trip to Dublin by the Obama ladies and their her entourage was $251,161.86. That total included $55,004.85 spent at the Shelbourne Hotel and $70,855.44 at the Westbury Hotel.
So the grand total – footed entirely by taxpayers – was $7,921,638.66. But hey, if it’ll make you feel any better, that’s only $110,022.76 per hour!
As The Daily Caller reports, this most recent revelation comes on the heels of a release of additional

Ο Αλέξης Τσίπρας, ο πάμπλουτος μπαμπάς και ο Παττακός… Βρείτε τις ομοιότητες! (Βίντεο)

Τον τελευταίο καιρό κυκλοφορεί μια ανάρτηση στο διαδίκτυο αναφορικά με την σχέση του Παύλου Τσίπρα, πατέρα του σημερινού αρχηγού της αξιωματικής αντιπολίτευσης, Αλέξη Τσίπρα και του πραξικοπηματία Στυλιανού Παττακού.

Μετά από μια σύντομη έρευνα του logiosermis προέκυψε λοιπόν, ότι μερικά  ιστολόγια, είχαν δημοσιεύσει το θέμα το Μάϊο του 2013 ισχυριζόμενοι πως ο Παύλος Τσίπρας ήταν αδερφός της γυναίκας του Παττακού.

Ποιο αναλυτικά όπως διαβάζουμε στο ιστολόγιο :

Ο γεννημένος στην Άρτα το 1934 Παύλος Τσίπρας, υπήρξε συνιδρυτής (με τον Ίωνα Παράσχη) της τεχνικής εταιρείας «Σκαπανεύς ΑΤΕ» που μαζί με την «ΕΔΟΚ-ΕΤΕΡ» και την «ΑΡΧΙΡΟΔΟΝ» ήσαν οι τρείς εταιρείες που έπαιρναν ΟΛΑ τα Μεγάλα Έργα επί 21ης Απριλίου. Ο Στυλιανός Παττακός  είχε απαγορεύσει στον πολιτικό μηχανικό γαμπρό του σύζυγο της κόρης του) να παίρνει δημόσια έργα επί Χούντας. Στον Παύλο Τσίπρα επέτρεπε, με αποτέλεσμα ο μπαμπάς του Αρχηγού του Σύριζα

Της πατρίδας μου πάλι ομοιώθηκα - Ελύτης

Η φιλελεύθερη ηθική του δωρεάν εισιτηρίου στο Μετρό του Δημήτρη Ψαρράκη

Τα τελευταία χρόνια βλέπουμε στο Μετρό της Αθήνας μια ήπια μορφή έκφρασης κοινωνικής αλληλεγγύης. Είναι μαγική, θα λέγαμε. Άνθρωποι που βγαίνουν από τους σταθμούς δίνουν το εισιτήριό τους σε ανθρώπους που μπαίνουν, ή το αφήνουν διακριτικά για να το πάρει κάποιος μπαίνοντας. Άγνωστοι άνθρωποι μεταξύ τους κάνουν μια…
σιωπηλή μεταβίβαση μέσα στην ταχύτητα και ανωνυμία της πόλης. Υπάρχει σίγουρα κάτι το γοητευτικό σε αυτή την κίνηση αβρότητας. Κάτι που με γοητεύει πολύ και μένα.

Εδώ είναι και η απορία των Κεντροαριστερών και Κεντροδεξιών φίλων μου: Πώς είναι δυνατόν μία τέτοια πράξη να γοητεύει εμένα, τον κατά κόσμο «Νεοφιλελεύθερο», με μία οικονομική και νομική αντίληψη διαμορφωμένη από τους θεωρητικούς της Σχολής του Σικάγο, όπως τον Friedman ή τον Posner και άλλους τέτοιους «διαβόλους»; Η απάντησή μου στους «συντηρητικούς» και «προοδευτικούς» φίλους μου ήταν κάτι που τους προκάλεσε ακόμη μεγαλύτερη έκπληξη, όταν τους είπα ότι το να δίνεις το εισιτήριό σου βγαίνοντας, δεν είναι ούτε κοινωνική αυθαιρεσία, ούτε αποτελεί ζήτημα πολιτικής διαφωνίας: για έναν Φιλελεύθερο άνθρωπο αυτό είναι ζήτημα ηθικής επιλογής.

Το ερώτημα λοιπόν είναι αυτό: Είναι ηθικό να δίνουμε το εισιτήριό μας σε κάποιον άλλο επιβάτη; Τι θα έλεγε αυτός ο «σατανάς» ο Milton Friedman, αν σας έβλεπε να κάνετε κάτι τέτοιο στο Μετρό; Θα σας έκοβε το χέρι; Θα σας έβαζε φυλακή όπως ο Στουρνάρας και ο Άδωνις; Το αντίθετο, φίλοι μου. Πώς θα σας φαινόταν αν σας έλεγα μάλιστα, ότι θα θεωρούσε αντικοινωνική συμπεριφορά να μην το

It Only Takes Trey Gowdy 55 Seconds to Shame Congressman Who Asked for a Raise

Nigel Farage v Nick Clegg: European Union debate, round two highlights

Money From Trial Lawyers Flowing To Democrats

"Statement of Principles:" 1944 Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals

John Wayne served four one year terms as president of the Alliance starting in March, 1949.

 

"We believe in, and like, the American way of life: the liberty and freedom which generations before us have fought to create and preserve; the freedom to speak, to think, to live, to worship, to work, and to govern ourselves as individuals, as free men; the right to succeed or fail as free men, according to the measure of our ability and our strength.
Believing in these things, we find ourselves in sharp revolt against a rising tide of communism, fascism, and kindred beliefs, that seek by subversive means to undermine and change this way of life; groups that have forfeited their right to exist in this country of ours, because they seek to achieve their change by means other than the vested procedure of the ballot and to deny the right of the majority opinion of the people to rule.
In our special field of motion pictures, we resent the growing impression that this industry is made of, and dominated by, Communists, radicals, and crackpots. We believe that we represent the vast majority of the people who serve this great medium of expression. But unfortunately it has been an unorganized majority. This has been almost inevitable. The very love of freedom, of the rights of the individual, make this great majority reluctant to organize. But now we must, or we shall meanly lose "the last, best hope on earth."
As Americans, we have no new plan to offer. We want no new plan, we want only to defend against its enemies that which is our priceless heritage; that freedom which has given man, in this country, the fullest life and the richest expression the world has ever known; that system which, in the present emergency, has fathered an effort that, more than any other single factor, will make possible the winning of this war.
As members of the motion-picture industry, we must face and accept an especial responsibility. Motion pictures are inescapably one of the world's greatest forces for influencing public thought and opinion, both at home and abroad. In this fact lies solemn obligation. We refuse to permit the effort of Communist, Fascist, and other totalitarian-minded groups to pervert this powerful medium into an instrument for the dissemination of un-American ideas and beliefs. We pledge ourselves to fight, with every means at our organized command, any effort of any group or individual, to divert the loyalty of the screen from the free America that give it birth. And to dedicate our work, in the fullest possible measure, to the presentation of the American scene, its standards and its freedoms, its beliefs and its ideals, as we know them and believe in them."

How Many Dead People Voted in This North Carolina Election? More Than Zero

Conservatives have been lambasted by the left for advocating voter ID laws that supposedly disenfranchise minorities, but North Carolina is presenting evidence that such safeguards are sorely needed:

State elections officials said Wednesday that they’re investigating hundreds of cases of voters who appear to have voted in two states and several dozen who appear to have voted after their deaths.

…North Carolina’s check found 765 registered North Carolina voters who appear to match registered voters in other states on their first names, last names, dates of birth and the final four digits of their Social Security numbers. Those voters appear to have voted in North Carolina in 2012 and also voted in another state in 2012.

…The crosscheck also found 35,570 voters in North Carolina who voted in 2012 whose first names, last names and dates of birth match those of voters who voted in other states in 2012, but whose Social Security numbers were not matched.

“A lot of states don’t provide last four SSN, or they don’t have that information,” Strach explained.

In addition to these alarming discrepancies, North Carolina found 13,416 deceased voters who remained on the voter rolls as of October 2013. Many of these have not proven to result in actual votes, but some have:

22 Super-Successful People Who Prove That It’s Never Too Late to Pursue the American Dream

Our great nation is filled with stories of people who have worked hard to pursue their dreams and create fulfilling, successful lives for themselves. In other words, our nation is filled stories of hope.
Even so, it can be easy to lose sight of that hope as life goes on – when you’re expecting a child, paying a mortgage or planning for retirement, for example. If you have ever had that feeling – or think you might in the future – take a quick look at 22 super-successful Americans who got a late start on fulfilling their dreams:

Report: EPA tested deadly pollutants on humans to push Obama admin’s agenda

Michael Bastasch

The Environmental Protection Agency has been conducting dangerous experiments on humans over the past few years in order to justify more onerous clean air regulations.
The agency conducted tests on people with health issues and the elderly, exposing them to high levels of potentially lethal pollutants, without disclosing the risks of cancer and death, according to a newly released government report.
These experiments exposed people, including those with asthma and heart problems, to dangerously high levels of toxic pollutants, including diesel fumes, reads a EPA inspector general report obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation. The EPA also exposed people with health issues to levels of pollutants up to 50 times greater than the agency says is safe for humans.
The EPA conducted five experiments in 2010 and 2011 to look at the health effects of particulate matter, or PM, and diesel exhaust on humans. The IG’s report found that the EPA did get consent forms from 81 people in five studies. But the IG also found that “exposure risks were not always consistently represented.”
“Further, the EPA did not include information on long-term cancer risks in its diesel exhaust studies’ consent forms,” the IG’s report noted. “An EPA manager considered these long-term risks minimal for short-term study exposures” but “human subjects were not informed of this risk in the consent form.”
According to the IG’s report, “only one of five studies’ consent forms provided the subject with information on the upper range of the pollutant” they would be exposed to, but even more alarming is that only “two of five alerted study subjects to the risk of death for older individuals with cardiovascular disease.”
Three of the studies exposed people to high levels of PM and two of the studies exposed people to high levels of diesel exhaust and ozone. Diesel exhaust contains 40 toxic air contaminants, including 19 that are known carcinogens and PM. The EPA has publicly warned of the dangers of PM, but seemed to downplay

18.000 παιδιά από την Συρία, σφάχτηκαν για εμπόριο οργάνων στην Τουρκία! Στον ΟΗΕ η αποκάλυψη, σιωπή από τα ΜΜ”Ε”.