Frederick Douglass Speech 1857 “If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without demand. It never did and it never will.”
This election is too important to leave food to chance. Biden needs a Taster. I don’t think Trump will stop at anything to win. In ancient Rome , the duty was often given to a slave (termed the praegustator ). Roman Emperor Claudius was killed by poison in AD 54 even though he hired a food taster named Halotus . [1] Tasters were sometimes coerced. [2] Over history, presidents and royal families have hired food tasters or sacrifices, over fear of being poisoned. Queen Durdhara , the Mauryan empress, ate food that was prepared for her husband and died. [3] Adolf Hitler 's food taster Margot Wölk tried the food at 8:00 am every day, and if she did not fall ill the food would be sent to Hitler's military headquarters. [2] President Vladimir Putin has hired a food taster who is part of his security staff to protect himself as well. [3] In recent times, animals such as mice have been used to detect impurities in food produced for humans, such as during the 2008 Oly