First, the birds, then the sheep
Back in the day, when Rome ruled the known world, there existed men called augers. They practiced - not surprisingly - augury, which is the art of reading omens from the observed behavior of birds. Like modern-day politicians, sometimes augers ‘read’ the signs in a way to delay elections or suit personal profit.
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