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Few people know the story of ancient Rome's Emperor Scelestus Bidenus Obscenus and how he helped usher in the Fall of Rome. Emperor Bidenus is hard to track down in the historical sources due to the many inventive names the Romans gave him which is a testament to his popularity. He has been mention by the following various terms like Emperor Bad Touch, Turnip Cesar, and no-good jerk (malus nequamque). He was the first emperor to give protected status to the invading Germanic tribes and was quoted as saying "Visigoths do the work and slaying that Romans refuse to do."...

Maybe you’ve tried intermittent fasting (IF) to shed a few (pandemic!) pounds, since the hope and potential for weight loss is what this eating plan is best known for. And yes, scientists are looking into whether or not it really is effective at helping people slim down. But some studies show that IF—in which you only eat during a specified time period—may have other possible long-term health benefits as well. “The goal with IF is improving metabolic health, reducing the risk of certain conditions such as diabetes, and increasing longevity,” says Laura Kelly, C.N.S., L.D.N., an advanced genomic nutritionist at...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Children will be at the center of a statewide protest on Monday, if organizers have their way. The plan is to speak up, by not showing up, according to various social media posts by those organizing a campaign to keep their kids home from school on Monday -- to protest Governor Gavin Newsom's COVID vaccine mandate. "We know that if our children stay home from school that that will impact the funding that schools will get for that day," said parent Babe Prieto, who supports the walkout. "And we want them to know that we're serious...

nly person killed during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol Building as a result of direct action taken by others, was an Air Force veteran who served the country proudly for more than a dozen years, but according to her mother, she was denied a military burial earlier this year. Babbitt, who was shot and killed by Lt. Michael Byrd as it appeared as though she was about to crawl through the broken window of a door leading to the House floor, should have been able to be buried with full military honors, her mother, Micki Witthoeft, told...

It just keeps going lower and lower.

Police say there is 'no immediate threat or danger to the public at this time' Park City Center mall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is closed for the day after a shooting took place there on Sunday afternoon. The Lancaster Bureau of Police said that the mall is closed due to a "police incident" and there is "no immediate threat or danger to the public at this time." A video posted to social media showed a group fleeing the scene as two men fought and gunshots went off. The video is captioned "so someone got shot at park city mall…"

They're baaaaaack!Trump rallies/marches have returned to California!"Let's Go Brandon!"👍😎

Online marketplace Carousell has taken action against two sellers for discriminatory behaviour when conversing with a user who had tried to purchase hotel packages. Stomp contributor Saran said he had been enquiring about hotel packages listed on the platform last week. One seller, @hotel000 asked, "May I know your race?" while another seller claimed that only Chinese guests are accepted for Saran's selected dates due to "the latest covid-19 rule". Saran told Stomp: "Ridiculous, isn't it? I don’t think there are rules and regulations that only Chinese people can stay in a hotel?" He subsequently reported the users and informed...

he White House is touting the drop in jobless claims as a "sign of progress" after belatedly ending the bonus $300 federal unemployment payments as Republicans — citing the benefits' disincentivizing effects — had long urged.The enhanced jobless payments were continued through President Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Many Republican governors attributed the (labor shortage) in the economy, particularly in restaurants and (retail stores), to the added benefit on top of state jobless payments. (26 states) to voluntarily end the federal benefits over the summer in advance of the Sept. 6 end date in the American Rescue Plan Act.

An Ithaca man was charged Thursday after he was accused of producing three sexually explicit videos with a 10-year-old child, federal prosecutors said. Remanu Phillips, 31, appeared in federal court on charges that he sexually exploited a child, according to a news release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York. He was accused of making the three videos of the child in June of 2019, federal prosecutors said. Phillips was already registered as a level-2 sexually violent offender, after he was convicted in November of 2019 of first-degree sexual abuse and sexual contact with...

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The Art Institute of Chicago fired all of its trained volunteers and guides last month, who were mostly older White women, to diversify its team."We were surprised, we were disappointed," Gigi Vaffis, president of the docent council, said in an interview with radio station WBEZ of the firings. "There is an army of very highly skilled docents that are willing and ready and able to continue with arts education."The Art Institute used to have more than 100 docents, 82 of whom were active, until an executive director of learning and engagement, Veronica Stein, sent an email on Sept. 3 firing...

On Friday, former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino took a stand against the unhinged leftist mob and the weak-kneed advertisers who have repeatedly caved to their every whim. During his show, Bongino announced that he has severed all ties with one of his largest advertisers – SimpliSafe Security – because the company had shamelessly cancelled their advertising with the Post Millennial after two Antifa hacks had sent a couple of tweets.

Betty Lynn, who went from the fictional Mayberry to the real Mount Airy and became a beloved fixture there, died Saturday after a brief illness. She was 95. Lynn was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and followed her mother into a musical career, enrolling in the Kansas City Conservatory of Music when she was 5 years old. She had a long career in entertainment, appearing in the United Service Organizations (USO), on Broadway and in films and television. She was best known for her role as Thelma Lou, Barney Fife's sweetheart in "The Andy Griffith Show." She appeared in 26...

In another recall over cancer-causing impurity levels, Lupin Pharmaceutical has recalled several batches of its Irbesartan tablets and Irbesartan and Hydrochlorothiazide tablets because N-nitrosoirbesartan – a substance that causes cancer - was found in levels above allowable specification limits. The drugmaker received four reports of illness from Irbesartan and zero reports from the Irbesartan and Hydrochlorothiazide medication from the dates of Oct. 8, 2018 to Sept. 20, 2021. However, Lupin said that it has received no reports of illness that appear related to the recall issue but is recalling the medication “out of an abundance of caution.” The company is...

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci said on this week’s “Fox News Sunday” that Americans who think he is a “polarizing figure” were people who denied “reality.” Anchor Chris Wallace asked, “When this pandemic started, it is fair to say you were generally regarded as the authority on infectious disease. As time has gone on, you have become a polarizing figure, and critics accuse you of sending mixed messages. There’s allegations that you helped fund dangerous research at the Wuhan lab. Two questions, why do you think you’ve become so controversial? And honestly, do you...

More than 16,000 migrants who tested positive for COVID-19 while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody were released into the United States, according to an agency law enforcement source. The Biden administration did not mandate any of the migrants to be vaccinated before their release. The figures only include those migrants who were tested by ICE. Nearly 12,000 of the migrants who tested positive for COVID-19 and were released into the U.S. were between 18 and 40 years of age, more than 11,800 were male, nearly 1,300 were under the age of ten, and more than 6,000 were between 20...

Explanation: Most galaxies have a single nucleus -- does this galaxy have four? The strange answer leads astronomers to conclude that the nucleus of the surrounding galaxy is not even visible in this image. The central cloverleaf is rather light emitted from a background quasar. The gravitational field of the visible foreground galaxy breaks light from this distant quasar into four distinct images. The quasar must be properly aligned behind the center of a massive galaxy for a mirage like this to be evident. The general effect is known as gravitational lensing, and this specific case is known as the...

The co-hosts of "The Five" blasted President Biden Thursday for his administration's failures which even the liberal mainstream media have begun to recognize. As Biden's poll numbers drop amid inflation and supply chain shortages, at least one left-wing voice has turned on his own. "The honeymoon is over," political commentator Van Jones declared Tuesday on CNN. "This honeymoon was over faster than Ilhan Omar and her brother," "The Five" co-host Greg Gutfeld retorted. "The real question for people like Van Jones is, ‘What did you expect?’," co-host Katie Pavlich said. She called Biden a "lame-duck president," citing his inability to...

Dr. Peter Navarro is warning the world about stagflation on the horizon as a result of insane Biden policies. He was on Steve Bannon’s War Room to discuss the scenario. Dr. Navarro was on with Newsmax as well: If it was just inflation affecting the United States, that would be “manageable,” but instead a “stagflation” problem like the one that hit the nation in the 1970s is occurring under President Joe Biden, former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told Newsmax on Saturday. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is “printing money,” Navarro told “The Count.” “That’s driving us to what...