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Putin has a new history textbook written by his adviser Vladimir Medinsky. According to the new textbook, in 1956, rebellious radicals, former soldiers of fascist Hungary, took up arms and committed a large number of murders. The textbook concludes that it was a mistake for Russians to withdraw from Hungary. New Russian state history book In 1956, rebellious radicals, former soldiers of fascist Hungary, took up arms and committed many murders. According to a G7 article, this is how the new Russian state history textbook describes the 1956 revolution of Hungary. This volume will be compulsory for the education of...

AJP Taylor died Sept 7th, 1990, in London, England. Wikipedia states that: “His combination of academic rigour and popular appeal led the historian Richard Overy to describe him as “the Macaulay of our age”.” Taylor wrote: “Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.” “The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.” Taylor had a low opinion of Adolf Hitler’s intellectual abilities: “A racing tipster who only reached Hitler’s level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.” But he did not blame Hitler...

25 refrigerators.That’s how much the additional electricity consumption per household would be if the average US home adopted electric vehicles (EVs).Congressman Thomas Massie - an electrical engineer - revealed this information while discussing with Pete Buttigieg, the Secretary of Transportation, President Biden’s plan to have 50% of cars sold in the US be electric by 2030.The current and future grid in most places will not be able to support each home running 25 refrigerators—not even close. Just look at California, where the grid is already buckling under the existing load.Massie claims, correctly, in my view, that the notion of widespread...

It is hardly an exaggeration to say that the Industrial Revolution began in the UK.It was the mastery of energy–replacing muscle power with fossil fuels that fundamentally transformed everything. We still describe an engine’s output as “horsepower” for a reason: for most of human history the fastest anything could travel was the speed of a horse.Unless, of course, you were falling off a cliff. Then you could go faster, but the ride was short.The UK–which is still led by the Tories only because Labour is even worse–is looking to undo the Industrial Revolution. In a ridiculous bid to save Gaia...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top defense officials are accusing Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville of jeopardizing America's national security with his hold on roughly 300 military promotions, raising the stakes in a clash over abortion policy that shows no signs of easing. Tuberville brushed off the criticism, vowing he will not give in. “We're going to be in a holding pattern for a long time,” he said, if the Pentagon refuses to end its policy of paying for travel when a service member goes out of state to get an abortion or other reproductive care. It's a classic Washington standoff with rippling...

Among patients with knee pain, those who take a widely used class of blood pressure-lowering medications called beta-blockers appear to have a lower risk of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for the treatment of advanced osteoarthritis (OA), suggests a study. "Our results indicate that the use of β-blockers, especially nonselective blockers, was associated with a lower likelihood of TKA," according to the case-control study by Iskandar Tamimi, MD, Ph.D. and colleagues. Beta-blockers may slow the progression of OA by reducing inflammatory mediators involved in cartilage degeneration—which may provide clues to the development of new treatment approaches for OA. Researchers identified 300...

These malefactors were father and son; and their final exit from this life was attended by circumstances of the most heart-rending and melancholy description. The father was a man of good property, and lived on his own estate at Llwyney Mapsis, in Shropshire; and he and his son were indicted for uttering a note of hand for twenty pounds, purporting to be that of Mr. Richard Coleman of Oswestry, knowing the same to have been forged. It was proved on their trial that Mr. Coleman never had had any transactions with Mr. Phipps that required the signing of any note...

On December 17, the order of the Ministry of Defense “On Approval of the List of Specialties and/or Professions Related to the Relevant Military Accounting Specialties, After Which Women Are Registered in the Military” came into force. According to the order, the list of professions of women who can be mobilized was expanded. Despite the martial law, no changes have been made to the order, so women must be registered from October 1, 2022. Yuriy Hryva, head of the legal group of a regional territorial recruitment center, informed Suspilne outlet about the details of women's mobilization. What categories of women...

On this date in 1952, chemistry student Wolfgang Kaiser was guillotined at Dresden as a saboteur. Back in the years before the Berlin Wall closed East Berlin the Communist half-city’s accessibility to its NATO-aligned western half constantly nettled the security state. Our man Wolfgang Kaiser (English Wikipedia entry | German) lived in West Berlin but studied in East Berlin — or he did until he lost the spot when trying and failing to transfer to a West Berlin university. That left Kaiser plenty of time on his hand to vent his political disaffection by working for the anti-communist resistance organization...

High intake of several emulsifiers (part of the "E numbers" group of food additives), widely used in industrially processed foods to improve texture and extend shelf-life, is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), suggests a study. Given that these food additives are used ubiquitously in thousands of widely consumed ultra-processed food products, these findings have important public health implications, say the researchers. Emulsifiers are often added to processed and packaged foods such as pastries, cakes, ice cream, desserts, chocolate, bread, margarine and ready meals, to enhance their appearance, taste, texture and shelf life. They include celluloses, mono- and...

Public health officials’ efforts to protect citizens from COVID-19 infection and avert death may have backfired, a new study published in Health Economics suggests. What’s more, the efforts could be linked to excess deaths. Mandatory masking and social distancing became everyday directives for millions worldwide when the COVID-19 virus exploded onto the scene in 2020. Shelter-in-place (SIP) or stay-at-home orders quickly followed despite evidence supporting the protocol remaining mixed. Now, a cross-collaborative team of scientists from California, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts is expressing confidence based on results from rigorous research examining whether stay-at-home orders may not have been as effective...

The Alternative Secret History of the World According to the Liberal Left Prior to July 4, 1776, not a single person in the world starved, got sick, worked hard for a living, or experienced any pain nor anxiety. With so many zealots simmering in the anti-American melting pot of "progress," one might think they had already cooked some shared historical narrative in which anti-Americanism actually makes sense and the entire Leftist agenda doesn't appear so absurd. What is it? Most "progressive" critics either don't think that far, or they don't have the guts to give their views a full exposure....

A city in California voted Wednesday to ban universal COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates, according to CBS News. Huntington Beach City Council Mayor Pro Tempore Gracey Van Der Mark introduced the motion Tuesday night at the meeting to ban the mandates, according to the motion. Huntington Beach, California’s city council voted 4-3 to ban universal mask mandates and vaccine mandates in the city, though the mandate ban excludes those who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to CBS News. COVID-19 mandates “unnecessarily limited the freedoms of the citizens of Huntington Beach — even those who were not around anyone who...

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A nationwide manhunt has been launched for a former soldier suspected of terror offences who escaped from prison on Wednesday morning. Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, was awaiting trial at HMP Wandsworth in London after being accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base. It is believed he escaped via a prison kitchen by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery van. Extra security checks at airports and ports have led to long delays. The Prison Service is working with the Metropolitan Police to "urgently investigate" how Mr Khalife escaped. A working theory is that Mr Khalife had...

Update from Ukraine | Revenge in action | Ukraine Hit Many Ruzzian Tanks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mYm7bH_4c0 The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 6th September 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). [two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-560-summary/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Japan recorded its highest average temperature this summer in 125 years, the nation's weather agency said on Friday (Sept 1). Based on measurements at 15 locations around the country from June through August, the average temperature deviation was +1.76 degrees Celsius, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. That exceeded the previous record of +1.08 degrees in 2010. JMA's data goes back to 1898. Average temperatures were considerably higher in the northern, eastern, and western parts of the country, the JMA said.

[Catholic Caucus] Synod assembly won’t be secret, but won’t be open to press, pope saysABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MONGOLIA (CNS) — The Synod of Bishops is not a television show or a parliamentary debate, and its discussions will not be open to the public or to reporters, Pope Francis said.“We must safeguard the synodal climate,” the pope responded Sept. 4 when asked by journalists about access to the discussions at the assembly of the Synod of Bishops Oct. 4-29.“This isn’t a television program where you talk about everything; no, it is a religious moment, a religious exchange,” he told...

Starting at this point in the video a young ukie living abroad shows threat letter from Kiev regime demanding that he return and enter the meat grinder

At long last, Republicans have begun to embrace the New Rules bestowed upon our society by the Marxist Left. Just yesterday, my colleague Chris Queen reported on Georgia’s Attorney General Chris Carr following the example recently set by Fulton County DA Fani Willis and wielding the state’s RICO laws. But unlike Willis’s acrobatic interpretation of the statutes to go after Orange Man Bad, Carr is using them to bust up the passel of actual domestic terrorists who have been terrorizing Atlanta over its plans to build a public safety training center. [snip] When the Bad Orange Man won the White...