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Rome is one of the most famous cities in history. But it did not rise in an empty land. Before empire, before marble, before the Roman world takes over the map, central Italy is already crowded with graves, hilltop communities, powerful neighbors, painted tombs, and cities of the dead. This episode explores the older world that shaped Rome before Rome shaped the Mediterranean. This map-based history documentary covers early Rome and central Italy from 800 to 500 BC, including Villanovan culture, hut urns, Veii, Tarquinia, Cerveteri, Pyrgi, Pontecagnano, and the growth of Rome in the 6th century BC. Using archaeology,...

Rep. Eric Swalwell denied allegations of rape and sexual assault in a social media post that was filmed Friday at the Beverly Hills mansion of his eccentric billionaire benefactor, The Post has learned. Multiple sources confirmed that the video Swalwell recorded of his full-throated denial was taken from a room inside the 9,700-square-foot home of Stephen Cloobeck, who’s also been shacking up with an alleged honeytrapper accused of burglarizing the home of rich, older men in Los Angeles. “A lot has been said about me today through anonymous allegations, and I thought it was important that you see and hear...

Earth's mysterious 'humming' vibration has surged for more than a week, prompting reports from some people who say the phenomenon is disrupting their sleep and causing ringing in their ears. Known as the Schumann Resonance, this natural vibration is often described as the Earth's 'heartbeat,' a steady electromagnetic rhythm generated by lightning bouncing between the planet's surface and the ionosphere, which sits roughly 30 to 600 miles above the surface in the atmosphere. Space weather monitoring app MeteoAgent reported an intense surge in Schumann Resonance readings starting on Monday, labeling them 'high' and potentially disruptive. However, experts cautioned that such...

Vice President JD Vance said on Saturday evening that the U.S. delegation has decided to leave peace talks with Iran in Pakistan after the Islamist regime refused to agree to America’s terms.Speaking alongside White House Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Serena Hotel in Islamabad, Vice President Vance said that after 21 hours of talks, it became clear that no agreement with Iran could be reached and that U.S. negotiators have therefore decided to walk away from the table.“We have had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians, that’s the good news. The bad news...

RealRobert@Real_RobN·7hHere it is:King Solomon on with Captain Kirk:A senior intelligence officer with 30 years of experience confirms that the psychological operations and information warfare the intelligence community uses overseas against foreign enemies were used on American soil in an attempt to overthrow the United States government in 2016.@jsolomonReports:“I sat across from an intelligence agent — now retired, very senior. He looked me in the eye and said, ‘The truth of the matter is, we took the playbook for psychological operations and information warfare that we would use against our enemies and turned it against the American people in an attempt...

Garcia allegedly served as a property custodian at KCNSC's New Mexico facility, giving him a top security clearance and broad access to the entire site's nuclear secrets. The source described Garcia's work as 'a very high-level, overseeing position for all the assets. Tens, maybe hundreds of millions of dollars in equipment and assets, some of which are not classified, others would be classified.' The government contractor's sudden disappearance marks the tenth person with ties to America's space or nuclear secrets who has died or mysteriously vanished in recent years, putting US national security experts on edge.

The Daily Signal@DailySignalVictor Davis Hanson: Obama Bombed Libya for Seven Months, Nobody Talked About Impeaching HimDuring the Libya bombing campaign, President Obama authorized strikes on a range of dual‑use sites, including TV stations, communications facilities, government buildings, civilian vessels and ports.He also joked about drone strikes at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and there were no accusations of war crimes then.“We bombed them for seven months, and, by the way, after 60 to 90 days, the War Powers Authorization Act ends. In other words, you can negotiate from 60 to 90 days about whether you need Congress’s approval to...

https://x.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/2042832723178316159Conor McGregor@TheNotoriousMMAOne wrong move by government here, and you will see, at the very least, 250k Irish people descend on the capital in a blink.They must step down, there is no other way.I cannot see another way.We have already heard the warning of using the army against its own people.We have heard the threat that they will come for the protestors after the protest ends.We have then seen the attempted character assassinations on the protest leaders.None of this has worked an iota as every single person in this country, outside of the political paywall and even within, is wide awake...

A 1950s novelty hit that’s endured, this fun, yet heartfelt ode to man’s best friend is still much-loved today.Critics argue that so-called “novelty” hits are soon forgotten by serious music fans, but a select few are very fondly remembered. Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett’s “Monster Mash,” for example, is now a Halloween perennial, while David Seville & The Chipmunks’ “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” went on to win three Grammy Awards. And who can forget Patti Page’s “(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window”? The inimitable U.S. chart-topper that has seduced generations of canine lovers. Indeed, it’s fair...

An anti-ICE protest unfolding Saturday outside a federal detention facility in downtown Los Angeles is drawing attention as participants displayed and threw hundreds of sex toys as part of the demonstration, according to police and social media posts.

Fight Club (1999), The Matrix (1999), The Truman Show (1998), Office Space (1999)– four movies, spanning genres from Thriller to Sci-Fi to Comedy, all have one very important thing in common: they share the same premise: “A disillusioned man abandons a comfortable lifestyle, rebelling against the status quo in search of truth, purpose, and fulfillment.” Sound familiar? It should. This formula defined an era of filmmaking brimming with existentialist questioning and thinly veiled angst. The movies of this period reflect the most prevalent problems, anxieties, ideologies, and sensibilities of the 90s, ultimately forming a niche subgroup of their own– what...

A maniac reportedly attacked a US war plane with a hatchet at a major civilian airport in Ireland Saturday, causing extensive damage at a controversial stopover site for American military. He snuck into restricted space at Shannon Airport in County Clare, where the US Air Force’s $75 million C130 Hercules military transport aircraft was parked, local outlet The Journal reported. The lunatic — in his 40s but yet to be identified — climbed onto the wing of the plane and started hacking away at the wing and the fuselage, causing extensive damage, according to GB News. The shocking attack caused...

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) says she will force a House floor vote next week on removing embattled Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) from Congress following stunning sexual assault allegations against him – saying she won’t serve with “sexual deviants.” Luna made the comment to Fox News on Saturday, a day after a former unidentified staffer said he sexually assaulted her on two occasions while she was intoxicated, including at a 2024 charity gala in New York. “I hate having to be kind of the hall monitor of Congress if you will, but it’s gotten really bad,” she said. “Eric has...

A halal butcher sells – in theory – halal meat, that is to say, meat permitted by Islamic law and therefore, a fortiori, not pork. This Zurich butcher doesn't seem to share that opinion. In three years, he allegedly sold 3.1 tons of pork, passing it off as veal , according to the Swiss version of 20 Minutes , which broke the story. The deception is twofold. Scam On the one hand, the religious men who bought their meat from his shop unwittingly broke their tradition . On the other hand, the butcher made significant profits since pork is much...

Ethnic humour has become one of those things we don't do well anymore, or simply won't do because nobody wants to lose their job. Back when it was still tolerated – about fifteen or twenty years ago – what was left of ethnic humour (as practiced by comics like Dave Chappelle or Chris Rock) was gatekept by a single, unbreakable rule: you can only make an ethnic joke if you're a member of the ethnicity that's the butt of the joke. Now, of course, this is largely off the table because nobody thinks the risk is worth it anymore. I...

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One of the Democratic Socialists of America’s top leaders and architects of Mayor Mamdani’s rise to power is a mime. Flatbush theater kid David Jenkins was elected last year to the DSA’s National Political Committee — the socialist group’s highest decision-making body — where he leads implementation of its major political goals. Self avowed anti-capitalist Jenkins, 40, is a proud founder of the Broken Box Mime Theater, where he performs pantomime to “a heart-thumping soundtrack” in full mime makeup. In images on his personal website, he can be seen in black attire, his face painted white with black teardrops, staring...

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell has been accused of violating immigration and employment law to keep his illegal live-in Brazilian nanny in the country, according to a pair of recently filed complaints. When his South American babysitter’s temporary work authorization was about to expire in 2022, he and wife Brittany Swalwell lied to the feds to keep Amanda Barbosa working for them, a new complaint filed Tuesday with the Department of Labor claimed. Another complaint, filed to the Department of Homeland security in February and previously unreported, accuses Swalwell of paying the nanny under the table with campaign funds for a...

"There's one missing link: somebody who can sing everything that I could sing 50 years ago"Roger Waters is on the lookout for a new singer to front his son’s Pink Floyd tribute group – after firing him from his touring solo band. Harry Waters previously played keyboards for his father on the road for 14 years. However, Harry revealed in 2023 that Roger had let him know that his services would no longer be required. “I was fired, it was pretty miserable,” he said at the time, adding that his dad “wanted a change of blood, something new, something fresh”....