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A complete Roman pottery workshop laid out on a grid has been discovered in northern France by archaeologists led by Louis Florin of the French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP), according to a report in La Brújula Verde. The five-acre site was occupied between the first century B.C. and the third century A.D. It includes some 50 clay extraction pits, areas for preparing clay and shaping pots with wheels, and 21 kilns. The workshop was situated on the Agrippa Road, one of a network of Roman roads that made the transport of finished pots possible. The excavation also...

In August, Jessica Bowie was arrested in connection with a plot to blow up New York State legislators at the capitol building while pretending to be delivering DoorDash and then in Oct, Benny Caldera Jr. was arrested in a plot to shoot up the Texas State Capitol. The two terror plots targeting state capitols and legislators in two different states took place less than three months apart and while these are the sorts of terror plots that might have been expected of Islamic terrorists, Bowie and Caldera were Americans, and yet their plots were Islam-inspired. The Bowie and Caldera terror...

The MOAB is the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal and has been used only once before in a strike on a village in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province in 2017 ============================================================= The US military has drawn up new strike plans against Iran that include potentially using the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed the “mother of all bombs,” according to a report from CNN. The MOAB is the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal and has been used only once before in a strike on a village in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province in 2017. The US...

Chances are, you haven’t heard of this case out of Loudon, Virginia. Why, you might ask? Well, likely because it involves a male teacher parading around as a woman, who threatened to murder and then reportedly “eat” his student. In other words, more trans-related violence that the mainstream media loves to sweep under the rug. In a case that’s received little media attention, a cross-dressing teacher has been found guilty of making credible threats to murder his own pupils, and then even eat one. Hadyn Dollery, who goes by the name ‘Sophie’, faces 25 years in jail. https://t.co/Pn4c95vyYX — ripx4nutmeg...

Is Newsweek mocking the most deadly ideology of the past century, or applauding it? No one knows, but it looks like it got approval from Chairman Mao! Here's the headline on Newsweek's website. And the article: You, dear reader, might think you know where you land on the socialist-to-capitalist spectrum. At least, I thought I did (put me down as Reluctant Capitalist, please). But is it so simple? Plenty of people who would never sit through a DSA meeting get their electricity from a utility owned by their city. Is that socialism? If you live in a planned subdivision, your...

For all of our technological marvels, a No. 2 pencil and sheets of paper filled with oval boxes remain a key determinant of success. Sure, plenty of high achievers didn’t ace the SAT, ACT, MCAT, LSAT, and GMAT. But the vast majority of wealthy and influential Americans notched high scores in the alphabet soup of standardized tests, which are key gateways to the American dream. And yet, even as we invest these measures with tremendous power, we feel uneasy about them. Sifting and sorting, differentiating people by their abilities, may be crucial to a well-run society, but it also...

Explosive new details suggest Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs angered a notorious drug lord in jail, sparking a violent clash that resulted in Diddy’s head injury. Diddy reportedly sparked tensions among fellow inmates after an NBC report exposed his allegedly lavish lifestyle behind bars, prompting prison officials to conduct a raid and confiscate inmates’ cell phones, according to TMZ. Infamous Jamaican drug lord and fellow inmate “Dudus” reportedly took matters into his own hands by allegedly physically attacking Combs. NBC reported that Combs was being pampered with massages, access to a cellphone, and premium booze while serving time in Fort Dix. Video...

This video features an in-depth look at the new *Tesla Roadster* by motoring journalist *Henry Catchpole* and *Lars Moravy*, Tesla's Vice President of Vehicle Engineering. The car is described as an extraordinary hypercar that aims to transcend standard electric vehicle performance through unique engineering and aerospace-inspired features. **Key Engineering and Design Features:** * **Powertrain and Performance:** The *Roadster* uses two high-performance motors driving the rear wheels, producing over a megawatt of power and 1400 Nm of torque (2:41-3:13). It features a unique 4680 battery cell design with double-sided cooling for consistent high-performance track driving (3:26-4:03). * **Active Aerodynamics:** The car...

Probably, you have read about the recent round of riots in France. They began in late September, and are now in their fourth week. This round of riots features mostly students, and the stated bases for the protests certainly appear quite mundane, if not trivial, and certainly out of proportion to the scale and intensity of the riots. What are they so worked up about? They are demanding things like hiring more teachers, repair of dilapidated school buildings, more and better air conditioning and heating, universal school lunches at 1 euro, and so forth. (Here is a list of the...

According to a statement released by the Leibniz Center for Archaeology (LEIZA), Aleksandr Diachenko of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Detlef Gronenborn of LEIZA and Johannes Gutenberg University evaluated the roles of population size, production capacity, and information exchange in societal changes through pottery. "We developed a mathematical model to describe how the organization and intensity of pottery production can influence the number of decoration styles," said Diachenko. "Additionally, the model reveals how pottery styles evolve through human information exchange and population growth," he explained. The study examined 7,000-year-old pottery from the Linear Pottery culture unearthed in...

...Dismantling White Supremacy in Sex Ed”: The Teacher-Training Group Pushing Pronoun Changes Without Parent Permission Teachers rehearse gender lessons and responses to concerned parents in a $325-an-hour virtual classroom ... “Strategies for Dismantling White Supremacy in Sex Ed” “Addressing White Privilege When Teaching Sex Ed” Those are actual offerings on the teacher-training menu at Advocates for Youth, the sex-education organization that partnered with the National Education Association to make its virtual training available to union members....

Freddy, our German tourist friend, and his buddies are getting a unique view of the country as they wend their way through the South. They've hit a variety of big college football games, and were last at the Texas State Fair, where they discovered what you should indulge in at the fair - all the glory of the fried foods. He also got what had to be the biggest hot dog I've ever seen and a mass of fries that was definitely close to violating the old maxim my father used to say, "Never eat anything bigger than your head."...

From Wikimedia Commons: Battle between Christians and Muslims (Jacques Courtois, second half of 17th century). Numbers matter. Large-scale importation of Muslim population groups from African and Asian countries into the United States has produced measurable corrosion of community trust and informal bonds that sustain civil society. Concentrated demographic shifts—conspicuous in places such as Dearborn, Michigan—have generated institutional favoritism, constrained public discourse, and fostered parallel moral frameworks that resist the shared civic identity historically required for social cohesion. Far from being incidental byproducts of pluralism, these developments represent a structural challenge to the very cultural preconditions of American self-government. Dearborn furnishes...

On Monday, August 24th, 2026, an deputy of the Eagle County Sheriffs Department shot and stopped a charging cinnamon color phase black bear near the River Run Apartment Complex. The bear was an adult with two cubs.From the video, it appears the deputy drew and fired the first shot in less than a second, with three followup shots following in fractions of a second after that. The Eagle County Sheriff’s Office released the body camera video on September 8th, 2026The video shows officers dealing with a difficult situation: An adult bear with two cubs and dozens of onlookers, was very...

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The Dodgers spent the last several years building what was supposed to be a roster so loaded it couldn't possibly lose in the postseason. But on Thursday night, a campaign that began as a chase for baseball's first three-peat in a quarter-century ended as one of its most spectacular failures. ----SNIP--- Los Angeles’s spending also broke records. When factoring in the team’s CBT payroll and luxury tax payments, the roster cost more than $616 million this season, nearly $150 million more than the second-place Mets ($468.9 million). The disparity was so great, the idea of a salary cap in baseball...

As Jake Lloyd remains focused on his mental health, he made a rare social media appearance to thank Star Wars fans for their continued support. The 37-year-old joined Daniel Logan, an actor who portrayed Boba Fett in the 2002 prequel Attack of the Clones, in a pair of Instagram videos documenting their recent reunion. Lloyd, who experienced a “full-blown psychotic break” in 2023, waved to the camera and introduced himself. Logan spoke first, saying, “We want to send a special message to each and every one of our Star Wars fans to let you know ‘thank you so much.’” “Very,...

3D-printed fake “meat” and “fish” products are quietly flooding the U.S. food supply and arriving in American grocery stores without clear labeling. The “foods” are sold in packaging that markets them as “premium plant-based meat” without disclosing the printing technology used to manufacture them. Israeli food-technology company Steakholder Foods is launching its PERFECTA brand across the Northeastern United States, bringing engineered imitations of steak, chicken, and seafood to retail shelves. The hyperprocessed products are “built” in Israel before being shipped to American stores in packaging that imitates real meat and fish. - Advertisement - The rollout raises a straightforward transparency...

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The Democratic candidate running against Republican Rep. Mike Lawler shockingly threw Gov. Kathy Hochul under the bus — telling a crowd she agreed with her opponent that the governor “has got to go.” Cait Conley delivered the jaw-dropping burn this week, becoming the second Democratic congressional candidate to publicly distance themselves from Hochul ahead of next month’s midterms. The stunning moment came after Lawler, the incumbent congressman repping New York’s 17th House District, railed againstt New York’s business climate — citing the highest in the nation taxes, congestion pricing and red rape — during a Putnam County VFW forum Tuesday...