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  • The Indo-Aryans of the Middle East [13:16]

    04/25/2026 9:35:16 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 1 replies
    YouTube ^ | April 23, 2026 | Jack of All Languages
    In the ancient Mitanni Kingdom, an Indo-Aryan language very closely related to Sanskrit was used by the ruling class -- but only for very special occasions... Jack of All Languages explores the surprising linguistic links between ancient Indo-Aryan terms found in Syrian horse training manuals and early Sanskrit. By analyzing archaeological tablets and royal treaties, this investigation sheds light on how a prestige language influenced elite cultures in the Middle East centuries before the oldest known Vedic texts were composed. The Indo-Aryans of the Middle East | 13:16 Jack of All Languages | 7.33K subscribers | 2,142 views | April...
  • Mali army bases hit in large-scale attacks claimed by al Qaeda-linked militants

    04/25/2026 9:11:00 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 1 replies
    Reuters ^ | April 25, 2026 | editors / unattributed
    An al Qaeda affiliate and Tuareg rebels claimed responsibility on Saturday for coordinated attacks across Mali, in one of the boldest operations โ€‹insurgents have mounted in their campaign against the military-led government.Mali's army said in a statement it had killed "several hundred" assailants and repelled the assault, which hit โ€Œmultiple sites in or near the capital, Bamako. It said a large-scale sweep operation was underway in Bamako, the nearby barracks town of Kati and elsewhere in the gold-producing country.It was unclear how many soldiers or civilians were killed in the attacks. In a statement read out on state television on...
  • โ€˜This Is Not the First Timeโ€™: Trump Says WHCD Shooting Was Another Assassination Attempt

    04/25/2026 9:09:56 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 14 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 04/26/2026 | Matt Margolis
    During the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, an as-yet-unidentified shooter fired multiple rounds in an entrance area near the event at the Washington Hilton, prompting Secret Service agents to evacuate President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and other officials, like House Speaker Mike Johnson, to safety. There have been conflicting reports, but it appears that the shooter was neutralized and detained, and a Secret Service agent was shot, but was wearing protective gear. No injuries were confirmed among attendees, who sheltered under tables amid chaos. President Trump had wanted to resume the dinner, but the event was...
  • France Yellow Vests Week 386*Macron Reaffirms Russia Hostility*France Blamed In Mali Fighting*Trump Slams Macron Critic*Macron Downplays Iran War Energy Shortage*Energy CEO's Hormuz Warning*Paris Protest*

    04/25/2026 8:36:23 PM PDT · by Nextrush · 2 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 4/25/2026 | Nextrush/Self
    President Emmanuel Macron speaking of a 'very strong signal' to Russia with the European Union's 20th round of Ukraine War sanctions... This weekend the former French colonial territory of Mali now under Russian influence assaulted by jihadist forces associated with Al Qaeda... US President Donald Trump has jabbed at President Emmanuel Macron on more than one occasion Mr. Macron not always in agreement with Mr. Trump or Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But on Friday night Mr. Trump took to social media to slam Macron critic... Today President Macron downplaying any possible fuel shortages due to the Iran War... "It...
  • Tesla Unsupervised Robotaxi Gets Into and Out of Blocked Hotel Parking Lot [3:32]

    04/25/2026 8:14:40 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 6 replies
    YouTube ^ | April 24, 2026 | JC Christopher
    Tesla Robotaxi Unsupervised gets into a hotel parking lot that blocked off by an Amazon delivery vehicle, another vehicle, and a large Sysco delivery truck. It took Robotaxi a few seconds to figure out what it was going to do and then it went to the side of the hotel to drop me off, and then went behind the hotel to get back out and on to it's next pickup. Pretty impressive! Tesla Unsupervised Robotaxi Gets Into and Out of Blocked Hotel Parking Lot | 3:32 JC Christopher | 3.98K subscribers | 12,773 views | April 24, 2026
  • AMERICA PRAYER VIGIL - APRIL 26, 2026 - (PRAYER)

    04/25/2026 7:03:25 PM PDT · by Faith · 8 replies
    April 26, 2026 | Faith
    Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men,...
  • NEWS: The attempted shooter at the White House Correspondent's Dinner is 31 year old Cole Tomas Allen from Torrance, California and he is in custody.

    04/25/2026 7:02:14 PM PDT · by CaptainK · 260 replies
    X ^ | Karol Markowicz
    Appears to be a teacher. People have his pictures in replies
  • ๐‡๐€๐’๐€๐ ๐๐ˆ๐Š๐„๐‘ ๐’๐€๐˜๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„๐‘๐„โ€™๐’ โ€œ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐„๐—๐“โ€ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐Œโˆ—๐‘๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† ๐‡๐”๐๐ƒ๐‘๐„๐ƒ๐’ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐„๐„๐๐€๐†๐„๐‘๐’ ๐€๐“ ๐€ ๐Œ๐”๐’๐ˆ๐‚ ๐…๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐‹

    04/25/2026 6:37:58 PM PDT · by Republican Wildcat · 15 replies
    M.A. Rothman's FB page ^ | 4/25/2026 | M.A. Rothman
    Watch this exchange and understand: ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก. A Cambridge student confronts Hasan Piker about the October 7th massacre at the Supernova Music Festival. Pikerโ€™s response? โ€œ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎโˆ—๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด?โ€ โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด.โ€ The student pressed him to unequivocally condemn the mโˆ—rders, the mutilations, the rโˆ—pes. His answer? โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.โ€ When told the Houthis he platforms have โ€œ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌโ€ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐š๐ง, he shrugged: โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ. ๐˜ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ.โ€ This is the man who ๐ก๐š๐ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ...
  • 'Progressive Christianity' is neither

    04/25/2026 6:08:04 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 6 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 04/25/2026 | Mike McDaniel
    There are, in this fallen world, many mutually contradictory terms, things like โ€œjumbo shrimp,โ€ โ€œtrans women,โ€ โ€œpregnant menโ€ and above all, โ€œprogressive Christianity.โ€ Thatโ€™s not to suggest that political progressives canโ€™t have at least a semblance of Christian faith, only that their secular, political faith inevitably tends to overrule Christianity, which is why many of our mainline denominations are split asunder. One side insists that God, and His Word, are eternal, everlasting, unchanging. The other side doesnโ€™t. After all, if the Constitution is a โ€œlivingโ€ document, changeableโ€”or ignoredโ€”at the whim of Democrats, why not God? Thatโ€™s a question little asked...
  • A bank robberโ€™s cellphone gave him away. Now the Supreme Court is hearing his case

    04/25/2026 6:04:38 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 18 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 8:57 AM CDT, April 25, 2026 | MARK SHERMAN
    WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” Okello Chatrieโ€™s cellphone gave him away.Chatrie made off with $195,000 from the bank he robbed in suburban Richmond, Virginia, and eluded the police until they turned to a powerful technological tool that erected a virtual fence and allowed them collect the location history of cellphone users near the crime scene.The geofence warrant police served on Google found that Chatrieโ€™s cellphone was among a handful of devices in the vicinity of the bank around the time it was robbed.Now the Supreme Court will decide whether geofence warrants violate the Fourth Amendmentโ€™s ban on unreasonable searches. Itโ€™s the latest...
  • Defense Startup Castelion Wins $105M Navy Deal to Arm Fighter Jets With Mach 5-Plus Hypersonic Missiles

    04/25/2026 6:01:18 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 6 replies
    Red State ^ | 04/25/2026 | RC Maxwell
    ARLINGTONโ€” The Navy took a major step forward in delivering game-changing hypersonic strike power to carrier pilots when it awarded California startup Castelion a contract nearing $105 million to fully integrate the Blackbeard hypersonic weapon onto the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The deal puts U.S. forces on a fast track to field its first operational air-launched hypersonic strike weapon from carrier decks by 2027. Unlike land-based ballistic missiles, Blackbeard is made for Navy aircraft carriers and can be launched from an F/A-18 fighter jet operating hundreds of miles from shore, giving the U.S. enhanced capabilities to strike an adversaryโ€™s missile batteries...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ YOU ARE SPECIAL ~ 26 April 2026

    04/25/2026 6:00:51 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 31 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew
    YOU ARE SPECIAL "I don't know why I was even born," the young sailor confided! "I'm ugly. I'm not talented. I've never been what you would call smart. I don't really have any friends. And I can't seem to do anything right. I feel like I've spent my whole life letting people down. Sometimes I wonder if even God could love me!" That conversation took place more than a decade ago, but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. That one and a lot of others over the years with the same message: "I'm no good; I'm...
  • Breaking: Shots Fired at White House Correspondents Dinner, Trump Evacuated

    04/25/2026 5:57:06 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 195 replies
    Red State ^ | 04/25/2026 | Bonchie
    According to on-air reports, which were covering other topics when it occurred, shots have been fired at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Video of C-Span's coverage shows people ducking below their tables while the head table, where President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were sitting, evacuated. The anchor can be heard breaking in to point out the developing situation. ๐ŸšจBREAKING NEWS โ€” SHOTS ALLEGEDLY FIRED โ€” Trump EVACUATED from WHCD pic.twitter.com/8ZVZFe3Oqcโ€” Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 26, 2026The situation is fluid, and this post will be updated as more information becomes known. UPDATE:It is now being reported that the Secret...
  • Is private equity secretly running your life? The elusive financial force that owns almost 10 per cent of the UK economy

    04/25/2026 5:50:49 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 4 replies
    The Spectator ^ | 04/25/2026 | Richard Walker
    Did you know that a secretive thing called private equity owns almost 10 per cent of the UK economy? Did you know that it controls the jobs of several million people and may well own your local hospital, water supply, childrenโ€™s school or even your home? No? Here is a book that aims to straighten you out on all that. Private equity is one of those things that you either know about or donโ€™t. If you are in the finance business you know, because it is the story of the past quarter century. If you are not in that world,...
  • White House Correspondentsโ€™ Dinner live updates: President Trump, first lady evacuated from White House Correspondentsโ€™ Dinner

    04/25/2026 5:45:11 PM PDT · by fruser1 · 250 replies
    NY Post ^ | 4/26/2026 | Carly Ortiz-Lytle, Anna Young and Ariel Zilber
    President Trump and first lady Melania were dramatically evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Dinner less than 30 minutes after arriving. It was unclear what happened, but there were reports of a shooter.
  • The Crossroads of Europe

    04/25/2026 5:43:45 PM PDT · by Rummyfan · 1 replies
    Steyn Online ^ | 24 Apr 2026 | Mark Steyn
    Greetings from Ukraine. I'm in the Kharkiv oblast, which the huge numbers of Russian speakers all around prefer to call the Kharkov oblast. But, whichever your preferred vowel, this oblast is oh, such a blast. Last night, the actual Russians (from Russia, that is) tried to take a town about fifteen kilometres away from where I am. They were repulsed by the Ukrainians, but the artillery fire, drones and bombs from just beyond the horizon gave me a bit of a sleepless night. Or maybe it was the food, which leaves a lot to be desired compared to Lviv or...
  • Cut off by 3rd landslide in a decade, Old Fort, B.C., residents worry about community's future

    04/25/2026 5:35:46 PM PDT · by jerod · 4 replies
    CBC news ^ | Apr 25, 2026 | Matt Preprost, Tom Summer, Andrew Kurjata
    Ministry says it will take a deeper dive into cause once current slide stops movingOn a sunny Friday morning, Kelly Ziebart walks through mountains of mud and dead grass that have heaved off the hills, just south of Fort St John, B.C. "Look how far the road slid down here," he said, pointing to damage along the closed road into Old Fort. "I think they're talking 50, 60 metres." This is the third landslide to hit the community of roughly 150 people since 2018. Once again, it has destroyed the only road in or out of the hamlet along the...
  • Giuffre family hold anniversary vigil ahead of King's US visit

    04/25/2026 5:15:10 PM PDT · by RandFan · 13 replies
    bbc ^ | Apr 25 | Sean Coughlan
    Family, friends and supporters of Virginia Giuffre held an emotional memorial vigil in Washington DC marking the first anniversary of her death. With the White House in the background, her brother Sky Roberts spoke of how his sister, a prominent accuser of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, had turned "pain into purpose". The event was held ahead of the arrival of the King and Queen in Washington DC on a state visit. Giuffre's lawyer Sigrid McCawley repeated calls for the King to meet Epstein survivors, saying it was a "missed opportunity". McCawley said she appreciated the concerns about the King not...
  • Blame it on the Youth: Cary Grant in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

    04/25/2026 5:14:02 PM PDT · by Twotone · 4 replies
    SteynonLine ^ | April 25, 2026 | Rick McGinnis
    The Baby Boom were mostly still in their cradles or unborn when The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer came out in 1947, which makes the film a historical document โ€“ one of our first glimpses of a generation gap forming in postwar America. The whole idea of the teenager is really less than a century old, and by the late '40s it was edging out the "bobby-soxer" โ€“ a largely female phenomenon that was launched into public consciousness with the shrieking fans who descended on Frank Sinatra's performances at the Paramount Theater in New York during the war. In his book...
  • No Strike: Screenwriters Overwhelmingly Approve a 4-Year Contract with Hollywood Studios

    04/25/2026 5:13:13 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 17 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 4-25-26 | Breitbart News
    Members of the screenwriters union overwhelmingly ratified a four-year agreement with Hollywood studios and streamers on Friday, bringing an end to a surprisingly smooth and quick process that brought a prolonged strike the last time around. Union leaders said 90% voted to approve the deal struck between the Writers Guild of America West, Writers Guild of America East and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Studios will now shift to negotiations with actors and directors. Leaders of the unions emphasized gains in health coverage. โ€œIn the face of industry contraction and runaway health care cost inflation, writers were able...