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  • Oklahoma public schools to teach about the 2020 election ‘discrepancies’ using real data, and leftists are losing it

    05/20/2025 4:51:11 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 15 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 19 May, 2025 | Olivia Murray
    How dare school teachers introduce indisputable information and ask students to draw their own conclusions! How dare public school teachers introduce hard, indisputable facts, and ask students to draw their own conclusions? Don’t they know that public schools are institutions meant to be used for the proliferation of progressivism? The teachers’ unions and leftist activists have worked so hard to eliminate silly and outdated things like arithmetic, civics, and rhetoric, replacing them with curricula like critical race theory, gender studies, and socialism—and now, Oklahoma is undoing the entire structure they’ve spent decades assembling. Under state superintendent Ryan Walters, Oklahoma is...
  • The Tenuous Taboo: Egypt, ISIS, and Chemical Weapons in the Middle East

    05/18/2025 12:27:51 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 2 replies
    Diplomatic Courier ^ | October 7, 2015 | Asher Orkaby, PhD
    ...With the guidance of former Nazi German munitions experts, Nasser expanded Egypt's chemical weapons program to include the production of mustard gas, chlorine, phosgene, and according to several intelligence estimates, even advanced nerve agents. A short four years later, Egypt deployed this new class of weapons in January 1967 on the small northern Yemeni village of Kitaf, located within the vicinity of the Yemeni tribal opposition's cave headquarters.International media, whose attention had already been drawn to South Arabia by the continuation of hostilities, wasted little time in shining the spotlight and launching full-scale journalistic inquiry into Egypt's use of chemical...
  • ‘Tasteless’: NYC Tears Down Statue Of Thomas Jefferson, Erects 12-foot Statue of 'Overweight Black Woman'

    05/07/2025 8:59:28 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 52 replies
    Red State ^ | 05/07/2025 | Katie Jerkovich
    New York City previously tore down a historic Thomas Jefferson statue only to now erect a 12-foot bronze statue of an "overweight black woman," which many blasted as “tasteless” and more.The statue is called “Grounded in the Stars” and was unveiled on Wednesday in Times Square, created by artist Thomas J. Price. The artist's “Man Series,” a stop motion animation, will also appear nightly throughout May on the district’s billboards, providing a “two-part takeover” in the district that “amplifies traditionally marginalized bodies on a monumental scale," per the Times Square website.Price said, per the Times Square site.“Times Square stands as...
  • Archaeologists Uncovered a Painting That May Prove the Existence of a Mysterious Creature

    05/02/2025 6:56:39 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 15 replies
    Art imitates life ... maybe.There’s something intriguing, even frightening, about the image of an ancient horned serpent roaming across the land. Thanks to some suggestive fossils and legends of old, talk of such a creature isn’t a new concept. But the recent discovery of 200-year-old rock paintings found in South Africa now has scientists hypothesizing that this ancient creature may have been far more than just a legend. The first formal scientific descriptions of this horned serpent—a supposed member of the dicynodont group—appeared in 1845. Considering the abundance of dicynodont fossils found in the Karoo Basin in South Africa, some...
  • You probably haven't heard about Trump’s best idea. How he’s implementing it is perfect.

    04/30/2025 9:44:07 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 22 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | April 29, 2025 | Peter Heck
    One of President Trump's most volatile characteristics can also be one of his most endearing. While I'm reluctant to speak with certainty about eras before my lived experience, I can say that in my lifetime there has never been a political enigma like The Donald. Politicians don't talk like he talks. They don't attack their enemies like he attacks his enemies. They don't pressure the status quo like he pressures the status quo. And not since at least Franklin Roosevelt has a president been so comfortable governing by spitball - that is, throwing some idea or policy against the wall...
  • More than 2,000 Confederate symbols still standing across the U.S., report says

    04/25/2025 5:41:55 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 88 replies
    CBS News ^ | April 25, 2025 | By Cara Tabachnick
    More than 2,000 Confederate symbols are still standing in public spaces across the U.S., according to a report released Thursday by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Of those symbols, 685 are Confederate monuments, the nonprofit legal advocacy group said. The remaining symbols are a mixture of government buildings, plaques, markers, schools, parks, counties, cities, military property, and streets and highways named after anyone associated with the Confederacy, the report said. "As the Trump administration escalates its efforts to rewrite our history, we cannot let up in telling the whole, true story of our nation," Margaret Huang, president and CEO of...
  • Federal Firearms Licenses (FFL) in 1938: Simple, Cheap, & Shall Issue

    04/23/2025 5:45:04 AM PDT · by marktwain · 3 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | April 21, 2025 | Dean Weingarten
    The precursor to the Federal Firearms License (FFL) required by the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA1968), was the Federal Firearms License required by the Federal Firearms Act passed in 1938. The Federal Firearms Act of 1938 is not the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934. The NFA of 1934 is an act requiring taxes and registration for machine guns, short barreled shotguns (sbs), short barrelled rifles (sbr), silencers, and an “any other weapon” for firearms that do not look like firearms. The Federal Firearms Act (FFA) of 1938 was an act that required people to have a license to...
  • Ancient City Unearthed in North Macedonia

    04/23/2025 9:46:41 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 13 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | April 9, 2025 | editors / unattributed
    According to a statement released by Cal Poly Humboldt, recent archaeological work at Gradishte, near the North Macedonian village of Crnobuki, has revealed that a much more substantial ancient settlement existed there than originally thought. It was previously believed that the site was merely a military outpost built to defend against Roman attacks, but new excavations have uncovered evidence of a prosperous city that was much older than scholars had expected. The acropolis alone extended across an area measuring at least seven acres. Archaeologists have thus far unearthed stone axes, coins, a clay theater ticket, pottery, game pieces, and textile...
  • Four Dead in Five Seconds [16:35]

    04/14/2025 8:57:55 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 17 replies
    YouTube ^ | April 14, 2025 | The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
    On April 14, 1881 the rough and tumble boom town of El Paso, Texas was true to its wild reputation as the six-gun capitol of the world.This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration. Four Dead in Five Seconds | 16:35 The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered1.53M subscribers | 72,446 views | April 14, 2025THG's Facebook version
  • CHARLES PAYNE: The truth about tariffs and the history lesson many critics are missing

    04/09/2025 12:25:21 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 9 replies
    foxbusiness ^ | Charles Payne
    For decades, the use of tariffs was considered a smart economic move to protect American entrepreneurship and markets for domestic producers. They were in place as America surpassed Great Britain in the late 1800s and early 1900s as the preeminent nation and economy in the world. They were in place during the Roaring Twenties -- first by the Emergency Tariff Act of 1920 and then the Fordney-McCumber Act of 1931. So why are they frowned upon now, especially by conservative economists? Five words: The Smoot-Hawley Tariffs Act. The tariffs applied from Smoot-Hawley are erroneously credited with prolonging the market meltdown...
  • 90-foot underwater ‘pyramid’ could predate Egyptian landmarks and Stonehenge by thousands of years — and rewrite history, scientists say

    04/08/2025 2:24:54 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 33 replies
    New York Post ^ | April 8, 2025 | Marissa Matozzo
    Is this the real-life Atlantis. A 90-foot “pyramid” submerged just off the coast of Japan is turning heads — and could shake up everything we thought we knew about ancient civilizations. Sitting 82 feet below sea level near the Ryukyu Islands, the Yonaguni Monument has baffled scientists and divers since it was first discovered in 1986. The enormous stone structure, complete with angular steps and flat terraces, looks uncannily like the ruins of a man-made temple — despite being over 10,000 years old. That timeline, if proven accurate, would date it thousands of years earlier than Egypt’s pyramids or England’s...
  • Battle of Lexington & Concord, 250th Anniversary

    04/08/2025 7:41:28 AM PDT · by NonValueAdded · 30 replies
    FreeRepublic ^ | 8 Apr, 2025 | NonValueAdded
    The 250th Anniversary of "The Shot Heard 'round The World" is upon us. Any plans you have to celebrate The Battle of Lexington and Concord? This is a bucket list item for me and I plan to be there, celebrating the many kinfolk who took part that day. There were many precusror events to the American Revolution but this is the event where the die was cast. If July 4, 1776 was the birth of our nation, this was the conception.
  • This Bronze-Age Tablet Is The Oldest Customer Complaint on Record

    04/07/2025 7:58:48 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 26 replies
    Science Alert ^ | April 07, 2025 | Jess Cockerill
    Long before Karen, there was Nanni. (Geni/Wikimedia Commons) ****************************************************************** Almost 4,000 years ago, a Mesopotamian man named Nanni was so disappointed with the copper he bought from a trader named Ea-nāṣir, that he decided to write a formal complaint. Today, this Bronze Age clay tablet is the oldest customer complaint we know of – and it's a doozy. Writing and trade have an inseparable history. Some of the oldest surviving examples of written language are stocktakes and ledgers recorded in the ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform script. Since copper is a key ingredient in the very bronze the age was named for,...
  • The Taraia Object: Amelia Earhart’s Aircraft?

    04/03/2025 6:49:22 PM PDT · by Az Joe · 43 replies
    Archaeology Channel ^ | 01/15/2025 | Kyle Solomons
    The Taraia Object is the commonly used name for a visual anomaly in the lagoon of Nikumaroro Island in the south Pacific Ocean. Its location is alongside the Taraia Peninsula, which projects southwestward from the north side of the lagoon. The Object is visible in satellite images, aerial photos, drone footage, and video footage of the lagoon. Its location is directly east of the Tatiman Passage, which connects the lagoon to the open ocean. (Satellite image)
  • How Congress Can Limit Activist Judges - American Minute with Bill Federer

    04/03/2025 2:50:19 PM PDT · by stars & stripes forever · 12 replies
    American Minute ^ | 3/21/2025 | William Federer
    On January 20, 2025, President Trump began his second term, having won the electoral vote and the popular vote, but in the next two months, his administration experienced an unprecedented 132 legal challenges by liberal judges. Democrat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer explained his strategy in a PBS interview, March 21, 2025: “We did put 235 judges—progressive judges … last year on the bench, and they are ruling against Trump time after time after time.” Justin Evan Smith, writing for The Federalist, March 21, 2025: “Judge Boasberg’s ruling is just the latest example of a judge substituting his own political...
  • The American West: Rattlesnake Kate Started Killing Snakes To Protect Her Baby

    03/29/2025 10:37:38 AM PDT · by EnderWiggin1970 · 69 replies
    Cowboy State Daily ^ | 3/28/25 | Linda Wommack
    Early on the morning of Oct. 28, 1925, Kate heard gunshots in the direction of the pond on her land. It was not an unusual incident, as duck hunters often frequented the area near the pond, despite the “No Hunting” signs Kate had staked around the pond on posts. Kate’s common practice was to saddle her horse and pack her .22 rifle after the gunshots ceased, and ride to the pond to collect the dead fowl left behind by the hunters. This day was no different. After Kate saddled her horse and packed her rifle, Ernie, who was then 3,...
  • New audiobook release: Great Events in the History of North and South America by Charles A. Goodrich

    03/30/2025 4:47:21 PM PDT · by ProgressingAmerica · 5 replies
    PGA Weblog ^ | 3/30/25
    Today I would like to highlight the release of a book written by Charles A. Goodrich: Great Events in the History of North and South America https://librivox.org/great-events-in-the-history-of-north-and-south-america-by-charles-goodrich/This book ought to be highly useful for home schoolers, it is nearly 90 sections of audio covering a much more generalized education than a deep-dive into one single person or historical event. Many of the audio sections are short in length in the 5-10 minute range, and while the book mentions both North America and South America, 75%~ of the book is North America and almost half of it is the American Revolution...
  • "Biggest National Security Debacle" [semi-satire]

    03/29/2025 11:03:04 AM PDT · by John Semmens · 11 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 30 March 2025 | John Semmens
    Former Biden White House adviser Susan Rice went on MSNBC to proclaim the Trump Administration's Signal group chat on the Houthi air strike "the biggest national security debacle that any national security advisor can remember. The pure laziness, malpractice, recklessness of the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the CIA Director and others is bizarre." Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth questioned Rice's remarks, saying "I think most normal people would consider the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 the biggest national security debacle. Over 2,400 people were killed by a massive Japanese air...
  • More JFK assassination files released tonight

    03/20/2025 7:31:32 PM PDT · by Ciaphas Cain · 45 replies
    National Archives ^ | March 20, 2025
    13,700 additional pages release an hour ago.
  • Ex-IRS employee who leaked Trump tax returns summoned by House committee

    03/20/2025 5:44:08 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 36 replies
    The Center Square ^ | March 19, 2025 | Thérèse Boudreaux
    A Republican lawmaker is demanding that the man responsible for leaking President Donald Trump’s tax returns in 2019 testify before the House Judiciary Committee. Responsible for one of the largest data breaks in the Internal Revenue Service’s history, the ex-IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn is currently serving a five-year prison sentence for leaking the tax documents of roughly 400,000 wealthy Americans – including Trump – to media outlets in 2019 and 2020. Littlejohn’s short sentence results from the DOJ charging him with only one count of unauthorized disclosure of tax information and then offering a plea deal, which Republicans blasted as...