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A New York state trooper was shot in the leg during a traffic stop on a Long Island parkway Wednesday night, sources and authorities said. The shooting unfolded around 11:30 p.m. on the Southern State Parkway near Exit 17, according to state police and sources. The trooper had pulled over a black Dodge Charger and during the car stop they were shot by a person in the vehicle, according to sources.

Is there any truth behind Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds'? Discover the real story of the Jewish Americans who went behind enemy lines to exact revenge on Nazi soldiers. Link to transcript below video.

In 1945, Hitler continued to deny the apparent defeat that awaited him. In a final insane attempt to turn the tide of the war and make up for the lack of soldiers old enough to go into battle, he recruited massively from among the Hitler Youth, enlisting children as young as 12 years old. These little soldiers were sent to fight battles that they had no hope of winning. Nonetheless, as a rule, they fought zealously. As the Allied troops advanced, they were shocked to discover that there were also children among the countless German prisoners. Around 10 000 of...

The estranged wife of an elderly financier griped in Manhattan court Tuesday that he gave her a measly allowance of $10,000 a month — then slashed it in half when she asked him to start his estate planning. Stephanie Foster, 57, added that hubby John H. Foster — an 82-year-old private-equity bigshot now claiming dire financial straits in their multiyear divorce proceeding — eventually dwindled her allowance to nothing, forcing her to submit expense reports to his management company to get reimbursed. She complained on the stand that even his initial hefty monthly payout to her “was less than what...

Two influencers are dead after refusing to wear lifejackets on a speedboat that sank off the Brazilian coast – because they didn’t want the safety gear to ruin their tan in photos, according to police. Aline Tamara Moreira de Amorim, 37, and Beatriz Tavares da Silva Faria, 27, ignored pleas to wear their life preservers when an overcrowded boat taking them back to shore from a yacht party capsized in the rough waters of Devil’s Throat along the Iguazu River, according to local reports. “Some didn’t want to put them on because they were taking selfies,” Sao Vincente Police Commissioner...

A New York mother jumped off Niagara Falls with her two children – with all three dead, including a five-month-old baby. Chaianti Means, 33, stepped over the guardrail at Luna Island Monday night, where a popular overlook looms over the falls’ nearly 200-foot drop. Police responded to the scene around 9 p.m., according to WIVB, with investigators determining the jump was “intentional in nature.” “The circumstances remain under investigation,” New York Park Police added

A 93-year-old Florida man allegedly confessed to twice trying to kill his wife of 60 years — because he “did not want to leave her alone” when he died, according to cops. Helmut Lockner was arrested on Saturday after his wife said he crept up on her watching TV and tried to strangle her with some rope — weeks after he tried to smother her with a pillow, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Lockner allegedly told detectives he planned to kill himself with the same rope, telling them that he “is dying and did not want to leave...

Some still paint the clash between Hitler and Ernst Röhm as a clash between two distinct ideologies, whereas the reality is far more intriguing. So this video provides evidence for the reason Adolf Hitler initiated the Night of the Long Knives in 1934. This video is discussing events or concepts that are academic, educational and historical in nature. This video is for informational purposes and was created so we may better understand the past and learn from the mistakes others have made. Transcript linked below video.

Today we look at the welfare state set up by the National Socialist German Workers' Party in Germany. "Gemeinnutz vor Eigennutz" = “The common weal above individual advantage”. This video is discussing events or concepts that are academic, educational and historical in nature. This video is for informational purposes and was created so we may better understand the past and learn from the mistakes others have made. Transcript linked below video.

This is the history of Lenin before the Russian Revolution of 1917. We'll discuss the rise of the Bolshevik and Menshevik factions within Russian Socialism, as well as how Lenin adapted Karl Marx's theories to the economic, social and politicial situation in Russia. This video is discussing events or concepts that are academic, educational and historical in nature. This video is for informational purposes and was created so we may better understand the past and learn from the mistakes others have made. Transcript linked below video.

Frightening video shows a person running on top of a moving train at the same Queens station where a teenage girl died and her young friend was critically injured while subway surfing over the weekend. A heart-pounding clip taken Thursday by a concerned New Yorker near the 111th Street station in Corona shows someone precariously jogging along the top of an elevated subway car. A second clip from April shows at least five youngsters atop another subway car in the same corridor along Roosevelt Avenue. Advertisement

There are so many misconceptions about Fascism, National Socialism and Third Positionism that few people actually know what their ideology is. Yes it's racist, but why? And what else do they believe? In this video, we will read quotes from modern and historical Third Positionists, and listen to the adherents themselves, to uncover the truth - that this ideology is different than what you might expect. I AM NOT A FASCIST, nor a Nazi, nor a Third Positionist. I am against these hateful ideologies. This video is for informational purposes and was created so we may better understand the past...

9 page description of Fascism. Mussolini's political party was created and named as such by himself. The name comes from Roman "fasces" which were a bunch of bundled rods representing the power of those holding them to carry out the will of the state including capital punishment. Such individuals in Roman times were known as "lictors". The essence is that the individual serves the state which is totalitarian and may have a few or just one person in charge. Hence, individuals unified in this advancement of state objectives are like the bundled rods with combined strength greater than a single...

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance called high housing costs “the biggest threat to the American dream” during a NewsNation town hall Thursday. “So many people in my generation — they’re delaying having families, they’re delaying getting married because they can’t afford a place to raise a family,” Vance told NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo. Low inventory, elevated mortgage rates and record-high prices have turned buying a home from a dream into a nightmare in recent years. At the same time, rising child care costs have stretched families’ finances and caused others to delay having kids altogether.

Karl Marx spent his entire life avoiding work, sponging off his friends and family, burdening the lives of everyone he came into contact with, all because Marx wanted to overthrow the current regime (a subconscious rebellion against his parents) and install himself in the seat of ultimate power (as a way to avoid work). He didn't care about the "workers", his children, his wife, his parents, nor anybody else. All he cared about was himself, and today's video will show you exactly what happened and why. Article mentioned in the video regarding the Industrial Revolution https://mises.org/mises-daily/popular... Clarification for 32:04. Some...

Trump leading by three nationally, has led nationally in last four polls in RCP average. I am cautiously optimistic.

After obtaining American citizenship in 1994, the Muslim immigrant quickly began climbing the political ladder, working for Willie Brown, becoming a ‘human rights’ commissioner, and getting to know everyone in Democratic politics. Hijazi’s social media feed is decorated with photos of her posing with Bill Clinton, Hillary, Pelosi, the Obamas, and above all else, Kamala. “I’ve raised over $12 million for the Democratic Party,” Hijazi boasted at the anti-Israel panel. After the Hamas massacres of Oct 7, Hijazi relaunched her activism, claiming shortly afterward that 40 members of her family had been killed by Israeli bombing campaigns against Hamas. At...

Is your government slowly becoming tyrannical? Aristotle warned us 2,300 years ago. In this eye-opening exploration of Aristotle's analysis of tyranny, we delve into the timeless insights of one of history's greatest political thinkers. Drawing from Aristotle's great work "Politics," we uncover the mechanisms of tyrannical rule that are as relevant today as they were in ancient Greece. Discover how Aristotle's experiences with the Thirty Tyrants of Athens and his personal relationship with the tyrant Hermias shaped his understanding of unjust rule. Learn the tactics tyrants use to rise to power and maintain their grip on society - from manipulating...

Residents of Illinois will be able to renew their driver’s licenses and get new vehicle stickers while they are grocery shopping following the installation of several “fast lane” Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) kiosks in stores, officials announced Thursday. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias (D) began rolling out the pilot program this week by deploying 12 kiosks in the Chicago area and three downstate, his office said in a press release. The locations of the kiosks include Mariano’s, Jewel-Osco, Kroger, and Meijer grocery stores.

The malnourished 4-year-old Harlem boy who died weighing just 19 pounds lived in a hellish, feces-smeared home where his callous parents locked away food, prosecutors revealed Thursday as his dad faced a judge. Laron Modlin, 25, was ordered held without bail after the court learned disturbing new details about the squalid conditions under which little Jahmeik Modlin slowly starved to death. Food-filled cabinets were sealed shut with child safety locks in the apartment where Modlin and his wife Nytavia Ragsdale, 26, lived with Jahmeik and three other young children, said Assistant District Attorney Heather Buchanan, describing conditions found by medical...