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TIL that the Richmond Bridge in London was financed through a tontine, with the toll charged to cross the bridge shared between the investors, each receiving a larger share as the others died, and the bridge became free to cross after the final survivor's death.
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"Anyway, after bitching about the “racism” in the Honor-verse, and Honor Harrington's lack of a sex life, they then go into how John Ringo's character Ghost treats women like sex objects.
"I'm sorry, but who goes into a rant about over-sexualizing women after complaining that a woman lead isn't sexualized enough? You know, aside from hypocrites.
"Not to mention one tiny little detail ... Ghost, the novel, isn't even science fiction!"
https://substack.com/home/post/p-149418464#:~:text=Anyway%2C%20after%20bitching,even%20science%20fiction!
"I'm sorry, but who goes into a rant about over-sexualizing women after complaining that a woman lead isn't sexualized enough? You know, aside from hypocrites.
"Not to mention one tiny little detail ... Ghost, the novel, isn't even science fiction!"
https://substack.com/home/post/p-149418464#:~:text=Anyway%2C%20after%20bitching,even%20science%20fiction!
Declan’s Newsletter
Jumping the shark: #TBT
Women and military scifi.
"Militia groups, such as Patriot Front, are reportedly using the devastating hurricanes to push a narrative about a failed or corrupt government hurricane response.
"In addition to spreading their usual border management propaganda, the groups are now sharing footage of their members showing up to offer disaster relief support."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13949353/Hurricane-Helene-victims-left-relief-workers-Patriot-white-supremacists.html
"In addition to spreading their usual border management propaganda, the groups are now sharing footage of their members showing up to offer disaster relief support."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13949353/Hurricane-Helene-victims-left-relief-workers-Patriot-white-supremacists.html
Mail Online
Hurricane victims shocked that relief workers are white supremacists
Patriot Front deployed volunteers to storm-ravaged communities in Florida and North Carolina after Hurricane Helene ripped through last month. Members helped clear debris and downed trees.
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Media is too big
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This is sick.
Joe Rogan reveals that a Veteran's hospital is “NOT ALLOWED” to link the COVID jabs to any adverse events, “even ones that are listed as vaccine side effects.”
“You're not even allowed to say that this might have been the cause of it. They're not even allowed to bring up that connection,” Rogan said.
“So they have to just treat whatever this side effect of the vaccine is without talking at all about the vaccine and not give any connection to it.”
Meanwhile, The Daily Mail reports a staggering 66.7% INCREASE in heart attack rates among 18 to 44-year-olds compared to 2019.
The fact that you're “not allowed” to call this out is absolutely criminal.
By the way, the drug that they called “horse dewormer” is now doing some miraculous things.
Learn about that in these 10 shocking stories the media ignored today.
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Joe Rogan reveals that a Veteran's hospital is “NOT ALLOWED” to link the COVID jabs to any adverse events, “even ones that are listed as vaccine side effects.”
“You're not even allowed to say that this might have been the cause of it. They're not even allowed to bring up that connection,” Rogan said.
“So they have to just treat whatever this side effect of the vaccine is without talking at all about the vaccine and not give any connection to it.”
Meanwhile, The Daily Mail reports a staggering 66.7% INCREASE in heart attack rates among 18 to 44-year-olds compared to 2019.
The fact that you're “not allowed” to call this out is absolutely criminal.
By the way, the drug that they called “horse dewormer” is now doing some miraculous things.
Learn about that in these 10 shocking stories the media ignored today.
Follow @VigilantFox 🦊
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Live, now! https://www.youtube.com/live/HI--fplRqzo
YouTube
Mosaic Ark 109 John Carter's Postcards from Mars
John Carter, substack author of Postcards from Barsoom, joins us for a discussion about politics, history, culture, science, academia, literature, religion, and more! Transmitting from Mars.
Join us for our livestreams weekly on YouTube (@FencingBearatPrayer)…
Join us for our livestreams weekly on YouTube (@FencingBearatPrayer)…
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"For a start, the people are all actors, and not one of them is the kind of I suppose wavering Republican who would usually vote red.
"Take Wayland McQueen, for example. He’s a far-left comedian who lectures people on white privilege, which probably explains why you’ve never heard of him.
"Or Lanre Idawu, the jacked black guy who likes meat and deadlifts 500lb but is man enough to braid his daughter’s hair. He’s a Nigerian actor who does gay-for-pay movies and photoshoots with his bum out. He’s a friend of the Obamas, unsurprisingly.
"But it’s the message itself that’s most egregious, so totally out of keeping with what we know about the Democrats and their attitude to men.
"At the Democrat National Convention, we got to see what the Democrats really think about masculinity. Instead of Hulk Hogan ripping his shirt off, the audience got Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff bumbling around, and Dana Bash telling us it’s okay for men to have low testosterone and not like shooting guns or doing other stereotypically manly stuff.
"And then, in the parking lot outside the United Center, there was a mobile Planned Parenthood bus offering free vasectomies to convention-goers. Ten men got the snip. Getting a vasectomy is a political act these days, apparently, a way for men to show that they’re willing to take their fair share of the burden as women’s “reproductive rights” come under threat from the Orange Man and his evil allies on the Supreme Court.
"This is what the Democrats offer men of all ages: emasculation."
https://www.infowars.com/posts/the-worst-thing-ever
"Take Wayland McQueen, for example. He’s a far-left comedian who lectures people on white privilege, which probably explains why you’ve never heard of him.
"Or Lanre Idawu, the jacked black guy who likes meat and deadlifts 500lb but is man enough to braid his daughter’s hair. He’s a Nigerian actor who does gay-for-pay movies and photoshoots with his bum out. He’s a friend of the Obamas, unsurprisingly.
"But it’s the message itself that’s most egregious, so totally out of keeping with what we know about the Democrats and their attitude to men.
"At the Democrat National Convention, we got to see what the Democrats really think about masculinity. Instead of Hulk Hogan ripping his shirt off, the audience got Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff bumbling around, and Dana Bash telling us it’s okay for men to have low testosterone and not like shooting guns or doing other stereotypically manly stuff.
"And then, in the parking lot outside the United Center, there was a mobile Planned Parenthood bus offering free vasectomies to convention-goers. Ten men got the snip. Getting a vasectomy is a political act these days, apparently, a way for men to show that they’re willing to take their fair share of the burden as women’s “reproductive rights” come under threat from the Orange Man and his evil allies on the Supreme Court.
"This is what the Democrats offer men of all ages: emasculation."
https://www.infowars.com/posts/the-worst-thing-ever
Infowars
The Worst Thing Ever
The Democrats are trying to convince "real men" it's okay to vote for Kamala Harris
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Forwarded from UNITED24Media
Lithuania Blocks Russian Train with Prohibited Invasion Symbols
On October 2, Lithuanian border guards at the Kyana railway station stopped a Moscow-Kaliningrad transit passenger train displaying symbols related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the letter Z, the innoscription "ZOV," and a message in Russian stating, "Vilnius is the city of Russia."
The train staff was unable to explain the origin of these markings, which are banned in Lithuania. Border guards required the train staff to remove the symbols before allowing the train to continue its journey.
Since spring 2022, Lithuania has prohibited the use of symbols like the "Georgian" ribbon and the letters Z and V, which have come to represent Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
On October 2, Lithuanian border guards at the Kyana railway station stopped a Moscow-Kaliningrad transit passenger train displaying symbols related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the letter Z, the innoscription "ZOV," and a message in Russian stating, "Vilnius is the city of Russia."
The train staff was unable to explain the origin of these markings, which are banned in Lithuania. Border guards required the train staff to remove the symbols before allowing the train to continue its journey.
Since spring 2022, Lithuania has prohibited the use of symbols like the "Georgian" ribbon and the letters Z and V, which have come to represent Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
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"El Salvador’s Lake Ilopango, near the capital city of San Salvador, is known for boating, diving and the rugged, scenic beauty of its 100 meter-tall cliffs --- the lip of the caldera that holds the lake. However, 1,500 years ago, it may have been the site of one of the most horrific natural disasters in the world. It may also be the long-sought cause of the extreme climate cooling and crop failures of A.D. 535-536..."
https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/aag-eruption-el-salvadors-ilopango-explains-ad-536-cooling/
https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/aag-eruption-el-salvadors-ilopango-explains-ad-536-cooling/
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"One agent who has to remain anonymous told Fandom Pulse that unless a story featured a female protagonist and contained LGBTQ+ themes, even in the children’s and young adult book section, authors would be immediately turned down. It’s become a mainstream grooming operation.
"Now, even columnist Ross Douthat from the New York Times has thrown in the towel to try to get his fantasy novel traditionally published."
https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/even-a-new-york-times-writer-knows
"Now, even columnist Ross Douthat from the New York Times has thrown in the towel to try to get his fantasy novel traditionally published."
https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/even-a-new-york-times-writer-knows
Fandom Pulse
Even A New York Times Writer Knows Fantasy Traditional Publishing Is Impossible For A White Male Author
Traditional publishing has been killed by the likes of Tor Books and others in fantasy publishing, focusing on identity politics.
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For your daily pondering of the Roman Empire and its ultimate fate... https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/11346/
collections.lib.uwm.edu
World history timeline : the rise and fall of nations / Oxford Cartographers ; compiled by Terry Hardaker ; distributed in North…
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Kamala Harris demonstrates how to gas up an electric car.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6_xh5SlTRjA
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6_xh5SlTRjA
YouTube
Harris Doesn't understand Electricity. #vpharris #kamalaharris
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Forwarded from Today I Learned
TIL In London, there is a woman who takes the tube every day and sits on the platform just to hear the announcement recorded by her husband in 1950.
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Reddit
From the todayilearned community on Reddit: TIL In London, there is a woman who takes the tube every day and sits on the platform…
Posted by FuzzyRazzmatazz8360 - 550 votes and 22 comments
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"Dumb and dumber? Evidence suggests the IQs of people in the UK, Denmark and Australia have declined in the last decade. A study by the University of Hartford claims the larger the global population becomes, the less intelligent we will be, dropping by around eight IQ points by the year 2110 - and other estimates are even more pessimistic"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2730791/Are-STUPID-Britons-people-IQ-decline.html#:~:text=Dumb%20and%20dumber,even%20more%20pessimistic
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2730791/Are-STUPID-Britons-people-IQ-decline.html#:~:text=Dumb%20and%20dumber,even%20more%20pessimistic
Mail Online
Are we becoming more STUPID? IQ scores are decreasing - and some experts argue it's because humans have reached their intellectual…
Evidence suggests the IQs of people in the UK, Denmark and Australia have declined by 1.5 points since 1998.
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Forwarded from Eurosiberia
"A statesman cannot create anything himself. He must wait and listen until he hears the steps of God sounding through events; then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment."
— Otto von Bismarck
— Otto von Bismarck
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Forwarded from Megatron
BREAKING:
🇮🇱🇱🇧 110 Israeli soldiers were wounded or killed by Hezbollah today, one of the most disastrous days ever against Hezbollah - Channel 12
@Megatron_ron
🇮🇱🇱🇧 110 Israeli soldiers were wounded or killed by Hezbollah today, one of the most disastrous days ever against Hezbollah - Channel 12
@Megatron_ron