While Europe battled and traded, China appeared to be a civilization that had grown completely independently of the West. However, the truth is that China has been in contact with the West since the Roman Empire. As far back as the time of Julius Caesar, the empires of China and Rome influenced each other in […]
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It’s not easy studying animals when they’re long dead. Nevertheless, paleontologists have managed to deduce quite a bit over the years. Then new research challenges established thought or uncovers species so weird that scientists don’t know what to make of them. 10 Homo Erectus May Have Built Boats Photo credit: Encyclopedia Britannica When you think […]
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Better get your guns and ammo now folks …

Gun store offers 'pre-Hillary sale' ' https://t.co/ukQKGHLyB1 @FoxNewsInsider
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 17, 2016

Pretty good idea eh? Considering nothing has ever sold more guns than the Obama presidency; gun ownership climbed under Obama and clearly people are worried they will lose their ability to continue buying firearms so they’re willing to buy and buy NOW…

Problem behaviors and lack of sleep can create a whirlpool that drags a child down developmentally.

Though awareness of the nation’s transgender population has grown, medical networks are still scrambling to catch up with that group’s highly specialized needs.

Watching the unfolding epidemic and concerned that many people did not grasp what it meant to raise a child with the condition, a Manhattan couple offered to share their experience.

Countless stories have been shared about people on the Titanic pulling together to save their shipmates or men stepping aside to let women and children escape on lifeboats. But there are other stories from the Titanic that we usually don’t talk about. Some of these stories are less than heroic, and some are downright ridiculous. […]
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Ask any American who their nation’s greatest traitor throughout history was and they will blurt out, “Benedict Arnold!” Arnold fought for the colonists until he betrayed them and switched sides to fight for the British in the American Revolutionary War. So his name has become synonymous with treason in American culture. Others have committed similar […]
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Ironic @PressSec insinuating this when his boss wrote about cocaine use in his memoir https://t.co/SSuxFYxlEh
— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) October 17, 2016

In case you needed a reminder that the Obama administration is all about staying above the fray:

Josh Earnest says that the candidate who “snorted their way through the first debate” shouldn’t be asking for drug tests
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) October 17, 2016

Transcript:
Reporter: On Saturday, Donald Trump suggested that presidential candidates should have to take a drug test…

This guy's name comes up a lot in various HRC scandals. https://t.co/Kb4RBIIHRv
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 17, 2016

As FBI documents show, the “quid pro quo” was strong with the State Department under Hillary Clinton. The information released by the FBI also shows that Hillary Clinton’s IT tech, who subsequently took the Fifth Amendment on many occasions when questioned about Clinton’s email shenanigans, got a job at State thanks to the same official who tried to get the FBI to change classification on a Hillary email in return for special favors:

Kennedy, Sr State Dep official who sought FBI reclassification of HRC emails, also recommended State hire HRC aide who set up private server
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) October 17, 2016

Patrick Kennedy recommends State Dept interview Pagliano for job – fmr HRC campaign aide who set up private server…