Nearly 3,000 years ago, a nation few remember today swept through the Middle-East. They laid cities to waste, tortured the survivors, and spread terror everywhere they went. This was Assyria—the first nation to make its military might its central policy and the first nation to torment its enemies with psychological warfare. Life behind a city’s […]
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Silver is a precious metal that has been used for thousands of years in currency, ornaments, utensils, and trade. Alchemists have linked silver to power of the Moon and the mysteries of the sacred feminine. It has the highest conductivity of any metal and is critical in solar panels, industrial electrical contacts, and medical instruments. […]
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What is @newtgingrich doing you guys?
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) December 7, 2016

Newt Gingrich isn’t without his quirks, but this afternoon, he may have taken it to another level.
It started off OK:

December 7 is a good day to remember that the world is dangerous and shattering surprise is possible even when we have been warned.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) December 7, 2016

But then it took kind of a weird turn:

75 years ago the Japanese displayed professional brilliance and technological power launching surprises from Hawaii to the Philippines
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) December 7, 2016

Japanese planning and trainng let them also carry out surprise attacks in Hong Kong and Malaysia…

Men and women in their 60s and 70s can build muscles that are as strong as a 40-year-old’s, though the process of bulking up works differently in older people than in the young.

You know that something’s made it big when it reaches the White House. Take, for example, the time that Press Secretary Josh Earnest found himself at a loss when asked about the epidemic of creepy clowns terrorizing American citizens.
The clown threat seems to have receded, and now Americans are being flooded with think pieces about “fake news,” the latest and greatest danger to our country, at least since the election results came in…

@ShaunKing you left out Obama
— paully (@paully_steaks) December 7, 2016

Add writer and valiant social justice warrior Shaun King to the chorus of those outraged by Time’s naming Donald Trump Person of the Year. But what makes Shaun’s outrage worth highlighting is what he’s not-so-subtly implying in this tweet:

Just a reminder.
Hitler.Stalin.Putin.Trump.
Time Person of the Year…

Whether Jesus of Nazareth was the son of God is a question of faith. But there’s almost no dispute that he was a real person who lived through history. It’s hard to find proof of the real man who lived 2,000 years ago. Every year, though, we slowly unearth bits and pieces of the historical […]
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Fashion has never been straightforward or logical. In fact, it has often been downright weird. Clothing and styles have changed through the centuries, including something that we regard as completely normal and commonplace today: underwear. So pull up your underpants, and get ready for 10 crazy pieces of historical underwear that you’ll be happy you […]
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The recovery of a woman with advanced colon cancer, after treatment with cells from her own immune system, may help doctors develop new treatments for other patients.

Republicans may try to “repeal and delay” Obamacare. But controlling the timing of the program’s demise could be tricky.