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  • DA Willis, Alleged Lover Nathan Wade Subpoenaed By Trump RICO Co-Defendant

    02/02/2024 7:00:35 AM PST · by Red Badger · 12 replies
    American Tribune ^ | February 2, 2024 | By Will Tanner
    Michael Roman, one of the co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the RICO case brought against Trump and 18 members of his 2020 campaign and legal teams by DA Fani Willis, just escalated his fight with DA Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade. He did so in a subpoena of Wade and Willis, among others, that was recently filed with the court. As background, Roman is the member of the Trump 2020 Campaign who alleged in early January that Willis was having a romantic affair with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. In that filing, Roman’s legal team wrote that “Mr....
  • Smithsonian Links Ancient Roman Plagues to ‘Climate Change’

    02/01/2024 5:47:46 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 29 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/01/2024 | THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
    ROME — Long before the industrial revolution and fossil fuels, “climate change” was wreaking havoc on the health of ancient Romans, Smithsonian magazine contends. Citing a study published in the journal Science Advances, Smithsonian underscores a correlation between cold, dry periods in ancient Rome and “devastating bouts of fatal illness” between 200 BC and 600 AD. Whereas Rome enjoyed stable weather from 200 to 100 BC, it later suffered “three very cold periods,” all of which “line up with documented plagues,” states Smithsonian writer Sarah Kuta.
  • Pope Francis Invites 44 Transgenders Who Work as “Prostitutes” to Vatican for Lunch

    11/23/2023 3:46:53 AM PST · by Jan_Sobieski · 31 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 11/22/2023 | Jim Hoft
    The commie Pope invited a busload of 44 transgenders to the Vatican for lunch.“On Sunday, the women — many of whom are Latin American migrants and work as prostitutes — joined over 1,000 other poor and homeless people in the Vatican auditorium as Francis’ guests for lunch to mark the Catholic Church’s World Day of the Poor,” AP reported.In July, Pope Francis told a transgender that “God loves us as we are.”Also, earlier this month, the Vatican’s doctrinal office announced that transgender people can receive baptisms, serve as godparents and be witnesses in religious ceremonies in the Roman Catholic Church…
  • Catholic Church Allows Trannies To Be Baptized.

    11/10/2023 5:16:31 AM PST · by Jan_Sobieski · 32 replies
    The National Pulse ^ | 11/10/2023 | Jake Welch
    The Vatican announced that transgender people can be baptized in the Catholic Church, witnesses at religious weddings, and become godparents on Wednesday, representing the continued liberalization of the Christian denomination under Pope Francis‘s premiership. The decision, approved by the Pontiff on October 31, was announced in response to six questions sent to the Vatican by Brazilian Bishop Jose Negri of Santo Amaro, who sought clarification regarding LGBT involvement in the church.“A transgender person, even if they have undergone hormone therapy and sex-reassignment surgery, can receive baptism under the same conditions as other faithful, if there are no situations in which...
  • Israeli police arrest American tourist smashing museum statues

    10/06/2023 2:00:03 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 9 replies
    Euronews ^ | 10/6
    The tourist was caught breaking Roman statues in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. On Thursday, a Jewish American tourist was arrested by Israeli police after he was caught throwing works of art on the floor at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The 40-year-old suspect defaced two ancient Roman statues from the 2nd century AD. After questioning, Israeli police say the suspect considered the statues "to be idolatrous and contrary to the Torah." The man's lawyer Nick Kaufman denied his client as a religious fanatic and instead said the tourist was suffering from a mental disorder that psychiatrists have labelled the...
  • Booty of Roman Weapons Found as Sharp as The Day They Were Hidden

    09/07/2023 12:40:30 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 56 replies
    Science Alert ^ | 07 September 2023 | MARIANNE GUENOT & CHRIS PANELLA
    (Israel Antiquities Authority/YouTube) Israeli researchers made a rare find during a survey of a Dead Sea cave: Four perfectly preserved Roman swords thought to have been used in battle 1,900 years ago. The swords were likely "booty" hidden by rebels from an opposing faction, who would have been in danger if they were caught carrying the Roman weapons, Eitan Klein, one of the directors of the Judean Desert Survey Project who worked on the dig, said in a statement. Four Roman-era swords, their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert...
  • Two Huge Landmarks Have Ancient Secret Laying Beneath Them

    06/14/2023 8:06:07 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 12 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | June 14, 2023 | Kay Smythe
    Roman remains uncovered in central London in 2022 were revealed Tuesday to be an "extremely rare" Roman tomb.The "completely unique" Roman mausoleum was uncovered at the Liberty of Southwark site in London, right between The Shard, Borough Market, and London Bridge station, according to Metro. It is believed to be the most in-tact Roman tomb to be discovered in Britain, but no coffins or human remains appear to have been discovered at the site, the Guardian noted.More than 100 coins, pottery fragments, roofing tiles, and bits of metal have been found at the site, along with a beautiful mosaic. The...
  • Skeleton Shatters Long-Held Theory

    12/11/2002 10:32:02 AM PST · by thesharkboy · 43 replies · 305+ views
    LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have found the remains of a man who died of tuberculosis more than 2,200 years ago, shattering theories the deadly disease was brought to England by the conquering armies of ancient Rome. The Iron Age skeleton was found in a pit in the tiny village of Tarrant Hinton in southwest England. His damaged spine led scientists to suspect he was a tuberculosis victim and DNA tests confirmed it. Carbon dating shows he lived between 400 and 230 BC, long before Julius Caesar launched Rome's first tentative invasion of Britain in 55 BC. "It's tremendously important,"...
  • Self-Healing Concrete: What Ancient Roman Concrete Can Teach Us

    04/09/2023 11:30:54 AM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 64 replies
    Hackaday ^ | April 3, 2023 | Maya Posch
    Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman Empire was built. To this day Roman concrete structures can be found in mundane locations such as harbors, but also the Pantheon in Rome, which to this day forms the largest unreinforced concrete dome in existence at 43.3 meters diameter, and is in excellent condition despite being being nearly 1,900 years old.Even as the Roman Empire fell and receded into what became the Byzantine – also known as the Eastern Roman – Empire and the world around these last remnants...
  • Departing from Africa, Pope Francis renews call to end anti-sodomy laws

    02/07/2023 7:57:08 AM PST · by Jan_Sobieski · 37 replies
    Life Site News ^ | 02/05/2023 | Staff
    In a novel in-air press conference with the head of the Church of England and the head of the Church of Scotland, Pope Francis repeated his remarks first made on January 25 about the need for an end to anti-sodomy laws.Noting that some 50 countries have anti-sodomy laws, Francis said as he was returning from a six-day trip to Africa, “The criminalization of homosexuality is a problem that cannot be ignored.”While the laws criminalize behaviors and not inclinations, Pope Francis conflated the two concepts in his remarks, saying of the anti-sodomy laws: “Persons with homosexual tendencies are children of God....
  • Pope Francis Urges Christians to Spend Less on Christmas, Send Savings to Ukraine

    12/16/2022 9:01:59 AM PST · by Jan_Sobieski · 37 replies
    Daily Fetched ^ | 12/15/2022 | Jason Walsh
    Pope Francis has urged Christians to spend less on Christmas and to send their savings to the people of Ukraine amid the war with Russia.The Pontiff addressed crowds gathered in the Vatican for his weekly General Audience.“There is so much suffering in Ukraine, so much, so much!” the Pope said. “I would like to draw some attention to the coming Christmas, even the parties,” he said.“It’s nice to celebrate Christmas, to have parties… but let’s lower the level of Christmas spending a bit,” he added.The Pope then suggested that the money saved on the commercial side of Christmas should be...
  • Mainstream Media Finally Admits: DOJ Subpoenaed Over 40 Trump Associates, Seized Two Top Advisors' Phones

    09/12/2022 9:43:36 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 15 replies
    Red State ^ | 09/12/2022 | Bob Hoge
    The Justice Department continues to ramp up its war with former President Donald Trump and his associates, issuing over 40 subpoenas to his associates over the last week and seizing the phones of at least two top advisors. Many outlets are reporting this as breaking news, but RedState’s Nick Arama had already reported a lot of it going as back as far as Friday.A bit late to the party, The New York Times said on Monday:Justice Department officials have seized the phones of two top advisers to former President Donald J. Trump and blanketed his aides with about 40 subpoenas...
  • Romen-era marble blocks found in Turkey’s Prusias ad Hypium

    08/15/2022 5:21:17 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 7 replies
    Daily Sabah, sabooo, sabaaa ^ | August 7, 2022 | Anadolu Agency
    According to a statement by the Düzce Municipality, many blocks that are estimated to belong to the building of the theater stage have been discovered in the archaeological digs in the ancient city. Of the blocks decorated with floral and mythological elements, the most striking one depicts the hunter Actaeon, who was killed with his own dogs by angering the Goddess Artemis in mythology. Actaeon, who was torn by three dogs, is installed at the top of the block decorated with floral ornaments.It was reported that archaeologists have started cleaning the blocks featuring beautiful decorations unearthed from the orchestra section...
  • An Ancient Roman Cult’s Rituals Included Feasting, Fire, and Floor Cleaning (By Mithra!)

    05/13/2022 3:32:07 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 15 replies
    Atlas Obscura ^ | 5-13-22 | NATHANIEL SCHARPING
    INSIDE THE CHAMBER IT IS dark, and the flickers of torchlight play across the features of the men gathered. The meal over, they sit relaxed on long stone benches that face each other in the narrow nave. Their god has left them for the time being, but embers of the fire that brought him to share the feast still glow red on the altar nearby. Soon, the devout will gather and burn the scraps, including chicken bones and suckling pig carcasses picked clean of meat. Then they will disperse the ashes across the floor and pace deliberately back and forth...
  • Pope Francis Removes Puerto Rican Bishop From Office for Allowing Conscientious Objections to COVID-19 Vaccines

    03/13/2022 2:11:21 PM PDT · by Jan_Sobieski · 27 replies
    Big League Politics ^ | 03/11/2022 | Shane Trejo
    Pope Francis has removed a Puerto Rican bishop from office over allowing conscientious objections to COVID-19 vaccine shots, some of which were made from the mutilated parts of aborted fetuses.Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres led the Diocese of Arecibo for over ten years, but was asked to abdicate the post because he “had not been obedient to the pope nor had I been in sufficient communion with my brother bishops of Puerto Rico.”On March 9, Pope Francis replaced Torres in the diocese. The Vatican gave no reasoning for their decision. Bishop Álvaro Corrada del Río, bishop emeritus of Mayagüez, replaced him....
  • Lupercalia

    02/11/2022 10:15:44 AM PST · by Scarlett156 · 33 replies
    history com ^ | 3 February 2022 | history com
    Lupercalia was an ancient pagan festival held each year in Rome on February 15. Although Valentine’s Day shares its name with a martyred Christian saint, some historians believe the holiday is actually an offshoot of Lupercalia. Unlike Valentine’s Day, however, Lupercalia was a bloody, violent and sexually charged celebration awash with animal sacrifice, random matchmaking and coupling in the hopes of warding off evil spirits and infertility. Romulus and Remus No one knows the exact origin of Lupercalia, but it has been traced back as far as the 6th century B.C. According to Roman legend, the ancient King Amulius ordered...
  • "Art thou not Sebastian whom I before commanded to be slain with arrows?" ~ A few interesting points about Saint Sebastian's ancient Passio.

    01/21/2022 7:34:58 AM PST · by Antoninus · 36 replies
    Gloria Romanorum ^ | January 20, 2022 | Florentius
    Saint Sebastian is one of the great ancient martyrs of the Roman Catholic Church as well as one of the saints most frequently depicted in artwork down through the centuries. The image of Sebastian tied to a stake, his body riddled with arrows, is one of the most immediately recognizable and jarring images of the ancient martyrs. As with many of the martyrs from the days prior to Constantine, his story has become somewhat muddled. He is mentioned in a homily of Saint Ambrose (On Psalm 118) as having come from Milan. Most of the rest of his biography comes...
  • Pope Demands Silicon Valley “In the Name of God” Censor “Hate Speech,” “Conspiracy Theories”

    11/30/2021 7:19:22 AM PST · by Jan_Sobieski · 35 replies
    Summit.News ^ | 10/19/2021 | Paul Joseph Watson
    Pope Francis invoked God in an effort to pressure Silicon Valley giants into censoring more content, including “hate speech” and “conspiracy theories.”Yes, really.The Pope made the remarks during a World Meeting of Popular Movements, a shadowy organization created to promote “social justice” and fight racism with the help of religious leaders.“In the name of God, I ask the technology giants to stop exploiting human weakness, people’s vulnerability, for the sake of profits without caring about the spread of hate speech, grooming, fake news, conspiracy theories, and political manipulation,” he stated.Pope Francis also invoked the term “post-truth,” which was invented by...
  • Massive hoard of Roman-era silver coins unearthed in Germany

    11/19/2021 10:51:54 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 45 replies
    Live Science ^ | November 17 or so, 2021 | Owen Jarus
    More than 5,500 silver coins buried by a river about 1,800 years ago are now in the hands of archaeologists, following the hoard's discovery in Augsburg, Germany.At the time of the coins' burial, the Roman Empire was in full swing, with its coinage reaching all corners of its territory and beyond.These coins "are denarii, the standard silver denomination during the 1st-early 3rd century [A.D.]," Stefan Krmnicek, a professor of ancient numismatics (the study of coins) at the University of Tübingen in Germany, told Live Science in an email.Archaeologists found the hoard earlier this year in an old riverbed. But though...
  • Why was Roman Concrete Forgotten during the Middle Ages?

    11/14/2021 1:28:34 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 69 replies
    YouTube ^ | November 12, 2021 | toldinstone channel
    For centuries, concrete was everywhere in Roman Italy: in the awesomely durable breakwaters of artificial harbors, in the soaring vaults of great baths, in the foundations of the Colosseum, and - of course - in the spectacular dome of the Pantheon. But during late antiquity, concrete all but vanished from the Mediterranean world, and would not be used widely again until the twentieth century. This video explains why.Chapters:0:00 Introduction0:39 Understanding Roman concrete1:29 Early experiments2:25 The apogee3:33 Squarespace!4:19 Geographic limits of Roman concrete5:00 The decline of concrete6:28 Final notices7:26 Not forgotten, but goneWhy was Roman Concrete Forgotten during the Middle Ages?...