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TIL: Between 1908 and 1940, Sears sold over 70,000 complete DIY house kits through their mail-order catalog. A railcar of pre-cut lumber, nails, and a 75-page instruction manual would show up at your door. Many of these βSears Homesβ are still standing today and sell for $300,000 to $500,000+.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Clears the Way For Alabama to Throw Out Current Rigged Congressional Map β Sotomayor Fumes
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/supreme-court-clears-way-alabama-redraw-congressional-map/
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Clears the Way For Alabama to Throw Out Current Rigged Congressional Map - Sotomayor Fumes | The Gatewayβ¦
The US Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Alabama to throw out its current rigged congressional map.
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A short story destined to be a modern American classic, a gothic political satire in the spirit of The Devil and Daniel Webster.
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When Representative Travis Corcoran jokes that America needs βa final solution to the problem of theater kids in politics,β the regime media of New Hampshire erupts into moral panic. As censure proceedings descend into ritual humiliation, an unsettling stranger named Mr. Scratch arrives to preside over the spectacle. Beneath the golden dome of the State House, outrage becomes hysteria, politics becomes theater, and something infernal answers the call. In the final supernatural reckoning between plain speech and political theater, can the old granite spirit of New Hampshire survive in a chamber claimed by darker powers?
A gothic political fantasia in the spirit of The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Devil and Representative Corcoran blends satire, supernatural horror, and American folklore into a tale of private conscience, public shame, and the eternal temptation to trade stubborn honesty for fashionable lies.
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TIL that Chile was considered the most powerful navy in the Western Hemisphere after the War Of The Pacific (1879), even surpassing the US.
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Classic Science Fiction Anthologies
How to get up to speed
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How to get up to speed
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Farmers Abandon Wheat Crop, Igniting Global Food Shortage Fears [VIDEO]
Wheat futures explode after the USDA dropped a bombshell: 10.5+ million acres of U.S. wheat abandoned, marking the smallest American wheat crop since 1972. Hard Red Winter (the main bread wheat) is getting crushed, with production down sharply and futures limit-up.
Globally it's no better: major exporters like Australia (-17%), Argentina (-25%), Canada (-12%), and others are all down at once. The result? A tightening world supply that mainstream analysts say is now raising serious food shortage fears.
Why are farmers walking away from fields? Drought + skyrocketing diesel prices are making harvest uneconomical on millions of acres.
What does this means for you? Sharply higher prices for bread, pasta, flour, cereals, and baked goods are coming. It also pushes up livestock feed costs, which will drive higher meat, dairy, and egg prices in the months ahead.
Watch to learn more.
Substack: https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/farmers-abandon-wheat-crop-igniting
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZkJt3DjpaY
Wheat futures explode after the USDA dropped a bombshell: 10.5+ million acres of U.S. wheat abandoned, marking the smallest American wheat crop since 1972. Hard Red Winter (the main bread wheat) is getting crushed, with production down sharply and futures limit-up.
Globally it's no better: major exporters like Australia (-17%), Argentina (-25%), Canada (-12%), and others are all down at once. The result? A tightening world supply that mainstream analysts say is now raising serious food shortage fears.
Why are farmers walking away from fields? Drought + skyrocketing diesel prices are making harvest uneconomical on millions of acres.
What does this means for you? Sharply higher prices for bread, pasta, flour, cereals, and baked goods are coming. It also pushes up livestock feed costs, which will drive higher meat, dairy, and egg prices in the months ahead.
Watch to learn more.
Substack: https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/farmers-abandon-wheat-crop-igniting
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZkJt3DjpaY
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Farmers Abandon Wheat Crop, Igniting Global Food Shortage Fears
Smallest US wheat crop since 1972 hits global supplies hard and drives higher prices for bread, meat, and dairy
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β πΊπΈ NEW: Cristopher Nolanβs new historical epic βThe Odysseyβ is facing heavy backlash, after it was announced that the Greek hero Achilles will be played by transgender actor Elliot Page
Additionally, the muse Helen of Troy will be played by African actress Lupita Nyongβo, and Greek goddess Athena will be played by the African-American actress Zendaya.
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Additionally, the muse Helen of Troy will be played by African actress Lupita Nyongβo, and Greek goddess Athena will be played by the African-American actress Zendaya.
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Dr. Pierre Kory exposes a massive media anomaly. He reveals over 100,000 articles were published globally about Hantavirus in days.
He confirms this massive coordination is entirely unnatural.
Itβs Covid all over again, except this time a lot more people are awake.
He confirms this massive coordination is entirely unnatural.
Itβs Covid all over again, except this time a lot more people are awake.
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The Wall Street Journal reveals that Israel established a clandestine outpost in Iraq just before the Iran war, with US knowledge. The base housed special forces and searchβandβrescue teams, giving the Israeli air force closer access roughly 1,000 miles from Iran.
Iraq filed a formal UN complaint attributing the attack to the US. Washington denied involvement.
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All Indicators
Andrei Martyanov, whose track record has been very good for more than a decade, believes Russia is going to strike Europe, specifically Germany, soon in retaliation for manufacturing the drones used by Ukraine to attack Russian territory. Now, per strikesβall indicators are that Russia will strike Europe. Russia doesnβt need to use nukes because she [β¦]
https://voxday.net/2026/05/16/all-indicators/
Andrei Martyanov, whose track record has been very good for more than a decade, believes Russia is going to strike Europe, specifically Germany, soon in retaliation for manufacturing the drones used by Ukraine to attack Russian territory. Now, per strikesβall indicators are that Russia will strike Europe. Russia doesnβt need to use nukes because she [β¦]
https://voxday.net/2026/05/16/all-indicators/
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A Greek bronze shield blazon, c. 400β300 BC.
This piece would originally have been mounted to a hopliteβs circular shield (aspis) as part of a warriorβs panoply. Shield blazons often featured animals or mythological figures and served as identifying emblems in battle. Similar shield devices appear frequently in Greek vase painting and relief sculpture, though very few bronze examples have survived.
The lion is shown biting and gripping a spearhead. According to Christieβs, the image symbolized the futility of attacking the shieldβs owner, with the spear represented as powerless against him. The motif itself is relatively rare in Greek art, though parallels appear in Greek coinage and metalwork from Thessaly and southern Italy.
Christieβs. (2024). A Greek bronze lion shield blazon, late Classical to early Hellenistic period, circa 400β300 B.C. https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6497552
This piece would originally have been mounted to a hopliteβs circular shield (aspis) as part of a warriorβs panoply. Shield blazons often featured animals or mythological figures and served as identifying emblems in battle. Similar shield devices appear frequently in Greek vase painting and relief sculpture, though very few bronze examples have survived.
The lion is shown biting and gripping a spearhead. According to Christieβs, the image symbolized the futility of attacking the shieldβs owner, with the spear represented as powerless against him. The motif itself is relatively rare in Greek art, though parallels appear in Greek coinage and metalwork from Thessaly and southern Italy.
Christieβs. (2024). A Greek bronze lion shield blazon, late Classical to early Hellenistic period, circa 400β300 B.C. https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6497552
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π’ US lawmakers are terrified of defying the Zionist lobby - Massie
Though many politicians privately agree with his political stance, they fear that aligning with him would lead to their political βdeathβ, says Rep. Thomas Massie.
Massie, facing a tight congressional primary race in Kentucky against a fellow Republican endorsed by Trump, argues that if he wins, βWe can demonstrate that you can take this hill without dying.β
If at least a dozen lawmakers start siding with him on key votes, he argues, AIPAC wouldnβt be able to financially target all of them at once.
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Though many politicians privately agree with his political stance, they fear that aligning with him would lead to their political βdeathβ, says Rep. Thomas Massie.
βThey're saying, βI won't come back if I take the vote you're taking today.ββ
Massie, facing a tight congressional primary race in Kentucky against a fellow Republican endorsed by Trump, argues that if he wins, βWe can demonstrate that you can take this hill without dying.β
If at least a dozen lawmakers start siding with him on key votes, he argues, AIPAC wouldnβt be able to financially target all of them at once.
βNo, AIPAC can't spend $30 million on a dozen people. That's $360 million. That's enough to build a ballroom, okay?β
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TIL a special edition of the Bible was produced for slaves in British colonies where all references to freedom and escape from slavery were removed, and passages encouraging obedience and submission were emphasized.
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Alleged hush money video shakes up Massie race days before primaryβ Article