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[ad_1] Sorry for not having any comic strip this weekend. I spent it entirely working instead in the edition of our upcoming YouTube interview, in which we had the chance to speak with Jesse Bering, the author of the book The Incredible Afterlives of Doctor Stevenson. Ian Stevenson (1918-2007) for people who might not know, was the foremost authority in the West of empirical evidence suggesting cases of reincarnation, particularly among young children—in countries like India and Lebanon, but also in Western countries—who remembered uncanny details about their purported previous lives. What’s even more astonishing (and the thing that gave…
[ad_1] California Representative Ro Khanna says he was stopped by Israeli settlers armed with American rifles in the West Bank. The Congressman explained that when the IDF arrived, they sided with the settlers and continued his detention. “Israeli settlers, brandishing American made M4s, detained me & other Americans on my trip to Palestine,” Rep Khanna wrote on X Saturday. “When the IDF arrived, they sided with the settlers & continued our detention.” The Congressman posted a video of his encounter. Israeli settlers, brandishing American made M4s, detained me & other Americans on my trip to Palestine. When the IDF arrived,…
[ad_1] Here’s a little treat for a fan of Fortean films—and if you’re reading this, you’re probably among them: The movie The Hill and the Hole, directed by Bill Darmon and Chris Ernst, is now free to watch on YouTube. This movie is so unapologetically weird, it hasn’t lost any of its potency since I first watched it—here’s my review if you’re interested to read it. Loosely based on Fritz Leiber’s short story of the same name (which was published in the pulp magazine “Unknown Worlds” in 1942), Leiber’s original ghost tale was transmogrified into a smorgasbord of archeological mysteries,…
[ad_1] Secretary Marco Rubio delivers remarks to employees upon arrival at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., January 21, 2025. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett) Secretary of State Marco Rubio controls Venezuela’s finances, making him the effective viceroy of the South American nation. “Mr. Rubio has become the de facto viceroy of Venezuela, holding sway over a sovereign nation in a way that no American official has since Paul Bremer III arrived in Baghdad in 2003 to run US-occupied Iraq,” The New York Times reported on Saturday after speaking with several US and Venezuelan officials. “Mr. Rubio…
[ad_1] Gold posted its worst quarter since 2013, falling 14 to 16% in Q2 alone and roughly 24% overall from January’s record high near $5,600 to just above $4,000 an ounce. Silver fared worse, tumbling as much as 22% over the same three-month period. The selloff was driven by the widening war between the U.S. and Iran, rising energy prices, and expectations of further interest rate hikes. A death cross pattern and options market pessimism signal potential for more downside ahead. Central banks continue shifting away from dollar holdings, with a net 30% planning to increase gold reserves. Gold is…
[ad_1] Ukraine’s air defenses are hitting a wall, and the numbers are terrifying. We walk through Zelensky’s warning that Patriot interceptors are running short, why ballistic missiles are a different problem than drones and cruise missiles, and what it means when Ukraine says it could not stop any of a recent wave of Russian ballistic strikes. The hard question isn’t whether Kyiv “needs more,” it’s whether the US and Europe actually have more to give without leaving themselves exposed elsewhere. From there, we zoom out to the NATO summit and the politics shaping the war’s next phase. We talk about…
[ad_1] Lindsey Graham's Passing Is Shocking & Saddening [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] What's In a Name? Alaska's Confounding Senate Race [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Will Washington State Choose Stagnation Over Growth? [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The president keeps calling his political opponents communist, in defiance of history and common sense. [ad_2] Source link