25 years ago today‚ The Matrix premiered in the U.S. It was a massive success at the box office‚ grossing over $460 million on a $63 million budget. At the 72nd Academy Awards‚ the film won all four categories it was nominated for‚ Best Visual Effects‚ Best Film Editing‚ Best Sound‚ and Best Sound Editing. In […] The post Good News in History‚ March 24 appeared first on Good News Network.

USA Today can often sound like a large advertisement for the Left‚ and never more so than on Monday’s front page celebrating the wisdom and compassion of former Democrat Vice President Al Gore. The infomercial headline: “Climate icon talks hope and regrets.” There's no acknowledgment Gore paid for this message‚ but it sounds like he did.  McPaper’s national climate reporter Dinah Voyles Pulver was like most environmental journalists – extremely one-sided activists‚ always treating the climate panic as climate “reality.” That's what Gore's group is called‚ the "Climate Reality Project." Pulver began: In an era when mounting disasters made worse by the warming climate raise fears for the Earth’s future‚ Al Gore could simply say “I told you so.” Instead‚ the silver-haired grandfather regrets not pushing even harder to raise awareness during his more than four decades of trying to warn the world about the dangers of climate change. “I guess I could have done more‚ wish I had done more I guess‚” Gore told USA TODAY in an exclusive interview last week. Derided by climate change skeptics and pundits for decades‚ and subjected to memes making light of his concern about global warming‚ Gore soldiers on. Then came a list of questions that sounded like they were written by a Gore staffer on his “Climate Reality Project.” She began by asking what’s the “greatest need” to address public perception on climate? Gore said more activists in your local community‚ but added some biblical panic: Of course Mother Nature is the most powerful advocate. I often say that every night on the TV news is like a nature ride through the Book of Revelation and indeed almost every day now we see these extreme climate-related events all around the world. When asked "What's your biggest frustration?‚" Gore said Big Oil's shameless lies: Well‚ that we haven't made more progress‚ and that some of the fossil fuel companies have been shameless in providing‚ continuing to provide lavish funding for disinformation and misinformation.... I was pretty slow to recognize how important the massive funding of anti-climate messaging was going on. I underestimated the power of greed in the fossil fuel industry‚ the shamelessness in putting out the lies.… They are continuing to do similar things today to try to fool people and pull the wool over people's eyes just in the name of greed. "Anti-climate messaging" is typically skipped in "objective" media reporting -- it's loaded with Gore's "Book of Revelation" doom and rarely balanced in any way by dissent. Gore demanded the world bow to his will and cut carbon emissions in half by 2030‚ and words like "radical" or "extreme" are never used. 

The remains of a 3rd century Roman fortification have been unearthed in Aachen‚ Germany. An excavation in concert with infrastructure work on the Pontstrasse uncovered the foundation of a large masonry wall of Roman construction. The excavation has so far revealed a 23-foot section of wall three feet thick. The full length and maximum width of the surviving segment have not yet been uncovered. Fames as the capital of Charlemagne’s empire (800-814 A.D.) and the city where subsequent kings of Germany and Holy Roman Emperors were crowned until 1531‚ Aachen’s history long predates the Middle Ages. It was a Celtic settlement before the Roman legions occupied it in the early 1st century‚ developing its natural sulfur thermal springs into a bath complex and sanctuary. The Roman military presence ended in the 370s under pressure from migrating Germanic tribes. Frankish rule was established a hundred years later. Scholars have believed since the 1880s that there was a late Roman fort in Aachen‚ but its location was unknown and it was only in 2011 and 2014 that excavations found remnants of the castrum at the bottom of the market hill. After Aachen was destroyed in the course of Frankish raids around 275/276 AD‚ the entire market hill was reinforced with a wall with round towers that was five meters wide at the foundation. In front of it was a ditch around six meters wide. The latter was discovered on the Katschhof in 2011. Comparable forts are known from Jülich‚ Bitburg and Jünkerath. The late Roman defensive wall was continued to be used by Charlemagne. Its King’s Hall (today’s town hall) was built on its southern flank. The fort walls were not demolished until the 12th century. Emperor Frederick Barbarossa demolished the ancient walls when he built new defensive walls between 1172 and 1176‚ but obviously he didn’t obliterate every trace of them. One notable section of wall with the base of one of the round towers has been preserved under a plexiglass floor in front of the restrooms of the Five Guys restaurant in the Markt 46 building (Five Guys restaurant). The remains of the wall that have now been encountered run parallel to Pontstrasse. “It could be the remains of a gate‚” suspect Schaub and Kyritz. The experts suspect further gates along Jakobsstrasse at the junction with the market and at the beginning of Großkölnstrasse. However‚ there are no concrete findings for this. The aim is to preserve the remarkable current archaeological find as best as possible. Intensive discussions are currently underway on this. After the archaeological finds have been assessed and documented‚ construction work at the site will continue as planned. Basically‚ the excavation work in Pontstrasse is already continuing under archaeological supervision.

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“And when we were come to Jerusalem‚ the brethren received us gladly. And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. And when he had saluted them‚ he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. And when they heard it‚ they glorified the Lord‚ and said unto him‚ Thou seest‚ brother‚ how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: And they are informed of thee‚ that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to … The post The Editors’ Quote of the Day: appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: Why Is It That The “Majority” of People Who Live in Urban Hellholes Like Portland Think That They Can Dictate “Environmental Safety” On The “Minority” of People Who Live and Farm in the Larger Rural Land Areas? News Links: Public weighs in on industrial farm moratorium proposal. A group of small dairy farmers sues Oregon over new regulations they see as too burdensome. New significant dairy regulation takes effect with governor’s signature in Oregon. As Oregon enforces its water use requirements‚ small farmers face the consequences. Video from Pinball Preparedness: Oregon Orders … The post JWR’s Meme Of The Week: appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

Introductory Note:  This is an update and substantial expansion to an article that I posted to SurvivalBlog back in 2018. — I often have people ask me: “Why do you stress tangibles investing‚ Mr. Rawles?” In my estimation‚ tangibles always trump intangibles. I have three primary reasons why I distrust intangibles: First: Nearly all intangible investments are denominated in fiat currencies. Because of this there is an underlying currency inflation‚ revaluation‚ or repudiation risk. Even when buying stock in the safest‚ most secure and impeccably-managed company it still has some risk when the investment is denominated in Dollars. Ditto for … The post Update: A 21st Century Tangibles Investing Rationale appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.