'Time to leave him alone'

'In the face of violence'

'Makes me upset'

'Lead hysterics'

'I don't like talking about myself'

'credibly destroyed'

Among the sandstone hills and boulders of Madagascar’s Isalo National Park, the curious archaeological site of Teniky has puzzled researchers for decades. These rock-cut niches, once believed to be a makeshift shelter for shipwrecked Portuguese sailors, have now been reinterpreted as a sort of Persian Plymouth Rock, founded by religious settlers looking to practice their […] The post New Evidence Near Mysterious Carvings Show Persians May Have Escaped to Madagascar for Religious Freedom appeared first on Good News Network.

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No shirt is more ubiquitous in men's closets today than the polo shirt. And with good reason. It's the shirt you throw on when you want to wear more than a T-shirt but less than a button-up: a middle-ground that's a safe bet for most occasions in this post-business-casual world. Which is why it's a daily go-to for millions of men. The 100% pique knit cotton polo, by contrast, only looks better with age. When the placket shows wear and tear, it feels welcoming. But not all polo shirts are created equal. Some are hardier than others. Some wear better than others. Some last longer than others. Some look more classic than others. Simply put, some are better than others. Tragically, the most commonly found polo shirts are some of the worst polo shirts. They are the polo shirts that should be cast into a great volcano on some distant tropical island. They are the polo shirts that don’t even deserve to be a rag in your garage. They are the polo shirts that look like the uniform for a low-level data analyst at a nuclear waste treatment facility in the distant future. They are the sleek, shiny, polyester monstrosities known as "performance" or "Dri-FIT" polos. Polo shirts can be unflattering. They can be unforgiving. Even the nicest ones can be tough to wear. The way they are constructed and the general thinness of the fabric tend to reveal any imperfections in one’s physique. If you are carrying any extra weight around, a polo shirt is going to throw it in your face. If you ever wonder why you never look that good in a polo, this is the answer. You aren’t alone. And if all this is true with the nicest polos — 100% thick pique cotton knit polos — it is all the more true with their garishly colored petroleum-based counterparts. The main way these garments "perform" is by reliably making you look much worse than you need to. They do this by being utterly redundant. A "sporty" version of the polo shirt? The polo shirt has always been sporty — it was "athleisure" a century before the category existed. The polo shirt was originally meant for tennis. French champion René Lacoste created it in 1926 as a more comfortable alternative to the long-sleeved white button-ups men usually wore on the court. Short sleeves. Pique knit cotton. An unstructured, flat collar. Hard to improve on that. And for years, nobody tried. Until our scientific hubris got the best of us. What if we made these out of plastic? And in colors undreamed of in nature? We were so preoccupied with whether or not we could, we didn't stop to think if we should. But these polos are "moisture wicking," they'll tell you. Nonsense. The claim that moisture-wicking is desperately needed for comfort during normal daily life is a delusion. If it’s so hot that a pique cotton knit polo isn’t cool enough for your daily life, then a short-sleeve linen button-up is in order. Nothing is cooler. Nothing is more classic. The synthetic Dri-FIT polo, like all synthetic things, ages terribly. With every bit of wear, the shirt looks worse. There is no expectation that the shirt will be broken in one day. There is no repairing or mending that will ever be done. The synthetic polo is meant to be tossed the day that it starts showing any kind of wear and tear. The 100% pique knit cotton polo, by contrast, only looks better with age. When the placket shows wear and tear, it feels welcoming. The more broken in, the more comfortable it becomes. The nick on the collar feels like a worn handrail. The fabric is subdued and quiet. The thickness of the knit is forgiving. A synthetic polo leads you down a path of disposability. It looks best with disposable pants and disposable shoes. A 100% cotton polo looks best with 100% cotton khaki chinos and a pair of leather boat shoes. Natural begets natural. Natural complements natural. You deserve a better polo shirt. You deserve a 100% cotton pique knit polo. Row the boat out to the island, climb the ancient steps, look down into the crevasse, and throw your moisture-wicking polo into the volcano and never look back.

Axios last week highlighted that GOP candidates for U.S. Senate are trailing Donald Trump’s performance in states across the nation. “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and NRSC Chair Steve Daines are grappling with an uncomfortable reality: Republican Senate challengers are lagging well behind former President Trump in public surveys,” Axios reported. To the millions of Americans paying attention, it really isn’t a surprise that Donald Trump is outperforming Republican candidates across the country. This, of course, is puzzling to the D.C.-based strategists helping to run campaigns. Axios added: “The polling gap has baffled Republican candidates and strategists, who expected it to collapse as November neared.” It isn’t baffling at all. Mitch McConnell has consistently failed to serve as a check on the Biden-Harris administration, just as he did during the Obama and Clinton administrations — aside from blocking Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Despite its public rhetoric, the Republican wing of the uniparty has often acted as little more than a speed bump to the elites' true objectives: endless wars and the destruction of the fabric of America. Trump offers a different vision, emphasizing a return to the nation’s roots and putting America and its citizens first. U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who never met a war he didn’t like, illustrated this point further. Amid one of the worst natural disasters the South has ever faced, Graham appeared on Fox News and delivered the following 36 words: I’ve been going all over South Carolina; like most people, I haven’t slept much. But look what’s going on in Israel. We have to help our friends to keep the war over there from coming here. In case you hadn’t heard, more than 200 people have died across the hurricane-stricken South. That number is likely to go much higher. On the day Graham appeared on Fox News and uttered those words, more than 300,000 homes and businesses were still without power in his state, six days after the storm hit. Transylvania County, North Carolina, sits about 25 miles from Graham’s Seneca, South Carolina, home. That county, along with others in Western North Carolina, has been nearly destroyed in the aftermath of Helene. The list of examples could go on. Yet even in this situation, Graham briefly acknowledged his constituents' suffering before pivoting to advocate greater spending on overseas conflicts. Yes, Israel has a right to defend itself, and it has been a reliable U.S. ally. However, there’s a time and place to argue for support of Israel — while your constituents are suffering and dying is not it. This disconnect is why Republican Senate candidates trail Trump in polls across the nation. Graham exemplifies the entrenched mindset that led us into this predicament. After decades in the Senate, he has repeatedly sided with the D.C. elites. His and McConnell’s support for the Ukraine war has drained untold treasure from United States citizens. They have consistently capitulated to the Biden-Harris regime by rubber-stamping continuing resolution after continuing resolution. This has funded the government without holding the regime to account for the invasion at our southern border. We now hear that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admits FEMA lacks funding to help people in the path of the next storm because he spent all of FEMA’s money on those who have illegally invaded the nation. That is as much Mitch and Lindsey’s fault as it is Mayorkas’. To the millions of Americans paying attention, it really isn’t a surprise that former President Donald Trump is outperforming Republican candidates across the country. He puts America and Americans first, while the McConnell- and Graham-led GOP puts lobbyists from the military-industrial complex and illegal immigrants first. Those 36 words uttered by Graham on Fox News strikingly prove that case.