Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman reveals in the video below that there are many destructive projects, unfortunately, in the Middle East, right next to Saudi Arabia. The projects are ideologically based and not for the good of the people. He said, “We all know that Iran has a purely ideological goal.” Salman went on to say there has been plenty of evidence over the past thirty years, beginning with the $150 billion Obama gave them. In the clip, he is referencing the $150 billion that was seized from Iran and which was released by Barack Obama. He knew it would go to terrorism, as John Kerry admitted. “They didn’t even build a single street, housing complex, or industrial zone in Iran. Their goal is clear. They only spent that money on launching missiles at Saudi Arabia and supporting terrorist organizations in many parts of the world,” Salman said. Salman added that terrorism is not limited to Hezbollah or Hamas. Many al-Qaeda leaders are based in Iran, including the son of Osama bin Laden, who was raised in the ideology. Every problem we have today can likely be traced to Barack Obama and his leftist administration. Saudi Prince MbS reveals that President Obama gave Iran $150B, and the IRGC didn’t even build a single street with that money. Instead, they used the money to make missiles and drones. And on top of that, they also used the funds Obama provided them to finance and arm… pic.twitter.com/1JTL1ExXml — DK (@1Nicdar) April 3, 2026 The post Saudi Prince Salman Reveals What Iran Did with the $150B Obama Released appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

McDonald’s hopes to win back customers with a new menu that’s actually affordable. While businesses around the country are quickly inflating their prices, McDonald’s has decided to do the opposite. On April 21st, the new McValue menu will drop at participating locations nationwide. It will include an under $3 section, a $3 lunch and dinner value menu, and a $4 breakfast meal deal. For a limited time, the chain will also slash the price of the Sausage McMuffin to $1.50 and the price of the McDouble to $2.50. Breakfasts under $3 will include the Sausage McMuffin, Sausage Biscuit, and Sausage Burrito, Hash Browns or a medium McCafé Premium Roast Coffee. And $3 lunches include McChicken, McDouble, 4-Piece Chicken McNuggets, small Fries and a medium Soft Drink. McDonald’s Introduces $3, $4, $5, and $6 Meal Deals The $4 breakfast meal deal includes your choice of a Sausage Biscuit or Sausage McMuffin with a side of hash browns and a small coffee. For lunch, you can also snag a McChicken Meal Deal for $5 or a McDouble Meal Deal for $6, both come with 4-Piece McNuggets, small fries and a small drink. The price drops come after years of customers began complaining about McDonald’s no longer being affordable, with reports of items and combos costing upwards of $15. “We’ve listened to customers and adjusted along the way with a relentless focus on delivering leadership in value and affordability,” McDonald’s President and CEO Chris Kempczinski said, per Today. This story’s featured image is by Scott Suchman for The Washington Post via Getty Images; food styling by Lisa Cherkasky for The Washington Post via Getty Images.

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Calling Soviet doctor Vladimir Demikhov a mad scientist may be undercutting his contributions to the world of medicine, but some of his radical science experiments certainly fit the title. Case in point — though it may seem like myth, propaganda, or a case of photoshopped history — in the 1950s, Vladimir Demikhov actually created a two-headed dog. Vladimir Demikhov’s Pioneering Career In Medical Research Even before creating his two-headed dog, Vladimir Demikhov was a pioneer in transplantology — he even coined the term. After transplanting a number of vital organs between dogs (his favorite experimental subjects) he aimed, amid much controversy, to see if he could take things further: He wanted to graft the head of one dog onto the body of another, fully intact dog. Bettmann/Getty ImagesLaboratory assistant Maria Tretekova lends a hand as noted Russian surgeon Dr. Vladimir Demikhov feeds the two-headed dog he created by grafting the head and two front legs of a puppy onto the back of the neck of a full-grown German shepherd. Starting in 1954, Demikhov and his associates set about performing this surgery 23 times, with varying degrees of success. The 24th time, in 1959, was not the most successful attempt, but it was the most publicized, with an article and accompanying photos appearing in LIFE Magazine. This is thus the two-headed dog that history remembers most. For this surgery, Demikhov chose two subjects, one a large stray German Shepherd that Demikhov named Brodyaga (Russian for “tramp”) and a smaller dog named Shavka. Brodyaga would be the host dog, and Shavka would supply the secondary head and neck. With Shavka’s lower body amputated below the forelegs (keeping her own heart and lungs connected until the last minute before the transplant) and a corresponding incision in Brodyaga’s neck where Shavka’s upper body would attach, the rest was mainly vascular reconstruction — other than attaching the vertebrae of the dogs with plastic strings, that is. Bettmann/Getty ImagesVladimir Demikhov’s lab assistants feed the two-headed dog made from Brodyaga and Shavka after the surgery. Thanks to the team’s wealth of experience, the operation took a mere three and a half hours. After the two-headed dog was resuscitated, both heads could hear, see, smell, and swallow. Although Shavka’s transplanted head could drink, she was not connected to Brodyaga’s stomach. Anything she drank flowed through an external tube and onto the floor. The Sad Fate Of Demikhov’s Two-Headed Dog In the end, this two-headed dog lived only for just four days. Had a vein in the neck area not accidentally gotten damaged, it may have lived even longer than Demikhov’s longest-living two-headed dog, which survived 29 days. Even setting aside the deaths of the canine subjects, the moral implications of Demikhov’s experiment are tricky. This head transplantation, unlike some of his other advancements in the field of transplantology, had no real-life applications. Yet there were certainly very real implications for the dogs. Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty ImagesVladimir Demikhov with his two-headed dog. However, as outrageous as this all sounds, a head transplant wasn’t even that radical for the 1950s. As early as 1908, the French surgeon Dr. Alexis Carrel and his partner, American physiologist Dr. Charles Guthrie, attempted the same experiment. Their dual-headed canine initially showed promise, but degraded quickly and was euthanized within a few hours. Today, Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero believes that head transplants will be a reality in the very near future. He is closely involved in the first human attempt, which is slated to occur in China, where there are fewer medical and ethical regulations. Canavero said, “They have a tight schedule but the team in China say they are ready to do it.” Nevertheless, most everyone else in the medical community believes that a transplant of this kind is still science-fiction fodder. But in the not-too-distant future, such a surgery may actually become a reality. After this look at how Vladimir Demikhov created a two-headed dog, see some astounding photos of two-headed animals found in nature. Then, read up on Laika, the Cold War-era Soviet dog who was sent into space and became the first animal to orbit the Earth. The post How Vladimir Demikhov Actually Made A Two-Headed Dog appeared first on All That's Interesting.

Jesus Christ has been an object of veneration and worship for nearly 2,000 years. As the central figure in Christianity, images of him fill churches, homes, and museums around the world. But why is Jesus white in most of these depictions? As Jesus’ following spread out of the Middle East starting in the first century C.E. — sometimes via devoted missionary work and sometimes by more aggressive methods — people across western Europe started casting Christ in their image and white Jesus depictions began to proliferate. Public DomainA 19th-century depiction of a white Jesus Christ by Danish painter Carl Heinrich Bloch. Doing so was relatively easy because the Bible contains only a few (contradictory) words on what Jesus’s race was and what he looked like. However, scholars have a better idea of what people, in general, looked like in the Middle East around the first century — and they weren’t light-skinned. Yet, a white Jesus remains the standard in most modern depictions. Why? What Race And Color Was Jesus? Analyzing The Early Depictions Of Christ Though the Bible tells the story of Jesus Christ — whose real name was actually Yeshua — it says little about his appearance. In the Old Testament, the prophet Isaiah describes Jesus as having “no beauty or majesty.” But the Book of Psalms directly contradicts this, calling Jesus “fairer [more beautiful] than the children of men.” Other descriptions of Jesus Christ in the Bible offer few other clues. In the Book of Revelation, Jesus is described as having hair like “white wool,” eyes like “flames of fire,” and feet “like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace.” Despite this lack of concrete descriptions, depictions of Jesus Christ began to emerge in the first century. Unsurprisingly — given the persecution of early Christians — one of the earliest known depictions of Jesus Christ is a mockery. This “graffito” from first-century Rome shows someone named Alexandros worshipping a man with a donkey head who is being crucified. The inscription reads “Alexandro worshiping his god.” Public DomainOne of the earliest known depictions of Jesus Christ is actually a mockery. Known depictions of Jesus Christ with a more positive slant date back to the third century. Since Jesus Christ is alleged to have said, “I am the good shepherd… the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep” in the Gospel of John, many early depictions show him with a lamb. The Callisto catacomb in Rome, for example, contains a famous third-century image of Jesus Christ — the “Good Shepherd” — with a lamb over his shoulder. Significantly, he is depicted here without a beard. Though this was a common look among Romans of the age, most Judean men had beards. Public DomainJesus Christ as the “Good Shepherd” in the Callisto catacomb in Rome. In this image, one of the oldest known attempts to depict him, Jesus appears Roman or Greek. And as Christianity began to spread in the centuries after Jesus’ crucifixion at Golgotha, images like this began to appear throughout Europe. Was Jesus White? Depictions Of Christ’s Race Under The Romans Though early Christians worshiped in secret — passing along clandestine images like ichthys to share their faith — Christianity began gaining prominence in the fourth century. Then, the Roman emperor Constantine converted to Christianity — and depictions of Jesus Christ began to proliferate. Public DomainA depiction of Jesus Christ in a fourth-century catacomb near Constantine’s Roman villa. In the fourth-century fresco above, many elements of traditional Christian iconography make an appearance. Jesus has a halo, he’s in the top-center of the composition, his fingers are held in a benediction, and he’s clearly European. He — and Peter and Paul — wear European-style clothing. Significantly, Jesus also has the wavy, flowing hair and beard seen in many modern-day depictions. This depiction grew so popular that it ricocheted back into the Middle East, where Christianity has its roots. That’s because white Christians were moving aggressively across the globe — colonizing and converting as they went — and they brought images of a white Jesus with them. Wikimedia CommonsJesus Christ as depicted in the sixth century at Saint Catherine’s monastery in Egypt. For colonizers, white Jesus had a dual purpose. Not only did he represent Christianity — which colonizers hoped to spread — but his fair skin put the colonizers themselves on the side of God. His race helped enforce caste systems in South America and the suppression of indigenous people in North America. The Modern Look Of The White Jesus As the centuries passed, depictions of white Jesus became enshrined in popular culture. Since early artists wanted their audiences to recognize Jesus — and feared accusations of heresy — similar images of Jesus Christ were reproduced across the centuries. In 1940, the idea of a white Jesus got a special boost from American artist Warner E. Sallman, who painted Jesus Christ as white-skinned, blonde-haired, and blue-eyed. Sallman’s original image, meant for a youth magazine called Covenant Companion, swiftly gained in popularity, appearing in churches, schools, courtrooms, and even on bookmarks and clocks. Warner E. Sallman’s Head of Christ. His “Head of Christ,” noted New York Times journalist William Grimes, “achieved a mass popularity that makes Warhol’s soup can seem positively obscure.” Though Sallman’s white Jesus faced backlash during the civil rights movement of the 1960s, contemporary depictions of Jesus continue to show him as fair-skinned. Frescoes may have fallen out of style but modern-day portrayals of Jesus certainly appear in films and TV shows. Film depictions often take more liberties, but most of the actors chosen to play Jesus Christ are white. Jeffrey Hunter (King of Kings), Ted Neeley (Jesus Christ Superstar), and Jim Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ) were all white actors. FacebookTed Neeley as a light-eyed, blonde-haired Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar (1973). Even Haaz Sleiman, a Lebanese actor who played Jesus Christ in National Geographic‘s “Killing Jesus” is light-skinned. The whiteness of Jesus Christ has faced pushback in recent years as more and more people grapple with what race Jesus was. Activists equating white Jesus with white supremacy have called for a change, with one noting that “the Jesus you saw in all the black Baptist churches [looks] like the people who were beating you up in the streets or setting dogs on you.” And, indeed, a number of alternative images of Jesus Christ have appeared in the past several decades. Korean artist Kim Ki-chang depicted Jesus Christ in traditional Korean dress, artists like Robert Lentz have depicted Jesus as Black, and Sofia Minson, a New Zealand artist, even created an image of Jesus Christ with a traditional Maori face tattoo. Their depictions — of Jesus Christ as a person of color — are somewhat closer to the truth. People of his time and place likely had dark hair, dark skin, and dark eyes. Though it’s all but certain that images of white Jesus will continue to appear, many people are open to new depictions of Christ. After all, the story of Jesus Christ — and the rise of Christianity — is a complicated one. Certainly, it’s one with room for plenty of interpretation. After this look at the myth of a white Jesus, read up on the tomb of Jesus and how tall he was and when he was born, as well as the true story of who wrote the Bible. Then, learn about how old the Virgin Mary was when she had Jesus. 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