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The “Art Heist of the Century”: The Theft that Made the Mona Lisa Famous

LeeF August 21, 1911 April 8, 2023

In 1911, a former Louvre employee perpetrated one of the greatest art heists in history: the theft of Leonardo da Vinci’s immortal painting “Mona Lisa.” …

Playskool Releases ‘My First Knife Fight’ Playset

3 years ago

Hasbro announced today an exciting new playset for kids and little innocent babies: “My First Knife Fight,” to be released under its Playskool brand aimed at toddlers. The playset features real shivs kids can use to stab each other in an innocent street fight. Including a variety of knives, from makeshift shivs made out of toothbrushes and razor blades to switchblades and kitchen knives, the playset is designed to entertain kids of all ages. “Raise your kids right with My First Knife Fight!” says the voiceover in a new … Read More

U.S. Census Bureau Announced the Rigged Results of its Decennial Count of the American Population

3 years ago

According to census officials, the United States counted 331,449,281 among its population, an increase of 7.4% since the last census was conducted in 2010. The first results of the #2020Census are in! Watch our live virtual news conference here: https://t.co/RHvocjkXow #Apportionment #CensusBureau pic.twitter.com/DcpOkjbwz8— U.S. Census Bureau (@uscensusbureau) April 26, 2021 The U.S. population growth from 2010 to 2020 is less than the previous 10-year period that saw a 9.7% increase between 2000 to 2010. Regionally, the South grew the most with 10.2% growth from 2010 to 2020, while the West … Read More

Declassified Report: FBI Spied on Americans without Warrant in Search For ‘Right-Wing Domestic Extremists’

3 years ago

The FBI once again spied on American citizens without court-ordered FISA warrants. The FBI went around the FISA court and looked through NSA communications in search of ‘far-right domestic extremists’ despite being warned several years earlier it was unconstitutional (Fourth Amendment violation). Presiding FISA judge James Boasberg said he discovered “apparent widespread violations of the querying standard.” According to a heavily redacted FISA report dated November 18, 2020 and declassified on Monday, seven FBI field offices were implicated in violations. An FBI analyst ran a search for NSA data “in … Read More

Twitter Suspends Account and YouTube Removes Video of Biotech Company that Created COVID-19 Treatment Using UV Light in Lungs

4 years ago

On Thursday April 23rd, the Trump administration highlighted potential treatment for the coronavirus by blasting UV light on the lungs. The liberal media was aghast and mocked him all day Friday. But this is not an unusual idea and one company AYTU Healight is working on a proposed prototype to treat the coronavirus. On Saturday April 25th, YouTube removed the AYTU Healight video on their COVID-19 treatment plan. Via Michael Coudrey. Wow. YouTube takes down biotech company’s video describing their novel UV light treatment for COVID-19 patients. “We are proud to have … Read More

US Admits It “Lost” 1,500 Immigrant Children, Handed Many of Them Directly To Human Traffickers

6 years ago

According to a Senate subcommittee testimony, nearly 1,500 immigrant children were lost in government arranged foster homes in 2017, with the suspicion that many of them were kidnapped by human traffickers. During the hearing, Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota told child protection representatives with the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) that they were “the worst foster parents in the world.” “You are the worst foster parents in the world. You don’t even know where they are. We are failing. I don’t think there is any doubt … Read More

The NSA Releases 100 Propaganda Posters from 60’s and 70’s

6 years ago

Plenty of bosses hang up motivational posters around the office. But it’s not just companies that do this kind of brainwashing by graphic design: the NSA does, too. A ream of internal propaganda posters that the NSA released in the 1950s and 1960s are now available online, thanks to a FOIA request from 2016. And they are a perfect mix of surreal imagery, pop culture references, and dark propaganda. One poster has a creepy skull inside of a spotlight with the words, “Don’t TALK yourself to death!” A “Season’s … Read More

Unsealed FISA Court Ruling Shows 85% of Obama’s FBI and DOJ 704-5 FISA Searches Were Illegal and Illegally Provided to Government Outsiders

7 years ago

A report ruling on the results of an investigation or audit into FISA searches made by Obama’s FBI and DOJ during Obama’s time in office is released. The report shows Obama’s FBI and DOJ participated in widespread criminal searches and criminal sharing of data with non authorized entities outside of government. On April 26, 2017, an unsealed FISA Court Ruling unveiled a number of criminal activities that Barack Obama’s FBI and DOJ participated in during his time in office. The report to date received little attention. Now interest is brewing … Read More

DCF Seizes Schwab Children Based on False Allegations

9 years ago

The Schwabs are a very devout Christian family who have homeschooled their children most of their lives. They lived in Colorado for a number of years before moving to Kansas in 2013 because of Raymond’s job. They were already in the process of moving back to Colorado in April 2015, when DCF came into their lives based on what the Schwabs say are false allegations from relatives who didn’t approve of their religious and other beliefs. The children remain in the system over the fact that Raymond has been using medical marijuana … Read More

Pigford Scandal: NY Times Breaks Story on Obama’s Fraudulent Scam to Buy Minority Votes

11 years ago

PIGFORD has to be the biggest scam and fraud that most Americans have never even heard of. IT’S ALL ABOUT FREE MONEY! Yes, free money for everyone EXCEPT you have to be a minority to get the $50,000 and it’s taxpayer dollars so it’s NOT free at all. Oh, and you can’t be one of the original 91 black farmers who were discriminated against, won the lawsuit, and actually deserve the money. Our government has spent over $4 BILLION dollars on what was to be a small program to help … Read More

Washington Times Article on Obama’s Ambassadorship Auctioning

12 years ago

D.C. lawyer Timothy Broas, who has funneled more money to the political campaigns of President Obama than nearly anyone else, was nominated by Mr. Obama to become the next U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands and assumed office on March 19, 2014. The Washington Times reported that two additional Obama campaign “bundlers” who each raised more than $500,000 for his elections, Noah Bryson Mamet and George Tsunis, admitted in Senate hearings that they’ve never visited the countries where they are to serve as ambassadors. The president nominated Mr. Mamet for … Read More

25 years ago

Popular TV presenter Jill Dando was shot dead on the doorstep of her home in Fulham, London, on April 26, 1999. Her killing was carried out with a single-gunshot to the head, a hallmark of a professional assassin. When patsy Barry George was convicted for Dandos’ murder in 2001 we knew he had been stitched up. It was only gut instinct but subsequent events confirmed it when George was cleared of the crime at a 2008 retrial. The case remains unsolved and all we really know is that … Read More

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant #4 Reactor Explodes: Have the Deaths, Radiation Levels, and Cancer Numbers been Vastly Overblown?

38 years ago

Experts say only 49 people died during the Chernobyl explosion. Others closer to the disaster put the number at a devastating 150,000. In a new book, Kate Brown goes behind the scenes and discovers widespread cover-ups At 01:23:48 on 26 April, 1986, 17 employees of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were on shift. To carry out a routine experiment, they turned off Reactor No 4’s emergency system, which was, in any case, too slow to prevent an accident. As the operators finished the test, they planned to take … Read More

Sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington Rides 40 Miles Waking up Patriots with the Urgent Warning that the British were Fast Approaching

247 years ago

Sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington rode 40 miles through Putnam and Dutchess Counties waking up patriots to join the militia, led by her father, Colonel Henry Ludington, delivering the urgent warning that the British had burned Danbury, Connecticut, and were fast approaching. Born in New York in 1761, Ludington was the eldest of Henry and Abigail’s twelve children. In addition to working as a farmer, Ludington’s father was a gristmill owner who served in the military for over sixty years, including during the French and Indian War. He was loyal … Read More

John Adams: “Posterity! You Will Never Know, How Much it Cost the Present Generation, to Preserve Your Freedom! I Hope You Will Make a Good Use …

247 years ago

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, Saturday Evening 26 April 1777 I have been lately more remiss, than usual in Writing to you. There has been a great Dearth of News. Nothing from England, nothing from France, Spain, or any other Part of Europe, nothing from the West Indies. Nothing from Howe, and his Banditti, nothing from General Washington. There are various Conjectures that Lord How is dead, sick, or gone to England, as the Proclamations run in the Name of Will. Howe only, and nobody from New … Read More