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On September 18 of the year 96 AD, a fairly obscure and elderly politician named Marcus Cocceius Nerva was proclaimed Emperor of Rome by the Senate. Rome was in chaos at the time; the empire had suffered from years of turmoil, economic decline, and oppression. Most of the last several emperors– going back
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Woman in labor wouldn’t go to hospital until she voted Last week when a woman went into
Well that wasn’t exactly the landslide we were promised. Obviously there are a lot of unknowns right now. But regardless of who ends up being declared (or ruled) the winner, there are a few things you can count on: The nation will remain divided. About 50% of the voting population will be even
The year 63 BC was an election year in ancient Rome, and an ambitious 37-year old was locked in a heated race for one of Rome’s most powerful offices: pontifex maximus. The young politician, of course, was Julius Caesar. And he ran a cutthroat campaign against his opponents– two seasoned senators, both of
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. School Threatens to Arrest 12 Year Old Over Three Missed Zoom Classes A California school sent a
Hedge fund firm, Elliott Management, moves from New York to Florida. The Governor of New York, Comrade Andrew Cuomo recently released a book called, American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic. It’s puzzling how he was able to find the time to write the book, given that he’s been so busy being
In early 1948, a group of US Air Force officers was working on a secret research project in the California desert codenamed MX981. The purpose of MX981 was to test how extreme gravitational forces from fast-moving fighter jets would impact the human body. Aviation was still pretty new; in fact, the US Air
The morning of June 28, 1914 began like any other normal day. It was a Sunday, so a lot of people went to church. Others prepared large meals for family gatherings, played with their children, or thumbed through the Sunday papers. At that point, tensions had been high in Europe for several years;
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Puerto Rico Shuts Down 911 Over COVID Puerto Rico has two centers which field 911 emergency calls
[Editor’s note: This letter was written by our Sovereign Woman—Viktorija.] Travel is one of those things that rarely goes according to plan… at least for me. A few weeks ago I told you about how my taxi in Istanbul got lost, and I accidentally ended up in Asia. Not long after, I was
At the height of World War II, when American soldiers were on the front lines in Europe and the Pacific battling for the very survival of civilization, life back home was starting to feel pretty bleak. The psychological toll alone was severe. Countless families had a husband, father, brother, or son fighting in
In the summer of 1687, after years of study and reflection, the legendary English scientist Isaac Newton published one of the most important works in the history of the world. He called it Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, and the insights Newton wrote about shaped the very world we live in today. Literally *nothing*
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Dictionary changes definition of “preference” for Twitter mob For a long time, the terms “sexual orientation” and
[Editor’s note: This letter was written by our Sovereign Woman—Viktorija.] I was probably six or seven years old when my mother first put that idiotic pink bow in my hair. She had me dressed up like a little doll, in my nicest shoes and dress, all because we were going to see ‘the
American diplomat George Messersmith found himself in an awkward situation while attending a luncheon in Kiel, Germany in August of 1933. As lunch came to a close, the attendees erupted into song with arms outstretched in the Nazi salute. First they belted out Germany’s national anthem, followed by the anthem of the Stormtroopers–
