American whiskey makers must have been feeling good in 1970. After suffering through Prohibition and a shutdown for World War II, they were finally back on track, boasting record sales that year. Little did they know the next 30 years would be one hell of ride…straight down. The year 2000 offered a glimmer of hope that whiskey wasn’t completely doomed; a new generation of drinkers who wanted more than just vodka was on the rise. Sales slowly began to grow, but were still overshadowed by sweet cordials and liqueurs. So it was a bit baffling when, 13 years ago, Congress unanimously […]
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Flooding in Neijiang, Sichuan province, has prompted authorities to move tens of thousands of residents out of the area. There are fears that the natural disaster may also damage an ancient statue of Buddha. Heavy rainfall caused the Yangtze river, which runs through the province, to overflow, leaving countless people stranded by the rising floods. Beijing deployed the military to help evacuate residents and provide aid. Sichuan has raised its emergency response to the maximum level, and the Yangtze Water Resources Commission, which oversees the river, issued a red alert and said water was likely to rise five meters above flood-protection […]
Settlers Move In On Palestinian World Heritage Site August 3, 2020 Settlers Move In On Palestinian World Heritage Site2020-08-032020-08-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/palestinian-village-of-battir-e1596480592421.jpg200px200px Above photo: View of the Palestinian village of Battir, with its ancient terraces and irrigation system, West Bank, February 19, 2017. Yaakov Lederman/Flash90. Palestinians in the West Bank agricultural village of Battir are encountering armed Israeli settlers trying to push them off their land. Khaled and Miriam Muammar live in Battir, an agricultural village in the occupied West Bank, just south of Jerusalem. Khaled works in construction and Miriam in the family’s field, where she grows eggplants, for which Battir — which was inscribed on […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Heritage Foundation is now collecting donations for the reconstruction of the 400-year-old organ in the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes that was damaged by a violent blaze on Saturday. “The gothic Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of Nantes suffered a serious fire in the morning of Saturday, July 18, 2020. So that the great organs of Nantes cathedral are rebuilt and resonate again, the Heritage Foundation, in coordination with the Ministry of Culture, is appealing for generosity,” the foundation said in a statement. According to the release, the great organ of […]
On Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed that he had signed a decree converting Istanbul’s historic Hagia Sophia into a mosque which will open for Muslim prayers on 24 July. UNESCO has expressed “deep regret” over Turkey’s decision to convert Hagia Sophia back into a mosque after a court annulled a 1934 presidential decree that made it a museum. “Hagia Sophia is an architectural masterpiece and a unique testimony to interactions between Europe and Asia over the centuries. Its status as a museum reflects the universal nature of its heritage, and makes it a powerful symbol for dialogue”, UNESCO Director-General […]
On Friday, a group of mostly Native American protesters blocked the main road to the Mount Rushmore monument in South Dakota ahead of President Donald Trump’s appearance in the area for the July 4th celebrations. Speaking at a pre-Independence Day event near Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, US President Donald Trump blamed George Floyd protesters for waging “a merciless campaign to wipe out our history”. The Mount Rushmore monument, created in October 1941, features 60-foot-tall faces of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. Two of them, Washington and Jefferson, owned slaves. © RIA Novosti . Chris […]
By Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor, for Unz Review In March 2001, in the mountains northwest of Kabul, the Taliban blew up two colossal statues of Gautama Buddha. The act was almost universally condemned. But the Taliban’s justification of historic vandalism makes at least as much sense as those offered by today’s American Taliban, who are on a nationwide rampage of statue-destruction. Here in Madison, Wisconsin, confused protesters just destroyed two statues honoring causes they presumably support. One honored Hans Christian Heg, “a Norwegian immigrant, activist and abolitionist who led an anti-slave catcher militia helping slaves escape before serving as a […]
June 23, 2020By Gwilym McGrew PHOENIX AZ – Thousands of Trump supporters, both college students and other adults, waited hours in scorching Arizona heat that reached 109 degrees to see President Donald Trump at the Turning Points USA “Students For Trump” Convention. The sold out event in north Phoenix hosted a massively enthusiastic crowd of young adults who’s cheers for Trump and boos for Nancy Pelosi and Bernie Sanders rose the roof during a video introduction hours before Trump spoke. Congressman Gaetz and Rick Grennell we’re introduced to a standing ovation and crazy enthusiasm and applause. Gaetz posed questions to Grennell […]
…from the Virginia Flaggers [ Editor’s Note: The Virginia Flaggers have been one of the main defenders against the anti-Confederate history jihad. We have chaos theory in full bloom now via an open gang war of culture destruction jumping aboard the Black Lives Matter bandwagon. Black Lives Matter needs to be morphed into a new All Lives Matter, including the business livelihoods that are being lynched with the looters taking advantage of the protest to have their usual fun. Please don’t tell me they are expressing their political interest, unless are going to give crooked cops the same free pass. Culture […]