Jesus almost certainly existed, Tacitus refers to his cult and execution and he was not a fan of the weirdo Jewish cannibal cult or their growing popularity in Rome.
Tacitus explicitly refers to a "Christus" crucified by Pilate and the cult followers he gave his name to, "Chrestianos," distinct but related to Judaism. If there is a problem with citing him as proof of Jesus's historical reality it's that he doesn't tell us where he heard about "Christus," and might just be reporting the claims of the cult without having bothered to see if Prefect Pilate actually executed a random Hebrew cult leader for treason.
Of course, by the time Tacitus wrote he might just not have bothered, rebelling against Rome and getting executed for it is just kind of what Hebrews did at the time.
After the Trump campaign confirmed soon-to-be-graduate Barron Trump’s role as an RNC delegate, and his dad awkwardly forgot his age while reacting to the news, he’s turning down the role, according to his mom....
On 9 May every year, Russia celebrates Victory Day, putting on a large parade in honour of the country's victory over Nazi Germany 79 years ago - in what remains an important symbol of the country's national identity....
Imagine inheriting the corpse of the Soviet Union and having less tanks than literally anyone, much less a nation you've invaded out of your weird Tsarist-era port obsession.
Depends on how much you like reading event dialogue.
The fun in Stellaris, at least for me, came from the bajillions of sci-fi references and events. The downside is that a lot of those come from DLC. The base is good by itself though, and you can always "acquire" the add-ons through other means.
Nah CK3 changed some things but the base gameplay is fundamentally the same. If you had a working knowledge of CBs and inheritance you're already halfway done.
Normally that's not really an accusation anonymous people should use on the Internet, but the man's so cringingly servile I don't think anyone can deny the accuracy.
The FDA was supposed to just be regulating this as their job already. I'm not sure why they need a specific law, but I'm just going to assume the answer is Reagan.
Other than the fact that it/some of it was probably detected in 2023 and all the models do mostly work. Plus the LHC proved the existence of the Higgs Boson.
A Catholic school in North Carolina had the right to fire a gay teacher who announced his marriage on social media a decade ago, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, reversing a judge’s earlier decision. ...
A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against former President Donald Trump. ...
TPUSA became famous in large part due the free advertising generated from liberal and leftist outrage over their messaging, but in 2024 they no longer need that outrage to grow. They are now large enough a brand for their own community to generate that press for them.
You can ignore their shit stirring, but it won't cripple them, it will just mean you don't know what their enemy of the week is.
Ha, not a bad point, but now you know they're outright, irrefutably, no dogwhistles endorsing racism and can even point to a specific example if you need to.
The funny thing about the Jedi is that talking things out first is supposed to be their job. The "Wars" part of Star Wars only happened because a thousand years of peace fell apart because Palpatine's evil space magic was stronger than the Jedi's or something, so they didn't get to tell the Senate that political corruption was bad, actually.
Anyways, that's why the new Star Wars series should be about the internal politics of the High Republic, the most interesting part of Star Wars.
Misinformation campaigns increasingly target the cavity-fighting mineral, prompting communities to reverse mandates. Dentists are enraged. Parents are caught in the middle....
You ever hear the joke about an American tourist only drinking alcohol on a trip to Mexico, because you can't trust the water, and then someone asking them where they got their ice cubes?
Well, the thing about your friend is that even if he were only drinking boiled well water or whatever, he's still consuming plenty of the metaphorical ice cubes.
I'd say that's the only real point the anti-flouridation crowd has, really. Even if they want to opt out, they can't. Even if their local water utility stops flouridation, anything shipped in will still have it, be it bottled water, frozen meals, anything that uses tap water in production, really.
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Misinformation campaigns increasingly target the cavity-fighting mineral, prompting communities to reverse mandates. Dentists are enraged. Parents are caught in the middle....