No Baltic tribe or tribal group seems to have had a history so dynamic, rich in incident and tragic as the Old Prussians.
They died out during conflicts between two medieval European cultures – Christian and pagan – and were physically destroyed or assimilated.
The Latvian and Lithuanian people have the Old Prussians to thank more than anyone else for their existence.
Under the cover of their heroic resistance against the crusaders, which lasted for almost the whole of the 13th century, the foundations of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were laid, which, in turn, became an obstacle to the mass inflow of crusaders and German colonists into the territory of Latvia.
The Old Prussians belonged to the Western Baltic group of tribes, which also included the Curonians, Samogitians, Skalvians, Galindians and Yotvingians. Around 3000 years before the birth of Christ, the Old Prussians broke away from the first Indo-European peoples and entered the land where they would live right up until their eventual disappearance.
Today the area where the Old Prussians lived is divided between Russia (the province of Kaliningrad) and Poland (the provinces of Elbląg and Olsztyn).
The 1st-century Roman historian Tacitus’s work Germania was the first text to mention the Western Balts. Tacitus called them as “Aesti”, which means “easterners”. This was also how their western neighbours, the Germans, referred to the Balts. The Aesti were described as industrious farmers and peace-loving people.
The Army is experimenting with arming small, soldier-operated drones with guns to shoot enemy targets with either a 9mm pistol or tiny ink-pen-like gun barrel mounted on.
“We are looking right now at a remotely operated single-shot weapon which looks like a pen,” Col. Sam Edwards, Director of Robotics Requirements, Capability Development Integration Directorate, Ft. Benning, Ga., told The National Interest in an interview.
First and foremost, a small drone armed with a pistol controlled remotely by a human operator can attack an enemy soldier on the other side of a ridge, behind a rock, or even inside a building. It can enable point-to-point small arms fire while protecting the shooter. Such a possibility could clearly bring new possibilities to close quarter battle by offering new angles of attack. The presence of an armed drone might force enemies to reposition and move, potentially exposing themselves to targeting opportunities.
Armed drone aerial small arms attack would be very difficult to defend against, particularly if there were numerous mini-gun tubes loaded onto the drone as is the case with the ink-pen-like drone.
Unlike drones that are themselves engineered to become explosives, mini-armed drones could be recoverable and, for example, return to an operator for reloading and retasking. The system will need to have the right kinds of hardware configuration, software, and camera systems enabled by some kind of data link transmission sufficient to send targeting information.
This article is from 2020. If this weapon was made public at that time, you can be sure it was operable even sooner, let alone today.
A reasonable hypothesis today is Charlie Kirk was shot from a drone like this carrying a small caliber round fired through a ‘pen-like barrel’.
This would explain the super-fast drones observed on that day and the anomalous neck wound on Kirk; and, so far, the absence of an exit wound or a spent bullet.
The projectile could have been designed to home in on a signal coming from Kirk’s earpiece or it could have been aimed by a remote operator or AI program.
Only a nation or powerful private organization would have the means to obtain and use a weapon like this.
Kirk’s autopsy will reveal what happened if it is credible, which is highly unlikely. ABN
GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) — Police say one person was killed and nine injured in a shooting at a Mormon church in Michigan, and the suspect is also dead.
The shooting happened Sunday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, about 50 miles north of Detroit, Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye told reporters. The church was also set ablaze.
Police said there is no ongoing threat to the public. Authorities have not released details on the surviving victims’ conditions.
In this image taken from video released by Julie J, @Malkowski6April, Massive flames and smoke rise from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, about 50 miles north of Detroit, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (Julie J, @Malkowski6April via AP)
A respected congressman has claimed that advanced alien beings could be hiding out in ‘five or six’ underwater UFO bases right off the US coast.
Tennessee congressman Tim Burchett, a member of the House Oversight Committee overseeing UFO reports, drew massive attention on social media after saying that he believed there were alien ‘entities’ currently living in deep-water areas on Earth.
The September 17 clip posted on X has already been viewed more than 1.9 million times.
During the sidewalk interview with a UFO researcher and documentary filmmaker who goes by the pseudonym Red Panda Koala, Burchett suggested that advanced alien beings or civilizations may have been hiding in Earth’s oceans for generations.
He added that there have been frequent sightings of unidentified craft around five or six specific deep-sea areas, which he found significant given how little is known about the ocean compared to the moon’s surface.
Mortality is an indisputable outcome and thus a reliable statistical marker of the danger of the covid vaxxes.
But where there is mortality there is sure to be many times more instances of morbidity.
Factor this morbidity into the rise in colon cancers, strokes, other cancers, and more.
Whether they were designed as bioweapons or not, the covid mRNA vaxxes have worked like bioweapons, including probable insertion into the human genome of deleterious genetic traits. ABN
Besides being totally crazy, this vid shows the power of semiotics. It’s a glaring example of what semiology is all about. The girl, the uniform, his gait, the flag, the voices. ABN
Bowel preparation for colonoscopy significantly affects Bifidobacterium, a beneficial genus of gut bacteria. Studies have shown a decrease in Bifidobacterium abundance following bowel preparation, with one study noting its reduction in fecal samples one month after the procedure
This change is part of broader alterations in the gut microbiota, including a significant decrease in Firmicutes and an increase in Proteobacteria immediately after cleansing, with Bifidobacterium identified as one of the bacterial members involved in long-term changes
The disruption to Bifidobacterium and other beneficial microbes can persist for days to weeks, potentially contributing to post-procedural symptoms like bloating and pain
However, research suggests that probiotic supplementation, including strains of Bifidobacterium, may help restore microbial balance and reduce these adverse effects For instance, a probiotic formulation containing Bifidobacterium species was found to restore intestinal dysbacteriosis and reduce pathogen abundance
While some studies indicate that the gut microbiota, including Bifidobacterium, may return to baseline levels within 14 days after the procedure , others report persistent changes in microbial composition, including reduced Lactobacillaceae (a family closely related to Bifidobacterium) and altered diversity, suggesting a more prolonged impact in certain individuals
The extent and duration of these changes may depend on the specific bowel preparation agent used and individual factors
I like the way she speaks directly and definitely without resorting to weak rhetorical questions with obvious answers which often sound feeble or supplicating.
A strong tone can be spoken gently and convey meaning and purpose with great clarity while leaving zero doubt about what the issue is or what the speaker wants.
This is the way we should all speak about the decline of Western civilization and its peoples. ABN
The U.S. Air Force 461st Flight Test Squadron based at Edwards Air Force Base has received a unique specially instrumented F-35A fighter designed to enhance the much delayed testing of new software.
The new aircraft is expected to help accelerate efforts to bring the F-35’s software fully up to the Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3) standard, which is critical to keeping up with the latest advances in Chinese fifth generation fighter programs, and eventually facilitating bringing the F-35 up to the Block 4 capability standard in the early-mid 2030.
The issue of delays has been serious enough that in July 2023 the Joint Program Office placed F-35 procurements on hold, with the Pentagon refusing to approve deliveries specifically because TR-3 software had not been fully tested.
Commenting on the importance of the new to accelerating development world, the director of the F-35 Integrated Test Force Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Prudhomme observed: “As the world’s only F-35A capable of evaluating both mission systems and flight sciences, this new asset is key for rapidly fielding advanced capabilities to the warfighter.” “This new aircraft arrives at a crucial time, supporting intensive testing of TR-3 software upgrades and next-generation weapons integration,” he added.
An ex-educator claiming the de Blasio administration knowingly permitted “racial harassment” against white staffers in the public school system — during anti-bias training sessions and in the workplace — can sue NYC, a federal appellate court ruled this week.
The bombshell decision on Thursday overturned a lower-court’s dismissal of a 2019 lawsuit by Leslie Chislett, a veteran administrator who led the Advanced Placement for All initiative in the city Department of Education. It paves the way for a trial or financial settlement with the city.
“She presented evidence that would allow a reasonable juror to find that the DOE consistently ignored racial harassment of Caucasian employees during ‘implicit bias’ trainings and workplace interactions,” the three-judge panel of the US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals found.
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