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Was happy to get my first look at SS Rock Arnold (OSU Cowboy Baseball) down in Jupiter. Went 1-for-2 in the game I saw him and hammered a backside RBI triple. Recently re-classed into the C/O 2026. Listed at 6'1" and 190-lbs, Arnold has a lean, athletic frame with some length in his lower-half and present strength. Stands fairly tall in the box, small leg lift gives way to a normal stride. Hands will drift and drop a bit in his load that includes a barrel tip. Present bat and hand speed, slightly uphill swing path that's geared towards lifting the baseball. There's a degree of adjustability in Arnold's swing, and he's shown the ability to drop his back knee to help create leverage. Some swing and miss, particularly against secondaries, but Arnold's swing decisions were sound and he stayed within the strike zone in my look. Has shown he can impact the baseballโ€”especially to the pull side. Arnold's athleticism is evident both in the box and on the dirt. Flashed an above-average arm on the left side of the infield with solid carry across the diamond. Didn't display the quickest first step on the play I saw him attempt to make, though he showed comfortability attacking the baseball. Figures to get the chance to stick at shortstop. When bucketing these players out, Arnold fits into a handful of them: He's an athletic, lefthanded hitting SS with present power and potentially more on the way. Definite name to follow closely this spring in the Northeast.

Peter Flaherty III

13,273 ะฟั€ะพัะผะพั‚ั€ะพะฒ โ€ข 10 ะผะตััั†ะตะฒ ะฝะฐะทะฐะด

C Easton Carmichael (Oklahoma Baseball) is one of the top college catchers in this year's Draft. Started from the get-go as a Freshman and hit .306/.346/.482 with 18 XBH and 48 RBIs. Proceeded to enjoy an outstanding Sophomore campaign to the tune of a .366/.406/.563 slash line with 31 XBH, 64 RBIs and 12 SB. Carmichael was then an All-Star and All-League selection in the Cape League after hitting .299/.372/.496 with 10 2B, 5 HR and 23 RBIs across 36 games. Prototypical catcher's frame at 6'1" and 200-lbs with strength throughout. Slightly crouched stance in the box with a high handset and the bat held horizontally above his back shoulder. Hands drift a little bit in his load, leg lift leads into a normal stride. Does a nice job of getting into his back hip. Average bat speed. Carmichael has an aggressive approach and digs into the box ready to hit. He uses the entire field and has a tick above-average bat-to-ball skills. Has shown the ability to drive the baseball into either gap. Could stand to tighten up his swing decisions a bit; chased at a 35% clip and was particularly susceptible to secondaries down and away. Present barrel skills. Would say his hit tool is a 50 right now, though it's probably closer to a 55. It's more extra-base hit and gap-to-gap power than it is HR power for Carmichael right now, but he has shown he can generate quality contact. Posted a Max EV of 109.5 during the spring and 104.2 on the Cape. If he can pull the ball in the air more (had an Air Pull% of just 20.8 in '24), it could lead to an increase in power production. 50 raw, it plays more like 45 in-game. It's been encouraging to see the progress Carmichael has made defensively. Has gotten better at corralling balls in the dirt and his transfers have gotten quicker. Best part of Carmichael's defensive skillset is his receiving. Soft and quiet, consistently works down to up and has a knack for stealing strikes. Doesn't stab at the baseball. Average arm strength, continuing to shore up his footwork will only help as it pertains to controlling the running game and delivering accurate throws down to bases. A nice cherry on top to Carmichael's profile is that he's far from a clogger on the bases. By no means a burner, but he'll pick his spots to steal a bag. Carmichael has an intriguing toolset and profiles as a 2nd-4th round pick this July. (๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ: Oklahoma Baseball)

Peter Flaherty III

32,357 ะฟั€ะพัะผะพั‚ั€ะพะฒ โ€ข 1 ะณะพะด ะฝะฐะทะฐะด

Shifting focus to 2025, RHP Tyler Bremner (UC Santa Barbara Baseball) is one of my favorite College arms in the class. As a freshman, Bremner split time between the bullpen and the rotation and pitched his way to a modest 5.37 ERA with an impressive strikeout-to-walk ratio of 80-to-17 across 55.1 innings. Bremner has a lean, athletic build at 6'2" and 180-lbs. He has room to fill out physically and as he does, his already-electric stuff will only tick up. Bremner has a low maintenance, under control operation with present arm speed. He attacks hitters from a high-three quarter slot and his fastball sits in the 93-96 range and tops out at 98. It has elite riding life (averaged over 21" of IVB in '23) and is most effective when located in the top-half of the zone. Between its velocity and shape, it is a 60-grade offering. He boasts two quality secondary offerings in a mid-80s changeup and low-80s slider. Bremnerโ€™s changeup is the more polished of the two, but his sweeping slider has plus potential. In 2023, Bremnerโ€™s changeup generated an impressive 48% miss rate. He has advanced feel for the offering, and he will throw it to both left and righthanded hitters. It plays well off his mid-90s fastball and flashes big time late tumbling life and some fade to the arm side. Bremner threw his slider just 12% of the time in 2023, but it has the chance to be a true out pitch in the future. It features ample late sweeping life as well as some depth, and is a real weapon especially against righthanded hitters. It has reportedly taken a step forward this fall and could be a lethal offering in 2024. Between his plus control, low effort delivery, and the chance to have three plus or better pitches, Bremner profiles as a starter professionally. He has a chance to become a household name this spring and with two strong seasons pitching in the rotation, Bremner has 1st Round upside in 2025. (๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ: UC Santa Barbara Baseball)

Peter Flaherty III

47,376 ะฟั€ะพัะผะพั‚ั€ะพะฒ โ€ข 2 ะปะตั‚ ะฝะฐะทะฐะด

OF Nick Dumesnil (California Baptist Baseball) is one of the higher upside college bats in this year's Draft. Showed flashes across a limited sample as a Freshman, but exploded last year to the tune of a .362/.440/.702 slash line with 40 XBH (19 HRs) and 45 RBIs across 61 games. Proceeded to have an excellent summer on the Cape in which he hit .311/.378/.489 with a league-leading 12 2B, 4 HR, 15 RBIs and a league-leading 26 SB in 36 games. Strong, athletic frame at 6'2" and 205-pounds. Big league body. Slightly wide base in the box with a somewhat high handset (lowered his hands as the summer went on, was ultra-high at school with his bat pointed almost straight down behind his back shoulder. Drew Burress-ish look). Ultra-small stride that is more of a toe tap than anything else. Hands already start pretty far back, though they drift slightly in his load. Engaged lower-half, especially his back side. Easy plus bat speed. Dumesnil showed the ability to drive the baseball to all fields both at school and on the Cape. Would give his power a 55 overall, but it's a 6 to the pull side. Top spun a 2-run HR (EV of 106) off the scoreboard in the ASG. Very curious to monitor how his hit tool progresses this spring. There's a present feel for the barrel and his bat-to-ball skills are plus (ovr. IZ contact rate of 90%, including 93% and 91% against FB and SL, respectively). Will certainly need to shore up his pitch recognition skills and swing decisions in order to maximize his offensive upside. Some chase up/out against FB, down/out against secondaries. Key will be doing a better job of picking up spin out of the hand. Plus runnerโ€”who most importantly knows HOW to runโ€”whose speed translates on both sides of the baseball. Chaos-causer on the bases, Dumesnil's speed also gives him the opportunity to take an extra base on a ball in the gap or down the line. I thought his instincts in CF got better as the summer went on. Dumesnil's speed and elite athleticism allow him to cover plenty of ground and his arm is average, I'm sure he'll get the opportunity to prove he can stick there in pro ball. Chance he could move off and end up at a corner eventually. Key for Dumesnil is adding polish to his hit tool. There is 5-tool upside (key word) with him and he can impact the game in a number of ways. Potential first round pick this July. (๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ: California Baptist Baseball)

Peter Flaherty III

21,730 ะฟั€ะพัะผะพั‚ั€ะพะฒ โ€ข 1 ะณะพะด ะฝะฐะทะฐะด

LHP Zach Root (Arkansas Baseball) is one of the best college lefthanders in this year's Draft class. After splitting time between the bullpen and rotation as a Freshman, Root last year was a full time starter and pitched his way to a 3.56 ERA with 76 Ks to 21 BB across 68.1 IP. Slightly undersized at 6'1" and 186-pounds, but there's present strength and physicality in his lower-half. Natural funk and deception in his delivery that includes a high leg lift and some tilt in his upper-half. Average arm stroke with a slight wrist coil, attacks from a mid-three quarter (maybe a tick lower) slot with a bit of cross fire. Root's FB will sit in the 91-94 range, but it was up to 97. Will flash arm side life through the zone and is best when located on either third (arm or glove side) of the plate or in the top-half. Not a real bat-misser right now, so refining its shape should be a point of focus both this spring and beyond. Bread and butter offerings are his secondaries. Root's low-80s CH gets averaged almost 10 MPH of separation off his heater and it's a pitch he throws with conviction. Consistently flashes fade to the arm side as well as late diving life. Generated a 46% miss rate last spring, would stick a plus grade on it. High-70s-to-low-80s CB flashes big-time depth with some sharpness. 11-to-5 shape against RHH, but will be longer than it is deep against LHH. Has a decent feel for the pitch, and last season it held opposing hitters to a minuscule .048 average while generating a 48% miss rate. Rounds out his arsenal with a mid-to-upper-80s CUT/SL that against LHH will flash sweeping life with some late bite. Potentially average offering. Would like to see his strike-throwing improve this season. Day 1 profile this July. (๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ: ECU Baseball)

Peter Flaherty III

63,571 ะฟั€ะพัะผะพั‚ั€ะพะฒ โ€ข 1 ะณะพะด ะฝะฐะทะฐะด

RHP Jacob Mayers (LSU Baseball) is an interesting arm in this year's Draft class. Was outstanding as a true Freshman and pitched his way to a 2.02 ERA with 105 Ks to 58 BB across 75.2 innings en route to taking home Southland Conference Pitcher of the Year honors and being named a First Team Freshman All-American. Took a bit of a step back in 2024 and compiled a 4.58 ERA with an SLC-leading 106 Ks to go along with 76 BB in 70.2 IP. Mayers has a projectable, high-waisted frame at 6'5" and 205-pounds. He doesn't have the cleanest or simplest delivery and he'll struggle to repeat it at times. Mayers has a somewhat abbreviated arm stroke and attacks from an over-the-top slot with present arm speed. Front side will sometimes fly open which has led to command issues, but there's some pretty low hanging fruit to clean up in his operation going forward (Ex: getting more into his lower-half, refining it to become more repeatable). Adding strength and explosiveness will be key. Mayers' fastball is his bread-and-butter pitch. It sits in the 92-95 range, but has been up to 97 out of an outlandish 7-foot release height. His release height is certainly a contributing factor here, but the pitch also averaged an eye-popping 24.3" of ride and nearly 2,400 rpm. Mayers threw his heater a whopping 91% of the time and was still able to generate a 35% whiff rate, including a 30% (!) IZ whiff rate, on it. There are plenty of outlier traits, but his command is below-average. If he can up his competitive pitch % and stay in and around the zone on a more consistent basis, it will make it that much more effective. While his FB is the money-maker of his arsenal, Mayers will occasionally mix in a gyro SL in the low-80s that lacks teeth right now. He's still gaining a feel for the pitch and there is work to be done on it going forward, but it could be a potentially above-average offering in the future. 40/45 currently. One of the biggest question marks with Mayers is the development of a third pitch. He mixed in a handful of mid-to-upper-80s and a couple piqued my interest; one showed some fade to the arm side and another flashed late tumbling life. It's clear he isn't comfortable throwing it yet, but this could be the pitch to develop at least to the point where it's serviceable. Mayers right now is very much a work in progress and all signs right now point to him ending up in a relief role long term. However, he's a very fun, moldable ball of clay to try and develop and get the most out of. As the low hanging fruit continues to get cleaned upโ€”whether it be at LSU or in pro ballโ€”polish will hopefully follow. 5th-8th round pick right now. (๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ: Nicholls Baseball)

Peter Flaherty III

43,312 ะฟั€ะพัะผะพั‚ั€ะพะฒ โ€ข 1 ะณะพะด ะฝะฐะทะฐะด

Brysen Wright, RareBreeds 12U 6'2 180, Wide Receiver St. Augustine, Florida The best player on the field was obvious for Sunday's main event of the Youth National Championship presented by Battle Sports. Wide receiver Bryson Wright is the prototype as a pass catcher. Massive frame that is already Power Five ready despite still in middle school. He is filled out and with six-plus years of development before he can even enter a college weight training program, he passes the eye test better than most top wide receiver prospects in the 2024 class right now. An addition to the already star studded RareBreeds perennial Yfbplayoff winning squad, Wright has brought a 'Florida swagger' to a team that dominated 40-14. "The coaching." said Wright on what has elevated him to the top of his age group. "I've been working with the right coaching, learning how to not be selfish and always just do the best I can. Normally tall, bigger guys can't play the way I play. I'm athletic for my size and that's really the biggest part of my game that makes me different." Intangible-wise he checks every single box the same as his size. Wright was able to run multiple routes and did not simply rely on being the biggest skill position player on the field. He is a natural catcher of the football and showed it on a highlight-worthy one-handed grab in the left corner of the endzone early in the contest. On an in-breaking 10-yard route, Wright took a reception for 40-plus for a score proving he can mix in some explosiveness and speed to being a massive target. Ohio State, Florida State, North Carolina and Georgia are schools he hopes to hear from once he gets to the high school level, but he may not have to wait too long. College coaches are already taking notice of the advanced offensive weapon and he could end up one of the few middle school prospects to earn Power Five offers before even deciding where he plays high school ball.

Battle Sports

37,553 ะฟั€ะพัะผะพั‚ั€ะพะฒ โ€ข 3 ะปะตั‚ ะฝะฐะทะฐะด

So, President Trump can receive the Traditional Flight into D.C. on Air Force One (this is a C-32, which is what Trump Force One is as well)โ€ฆ. But find me the video for โ€œBidenโ€ being flown into D.C. on any Air Force aircraft. On January 20, 2021, these things took place: a. "Joe" did not receive the traditional flight into D.C. on any Air Force aircraft. b. Swore in at 11:47 AM EST - violation of the 20th Amendment. c. National Guard did NOT salute motorcade and moving Flags, had turned their backs turned to them. d. Amazing Grace was performed - Army Memorial Honors for a Funeral. e. There was NOT a Commissioned Officer at Cannons show for โ€œBidenโ€ - violation of Army Regulations 600-25, 2-3 Cannon Salutes. f. The ONLY Cannons shown all day for "Joe" was 3 Cannons at Arlington National Cemetery... which is a Military FUNERAL Honors NOT a 21-Gun Salute. g. The 4 Cannons, 21-Gun Salute, was at Joint Base Andrews with President Trump. h. On the Capitol Building, the States Flag, only had 13 Stars for โ€œJoeโ€โ€ฆ matching President Trumpโ€™s 13 Stars on January 20, 2017, which is Rhode Islandโ€ฆ Neither have lived in Rhode Island. The only other reason there would be 13 Starsโ€ฆ is 13 original Colonies at the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Which talks about resetting our Foundation. I guess thatโ€™s why on January 20, 2017, President Trump said, โ€œwe are taking the power from D.C. and giving it back to you the people.โ€ I guess thatโ€™s why thereโ€™s 27 Stars on the State Flags currently hanging and waiting for January 20, 2025. 27 Stars = Florida. And hereโ€™s President Trump receiving the traditional flight. The Dash Matters. ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป โ€”โ€” ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป 45โ€”โ€”47 ๐Ÿซก๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Derek Johnson

217,858 ะฟั€ะพัะผะพั‚ั€ะพะฒ โ€ข 1 ะณะพะด ะฝะฐะทะฐะด

Why is the market selling off today? (Save this). Today's selloff is bigger and messier than what we've seen lately, KOSPI crashed almost 11% overnight, chip stocks are getting hit everywhere and it's not because AI demand suddenly disappeared but rather a bunch of fears piling up at once that I think are getting way overplayed. Start with the AI ROI thing since it's been building since last week's earnings. Tesla and Alphabet both kicked off earnings season with big capex numbers and negative free cash flow and even with strong revenue growth both stocks got hammered. That set the tone of we don't care if capex is growing, show us the cash, and it's carrying into this week with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Apple all reporting, which isn't helping the nerves. But look at what actually happened with Alphabet, cloud revenue grew 81%, total sales grew 24%, that's not a company torching cash on nothing, that's a company scaling into demand it can barely keep up with. Negative free cash flow during a capex supercycle is normal, you build the data centers and buy the GPUs before the revenue shows up. Judging a buildout phase like it's a mature business is the wrong lens, and that's basically what happened last week and what's still happening today. Then there's China chip competition, which is honestly the biggest accelerant of today's move. CXMT's IPO shares rose over 466% and combined with headlines about China's homegrown DUV lithography progress, it triggered a brutal rout in Korean chipmakers, Samsung fell as much as 13%, SK Hynix over 14%, Kioxia nearly 18%, dragging the KOSPI down almost 11% and into an eighth circuit breaker this year. That spilled straight into Nvidia, ASML, Sandisk and Seagate here in the US, with Nasdaq 100 futures down over 1% before the bell. But here's the thing, five DUV units this year against ASML's 131 a year, running performance closer to a 2008 design, is not an equipment moat collapsing, it's a headline that's gotten repeated so much this week it's built its own gravity. These tools are aimed at mature nodes like automotive and industrial chips, not the leading edge logic or HBM that actually drives the AI trade, so the read through to Nvidia, ASML or Applied Materials earnings power is basically nothing. The CXMT pop is scarcity, people bidding up the only pure play China memory stock they can get their hands on, not a sign that oversupply is coming. And Korean chipmakers dropping 12 to 14% in one session looks a lot more like leverage unwinding after a parabolic run than a real rethink of Samsung or SK Hynix's HBM backlog, which both companies have already said is basically sold out for the year. Geopolitics is actually the one spot where the news should be helping, not hurting. US and Iran hostilities seem to have paused for now, which should be easing oil driven inflation fears. If this were purely a geopolitical panic you'd expect oil spiking and yields following, but that's not what's happening, this move is chip specific and Asia led, not an oil shock like a week or two ago. Rates and the Fed are still in play, decision lands tomorrow, and people are nervous about higher for longer language even though a hike isn't the base case. On top of that, reports that Nvidia's five year credit default swap costs jumped by a record margin are getting read by some as a credit risk signal tied to all this AI debt spending. But a one day CDS spike during a market wide panic is a fear indicator, not proof of an actual credit problem, spreads on every big name widen fast when volatility spikes, Nvidia's balance sheet hasn't changed in the last 24 hours. Fed futures are pricing in essentially no chance of a surprise hike tomorrow, this is a hold meeting, and I'd bet the hawkish jitters fade fast once Warsh actually talks. Then there's the bigger liquidity and positioning story, which I think explains more of today's violence than any single headline. KOSPI is down nearly 29% for the month now, steeper than 2008, mostly because Korean chipmakers had turned into crypto like gambling tokens, running way too far, too fast on retail leverage and margin debt, and now unwinding just as hard on the way down. That's positioning excess getting flushed, not HBM demand disappearing or hyperscalers pulling back. Nothing in the actual order books, capex guidance or HBM contract pricing has changed, DRAM and NAND prices are still climbing quarter over quarter, nobody's canceled a GPU order or a data center project. What changed is how much leverage was sitting on top of this trade, and that's getting ripped out in one ugly session. This is one of the scariest looking selloffs we've had all year but scary looking and actually broken are two different things. Every headline driving today, the China lithography story, the CXMT IPO, the Nvidia CDS spike, the Fed jitters, looks a lot less scary once you dig into the actual numbers, and none of it touches real AI infrastructure demand or supply. This looks like leverage and sentiment unwinding, not the long term thesis breaking. If you want to see exactly what I'm buying into this, join Milk Road Pro for just $1 using the link below.

Melvin

57,573 ะฟั€ะพัะผะพั‚ั€ะพะฒ โ€ข 19 ะดะฝะตะน ะฝะฐะทะฐะด

Nancy Pelosi didnโ€™t just beat the market. She beat Warren Buffett, on returns, on timing, and on trade precision. Since 2012, portfolios tracking Pelosi-family trades have posted gains north of 500%, while the S&P 500 sits closer to 220% and Berkshire Hathaway roughly 200% over the same period. Buffett did it with public theses, decade-long horizons, and massive capital drag. The Pelosi household did it faster, cleaner, and repeatedly in sectors whose fortunes are inseparable from legislation, regulation, and federal spending. That contrast is the story. One model depends on analysis and patience. The other benefits from proximity to power. The defense is now muscle memory: she doesnโ€™t trade, her husband does. In the real world, that distinction collapses instantly. Same household. Same incentives. Same beneficiaries. Information doesnโ€™t simply vanish at the dinner table, and markets donโ€™t care whose name is on the brokerage account when the gains flow into the same family balance sheet. Spousal trading isnโ€™t insulation from influence, itโ€™s deniability engineered into the rules. Look closer and the most revealing detail isnโ€™t even the returns. Itโ€™s the confidence. These were not timid, diversified allocations. They were large, concentrated positions placed ahead of regulatory shifts, funding decisions, enforcement restraint, and industrial-policy pivots. Big Tech. Semiconductors. Defense-adjacent winners. Again and again, the trades aligned with the direction of state power. That pattern doesnโ€™t emerge from poring over earnings calls. It emerges from knowing which levers are about to move. The system doesnโ€™t restrain this behavior; it enables it. Under current law, lawmakers can disclose trades up to 45 days after execution. That delay is sold as transparency while functioning as a built-in edge and impunity. By the time the public sees the paperwork, the advantage has already compounded. A confession after the fact is not accountability. Itโ€™s permission. If a corporate executive, hedge fund manager, or banker placed trades with this level of timing, concentration, and policy alignment, regulators would treat it as insider trading. Investigations would follow. Careers would end. The only reason it isnโ€™t called that here is because the people writing the laws exempted themselves. All of this unfolds while the public is lectured about democracy, ethics, norms, and misinformation. Meanwhile, the Pelosi householdโ€™s wealth, routinely estimated in the mid nine figures, has grown during the very years it sat at the apex of legislative authority. People arenโ€™t confused anymore. Theyโ€™re watching power outperform productivity in real time, then listening to sermons explaining why they shouldnโ€™t notice and why they must play by a very different set of rules. The solution isnโ€™t complicated, which is precisely why itโ€™s resisted. No stock trading for members of Congress. No stock trading for spouses. Mandatory blind trusts. Real-time disclosure with real penalties. If that sounds radical, then stop pretending this is public service. Itโ€™s public access, privately monetized, and the graph everyoneโ€™s sharing just made it impossible to unsee. When the same act is punished as insider trading on Wall Street but rewarded as โ€œsavvy investingโ€ in Congress, the problem isnโ€™t corruption, but legitimacy. And legitimacy, once lost, doesnโ€™t come back with lectures.

THE ISLANDER

50,908 ะฟั€ะพัะผะพั‚ั€ะพะฒ โ€ข 8 ะผะตััั†ะตะฒ ะฝะฐะทะฐะด

Facial Reconstruction of a woman from Khuzestan, Iran The prehistoric site of Chega Sofla, also referred to as Tol-e Chiga Payini, Tol-e Chiga Domeni, and Chogha Sofla, is located on the Zeydun plain, south of the provincial city of Behbahan in southeastern Khuzestan, near the northern shores of the Persian Gulf. Based on archaeomagnetic dating and relative stratigraphy, the site is dated between 4200 and 3800 BC. The woman, about 25 years old, referred to as "Khatun" by archeologists, was buried alone, deliberately positioned between two large collective graves. Her burial included an unusually rich assemblage of objects, marking her as a high-status individual. Among these, a nearly 60 cm long copper blade, composed of ~97% copper. Due to the softness of pure copper, the weapon was interpreted as symbolic rather than functional for combat, representing one of the earliest known examples of its kind. Other notable objects in her burial include: Copper artifacts: vessels, tools, and weapons. Gold-plated items and beads: a copper basin with traces of gold plating and a small gold ornament placed near her head. These are among the earliest known gold objects from Iranian prehistory, predating comparable finds from Turkmenistan and Tepe Bojg. Marble weight: a heavy perforated marble object weighing approximately 7.2 kg, likely intended for suspension. Positioned in front of her head, it may have symbolized economic control or authority within standardized systems. Deliberate skull modification: observed not only in Khatunโ€™s grave but also in several others (BG1.11, BG1.12, BG1.18, BG1.20, BG1.28, BG1.29, BG1.30), potentially signaling elite status or group affiliation. Collectively, these features suggest that Khatunโ€™s burial was deliberately designed to emphasize her elevated social position. Nearby burials of other prominent women also contained rich grave goods, though none matched her level of elaboration. Bioarchaeological evidence indicates no substantial differences between men and women in diet or health, suggesting broadly equal daily living conditions. Consequently, the variation in burial treatment and grave goods is more plausibly linked to social, symbolic, or political distinctions rather than biological factors. Taken together, these findings point to the emergence of an elite female social class, with Khatun likely occupying the highest position. Such women may have exercised political, economic, or symbolic authority within their communities, challenging the assumption that power in prehistoric chiefdoms of southeastern Iran was exclusively male. (Abbas Moghaddam, 2025) Reconstruction commissioned by ๐’๐’Š‘ ๐’‹—๐’Š‘๐’Œ Buri ล oreลก ๐“„‚โค๏ธโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ’š

Ancestral Whispers

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Blog 265 Diamondbacks first pitch โ—ฆ6-9: Gym, called parents, posted walking videos โ—ฆ10: Reunited with MikeyBets and felt complete โ—ฆ10:45: Arrived at Chase Stadium and was welcomed by the awesome Diamondbacks staff (shoutout Casey Wilcox) and walked right through the dugout and onto the field โ—ฆAlso huge thank you to Mike Dellosa (VP of ticket sales) who answered my LinkedIn dm and helped get set this all up โ—ฆ10:55: MikeyBets setup his camera in the Diamondbacks dugout which was hilarious to watch (he was viciously hungover) โ—ฆ11: Met with lots of the Diamondbacks and Aโ€™s players and coaches while they warmed up on Chase Field. Frank was in his element cracking jokes and talking baseball with the fellas โ—ฆEveryone was incredibly welcoming, humble, and fun. The Diamondbacks manager, Torey Lovullo, called Frank a fucking legend โ—ฆWe crushed walk 277 circling the field pregame as Frank tracked the Mets game โ—ฆ11:30: Practiced the first pitch. We needed to loosen up the cannon more than we did in Milwaukee โ—ฆ12: Took a little break behind the dugout for Frank to mentally prepare for pitch โ—ฆ12:40: Mets tied it up โ—ฆ12:43: Frank broke into a dance-off with the mascots โ—ฆ12:45: Frank walked out for yet another Ceremonial First Pitch at an MLB game. Solid pitch, not quite a strike but we are getting there. These moments are always surreal for all of Fleming Enterprises โ—ฆTo Frankโ€™s surprise, Paul Sewald, a former Met who Frank regularly eviscerated caught the first pitch. Paul is clearly a great person with a tremendous sense of humor and he gave Frank a customized autograph saying โ€œfuck your computerโ€ ๐Ÿ โ—ฆFrank is living his dream for the world to see โ—ฆ1:06: National Anthem, they had Frank and me stand in line with the Diamondbacks which was insane โ—ฆ1:10: Game started and we were brought into a beautiful suite โ—ฆ1:20: Frank did a food review in the suite and everyone fell dead silent watching in amazement โ—ฆ1:45: Got full stadium tour which concluded with Frank watching some baseball from the pool in centerfield. Of course, MikeyBets jumped right in full body โ—ฆ2:22: Frank raw dogged in the stadium and mentioned the Mets were tied in a rain delay in the 9th โ—ฆ2:45: Settled into our seats and watched the Diamondbacks take the lead in the 7th โ—ฆ3:15: Finished filming with Bets behind the sticks โ—ฆ3:30: The game was an elite experience via the Diamondbacks red carpet treatment. We canโ€™t thank you all enough and congrats on the win โ—ฆ3:45: Drove to raw dog in Phoenix laughing about the absurdly fun day โ—ฆ3:47: Mets game resumed and car got real tense real quick โ—ฆ4: Raw dogged in a small place with a loud strikeout, not awkward at all โ—ฆ4:16: Mets gave up three runs and died, as did the vibes. Frank lost it and the great day had turned โ—ฆ4:28: Connected with Notre Dame football ๐Ÿ‘€ #FrankWalks โ—ฆ4:45: Frank declared the Arizona state flag as the ๐Ÿ โ—ฆ5: Said goodbye to MikeyBets (always hurts) who had a later flight and wanted to hit the casino. HIM โ—ฆ5:10: Went to Scottsdale Fashion Center to pad step count before the red eye home Walking now. After we hit 15K steps weโ€™ll pop over to the airport for our red eye back to New Jersey. Thank you so much to Casey, Mike, and the Diamondbacks for welcoming Frank and delivering an unforgettable day. Weigh in 9 tomorrow morning after we land and go directly to Belleville HQ around 5-6 am. We are nervous. I already miss MikeyBets severely. Anudder adventure almost in the books

Matteo Piper Jenks ๐Ÿงฒ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

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โ€œWhat the Fourth Industrial Revolution will lead to is a fusion of our physical, our digital, and our biological identities.โ€ - Klaus Schwab, Founder of World Economic Forum From the very first day I launched Sovereign Nations in 2017, Iโ€™ve been trying to get people to stop arguing only about the *what* and start asking the *why*. Why the relentless push for Critical Race Theory AKA Identity Marxism? Why the sudden mainstreaming of every flavor of Neo-Marxist ideology in our schools, our corporations, our media and even in our churches? Itโ€™s not random. Itโ€™s not organic. Itโ€™s strategic. Division has always been the point. You fracture a nation along lines of race, class, gender, historyโ€”turn neighbor against neighborโ€”and while everyone is locked in an endless cultural knife fight, something much bigger moves forward without serious resistance. That โ€œsomethingโ€ is the Fourth Industrial Revolution: a sweeping technological and economic restructuring that fuses man with A.I. , introduces digital communism, and creates centralization, surveillance, along with unprecedented control. You canโ€™t fundamentally remake society if people are united and clear-headed. But what if theyโ€™re exhausted, angry, and tribal? If theyโ€™re fighting over symbols while algorithms, automation, and centralized digital systems are quietly locking into place? Then transformation becomes much easier to โ€œmanage.โ€ Iโ€™ve been saying from the beginning: CRT and its ideological cousins on the Woke Right are not the end goal. They are the strategic tools for societal deconstruction. The battleground is culturalโ€”but the objective is structural. And if we donโ€™t understand the why, weโ€™ll keep fighting each other while the future is decided without us. Identity Marxism on the Left was never going to fully succeed if it stayed neatly contained on one side of the political fence. Dialectical conflict requires two poles. It requires tension. It requires a reaction. And when you understand this, you start to see something else happening in real time: the mirroring effect. If you weaponize identity politics on the Left,you then weaponize identity politics on the Right - dressed differently, branded differently, but operating on the same underlying framework. Suddenly everything is about identity again. Not individual liberty. Not constitutionalism. Not equal justice under law. Identity. Tribal blocs. Civilizational grievance. Blood-and-soil rhetoric repackaged for a new audience. Voices emerge who frame politics less around timeless principles and more around group power, religious supremacy, or cultural domination. And once both sides are playing the same game โ€” once both sides are speaking the language of identity as destiny โ€” you donโ€™t have a healthy republic anymore. You have dialectical political warfare. You have two camps locked in escalating conflict, each convinced the other is existential, each justifying more extreme measures. Meanwhile, the fabric of the nation frays. This is what is called the โ€œBig Sort.โ€ Itโ€™s not just demographic; itโ€™s psychological and ideological. Americans are being pushed, prodded, and algorithmically herded into hardened camps. Every day thereโ€™s another outrage, another demoralizing headline, another cultural flashpoint. It weakens civic trust. It erodes shared identity. It exhausts the public. And when a nation is divided, demoralized, and suspicious of itself, it becomes far easier to reshape economically, politically, technologically. And hereโ€™s the part nobody wants to say out loud. The louder each side virtue signals to its own tribe, the more extreme the language becomes. Itโ€™s a feedback loop. Applause rewards escalation. Algorithms reward outrage. Moderation gets you ignored; fury gets you followers. So the rhetoric hardens. The lines sharpen. The caricatures get darker. And once words stop being about persuasion and start being about dehumanization, you are on a very dangerous road. History teaches this over and over again: when rhetoric radicalizes long enough, kinetic conflict stops sounding unthinkable. It starts sounding inevitable. People begin to see their fellow citizens not as neighbors with different ideas, but as existential threats. That is the psychological precondition for real violence. And whether by design or by cynical exploitation, there have been forces for decades studying exactly how to fracture societies along these fault lines. The tragedy is that many well-meaning Americans - on both sides - donโ€™t realize theyโ€™re participating in a script. They think theyโ€™re defending their team. They donโ€™t see how constant division, constant rage, constant tribal sorting weakens the republic itself. A divided America is easier to destabilize, easier to manage, easier to transform. And while weโ€™re busy tearing at each other, there are powerful voices openly dreaming about a future defined by total technological transformation - about merging man and machine, about governance by algorithms, about an era where decision-making is increasingly handed over to artificial intelligence systems. If a nation is fractured and exhausted, it becomes far more willing to trade liberty for order, humanity for efficiency. Thatโ€™s the real danger. Not disagreement. Not debate. But the slow erosion of our shared moral foundation - until weโ€™re so divided that we accept a future we never consciously chose.

Michael O'Fallon - Sovereign Nations

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๐Ÿ”ŠChurch: We just entered a MASSIVE PROPHETIC SHIFT! This is the reason why the U.S. does not appear in end-times prophecy! The official White House document titled โ€œNational Security Strategy 2025โ€ announces a dramatic change in global direction โ€” as the U.S. STEPS BACK from the Middle East as the top focus! This basically ends Americaโ€™s role in the โ€œold world orderโ€ making room for the โ€œNew World Orderโ€ to rise!! THE STAGE IS SET FOR THE TRIBULATION! WE ARE AT THE END! KEEP LOOKING UP!!! ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผThe United Statesโ€™ official National Security Strategy (NSS 2025), released on December 4, 2025, explains how America plans to protect itself, manage relationships with other countries, handle national defense, strengthen the economy, and โ€” most importantly โ€” shape its foreign policy for the coming years! ๐Ÿ›Ž๏ธThe United States is taking a HUGE SHIFT! Instead of trying to lead and manage the whole world like before, the U.S. is moving toward a more nationalist, โ€œAmerica Firstโ€ approach โ€” focusing on its own interests above global responsibilities. โฉIโ€™m going to explain very quickly whatโ€™s in this document so we can fast-forward to the part that is extremely important prophetically speaking. 1๏ธโƒฃStronger Borders & Homeland Security Major emphasis on stopping illegal immigration, tightening border protection, and strengthening homeland defense. 2๏ธโƒฃNew Stance Toward Europe Europe is warned about demographic and immigration crises. The U.S. wants Europe to take responsibility for its own defense and rely less on American military power. 3๏ธโƒฃ Economic Power = National Security The strategy says America must rebuild its economy to stay secure by restoring manufacturing, protecting supply chains from China, expanding energy production, and strengthening key industries and technology. 4๏ธโƒฃ Less Dependence on Global Institutions Instead of spreading democracy everywhere, the U.S. will rely more on direct country-to-country deals and act only when its own interests are at stake. 5๏ธโƒฃRe-establish Control of the Western Hemisphere (PRETTY IMPORTANT KEEP THIS IN MIND) The U.S. plans to strengthen influence over North, Central, and South America โ€” focusing on immigration control, stopping drug trafficking, and preventing rival nations from gaining power in the region. 6๏ธโƒฃPulling Back Overseas (PRETTY IMPORTANT KEEP THIS IN MIND) The U.S. is stepping away from being the โ€œworldโ€™s police.โ€ It will reduce military commitments abroad and focus mainly on threats that directly affect American interests. 7๏ธโƒฃProphetically Significant: Stepping Back from the Middle East (MAJOR WOW!!!) This is the major prophetic shift. The Middle East is no longer Americaโ€™s top priority. The U.S. is redirecting its focus to the Western Hemisphere, economic competition, rebuilding industry, and securing strategic resources. ๐Ÿ’กThis strategic step-back allows the prophetic alignments of Ezekiel 38, Daniel 2, 7, 11, and end-times alliances to rise exactly as Scripture forewarned โ€” with the U.S. no longer at the center of the story. WHY THE U.S. STEPPING BACK FROM THE MIDDLE EAST IS SO PROPHETICALLY CRITICAL? ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผWe all know that end-times prophecy is centered on Israel, the Middle East, and the coalitions of nations that come against her. America is not part of that picture. ๐Ÿ’กFor almost 75 years, the only thing preventing those prophetic alliances from forming has been U.S. military power and political influence in the region. ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผSo when the official White House document National Security Strategy 2025 states that the U.S. is no longer prioritizing the Middle East, it becomes prophetically MASSIVE โ€” because it removes the one barrier that has kept Ezekielโ€™s prophecy from unfolding. 1๏ธโƒฃEzekiel 38โ€“39 Requires a Weak or Absent America. Ezekiel describes a coalition led by Gog (understood as Russia), with Iran, Turkey, and several nations forming a military alliance against Israel. And in the entire prophecy, notice whatโ€™s missing: ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผNo United States. ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ No Western superpower defending Israel. For decades: ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผthe U.S. military presence deterred Russia and Iran. ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผAmerican sanctions crippled Iranโ€™s expansion. ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผU.S. bases surrounded hostile nations. ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผAmerica acted as Israelโ€™s diplomatic shield. ๐Ÿ“ˆFor Gogโ€™s coalition to rise exactly as Scripture describes, the United States must step back โ€” politically, militarily, and strategically and the NSS 2025 is the clearest step in that direction. BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS: "HOW CAN ISRAEL BE LIVING โ€˜SECURELYโ€™ IF AMERICA PULLS AWAY?โ€ Ezekiel 38 says Israel will be: ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผโ€œliving securelyโ€ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผโ€œat restโ€ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผโ€œin unwalled villagesโ€ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผconfident and unthreatened We often assumed this security came from America โ€” but that is NOT what the Hebrew text means. Israelโ€™s โ€œsecurityโ€ in Ezekiel 38 is not true safety; it is false confidence. The Hebrew word used for โ€œsecurelyโ€ is batach (ื‘ึถึผื˜ึทื—), which means: ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผto feel safe ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผto be confident ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผto be at ease ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผeven if danger is actually present It does not describe: โŒpeace from God โŒprotection from an ally โŒor a world guaranteed safe It describes self-confidence, this matches Israel today exactly: โœ…They trust their own military strength. โœ…Their defense systems (Iron Dome, Arrow-3, Davidโ€™s Sling) are among the strongest in the world. โœ…Their economy is booming. โœ…Their intelligence agencies are unmatched. โœ…Their normalization with Arab states (Abraham Accords) creates a sense of regional stability. โœ…They publicly stated this year that they are ready to act even without U.S. help. ๐Ÿ’ช๐ŸผIn other words, Israel feels secure because Israel believes it is strong. Not because the U.S. protects them. Not because enemies disappeared. But because they think they can handle anything. That is precisely the kind of confidence Ezekiel describes. With America stepping back, Israel must: ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผdepend on its own strength ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผexpand its own military capabilities ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผform regional alliances ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผappear strong, independent, and untouchable This creates the exact scenario Ezekiel saw: ๐Ÿ“–โ€œI will go up against a land of unwalled villagesโ€ฆ whose people dwell securelyโ€ฆโ€ Ezekiel ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผA nation living confidently, not because someone protects them, but because they believe they donโ€™t need protection. The U.S. withdrawal creates the exact prophetic vacuum needed for Gog/Magog. If the U.S. stayed heavily involved, Ezekiel 38 could not unfold. But when the U.S. steps back: โœ…Russia sees an opening โœ…Iran feels emboldened โœ…Turkey realigns โœ…Arab nations shift โœ…Israel appears isolated ๐Ÿ’ฃGog attacks a nation that seems confident and prosperous โ€” but with no superpower covering them, no America involved. This is precisely the scenario required for God to intervene supernaturally. 2๏ธโƒฃDANIEL 2 & 7: HOW THE U.S. PULLING BACK SETS THE STAGE FOR DANIELโ€™S TEN-REGION STRUCTURE ๐Ÿ“–โ€œ Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potterโ€™s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.โ€ Daniel 2:41โ€“43 ๐Ÿฆถ๐ŸผWhen Daniel saw the final world empire, he described it as feet and ten toes made of iron and clay. This wasnโ€™t a single united superpower โ€” it was a fractured, divided, multi-regional structure: ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผpartly strong (iron) ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผpartly weak (clay) ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผnot fully unified ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผten-part configuration (ten โ€œtoesโ€ matching the ten โ€œhornsโ€ in Daniel 7 and Revelation 17) ๐Ÿ’กTo get to that kind of global system, the world must move away from what weโ€™ve had since WWII. From one dominant global superpower (the U.S.) to a fractured, multipolar world of regions, coalitions, and blocs. And this is exactly where Americaโ€™s pull-back becomes prophetically massive. For the last 80 years, the United States has acted as: ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผthe worldโ€™s stabilizer, ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผthe enforcer of the โ€œold world order,โ€ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผthe deterrent that kept regional powers in check, ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผthe protector that prevented many conflicts โ€” especially in the Middle East. But Danielโ€™s final empire is NOT a stable, unified, U.S.-dominated world. It is: ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผdivided ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผglobal but fractured ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผmade of multiple powers ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผiron + clay โ€” strong parts mixed with weak parts ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผten centers of authority (ten regions / ten horns/ ten kings who will rule before the Antichrist rises.) ๐Ÿ’กFor that system to arise, the current one has to collapse or step aside. The U.S. stepping back removes the glue. The U.S. plan to โ€œre-establish control of the Western Hemisphereโ€ โ€” North, Central, and South America โ€” is securing its formation as a bloc of the ten toes. After the U.S. takes the first step: โœ… The world will begin reorganizing into regions instead of one superpower-led system. โœ… Nations will become free to form their own blocs, alliances, and power centers โ€” exactly like the ten-region prophetic model. Without America dominating global security, the world naturally shifts into: โœ… regional coalitions โœ… shared power structures โœ… ten blocs or spheres of influence This shift is already happening, both Russia and China have explicitly argued for a world less dominated by a single superpower (a.k.a. U.S.), and more decentralized or multipolar. 3๏ธโƒฃ Zechariah 12: The nations surrounding Israel, the nations around Jerusalem will grow hostile, and global pressure will isolate Israel. As long as the U.S. acts as Israelโ€™s shield, that isolation cannot fully happen. A strategic withdrawal allows: โœ…Middle Eastern alliances to shift, โœ…Arab blocs to reorganize, โœ…Israel to stand alone just as Scripture says. ๐Ÿ”ŠChurch: NSS 2025 is the FIRST official U.S. government document openly declaring the strategic pullback that end-times prophecy requires. THE OLD WORLD ORDER IS ENDING โ€” READY FOR THE NEW WORLD ORDER TO BEGIN. The United States is stepping aside exactly in the way Scripture describes the world rearranging itself before the rise of the final empire. This is not random โ€” the stage is fully set for the 7-Year-Tribulation! BUT BEFORE THAT, THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH!! KEEP PRAYING, KEEP PREACHING THE GOSPEL, AND KEEP LOOKING UP!!! JESUS IS COMING!!!! Maranatha, Come. Lord Jesus, Come!! ๐Ÿค

Maranatha777

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