OCTOBER 2022
2,000-Year-Old Roman Hercules Statue Surfaces In Greece
By The Thornical Press Staff October 7, 2022 GREECE – A 2,000-year-old statue of the Roman god Hercules was discovered by archeologists in northeastern Greece. According to the Ministry of Culture and Sports the ancient statues from the Roman era was excavated on September 16 in the ancient city of Philippi. The statue was identified as Hercules by other fragments found near the statue including the telltale club and lion often associated with the Hercules. Archeologists from Aristotle University also uncovered an ornately-decorated structure believed to be a fountain. Archeologists estimate the Hercules statue dates from the second century ADContinue reading “2,000-Year-Old Roman Hercules Statue Surfaces In Greece”
NEWS
King Charles III Formally Proclaimed Lord of Man
By The Thornical Press Staff September 18, 2022 ISLE OF MAN – On a beautiful sunny day the humble people of the Isle of Man formally proclaimed King Charles III the Lord of Man. Although King Charles III was proclaimed the Lord of Man in a ceremony on Sunday, itContinue reading “King Charles III Formally Proclaimed Lord of Man”
Cheetahs Return To India After 70 Years Of Extinction
By The Thornical Press Staff September 18, 2022 INDIA – After 70 years of extinction and a 5,000-mile ticket-to-ride, India has reintroduced eight cheetahs donated from Namibia into the Indian wilderness. In the first international effort to relocate cheetahs from one continent to another, 5 female and 3 male cheetahsContinue reading “Cheetahs Return To India After 70 Years Of Extinction”
HISTORY
On This Day: George Frederick Handel Completes Messiah
On Sep 14, 1741, George Frederick Handel completes his great oratorio, Messiah. Based on the King James Bible and the Coverdale Psalter it would become on of the greatest choral works in Western music. The oratorio had its first performance in Dublin on Apr 13, 1742, and in London theContinue reading “On This Day: George Frederick Handel Completes Messiah“
On This Day: Communist North Korea Slaughters American POWs in the Bloody Gulch Massacre
On Aug 12, 1950, elements of the 13th Regiment of the North Korean People’s Army slaughtered seventy-five United States Army POWs captured during the Battle of Pusan Perimeter. The murdered American POWs consisted of men from artillery battalions of the US Army’s 24th and 25th Infantry Divisions. In an areaContinue reading “On This Day: Communist North Korea Slaughters American POWs in the Bloody Gulch Massacre”
AUTOMOTIVE
BOOK REVIEWS
Gangland: A Novel
Thornical Press Review August 11, 2022 Chuck Hogan’s Gangland is a fictional portrayal of the very real burglary of Chicago’s “Outfit” mob boss Tony “Big Tuna” Accardo’s suburban home in 1978. The story is told through the point of view of the fictional “Nicky Pins” Passero, a mid-level wiseguy inContinue reading “Gangland: A Novel”
The Biden Deception: Moderate, Opportunist, or the Democrats’ Crypto-Socialist?
Thornical Press Review June 6, 2021 Some call Joe Biden a “a socialist in sheep’s clothing” and that is what George Neumayr presents in The Biden Deception. Neumayr exposes “Ordinary Joe” as not the unifying moderate the media presents but is rather a radical socialist that intends to forever changeContinue reading “The Biden Deception: Moderate, Opportunist, or the Democrats’ Crypto-Socialist?”