When most people think of Kansas they think of corn‚ and justifiably so: Just over 10 percent of the state was planted in corn last year. But that’s not how Americans thought of the territory during the first half of the 19th century. To them‚ it was an infertile desert. After all‚ there were few trees‚ little water‚ and miles of quietly rustling prairie grass grazed by thousands of buffalo. The ground was usually hard and dry‚ and the entire state was infested by prairie dogs — which are cute but obnoxious if you’re a farmer. (READ MORE: Reality Bites the Left) Kansas — like much of the Great Plains — was purchased from France in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Territory. Oddly enough‚ that territory wasn’t immediately divided into states to be admitted into the union‚ which makes sense when you consider the fact that very few individuals lived in Kansas permanently. Of course‚ at the time‚ it wasn’t Kansas. It was part of the Missouri Territory. But that ended in 1821 when Missouri became a state and split off from Kansas. Kansas likely would have continued to be a barren wasteland and a happy home to prairie dogs if it weren’t for John Deere. In 1837‚ Deere had enough of the traditional wooden plows. The soil in Illinois was so rich that it would break his wooden farming tools. So he made a plow out of steel. Suddenly‚ Kansas wasn’t a wasteland — it was miles of flat opportunity to be had for the price of John Deere’s plow. Pioneer Americans were career opportunists‚ and they were quick to take advantage of the miles of potential farmland they just had to wrestle into submission. (READ MORE: Nikki Haley Passes the History Test) They were governed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act (established just before Missouri joined the union)‚ which laid out a path for statehood for both territories. By the 1850s‚ there were enough pioneers in the territory to justify making it a state. There was‚ however‚ a huge problem. The economic and social influences that contributed to the Civil War were just months from turning into America’s deadliest conflict. Congress was carefully balancing slave states and free states as it admitted new territory‚ hoping to avoid a conflict — but the Kansas-Nebraska Act said that Kansas could make its own decision by popular vote. That wouldn’t have been a problem necessarily‚ except that Missouri was a slave state. When the voting began‚ Missourians snuck across the border to cast votes and sway the election — in fact‚ enough of them snuck over the border that they were able to flip the state. When Kansas pioneers noticed‚ they decided to repeat the election. The result was two mirror governments in two mirroring capitols that each drew up a constitution and an application for statehood and then sent those applications to Congress. But this was no mere battle of words‚ it quickly devolved into a bloody conflict. Both sides murdered‚ killed‚ and burned down neighboring towns‚ earning the state the title “Bleeding Kansas.” At one point‚ one of Kansas’s governments authorized its troops to burn down the capitol of the other government. (READ MORE from Aubrey Gulick: The Birth of a New Science) Eventually‚ enough slave owners fled to Missouri to influence the final election that made Kansas a free state in the union. On January 29‚ 1861‚ it joined the union. Unfortunately‚ Kansas turned out to be just a prelude. In August‚ the civil war broke out. This article originally appeared on Aubrey’s Substack‚ Pilgrim’s Way‚ on Jan. 29‚ 2024. The post The Kansas Prelude to America’s Deadliest War appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

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What's with the globalists and creepy works of art? A curious and disturbing work of “art” has gone viral in the wake of the globalists’ recent annual Davos summit in Switzerland. It began when journalist Larry Alex Taunton went undercover to the annual globalist confab and infiltrated a conference room full of elites talking about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. I went undercover to the World Economic Forum.There is simply no substitute for being there in person.Watch my new documentary where I give you a peak behind the curtain of the WEF and their agenda.#WEF2024 pic.twitter.com/mux1afPv4P— Larry Alex Taunton (@LarryTaunton) January 23‚ 2024 During their discussion‚ Taunton’s camera caught sight of the work of art‚ known as the Walthamstow Tapestry‚ hanging on the wall next to them. Interesting tapestry on the wall depicting Satan (a bit past the 8:30 second mark). 👺 WEF at Davos https://t.co/f4wiVfCB3D pic.twitter.com/tsOGYsQdhBIntroducing Next Level Foundational Energy from Dr. Jones Naturals starting at 30% off! This cutting-edge dietary supplement is designed to elevate your energy levels and support your overall well-being.— ✝️ Lanette ✝️ (@_Lanette_R1) January 23‚ 2024 Former UK Prime Minister Theresa May was pictured posing in front of the tapestry after the discussion. The Walthamstow Tapestry is a large mural created in 2009 by cross-dressing contemporary artist Grayson Perry. The mural depicts in the style of cave paintings and hieroglyphs the life journey of a man from birth until death‚ replete with a number of personified corporations he encounters along the way. The tapestry begins with the birth of a baby along a river of blood that eventually flows into the waiting mouth of the Devil‚ ending in the death of an old man. “I’ve always been interested in the pilgrimage‚ in the journey and the idea of the journey through life‚” he said in 2012 at the Victoria Miro gallery in London. “And then I thought about‚ is this the kind of shopping trip of life? The kind of glossy‚ sort of meaningless trek from one department store to another that is modern Western consumerism.” The tapestry gained a lot of attention on social media. Why would they put they up as a decoration? You’d think it would make some attendees get a clue. So oddly blatant.— Erika (@ErikaLLJ) January 24‚ 2024 How much did all these corporation pay for that product placement?— Not Tina Kotex (@NotTinaKotex) January 21‚ 2024 List of corporations on tapestry‚ abortion‚ control of populations— m S (@mS52680571) January 21‚ 2024 The message is clear. In fact‚ explicitly clear. It’s satanic.— CT Conservative 🇺🇸❤️ ✝️ (@orwellshandmaid) January 21‚ 2024 It looks like Satan went on a bad acid trip and broke out the paint— IngaBingaBoo (@IngaBingaBoo) January 21‚ 2024 Ackshully‚ Greyson Perry's own comments on this work show he MOCKS a 🌎 of consumers swayed by corps‚ along with the orgs that make it all trendy.Marshall McLuhan's THE MEDIUM IS THE MASSAGE come to mind.Its display at DAVOS is much darker than Perry's. https://t.co/Mr8vaSFsSv pic.twitter.com/AvOL5jJxEM— Marsha Hodgson (@marsha_hodgson) January 21‚ 2024 I'm reminded of the murals at Denver Airport …— Deborah Grilli (@grilli_deborah) January 21‚ 2024 These bleak and death-themed works of art are just the kind these elites love to surround themselves with.

Whatever you do‚ don't laugh at this video! Laughing at the left should be illegal! Laughing at the left should be illegal. The ADL is right; it's time to ban comedy. pic.twitter.com/3xIZErbqYw— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) January 29‚ 2024