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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is one of the deep-blue cities that’s been priding itself in leading the charge against climate change for years now. Back in 2016, they decided to establish a position as an early adopter of electric vehicle technology on a large scale to reduce their carbon footprint. The city purchased 25 electric buses from a company called Protera at a staggering price tag of nearly one million dollars apiece and put them into operation. But barely four years later, every one of the buses had been pulled from service and is deemed unusable. What went so horribly wrong to...

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This is an abbreviated version of the excellent Epix Documentary. The linked page has links to Part 1 and Part 2 of this program. Highly recommended as an introduction or a refresher to the TWA 800 disaster. (Spoiler alert: It was a Navy missile.) ML/NJ

All thirteen members of the Texas Democratic Congressional Delegation are begging Joe Biden to meet with the fleebaggers. They sent a letter to Biden on Friday “imploring” him to grant them an audience. Senator Joe Manchin met with some of the Texas state Democrats on Thursday, a day before he headed down to Houston for a fundraiser. The host committee includes some big donor Republicans. Anyway, why hasn’t President Unity met with them? He delivered a whole speech focusing on voting rights this week, further dividing the country by calling election integrity laws being passed in some states with Republican...

In the words of social and political philosopher Eric Hofer, “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and turns into a racket.” So when I read this tweet by Andy Ngo, I was intrigued. “It’s such a repugnant group of people.”The executives behind @blckriflecoffee, a coffee and lifestyle brand hugely popular with conservatives, has some choice words to describe part of its customer base.

Details are vague but according to people on Twitter, the Nationals-Padres game was halted and the stadium was evacuated due to a rumored active shooting Edit: from the Nationals Twitter feed: quote: A shooting has been reported outside of the Third Base Gate at Nationals Park. Fans are encouraged to exit the ballpark via the CF and RF gates at this time. We're working with law enforcement to provide more information as soon as it becomes available.This post was edited on 7/17 at 8:54 pm

The NFL has sent a memo instructing all 32 teams to develop a method for identifying players, coaches, and employees who have received the coronavirus vaccine. In a five-page memo released last week and obtained by Pro Football Talk, the league informed teams of a requirement to develop a system for identifying fully-vaccinated “Tier 1 and Tiers 2 personnel.” Players and coaches fall under the Tier 1 category. “We recommend utilizing color coded wristbands or credentials, however clubs are free to implement other methods,” the memo stated. While identifying personnel who have been vaccinated, such a system would also make...

Feeding My Pet Seagull for 69 Days to Gain his Trust

Japan’s White Paper of 2021 is significant in understanding the Chinese approach towards Taiwan and how Japan is shaping its policy to meet the challenges in the region. While Japan had been mentioning Taiwan as a separate country for the last few years, it is the first time that Japan has removed Taiwan from the map of China-indicating a clear shift in its policy of accepting ‘One China’ policy. Important aspects of the White Paper are given in the following paragraphs. First, the White Paper is focussed on the threats caused by the Chinese aggressiveness in the region- a realistic...

Notre Dame students and faculty outraged by proposed campus Chick-fil-A, claim fast food option isn’t inclusive enoughA group of students and faculty at an elite Catholic university say they don’t want Chick-fil-A to open a restaurant on their Indiana campus because of the restaurant chain’s frequent donations to Christian groups. Roughly 180 University of Notre Dame students and faculty have signed an open letter calling on the school’s Campus Dining division to nix the proposed new shop. The movement gained steam after two undergrad students wrote a letter to the editor to the Observer, a college newspaper, titled "Keep Chick-fil-A...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. (WIAT) — Fort Rucker in southeast Alabama has become the first military base in the United States to require proof of vaccination from any unmasked personnel. In a video posted by local military officials on July 12, Commanding General David Francis outlined the change, which he said was due to rising rates of coronavirus infection in the counties around the base. “Due to the rising rates in the counties around us and some on Fort Rucker, we’re now implementing G.O. number 12,” Francis said in the video. “The big difference is going to be that if you...

Disney is featuring its first-ever LGBTQ love song on Friday's episode of "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series," EW reported. What are the details?The episode, which streams on Disney+, depicts Carlos (Frankie Rodriguez) singing a love song titled, "In a Heartbeat," to his boyfriend Seb (Joe Serafini), the outlet said. EW said the "sweet ballad" is performed "when Carlos learns Seb feels insecure in their relationship." What's more, the actors are a real-life couple, the outlet noted — and Rodriguez said he was excited to be part of Disney history. "To be the first, it's kind of crazy!" Rodriguez...

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.( John 4:21-22)O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are...

Thomas More Society alleges in a 49-page lawsuit filed Wednesday in Superior Court of the State of California that removing Serra’s name from high school was illegally enacted and based on anti-Catholic animus.The statue of St. Junipero Serra outside the California State Capitol. (Credit: Nathan Hughes Hamilton/flickr)The San Diego Unified School District and one of its school principals targeted the Catholic faith and St. Junípero Serra with an illegal, defamatory campaign to effect removal of St. Serra’s name from a high school in the city’s Tierrasanta neighborhood, the Thomas More Society alleges in a 49-page lawsuit filed Wednesday in Superior...

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has claimed that the "real totals" from the 2020 election show that Republican former President Donald Trump won by 80 million votes while Biden got under 68 million votes. Lindell provided his erroneous tallies while speaking at a recent stop in the ReAwaken America tour. The tour features various right-wing commentators speaking about contemporary politics. "I will tell you this," Lindell told the audience, "the real totals is Donald Trump 80 million and Biden less than 68 million - that's the real totals." The audience cheered at his claim. Biden won the election with over 81...

Thousands of protesters hit the streets in Paris on Saturday protesting against the new vaccine mandates imposed by French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron recently announced that a Covid passport would be required in order to enter restaurants and theaters. Macron also announced a new mandatory vaccine mandate for all healthcare workers. Tourists visiting France will have to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test via a digital passport. The new Covid mandates will start in August. Protesters gathered at the Place du Palais Royal on Saturday. VIDEO:

Photo: mospat.ruThe first annual International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C. began on Tuesday and wraps up today. Among the many speakers from a variety of religious and political backgrounds was His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR). Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is also scheduled to present today. In his speech, Met. Hilarion pinpointed several countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe where Christians face serious persecution, reports the DECR. “Today, freedom of religion is violated to some extent in...

[Catholic Caucus] Divine InterventionAsking Heaven to purify worshipToday, on the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Pope Francis dropped a bombshell regarding the Traditional Latin Mass. His apostolic letter titled Traditionis Custodes now requires a priest to receive permission from his bishop before celebrating the Extraordinary Form of the liturgy.Prior to today, Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio Summorum Pontificum gave priests explicit permission to celebrate the traditional Latin Mass without having to ask their bishops. Benedict's letter, which accompanied the motu proprio, stated boldly and clearly concerning the Latin Mass: "What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and...

Austria has become the first country in the European Union to ban the Muslim Brotherhood as part of a new anti-terrorism law. The law bans the Egyptian-founded Muslim Brotherhood by adding it to a list of organisations linked to “religiously motivated crime”. It sets a punishment of a month in prison and a €4,000 (£3,407/$4,717) fine for those who propagate the group’s literature or disseminate its slogans. The law also allows the government to place electronic tags on convicted terrorists for monitoring . The ban comes as part of an anti-terrorism package the Austrian parliament passed and which was created...

NASA's beloved Hubble Space Telescope has been facing one of its greatest challenges. A technical glitch left it in safe mode for over a month. This week, NASA said it finally tracked down the source of the issue and tried a new fix, and it seems to have worked. "NASA has successfully switched to backup hardware on the Hubble Space Telescope, including powering on the backup payload computer, on July 15," the space agency announced on Friday. The telescope has been in service for over 30 years. The Hubble team had been looking at the payload computer -- hardware dating...