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The hysteria was started when climate sensationalist media outlets in Germany and elsewhere, like the Relotius Spiegel, uncritically cited a sloppily and manipulatively formulated July 13 report from the European Space Agency (ESA), that first referred to “air” temperature: "Temperatures are sizzling across Europe this week amid an intense and prolonged period of heat. And it’s only just begun. Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Poland are all facing a major heatwave with air temperatures expected to climb to 48°C on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia – potentially the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Europe.” The original ESA report continued,...

James Tissot’s The Life of Christ “THE LIFE OF CHRIST” 121 "The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes"John 6:1-14 122 "The People Seek Jesus to Make Him King"John 6:15 123 "The Bad Rich Man in Hell"Luke 16:22-31 124 "Jesus Goes Up Alone onto a Mountain to Pray"Matthew 14:23 125 "Jesus Walks on the Sea"Matthew 14:23-27 126 "Saint Peter Walks on the Sea"Matthew 14:28-34 127 "The Son of the Vineyard"Matthew 21:33-41 128 "You Follow Me for the Miracles"John 6:24-32 129 "Curses Against the Pharisees"Luke 11:37-44 130 "The Pharisees and the Saduccees Come to Tempt Jesus"Matthew 16:1-4 131 "The Woman with an...

Gender mix-up at zoo after 'male' gorilla gives birth Didn't correctly identify gorilla's gender when first checked in. ...According to zoo officials, veterinarians took a "hands-off approach" when caring for Sully, the gorilla.....

Our culture wants complete sexual freedom but ignores the negative fallout that happens when those freedoms are abused. The film “Sound of Freedom,” which (fittingly enough) opened on the Fourth of July, has, unlike “Insidious” or the latest “Indiana Jones” film, continued to grow in popularity and as of this writing has earned some $85 million at the box office against its $14.6 million budget. In fact, despite scattered reports of certain theaters passive-aggressively bothering filmgoers, more and more theaters have picked up the film and added additional screenings. Despite the tenuous claims (based on the film’s distributor) that “Sound...

It is so hot in Maricopa County, Arizona, that people are being brought into the emergency room with significant, sometimes life-threatening burns. For the past three or four weeks of this record heatwave, people have been burned just by falling on the ground. Construction workers gather together in the shade on July 11, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Record-breaking temperatures continue soaring as prolonged heatwaves sweep across the country's southwest. Heat can kill on the job, and these workers are dying “Summers are our busy season, so we anticipate that this sort of thing is going to happen. But this is...

MEMPHIS, Tuesday, July 21, Via CAIRO. Thursday, July 23. Gen. HURLBUT's scouts, arrived to-day from Okolona, Miss., report JOHNSTON at Brandon and Gen. SHERMAN in possession of Jackson. The rebel Gens. RUGGLES, CHALMERS, SAUNDERS and FERGUSON's forces are at Tupelo. RUGGLES is concentrating his forces with the intention, probably, of making a dash on our lines. Correspondence from BRAGG's and JOHNSTON's armies depict them in great destitution and greatly demoralized. They give up Mississippi, and advise the planters to stay and make the best terms possible. Our scouts report the majority of the planters anxious that we should get possession...

“Get on the ground or you’re going to get bit!” he yells. Rose complies by getting onto his knees and raising his hands, the video shows. A state trooper whose camera was recording the incident then repeatedly shouts at the local cops: “Do not release the dog with his hands up!” But the Circleville K-9 officer — identified by WOSU as Ryan Speakman – releases the dog, which lunges toward Rose and bites him as he screams, “Get the off of me … please, please … get it off!”

Asian refiners have booked near-record volumes of U.S. crude to be shipped in August, replacing Middle Eastern oil, as competitive prices and ample supplies attracted heavy buying, according to trade sources.

“Boston has become a little bit of a target in terms of culture wars and white supremacist action,” Mayor Michelle Wu claimed. “We represent what progress looks like.” In a municipality where Biden won 82% of the vote and the city council includes an African Muslim woman in a hijab, the first “Afro-Latina” and the first “Haitian-American,” but only a minority of white Irish politicians terrified of being canceled, where is this threat coming from? Despite that, the Harvard Law grad who is married to a white banker has blamed all her problems on white people. “I’m getting used to...

It occurs to me that we could rid ourselves of the evil of today like Steve Dahl did with the evil of disco. We should have a Democrat demolition night at Comiski Park

24 July 2023Monday of week 16 in Ordinary TimeShrine of Saint Sharbel, at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, in Emmitsburg, MDReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingExodus 14:5-18 ©Pharaoh sets out in pursuit of the sons of IsraelWhen Pharaoh, king of Egypt, was told that the Israelites had made their escape, he and his courtiers changed their minds about the people. ‘What have we done,’ they said ‘allowing Israel to leave our service?’ So Pharaoh had his chariot harnessed and gathered his troops about him, taking six hundred of the best chariots and all the...

First lady Jill Biden landed in Paris early Monday morning ready to celebrate the United States formally rejoining a U.N. arts and culture agency which has billed the White House $619 million for its trouble. After flying in from Washington, DC, Jill Biden will have a day of rest before speaking at a ceremony Tuesday at the headquarters of the globalist United Nations Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The diplomatic trip will reverse former President Donald Trump’s decision in 2018 to withdraw the U.S. from the organization after he accused it of anti-Israel bias bound up in an opaque...

Despite the promise of Dobbs to free the states from federal court interference with abortion policy, Idaho now faces its third federal lawsuit. This last suit is challenging the new law passed this last session which makes it a felony to transport girls out of state to get an abortion without parental consent. During the legislative session, Planned Parenthood threatened numerous times to file a lawsuit. But they are not an official part of this case. Instead, we have three new plaintiffs: a private attorney named Lourdes Matsumoto, the Northwest Abortion Access Fund and the Indigenous Idaho Alliance. They allege...

Trying to help the needy and getting used by gangsters for it...Putin decides enough is enough....

If you liked the coronavirus lockdowns, you’ll love the coming climate lockdowns. Leftists sure liked the former, noting that animals reclaimed some urban areas and the skies were clearer and bluer. Government pandemic policies forced millions of Americans to work from home, and this could become the permanent norm if special carbon taxes are put in place. Such taxes will almost certainly be imposed on companies and individuals alike in the near future, though certain companies—and individuals—favored by our elite rulers may be exempted from them. Drive to work in a car? You are subject to special taxes. Travel by...

Jared Bernstein was VP Joe Biden’s former Chief Economist and is now chair of the United States Council of Economic Advisers. Pretty impressive! Except that Bernstein is not really an economist. He has a PhD in social welfare from Columbia University. In other words, Bernstein is a Progressive Marxist cheerleader, not a real economist. Perfect for The Biden Adminstration where they installed a small town Mayor with no experience (Buttigieg) as Transportation Secretary. But Bernstein’s interview with Fox’s Shannon Bream on gas prices under Biden says it all about his economic acumen: Top economic advisor Jared Bernstein tries and fails...

UPDATED: Monday, July 24, 2023 4:54AM CHICAGO -- At least 33 people have been shot, including six fatal shootings, across Chicago so far this weekend, police say. A 29-year-old man found in a rolled over vehicle in the city's Little Village neighborhood early Sunday morning had been shot in the head, Chicago police said. Officers responding to a person shot in the 3000-block of West 21st Street about 1:25 a.m. found a man in a rolled over vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head, CPD said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, where he died...

Even environmentalists concede that nuclear power is a clean source of abundant, reliable energy. But they stop short of supporting it. Why? Because of the “waste problem.” But how real are their concerns? James Meigs, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, answers this question.

Devon Archer is stepping up to spill the beans. I hope its a huge bowl. Hunter Biden would dial in his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, on speakerphone into meetings with his overseas business partners, according to testimony expected before Congress this week from Devon Archer, the first son’s former best friend. Archer, 48, who is facing jail for his role in a $60 million bond fraud, is scheduled to testify to the House Oversight Committee about meetings he witnessed that were attended by Joe Biden either in person or via speakerphone when Hunter would call his father and introduce...

Three individuals still at large after assaulting 68-year-old woman (Source: Rincon Police Department) (Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A Georgia woman, Donna Hansbrough, aged 68, was terminated from her job at Lowe’s after taking matters into her own hands to stop three brazen shoplifters who had stolen thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. Hansbrough had been a dedicated employee at the company for 13 years until the incident occurred. According to Lowe’s, her termination was based on her violation of company policy against personally restraining shoplifters, even though her intentions were to prevent theft. In an interview with the Effingham Herald,...