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What do a Nobel laureate, a retired University of Wyoming engineering professor and a geologist have in common? They are among the more than 1,600 scientists, researchers, professors, engineers and lawyers who signed their names to a declaration stating that there is no climate emergency. Kevin Kilty, who is a retired adjunct professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Wyoming, told Cowboy State Daily that when it comes to measurements of weather extremes, the observations don’t show any trends outside natural weather variability. “There’s no unequivocal data that suggests that weather is getting worse or storms are getting more...

This undated photo provided by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, shows the FRT-15 made by Rare Breed Triggers, an after-market device for AR-15-style rifles that allows them to shoot seemingly as fast as fully automatic weapons. A lawsuit, being heard in federal court, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, includes numerous civil fraud counts against Rare Breed, alleging the company defrauded customers by telling them the triggers are legal and conspired to defraud the government by failing to get ATF approval before selling the devices, among other accusations. (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives via...

More and more places are now off limits to Teslas in China, not just places but roads... Join me for the China Show, a weekly dive into what's happening in China:

@TuckerCarlson We just met with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, at the Serbian Embassy in Budapest. Here’s what happened.

Vacant properties in San Francisco's downtown area are being snapped up by investors at heavily reduced rates. A run of crime and homelessness in the area sparked a mass exodus as businesses and residents abandon hope of a revival. Office vacancies dipped to a low of 31 percent this year while developers stepped back from mammoth construction projects.

Big Blowup of 1910, also called Big Burn, devastating forest fire that torched 3 million acres (1.2 million hectares) in western Montana and northern Idaho during Aug. 20–23, 1910. Of the fire’s 85 victims, 78 were firefighters.

Russia tried downplaying the destruction of one of its prized supersonic bombers. Ukraine has launched two major kamikaze drone strikes that took out one of Putin's prized nuclear bombers in a spectacular fireball and caused significant damage to a train station used to supply Russia's invasion of Ukraine. New footage of the strike on Soltsy airbase in the Novgorod region shows one of Russia's nuclear bombers being swallowed by an enormous fireball. Smoke billowing from the fireball could be seen for miles around. -snip- The attack on the prized bomber came a day before a major railway station was also...

Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden and Green Party presidential candidate Cornell West in a hypothetical three-way race for the White House, according to a national Emerson College poll. The poll also gauged the Republican presidential primary, finding that Trump maintains a colossal advantage with 56 percent support. Former Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) support has dropped off 11 points since June 20, when he registered at 21 percent. While he looks to stop the hemorrhaging, he finds himself tied with the surging 37-year-old entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy at ten percent. Ramaswamy is up eight points since June. Kimball noted...

Prominent conservative legal scholars are increasingly raising a constitutional argument that 2024 Republican candidate Donald Trump should be barred from the presidency because of his actions to overturn the previous presidential election result. The latest salvo came Saturday in The Atlantic magazine, from liberal law professor Laurence Tribe and J. Michael Luttig, the former federal appellate judge and prominent conservative, -snip “The people who wrote the 14th Amendment were not fools. They realized that if those people who tried to overturn the country, who tried to get rid of our peaceful transitions of power are again put in power, that...

New York Times guest columnist explains 'why I bring up climate change on first dates' What happened: Erica Berry, a female writer from Portland, Ore., announced in a New York Times guest essay that she brings up climate change "on first dates" and refuses to pursue relationships with men who don't share her obsessive thoughts and anxiety about global warming. What she said: The author describes breaking up with her last boyfriend because he wasn't enthusiastic about having constant "conversations about our planet's future" and how local officials could "support vulnerable citizens through better infrastructure." • "My boyfriend was supportive...

Maui will either be a major milestone for the ruling class or a line in the sand for We the People. The blame for the destruction of West Maui is falling upon Hawaiian Electric who knew as early as four years ago that there was a risk of fire due to their own negligence of maintaining power lines. But did nothing. Hawaiian Electric, who is owned by Vanguard and BlackRock, has been shifting their focus to clean energy. But in order to Build Back Better, they must first destroy the old system. And so the power was left on to...

The CIA warned US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that “the Ukrainian offense was not going to work,“ reports veteran journalist Seymour Hersh. The end of the Biden Regime’s “murderous and failing war policy in Ukraine” is near, Hersh wrote.Hersh cites an unnamed intel official who said that SecState Antony Blinken “has figured out that the United States” and Ukraine “will not win the war” against Russia. On Thursday, the Washington Post reported the U.S. intel community realizes the Ukrainian offensive will fail to achieve its key goal of taking the southeastern city of Melitopol, a strategic Russian logistics hub.“The...

On day one – The Biden regime opened the US southern border on day one of the administration. They also ended all construction of the Trump border wall on the US Southern Border. For years the excess parts and segments of border wall lay in the desert collecting dust. During that same time period over 7 million illegal aliens have walked across our open US southern border. .....snip..... On Saturday the Daily Caller reported that the Biden regime was selling off Trump border wall materials. The left hates walls – unless they are protecting their own property. As previously reported,...

Hawkeye @HawkeyeOnAir During ESPN's early morning broadcast at the Little League World Series, it was announced that one of the coaches for the Cuban team left the team dormitory last night and did not return. #LLWS #Cuba 10:48 AM · Aug 20, 2023 · 1,398 Views

20 August 2023 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time St Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church, Bella Vista, AR Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 56:1,6-7 ©I will bring foreigners to my holy mountainThus says the Lord: Have a care for justice, act with integrity, for soon my salvation will come and my integrity be manifest. Foreigners who have attached themselves to the Lord to serve him and to love his name and be his servants – all who observe the sabbath, not profaning it, and cling to my covenant – these I will bring to my holy mountain....

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Sage Steele has broken her silence about what she says is "hypocrisy" at ESPN. Steele, now a former ESPN employee, was a guest on Megyn Kelly's YouTube show Thursday, just days after leaving the network. Steele provided the "life update" on X, formerly Twitter, saying her lawsuit against the company was settled, and she decided to leave so she can "exercise my first amendment rights more freely." >snip< "All I ever wanted was consistency," Steele told Kelly. "And if we are allowing my peers to go on social media, much less on our own airwaves, saying things that have nothing...

What is the difference between a porcupine and the KC Fed Jackson Hole conference? At the annual Jackson Hole Federal Reserve retreat, the pricks are on the inside! (Source: Clive Owen from “Shoot ‘Em Up” about drivers of BMW cars). Yes, the elites of The Federal Reserve System will gather at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming to discuss “Structural Shifts in the Global Economy,” and will be held on Aug. 24-26. Here is where we sit on Sunday. The 30-year conforming mortgage rate (blue-green line) is over 7% and up 154% under Biden. The Fed’s target rate is now...

On November 11, 1999 The Washington Post reported: "Two weeks ago Captain Earl R Fox learned that he is the last world war II veteran still on active duty in the US armed forces." The Post wrote that Fox described himself as "the last direct physical link between today's military and the warriors of Midway, Normandy and Iwo Jima."Dr. Earl R Fox: The last WWII Veteran Still on Active Duty in the US Armed Forces | 11:51The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered1.27M subscribers | 175,201 views | June 21, 2023

(Daily readings from the USCCB)At that time, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, “Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon.” Matthew 15:21–22After Jesus was harshly challenged by the Pharisees, He and His disciples took a 35-mile journey to the northwest to a region that was in pagan territory and outside of the jurisdiction of Herod and the Jewish leaders. It might have been a time of repose for Him and His disciples and an opportunity for Jesus...