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Paris will this week become one of the only cities in Europe with an outright ban on rented e-scooters — as operators plan to ramp up their e-bike fleets to replace them ahead of the 2024 Olympics. Despite previously expressing hopes for a last-minute reprieve, the three firms with e-scooter operating licenses in the French capital, Lime, Dott and Tier, all confirmed to CNBC that they will have removed their scooters, or trottinettes, by the Sept. 1 deadline. They had a combined fleet of roughly 15,000 e-scooters in the city. A referendum held in April gave Parisians two choices regarding...

Former President Donald Trump did not ask Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to engage in any illegal conduct during the 2020 election, according to his testimony. Logo Home Commentary Commentary Georgia Sec. of State’s Testimony Blows Up Fani Willis’ Case By Nathan Baker - September 1, 2023 Former President Donald Trump did not ask Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to engage in any illegal conduct during the 2020 election, according to his testimony. The refutation of the claim that Trump asked to fraudulently “find votes” blows a gaping hole in the middle of Fulton County District Attorney Fani...

The tech billionaires behind a project to build a utopian new city in California's Bay Area have released the first artistic renderings of their ambitious plans. Previously known only as 'Flannery Associates,' the group rebranded as 'California Forever' and released the plans in a publicity blitz on Thursday night, following months of silence and speculation. Led by former Goldman Sachs trader Jan Sramek, the group's backers include Silicon Valley heavyweights such as LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Andreessen Horowitz investor Marc Andreessen, and Steve Jobs' widow Laurene Powell Jobs. California Forever is now the largest landowner in Solano County, which is...

Ted Cruz drinks a beer and has some words...video at link

So let me get this straight… an open forum, no teleprompter, no pre-written statement, with complete and eloquent thoughts that make sense. Imagine having a leader you can actually respect and don’t want chained in a basement. Regardless if you like like Vivek, this was arguably the most enriching interviews of a presidential candidate I’ve witnessed. We need more of this.

[Catholic Caucus] Diocese of Orange: TLM cancelledRemember, that the attacks on the Traditional Latin Mass are really attacks on the PEOPLE who desire it.I received this from a reader…How might one respond to this letter? How about something like this.Dear Father Quang,Thank you so much for your letter of August 25, 2023. I am saddened by your decision and that of Bishop Vann, and will regrettably be forced to have the spiritual and liturgical needs of my family met elsewhere. Considering the added distance to St. Michael’s Abbey and the cost of fuel, I’m sure you will understand that my...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In addition to certifying Mitch McConnell, Diane Feinstein, and John Fetterman as fit to serve in prominent roles in the legislative branch of the United States government, the attending physician at the U.S. Capitol has medically cleared a bowl of Jell-O to serve in the Senate. "It is my official medical opinion that this bowl of Jell-O is in fine shape," said Dr. Brian P. Monahan. "Both physically and mentally, this bowl of cherry-flavored gelatin is every bit as capable of governing as our most important leaders." Public concern has grown significantly in recent months, as the...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made clear to Breitbart News on Friday that if House Republicans move forward with an impeachment inquiry into Democrat President Joe Biden, the move would come not as an announcement from him or anyone else, but from a formal vote on the floor of the House. “To open an impeachment inquiry is a serious matter, and House Republicans would not take it lightly or use it for political purposes. The American people deserve to be heard on this matter through their elected representatives,” McCarthy told Breitbart News. “That’s why, if we move forward with an impeachment...

A student earning her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Alabama says she left the school after a professor brought Critical Race Theory (CRT) and other diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) ideas into the classroom. She said the ideas were offensive and dangerous. Sarah Budde, an emergency room RN in Florida, thought Alabama would be the best place for her to pursue her doctorate. However, she changed her mind after taking the multicultural and social education for leadership personnel class taught by Dr. Nirmala Erevelles. "As a student, I paid for this program and paid for the...

Transportation secretary's equity committee aims to bring 'diversity' and 'inclusion' to America's infrastructurTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is appointing a group of "leading experts" to advise him on "transportation equity," including several who argue that cars cause climate change and promote racism and therefore should be phased out.Buttigieg earlier this month appointed 24 new members to his Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity, an Obama-era body that Buttigieg is reviving after the Trump administration scrapped it. Included on the committee is Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, a "spatial policy scholar" who says "ALL CARS ARE BAD" given that they cause "a myriad of environmental issues...

Political action committee Never Back Down spoke to dozens of wealthy Republican backers about how they are going to lean on 'warm and humble' Casey to make Ron more likable in the unfolding campaign. CEO Chris Jankowski told the donors on August 23: 'We just need your help getting $50 million more by the end of the year, and $100 million more by the end of March. Never Back Down has been operating as a type of shadow campaign for DeSantis after receiving an initial $82.5 million from his own state political committee. Jankowski, Davison and Roe spent their time...

President Biden on Friday took a shot at former President Trump in remarks to hail the August jobs report, calling out the job growth under his predecessor and top political rival. “America’s now in one of the strongest job-creating periods in our history, in the history of our country. It wasn’t that long ago that America was losing jobs. In fact, my predecessor was one of only two presidents in history who entered his presidency and left with fewer jobs than when he entered,” Biden said in remarks at the White House. His remarks follow Friday’s jobs report that found...

Gil Brandt, the pioneering NFL executive who helped turn the Dallas Cowboys into "America's Team," has died at 91. ... Brandt was born in Milwaukee in 1932 to Loretta, a housewife, and Gilbert, a district manager. He played football in high school and then went on to the University of Wisconsin, but stayed for just two years and moved back in with his parents in 1955. He began selling baby pictures, but also began working part time for the Los Angeles Rams as a scout after a family friend recommended him for the job. That family friend happened to be...

AbstractPurpose: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic prompted the development and use of next-generation vaccines. Among these,mRNA-based vaccines consist of injectable solutions of mRNA encoding for are combinant Spike, which is distinguishable from the wild-type protein due to specific amino acid variations introduced to maintain the protein in a prefused state.This work presents a proteomic approach to reveal the presence of recombinant Spike protein in vaccinated subjects regardless of antibody titer

MATTHEW 25:1–13Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus recognizes the prudence of the ten wise virgins. In the Middle Ages, prudence was called “the queen of the virtues,” because it enabled one to do the right thing in a particular situation. Prudence is a feel for the moral situation, something like the feel that a quarterback has for the playing field or a politician has for the voters in his district.Wisdom is, like prudence, a kind of vision, but it is, unlike prudence, a sense of the big picture. It is the capacity to survey reality from the vantage point of God,...

College professors are "inflating grades and watering down their courses," write Mark Horowitz, Anthony L. Haynor and Kenneth Kickham in Inside Higher Ed. The “broke-woke-stroke” convergence has pressured faculty to lower standards, they write. The three professors conducted a national survey of tenured professors in English, math and sociology at public universities of average quality. ... “Broke” colleges and universities "scramble to attract and retain students, whatever their intellectual readiness," they write. Faculty are under pressure to please the customers. If too many switch to an easier major, the professor could lose his or her job. “Woke” sensibilities have politicized...

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise nationwide, a new variant dubbed “Pirola” has experts worried. Also referred to as BA.2.86, Pirola is a highly mutated variant of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus, which emerged in 2021 and led to a frightful spike in COVID-19 cases and deaths. “When Omicron hit in the winter of 2021, there was a huge rise in COVID-19 cases because it was so different from the Delta variant, and it evaded immunity from both natural infection and vaccination,” infectious disease specialist Dr. Scott Roberts said in a Yale Medicine bulletin. The bulletin states that “there...

No matter how Western historians have rewritten the past, America actually helped Communism take root in Russia. The American General William S. Graves played an instrumental role in the destruction of the loyalist Whites, and the propagation of the Communist Reds. Graves so despised Monarchy that he was willing that all Russia should wither and die under blood-soaked atheist rule rather than should czar rise again in Eastern Christendom. References Birtle, A. J. (n.d.). U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine. Bunyan, J. (n.d.). Intervention, Civil War, and Communism in Russia: April – December . Davies, B. (n.d.). Warfare, State...

Russian State TV host Vladimir Solovyov this week warned viewers that Tucker Carlson will be assassinated for discussing the DC elites’ plans to wage war on Russia by next year. Earlier this week Tucker Carlson warned YouTube host Adam Carola that the Washington DC elites will launch a hot war against Russia by next year. Solovyov theatrically asked, “Who says that? A dead man walking! He sincerely believes that the next step after the accusations and the declaration of impeachment will be an assassination of Trump. But this man, who is currently the most popular English-speaking journalist, signed his own...

This is a strange story. But then again, it’s the Biden White House, so maybe not so strange. A video posted on social media by Greg Price of Para Bellum shows what appears to be a figurine or bust of former President Donald Trump on a high shelf in the briefing room. “Apparently there is a figurine of what looks like President Trump’s head beaten down in the White House briefing room??? From a source,” Price tweeted. The figure is orange in color and appears to have been beaten and bruised. A caption on the video reads, “They got rid...