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Astron aerospace has shown a partial prototype of a new rotary combustion engine it claims runs at an extraordinary 60% thermal efficiency, burning totally clean with zero NOx emissions and nothing but fresh water out of the tailpipe. With internal combustion engines (ICE) on the way out and electric vehicles (EV) on the way in – both politically and environmentally – innovative ways of using renewable energy for clean transportation are at the forefront of many engineering minds. Astron Aerospace has recently announced its latest novel innovative engine, the H2Starfire. It's a sort of Wankel-rotary design, but with an interesting...

Explanation: Did you see it? One of the more common questions during a meteor shower occurs because the time it takes for a meteor to flash is similar to the time it takes for a head to turn. Possibly, though, the glory of seeing bright meteors shoot across the sky -- while knowing that they were once small pebbles on another world -- might make it all worthwhile, even if your observing partner(s) can't always share in your experience. The featured video is composed of short clips taken in Inner Mongolia, China during the 2023 Perseid Meteor Shower. Several bright...

SAN ANTONIO — Raids on the homes of several Democrats in South Texas, in what the state attorney general said is an ongoing election integrity investigation, has set off a showdown with the nation’s oldest Latino civil rights group. The Aug. 20 raids targeted Manuel Medina, chair of the Tejano Democrats, several members of the League of United Latin American Citizens, a state House candidate and a local area mayor. The raids have triggered outrage and accusations of voter suppression in a state with a long history of discrimination against its citizens of Mexican descent, which gave rise to LULAC...

Documents written by former President Ronald Reagan revealing a closer look at the president’s life and beliefs have gone up for sale. The Raab Collection based in Ardmore, Pennsylvania lists eight Reagan letters, one signed document and a signed photograph for a total estimated value of $80,000. The documents touch on Reagan’s faith, friendships and crisis-handling during various phases of his life as an actor, governor and president. The letters were written between the years 1952 and 1993, the organization said. Nathan Raab, historical documents expert and president of The Raab Collection, as well as the author of "The Hunt...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland warns of apostasy ‘at the top’ of the ChurchBishop Joseph Strickland warns in his latest letter about ‘corruption and the powerful evil forces’ in the Church and society and calls on the faithful to ‘cling fiercely’ to Our Lady and the Eucharist in response to Our Lady’s messages at Fatima and Akita.The following is the full text of a new letter by Bishop Joseph Strickland, the bishop emeritus of Tyler, Texas, warning the faithful about the “evil that grips our world and the Church” and urging them to “be spiritually prepared for whatever may come,” especially...

Former President Donald Trump still holds a one-point lead over Kamala Harris in the all-important swing state of Pennsylvania. This is pretty amazing. Despite billions and billions of dollars in free propaganda from the corporate media, Harris has not been able to close the deal in the very state that is expected to decide the 2024 presidential election. An On Point/Red Eagle Politics/SoCal Strategies Pennsylvania poll of 713 likely voters taken on August 23, the day after Vice President CacklyMcNeverBorderCzar gave her empty, policy-free speech at the Democratic National Convention, found Trump holding a stubborn lead, 48 to 47 percent....

The State Department is offering up to a quarter million taxpayer dollars to an eligible nonprofit to teach Iraqi teenagers about climate activism. Iraqi high schoolers could receive “Eco Action Clubs” bankrolled by taxpayers that will teach them how to advocate for environmental reform in their home country, according to a grant solicitation posted by the State Department earlier this month. The clubs will have several objectives, ranging from developing an “eco-agenda and action plan” which will generate “climate change solutions” to running a social media campaign to increase awareness of the climate crisis. -- snip -- Under President Joe...

Russia launched a deadly large-scale attack across Ukraine on Monday, sending drones and cruise and ballistic missiles toward at least 15 regions, Ukrainian officials said.The strikes were among the largest such aerial attacks since war began in 2022, with Russia using at least 127 missiles and 109 drones in its attack against Ukraine, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy."And like most previous Russia strikes, this one is just as dastardly, targeting critical civilian infrastructure," Zelenskyy said in Ukrainian, adding later that Russian President Vladimir Putin "can only do what the world allows him to do."

The U.S. did not shoot down incoming rockets or drones when Hezbollah launched a major attack on Israel over the weekend, but American officials did provide intelligence support, the Pentagon said Monday. Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters the U.S. provided intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support to track incoming Hezbollah attacks but “did not conduct any kinetic operations, as they were not required.” Defense US did not directly defend Israel in Hezbollah attack, Pentagon says by Brad Dress - 08/26/24 1:18 PM ET Share Post AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari The U.S. did not shoot down incoming rockets or...

Biden and the entire crooked clan are on vacation at a billionaire’s California estate. That’s where Biden headed after yelling about how all his opponents are a threat to democracy at the DNC convention (presumably not his own party bosses who ousted him and replaced him with Kamala.)That’s before Biden leaves his vacation in California to go on vacation in Delaware. (snip)

The members of the bipartisan Trump assassination task force are heading to Butler, Pennsylvania, to demand answers after the Secret Service continues to 'slow walk' information. Speaker Mike Johnson previewed the trip on Fox & Friends Monday morning, saying he is 'confident' in the task force's leader Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), who is 'doing a great job.' 'They've been digging in, getting the answers and requesting documents. They have been slow walked, so that's the concern. So we're pressing go to get the answers to the American people,' said the speaker.

With no interviews and still no policies posted on her website nearly a month after she clinched the nomination, it appears that Democrats are simply going to focus on “vibes” to boost Kamala Harris. Sometime after Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus met with eight female, Democrat governors onstage at the Democrat National Convention, the group gathered to make what many are calling a cringe-inducing musical video in which they lip-synced to the song “Femininomenon.” The “queer song” by rising pop star Chappell Roan — an artist who says she was influenced by drag queens — is reportedly about her life as...

Former Congresswoman and Democratic Party politician Tulis Gabbard is endorsing former President Donald J. Trump’s bid to retake the White House in the November 2024 presidential election.Speaking alongside Trump at the 2024 National Guard Association of the United States General Conference & Exhibition before 4,000 attendees, Gabbard—a United States Army Reserve officer who represented Hawaii in Congress from 2013 to 2021—announced she is bucking the partisan divide and backing Trump over Kamala Harris.

Taoiseach Simon Harris has said he is seeking information on reports that Israeli operated aircraft carrying weaponry from the United States to Israel flew through Irish airspace. Speaking in Government Buildings, he said there are very clear consent protocols that would need to be followed for that to happen. He said his understanding from the Department of Defense and the Department of Transport is no such consent was sought and he is expecting to hear an update from the relevant Government departments. …

A prankster infiltrated the Democrat National Convention and coaxed some shocking answers out of attendees, including some elected officials. Lionel McGloin, who runs the 'No Cap on God' YouTube page, spent the week in Chicago and talked to some of the big stars of the DNC and spoofed the 'brat' theme of many Kamala Harris supporters. His best answers came from some of the average attendees, including one who said 'yas queen' to ideas as wild as free abortions, gender-affirming care for migrants and higher tax brackets for rich white men.

As Joe Biden disembarked Air Force One in the early hours of Tuesday morning in California last week, he was visibly shaking. It was approaching 5.30am East Coast time and the president had been awake almost 24 hours. Walking slowly down the plane's stairs, he struggled to step up into the SUV waiting to take him to the 8,000-acre Santa Barbara ranch where he and his family have just enjoyed a week-long vacation. One of his Secret Service agents moved to shield him from the watching cameras, before giving him a helpful boost into the car.

Trump, knowing that the debates would likely be a huge boon for his campaign, eventually agreed to do the same debate with Kamala as he’d agreed to with Biden. But now, the Harris campaign wants to change the rules. ... Jason Miller blasted the Harris campaign for trying to back out of the debate with Trump. "The Harris camp, after having already agreed to the CNN rules, asked for a seated debate, with notes, and opening statements. We said no changes to the agreed upon rules... If Kamala Harris isn’t smart enough to repeat the messaging points her handlers want...

Trump just unleashed a GENIUS ad of Kamala Harris debating herself.

VIDEOA major change in the political world happened last Friday with Robert F. Kennedy Jr endorsing Donald Trump. As a result there were many reactions to that event. Here are a few of them. Of particular interest was the reaction of CNN which broke away from RFK Jr's speech when he began criticizing Kamala Harris and the Democrats yet on another program recognized the significant impact his endorsement of Trump could have on the election.

Children in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo are worst-affected by the current outbreak of mpox, which has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization. The country accounts for nearly all of this year’s recorded cases and more than 450 deaths. “It began like a small, inflamed spot. The mother squeezed it and watery discharge came out. Then another developed, and after a short period, they were all over the body,” says Alain Matabaro, describing how mpox developed in his six-year-old son Amani. He started recovering after four days of treatment...