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Two incidents of vandalism have reportedly taken place at Gettysburg National Park within one week. On August 15, park officials reported that multiple boulders had been defaced with graffiti inscribed onto the faces of large stones on Little Round Top, the National Park Services (NPS) reported.

James O'Keefe of OMG has launched a countersuit against Project Veritas, a company he founded and helmed until February 2023. Project Veritas sued their founder in May of that year, and now, O'Keefe is bringing his own claims against the group. O'Keefe was put on leave, at first for two weeks and then indefintely, which he has said was an attempt to force his resignation, and he later offered that. In the countersuit obtained by The Post Millennial, O'Keefe accuses the Project Veritas Board of materially breaching the employment agreement when he was stripped of his position, compensation, and ability...

The first and secondary requests (for just B and K) were made on July 28th and August 9th, per WH official. They ignored the date

Can Trump and RFK, Jr. overcome the leftist hive mind? It’s good to know that the daughter of two academics, one a Tamil Brahmin and the other a Marixt economist, is just Middle-Class Kamala. But now the last echo of the Kennedy mystique, RFK Jr., has plumped for Trump, after releasing a screed in which he accused the Democrats of being meanie jelly-beanies. But I wonder if the main contribution from RFK Jr. will be to help mainstream three “conspiracy theories.” (What is a conspiracy theory? I don’t know. But it is something dark and threatening, rather like “far-Right” extremists.)...

Researchers have found that genetics significantly influence coffee consumption, linking it to various health outcomes, including obesity and psychiatric conditions. The study highlights the complexity of genetic and environmental interactions in shaping coffee drinking habits and health impacts. =========================================================================== When it comes to your genetics, the answer is complicated. Coffee drinking is a heritable habit, and one that carries a certain amount of genetic baggage. Caffeinated coffee is a psychoactive substance, notes Sandra Sanchez-Roige, Ph.D., an associate professor in the University of California San Diego School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. She is one of an international group of researchers...

Have you noticed an unusual number of vehicles in the parking lots of major retailers in your area at night? If you look closely enough, you will see that many of those vehicles actually have people sleeping in them. At this point, millions of Americans are sleeping in their vehicles every night. This is happening even though we are being told that the economy is just fine. But of course the truth is that the system is failing all around us. So if you get to sleep in a very warm bed in a very warm home, you should consider...

Something interesting is going on in San Francisco where DA Brooke Jenkins, a black woman who ousted the former pro-crime Chesa Boudin and promised to actually enforce the law, is taking on the MacArthur Foundation. While we often call pro-crime DAs “Soros DAs” and indeed the Nazi collaborating radical billionaire did indeed play a major role in building a pro-crime network of DAs who ignore the law, there are a variety of major foundations who destroyed public safety in America. The MacArthur Foundation is one of them. Under DA Chesa Boudin’s reign of terror, the MacArthur Foundation had been providing...

Palestine is expected to submit its application to join the BRICS, a group of emerging economies, after its upcoming summit in October in the city of Kazan, southwestern Russia. Russian state news agency TASS quoted the Palestinian ambassador to Moscow, Abdel Hafiz Nofal, as saying that Palestine will lodge its application for joining BRICS after attending the summit. "Russian President Vladimir Putin promised that one session would be fully devoted to Palestine," the Palestinian ambassador said. Earlier, Putin invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to attend the BRICS summit in Kazan.

27 August 2024 Saint Monica on Tuesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time St. Monica's Church, Manhattan, NY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Thessalonians 2:1-3,14-17Stand firm and keep the traditions we have taught youTo turn, brothers, to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we shall all be gathered round him: please do not get excited too soon or alarmed by any prediction or rumour or any letter claiming to come from us, implying that the Day of the Lord has already...

FALLS MILLS, Va. (WVVA) - A Good Samaritan shot a wanted man attempting to carjack a woman and her child on Friday. According to Major Harold Heatley with the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened at Lee’s Kar-Go when the suspect, identified as Cody Dailey, 30, “attempted to carjack a truck, assaulted the female driver of the vehicle and told her child that was in the vehicle, ‘I’m going to rape your mommy.’” Multiple citizens heard the victim screaming and came to her aid, and one of those citizens was armed with his 9mm handgun. The armed Good Samaritan...

“‘Which of you by being anxious can add a single cubit to his life’s span?’” (Matthew 6:27). You can worry yourself to death, but not to life. Dr. Charles Mayo of the renowned Mayo Clinic wrote, “Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands and the whole nervous system. I have never met a man or known a man to die of overwork, but I have known a lot who died of worry.” We live in a day when people worry about how long they will live. That’s a harmful practice because you can worry yourself to death, but not...

How can we trust elections if everything underneath them is suspect? Questions about the newly rebalancing weight of bureaucratic privilege loom large. The overturning of mandatory judicial deference to experts, with the SCOTUS Loper Bright decision, regarding the interpretation and application of congressional legislative intent, opens a wide realm of possibilities for reasserting the primacy of civil liberties over what amounts to unaccountable opinions by support staff — and political ones at that. Nowhere is this change as instantly significant as inside our election bureaus preparing for the 2024 general election. Election officials have a challenging task. They have an...

Last fall, having drunk deeply of the Left’s cocktail of antisemitism, post-colonialism, and general nuisance-making, a small but virulent minority of American college students began “protesting” for “Palestine.” Inaugurated mere days after Hamas’s Oct. 7 sneak-attack against Israel, these agitations crescendoed with the establishment, in the spring of this year, of “Occupy Wall Street”-style encampments on university quads. Four months later, a new school year is upon us, and Israel’s war marches on. It is worth reflecting on what we learned from the ordeal, as well as what administrators and reformers ought to do if and when student activists resume...

One pizza delivery driver in Ohio is dishing up true kindness. James Dunn, a driver for East of Chicago Pizza in Barberton, delivered a pizza to an elderly customer earlier this month and noticed the resident’s unkempt yard and tall grass, according to WOIO-TV. Soon, Dunn returned — but rather than a pizza, the delivery driver brought a lawnmower and weed eater.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Muslim-majority region of Chechnya on Wednesday, marking his first trip to the area in 13 years. The visit has garnered significant attention, particularly after a video surfaced showing Putin respectfully kissing a gifted Quran and holding it close to his heart. Upon arrival, Putin received a warm welcome from Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, with whom he discussed strengthening bilateral relations, military, trade, and economic ties. The two leaders have consistently demonstrated strong relations, with Kadyrov frequently referring to Putin as a close friend in media interactions. During the visit, Russian president, accompanied by Kadyrov...

Johnny Rotten, also known as John Lydon, recently had a discussion on immigrants, immigration and decline in Britain with BBC journalist Andrew Marr, in said interview, he made some points that aren't too popular with the powers-that-be ... [4 min video]

U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan is embarking on several days of talks with top Chinese officials in Beijing this week aimed at quieting tensions between the two superpowers ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. election. Sullivan, China's top diplomat Wang Yi and others meet for the Aug. 27-29 talks as the two countries are at odds over the Middle East and Ukraine, Chinese territorial claims from Taiwan to the South China Sea, and trade. Advertisement · Scroll to continue Biden, who is in the final months of his presidency, has pushed direct diplomacy to influence Chinese...

...the government. Bada bing, bada boom.