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Jesus speaks to us about the dangers of worrying in Matthew 6:25-34. Two accounts of this sermon are given -- the other found in Luke 12:22-34. In both passages, Jesus deals with treasures of the heart before beginning His exposition on worry. In Matthew’s account, we see the need for...

According to reports, a tractor-trailer carrying lithium-ion batteries overturned and caught fire, closing I-15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. “The crash and resulting fire happened near the Afton Road exit just off the 15 Freeway between Barstow and Baker,” KTLA 5 wrote. “I-15, which is the major roadway that connects L.A. and Las Vegas, had been at a virtual standstill for hours when the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District announced that there was a hard closure on the northbound lanes near Afton Road,” the outlet added. The incident created a nightmare for motorists, leaving many people stuck on the desert highway for hours. Some called it a “crisis situation” and a “traffic apocalypse from h***.” “When drivers trying to avoid the freeway closure headed south to Interstate 40, that freeway also became a parking lot,” Las Vegas Review-Journal noted. “A truck carrying lithium-ion batteries on the I-15 overturned and caught on fire yesterday near Barstow. The fire emitted LOTS of toxic gases and continues to affect traffic coming into Las Vegas today,” X account ‘Las Vegas Locally’ wrote. “Thousands of cars and trucks are stranded on I-40E outside of Barstow,” it added. Thousands of cars and trucks are stranded on I-40E outside of Barstow. (via @JTTheBrick) pic.twitter.com/aWmmkXRgFR — Las Vegas Locally (@LasVegasLocally) July 27, 2024 KTLA 5 reports: In its latest update at 9 p.m. Friday night, the District said the fire had been burning for 14 hours. The California Highway Patrol said on Saturday morning that the fire was still burning, but the air quality had improved enough to reopen one lane of I-15 by noon. The CHP later walked back that estimation. At about 1:30 p.m., the CHP said scientists from L.A. and San Bernardino counties were on the way to the site to conduct hazmat testing, but it would take at least three-and-a-half hours for the testing to begin. By 4 p.m., the southbound lanes of I-15 were initially closed at Basin Road, but southbound lanes have now reopened. The northbound lanes still remain closed. The District cited the distance between the incident spot and any fire stations as a complication in regard to the fire. Response times were high due to the logistical challenges, as well as the traffic. Meanwhile, motorists attempting to travel from Southern California to Las Vegas were stuck in a massive traffic jam for several hours. According to KTLA viewer Katryn Santore, who called into the 8 a.m. newscast, many travelers were sleeping in their cars at gas stations overnight. “I’ve been on the road since yesterday. I left Los Angeles around 11 a.m.,” Santore told KTLA from I-40 at about 8:20 a.m. Saturday. “I was stuck on the 15 from about 2:30 p.m. to about 9:30 p.m.” “It took my wife and children 12 HOURS to get home yesterday from California,” comedy magician Matt Donnelly said. It took my wife and children 12 HOURS to get home yesterday from California. https://t.co/6bLuR1U6Uy — Matt Donnelly: The Mind Noodler (@SweetMattyD) July 27, 2024 “A crisis situation is unfolding in the California desert. Thousands of people headed to Las Vegas have been stuck on the I-40 for many hours, running out of gas and water. This is all due to the lithium battery truck fire that closed down I-15 yesterday,” ‘Las Vegas Locally’ noted. A crisis situation is unfolding in the California desert. Thousands of people headed to Las Vegas have been stuck on the I-40 for many hours, running out of gas and water. This is all due to the lithium battery truck fire that closed down I-15 yesterday. pic.twitter.com/PnoQRzd4mX — Las Vegas Locally (@LasVegasLocally) July 27, 2024 Per Las Vegas Review-Journal: “Thousands upon thousands of commuters headed for Vegas are stuck,” California Highway Patrol Officer Shane Hernandez said Saturday morning. Hernandez estimated the I-15 backup was probably 15 miles at some point as heavy Friday afternoon traffic en route to Las Vegas stacked up. It wasn’t clear by Saturday night when the road would be reopened. As of 4:30 p.m. Saturday, about 32 hours after the incident began, officials were working on a new plan of action but did not have a specific timetable, Hernandez said. Fires involving lithium batteries are particularly hazardous because they produce chemicals and toxic gases, which made it essential to handle the situation with extreme caution, fire officials said. Crews were waiting for more hazardous materials specialists to arrive, and there was likely to be a need for a large lifting device, he said. “They will not be opening (the road) anytime soon,” Hernandez said in a text.

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Seymour Hersh claims on substack that Obama and Kamala threatened Joe Biden with the 25th Amendment. “Obama called Biden after breakfast and said, ‘Here’s the deal. We have Kamala’s approval to invoke the 25th Amendment.'” “‘It was clear at this point,’ the official said,” per Hersch, “‘ that she would get the nod’—that is, the […] The post A Coup: Obama & Harris Nuked Biden with the 25th Amendment appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

In a wide-ranging interview on the latest episode of “The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special,” military historian Victor Davis Hanson warned that America’s global dominance is waning as the nation grapples with growing debt, internal divisions, and a weakening military. Shapiro opened the discussion by mentioning Hanson’s latest book, “The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation,” and asked the historian to weigh in on the current state of global affairs, especially considering that “there’s obviously a vacancy at the top of the American government.”  “So when you look at the world scene, how dangerous are things and where are the chief lines of danger?” he asked Hanson.  “Well, you know, in the book, I looked at four historical examples of complete civilizational erasure. And there were common themes. One is that a society that is targeted or vulnerable has no idea that it is it has it keeps reassuring itself that its grandeur is still there. It’s still powerful and has eerie similarities to the United States,” Hanson said. “They have no idea about the people who are attacking them.”  “We’ve had Mr. Erdogan in Turkey threaten to send missiles into Athens, send missiles into Israel, send missiles into Armenia. We have Kim Jong Un acting up again … China has made a video talking about destroying Japan if it were to intervene. And all of this is dismissed as rhetoric. And, you know, 99% of it may be. But we’re getting to a point now where the United States [which] is the keeper of deterrence worldwide, is no longer there for a variety of reasons.”  Some of those reasons, Hanson said, include America’s national debt and soldier shortage.  “We don’t have the economic clout with $36 trillion in debt. We’re borrowing a trillion every 90 days. We’re short 45,000 soldiers,” Hanson told Shapiro. He added that divisive racial rhetoric targeted at rural white men has hindered the U.S. military.  “People don’t remark at all that those are the soldiers of the white male world demographic that died at two times their numbers in the general populations in God-awful places like Afghanistan and Iraq, 75% of those fatalities came from that demographic,” he said. “Yet we alienated them. [Gen. Mark] Milley [and] Secretary of Defense [Lloyd] Austin calling them names [like] ‘white supremacy, white privilege.’ So I’m very worried.”  The historian also critiqued what he sees as inconsistencies in U.S. foreign policy, particularly regarding Israel and Ukraine. He argued the Biden administration has been overly critical of Israel’s military operations while giving Ukraine more leeway. “Ukraine is an ally, but it’s not an ally like Israel. And yet we tell the Israelis, you have to be proportionate. Ukraine, you got to see disproportionality. Israel, you have to have a cease-fire. Ukraine, you’ve got to keep fighting to the bitter end. Israel, you’ve got to have a coalition government. You’ve got to have elections. We don’t trust you, Netanyahu. Zelensky, we don’t have a problem with outlawing political parties.”  Regarding domestic issues, Hanson pointed to unchecked immigration and an expanding administrative state as factors contributing to America’s decline.  “When we let in 10 to 12 million people and we think that they’re going to work really hard … I don’t think that’s going to happen,” he stated. “I think what happens at this late stage, they get on entitlements or they commit crimes and they have no respect for any society that would let them in. And that’s a good sign of a decline that you don’t have a defensible border.”  The historian and author did express some optimism regarding domestic politics. He suggested that if former President Trump were to win re-election, he could potentially “heal the country very quickly.”