#Allentown Fire Department

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Allentown FD, KME apparatus for #TBT

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Bryan Kohberger - What We Know So Far

In the early morning hours of November 13th, 2022, the bodies of four college students were found stabbed to death in their off-campus rental home in Moscow, Idaho. The students were identified 21-year-old Madison Mogen, 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves, 20-year-old Xana Kernodle, and 20-year-old Ethan Chapin, who were all studying at the University of Idaho. 

Forensic evidence and surveillance footage linked 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger to the quadruple homicide, a criminal justice PhD student at the University of Washington, leaving many to wonder what Bryan’s connection was--if any--to the victims. 

As it’s so early on in the investigation, not much is known about Bryan’s life before his arrest on December 30th. He grew up in eastern Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountain. He grew up with his father, who was a maintenance worker, his mother, who worked in the school system, and two older sisters. 

Former high school friends of Bryan say he was bullied for being overweight. In his senior year of high school, he lost 100 lbs. But with his physical transformation also came an attitude switch. He became more physically aggressive and arrogant toward others. Not long after, he developed a heroin addiction, which made him more secluded and self-destructive. 

Years later, Bryan tried to sober up and get his life back on track.He worked security for the Pleasant Valley School District and was attending Pennsylvania's Northampton Community College, where he received his associate’s degree in 2018 before completing his undergrad at DeSales University in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 2020. He graduated with a master of arts in criminal justice in June 2022 where he studied under forensic psychologist Katherine Ramsland who interviewed the BTK serial killer and wrote a book on him.

During his master studies, Bryan made the following post on Reddit:

Hello, my name is Bryan and I am inviting you to participate in a research project that seeks to understand how emotions and psychological traits influence decision-making when committing a crime.

In particular, this study seeks to understand the story behind your most recent criminal offense, with an emphasis on your thoughts and feelings throughout your experience.

After completing his master’s, he enrolled as a PhD student in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University in August, where he also worked as a teaching assistant. But it wasn’t long before Bryan ran into some trouble. Several times, meetings were arranged with faculty members to discuss Bryan’s misogynistic attitude in the way he interacted with women and graded their papers versus their male peers. Furthermore, Bryan reportedly had gotten into many altercations with one of his professors. Days before his arrest, Bryan was eventually fired as a TA for his behaviour. 

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Suspect fatally shot by police in Allentown, Pa. after firing gun at officers

A suspect was killed early Monday morning after he fired his gun at officers, according to the Allentown Police Department.

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City of Easton Fire Department accepting applications for entry-level firefighters

Image from https://www.facebook.com/cityofeastonpa/videos/1274732393397540/ Easton, PA – February 9, 2023 – The City of Easton is currently accepting applications for the Firefighter Recruit 1 position with the Easton Fire Department until Friday, March 10 at 4 pm. EFD is a fully professional department. The city pays for training through the Allentown Fire Academy. In order to take the test,…

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warning: stupid firefighter rant ahead

when I was still on the department, and we had to go treat someone who had "fallen asleep behind the wheel"... if it was ETOH, I wouldn't lie to the cops. If the patient admitted to it, and the cops asked, I would tell them that yes, the patient admitted to ETOH. If I smelled it, and the cops asked, I would tell them, yes, in my professional opinion, I smell ETOH on this person who is exhibiting symptoms of mental impairment. If the situation scared me enough with the what-could-have-beens? No, I would NOT wait for the cops to ask; I'd go find them myself, and I did not give one fat shit about IF that might have been abrogating patient confidentiality or not.

One of my captains would get into nasty, I mean NASTY, fights with me about it. "Why would you ruin that person's life like that?" That isn't hyperbole. He actually asked me that on more than one occassion.

And I would fire back that *I* wasn't the one that made the poor decisions that they did. If it was, indeed, *not* ETOH, then the tox screen that the LEOs were able to order would show that. If it *was* ETOH as I had suspcted or had been admitted to me? Well, I'd sleep a fuck lot better knowing that I "ruined that poor person's life" rather than let that selfish fuck continue without an intervention, and eventually KILL someone else because of their choices.

Someone innocent.

Because I'll let you in on this little secret: the drunks NEVER die.

okay, that IS hyperbole. But seriously, drunks BOUNCE because they are too drunk to know that they are about to die, and so they BOUNCE and survive things that no sober person would. You know who DOES die, though? The innocent people they hit.

And we had to cut those bodies out of their cars, or scrape what was left of their bodies off of the pavement or out of the tree or out of the barricade time and time and fucking TIME AGAIN.

And because my Captain didn't like to ever admit when he was too intoxicated to drive, and always drove himself home (and his wife, I might add), he felt like *I* was the one "ruining that person's life." If HE could do it safely, then it couldn't be BAD, right?

Know what? If I'd had to report to a wreck to cut HIS drunk ass out of a car? You bet your ass I would have told the cops, yeah, in my professional opinion, I detect the odor of ETOH on this individual who is showing symptoms of mental impairment. Oh, and he told me he'd been drinking, too.

Because I got gods damned tired of scooping up dead INNOCENT people, right about the first time I had to do it ad watch the drunk that killed them, stagger over to the ambulance to get a bandaid. And it never got easier. It never got better. It never got more acceptable the more times I did it.

This rant brought to you by an article shared to me by one of my best friends who likes to geek out with me about fire dork stuff:

Just needed to get that off my chest tonight. I have a temper, but there's a few things that will fire me the fuck right up quicker than anything else, and drunks killing people but not dying in the wreck they caused themselves, that's a big one. And you can honestly read between the lines whatever you want to out of that last statement. It's probably true.

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EternalBlue, the cyberwar equivalent of mustard gas

*That’s a lot of damage.  Hospitals, airports, rail and shipping operators, ATM's, factories and especially local governments. l

------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 17:15:12 -0700 From: Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> Subject: NSA's EternalBlue: Mustard Gas for the 21st Century (NYTimes) The ancient Lydian king Croesus -- yes, THAT rich king Croesus -- "turned to the Delphic oracle and the oracle of Amphiaraus to inquire whether he should pursue this campaign [against Persia] and whether he should also seek an alliance.  The oracles answered, with typical ambiguity, that if Croesus attacked the Persians, he would destroy a great empire -- this would become one of the most famous oracular statements from Delphi [after Croesus was defeated."[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croesus Mustard gas and other poisonous gasses were used to devastating effect in WWI, although outlawed by multiple conventions both before and since.  The subsequent use of poisonous gasses has since been vastly reduced -- not due so much to the effectiveness of these international treaties, but to the fact that the gasses are indiscriminate, and have a tendency to "blow back" on those using them as weapons. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_weapons_in_World_War_I Computer scientists have been warning for quite a while about "blowback" ("CIA internal coinage denoting the unintended, harmful consequences -- to friendly populations and military forces -- when a given weapon is used beyond its purpose as intended by the party supplying it" [3]) from cyberweapons such as STUXNET.  Unlike most "kinetic" weapons, which leave little trace after their use, the core problem with cyberweapons is that in the overwhelming percentage of uses, the digital pieces of the cyberweapon continue to exist after the attack, and can be repurposed for counter-attacks.  In this way, cyberweapons are like poison gas, which isn't instantly neutered after achieving its killing purpose, but remains toxic to non-combatants as well as to the original users. [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowback_(intelligence The billion-dollar blowback from EternalBlue continues [3] without any apologies from the NSA, which developed it ("Adm. Michael S. Rogers, who was director of the NSA during the Shadow Brokers leak [including EternalBlue], suggested in unusually candid remarks that the agency should not be blamed for the long trail of damage." [4]).  Yet the FBI and the Five Eyes around the world continue their push for "back doors" in encryption, completely clueless about the even greater repercussions possible in the form of blowback from the compromise of such encryption backdoors. Dona NOBUS Pacem, indeed! [4] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/25/us/nsa-hacking-tool-baltimore.html In Baltimore and Beyond, a Stolen NSA Tool Wreaks Havoc Nicole Perlroth and Scott Shane, The New York Times, 25 May 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/25/us/nsa-hacking-tool-baltimore.html For nearly three weeks, Baltimore has struggled with a cyberattack by digital extortionists that has frozen thousands of computers, shut down email and disrupted real estate sales, water bills, health alerts and many other services. But here is what frustrated city employees and residents do not know: A key component of the malware that cybercriminals used in the attack was developed at taxpayer expense a short drive down the Baltimore- Washington Parkway at the National Security Agency, according to security experts briefed on the case. Since 2017, when the NSA lost control of the tool, EternalBlue, it has been picked up by state hackers in North Korea, Russia and, more recently, China, to cut a path of destruction around the world, leaving billions of dollars in damage.  But over the past year, the cyberweapon has boomeranged back and is now showing up in the NSA's own backyard. It is not just in Baltimore.  Security experts say EternalBlue attacks have reached a high, and cybercriminals are zeroing in on vulnerable American towns and cities, from Pennsylvania to Texas, paralyzing local governments and driving up costs. The NSA connection to the attacks on American cities has not been previously reported, in part because the agency has refused to discuss or even acknowledge the loss of its cyberweapon, dumped online in April 2017 by a still-unidentified group calling itself the Shadow Brokers.  Years later, the agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation still do not know whether the Shadow Brokers are foreign spies or disgruntled insiders. Thomas Rid, a cybersecurity expert at Johns Hopkins University, called the Shadow Brokers episode "the most destructive and costly NSA breach in history," more damaging than the better-known leak in 2013 from Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor. "The government has refused to take responsibility, or even to answer the most basic questions," Mr. Rid said.  "Congressional oversight appears to be failing.  The American people deserve an answer." The NSA and FBI declined to comment. Since that leak, foreign intelligence agencies and rogue actors have used EternalBlue to spread malware that has paralyzed hospitals, airports, rail and shipping operators, ATM's and factories that produce critical vaccines. Now the tool is hitting the United States where it is most vulnerable, in local governments with aging digital infrastructure and fewer resources to defend themselves. Before it leaked, EternalBlue was one of the most useful exploits in the NSA's cyberarsenal.  According to three former NSA operators who spoke on the condition of anonymity, analysts spent almost a year finding a flaw in Microsoft's software and writing the code to target it.  Initially, they referred to it as EternalBluescreen because it often crashed computers -- a risk that could tip off their targets.  But it went on to become a reliable tool used in countless intelligence-gathering and counterterrorism missions. EternalBlue was so valuable, former NSA employees said, that the agency never seriously considered alerting Microsoft about the vulnerabilities, and held on to it for more than five years before the breach forced its hand. The Baltimore attack, on 7 May, was a classic ransomware assault.  City workers' screens suddenly locked, and a message in flawed English demanded about $100,000 in Bitcoin to free their files: "We've watching you for days," said the message, obtained by The Baltimore Sun.  "We won't talk more, all we know is MONEY! Hurry up!" Today, Baltimore remains handicapped as city officials refuse to pay, though workarounds have restored some services.  Without EternalBlue, the damage would not have been so vast, experts said.  The tool exploits a vulnerability in unpatched software that allows hackers to spread their malware faster and farther than they otherwise could. North Korea was the first nation to co-opt the tool, for an attack in 2017 -- called WannaCry -- that paralyzed the British health care system, German railroads and some 200,000 organizations around the world.  Next was Russia, which used the weapon in an attack -- called NotPetya -- that was aimed at Ukraine but spread across major companies doing business in the country.  The assault cost FedEx more than $400 million and Merck, the pharmaceutical giant, $670 million. The damage didn't stop there.  In the past year, the same Russian hackers who targeted the 2016 American presidential election used EternalBlue to compromise hotel Wi-Fi networks.  Iranian hackers have used it to spread ransomware and hack airlines in the Middle East, according to researchers at the security firms Symantec and FireEye. "It's incredible that a tool which was used by intelligence services is now publicly available and so widely used," said Vikram Thakur, Symantec's director of security response.  (((I wonder if he’s ever heard of LSD.)))

One month before the Shadow Brokers began dumping the agency's tools online in 2017, the NSA -- aware of the breach -- reached out to Microsoft and other tech companies to inform them of their software flaws.  Microsoft released a patch, but hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide remain unprotected. Hackers seem to have found a sweet spot in Baltimore, Allentown, Pa., San Antonio and other local, American governments, where public employees oversee tangled networks that often use out-of-date software.  Last July, the Department of Homeland Security issued a dire warning that state and local governments were getting hit by particularly destructive malware that now, security researchers say, has started relying on EternalBlue to spread. Microsoft, which tracks the use of EternalBlue, would not name the cities and towns affected, citing customer privacy.  But other experts briefed on the attacks in Baltimore, Allentown and San Antonio confirmed the hackers used EternalBlue.  Security responders said they were seeing EternalBlue pop up in attacks almost every day. Amit Serper, head of security research at Cybereason, said his firm had responded to EternalBlue attacks at three different American universities, and found vulnerable servers in major cities like Dallas, Los Angeles and New York. The costs can be hard for local governments to bear.  The Allentown attack, in February last year, disrupted city services for weeks and cost about $1 million to remedy -- plus another $420,000 a year for new defenses, said Matthew Leibert, the city's chief information officer. He described the package of dangerous computer code that hit Allentown as "commodity malware," sold on the dark web and used by criminals who don't have specific targets in mind.  "There are warehouses of kids overseas firing off phishing emails," Mr. Leibert said, like thugs shooting military-grade weapons at random targets. The malware that hit San Antonio last September infected a computer inside Bexar County sheriff's office and tried to spread across the network using EternalBlue, according to two people briefed on the attack. This past week, researchers at the security firm Palo Alto Networks discovered that a Chinese state group, Emissary Panda, had hacked into Middle Eastern governments using EternalBlue. "You can't hope that once the initial wave of attacks is over, it will go away," said Jen Miller-Osborn, a deputy director of threat intelligence at Palo Alto Networks.  "We expect EternalBlue will be used almost forever, because if attackers find a system that isn't patched, it is so useful." (((Has a half-life to rival plutonium.))) Until a decade or so ago, the most powerful cyberweapons belonged almost exclusively to intelligence agencies -- NSA officials used the term "NOBUS," for "nobody but us," for vulnerabilities only the agency had the sophistication to exploit.  But that advantage has hugely eroded, not only because of the leaks, but because anyone can grab a cyberweapon's code once it's used in the wild. Some FBI and Homeland Security officials, speaking privately, said more accountability at the NSA was needed.  A former FBI official likened the situation to a government failing to lock up a warehouse of automatic weapons. In an interview in March, Adm. Michael S. Rogers, who was director of the NSA during the Shadow Brokers leak, suggested in unusually candid remarks that the agency should not be blamed for the long trail of damage. "If Toyota makes pickup trucks and someone takes a pickup truck, welds an explosive device onto the front, crashes it through a perimeter and into a crowd of people, is that Toyota's responsibility?" he asked. "The NSA wrote an exploit that was never designed to do what was done."  (((He’s got a point, except that pickup trucks have constructive uses and spooky vulnerabilities don’t.))) At Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., where thousands of security engineers have found themselves on the front lines of these attacks, executives reject that analogy. "I disagree completely," said Tom Burt, the corporate vice president of consumer trust, insisting that cyberweapons could not be compared to pickup trucks.  "These exploits are developed and kept secret by governments for the express purpose of using them as weapons or espionage tools.  They're inherently dangerous.  When someone takes that, they're not strapping a bomb to it.  It's already a bomb." Brad Smith, Microsoft's president, has called for a "Digital Geneva Convention" to govern cyberspace, including a pledge by governments to report vulnerabilities to vendors, rather than keeping them secret to exploit for espionage or attacks. Last year, Microsoft, along with Google and Facebook, joined 50 countries in signing on to a similar call by French President Emmanuel Macron -- the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace -- to end "malicious cyber-activities in peacetime." Notably absent from the signatories were the world's most aggressive cyberactors: China, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Russia -- and the United States. A version of this article appears in print on Page A1 of the New York edition with the headline: Cities Hijacked By Tool Stolen From the NSA. ------------------------------

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During World War 2, Major Claude Hensinger was flying back to base on a B-29 bomber when one of the engines caught on fire. He jumped out of the aircraft and parachuted somewhere in China. In 1944, China was still largely occupied by the Japanese and Hensinger was unsure whether or not he was in occupied territory or how he would find his way back to the United States. He was also injured from the jump after landing on some jagged rocks. He kept his parachute and used it to keep himself warm during the cold nights and help stop the bleeding.⁣  ⁣ He was able to evade capture and returned to Pennsylvania after the war ended. He sent the parachute that had saved his life to his mother, who dry cleaned the fabric in order to remove the blood stains. Shortly after his return, Hensinger reconnected with his childhood friend, Ruth. After a year of dating, he proposed in 1947 and said, "I'd like to have you make a wedding dress out of my parachute. It saved my life."⁣  ⁣ Ruth was happy to accept, but she wondered: “How am I going to make a gown out of 16 gores of nylon, and all that bias?" ⁣  ⁣ She did some research and took some inspiration from a wedding gown she saw in the window of Hess Brothers Department Store in Allentown. She essentially used the nylon parachute to weave a multi-tiered dress with an antebellum style.⁣  ⁣ “He didn’t see it until I walked down the aisle,” Ruth said. “He was happy with it.”⁣  ⁣ 25-years later, their daughter wore the same dress on her wedding day and the Hensinger’s daughter-in-law also wore it when she married their son in 1989.⁣  ⁣ The Hensingers were married for 49 years old until Claude’s death in 1996. In the early 90s, Ruth donated the dress to the Smithsonian Institution and over the years, it has been on display in a number of exhibits. ⁣ #weddingdress https://www.instagram.com/p/BxfpXIZlIE5/?igshid=1hjdpgua4z8zm

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At least 28 children and adults taken to hospital after carbon monoxide leak at day care

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At least 28 children and adults taken to hospital after carbon monoxide leak at day care

A carbon monoxide leak at a day care in Allentown, Pennsylvania, sent 28 children and staff members to the hospital.

On Oct. 11, officers responded to a 911 call about an unconscious child at the Happy Smiles Learning Center in Allentown, the city’s communications manager Genesis Ortega said.

After the local fire department arrived at the day care, the carbon monoxide monitors on their equipment went off. Ortega said the officials used a meter and found a “dangerously high” amount of carbon monoxide had been detected in the building. 

Authorities then evacuated 27 children and eight staff members from the facility, officials said in an updated statement posted on Twitter. Emergency medical services (EMS) “was on the scene and set up treatment and triage in the parking lot of the facility. A total of 28 patients were transported by ambulance to four area hospitals to be monitored,” the tweet read.

Allentown Fire Department Capt. John Christopher also noted, “All patients were stable, and right now it’s kind of wrapping up. I know some parents did show up and elected to take their children to get them checked out on their own.” 

He did not confirm how many of the patients were children. 

Christopher also informed reporters that there were no carbon monoxide monitors in the building. He said that

Ortega added that the Allentown Fire Department was working on ventilating the day care. The case is being investigated by UGI Utilities, a natural gas and electric company located in Pennsylvania. 

In a statement to NBC News, a spokesperson for UGI Utilities said, “UGI was called to investigate the source of carbon monoxide at the Happy Smiles Learning Center this morning. We determined the cause was a malfunctioning heating unit and blocked venting system. Gas was turned off to the facility until repairs can be made. UGI ensured there was no gas leak in the vicinity.”

Christopher explained to reporters, “That’s the problem with CO. You won’t smell it, you won’t taste it, you won’t see it. You’re not going to know it was there until you get a meter.”

Owner and director of Happy Smiles Learning Center Jesenia Gautreaux told reporters that the day care will be closed for the rest of the week. She said the center is working with health inspectors and that she had previously contacted an alarm system company to have carbon monoxide detectors installed in the building. 

Gautreaux said the company did not return her call. 

“We need to fix some of the stuff that caused this incident, but I will do my best to do it as quick as possible because I know my parents need me to reopen,” she said. 

The owner also told reporters that the center’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning passed an inspection on Aug. 12. 

Christopher also said, according to NBC10’s SkyForce10, the state passed a law mandating detectors at day care centers, but the deadline to have them installed is not until Oct. 27 of this year.

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, there are two bills in the state’s legislature that would require carbon monoxide detectors to be placed in all child care facilities. However, the bills have not passed both chambers and currently only fire prevention measures are required.

Though in accordance with City of Allentown Fire Code, smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors shall be present and functioning in day cares.

In 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that over 400 Americans died every year from unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning. 

Carbon monoxide can be produced from faulty gas appliances, running cars in closed garages and burning charcoal indoors. 

Low-to-moderate CO poisoning can cause flu-like symptoms such as headache, fatigue, shortness of breath, dizziness and nausea, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. High levels of CO poisoning could lead to more intense symptoms like mental confusion, vomiting, loss of muscular coordination, loss of consciousness and death.

Battery-powered CO alarms are available in stores like Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowes. Customers are encouraged to view the Consumer Reports about the alarms before purchasing. 

The device’s batteries should be checked at least twice a year and should be replaced every five years. 

If a CO alarm goes off, occupants should leave their home immediately, call 911 and remain outside until emergency services assess the situation.

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Trump, backers revise account of Capitol riot

NATION & WORLD Trump, backers revise account of Capitol riot Months after Donald Trump’s supporters besieged the Capitol, the former president and his supporters are revising their account of that day —one in which the attackers are being referred to as martyrs and war like heroes. WASHINGTON — A cocktail of propaganda, conspiracy theory and disinformation — of the kind intoxicating to the masses in the darkest turns of history — is fueling straight-up delusion over the agonies of Jan. 6. Hate is “love.” Violence is “peace.” The pro-Donald Trump attackers are patriots. Months after the then-president’s supporters stormed the Capitol that winter day, Trump and his acolytes are taking this revisionism to a new and dangerous place — one of martyrs and warlike heroes, and of revenge. It’s a place where cries of “blue lives matter” have transformed into shouts of “f--- the blue.” The fact inversion about the siege is the latest in Trump’s contorted oeuvre of the “big lie” compendium, the most specious of which is that the election was stolen from him, when it was not. It is rooted in the basic formula of potent propaganda through the ages: Say it loud, say it often, say it with the heft of political power behind you, and people will believe. Once spread by pamphlets, posters and word of mouth, now spread by swipe of finger, the result is the same: a passionate, unquestioning following. Propagandistic origins Techniques of glorifying your side and demonizing the other with skewed information, if not outright lies, have been in play at least since World War I, when the U.S. government roused sentiment for the cause with posters depicting the German soldier as an ape-human with an American maiden in his clutches. That paled next to what followed years later with Nazi Germany’s terrifying use of propaganda for the slaughter and subjugation of millions. Whether the deception feeds warmongering or merely a defeated president’s ego, some of the methods are the same, like telling the same fabrication over and over until it sticks. Trump perfected the art of repetition — about the “election hoax,” the “rigged election” and “massive voter fraud,” with none of those accusations substantiated but ingrained nonetheless among his supporters. Four years ago, Trump appeared to equate white supremacists and racial justice protesters in Charlottesville, Va., with his comment that there were “very fine people, on both sides.” This time, in this telling, the very fine people on Jan. 6 were on one side: his. For the other side — the police, overwhelmed for hours and beaten in the insurrection — Trump only has an in-your-face question that doubles as a four-word conspiracy theory: “Who killed Ashli Babbitt?” Those words have become a viral mantra meant to elevate Babbitt as a righteous martyr. They ricochet around the mainline social media platforms where Trump is banned for spreading misinformation but his followers still commiserate. The woman died from a police officer’s bullet fired as she tried to climb through the jagged glass of a smashed window toward the House chamber. ‘A vast sea of nonsense’ Trump and many Republicans have cycled through various characterizations of the insurrection, each wholly unlike the previous one. The attackers were said to be leftist antifa followers in disguise. Then were said to be overexcited tourists. Now they are heralded as foot soldiers for freedom. Each iteration has required Americans to ignore the rage they saw on their screens, and some lawmakers to ignore that they were among the shocked targets of the attackers that day. The revisionists and their believers are “swimming in a vast sea of nonsense,” said Brendan Buck, a former top aide to House Speaker Paul Ryan. That sea’s currents are familiar to historians. Once people buy into the lies, there can be no convincing them they aren’t true, said Dolores Albarracin, a psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania and co-author of a coming book, Creating Conspiracy Beliefs: How Our Thoughts are Shaped . Believers often dismiss anyone who tries to set them straight by claiming they are either duped or part of the conspiracy, Albarracin said. “The belief contains a device that protects it,” she said. “Nothing can invalidate the conspiracy theory. Trying to refute the theory proves the theory and signals you as a conspirator.” Latest lie Recent polls illustrate the country’s divide over Trump and his post-election histrionics. In essence, two-thirds of the population is against him, two-thirds of Republicans for him. In one of the latest, Quinnipiac found that 66% of Republicans consider President Joe Biden to have been illegitimately elected. That number and others like it in multiple polls represent tens of millions of people who were hoodwinked into believing election fraud claims that have been thoroughly investigated and refuted. Trump’s fabrications have stuck and now undergird the attempts by him and those closest to him to glorify the Jan. 6 mob. “The consequence of lying is you kind of never get back to where you were before,” said Harvard historian Jill Lepore, whose podcast, “The Last Archive,” explores hoaxes, deceptions and what has happened to truth. Of Trump, she said: “His method is generally to just create chaos so that people really don’t know which way to look.” In the case of the insurrection, his followers looked away. An aggressive amnesia seems to have taken hold over how ugly it was. Swarming to the Capitol after a staging rally where Trump told them to “fight like hell,” the attackers injured scores of the outnumbered law enforcement officers. Babbitt was part of the group that was trying to beat down the doors of the House chamber as Capitol Police officers used furniture to barricade them. A Capitol Police lieutenant pointed his gun as hysteria reached a fever pitch. Attackers lifted Babbitt up to climb through the jagged window. The officer fired one round. Babbitt was struck in the shoulder. She later died. Trump now states falsely, and repeatedly, that she was shot “right in the head.” Also: In Pennsylvania, a push for a “forensic investigation” of the 2020 presidential election results. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen election have been debunked by the courts, his own Justice Department and scores of recounts. But in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, where Trump lost by 80,000 votes eight months ago, they’re finding new signs of life. A Republican state lawmaker, bolstered by campaign trail support from top Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Senate, has launched a push for a “forensic investigation” of the presidential election results, a review modeled on the widely discredited process underway in Arizona. The effort is likely to face legal challenges and is still limited to three counties, where it is getting pushback even from Republican commissioners. But its march forward is forcing many to stop viewing it as one lawmaker’s pet project and take it seriously. The audit has fast become a litmus test in an election cycle where an open governor’s office and an open U.S. Senate seat — the political equivalent of a blue moon — have triggered fiercely competitive Republican primaries. That has some GOP party officials and donors squirming with discomfort, albeit quietly. Some Republicans privately worry that the spectacle of a protracted election audit is a time bomb that not only will damage the state’s democratic institutions, but also the party’s credibility with critical swing voters. “Most of the Republicans I know, at the very least, have misgivings and, at worst, are like me and realize this is just really a blunder of epic proportions,” said former congressman Charlie Dent, a centrist Republican from the Allentown area. “Why bring the Arizona clown show to Pennsylvania?” Those worries have been easily drowned out by supporters of the effort. One, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who has claimed that Trump “asked me” to run for governor, is the ringleader of the audit campaign and is fundraising off it. “All I’m asking for is a transparent and thorough investigation to prove to U.S. voters that our votes were fairly counted, and that we have nothing to worry about,” Mastriano wrote in the email appeal.

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O’CONNELL NOMINATES FIRE CHIEF

O’CONNELL NOMINATES FIRE CHIEF

  Allentown Mayor Ray O’Connell is nominating Efrain “Freddie” Agosto Jr. to be the city’s next fire chief. Agosto joined the department in 2003 and has served since August 2018 as deputy fire chief, the number two position in the department. O’Connell said, “Freddy has the confidence of the administration, the fire department and the community.  He is well-versed in all department…

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Allentown Fire Department Welcomes New Firefighters

Allentown Fire Department Welcomes New Firefighters

ALLENTOWN, PA – Seven new firefighters will be on the job in the Allentown Fire Department. They were among the graduates of the Allentown Fire Academy who were honored during a ceremony today at the City’s Mack South Fire Station. New Allentown firefighters Brandon Richetta, James Mcguire, Joseph Hottenstein, Leonard Waller, Leroy Bachert III, Pedro Santana, and William Schafer were presented…

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ALLENTOWN FIRE CHIEF WEHR RETIRING

ALLENTOWN FIRE CHIEF WEHR RETIRING

  Allentown Fire Chief Jim Wehr is retiring next month after completing nearly 27-years with the department. Mayor Ray O’Connell appointed Wehr interim chief of the department in August 2018.  He was confirmed by City Council in October 2019.   Over the course of his career, Chief Wehr has been recognized as Firefighter of the Year, honored for valor which according to department guidelines…

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How to Avoid High-Cost Commercial Door Emergency Service in Philadelphia?

Most businesses in Philadelphia depend mostly on their doors to protect and secure their buildings or business establishments on 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, 365 days-a-year bases.

Anyone operating a commercial business or property would surely know that the failure of any door system can generate a business-critical issue like costly commercial door emergency services that need to be resolved quickly.

Overhead Door Company of Philadelphia, a division of DuraServ Corp, a leader in loading dock solutions in Philadelphia and surrounding cities in Pennsylvania, offers this commercial door overview and how to avoid high-cost commercial door emergency service in Philadelphia.

What is a commercial door?

Commercial doors are specifically designed and created for commercial purposes. They are utilized in schools, office buildings, stores, hospitals, manufacturing industries, and other related commercial buildings. These doors are manufactured with extra strength and durability as compared to residential doors to be able to withstand weather elements and different levels of abuse.

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What are the types of commercial doors?

 Commercial doors are mainly used in commercial establishments or buildings and are expected to perform in a variety of ways, however, there are four basic types of doors:

1. Roll-up Doors

Roll-up doors are the most common type of door, found mostly in both commercial and residential settings. They come in various sizes, configurations, and sizes, and offers multiple benefits.

2. Fire Rated Doors

A fire rated door is a type of a door made from fire-resistant materials and can help prevent the spread of fire throughout the building.  

3. Scissor Gates

A scissor gate is a type of steel folding gate door commonly used on storefronts and businesses as a form of protection in public areas. They are often used in commercial businesses to add more protection to glass or to quarter off an area as convention stairwells or loading docks.

4. Overhead Doors

An Overhead door, either of roll-up or swing-up, when it opens up makes a horizontal positioning above a door opening. Also considered to be the conventional commercial door, and often used as a door for garages.

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What are the common commercial door problems?

 Commercial doors eventually malfunction or fail to operate. Here we, consider the most common commercial door problems:

 Defective Rollers

Door rollers are the wheels on which the door sits, and they transfer the door along the track. These rollers can be metal, nylon, or plastic. Depending on its usage and life-span, some may decrease the radius of its wheel and eventually will wear away.

Impaired Torsion Spring

When your commercial door does not move up, the culprit could be a broken torsion spring. A torsion spring provides the lifting power when using an electric door opener. Besides wearing out after overuse, torsion springs are also vulnerable to rust, especially when exposed to outside elements.  

Damaged Cables

Depending on what kind of spring system your door uses, it has cables with different tasks to perform. If you are using torsion spring systems, the cable can get damaged and the door will not move. For extension spring systems, the cables are the safety measures, however, are also susceptible to wear and tear. If the cables show signs of breaking down or damage, you need to replace them.    

To serve everyone at Philadelphia, our Commercial Sectional Doors have a variety of Commercial Sectional Doors to help any type of business application all over Philadelphia.

Who can best solve your emergency commercial door repair needs in Philadelphia?

Considering there are hundreds of door manufacturers in Philadelphia, it would be hard and difficult to decide which company offers the best emergency commercial door repair services.

One thing for certain, we recommend a One-Stop-Shop door provider- Overhead Door Company of Philadelphia, a division of DuraServ, the largest distributor in the world for the leading manufacturers of loading dock equipment and hi-speed doors. We sell, design, install, and service everything we provide - and do it better than most.

Why bother with a company that can provide services and some sales only, if you can have it all under a single business transaction setting. Our Commercial Door Service, your One-Stop-Shop door provider for commercial doors and loading dock equipment, offers 24/7 Parts & Services with our stock of high-quality tools, equipment, and professionals:

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Policeman who put knee on man’s head will not be charged | News

A Pennsylvania police officer was justified when he pressed his knee into an intoxicated man’s head while restraining him outside a hospital, a prosecutor said Friday after reviewing an incident that was caught on video and generated allegations of police brutality.

The officer and a second police officer used reasonable force to restrain the man, who was agitated, acting erratically and posing a danger to himself and others, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin said.

“I have concluded that there is absolutely no evidence to support filing criminal charges against either of the Allentown police officers involved in this incident,” Martin said in a news release.

The officers will not face discipline, Police Chief Glenn Granitz Jr said in a separate statement.

“The individual stumbled into the street, and based on a duty of care, officers took action to remove the individual from danger and provide him with medical assistance,” he said.

Protesters march past the police department in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Monday, July 13, 2020, to demand accountability from police after video emerged of an officer placing his knee on a man’s head and neck area outside a hospital [AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam] 

Surveillance video of the July 11 incident, released this week by Allentown police, showed the unnamed officer putting his knee on the man’s head and neck area twice while he was being restrained a few steps from the emergency room entrance – the first time for eight seconds, the second for 20 seconds.

Police identified the man as Edward Borrero Jr, 37, of Allentown. He was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Borrero, who has yet to enter a plea, could not immediately be located for comment.

In the soundless, 9:38 surveillance video, the man can be seen staggering on the street and sidewalk, vomiting several times and stopping in the driveway of the ER of the Sacred Heart Campus of St Luke’s Hospital.

“Mr. Borrero began pointing aggressively toward a St Luke’s security officer who was walking toward him with a vomit bag,” Martin said. He said officers on the scene “concluded that his actions were aggressive and they determined that they needed to detain him for his own safety as well as for the safety of themselves and others, including medical personnel. They intended to place him into detention so that he could be taken into the hospital.”

Police approached Borrero and attempted to place him into handcuffs, and he appeared to resist, according to the video. One of the officers swept the man’s leg to bring him to the ground. Shortly after, the other officer put his knee on the man’s head and neck.

Activists against police brutality marched in downtown Allentown in the wake of the incident, demanding the officer be fired and face criminal charges and asserting that police violated their own policy against neck restraints.

But Martin said the officer put his knee on Borrero’s head, not his neck, “so as to safely, efficiently and effectively keep him from moving his body to avoid being handcuffed and placed into custody.”

He said the officer briefly put his knee back on Borrero’s head because Borrero was spitting at the officers.

Activists accused Martin of mischaracterising what happened, insisting the officer put his knee on the man’s neck.

“We’re pretty angry about his decision, but we’re not surprised because it’s not an election year and we didn’t expect him to side with the people of Allentown,” said Maegan Llerena of Make the Road Pennsylvania, an advocacy group. “At this point, he had no reason or motivation to stand by the people who are outraged by this.”

The videotaped incident occurred nearly seven weeks after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into the neck of George Floyd, a Black man, for nearly eight minutes. Floyd’s death in police custody sparked global protests against police brutality and racial injustice.

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