A local content creator has taken possession of Pittsburgh's iconic Phantom Menace vending machine, with the fire station's blessing, to fix its long-broken internals, but not before social media critics accused him of stealing a neighborhood landmark. The 1999-era Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace vending machine has stood outside Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire […] The post Pittsburgh's beloved Star Wars vending machine is coming back after restoration scare appeared first on American Almanac .
A local content creator has taken possession of Pittsburgh's iconic Phantom Menace vending machine, with the fire station's blessing, to fix its long-broken internals, but not before social media critics accused him of stealing a neighborhood landmark. The 1999-era Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace vending machine has stood outside Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire Station 27 on Mount Washington for decades. It draws large crowds every May the Fourth for annual Star Wars celebrations. Recently, the machine vanished from its usual spot, and the internet lost its collective mind. Braeden Days, a Pittsburgh native and lifelong Star Wars fan who works as a content creator, removed the machine after getting permission from Fire Station 27. His…Open
By Silvio Canto, Jr. The media are trying to hide it because the midterms are coming up, but Trump’s policies are restoring America’s badly damaged economy.
The incident marks the latest act of vandalism against major monuments in the city, which comes amid President Donald Trump's efforts to beautify the nation's capital and restore existing structures.
It is not time for conservation, but for restoration. The post Turn Back appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Turn Back It is not time for conservation, but for restoration. “Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways,” begins an old Episcopal hymn, from the time before that church became a Vestals cult. Conservatives know our country is declining at an ever-increasing pace. But many seem not to understand how to reverse that decline: turn back to what worked in the past. Common sense should tell us what worked then can work now. Elections provide an example. President Donald Trump has made the electoral process an issue, for good reason. Electronic voting, with everything else electronic, is subject to endless manipulation,…Open
Leading up to the nation’s 250th birthday celebration, the Trump administration oversaw the restoration of 22 fountains and 28 statues across the nation’s capital.
Too much disorder makes life a hell—but what of too much order? The post Perfection’s Prison appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Perfection’s Prison Too much disorder makes life a hell—but what of too much order? My computer’s wallpaper shot, the picture that comes up whenever I turn the computer, changes regularly, at whose or what’s instigation I know not, but certainly not at mine. I suppose that it—or is it they?—must have some inkling of my taste, for never does anything visually offensive to me appear. Recently, a panoramic view of the Bavarian town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber came up. The town was picture-perfect: not a parked car in sight, nor (come to think of it) any human being, human beings being so messy. At first I took the…Open
Evan Hall and Daniel Bryan spent about two years restoring the Suzuki motorcycle their good friend Peter Davidson was riding when he died in a 2020 crash.