In less than 72 hours, it seems the Ottawa Police have decided that the people they serve and specifically those that are peacefully protesting are just human battering rams to be moved aside and possibly squashed. Truly not a good look for our friends in the north that do not have a Bill of Rights…Continue Reading
For almost a month now, the Biden administration has been insisting a Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent. That projection was re-upped on Friday when the president held a presser in which he asserted that Vladimir Putin had already made the decision to launch an attack and that it would happen in the “coming days.”…Continue Reading
My kind of town, Chicago was. With apologies to Frank Sinatra. I grew up in the upper west corner of Indiana on the Illinois state line, close to Lake Michigan. For all intents and purposes, part of Greater Chicagoland. My high school — then college — buds and I ran all over the city, from…Continue Reading
It has often been said that the Republican Party is the “party of old white men.” Indeed, when one looks at the party’s makeup, one can easily see why this moniker has persisted for so many decades. However, there are signs that times are a-changing, and the conservative movement is beginning to look a little…Continue Reading
If Russian President Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine, he won’t stop there, a top Republican voice in Congress on national security issues said Friday.Speaking at the Hudson Institute, House Intelligence Committee ranking member Michael R. Turner said that Ukraine poses no military threat to Russia, and that the NATO alliance has no interest in attacking Russia. Putin’s motivation,…Continue Reading
Posted February 18, 2022 at 11:49amOne of the top Republicans to support the bipartisan infrastructure law has asked Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to have his department rescind or “substantially revise” Federal Highway Administration guidance on the law after GOP complaints that it defies the spirit of the bipartisan agreement.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West…Continue Reading
The Senate adjourned Thursday for a weeklong recess without passing any bill that would impose new sanctions on Russia to help deter an invasion of Ukraine or provide additional military aid to the Eastern European country as the crisis there worsened.“The stakes go far beyond Ukraine. This is a moment of peril for the lives…Continue Reading
Posted February 18, 2022 at 10:50amWith the House gone for the week, the Senate worked to pass another continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there to capture the sights in and around the Capitol:Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., addresses the annual National Association of Counties Legislative Conference via video at…Continue Reading
Demonstrations against public health measures have forced RCMP to block access to the U.S. border crossing in Surrey, B.C., for the second weekend in a row.Vaccine mandate protesters blocked off the intersection of 8th Avenue and 176 Street, leading to the Pacific Highway border crossing in Surrey, B.C., for the second weekend in a row…Continue Reading
A modelling agent who was close to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell, where he was being held in an investigation into the rape and sex trafficking of minors, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.A cell is seen through a peephole in La Sante prison in Paris…Continue Reading
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