RSS- Russian government proposes ban on grain exports
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- Open Thread – 27 November 2023
- The New Drone Wars – Three Years Later
- Ex-spy Pollard: Israel should have imprisoned some hostage families “to silence them”
- “La Grande Fete de Merci Donnant” Buchwald – reposted 2023
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- Open Thread – 20 November 2023
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Category Archives: government
Last night’s elections in Virginia
RICHMOND, VA — Virginia Democrats retained control of the state Senate and won back a majority in the House of Delegates Tuesday in a setback for Gov. Glenn Younkin’s conservative agenda. The Democrats’ victory in the state Senate ended the … Continue reading
Posted in government, Politics, TTG
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HARPER: THE SPEAKER ORDEAL IS OVER… FOR NOW
The House of Representatives finally has a new Speaker after a several week marathon of infighting among Republican factions. It would appear that the principle of exhaustion combined with growing alarm at the public outrage at the dysfunction of the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, government, Harper, Policy, Politics
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Several Republicans prevented Jim Jordan from becoming Speaker, but the numbers 5 and 33 trillion will not go away
By Robert Willmann Like Mother Nature, mathematics is impartial. Acting like petulant children, several Republican members of the House of Representatives prevented Jim Jordan from becoming Speaker by using the whole number five, or higher, to prevent him from getting … Continue reading
In the first round of voting for Speaker of the House of Representatives, Jim Jordan gets 200 votes but not 217
By Robert Willmann Starting at noon today, the U.S. House of Representatives held a public session to try to elect a new Speaker, after Kevin McCarthy was removed on 3 October 2023 by a vote on a motion to vacate … Continue reading
“An acute and immediate need”
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration announced they waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday, marking the administration’s first use of sweeping executive power to pave the way for building more border … Continue reading
Posted in government, Mexico, TTG
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Does the U.S. government really not know where an F35 jet is after the pilot ejected?
By Robert Willmann You cannot make this stuff up. Cost estimates vary, but they all amount to millions and millions of dollars per airplane. Since (at least) Sunday, 17 September 2023, a Lockheed Martin F35 military jet is said to … Continue reading
Eric Sloane’s Declaration of Self-Dependence
One night while reading about the Declaration of Independence, I dozed off wondering what it must have been like to have taken part in its writing. Suddenly I was there. With a quill pen I was writing the great words, … Continue reading
Posted in government, History, TTG
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“Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions”
The Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions processes are unconstitutional in a pair of cases involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Here’s what we’re following: https://www.npr.org/live-updates/supreme-court-affirmative-action-harvard-unc Comment: This is clearly the big news story … Continue reading
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Trump’s lawyers met with the Department of Justice, but the political prosecution of him will continue
By Robert Willmann On Monday, 5 June 2023, lawyers for former president and current candidate Donald Trump went to the main building of the Department of Justice in Washington DC to meet with the special counsel John L. “Jack” Smith … Continue reading