Category: Politics
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Ready for Primetime
The United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack (Committee) will be holding its first primetime hearing on June 9. The Committee has indicated that this will be the first of a number of primetime hearings. These primetime hearings will, of course, have a large tv audience, given that the hearings will be…
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Lose, Lose, Win
Three different Conservative Party Leaders. Three different approaches to the Covid pandemic and to the trucker convoy. Differing results. Jason Kenney, on the left is the Premier of very blue conservative Alberta. The United Conservative Party (UCP), that he leads, is the amalgamation of the Conservative Party and the, much more to the right, Wildrose…
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Gift Keeps on Giving
I was torn between giving this chirp the title above or naming it “Stranger than Fiction” Marjorie has a podcast “MTG Live” . In one of her latest podcasts, she was complaining about Big Tech surveillance. She was complaing that Big Tech wants to know if you are eating cheeseburgers. She added, wisely, that this…
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Differences
Following the tragedy at Uvalde, the US is twisting itself in knots trying to bring in any form of increased gun control. As usual, there is strong opposition by the Republican right to any increased gun control. There is a bipartisan Senate efflort to bring in some change, but, there is little optimism that anything…
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Pro Life Huh?
The recent draft leaked Supreme Court decision has galvanized Democrats. Party leaders are pushing the message to voters to become single issue voters in the November midterms. Party leaders may want to consider urging voters to become double issue voters following the tragedy in Uvalde. First of all, this chirp is not about the pro…
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NRA Convention
I really intended to cover some Canadian content this week, and I will, but the horror at Uvalde keeps haunting me, angering me The National Rifle Association (NRA) was chartered in 1871. William Conant Church, pictured above, was one of the founders and became the NRA president in 1872. The NRA was largely non partisan…
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He Did Lose
Kellyanne Conway, she of the alternative facts, has admitted, in her book, that the orange haired guy lost the election. She wrote that she may have been the first person, in Trump’s inner circle, to tell him that he lost. Conway criticized those who tried to “suck up” to Trump by going along with his…
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You can do Something
These three Republican Senators, over the past couple of days, have been downplaying the possibility of anything being done to address the spate of gun massacres in the US. Texas Governor Abbott put the blame fully on mental health, though the shooter had no official record of mental health issues. The shooter had life issues…
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Now is the Freaking Time!
Ted (when my state is freezing I go to Cancun) Cruz sent out the obligatory Republican “thoughts and prayers” tweet just hours after the Uvalde gun massacre. He also tweeted that politicians and the media are politicizing this, in order to “…try and restrict the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens.” Cruz was parroting the old…
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What’s it Gonna Be?
“Stop right there” “Do you love me” “Do you need me” “What’s it gonna be boy? Yes or no? What’s it gonna be America? Your guns or your kids? “Let me sleep on it” We will wait you out (until the next news story) “What’s it gonna be boy? Yes or No?” What’s it gonna…