…during Biden’s SOTU speech last night, I assumed it was a metaphor. Turns out he actually was sitting with them: Mr. Manchin, a moderate West Virginia Democrat, opted to sit on the side of the House chamber traditionally reserved for … Continue reading →
Commenter “AesopFan” managed to watch the speech and has this summary. I haven’t watched the speech, have only read a few excerpts, and find I’m not even interested in commentary about it. That’s a new low point of interest for … Continue reading →
I’m having an unusually busy day today and I’m getting a late start at blogging. I probably will be posting this evening. Meanwhile, I think this is an interesting video: Are you going to watch Biden’s State of the Union … Continue reading →
Angelo M. Codevilla wrote this piece in 2014. That’s quite a while ago, but it gave me some insight on the question of why Putin has decided to attack the entirety of Ukraine. I already felt I knew the “why … Continue reading →
The Canadian Senate is deliberating the extension of the Emergencies Act activation that the House has already approved. As part of that process, debates are ongoing. I have almost zero doubt that the Senate will be going along with the … Continue reading →
The vote was mostly along mostly party lines. The “yeas” represented the same coalition that gave Trudeau his last two wins. What’s more, I believe the majority of the feedback they’re getting from Canadians is supportive as well, because the … Continue reading →
I was going to write a post about the topic that’s the subject of this post, but it would have taken me quite some time to study the wording of the Act and the wording Trudeau’s government employed when it … Continue reading →
It’s a little bit – just a tiny bit – as though people are waking up from a bad COVID dream. Something about the length of the whole thing, plus the seeming relative mildness of Omicron, appears to have caused … Continue reading →
…as well as his own chances to be elected to the Louisville City Council. Then again, you never know about the latter. Voters can be very forgiving of little moral flaws, such as this shooting attempt in which Brown is … Continue reading →
…isn’t all that popular these days. Maybe there’s hope for Canada yet: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, amid collapsing domestic approval ratings, is witnessing full-scale abandonment in the provinces, which is taking place as he moves to implement martial law on … Continue reading →
A saying that became popularized in relation to Watergate was, “It’s not the crime, it’s the coverup.” For Watergate, that was apropos. The actual crime of breaking into Democratic National Committee headquarters palled compared to the efforts to cover it … Continue reading →
Count me in that group. A CNN poll for Jan/Feb of 2022 has revealed that only 17% strongly approve of Biden and 27% moderately approve, whereas 41% strongly disapprove and 17% moderately disapprove. What’s more, 56% of respondents could find … Continue reading →