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This week the Socialist Left premier of Victoria cancelled his own government's scheme for a Regional Commonwealth Games because he said his own scheme was too expensive. As Victoria grapples with this further evidence of the stunning incompetence of Premier Daniel Michael Andrews, I look to history to understand what has just happened. On this date in 356 b.c. Alexander The Great was born. He said, “I am not afraid of an army of lions lead by a sheep. I am afraid of an army of sheep lead by a lion.” Andrews is a tough, callous, uncompromising and dictatorial leader...

@RandPaul Today I offered an amendment to the NDAA that would have clarified that Article 5 of the NATO treaty does not supersede the constitution. It should have been an easy vote to affirm the Constitution, to vote against affirming the Constitution actually places doubt in the Constitution. But it was defeated 83-16. The power to declare war is the most important power and the most important vote that any legislator will ever entertain. See how your senator voted: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/s191

A Florida court awarded a mother $800,000 from McDonald's after her daughter received second-degree burns from a piping hot McNugget that fell on her lap in 2019. The jury reached the verdict after less than two hours of deliberation Wednesday afternoon. They allotted $400,000 in damages for the past four years, and $400,000 for the future. The family's attorney had asked for an award of $15million. The mother of the child, Philana Holmes, said she was happy that the court had been receptive to her daughter's story, adding she felt the jury's award was fair. 'I’m happy with that. I...

How far would you go to act on a principle or conviction that moves you? To what lengths would you sacrifice your financial security, well-being, and status to save other people’s lives? To what extent would you go beyond these things and risk your life in areas entrenched in life-threatening danger, knowing that you may never see your family again? Such is the story of Tim Ballard, in his quest to bust an international child trafficking ring. The Story: The movie begins with Homeland Security Special Investigations operative Tim Ballard (Jim Caveziel), whose career in breaking up child pornography and...

I've been following the YouTube reactions to Sound of Freedom. A week ago or so, the YouTube videos and reactions were endless. Now it seems like almost all of the videos referring to it are older than a week old. This is odd as there have been so many interviews with Cavezial and Ballard. Here's what comes up in a YouTube search when I search by most recent upload date: Song of the Dragon and Freedom/Light Guiding Ceremony/Prologue:Act 3 1 view 7 hours ago De Libertate: Sounds of Freedom and Hope from Ukraine [updated] 17 views 8 hours ago Concerning...

(Jul. 17, 2023) — Well, faithful P&E readers, here we go again. As another “exploratory” candidate for president appears on the scene – Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai –, it may be prudent to once again revisit the Supreme Court’s 1875 decision in Minor v. Happersett. While the major holding of the case (i.e., that Missouri’s denial of suffrage to women did not violate the 14th Amendment) was abrogated 45 years later in 1920 by the 19th Amendment, the question remains as to whether the decision’s other “observations” and “comments” remain viable and relevant to the “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) presidential eligibility...

Update from Ukraine | Ukraine hit the biggest ammunition warehouse in Crimea | Military Map Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCQ3psEu7xU The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 12th July 2023 – 22:00 https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-504-summary/ *** Great interactive map with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre condemned Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for installing razor wire barriers in the Rio Grande to block migrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. "Texas has been installing these buoys along with razor wire on the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass. Mexico is now requesting that Texas remove these barriers. They say the state is violating international treaties and that they raised this with the administration three weeks ago. Do you agree with Mexico that Texas is violating these international treaties?" a reporter asked. "This governor … has treated the situation that we're seeing at the...

Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that 3 new states would be added to California’s state travel ban list due to recent laws restricting transgender students from participating in school athletics that are not part of their original gender: Missouri, Nebraska, and Wyoming.

Sasha Obama has stepped out in Los Angeles sporting baggy denim overalls while showing off her long chrome manicure and holding a lit cigarette. The former First Daughter, 21, graduated earlier this month from the University of Southern California and her parents, 44th president Barack and Michelle, were there to cheer her on. Sasha started college at the University of Michigan and later transferred to USC, where she majored in sociology. Less than two weeks later, the 21-year-old graduate was seen on Tuesday during a Starbucks run in LA. Sasha picked up a grande iced vanilla latte with caramel, using...

Banks face a crackdown within days to prevent them 'cancelling' account holders with anti-woke views. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is planning an emergency law change after chilling revelations that Coutts closed Nigel Farage's account because his views 'do not align with our values'. Serial offenders who do not protect the free speech of their customers could even lose their licence. Home Secretary Suella Braverman led widespread condemnation of Coutts yesterday, saying its extraordinary actions against the former Ukip leader 'exposes the sinister nature of much of the diversity, equity and inclusion industry'. Mrs Braverman said the banks needed to have a...

Angry protesters storm Swedish embassy in early hours of Thursday morning Reuters news agency reports Hundreds of protesters have stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad and set it on fire, a source familiar with the matter and a Reuters witness said. The source said no embassy staff had been harmed and decline to elaborate...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Don't Get Too Close! PHILIPPINE SEA (July 9, 2023) – Master Chief Fire Control Technician Frank Cook, chief of the boat of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Jefferson City (SSN 759), opens a torpedo tube during a family day cruise aboard the ship, July 9. The cruise provided guests with a unique opportunity to observe routine operations of a Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine. Jefferson City is capable of supporting various missions, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-ship warfare, strike warfare and intelligence, surveillance reconnaissance. Jefferson City is one of...

Never Forget: Mary Jo Kopechne drowned July 19, 1969 What happened: On this day (July 19) in 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne drowned in Sen. Ted Kennedy's (D., Mass.) car after the notorious philandering boozehound drove it off a bridge on Chappaquiddick island. What happened next: Nothing. Kennedy, the youngest brother of former president John F. Kennedy, fled the scene of the accident, which likely occurred sometime after midnight. He did not report it to police until 10 a.m. the following day. • The Democratic scion faced no meaningful consequences for his actions and would go on to serve four more...

If the last two election cycles have proven anything, it’s that Democrats hold an undeniable double standard when it comes to objecting to elections. The radically different treatment Republicans receive when contesting poorly administered elections intensified this week when Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged 16 Republican electors in her state for participating in what she deemed a “false electors scheme.” Defendants, all 55 years or older, each face eight various conspiracy and forgery felony counts that carry a sentence of five to 14 years in prison each. “The evidence will demonstrate there was no legal authority for the false...

Republican officials blasted the Justice Department’s January 6 probe and the reportedly imminent indictment of former President Donald J. Trump, expressing support for Trump in the face of the “weaponization” of the justice system against President Joe Biden’s opponents.Following Trump’s announcement of being a target in the DOJ’s probe, GOP members slammed special counsel Jack Smith’s “corrupt” investigation.“President Trump just increased his lead in the polls. So what does the Biden Administration do next? Weaponize government to go after President Biden’s number one opponent,” wrote House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).“This is not equal justice. It’s wrong, and the American public...

At least two people and an armed attacker were killed and six others wounded in a shooting in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland on Thursday, hours ahead of the opening match of the Women's soccer World Cup in the city. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the soccer tournament would proceed as planned, adding the shooting appeared to be the actions of an individual and that police were not seeking anyone else in relation to the incident. "There was no identified political or ideological motivation for the shooting and therefore no national security risk," Hipkins said during a televised media...

The American Neocons have been pushing for weapons and everything they can muster. They tell Ukraine they MUST get back the Donbas even though the people there are ethnically Russian and not Ukrainian. This would be like Mexico invading Texas, claiming it was their former border even though Americans live there. The Neocons want to believe that Russia is weak, so that is all they tell the press. How else to get Americans to support another endless war like they did in Vietnam? Western weapons have proven not enough to give Kiev a decisive advantage to defeat Russia. Fighting in...

A clip of President Biden mumbling through his comments during Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to the White House renewed many Twitter users’ concerns over his mental fitness. While addressing the visiting leader, Biden gave a few words on the United States’ relationship with Israel. However, as he touted progress between the two countries, he began looking down and mumbled his words. "We got a lot more to do, but there's progress. Last year, we can be the largest gathering of Arab Israelis in a decade together form, and we resolved the maritime boundary dispute between Israel and Lebanon, which...

Former President Donald Trump is “the only one we need back in the White House to help save America,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Saturday.When asked who she thinks will be the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential race, Greene expressed full support for the former president. Greene notably endorsed Trump on the same day he announced his third presidential bid in November 2022.🚨 BREAKING: Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene endorses President Trump“President Trump has my complete and total endorsement for President in 2024! 🇺🇸” —@RepMTG pic.twitter.com/UQJR8yGJpT— MTG Clips (@MTG_Clips) November 15, 2022“He...