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The California governor is using state of emergency powers to make unsolicited offers to buy people's property illegal.Wildfires continue raging across southern California, so far killing more than two dozen people, displacing untold numbers of residents, and causing billions of dollars in damage. Gov. Gavin Newsom is contending with the fires as well as criticism over the state's preparedness. This week, Newsom took aim at the real villain of the story: opportunistic real estate investors. On January 7, Newsom issued a state of emergency as fires spread in Los Angeles County. On Tuesday, Newsom signed Executive Order N-7-25, prohibiting...

Justin Trudeau is creating a new arm of the state with sweeping powers aimed at criminalising opinions deemed ‘unacceptable’ by progressives. (skip) Anyone in Canada can seemingly snitch to this Commission, about any online content whatsoever – indeed, it encourages them to – and many will be more than happy to oblige.The Commission also has the power of a superior court of record, and can act in that manner. However, the members of the Commission are not defined with regard to the necessity of any professional competence (such as legal training). Worse: it says explicitly in the bill that their...

Planet Earth is plagued with terrible governments, most notably those of Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran. It is not difficult to argue that one of these is the world’s worst. My vote, however, goes to the current US government for this reason: When the most powerful and influential country in the world has a dysfunctional government like the one run by Joe Biden, the equilibrium of the entire world is threatened. We have the most powerful economic engine and the most lethal military machine. Such a colossus should demand a government of equivalent power and capability. No such luck....

From personal experience, you must know that the administration can NOT back down on vaccine mandates and it is driven by the mindset of Federal Agency bureaucracies and here's why: First, I have worked for SEVERAL Federal agencies. ALL of them have the same mindset. Once they give a directive, they almost never back down even if it is a disaster or totally wrong. To retreat in the face of criticism erodes the authority of that agency and there is no way they are going to tolerate that, some more than others. To give up ground on an order means...

Pope Hires Then Fires Dodgy Top Dogs Viganò speaks to sacking of scandal-plagued cardinal Much has been written in recent days about yet another Vatican scandal, this time involving Cdl. Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Faced with accusations that still have to be proven, Jorge Mario Bergoglio's response seemed to be dictated more by anger than by love of truth, more by a delusion of omnipotence than by the will for justice — in any case, by a serious, despotic abuse of authority. Cdl. Angelo Becciu (Photo: CNS/Junno Arocho Esteves) From this point of view, we...

For some reason women in Afghanistan fear the return of the Taliban. The women in Afghanistan fear the return of the despotic, mysogynous fundamentalists after the US withdrawal.

The Honorable Legislator’s Creed: This I Believe I. This I believe: Liberty is a condition where individuals are free of force or fraud against their persons and their property. Defense of liberty for every citizen is the foundation upon which our nation stands. No individual or agency of government has a right to command the behavior of any honorable citizen. Nor may they confiscate value from the property of any honorable citizen. It is a fundamental right of every honorable citizen to be left alone. Any individual who rationalizes an attack upon liberty as: “an unfortunate but necessary sacrifice for...

In advance of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the United States on Monday, President Obama unveiled a new strategy for throwing Israel to the wolves. It takes the form of enthusiasm for the United Nations and international interlopers of all kinds. Instead of ensuring strong American control over the course of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations or the Arab-Israeli peace process, the Obama administration is busy inserting an international mob between the U.S. and Israel. The thinking goes: If Israel doesn’t fall into an American line, Obama will step out of the way, claim his hands are tied, and let the...

October 25, 2004 - When I first became acquainted with politics, I was led to believe that political involvement was the great virtue of the American way of life. Though I have not been dissuaded that Americans ought to be involved in politics, I no longer see it as the foundation upon which our nation will rise. For without a revival of faith and character and community, politics could certainly become that with which America will fall. I have paid as much attention to the mass efforts that are now in play to register and mobilize voters - especially young...