Month: May 2022

Oklahoma Believes in ‘The Sanctity of Life’: Rep. Markwayne Mullin, Republican Senate Candidate

With the debate over abortion heating up across the nation, the state of Oklahoma has banned all abortions with few exceptions, and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), who is running for U.S. Senate, commended the action and said his state will always honor the sanctity of life. “Well, Oklahoma is the reddest state in the union…


The ‘Extraordinary’ Ginger-Lime Pickle

When I was a new student of Ayurveda, I kept hearing different teachers promote the virtues of a ginger-lime pickle as a natural digestive aid. “A ginger-lime pickle WHAT?” I thought to myself! “What is it, and can it really be as great as they say?” I finally decided to find out the answers, and…


English School Board Says It Will File Legal Challenge of Quebec Language Law Reform

The English Montreal School Board says it will launch a legal challenge of Quebec’s recently adopted language law reform. The board said in a news release today that it believes the law, commonly known as Bill 96, violates English-speaking Quebecers’ constitutional right to manage and control their own educational institutions. The language law, adopted on…


Show Us the Value for Government Programmes, Demand UK MPs

There is no evidence the hundreds of billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money spent by the UK government on major projects like immigration provided value for money. That is the stark finding from the Commons Public Accounts Committee which examined the value for money of government projects, programmes, and service delivery. It has concluded the…


A Rundown on Dental Fillings

In the past, moviegoers hanging onto the edge of their seats during some climactic moment, watching their leading actor shout out at the top of his lungs, might have found themselves somewhat jarred from the immersion when the close-up revealed a mouth full of black fillings. Perhaps such details were overlooked, though, since many in…


Top US General Floats ‘Military Options’ to Help Export Grain from Ukraine

A top general has suggested the United States may pursue military options to help Ukraine export its grain and help end Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea coast. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, who has been nominated to be the next commander of NATO, told senators at a hearing on Thursday that he might offer military options…


[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] Brandon Straka: Jan. 6 Confession Was for False Crime

Brandon Straka, founder of the WalkAway Campaign, pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge for disorderly conduct and admitted to telling protestors to take a shield from police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, protests at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington. Yet according to Straka, he was forced under pressure to confess to a crime…


Courting Policy Failure

Commentary European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde seems even less aware than Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell. Both face pressure to deal with intense inflations—8.3 percent in the last year in the United States and 7.5 percent in the eurozone. But since the necessary response risks recession, Powell has moved timidly, and Lagarde…


Guangdong Allegedly Shifting to ‘Wartime System’ Would Pose an Imminent Threat to Taiwan: Analyst

A recently leaked recording of an alleged meeting between leaders of southern China’s Guangdong Military Zone and the provincial Party committee shows participants pushing for a wartime deployment in the province, which would add more tension to the nearby Taiwan Strait. On May 15, a Youtube account Lude Media revealed a tape that was allegedly transmitted…


Biden-Backed Moderate Democrat Rep. Kurt Schrader Loses Reelection to Progressive Challenger

Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), a moderate who has gone against his party on several occasions during the 117th Congress, has been ousted by progressive Jamie McLeod-Skinner. In August 2021, Schrader joined eight—later nine—House Democrat colleagues in opposing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) plan to force through a vote on the $3.5 trillion Build Back…