A group of anti-lockdown protesters have been sentenced after verbally abusing a BBC journalist during a protest last year. Djazia Chaib-Eddour, 44, Martin Hockridge, 58, Alexander Peat, 34, Christopher Aitken, 62, and Gary Purnell, 45, denied using threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm, or distress, but were found…
CCP Announces 20th Party Congress to Take Place Oct. 16
August 30, 2022
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China’s communist regime announced that it will hold its 20th Congress on Oct. 16. The meeting is expected to end with the anointing of Xi Jinping to a historic third term as leader. About 2,300 members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will convene in Beijing, mostly behind closed doors. The event, which occurs every…
Will the Supreme Court Stretch the Commerce Clause Even More?
Commentary As you may know, the primary “constitutional” justification for our out-of-control administrative state is a grossly bloated version of the Constitution’s Commerce Power. In a case pending before the Supreme Court, apologists for centralized authority want the justices to expand that power even more. I have just researched and written a scholarly article (pdf)…
Kremlin: Only Sanctions Prevent Nord Stream Gas Pipeline From Working
August 30, 2022
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MOSCOW—Nothing stands on the way of Russian gas exports to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline apart from technological problems caused by Western sanctions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, a day before another planned maintenance shutdown. Russian energy giant Gazprom has announced it will shut the pipeline for three days from Wednesday…
Quebec Conservative Party Says Volunteers Posting Campaign Signs Threatened With Bladed Objects
Quebec’s Conservative Party has reported two separate incidents of volunteers being threatened with bladed objects as they posted campaign signs over the weekend. “I’m shocked by what happened to these two volunteers,” said party leader Éric Duhaime in an Aug. 29 press release. Duhaime said such incidents shouldn’t take place in a democracy and that political…
Texas Reports 1st US Death of Person With Monkeypox
Authorities in Texas on Tuesday confirmed the first death of a person who contracted monkeypox in the United States, coming after more than 18,000 people have contracted the virus in recent months. The individual who died was “severely immunocompromised,” said the Texas Department of State Health Services in a statement. It’s not clear if the person died…
3 Years On: ‘What Does the Future Hold?’ How an Exile Survives Police Brutality and Trauma After 831 Prince Edward Attack
For Hongkongers 2019 was a memorable year as they fought for freedom and democracy. They rallied against the Hong Kong government and the anti-extradition bill. Millions of people took to the streets and attended rallies, and protests to stand for their beliefs. The former chief executive Carrie Lam was deafened but she ignored her people’s…
Ontario Must Consult Public, Groups Before Expanding ‘Strong Mayor’ Powers: AMO
A group representing Ontario municipalities says the province mustconduct broad consultations as it considers expanding so-called “strong mayor” powers to communities other than Toronto and Ottawa. The Association of Municipalities of Ontario told a legislative committee Monday the government should consult the public as well as professional and municipal political organizations on various issues related…
Newly Discovered Giant Bacteria Challenges Previous Biological Understanding
Researchers have found a new bacteria species that is millimeters long and visible to the eye, challenging a previous understanding that one needs a microscope to see a bacterium. “It’s 5,000 times bigger than most bacteria. To put it into context, it would be like a human encountering another human as tall as Mount Everest,”…
Who Will Own the Lockdowns?
Commentary It is hard to find anyone in government today who is willing to take responsibility for worldwide lockdowns that copied the CCP’s failed method of virus control. Anthony Fauci claims that he never had anything to do with them, following two years of taking credit for them. Last week, CDC director Rochelle Walensky said…
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