UPI: Marco Rubio warns Panama president that current status of canal ‘unacceptable’
A recent report from the nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations think tank states there is no evidence the Chinese government controls the canal, but a Hong Kong-based conglomerate does control two ports in the region and Beijing has been involved in infrastructure projects in the country, raising concerns about the communist nation’s influence on the important trade route.
CBC: Doug Ford promised to ‘Get It Done’ last election. How did he do?
With Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives seeking re-election on a slogan of “Protect Ontario,” it’s worth examining whether they made good on their last campaign slogan: “Get It Done.”
The Ontario PC campaign promises in 2022 focused largely on building, in particular housing, hospitals, highways, transit and long-term care homes.
A promise-tracking project run by a group of Canadian universities assesses that Ford’s government kept or was “in progress” of keeping the bulk of the party’s 2022 promises when he called a snap election with more than 15 months left in his mandate.
Really?! What counts as “in progress”? The examples cited in the article certainly don’t support this conclusion.
LBJ Library: The LBJ the Nation Seldom Saw
He talked about the difference between Republicans and Democrats: “We’re for something, and they are against everything. Mr. Rayburn was asked one time, ‘What do you think — after 50 years — is the primary difference between the Republican and Democratic parties? Is it the tariff?’
“ ‘No.’
“ ‘Well, what is the difference?’
“Mr. Rayburn replied, ‘I’ll tell you the easiest and best explanation—one that I have observed, and I came here during Woodrow Wilson’s administration. They hate all of our Presidents.’
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He talked about the difference between constructive action and obstructive action: “Any jackass can kick a barn down. But it takes a carpenter to build one.”
via Daring Fireball
Last Updated: 03.Feb.2025 23:36 EST
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