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. Please include “speak out” in the subject line.Conveniently forgotten: Didn’t the Illinois Commerce Commission previously state that when ComEd wanted to take a nuclear power plant offline, rather than update it, that Illinois still would have a 50% excess energy generating capacity that ComEd wanted to sell on the open market? They were granted that request, too, right? So much for prepping for the EV demands. It seems nuclear power in Illinois has worked out fantastically well. Why mess with costly and unreliable renewables?
Following our example: Watching the ruckus in Brazil over their election results I can’t help wondering if the United States should take credit for being a trendsetter or apologize to the world for setting a bad example on Jan. 6.
Here’s the difference: Biden neglecting his responsibility to return classified documents does appear unintentional but it’s not forgivable. Comparing the risk level for these types of documents, (the danger seems to be) Trump intentionally taking much a larger quantity and then storing them in poorly secured locations. He fought returning them while some required a search warrant to recover. Many documents were found scattered in Trump’s office and appeared as having been compromised, including some Top Secret folders found empty.
Please improve this: There’s no denying the medical field has produced modern miracles, including transplanted hearts and artificial limbs. So, why is it necessary to prep for a colonoscopy by having to guzzle gallons of glug and spending most of the day in or around a bathroom? There simply has to be a better way.
Doesn’t make us safer: Do Democrats in Springfield, in what is nothing but a political show, believe voting for assault weapon legislation will comfort and convince Illinoisans they’re actually trying to protect us? Every single day dozens of gun crimes are committed and result in either no one being apprehended or the thugs being released before the crime makes the 5 o’clock news. Whether it’s pointed, fired or not, until everyone caught possessing an illegal gun is held, tried and appropriately imprisoned, no new law will make us safer.