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"Joe Biden *finally* shooting

  "Joe Biden *finally* shooting  down the Chinese spy balloon is like closing the southern border after over 1.2 million illegally escaped into our country," Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., tweeted. "Waiting this long to take action projects weakness and is too little, too late." "The CCP spy balloon is the story of the Biden presidency. See problem. Shrug. Rely on spin from MSM to diminish ineptitude," Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., said. Ahead of the shooting of the balloon, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., argued that the incident was "one more example" of a move by Biden that had made the U.S. Appear weaker , not stronger on the world stage "This has been a tremendous embarrassment for the United States of America. It's one more example of the weakness of the Biden administration on the global stage. Their lack of response, the show of weakness...Is provoking our adversaries and making America weaker," 

Cruising the Canal de Briare: a Barger's Delight

 Cruising the Canal de Briare: a Barger's Delight   Travel & Tourism The picturesque Canal de Briare, which connects the valleys of the Seine and the Loire, is notable for a number of reasons apart from the delightful scenery through which it wends its way. A popular route for both private and commercial cruising vessels, the canal is renowned as one of the loveliest places for a barge holiday in France as well as being a highly impressive feat of engineering. A Pioneering History The canal is one of the country's oldest manmade waterways, built between 1602 and 1642 under the patronage of Henry IV. When first constructed, it linked directly into the Loire at Montargis, but later in the nineteenth century the building of the famous Briare Aqueduct created a bypass to La Cognardière, 2.6km away. Despite its name, the aqueduct actually forms part of the Canal latéral à la Loire. An Engineering Triumph The canal was also the first to be constructed at summit level using "...