‘An American political commentator and journalist says Democrat Senator Robert Menendez tainted with corruption charges is an asset of Israel lobby in the US Senate. Israel lobby influences “the United States’ foreign policy by intervention […]
‘Yemen’s Houthi movement has rejected earlier media reports that dozens of foreign troops have disembarked in the country’s southeastern port city of Aden, Press TV reports. Sources with the Ansarullah fighters in Yemen confirmed to […]
‘The death toll from an attack by al-Shabab militants on a university in the town of Garissa in eastern Kenya has risen to 147, Kenyan government officials say. The officials said that security forces killed […]
It’s a common observation that , if given a choice of plausibility and attainability between Batman and Superman, Batman is entirely the more attainable. The idea is that it is impossible for me to be an alien born on Krypton and rocketed here from birth with a unique physiology triggered by the Earth’s yellow sun. It’s too late for that. I was already born here, to human parents, as far as I know. So ‘Superman’ isn’t really an option for me, and never was. But to a young boy, there does remain the remote possibility that somehow he will amass … Continue reading →
The governor of Indiana last week signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, modeled on similar federal legislation. The Indiana statute states that a person’s religious beliefs may not be “substantially burden[ed]” by anti-discrimination statutes. In other words, if anti-discrimination laws could be construed as forcing a person to violate his own religious conscience, then the law allows for an exemption in that case to anti-discrimination mandates. The response from the left has been fierce, and multiple CEOs of major firms, including Apple and Salesforce, have come out against the legislation with Salesforce announcing that it will impose a partial boycott … Continue reading →
As I have written in the past, water is just like any other commodity, if you price it below market clearing levels, you will have shortages. If you allow market prices, shortages disappear. When you have market prices, incentive is provided for development of new sources of water and the price acts as a disciplinary force against “waste.” Most officials in government jurisdictions through out the globe fail to get this and will attempt to impose rationing when their below market price schemes on various commodities result in major shortages. (SEE: Venezuela Turns Into a Socialist Nightmare and Toilet Paper: The … Continue reading →
I don’t believe in religious freedom. Freedom should have nothing to do with one’s religious beliefs or lack thereof. The reason we intuitively have a concept like freedom is because we are individuals. We have different worldviews. We disagree about what we prefer and what we don’t like. We have different opinions. One person likes Coke. Another person likes Pepsi. In a free society, you buy what you want. In an authoritarian society, you get what someone else wants you to have. In a free society, you can discriminate (choose) between the two. In an authoritarian society, the discrimination (choice) … Continue reading →
Forget salads and crunches – a piece of string is the key to a flat stomach. A leading physiotherapist says tying a thread around the middle can remind a person to pull in their stomach muscles, giving them washboard abs. Sammy Margo, a chartered physiotherapist, says her simple string method can help people integrate abdominal exercise into their daily lives. She said: ‘Take a piece of string. Draw your abdominal muscles in all the way. ‘Release by 50 per cent and tie that piece of string at 50 per cent contraction.’ The pressure of the string will act as a … Continue reading →
This is a great April Fool’s story. It’s true, but the global warmers wish it were a trick. Americans are not buying the global warming story. We have had 25 years of alarms from the anti-growth hypesters, but Americans have tuned them out. “What, me worry?” Not lately. The latest Gallup poll reveals no change since 2013. The upward concern — not much — in 2014 was an anomaly. Here is Gallup’s assessment. The results are based on Gallup’s annual Environment survey, conducted March 5-8. Gallup trends on many of these items stretch back more than two decades. Last … Continue reading →
The United States sends people to kill and die in war that it doesn’t trust with a beer. It trains police in war skills to assault young people it suspects of going near beer. Here’s an idea: Drink At 18, Don’t Kill Till 21. Alcohol prohibition is not working, and creates unsafe drinking by people old enough to vote, drive, and work. A case can be made, and is being made, for returning the drinking age to 18. But allowing 18-year-olds to join the military has created illegal and immoral recruitment of minors, not to mention deep moral regret, post-traumatic … Continue reading →
The Iranians may be a bit paranoid but, as the saying goes, this does not mean some folks are not out to get them. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his knee-jerk followers in Washington clearly are out to get them – and they know it. Nowhere is this clearer than in the surreal set of negotiations in Switzerland premised not on evidence, but rather on an assumption of Iran’s putative “ambition” to become a nuclear weapons state – like Israel, which maintains a secret and sophisticated nuclear weapons arsenal estimated at about 200 weapons. The supposed threat is that Iran … Continue reading →
By Dr. Mercola Sleep disturbances are endemic in the US, where nearly 40 percent of adults report unintentionally falling asleep during the day in the past month, and five percent report nodding off while driving.1 Forty-five percent of teens also don’t get enough sleep on school nights and 25 percent report falling asleep in class at least once a week. Lack of sleep has ramifications that go far beyond not feeling fully awake and refreshed during the day. There’s a price to pay in terms of health, both short- and long-term. A number of studies have linked poor sleep or … Continue reading →
Maybe it’s not cognitive dissonance, but there is something allowing my Christian brethren to accept, without unease, views that hold an internal contradiction. This morning, I had to run a quick errand on my way to work. Before that stop, I listened to the host of a Christian talk show express her concerns and fears over the recent and forthcoming effects of decrees emanating from DC. She told her audience that, in essence, government is now hostile to our beliefs. Be prepared, but have faith, was her advice. I fully agreed with her, thinking that she has finally seen the … Continue reading →
An Atlanta jury has spoken and 11 former employees of the Atlanta school system are headed for prison after it was found that they had engaged in changing standardized test scores in order to give the false impression that Atlanta city schoolchildren were doing better, academically speaking, than was the case. The headlines from around the country almost are identical: “Former Atlanta Educators Convicted in Cheating Scandal.” According to the New York Times: In 2009, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution started publishing a series of articles that sowed suspicion about the veracity of the test scores, and Gov. Sonny Perdue ultimately ordered … Continue reading →
Vitamin D is essential for maintaining your health, but many people don’t know just how important it is. Almost all of us at one point or another have experienced low vitamin D levels, whether we have realized it or not. Symptoms often manifest as poor energy, insomnia, compromised immune system, and mood imbalance. That’s why I want you to know these 9 facts about D. Everyone needs to know these, so let’s dive right in! VItamin D: What You Need to Know You probably already know that the best source of vitamin D is the sun, something all of us … Continue reading →