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‘It has been such a tough period for the pro-GMO lobby that it’s difficult to know where to begin. But let us start by looking at two pieces of recent research that strike at the […]
‘As first reported by Forbes, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) dropped a bomb in its October Fiscal Monitor Report. The report paints a dire picture for high-debt nations that fail to aggressively “mobilize domestic revenue,” […]
‘Thousands of farmworkers in the San Quintín Valley of Baja California, just 185 miles south of the U.S. border, struck some 230 farms, including the twelve largest that dominate production in the region, on March […]
‘US President Barack Obama has praised the P5+1 for reaching an “historic understanding” with Iran over its nuclear energy program. On Thursday, the P5+1 – the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany – reached […]
‘Several protesters were arrested during violent clashes between riot police and demonstrators in central Madrid, Wednesday, during a rally against the detention of suspected members of Coordinated Anarchist Groups.’
‘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 →