April, 2017

The Redemption of Israel

The hand of the LORD was upon me, and the LORD carried me out in a spirit, and set me down in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones

Oh Bebe, Macron Est Pain Grille!!! (Toast)

The arrogant, entitled, incompetent boob Emmanuel Macron is in a free fall. Le Pen is surging. She is not 18 points back. I have been doing some informal and unscientific polling with some associates in France.

President’s quick start bodes well for him and the nation

CHICAGO — Despite the countless cries of outrage and shrieks of horror from left-wing activists, radical environmentalists and the mainstream media, Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office have unquestionably been a rousing success.

Questions We’re Often Asked: Coriander

Herb of the Year for 2017 is Coriander (Coriandrum sativum). Herb Day falls on Sunday, 30^th April--great times then to celebrate this zesty herb. Until recently best known in the West at least for its seeds as an essential for curries and chilli sauces along with some soups and stews, the foliage, known as cilantro or Chinese parsley, is gathering fresh disciples by the day as an essential addition to many an exotic dish.

The Sorcerers

Barack Hussein Obama has returned from his Society Island soirée ready to take on the world, and the former President gave a speech in which he yet again trashed his political opponents for refusing to accept the scripted talking points issued by the mainstream media. Mr. Obama, who has made "common facts" his crusade of late, tore into the divisions of opinion that splinter the modern landscape. This isn't the first time, either; in his farewell address to the nation Mr. Obama railed against the alternative media:

Toward a safer permanent hair dye that mimics melanin

Coloring hair has become a common practice, particularly for people who want to hide their graying locks. But an ingredient in many of today's commercial hair dyes has been linked to allergic reactions and skin irritation. Now scientists have developed a potentially safer alternative by mimicking the hair's natural color molecule: melanin. Their report appears in the journal ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering.

Art of paper-cutting inspires self-charging paper device

Despite the many advances in portable electronic devices, one thing remains constant: the need to plug them into a wall socket to recharge. Now researchers, reporting in the journal ACS Nano, have developed a light-weight, paper-based device inspired by the Chinese and Japanese arts of paper-cutting that can harvest and store energy from body movements.

Convergence of US-Israel national security interests

In 2017, the national security interests of the US and Israel have converged, in an unprecedented manner, in response to the anti-US Arab Tsunami; anti-US Islamic terrorism; the declining European posture of deterrence; drastic cuts in the US defense budget; an increasingly unpredictable, dangerous globe; Israel's surge of military and commercial capabilities and US-Israel shared values.

President Trump’s Executive Order on Promoting Agriculture and Rural Property in America

President Trump’s Executive Order on Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America, which was signed on April 25, 2017, is significant in many ways, not the least of which is the Revocation of Executive Order 13575 of June 9, 2011, issued by President Obama, the Establishment of the White House Rural Council.

EPA Disregard for “WOTUS” Prior Converted Cropland Exclusion Kills Ag Jobs and Contributes to Nation

The Federal government has incrementally extended its control over agricultural lands during the past forty years,¹ by expanding the definition of "waters of the US" (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and asserting broad legal jurisdiction over WOTUS-adjacent "wetlands." Such activities have triggered Congressional investigations² and significant public litigation. They also have facilitated the CWA's growth into a "regulatory hydra" and caused a "reversal of terms [in our unique relationship with government] that is worthy of Alice in Wonderland."³

Tonight’s Correspondents’ Dinner One With Neither Guest of Honor Nor Audience

With the bulk of the mainstream media having long ago thrown totally in with the progressive left, should anybody have to guess who won’t be coming to tonight’s annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner? President Donald Trump stuck to his boycott of the event, and it took less than a nanosecond for a highly offended media to come across like the aggrieved party.

Dear Postmaster General

Dear Postmaster General, Please, have pity on me--I just can't get the old terms out of my mind. Canada Post is now controlled by a president, CEO, and other highly-paid functionaries that certainly deserve the full support of the citizenry. Not to forget, the daily "health-exercises" of trekking to the community mailboxes to retrieve our dose of donation-seeking "Dear Friend/Supporter" letters and the like.

Canada’s Bill C-16: Transgenderism and the Loss of Common Sense

Bill C-16 is intended to add the terms "gender identity" and "gender expression" to the Canadian Human Rights Act. The Bill also "amends the Criminal Code to extend the protection against hate propaganda set out in that Act to any section of the public that is distinguished by gender identity or expression," leading many to believe it will lead to a severe restriction of open public discourse on this topic once the bill is passed.

Just how powerful is Pres. Trump’s North Korean ‘Armada’?

“We are sending an armada.” Pres. Donald J. Trump’s declaration during a television interview on the Fox Business Channel signaled the deployment of Carrier Strike Group One to the Korean Peninsula in response to North Korea's bellicose rhetoric and upcoming missile test. The Navy canceled a series of port calls for the strike group earlier this month and diverted the ships to the Korean Peninsula in a show of force against the hermit kingdom.

Priapos, Garden Protector

According to Greek legend, Priapos (praɪˈeɪpəs/; Greek, Latin Priapus) was exposed at his birth on a bleak mountainside, so ugly was he. Discovered by shepherds and raised by them, he remained foreshortened in all but one attribute: his mighty male member.

KICK TERRORISM OUT OF FOOTBALL!

The Israel Institute for Strategic Studies researches and exposes important regional and global strategic and security developments. These include issues relating to terrorism. We are writing to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to highlight a history of more than fifteen (15) years of the exploitation of football for the promotion of terrorism by Jibril Rajoub, the Palestinian Football Association, its officials and teams.

MOVIE NOW LIVE: “America Under Siege: Soviet Islam”

“Only a coalition of Islamists and Marxists can destroy the United States.” -- Ilyich Ramírez Sánchez, AKA Carlos the Jackal Soviet Islam is the second episode in the five-part America Under Siege webseries releasing over the course of 2017. Each episode investigates the growing influence of revolutionary Marxists and their allies in different sectors of American society.

Why Islamists and Fascists Persecute Christians

A study from the Europe-based Center for Studies on New Religions recently confirmed that “Christians continue to be the most persecuted believers in the world, with over 90,000 followers of Christ being killed in the last year [2016],” which computes to one death every six minutes. The study also found that as many as 600 million Christians around the world were prevented from practicing their faith.

Trump’s Cuban Missile Crisis

I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis. I was young, very interested in current events and enamored with President Kennedy.

Trudeau, Trump deliver Earth Day present

During a week of contentious trade issues between Canada and the United States, it was gratifying to see that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump actually did agree on one point--climate change was not even worth mentioning in their official Earth Day statements.