River Flows Not Generally Declining in Canada

Several months ago, Mark Hume at the Globe and Mail published an article with a title sure to catch the public's attention: "Climate change and health: drinking water in decline."

A Morning in Immigration Court: Judge Hears 38 ‘Favorite’ Cases, Many He’ll See Again

“It is my favorite docket, the juveniles,” Immigration Judge John Milo Bryant says, unprompted, as he hears the case of 15-year-old Christian Hernandez, a recent illegal arrival from Honduras.

Canadian MP quits NDP caucus, leader too pro-Israel

On Wednesday, MP Sana Hassainia, who represents the Montreal area riding of Vercheres-Les Patriotes, announced she was leaving the socialist NDP to sit as an independent until the next election. Fortunately for the NDP and Canada, she also said she will not run for re-election in the next federal election.

Al Jazeera’s Ferguson Publicity Stunt

We are seeing the herd mentality of the media at work in coverage of Ferguson, Missouri, and even some conservatives have joined the pack. Jonathan V. Last wrote in The Weekly Standard newsletter that arrived in my inbox on Wednesday that “a TV news crew was assaulted by police officers” in Ferguson. That claim is false.

Gaza--Australian Politicians Duped By Dud Declaration

The Canberra Declaration on Gaza signed by 76 current and former Federal and State parliamentarians displays their total factual ignorance and political naiveté concerning the war raging between Hamas and Israel for the last six weeks.

Ceres Prioritizes Green Financial Interests Over Customer Welfare

A new report from Ceres, a well-heeled group of Wall Street activists who work with groups such as the AFL-CIO, Environmental Defense Fund, the National Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club[1], ranked electric utilities by how well the utilities adopted policies reflecting those of Ceres on energy efficiency and renewable energy. The point of the report is to argue that complying with EPA’s carbon dioxide restrictions for existing power plants will not be too costly.

UKRAINE: Young Mission Workers Murdered

Source: Far East Broadcasting Company, VOM source Four young Christian workers were recently captured by pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine and brutally beaten to death. According to a ministry affiliate, they were killed simply for being Christians. "These young men were faithful Christians who cared about evangelizing their countrymen by using personal witnessing, as well as media," he reported. "We are deeply saddened and shocked."

Eric Holder's personal agenda

Attorney General Eric Holder has openly and honestly spoken about the impact that his perception of racism have had on him. In doing so, he provides the opportunity for a national dialog and analysis.

What About Darren Wilson, Mr. Attorney General?

Eric Holder is Attorney General of the United States and, as such, is the chief law enforcement officer of the land, a position which requires objective, unbiased analyses of facts and actions based on proven facts---not emotions or personal history.

Obama and ISIS Sneaking Across Unsecure Southern Border

Obama Golfing and the Brutal Murder of James Foley

#BringBackOurForeignPolicy

Whether the You Tube beheading of American journalist James Foley by ISIS terrorists was a brilliant stroke of propaganda or a tactical blunder sure to backfire, is really quite irrelevant. Of much greater relevance is the fact that ISIS is a construct of American government policy that has left a huge vacuum in the balance of power around the world and specifically the Middle East.

Seven ways pot legalization has been a disaster in Colorado

Hat tip on this one to Cully Stimson at the Daily Signal, who dove into a report from the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area to get to the truth about the social costs being wrought by this ill-conceived public policy. For those of you still making the rote, brain-dead argument that "the money spent on the War on Drugs hasn't been worth it," is this the result you wanted?

- Thursday, August 21, 2014

How to utterly destroy ISIS, in case Obama would like to try doing that

Not that Barack Obama has ever demonstrated much seriousness when it comes to fighting radical Islam - especially its most monstrous adherents such as the members of ISIS - but if he would like to think in terms obliterating ISIS instead of just holding them in check or preventing them from committing genocide (or should I say, any more of it), Max Boot of the Council on Foreign Relations has some thoughts on how it could be done.

Paycheck for Terrorism: $5,300 for Suicide Attack

For the first time, startling details are being made public about the millions of dollars funneled from Middle East charities to Islamic terrorists and their families.

Understanding the Israeli-Egyptian-Saudi alliance

Hamas’s war with Israel is not a stand-alone event. It is happening in the context of the vast changes that are casting asunder old patterns of behavior and strategic understandings as actors in the region begin to reassess the threats they face.

CNN anchor doesn't know what an automatic weapon is, but he's pretty sure you can buy one anywhere

In the good old days, you could count on CNN's Piers Morgan to be the network's gun control standard bearer. His quest to limit firearm ownership may have been riddled with inaccuracies, half-truths, and cognitive dissonance, but that didn't stop him. Night after night he kept beating the anti-gun drum. ...Until he embarrassed himself right out of a job.

Refracking Ready To Rejuvenate Shale Revolution

Wells sunk as little as three years ago are being fracked again, the latest innovation in the technology-driven shale oil revolution. Thanks to the dual-deployment of horizontal well drilling and hydraulic fracturing, oil and gas firms have unlocked massive new reserves across the United States, completely transforming America’s energy fortunes in just a matter of years. It’s a common but very serious mistake to predict the future based on what holds true today. In this case, those who have predicted the demise of the shale revolution may soon be forced to eat their words. The pace of technological change is accelerating, redefining possibilities along the way. --Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest, 20 August 2014

ISIS: The Real Threat

In recent months the Islamic State (IS; formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS) has managed to position itself as the most significant threat to regional stability in the Middle East. The organization has become a reviled global term, a synonym for extremism and a symbol of unbridled slaughter. The mass executions carried out by IS in Iraq and Syria, documented and distributed en masse for all to see, reflect the shock and awe strategy used by IS in the areas it has captured. In addition, its threats to conquer other Middle East states have resounded widely, giving it the media status of a global power in the making. In this way, IS has made itself the de facto replacement of al-Qaeda as the jihadist terror organization endangering world peace.

Pimping and pandering

One of my greatest challenges was to help my son understand the difference between “intelligence” and “smarts”. “Intelligence” is the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations. “Smarts” is the skilled use of reason and the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria. “Smarts” indicate the ability to use “intelligence” for the betterment of the situation and those involved in it.