July, 2015

The challenge of mining rare-earth materials outside China

Rare-earth mining company Molycorp has invested heavily in its California operation but is struggling to reach its production goals.
By American Chemical Society - Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

How Rich Corporate Elites Are Lobbying Lawmakers to Crush Marriage Advocates

Last week, Democrats in both houses of Congress introduced a bill they call the “Equality Act.” This bill adds the phrase “sexual orientation and gender identity” to more or less every federal law that has protections on the basis of race.
By Heritage Foundation Ryan T. Anderson- Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

Figuring out how to make tastier wines using fewer pesticides

Designing hardy but wine-friendly grapes could help reduce pesticide use.
By American Chemical Society - Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

Toward a safe antiobesity drug that could block fat absorption

To help fight obesity, scientists are working on drugs that could trap ingested fat before the body absorbs it.
By American Chemical Society - Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

Geraldo Rivera explains the position of liberal Jews toward Iran

If Iran does take steps in the future to annihilate Israel, the leftist Jews who are criticizing Huckabee will never see it coming. And that, Mr. Obama is “sad.”
By Arthur Weinreb - Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

New Report Confirms Findings of Citizens’ Commission on Benghazi

It’s already been established that Mrs. Clinton failed to turn over all of her work related emails, allowed sensitive and classified material on her private email server, and lied about both
By Roger Aronoff - Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

Boehner: Dang it, I can't play golf with Obama anymore because 'everybody gets bent out of shape'

World's smallest violin
By Dan Calabrese - Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

An all-natural sunscreen derived from algae

Substances from algae and fish mucus that protect against ultraviolet rays are the basis for a potential new kind of sunscreen.
By American Chemical Society - Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

Words we Cannot say in the White House--On Immigration and Terrorists

"And Don't Use the T-Word!"
By William Kevin Stoos - Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

Where the Nanny State is taking the middle class

Equality, Efficiency, Dependency
By Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh - Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

CCRKBA Lauds Texas' 'Pistol Packin' Pastor' Who Stopped Burglar

“Pastor Holmes’ incident certainly adds perspective to the use of force, and how using a firearm can stop or prevent crime,”
By CCRKBA - Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

Job Losses from Coal Closures Dwarf Gains from Wind Industry

Coal, EPA, Wind PTC
By Institute for Energy Research - Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

McConnell Pledges to Hold Vote on Ending Taxpayer Funding of Planned Parenthood Next Week

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called Planned Parenthood a "a scandal-plagued political lobbying giant."
By News on the Net - Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

Thank God Mr. Cruz is in Washington

The GOP presidential field is rich with honorable contenders
By Lloyd Marcus - Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

Work by British artist features in new book

Contemporary Art of Nature: MAMMALS
By Tim Saunders - Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

Satanic Statue Comes to Detroit – Is There No Price to Pay?

The statue of Baphomet is symptomatic of a generation long delivering of our children to Satan’s front door.
By Rev. Michael Bresciani - Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Full Story

The Iran-North Korea Strategic Alliance

While the Iran-North Korea alliance is based primarily on weapons traffic, it is fortified by a shared hostility toward free societies, as epitomized by America
By Claudia Rosett - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

New Senate Bill Introduced to Totally De-Fund Planned Parenthood, Senate Will Vote Next Week

“As a mother and grandmother, I find this footage of Planned Parenthood’s role in the harvesting of the organs of unborn babies morally reprehensible and vile,” said Senator Ernst.
By News on the Net Life News- Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Federal Judge Threatens To Hold IRS Commissioner, DOJ Lawyers in Contempt of Court over Lerner

Warning he would tolerate no further disregard of his orders, Judge Sullivan said, “I will haul into court the IRS Commissioner to hold him personally into contempt.”
By News on the Net Judicial Watch- Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

S.C. attorney champions “American energy revolution” at international energy summit

Leading Canada magazine highlights environmental expert’s presentation
By News on the Net - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Hillary tries to defend Planned Parenthood, ends up calling for investigations into entire abortion industry

Sounds like a good plan.
By Robert Laurie - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

China-Tied Hackers That Hit U.S. Said to Breach United Airlines

It’s increasingly clear, security experts say, that China’s intelligence apparatus is amassing a vast database
By News on the Net Bloomberg- Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Pan Am Poured Taxpayer Funds Down the Drain

The importance of transparency in the Pan Am Games is further underscored by the new possibility that the City of Toronto may be making a bid for the 2024 Olympics.
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Christine Van Geyn- Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Gun Rights Groups Offer Reward In Slaying Of Seattle Activist Donnie Chin

“Donnie Chin earned the respect of his friends and neighbors in the firearms community, as well as those in the International District,”
By CCRKBA - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Terror Arrest in Lackawanna (New York)

Nagi's arrest came after authorities were tipped off by residents and neighbors who heard Arafat Nagi talking about his jihadist beliefs
By News on the Net - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

House GOP lawmaker files motion to oust Boehner as Speaker(video)

Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina makes motion to boot Boehner
By News on the Net - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Triple treatment could keep lung cancer from coming back

New Israeli approach stops lung cancer cells from developing resistance to chemotherapy in mice.
By Guest Column Israel21c- Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Hillary: I'll tell you my position on Keystone XL when I'm president

Bonus: Check out the faces (circled in red) of her adoring supporters as she perpetrates this dodge.
By Dan Calabrese - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

John Kerry: Iran 'may' use weapons obtained via nuke deal to kill Americans

Treasonous.
By Robert Laurie - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

GOP House member files resolution to remove Boehner as Speaker

The start of something?
By Dan Calabrese - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Warren Buffett And Elon Musk To Spark A Lithium Boom

Battery manufacturers across the board are moving to lithium because it has the highest electric output per unit weight.
By Oilprice.com James Stafford- Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

8 children hurt by falling tree outside California children's museum(video)

The 75-foot-tall, 75-year-old pine crashed without warning shortly before 5 p.m. local time just outside the Kidspace Children's Museum in Pasadena, city fire spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said.
By News on the Net Fox News- Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Conservative Congressman Seeks to Oust John Boehner as House Speaker

“I couldn’t be silent any longer,” says Rep Mark Meadows
By Heritage Foundation Rob Bluey, Josh Siegel- Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Barack berates tyrants

At the same time, Obama said the world needed to "recognise Africa's extraordinary progress", and outlined how American businesses were increasing US trade with the continent.
By News on the Net - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Hunt Continues for Spaniard Accused of Killing Famous Zimbabwean Lion

The incident came to light just days after the ZCFT revealed that 23 elephant cubs had been separated from their herds in Hwange and exported to zoos in China and the United Arab Emirates
By News on the Net - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Charlie Hebdo: A Perfect Example of Why Liberals Should be Hated

This whole "we've done our job" business is just a cop out. After all, they've spent as many decades ridiculing every other religion and they don't feel THAT job is "done."
By Warner Todd Huston - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Alabama Supreme Court Should Say No to Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Groups Say

Alabama citizens spoke on this issue in 2006 when 81% of voters approved the Sanctity of Marriage Amendment.
By Christian Newswire - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Canadian Islam Converts Plotted to Kill Jewish Children

Lest they grow up to be adult Jews
By Arnold Ahlert - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Can Trump Win?

Should he secure the GOP nomination, a tough-talking, competent Trump will likely crush a utopian, multicultural-loving Democrat
By Dr. Marguerite Creel - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story

Equality Obama-style: profiteering of neighborhoods, fetal organs

Statistical categorizing of people creates dissonance, a growing discontent and brokenness until, divided, we fall.
By A. Dru Kristenev - Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - Full Story