July, 2015

Subaru Impreza PZEV - surprising fun despite lack of oomph

The Subaru Impreza starts at $19,995 Canadian, which is a pretty good deal for an all-wheel drive vehicle. The top of the line five door 2.0i Limited with the Technology Option starts at $30,295.
By Jim Bray, CFP Automotive Editor - Friday, July 10, 2015 - Full Story

Jukebox King revisits the joy of pay-to-play music of days gone by

Taking one of these trips down memory lane is going to set you back quite a bit, but if you're into it you might find it worthwhile
By Jim Bray, CFP Automotive Editor - Friday, July 10, 2015 - Full Story

OMB’s Whitewash on the Social Cost of Carbon

Unfortunately, the problems with the Working Group’s estimates of the “social cost of carbon” aren’t limited to a suppression of discount rate reports. There are several other major problems, which the recent OMB document does not solve.
By Institute for Energy Research - Friday, July 10, 2015 - Full Story

Watch out for dead-cat bounce in Hong Kong stock market

Investor sentiment remains risk averse as market-calming measures from regulators only serve to mask narrow nature of day's rebound
By News on the Net South China Morning Post- Friday, July 10, 2015 - Full Story

Obama Administration Revives “Death Panels” Targeting Elderly and Disabled Patients

Tax funding for Medicare advance care planning was a part of the original House bill for Obamacare that was dropped amidst controversy over critics’ charges that it was designed to save money by pushing senior citizens to agree to forego costly treat
By News on the Net - Friday, July 10, 2015 - Full Story

Judge Who Declines to Do Same-Sex Marriages Says Civil Rights Struggle Inspired His Career

“I apologize to the couple for the delay they experienced and wish them the best,” Judge McConnell says.
By Heritage Foundation Ken McIntyre- Friday, July 10, 2015 - Full Story

Pope Francis went to Burger King on Thursday (but probably did not get a Whopper)

The Associated Press explained that Pope Francis actually just needed a pre-Mass wardrobe change
By News on the Net - Friday, July 10, 2015 - Full Story

Communist Crucifix alibi morphs word ‘ideology’ into ‘dialogue’

Some Catholics never thought the words of the St. Michael the Archangel prayer...”cast into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls” would someday include the Vatican
By Judi McLeod - Friday, July 10, 2015 - Full Story

Latin America's Leftist Slide

Bad ideas take a long time to die
By Arnold Ahlert - Friday, July 10, 2015 - Full Story

Islamic State--Confusion, Delusion and Illusion

A lack of genuine international will to stop Islamic State--and its threat to international peace and security - dead in its tracks
By David Singer - Friday, July 10, 2015 - Full Story

Driving policies through fraud and fear-mongering

A physician offers sanity-based perspectives on EPA's "Data Derangement Syndrome"
By Guest Column --Charles G. Battig, MD- Friday, July 10, 2015 - Full Story

Desperate Greek socialists now offer harsher austerity than they just told voters to reject

Germans: Why should we believe you'll actually do what you say?
By Dan Calabrese - Friday, July 10, 2015 - Full Story

Trump Is Right About Illegals, Says Grieving Father

Why it's time to take criminal aliens out of the shadows, shackle their hands and feet, and put them on airplanes
By Matthew Vadum - Friday, July 10, 2015 - Full Story

The US-Israel Strategic Partnership

An Israel-like ally in the Persian Gulf would've reduced, dramatically, the US military involvement in the Gulf.
By Yoram Ettinger - Friday, July 10, 2015 - Full Story

When Muslims Betray Non-Muslim Friends and Neighbors

Why Islamic treachery in the Middle East should concern Americans.
By Raymond Ibrahim - Friday, July 10, 2015 - Full Story

HOLY LAND: IS Militants Warn, "Leave or Risk Being Killed"

Persecution and Prayer Alert, Voice of the Martyrs
By News on the Net - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

Okla. Governor Refuses to Remove 10 Commandments Monument From Capitol

Originally, the case was filed by four plaintiffs from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oklahoma
By Heritage Foundation Diana Stancy- Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

John Kerry says Iran nuclear deal deadlines are pretty much meaningless

So why do we have them in the first place?
By Robert Laurie - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

Two dozen Democrats sponsor House bill to eliminate words 'husband' and 'wife' from federal law

Apparently they've run out of flags to denounce.
By Dan Calabrese - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

Criminal Charges Dropped, Guns Returned To Neb. Man Helped By SAF

“Mr. Williams’ substantial gun collection is being returned,”
By Second Amendment Foundation - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

Politics: Pro-gay marriage humpback whale attacks surveillance drone with rainbow weapon

Take that, police state!
By Robert Laurie - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

China shares: Regulator takes action after slide

China's regulators are taking fresh steps to try to quell volatility in the country's financial markets.
By News on the Net BBC News- Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

China stocks hammered as market crash continues

Chinese stock market's free fall continues
By News on the Net CNN Money- Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

Nation of morons goes completely insane because Jeb Bush says more people should work full-time

Turn out the lights.
By Dan Calabrese - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

HuffPo Fail: Yes, Greece has Worse Default Record than Germany

Huffington Post strangely ignores these cultural undercurrents while outlining that Germany (in reality, Prussia) has had more national defaults than Greece (so far).
By Arthur Christopher Schaper - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

When Does Decency Triumph?

The extension of the most recent Supreme Court case regarding gay marriage when applied to nudist couples clearly shows there is unrestrained freedom of stupidity
By Jim Yardley - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

China’s Stock Market Could Determine Communist Party’s Fate

Shares tumbled again last week even as Beijing introduced multiple new programs to plug losses.
By News on the Net - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

Tsipras’ Pyrrhic victory puts Greece on path to “failed state” status

Mr. Tsipras is right to consider the overwhelming no vote that the electorate delivered as a vindication of the tough line negotiating position.
By Guest Column Desmond Lachman- Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

Oregon allowing 15-year-olds to get state-subsidized sex-change operations

Oregon Health Authority spokeswoman Susan Wickstrom explained it this way: "Age of medical consent varies by state. Oregon law -- which applies to both Medicaid and non-Medicaid Oregonians -- states that the age of medical consent is 15."
By News on the Net Fox News- Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

FBI director: OPM breach is ‘enormous,’ affects more than federal workers

Comey’s statements came after Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, expressed frustration on behalf of federal workers looking for information.
By News on the Net WTOP- Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

Tube strike: London commuters come to blows - live travel updates on Thursday evening

Tube strikes: How to get home as the capital's transport system is mired in chaos on Thursday July 9th
By News on the Net London Telegraph- Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

Boehner wants review of Confederate symbols in U.S. Capitol

A formal announcement would come in the next few days, he said.
By News on the Net Washington Post- Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

For Greece's ill, crisis a matter of life or death

"For the past six months they've been unable to give me the medicine here," Kaloidas says angrily, as he waits in line in an Athens public hospital.
By News on the Net - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

IER Urges PUCs to Protect Americans from Harmful Impacts of Climate Rule

Climate change, electricity, EPA
By Institute for Energy Research - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

Let tomorrow always be another day in memory of Confederate War Dead

Banning the display of Confederate flags on the final resting places of Confederate soldiers is like plunging a rusty sword into the hearts of the great great grandchildren who remember their fallen with pride
By Judi McLeod - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

Traitor Cities

Obama's municipal allies take deadly aim at America's borders
By Matthew Vadum - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

Alabama Supreme Court Urged to Protect Religious Liberty

"To require Christians to pull out pages of their Bible in order to hold office or own a business is anti-American and it is unconstitutional, despite what any judge may say otherwise."
By Liberty Counsel - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

We Must Rally Behind the Kleins

I prayerfully covet your ideas and solutions. All I know is We the People can not simply stand idly by and allow what is happening to the Kleins go unabated. Quoting heroic Todd Beamer, “Let's Roll!”
By Lloyd Marcus - Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

“This Baby Won’t Stop Breathing!” Abortionist Strangled Baby While Nurses Watched

In a saline abortion, a caustic saline solution is injected into the woman’s uterus. It slowly burns and poisons the baby, and then the woman goes through labor, “giving birth” to a usually dead child.
By News on the Net Life News- Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story

Sweden's "Creative Destruction"

Officials in Sweden's government say they want immigrants to integrate into the society, but in areas where the majority are immigrants, there is not much society for them to integrate into
By News on the Net Gates Online- Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Full Story