September, 2019

BMW M340i Xdrive is a fast and luxurious drive

It may not be the fully blown sports sedan known as the M3, but BMW's M340i is still a very compelling vehicle for those who value performance and the driving experience. It's also a fine-looking sports sedan, returning the iconic vehicle to the handsome roots it kind of eschewed during the Chris Bangle design reign of terror. Alas, it's still a bit of a dog's breakfast when it comes to its interfaces, but at least it offers so much choice in its customization abilities that you could spend quite a bit of time tweaking the vehicle so it best fits your driving style.

Impeachment inquiry—A Hate Crime?

Despite Large Investment in Renewable Energy, Coal Dominates Worldwide Generation

Despite renewable energy investment more than tripling globally during the current decade compared to the last 10-year period, most of the power delivered to the world's electric grids during the recent decade was from coal. In fact, coal is still the world's largest source of electricity, providing 38% of world electrical generation in 2018, about the same as 1997. The world spent about $2.6 trillion on renewable energy projects during the decade, over three times the amount spent from 2000 to 2009. Solar photovoltaic investments totaled around $1.3 trillion, and onshore and offshore wind investment totaled around $1 trillion. Globally, solar energy capacity increased by 638 gigawatts between 2009 and 2019, while coal-fired capacity increased by 529 gigawatts, wind capacity increased 487 gigawatts, and natural gas capacity increased 436 gigawatts. Last year, $41 billion was invested in coal worldwide.

Kamala Harris and Cory Booker are rumored to be linked to Jussie Smollett’s phony racist assault cla

The Humanitarian Hoax of Impeachment

The Humanitarian Hoax is a deliberate and deceitful tactic of presenting a destructive policy as altruistic. The humanitarian huckster presents himself as a compassionate advocate when in fact he is the disguised enemy. The entire 2020 lineup of leftist Democrats and their Congressional sycophants have assured the nation that impeachment of President Trump is necessary to protect the nation. It is an odd assertion considering that President Trump has been wildly successful by pro-America standards. Let’s review.

The glorious hour of Brexit

Three years ago, with the referendum of June 23, 2016, the British people decided with a percentage of almost 52% and with 71.8% participation the exit of Great Britain from the European Union. This great result was undoubtedly the first major, painful defeat for the under German-controlled European Union of banks and multinationals.

The Aronoff Report: Claudia Rosett in Hong Kong; Melanie Phillips on Israel, Brexit and More

Roger Aronoff, the Executive Director of the Citizens Commission on National Security, recently hosted a discussion on his radio show podcast with his two guests, esteemed journalists Claudia Rosett and Melanie Phillips. Rosett is the author of What To Do About the U.N. and Phillips is the author of Guardian Angel: My Journey from Leftism to Sanity. In this wide-ranging double interview, the guests discussed with Aronoff the dilemma China’s Communist party faces in deciding how to quell demonstrations by millions of Hong Kong protestors, the Israeli election and Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing style, as well as Britain’s ongoing constitutional crisis.

Tom Fitton: JW Sues for Biden-Ukraine Docs; Plot to ‘Wear a Wire’ in Oval Office; Steele & State Dep

Liberty, Independence and Self Government for all!

Trump Urging Ukrainian Probe of Biden Breaks No Laws

A treaty from 2000 between the Ukraine and the United States requires the two countries to cooperate on law enforcement matters, a factor that may help to explain why President Donald Trump felt comfortable questioning the involvement of Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, in Ukrainian affairs, during a telephone conversation two months ago with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Dems Bet It All on a Telephone Call Transcript

A day after Democrats vowed to open a formal impeachment inquiry, President Trump dropped a bombshell Sept. 25 by releasing the transcript of a conversation he had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Trump’s enemies insist is the smoking gun that should drive him from office. That the impeachment push is an attempt to placate the Democrats’ increasingly affective Antifa-loving base and probably also a tactic to direct attention away from the at least questionable dealings in Ukraine of Democrat presidential frontrunner Joe Biden and his cokehead grifter son, Hunter, have barely been mentioned in the media. The media is promoting the theory – based on an anonymous “whistleblower” complaint - that Trump tried to enlist a foreign government to help him in the 2020 election, even though Department of Justice lawyers have already issued an opinion that Trump’s conversation did not constitute a violation of U.S. campaign laws.

Biden Ukraine Debacle Means Nobody in Deep State Ever Going to Jail

The Biden-Ukraine-China “whistleblower” impeachment charade forces an uncomfortable conclusion: Nobody, absolutely nobody, is going to jail for the Russia-Collusion Hoax. How do we know all of a sudden that nobody from the Deep State is going to jail for what has been called “SpyGate,” AND that the Trump presidency now hangs by a thread? Because by asking the government of Ukraine to begin a formal investigation of Hunter Biden’s lucrative deal with an energy company there, President Trump has done the unthinkable: he has challenged Washington’s influence-peddling culture, and there is no political constituency for this type of self-examination and reform.

Is Never-Trumper Paul Ryan Now Running the Show Over at Fox News?

Political weasels, wimps and rat-finks are always at their most deadly when they go to ground hiding under cover. Examples: Ex-president private citizen Barack Obama who has taken on the role as "Resistance" leader, working from a multi-million dollar mansion within walking distance of the White House. Former House Speaker Paul Ryan, who currently sits on the board of Fox News Corp., and who, according to Vanity Far, is reportedly urging Fox News to "decisively break" with President Donald Trump--news in the magazine's report documenting the network's "management bedlam". (Breitbart, Sept. 26, 2019)

U.N. Climate Change Summit Does Not Produce Results

This week the U.N. Summit on climate change was held in New York and there is clear pressure for countries to shutter coal-fired power plants and to provide additional country commitments for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, despite there being 15 months before countries are supposed to revise their commitments to the 2015 Paris Agreement. Australia and Japan were denied speaking time because of their role in funding coal. Protesters even flew a blimp of Japanese President Shinzo Abe in a bucket of coal outside U.N. headquarters.

Taxpayers Federation sets the record straight when it comes to education funding in Ontario

TORONTO, ON:The Canadian Taxpayers Federation wants to set the record straight when it comes to education funding in Ontario: education staff and expenses have increased sharply over the past two decades while enrollment has declined. "Here's the reality: education spending has been going up, not down, even though we have fewer students in the system," said Jasmine Pickel, the CTF's Interim Ontario Director.

On corporate welfare, Scheer is on the right track

Last week, before any Canadian was debating dubious prime ministerial dress-up hobbies, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's came out with a pledge to eliminate $1.5 billion in federal corporate welfare spending. It's only scratching the surface of the issue, since by some estimates total annual federal subsidies to business are in the range of $14 billion. But $1.5 billion is also nothing to sneeze at--it's the equivalent to the tax bills of 100,000 average-income Canadian households put together.

Israel’s flailing democracy

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement Tuesday that she is opening an official impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump struck many Israelis as yet another sign that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump are in the same boat. Both are hounded by legal elites who will stop at nothing to oust them from office. There are parallels between the two leaders.

Democrats are falsely accusing the President of doing what they have actually done themselves

Better Nate Than Lever

In a “Dirty Harry” movie, Clint Eastwood aimed his Smith & Wesson .44 magnum hand cannon with a culvert-sized barrel squarely between a hoodlum’s eyes, who fingered his own gun’s trigger momentarily, and deciding a stretch in the hoosegow was preferable to instant decapitation, handed over his peashooter pistol. Handcuffing the thug, Eastwood patted him on the back, and said, “Good decision, son — a man has got to know his limitations.” That’s good advice for anyone. Folks who know their limitations and play the hand dealt them by fate without complaint enjoy less stressful, happier lives than folks who don’t. In Leland, my Mississippi Delta hometown, Nate Nuckolls was just such a man. Uneducated, unassuming, unimaginative, and content with his place in life, he worked as a service station handyman, wiping windshields, pumping gas, fixing flats, rotating tires, and checking oil. He didn’t talk much, but the few words he uttered, counted.

Judicial Watch Sues State Department for Records on Firing of Biden-Ukraine Prosecutor

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for records about the firing of Ukraine’s top prosecutor after then-Vice President Joe Biden threated to withhold aid. The lawsuit was filed yesterday against the U.S. Department of State (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:19-cv-02893)).