Police Arrest Student for Shooting a Fictional Dinosaur

Dinosaurs may be extinct, but absurdity in public schools isn’t.

ISIS can’t stand up to U.S. power; we should destroy it now

BALTIMORE, Md. -- President Obama is now reaping the whirlwind for his feckless and sometimes politically-motivated strategy of leading from behind in the Mideast, North Africa and Eastern Europe.

The Commons Hotel Celebrates Fields Medal First

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – In celebration of Maryam Mirzakhani’s recent honor — marking the first time in history a woman has ever been awarded the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics, The Commons Hotel, conveniently located close to downtown Minneapolis on the University of Minnesota campus, is thrilled to unveil the Au=M² package, starting at $226*/night. Inspiring travelers to embrace their inner-geek with elements that honor the first female Fields Medal winner, Maryam Mirzakhani, The Commons’ Au=M² package includes overnight accommodations, two tickets to experience the new “Math Moves” exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota, in-room welcome amenities – including the current issue of Popular Science, and breakfast for two at The Beacon Public House.

The U.N.’s Grotesque Gaza Inquiry

Bias against Israel is the most glaring problem with the new Gaza inquiry that the United Nations Human Rights Council launched last month. The council has appointed as its chief investigator a Canadian lawyer, William Schabas, who has said in recent years that he’d like to see Israel’s prime minister and president hauled before the International Criminal Court. The resolution authorizing his inquiry is crammed with vilifications of Israel, but it makes not a single mention of Hamas, the terrorist group that rules Gaza and that is dedicated in its charter to obliterating Israel and killing Jews. And in the current Gaza conflict that the U.N. purports to investigate, Hamas plays no minor role: It is against the thousands of rockets fired by Hamas and the many miles of attack tunnels — conduits for Hamas death squads — that Israel, in Operation Protective Edge, has been defending itself.

Due Diligence & Unexpected Consequences

Each day I awaken to the sure and present understanding of a basic law of life. For every well intentioned effort to accomplish any goal there will be Unexpected Consequences.

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.