Yezidis Report Massacre; Say Islamic State Siege Far From Over
A day after President Obama declared the siege of Mount Sinjar broken and the crisis effectively over, Yezidi leaders say more than 100 of their men were executed Friday afternoon in the village of Kocho, located southeast of Sinjar in northern Iraq. Fighters from the Islamic State took the remaining villagers — women and children […]
Regardless of Intent, Tony Stewart Was Party to Death of Another Human Being: So What?
By John W. Lillpop Those of us who smugly regard western culture to be vastly superior to the subhuman carnage routinely practiced by Islam devotees appeared to be vindicated by the sickening photo of a 7-year-old Muslim boy proudly displaying the bloodied head of a Syrian soldier killed by Islamic State heathen in July. Barbaric […]
The Benghazi Committee Investigation Remains Critically Important
The House Benghazi Select Committee started its investigative work this month. No fireworks yet, and that bothers the critics of the committee, who continue to contend that it is all a big waste of money. It is not. Understanding the massive policy failure that led to Benghazi is important, and furthermore, the Committee’s budget is […]
Benefits of a Free Online Portfolio for Freelancers
Freelancers of all kinds are often used by companies for many different reasons and for all kinds of fields such as photos for print and web media, content for websites, graphic design for print and web media, and even programming websites. Creating a portfolio that highlights your talents for either offline or online projects is […]
Did Politics Drive Obama Administration to Release 600 Criminal Illegal Immigrants?
@PhilipWegmann Philip Wegmann is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation. Source material can be found at this site.
STUDY: Americans have virtually no impact on policymaking
(Breitbart) A startling new political science study concludes that corporate interests and mega wealthy individuals control U.S. policy to such a degree that “the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.” The startling study, titled “Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and […]
Obama Released ISIS Leader from U.S Detention Camp in 2009
The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS,) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was formerly held by the U.S. military at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq from 2005, he was released the Obama administration in 2009. Why did Obama allow the release of such a dangerous man in 2009? The Telegraph offers the explanation is that […]
White teacher wins $350K discrimination award against suburban DC school district
PPER MARLBORO, Md. – A Maryland jury has awarded a white teacher $350,000 in damages for being discriminated against by his former principal, an racist African-American woman. The Washington Post reports teacher Jon Everhart, 65, filed a lawsuit in 2010 against Prince George’s County Public Schools on the grounds that Largo High School Principal Angelique Simpson-Marcus […]
Why China’s rich are escaping China
Pollution, tainted food and education are causing many of the country’s wealthy to flee, survey finds. Earlier this year, the best company at surveying the rich in China announced that more than 60% of the people it surveyed had already immigrated to another country, or were considering doing so. The question for the Hurun Report, which […]
Judge Upholds State’s Authority to Define Marriage as Union of Man and Woman
Last week a judge in Tennessee upheld that state’s Constitutional authority to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Though the decision was made a week ago, it has only now been made available electronically. The case involved a same-sex couple married in Iowa that sought a divorce in Tennessee. Because […]
Mr. Williams
They say that in order to make them laugh, you need to know how to make them cry. Robin Williams was of this mold. While he charmed and delighted with his frenetic style of comedic mayhem, his best roles were sad, contemplative, and serious. His roles in: “Awakenings,” “The Fisher King,” and “Dead Poets Society,” […]