Al Gore may become world’s first carbon billionaire
Former US Vice President Al Gore could become the world’s first carbon billionaire following his investments in green energy companies after anticipating the need to reinvent the way the world produces and consumes energy. Gore’s venture capital company has been investing to develop energy-saving technologies, which could make electricity grids more efficient. Last year, they […]
CNN Waters Down the Israeli Response
CNN fails to provide any Israeli reaction to a flawed Amnesty report. Utilizing the “halo effect,” whereby because of their humanitarian focus, non-governmental organizations are insulated from scrutiny and are regarded as above reproach by the media, Amnesty International has published a report accusing Israel of denying Palestinians access to water supplies. Media outlets, including AP, AFP, Reuters, BBC, The Independent, Sky […]
Iran Has Several Hidden Nuclear Facilities
Four International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors were due in Tehran Sunday, Oct. 25 for their prearranged visit to the newly-discovered uranium enrichment facility near Qom. Aside from that inspection, not much else is left of the Obama administration’s pursuit of engagement on Iran’s nuclear program. Saturday, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani threw out IAEA Director Mohamad […]
Five Years After Van Gogh’s Murder, Free Speech Is Under Attack
by David J. Rusin On November 2, 2004, Dutch columnist, filmmaker, and all-around provocateur Theo van Gogh was shot and stabbed to death as he biked to work on an Amsterdam street. The killer, Mohammed Bouyeri, insisted that Islam “compels me to chop off the head of anyone who insults Allah and the prophet.” He […]
Islam- A Religion of Peace?
The Pelosi Bill: Cost, Mandates and Taxes
Posted by Dan Perrin FROM: Michael Hammond RE: The Pelosi Bill -The real cost of the bill is at least $1.3 trillion (the CBO score, plus the “doc fix”) –- and probably much, much more. -The absolute minimum increase in the deficit would be $150 billion. You can probably add to this most of the […]
Meanwhile, pay no attention to this drug bust in NJ.
Posted by Moe Lane The Corzine campaign wants it made CLEAR that Jason Shih is in no way, shape, or form involved with the releection campaign; that Mr. Shih is certainly not an assistant campaign director or staffer for the campaign; that they have no idea who Mr. Shih would even be, let alone why […]
Government Intervention in the Economy is Going to End Badly
Be Prepared for the Worst By Ron Paul Any number of pundits claim that we have now passed the worst of the recession. Green shoots of recovery are supposedly popping up all around the country, and the economy is expected to resume growing soon at an annual rate of 3% to 4%. Many of these […]
Obama Administration’s first Healthcare Failure
Fox News reported the H1N1 vaccine will arrive too late to help most Americans who will be infected during this flu season, according to a study conducted by scholars at Purdue University, The Washington Times reported on Tuesday. The study also estimates that the virus — commonly referred to as the swine flu bug — […]
ACORN ALERT–Refunding set to go on 10/31
Can you believe this? I, like most Americans, believed the funding for Acorn was finished–done, gone, finito. Guess again . . . It turns out the stripping of funds by Congress was only good for one month–from October 1st thru October 31. What that means is that unless Congress votes Thursday to reinstitute the restrictions […]
