Has the Refugee Crisis in Europe Forced Turkey to Consider War with Syria? - The thought of Turkish troops driving across the border into Syria should be a scary one. They would have to confront several combatants. There would likely be a very high death toll, and the suffering there would only increase as both ISIS and the Syrian Army would be forced to confront the invader. There would also be the political fallout. But there is little doubt that the Syrian refugee crisis is pushing Turkey to the brink. Breitbart reports....
Obama Nominates Sodomite to Lead Army
- If you have read many of my articles, you know where I stand on Homosexuality
in our country. You are aware that I trust God’s word to direct me to whether
or not it is an acceptable practice. So, some of you may be surprised at the
angle that I take on this issue. For me to pound out another piece on why
sodomy is wrong and what God says about it would be somewhat superfluous.
Rather, it seems that this issue has continued to ride for free on the
accomplishments of others. Take, for
example, Eric Fanning being named Secretary of the Army. Even the
“conservative” Fox is reporting the nomination as a historical event. Yes, I
know that it is a first, but that is not the point. The point is that they are
treating it the same as they would the first woman or Black person nominated to
the post. Why is this a problem? Well, to begin with these people’s actions in
bed do not make them a sex or a race. So when Fox and others report this
nomination as a civil rights accomplishment, it belittles the struggle of those
who actually faced discrimination. Let me show you what I mean....
Bernie
Sanders Tells MSNBC that Economics and Socialism are “Moral Issues” -
Ugh. Bernie Sanders is going to try to get as much mileage as he can out of his
recent trip to my alma mater, Liberty University. On MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show
earlier this week the erstwhile socialist candidate for President told Maddow
that he enjoyed his time at Liberty discussing moral issues like abortion, gay
marriage and… economics. Isn’t it a moral issue that in America today, we are
seeing a proliferation of millionaires and billionaires at the same time as we
have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on earth? Isn’t
that a moral issue? Sure,
Bernie…. just not in the way you think. It’s a moral issue
when millions of people who can work choose not to. It’s a moral issue when one
group of people votes to take the hard earned money of another group of people
and give it to a third group. It’s a moral issue when some people believe that
they have a right to tell other people
how much of their own money they can keep.
Face it, folks. Bernie Sanders is just a thief in a business suit.
Alabama
Supreme Court: We Don’t Have To Recognize Lesbian Adoption
- Alabama’s Supreme Court refused to recognize a lesbian woman’s adoption
Friday, drawing criticism from gay rights activists and raising questions about
the future of same-sex adoptions. The case centered around a lesbian couple who shared
custody of three children but later split up. One of them gave birth to the
children with the help of a sperm donor, and her partner later adopted the
children while living in Georgia, so they could both be the official, legal
parents. The biological mother, who now lives in Alabama, tried to
keep the children from the adoptive mother after the couple parted ways,
sparking the legal battle. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that Alabama did not
have to recognize the adoption made in Georgia, stripping the adoptive mother
of her rights to the children....
Attorney Claims Kim Davis is
Breaking the Law - An attorney for a deputy clerk in in Kim Davis’ office says the Kentucky
clerk who was jailed for six days for refusing to issue gay marriage licenses
has again broken the law…the judge warned Davis not to
interfere with the licenses….one of the deputy clerks is saying Davis broke the
law by altering the marriage licenses….. Davis allegedly removed her name and
the county’s name from the licenses. She has repeatedly said her issue with the
licenses was that they put her name as endorsing same-sex marriage, something
that would violate her conscience….
Congressman
Fights for Social Security Recipient's Gun Rights - Rep. Sam Johnson introduced legislation in
the House Wednesday in an effort to counteract the Obama administration’s strides to prevent Social Security
participants from obtaining guns. Under the president’s plan, the Social Security Association (SSA) would be added to the list of federal agencies required to
submit users’ information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check
System. The Second Amendment rights of more than four million people who have
been assigned a fiduciary to manage their benefits would be stripped if the regulation is implemented.
Planned Parenthood Knew About Sales of Body Parts
- Many have pretended that there is no
profit being made by the sale of baby parts by Planned Parenthood. They have
tried to make people believe that what they are seeing is heavily edited and
shopped versions. But, this is becoming harder and harder to spin as more and
more videos are being released that show us the contrary. And the latest is no
different. Christian New reports....
Obama Administration Slams Conservative School As Not A
Real College - An Obama administration representative took a
shot at a well-known conservative college Thursday, saying the school wasn’t
included on its much-heralded new “College Scorecard” because it isn’t a real
two-to-four year college. Hillsdale
College, a 1,500-student liberal arts college in Michigan, is ranked by U.S. News and World Reports as the 67th-best
national liberal arts college in the country. The college is well-known for the
conservative identity of its student body and its focus on a core curriculum
that emphasizes Judeo-Christian tradition and the U.S. Constitution. It’s also
known for its refusal to accept any federal funding (including federal student
loans), in order to remain free of most federal regulatory control.
Doritos has Sided with Bully Sodomite in Effort to Steal
the Youth - We should not be surprised when those who
have pretended to be victimized and swayed the sympathies of this generation
would win big business. It is unlikely that the people at Frito-Lays have a
heart to begin with and no one should have been under the impression that they
were Christian, but that they are openly siding with a Bully and hatemonger
such as Dan Savage is deplorable.
The Muslim Invasion of the West has Begun - On Tuesday night Fox News host Bill O’Reilly delivered a stinging
monologue on what he termed as “the Muslim invasion of the West.” In his short
commentary he detailed the desperate plight of the European refugees, but then
gave a broader view of the situation in a larger historical context. O’Reilly
also argued that two of the biggest problems facing our nation today can both
be laid at the feet of the Obama White House. He continued by saying that
Europe is now sowing what they have reaped because of their reticence to deal
with the problems in the Middle East. But the cold truth is Europe is getting what it deserves.
Heartland Institute
Solution to Government Overreach Is in the Constitution-
“The
fundamental beauty of the U.S. Constitution is that it essentially gave
everybody veto power over the actions of the national government. Nothing could
become the law of the land unless both houses of Congress, the president, the
Supreme Court, and the states all agreed that it should be. Any action of the
national government had to run a long gauntlet in order to become law.”...
The History of National Standards and Common Core
- Lennie Jarratt, project manager for
school reform at The Heartland Institute, has constructed a timeline of the
major events in the history of Common Core. Unbeknownst to many, the roots of
Common Core and national standards extend back for decades. Jarratt tracks the
growth of this federal intrusion into the education system and points out the
major players in the effort, including the Gates Foundation
Donald J. Devine to Receive Heartland Liberty Prize at 2015 Benefit Dinner
- Join us on Thursday, October 8 at The
Heartland Institute’s 31st Anniversary Benefit Dinner as we celebrate the
career of political scientist, author, and former Reagan administration
official Donald J. Devine with this year’s Heartland Liberty Prize. Past
recipients of the award include fellow conservative and libertarian titans M.
Stanton Evans, Gary Becker, Ed Crane, Walter Williams, and John Stossel. Space
is limited, so reserve a seat today!....
Featured Podcast: Mark Steyn: Breaking Michael Mann’s Hockey Stick
- America’s “undocumented anchorman”
Mark Steyn joins Director of Communications Jim Lakely to discuss Steyn’s new
book, A Disgrace to the Profession. The Canadian-born writer and conservative
political commentator talks about the fallacies of the popular and well-known
hockey stick graph by the fake Nobel Laureate Michael E. Mann. LISTEN HERE
Our October
8 Benefit Dinner: The Heartland versus The Ruling Class! - The Heartland
Institute’s 31st Anniversary Benefit Dinner will take place Thursday, October 8
at The Cotillion, 360 South Creekside Drive in Palatine, Illinois. This year’s
theme is “The Heartland versus The Ruling Class,” featuring keynote speaker
Angelo Codevilla, Ph.D., author of The Ruling Class: How They Corrupted America and
What We Can Do About It.
Donald J. Devine, Ph.D., will receive this year’s Heartland Liberty Prize. Join
us for dinner, drinks, great conversation, and fellowship in liberty!
CON Laws
Hinder Health Services Competition in Virginia - Virginia is one of 36 states that require a
certificate of need (CON) to approve the construction of a new health facility.
Because of this regulation, Inova – a health care system based in Northern
Virginia – has been able to obtain a near-monopoly over health services in the
state’s most-populous area. CON laws limit health care competition across the
state and leave fewer options for everyone, especially the poor…
German
Energiewende vs. American Fracking: A Tale of Two Energy Revolutions - Germany
and the United States are embarking on two drastically different energy
policies ... and reaping dramatically different results. Germany’s
“Energiewende” plan intends to make the country the renewable-energy center of
the world. The effort has yielded only heavily subsidized renewable energy
projects and increasing electricity prices. America, on the other hand, is
enjoying lower carbon emissions and lower energy prices due to the fracking
boom....
Senators
Call for Plan to Liquidate Ex-Im Bank - Several U.S. senators, including
presidential candidates Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Marco Rubio
(R-FL), are pushing to formally liquidate the Export-Import Bank, a government
agency subsidizing domestic companies’ costs when selling goods in foreign
countries. Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow Diane Katz says, “Contrary to the
propaganda of Ex-Im proponents, the subsidies hurt U.S. small businesses more
than they help.”
Obamacare
Waste Continues to Pile Up - One of the many promises made by President Barack Obama about the
Affordable Care Act (ACA), also know as Obamacare, was that the costs of
providing 30 million Americans with health insurance would be offset by
reducing government mismanagement and fraud. However, a new government audit
shows the 20 contracts “most critical to the [Healthcare.gov] website’s
operation” were incredibly mismanaged….
Bonus
Podcast: Heather Kays: Troubling Education News from Washington State - School
Reform News Managing Editor Heather Kays joins Director of Communications Jim
Lakely to discuss a recent spell of bad education news coming out of the state
of Washington. In recent weeks, Washington has seen the state supreme court
rule charter schools unconstitutional, teachers go on strike in Seattle, and
fines imposed for the state’s supposed “chronic underfunding” of the education
system……
High U.S.
Tax Rates Force American Companies to Flee Overseas
- Richard Ebeling, a professor of
economics at The Citadel and policy advisor to The Heartland Institute, says
U.S. tax policies achieve the opposite of their stated goals. “Not only would
keeping a lower corporate income tax rate, in general, mean more money in the
hands of businesses to reinvest,” Ebeling said. “But also by eliminating the
double taxation, we would see more of these earned profits coming back to the
United States, and again see a greater rate of growth.”….
Interview:
Carbon Dioxide Feeds the World - Research Fellow H. Sterling Burnett talks
with Sherwood Idso, Ph.D., one of the world’s leading authorities on the
effects of carbon dioxide on plants. Idso discusses his work with the Center
for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change and his perspective on the
benefits of carbon dioxide….
JoNova
How many children died because peer
reviewed data was buried and results cherry-picked? -T his example below shows the dangers of
cherry picked and buried data. It shows how great news and joy can be reported
from rancid results, and the only protection against this is open access. When
the taxpayer funds research that is not fully and transparently public, and
immediately available, the people are funding PR rather than science. “Peer
review” does little to stop this, little to clean up the mess after it happens,
and the truth can take years to be set free. Ten percent of teenagers taking an
anti-depressant harmed themselves or attempted suicide. This was ten times t..
Watts Up With
That?
Climate Science Turned Monster
- Guest Opinion: Dr. Tim Ball Promoters
of ‘official’ climate, which is defined as the works of the UN IPCC, are
desperate. Twenty of them, including Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) members like Kevin Trenberth, asked the Obama administration to file
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) charges against
climate deniers. All but two…
Open Letter: President Obama’s Legacy
- Dear Mr President, Every President seeks to leave a legacy, a memory of what
they achieved in office, an unambiguous testament that all the personal effort
and sacrifices they put into winning that high office meant something – that
they made a difference. There is a way you can do this, which will stand the…
Climate Alarmists demand Obama use the
RICO act to Silence Critics - A group of climate
scientists, including Professor Kevin Trenberth, have demanded President Obama
abuse the RICO act, to silence criticism of their theories. The letter; Dear
President Obama, Attorney General Lynch, and OSTP Director Holdren, As you
know, an overwhelming majority of climate scientists…
NAO and Then - Anthony recently
highlighted a new study which purports to find that the North Atlantic
Oscillation (NAO) is synchronized to the fluctuations in solar activity. The
study is entitled “Solar forcing synchronizes decadal North Atlantic climate
variability”. The “North Atlantic Oscillation” (NAO) refers to the phenomenon
that the temperatures (and hence…
Real Clear World
The Pentagon Prepares for Baltic Battle
- But the really troubling thing is that in the war games being played, the
United States keeps losing.
Why Yemen Suffers
- A coalition of Saudi-led forces
continued to pound rebel-held positions in the Yemeni province of Marib with
artillery this week, forcing Iran-backed Houthi rebels to retreat from their
positions.
Electoral Storms Ahead in Europe?
- The Financial Times' Gideon Rachman
recently wrote: "At some point, the desperation and hopes of the refugees
are likely to collide with the fears and resentments of European voters."
The question is whether the outcomes of four upcoming elections will reflect
the repercussions of the refugee crisis.
Russia and Separatists Aren't on Same
Page - Vladimir Putin’s military operations have
stretched Moscow’s military to its limits..
Lib Dems Cast a Net
- Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has warned that Jeremy Corbyn’s election
has left Britain without a “strong, electable, credible opposition” to the
Conservatives. He vowed to seize the “opportunities” created by Corbyn’s
landslide victory in Labour’s leadership contest, saying: “I’m going to grab
‘em.”
Turkey's Nuclear Contradictions
- Turkey is a member in good standing of the nonproliferation and disarmament
regimes—a signatory to instruments such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and a member of initiatives such
as the Zangger Committee and the Nuclear Suppliers Group. Moreover, it has long
advocated creating a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East. Turkish
officials, in view of the Middle East's increasingly dire security situation, portray
establishing a nuclear-weapon-free zone as a matter of urgent collectiv...
Recession Bites Greece
- Economist JOB centres are rarely upbeat places. In Brazil, where they are
often a last resort for those who lack the personal connections that lubricate
much of life in the country, they can be particularly bleak. Francisco, a
54-year-old driver queuing at one in downtown São Paulo, has had no work for
over two years. The lines have never been longer, he sighs. “It’s the crisis.”
Poor Choices for Greek Voters
- Greece is having an important election
on Sunday, and nobody seems to care. Last night I went to a rally here in
Athens for New Democracy, the center-right party that has, somewhat
unexpectedly, pulled even with Syriza in the polls. As appropriate for a
center-right party, the street was filled with neatly dressed people waving
enormous Greek flags.
How the Pope Might Renew the Church
- I AM a Catholic, born in 1921 of Italian and Irish families and raised in
California seminaries. After decades of work as a priest, I was astonished that
Pope Paul VI appointed me a bishop in San Francisco. I love my church, and
every night I pray that I might die in her warm, loving arms…..
Pope Francis's Fact-Free Flamboyance
- Pope Francis embodies sanctity but comes trailing clouds of sanctimony. With
a convert’s indiscriminate zeal, he embraces ideas impeccably fashionable, demonstrably
false and deeply reactionary. They would devastate the poor on whose behalf he
purports to speak — if his policy prescriptions were not as implausible as his
social diagnoses are shrill. ......
“Synthetic fertilizers and
pesticides derived from fossil fuels,” .... “are responsible for at least
60 percent of today’s global food supply.” Without fossil fuels, he says,
global cropland would have to increase at least 150 percent — equal to the
combined land areas of South America and
the European Union — to meet current food demands.
Francis grew up
around the rancid political culture of Peronist populism, the sterile
redistributionism that has reduced his Argentina from the world’s 14th highest
per-capita gross domestic product in 1900 to 63rd today. Francis’s agenda for
the planet — “global regulatory norms” — would globalize Argentina’s
downward mobility. As the world
spurns his church’s teachings about abortion, contraception, divorce, same-sex
marriage and other matters, Francis jauntily makes his church congruent with
the secular religion of “sustainability.” Because this is hostile to growth, it
fits Francis’s seeming sympathy for medieval stasis, when his church ruled the
roost, economic growth was essentially nonexistent and life expectancy was
around 30......
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