Some nonprofit organizations whose stated purposes have nothing to do with farming have enjoyed hundreds of thousands of dollars in farm subsidies over the past ten years, according to a FoxNews.com report. They include: 1. The Three Year Economic Saving
I tend to disagree with most of the reasons people put forward for why they don’t like UKIP. The party is racist, they say. Yes of course it has far too many members with horrible views, but I do think
Armed and trained church leaders constitute a growing trend in Florida. According to Orlando’s News 13, a company called Bethel Defense is training “pastors and church leaders to use handcuffs, batons, and special lights that can be used to distract
A new Iraqi draft law based on Shi’ite Islamic jurisprudence would allow nine-year old girls to marry and would assert a husband’s right to demand sex from his wife whenever he wishes, reports Reuters. The draft legislation, known as the
On Friday, a federal jury took less than two hours to convict the daughter of President Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, of fraud. Jeri Wright was found guilty of a fraud scheme that siphoned thousands of taxpayer dollars intended
Two warning shots greeted the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) when they tried to enter Crimea on Saturday. A spokeswoman for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said no one was hurt when shots were
On March 6th, a Detroit homeowner opened fire on two home intruders, killing one and causing the second to run away. According to The Detroit News, the homeowner heard the would-be burglars breaking in through a window in the rear
On March 6th, the Idaho Legislature passed legislation allowing campus carry by a 50-19 vote. In February the state Senate “overwhelmingly” passed the measure, which “now heads to Governor C.L. ‘Butch’ Otter (R) for his signature.” According to Reuters, Otter
A new CNN poll has found that more than half of Americans believe abortion should be restricted, and a majority of Americans oppose taxpayer funding of abortions. According to CNN, 27 percent of those surveyed said abortion should be legal
A panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Thursday criticized the Common Core standards as a top-down, centralized system of government intervention that threatens state and local school autonomy, student privacy, and the continued expansion of more school options
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is rejecting a key demand of the United States and Israel as part of ongoing peace talks that would lead to the creation of a Palestinian state. “They are pressing and saying, ‘no peace without the Jewish
Job creation in the US rose modestly in February, posting a better-than-expected gain of 175,000 despite expectations that weather would keep the count low. The unemployment rate moved higher to 6.7 percent, according to the latest report from the Bureau
Get Britain Out has long campaigned to stop the EU robbing the British taxpayer. So when it was announced earlier this week the EU wants to take an extra £2.4 billion from Britain, we were of course dismayed but not surprised. Let’s call
A new national poll has found that a plurality of registered voters would be less likely to vote for a candidate for U.S. Congress who supports amnesty. The poll found that 27% of registered voters were more likely to vote
Another day, another bizarre set of moves by the assorted thugs allied with Venezuelan’s socialist totalitarian regime. President Maduro, facing a ceaseless tide of protests, announced he would break diplomatic ties with Panamá today, as the terrorist guerrilla group FARC
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland–On Thursday, one of the country’s top experts on immigration said that the permanent political class in Washington has declared war on American workers by pushing for widespread amnesty and rampant legal immigration that includes more guest-worker visas.
A blue-gray hue of gyrating marijuana smoke may become a more common sight in next door’s backyard or in a private club near you. President Nixon declared war on drugs in 1971, but forty-three years of attempted drug prohibition maybe
In a surprising move, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman announced in his New York Times blog last week that he is moving his academic home from Princeton University to the City University of New York (CUNY) in 2015. Though the two
BEIJING, March 5 (UPI) —China’s defense budget will increase by 12.2 percent to 808.2 billion yuan (about $132 billion) in 2014, a draft submitted to lawmakers indicated Wednesday. The increase represents the highest growth rate in China’s defense budget since
It’s no surprise Obama is trying to gin up the base when Democrats take off their rose colored glasses and see his domestic and foreign policy failures. It’s about the money and the following excerpts from Roberta Rampton at Reuters
KIEV, March 5 (Reuters) – Armed men seized Robert Serry, a special representative of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Ukraine’s Crimea region on Wednesday, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said. Serry has previously served as a special representative to the Middle
With thousands of Connecticut gun owners flouting the new “assault weapons” registration law in their state, Connecticut Carry director Ed Peruta says, “The fact is, the state does not have the balls to enforce these laws.” On February 14 Breitbart
On March 3, President Obama released a fiscal year 2015 budget chock full of gun control measures. Among the gun control measures were “mental health initiatives,” “methods….strengthening…background checks,” and “inspections of firearms dealers.” The forced inspections of firearms dealers is
Coming from one of the founding fathers of the North Sea oil industry, Sir Ian Wood’s report on the importance of oil to the UK and Scottish economies has focused minds wonderfully. It has rightly injected into the debate over
