THE ORIGIN OF MODERN EUROPEANS Physical anthropology is not my field at all but I have a slight interest in the genetic origins of the British population from which I personally am descended so I do occasionally note studies that attempt to enlighten us about that. I have however given up taking notice of...
Government Opens “Leaks†Investigation – ( I have a Possible Lead ) I see by the TV the government is finally opening an investigation as to who has been leaking highly confidential information to the Media –(and thereby to any interested party –friend or foe in the entire world.) I ran an informal inquiry...
RFID: The Flea in 2006
by Jim Kouri, CPP The US Department of Justice has directed the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct an in-depth investigation in order to determine who disclosed a secret National Security Agency intelligence operation to a reporter from the New York Times. “We are opening an investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified materials...
Woman arrested for sex with 12-year-old at DV shelter
Nine arrested in beating of father of 12
Co-ed packs condoms filled with flour in luggage as prank, gets arrested for suspected drugs, and is now suing
Cal Thomas writes: The decision by U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III to bar the teaching of “intelligent design” in the Dover public school district on grounds it is a thinly veiled effort to introduce a religious view of the world’s origins is welcome for at least two reasons. First, it exposes the...
Is it time to withdraw financial support from our schools until they clean up the curriculum? Devy Kidd thinks so. She writes today: It’s no secret that America’s education system became a tool of the Marxist agenda more than seventy years ago. Most parents in this country have no clue about the underpinnings of...
Approximately half of all students in Texas’ state universities and colleges need remedial classes. Meanwhile, 30-percent of entry-level job applicants do not meet eighth-grade skill levels on a competency test administered by Texas Instruments, according to a company vice president. Particularly in math and the sciences, Texas’ school children are lagging behind. Texas Public...
New York City has found a new way to raise millions – $311 million that is – for public education this year. The approach: private fundraisers soliciting major donations to supplement public taxes. The upside of such an approach? The New York Times responds: “In the context of the system’s regular budget of about...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Despite the lack of proof that pre-school programs like Head Start really make a long term difference, a judge ruled the STATE’S system of funding poor schools unconstitutional Thursday, saying it fails to provide adequate education by not offering early childhood programs. Circuit Judge Thomas W. Cooper said the state’s previous...
Economic ignorance rises to the top: that seems to be one explanation for FEMA’s continued support of building in flood-prone areas, and Congressional demands for FEMA to do even more of the same. A Washington Post story (Oct 11, 2005 ) by Gilbert Gaul noted, “The pattern of federal flood payments on Dauphin Island...
This Gallup poll(via Sean) finds George Bush to be the most admired American man. Bush even polled well with Democrats. President George W. Bush is the clear choice as the most admired man in Gallup’s annual poll on this topic, while New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton edges out talk-show host Oprah Winfrey and...
I’ve never met anybody who has actually kept a New Years resolution. Oh sure, some people can keep a resolution for even up to a few days. Quitting smoking, stop drinking, better diet, make some more money, stop calling the neighbors kid fat, stop yelling at the video clerk because they’re out of the...
Gee, Israel just can’t do anything right. If they entered Gaza to go after the terrorists firing rockets into Israel, they’d surely be raked over the coals by the media. And, if they do something like this, in an attempt to stop the rocket attacks in a relatively nonviolent way, they get raked over...
Black legislators in Georgia are attempting to have a law requiring photo IDs to vote overturned. At the end of a losing battle during the past legislative session, Georgia state Rep. Alisha Thomas Morgan burst into the civil rights anthem “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around” to protest the passage of a law...
Illinois will miss the deadline for creating a computerized database of registered voters to help prevent voter fraud by more than two years. The deadline was imposed by Congress four years ago. I’d like to believe simple incompetence is the reason why Illinois will be the last state in the entire country to get...
by Jim Kouri, CPP There is no mistaking the fact that young conservatives throughout the nation are becoming increasingly disenchanted with the Republican Party. One need only visit conservative internet news sites or read right-wing college newspapers to realize there is a growing number of young, up-and-coming politicos and pundits who seek to replace...
Al Qaeda is claiming responsibility for a rocket attack on Northern Israel.(via CTB) According to a statement released today, after “careful planning and intelligence gathering, a group of al-Tawheed lions and Al-Qaida operatives put their faith in Allah and launched a new attack on the Jewish state… ten Grad rockets from Muslim territory...
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