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Adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells: which one works?
23 May 2012 
12:00 am
There are two kinds of stem-cell research. The first kind is called embryonic stem-cell research (ESCR). This kind is opposed by pro-lifers because it kills unborn persons by extracting their stem cells for use in medical research. The second kind is called adult stem-cell research (ASCR). This kind is supported by pro-lifers.
Which kind produces more scientific discoveries and new treatments?
Well, consider this article from Yahoo News which describes a new treatment made possible by ethical adult stem cell research.
Excerpt:
Scientists have for the first time succeeded in taking skin cells from patients with heart failure and transforming …
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CIA and MI6 furious that Obama administration blew British agent’s cover
16 May 2012 12:00 am
From Investors Business Daily.
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Here’s a disturbing update to last week’s amazing story about the U.S. mole who infiltrated al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and thwarted an airliner attack with a more sophisticated underwear bomb.
Someone in Washington whose boss stood to gain from an election year story about alert intelligence operatives successfully protecting American voters at great personal risk leaked the heroic story to the Associated Press. The AP held the story until Obama administration sources said the CIA operative was safe.
But, it turns out, the mole was not a CIA operative. The Obama …
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A look at the costs of public sector pensions at home and abroad
11 May 2012 12:03 am
From the UK Telegraph.
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People retiring from the private sector need to save £250,000 to buy pension income equal to the national minimum wage – currently, £12,646 a year – or a total of £518,000 for a pension equal to national average earnings of £25,900.
These are among many eye-stretching facts in a new analysis of how unfunded promises to pay index-linked pensions to public sector workers are way beyond what most private sector savers can hope to achieve – and how these debts will burden children who have not yet left school.
The Intergenerational …
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Obama administration abandons Chinese pro-life activist Chen Guangcheng
4 May 2012 12:49 pm
Life Site News writes about a pro-life activist in communist China who asked for help from the American government and was betrayed by them.
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Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who has suffered years of imprisonment and beatings for objecting to forced abortions and sterilizations in his native country, thought he could find shelter and friendship in the United States embassy following his recent escape from house arrest. He is now learning the hard way that the pro-abortion Obama administration, which helps to finance the same “one-child policy” that Chen is fighting, would rather see …
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Gay rights group claims responsibility for vandalism of Mars Hill church
27 Apr 2012 9:38 pm
From the Washington Post.
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A satellite church affiliated with controversial Seattle pastor Mark Driscoll was vandalized early Tuesday (April 24) and a group calling itself the “Angry Queers” has reportedly taken responsibility.
Stained glass and other windows were broken at the Mars Hill Church, according to a post on the Facebook page of Pastor Tim Smith.
“Neighbors of the church reported seeing several young adults in black masks throwing large rocks into the windows,” a church news release said. “Police stated that a bank in the area was also vandalized in the same …
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Concealed carry permitholder stops stabbing rampage in Utah
27 Apr 2012 7:17 pm
Here’s a story from KSL TV, in Utah. (H/T All American Blogger)
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A man stabbed two people at the Smith’s Marketplace grocery store in downtown Salt Lake City before being subdued by a bystander.
The attack took place around 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the store at 455 South and 500 East. According to a witness, it appears one man was stabbed in the side of the head and another was stabbed in the stomach. The exact condition of the victims is unknown, but police believe the injuries are very serious and …
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Green firm that got $1.46 billion in bailouts announces 2000 layoffs
18 Apr 2012 12:00 am
Doug Ross linked to this Washington Examiner article about First Solar.
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First Solar, a solar energy company that received a $1.46 billion loan guarantee from the Department of Energy, announced today that it will layoff 2,000 workers in the United States and world-wide.
The company will “indefinitely idle” four production lines in Malaysia and shutter a plant in Germany. “These actions, combined with other personnel reductions in Europe and the U.S., will reduce First Solar’s global workforce by approximately 2,000 positions, about 30 percent of the total,” First Solar announced today.
“After a thorough analysis, it …
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Governor Bobby Jindal delivers effective education reform in Louisiana
18 Apr 2012 12:00 am
Republican governor Bobby Jindal’s education reforms got national attention in the Wall Street Journal.
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Governors of both parties have promoted education reform, but so far no one has delivered more than Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal. This week he’ll sign two bills that offer a national model for competition and parental choice.
Louisiana’s new laws will essentially give all parents an average of $8,500 to use for their child’s education as they see fit. They can keep their child in their local public school, but they can also try to get Johnny into a more …
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Would the Buffett Tax “stabilize our debt and deficits”?
10 Apr 2012 12:00 am
The Wall Street Journal assesses Obama’s claims about the Buffett Tax.
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Forget Warren Buffett, or whatever other political prop the White House wants to use for its tax agenda. This week the Administration officially endorsed what in essence is the Obama Rule: Taxes must be high simply to spread the wealth, never mind the impact on the economy or government revenue. It’s all about “fairness,” baby.
This was long apparent to those fated to closely watch the 2008 campaign, but some voters might have missed the point amid the gauzy rhetoric about …
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Mitt Romney outspends Rick Santorum 4-1 to win Wisconsin
4 Apr 2012 12:00 am
From CNN.
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Ads, phone calls and mailers have bombarded voters in Wisconsin in the days leading up to Tuesday’s vote — the next major battleground in the Republican presidential race.
The Badger State primary has gained significance over the last week as both Mitt Romney’s and Rick Santorum’s campaigns have indicated it could dramatically alter the momentum and duration of the race.
Romney and his allies have outspent their rivals by a little less than a 4-1 margin on television ads in the state, according to figures provided by an unaligned Republican media …
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Obama’s plan to be more “flexible” on defense policy after the election
27 Mar 2012 12:00 am
CNS News reports on a shocking conversation between Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
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President Barack Obama told Russia’s leader Monday that he would have more flexibility after the November election to deal with the contentious issue of missile defense, a candid assessment of political reality that was picked up by a microphone without either leader apparently knowing.
Outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he would pass on Obama’s message to his successor, Vladimir Putin, according to an audio recording of comments the two leaders made during a meeting in Seoul, South Korea. …
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New Washington-ABC poll: Women prefer Rick Santorum to Mitt Romney
22 Mar 2012 12:00 am
From the Washington Post, of all places.
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Judging from the coverage of Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign over the last few weeks, you might think that the former Pennsylvania Senator’s numbers would be cratering among women.
But you would be wrong. Way wrong.
In a new Washington Post-ABC poll, Santorum’s numbers among Republican and Republican-leaning women have soared over the past month. He now has the highest favorability rating among that group of any of the top-tier Republican presidential candidates.
[...]The poll numbers reinforce findings from recent exit polls that suggest Santorum is holding steady — if …
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Electability: Obama trails Santorum but leads Romney in FL, OH, VA, NC
19 Mar 2012 12:00 am
Ask any supporter of Mitt Romney why they are supporting him and you will get one answer – electability. That’s what people keep hearing in the media – even on Fox News. Electability, electability, electability. But what happens when you look at the actual poll numbers in battleground states?
It’s a Rasmussen Reports poll - a reliable poll.
Excerpt:
President Obama now trails former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum by four points in a hypothetical 2012 matchup in combined polling of key swing states Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. The president continues to hold a modest …
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Canada’s tax revenues steady as they lowered corporate tax rates
15 Mar 2012 12:00 am
Canada: Corporate tax cuts, not stimulus spending
From the Daily Caller.
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The chart shows Canada’s federal corporate tax revenues as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) and the federal corporate tax rate. The tax rate plunged from 38 percent in 1980 to just 15 percent by 2012. Amazingly, there has been no obvious drop in tax revenues over the period.
Canadian corporate tax revenues have fluctuated, but the changes are correlated with economic growth, not the tax rate. In the late 1980s, a tax rate cut was followed by three years of stable revenues. …
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Democrats oppose checking immigration status during traffic stops
13 Mar 2012 12:00 am
From CNS News.
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Despite testimony from a man whose brother was killed by an illegal alien who was driving drunk and had five previous DWI arrests, Democrats spoke out against legislation that would allow arresting officers to check the legal status of aliens and transfer confirmed illegal immigrants into federal custody.
[...]Wednesday’s hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement focused on the Scott Gardner Act, sponsored by Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.), who testified on the first panel.
The bill is named after a University of North Carolina student, Scott Gardner, …
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How well has green energy worked in Ontario, Canada?
9 Mar 2012 12:00 am
A story from CANOE about the socialist premier of Ontario, Canada – Dalton McGuinty.
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Dalton McGuinty constantly extols the virtues of so-called green energy.
One North Bay company, however, is sounding the alarm that the costs of this expensive program are forcing companies to lay off staff — and will eventually force many of them to leave the province.
John Spencer is an executive with Fabrene Inc., a company that makes industrial fabrics.
The Liberal government’s green energy plan has added $1 million a year to his hydro bill — an amount he says will …
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Democrats run California, so why are liberal students protesting?
8 Mar 2012 12:00 am
Victor Davis Hanson writes about it National Review.
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Here in California, students just marched on Sacramento in outrage that state-subsidized tuition at the UC and CSU campuses keeps climbing. It is true that per-unit tuition costs are rising, despite even greater exploitation of poorly paid part-time teachers and graduate-student TAs. But the protests are sort of surreal. The California legislature is overwhelmingly Democratic. The governor is a Democrat. The faculties and administrative classes are largely Democratic. Who then, in the students’ minds, have established these supposedly unfair budget priorities?
Sales, income, and gas …
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Green socialists backing Romney campaign with huge donations
6 Mar 2012 12:00 am
From Politico, a disturbing article about some of Mitt Romney’s donors. (H/T Doug Ross)
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Will Mitt Romney flip-flop on climate change if he’s elected president?
Some big donors are betting on it.
Romney and his super PAC have taken millions from funders with strong green streaks — despite the fact that the former Massachusetts governor has run to the right in the primary, proclaiming doubts about global-warming science and trashing President Barack Obama’s greenhouse gas emissions policies.
Julian Robertson, founder of the Tiger Management hedge fund, helped put cap-and-trade legislation on the map with $60 …
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Obama administration refused to help pro-democracy forces in Iran
29 Feb 2012 12:00 am
From Investors Business Daily.
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During their brutally suppressed protests in 2009, Iranian freedom fighters sent the White House an urgent memo calling for help. Under Obama, America ignored it.
‘So now, at this pivotal point in time, it is up to the countries of the free world to make up their mind,” Iranian opposition leaders told the Obama administration in an eight-page memo in 2009. “Will they continue on the track of wishful thinking and push every decision to the future until it is too late, or will they reward the brave people …
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British government “has run out of money”
28 Feb 2012 12:00 am
From the UK Telegraph.
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In a stark warning ahead of next month’s Budget, the Chancellor said there was little the Coalition could do to stimulate the economy.
Mr Osborne made it clear that due to the parlous state of the public finances the best hope for economic growth was to encourage businesses to flourish and hire more workers.
“The British Government has run out of money because all the money was spent in the good years,” the Chancellor said. “The money and the investment and the jobs need to come from the private sector.”
[...]Mr …
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