July 19, 2015
“And I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward in helping to make sure our kids are getting the best education possible, making sure that our businesses are getting the kind of support and help they need to grow and advance, to […]
Tags: Brookings Institution, bypassing Congress, executive action, executive memo, executive order, executive overreach, hortatory memo, Mercatus Center, Obama Administration, presidential memoranda, presidential proclamation, unilateral acts of Obama, USA Today
Posted in Politics |
July 12, 2015
I published “The Right to Refuse Service” a day earlier than usual this week, so I decided to do a “bonus” post today. Besides, I hadn’t done anything science apologetic-y in a while. This is an excerpt from The God Abduction: How Scientific Discovery Strengthens the Case for a Creator by Ron Londen, writer, photographer, […]
Tags: anthropic principle, cosmological constant, dark energy, Einstein, fine-tuning of the universe, God as Creator, God as Sustainer, ID theory, Intelligent Design, living on a razor's edge, Ron Londen, science apologetics, scientific case for a creator, The God Abduction
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |
July 11, 2015
“We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.” “No shirt, no shoes, no service.” — signs posted on restaurants nationwide I’m sure you have all heard about the “Sweet Cakes” case, in which Aaron and Melissa Klein were recently ordered to pay $135,000 in emotional damages to a lesbian couple because they refused to […]
Tags: Aaron and Melissa Klein, anti-discrimination, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, discrimination, freedom of association, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, religious liberty, right to refuse service, Sweet Cakes case, wedding cake
Posted in Politics, Politics & Religion, Religion |
July 5, 2015
Happy Independence Day, everyone! I hope y’all are enjoying your long holiday weekends! If you have been fortunate enough to have good weather, fantastic! My family didn’t plan any activities, and it’s just as well, because it has been raining on and off here all weekend. Even got a brief thunderstorm Saturday. But, rain or […]
Tags: American exceptionalism, American Experiment, American patriotism, attacked from within and without, Declaration of Independence, Fourth of July, God Bless the U.S.A., Independence Day, Jay Sekulow Band with Lee Greenwood, John Adams quote, July 2nd, July 4 celebration, July 4th, losing our American freedoms, red-white-blue bald eagle, worldview clashes
Posted in Politics |
June 28, 2015
“We’re not just going to be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that we’re providing Americans the kind of help they need. I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone.” — President Obama, not-so-subtly implying that he’ll do whatever he can to advance his agenda As you may have noticed, the current […]
Tags: Article II, checks and balances, Congress, executive authority, Executive Branch, executive overreach, executive privilege, federal laws, judicial branch, Legislative Branch, Obama Administration, President, SCOTUS, separation of powers, Supreme Court, U.S. Constitution, unconstitutional action by government
Posted in Politics |
June 21, 2015
“Our democracy is a work in progress. This decision of putting a woman in the $10 bill reflects our aspirations for the future as much as a reflection of the past.” — Jack Lew, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury You’ve probably already heard about it, and if you haven’t, you’ll likely hear more about it […]
Tags: $10 bill, $20 bill, 19th Amendment, Abigail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, celebrating democracy, Clara Barton, currency redesign, diversity, feminism, Founding Fathers, Founding Mothers, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Jack Lew, Lucretia Mott, Mercy Otis Warren, Mona Charen, progressive agenda, right to vote, S.E. Cupp, Sarah Livingston Jay, Sojourner Truth, suffragism, Susan B. Anthony, woman on the ten, women's rights
Posted in Politics |
June 14, 2015
Yes, I realize that the title might make you think this post belongs on my “Heroes and Aliens” blog, but this is about the real-world development of “bionic” prostheses and orthoses. Last month, I ran across a list of really cool, recent advances in the field of bionics that I thought would be fun to […]
Tags: advances in technology, amputees, artificial limbs, BiOM, Cyborg Beast, DEKA R&D Corp, haptic sensors, IMES, Implantable Myoelectric Sensors, Intraosseous Transcutaneous Amputation Prosthesis, ITAP, Luke Arm, neurobridge sensors, orthoses, paralysis, prostheses, real-world bionics, ReWalk Robotics, Spinal Cord Injury, Stanmore Implants, Tactile feedback, tendon transfer
Posted in Science |
June 7, 2015
“All we want to do is be sure our guys are trained for combat overseas. That’s it.” — Lt. Col. Mark Lastoria “Friends, when it comes to freedom, we must question, verify and vet everyone and everything. We must never check our brains or blindly trust, especially the government.” — Chuck Norris, actor, author, and […]
Tags: Chuck Norris, communication issues, conspiracy theory, counterinsurgency training, demonstration of power, deterrence to terrorists, domestic war games, explosions in Flint, Gov. Abbott calls in National Guard, government takeover, hostile states, impose martial law, Jade Helm 15, military maneuvers, Obama Administration, Realistic Military Training (RMT), Rick Perry, unconventional warfare
Posted in Politics |
May 31, 2015
“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins.” — Benjamin Franklin, author, inventor, political activist, Founding Father So-called “political correctness” has increasingly become the bane of the First Amendment and anyone […]
Tags: 1st Amendment, 2013 National Prayer Breakfast, Ben Franklin quote, communication, Dr. Ben Carson, First Amendment rights, hypersensitivity, One Nation, PC police, political correctness, politically correct, road to tyranny, Saul Alinsky, speech codes, stifling free speech, Voltaire quote
Posted in Politics |
May 24, 2015
“It’s not fair to the American people who work for a living that one day they can knock on the door, walk in their businesses, and say, ‘We just took your money.’ … I always thought your money was safe in the bank, but I wouldn’t say that now.” — Lyndon McLellan, entrepreneur and victim […]
Tags: civil asset forfeiture, compensatory damages, Fairmont NC, FBI, guilty before proven innocent, Heritage Foundation, Institute for Justice, IRS, Jason Snead, L&M Convenience Mart, Lyndon McLellan, Melissa Quinn, mental anguish, North Carolina’s Alcohol and Law Enforcement, Robert Johnson, Robeson County, smurfing, structuring laws, The Daily Signal, Thomas Walker, U.S. Justice Dept., U.S. Treasury Dept., violating citizens' rights
Posted in Politics |