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• Is Pope Francis a Socialist Who Will Allow Liberation Theology to Infiltrate the Catholic Church?

  March 17, 2013 at 10:13am

  The very existence of this article and topic testifies to the level of perversion in culture achieved by the Progressives. It is no longer enough to listen to the statements of the person or even watch for his overt actions. Progressives have so well infiltrated and modified societal norms that one must suspect evil, covert and hidden goals and actions under the guise of stated good principles. Because it happens so frequently nowadays. Sadly, we are already well beyond “1984″ newspeech.
  As for Pope himself, reasons for worry are real. Jesuit order has history of Machiavellian works, liberation theology is well rooted in South America. However, history shows many good strong leaders emerging from such hard conditions, because to achieve they need to develop a very strong spine and survive crushing… Give him a benefit of the doubt and his actions will speak for him.

• ‘You’ve Got to Be Kidding Me’: Woman Reportedly Ticketed for Driving 2 Mph UNDER the Speed Limit

  March 12, 2013 at 5:50pm

  In reply to Disabledvet.

  @rowgue International conventions were signed in early 1970′s by most civilized countries, including USA to unify tragic regulations worldwide regarding by than globally present and dominating multilane highways. The very concept of “passing lane” was explicitly removed/banned by that treaty. One of crucial points all countries agreed to was THE RIGHT TO PASS ON RIGHT OR LEFT ON MULTILANE HIGHWAY as well as EQUIVALENCE OF ALL TRAFFIC LANES . Existence of archaic traffic regulations in some states is sad and driving education that perpetuates a concept erased from existence four decades ago is a nonsense. What’s next, requiring a flag waiver to run in front of every car as that was a rule at one time? Without an explicit minimal speed regulation, driving at or below maximum speed in any traffic lane on a multilane highway is legal. Traffic regulation to mandate move to the right is illegal for decades now and with a good reason.

• Anti-Smart Meter Activists Fill City Council Meeting, Say City Broke Its Own Laws Arresting Two Women

  February 7, 2013 at 11:00pm

  In reply to Old_Warrior.

  @Josh Smart meter itself indeed can’t do many things… However, it is designed as a platform with the end goal of automating and controlling end user usage of electricity by a set of rules some technocrat deems appropriate. Statement about the first step in this platform usage is 100% correct: where I live local utility indeed has a program offering a small incentive in exchange for installing a smart meter driven AC controller in your home. From that point on you NEVER can control whether AC runs or not or set your choice of temperature. Program some technocrat designed, concerned with his ideological issues and NOT with your needs or wants is what controls your AC and usage of electricity you pay for. For me that is worse than being a slave or even a livestock. And by known patents and trends, controlling your AC is just a first and simplest step. Aim is to slippery slope this into a mandate. For ideological purpose.

• Blaze Poll: Do Women Belong in Combat and Should They Be Required to Register for the Draft?

  January 27, 2013 at 10:19pm

  There are two completely separate questions here that I think I can answer from a perspective of an immigrant from a nation with 1000+ years of tradition of women (and children and elderly,…) participating in warfare on equal foot.
  First, are women (despite physical differences) capable of true and proper military contribution in combat? As note above points – there are places in the World where they were doing so for a very long time. Hence the answer is Yes.
  Second, in the specific cultural setting of US culture and US military – is such move wise and appropriate? Considering that just few decades ago US women were considered as domestic servants as a rule (just check 1950′s and 1960′s),… despite strong emancipation I think that the answer is No. Culture sets minds and actions. There I agree with Mr. Beck’s recent notion that men would distort combat priorities in the presence of fellow women combatants. Men of US military. This act is too hasty for the present cultural mindset.
  What would have been a proper “intermediate” action? – Similar to long lasting people of color integration into the military (that ended well and fully integrated) – first step in bringing females further into combat status should have been separate, all female units, led by female commanding structure. Few decades of such setup could help eventual true integration and societal change. Present situation (I think) may actually cause more harm than good, to military and women.

• 4 Ways to Stop the Flu Virus From Spreading That You Might Not Be Trying Yet

  January 16, 2013 at 1:12pm

  No need to either be vaccinated (particularly with imperfect vaccines that just lower your risk of certain strains) or apply all these needless complications. Simply, enable your immune system naturally.
  My example: up to 2002 I suffered from severe colds and flu at least once per year. Not unpredictable as I teach at the major University and am daily exposed to a close contact with hundreds if not thousands of people from various locations and lifestyles. I also travel frequently abroad.
  My exposure haven’t changed since 2002 but one and only one factor did: after studying scientific papers on how vitamin D regulates immune system and some studies about average level of it in some native as well as rural farming and sea-fearing communities, which is in 50′s (ng/mL), I decided to try and see effects of increased vitamin D levels on me. I increased it both by diet, sun exposure when possible and vitamin D supplements daily of 2500IU if at home and 4000IU if traveling. Within months of this regime my vitamin D level rose to the “native” range mentioned above. Since that time, despite the exposure and no vaccination (and plenty of contact with flu/cold affected people including my wife) – not a single flu or cold. For 10 years. Anecdotal but there is plenty of scientific evidence that this is to be expected. Currently advised levels of vitamin D in blood are between 30 and 75 ng/mL, my results in last 10 years ranged between 45 and 55 ng/mL, before that time in 30′s ng/m

• MIT Hacked for ‘Grotesque Miscarriage of Injustice’ After 26-Year-Old Hacktivist Commits Suicide

  January 14, 2013 at 7:23pm

  In reply to christos.

  Yes, he stole and he performed equivalent of espionage. By his own words, year old interview exists. To summarize:
  -Espionage: he used social engineering, slight of hand and deceit to first gain access to computer server room he was NOT authorized to access followed by illegal installation of his computer in that location with clear and admitted purpose to intercept protected computer communication at the source.
  -Stealing: Following his espionage setup he used his legal account to do WHAT HE ADMITS HE KNEW WAS ILLEGAL AND AGAINST THE CONTRACT HE SIGNED FOR THAT ACCCOUNT – use his illegally attached computer to steal bulk info from the servers.
  Equivalent action some other person may do against your interest:; brake in your bank server building, install a computer to scan and use your bank account with the excuse that he has account in that bank as well.
  This is a deep example of what happens when brilliant young man is raised with the wrong moral teaching. Eventually, reality and his utopian world view collided. Teach your children that morals are NOT relative. It is never right to steal, cheat, deceive … no matter the lofty goals of such actions. As immoral actions will always end badly for the person and the cause.
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• Will a Longer School Year Help or Hurt U.S. Students? (Take the Poll)

  January 13, 2013 at 5:49pm

  Problem is not just the time. US elementary and high school education lacks in demands, expectations and quality of teaching. Solve those AND add the time.
  I teach Physics at the University level (and as legal immigrant I am product of a very different educational system). American students arrive at the University with the basic knowledge barely matching elementary school level of the system I went through and for no good reason. Worse, aside from the basic knowledge their abilities to do anything and their abilities to be self-critical are next to nil (cue-in liberal teaching philosophy for that – what is political leaning of the people without real life abilities and no self-criticism?).
  There is a false picture painted by the liberal teaching establishment that creativity is all that matters and that children can’t learn much, that facts and abilities are burden on them “limiting free thinking”. That must be changed. Raise demands and expand curriculum, develop abilities, teach how to do various tasks. Measure teachers by the explicit results of their pupil’s work, pay accordingly. That would solve quality of teaching issue. Than think about expanding the school year which is indeed way too riddled with empty nothings here in the USA.

• Have You Heard There Will Be a ‘Gun Appreciation Day’?

  January 7, 2013 at 2:13pm

  In reply to banjarmon.

  To honor Constitution we must properly understand it and not spin it! There are rights to life, liberty, free speech … yet we have Constitutional death penalty, jail systems and you’ll experience one if you use speech to direct real harm to someone.
  Constitutionality of any Federal gun regulation and gun ownership limiting legislation is highly suspect. Unfortunately, Supreme Court in the past have allowed it. Hopefully that will be overturned by some future, more honest Supreme Court.
  Constitutionality of sovereign States imposing various gun regulations and related laws, as long as it is not an outright denial of the right of gun ownership or close to it (recent Supreme Court decision on Chicago unconstitutional gun laws is a good example of the latter) is without question. States have such right to regulate and it is governed by their own Constitutions. If they overreach it – as in the Chicago example, citizens can go to the Supreme Court and fight it.
  Finally, if any of you encounter “reasonable” friends talking about how sport shooting and hunting are protected and how we should ban “assault weapons” because they are weapons of war for military, please ask: does 2nd amendment mention sport or hunting? No. It specifically mentions ability of citizens to form a militia – military fighting force. Hence to anyone with original interpretation of the Constitution any (Federal or State) ban on those is patently unconstitutional.

• Why Did Amazon Close a Woman’s Account and Delete All Her Kindle Books?

  October 23, 2012 at 1:07pm

  In reply to thekuligs.

  “Using Kindles in locations where Amazon does not opperate is forbidden, not because Amazon doesn’t want to make sales in other locations; but because Publishing companies have rules–and sometimes even laws that state how and where their books can be sold. Amazon is very upfront with this. They can’t control it.” – and there is a catch. Amazon COULD , if forced by public opinion and sales negotiate with publishers universal rights. It is business, everything CAN be done. They don’t. We, The People could change archaic laws that deny ownership rights and we could mandate publishers to change their practice by elevating the right to own to its proper Constitutional standard. That is why stories like this are important. To raise awareness of what companies can do now and to start legislative process to prevent future customer abuse, particularly such that it is supported by the law. If you buy something it must be irrevocably yours and how and where you use it must be irrelevant. “Leasing” excuse by Amazon must be made illegal, their access of customer devices must be limited by implicit agreement of the customer for every action taken (this lady must have been first asked if Amazon can delete HER content on HER device as neither content nor device by common sense do not belong to Amazon after someone purchased those). Same for any other device and content maker.

• TheBlaze Announces New Radio Network

  September 5, 2012 at 11:27am

  In reply to DeVain.

  @On_The_Spot Still VERY shortsighted. iPhone/iPad/iOS apps are specific to TheBlaze. iHeartRadio is general app covering 1000+ stations, one of which is TheBlaze. Real mobile device market is dominated by the Android platform for quite some time now (almost 2 years since they overtook Apple iOS) in a sense that more than half of devices are Android based. Hence any entity making app specific for iOS and not for the dominant part of the market is making foolish choice. (No FanBoys here, in our home we have both – but this is general business practice that must be pointed out for success of TheBlaze).
  So, TheBlaze – please provide specific Android app for specific TheBlaze programming ASAP.