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The maximum amount of credits goes to a car that can go 300 miles and refuel to 95% of capacity within 15 minutes. The Tesla Model S falls short on range and, especially, on refuelling time. .... And so the joke begins. At the end of 2012, Californai decided that they needed a way to account for the Model S' ability to do a 90-second battery swap. This effectively meant it was refuelling a lot faster than its 15 minutes target, and to 100% capacity to boot. So the cancelled version remained at 4 credits, but the short-range version was...

There was a time in America when a physician had just two or three young adult patients with sexually transmitted diseases. In 2013 that number has become two or three dozen and is increasing as “hooking up” turns out to be a deadly sexual game.

A recent commentary, EXPOSED: A List Of Muslim Brotherhood Mafia Operatives Inside America, Their Linkage To Obama Inc., flew across the web like a house on fire. A six-alarm siren call, or higher. The point being, many Americans (westerners in general) are waking up to their new reality; an Islamic imposed nightmare readying to encircle their way of life, if not thwarted in equally warp speed. As a result, much time, energy and qualified resources herein are busy uncovering the designs of the Muslim Brotherhood Mafia, the progenitor of the entire plot, Al Qaeda included. Yes, an actual plot! RESOLVED,...

Many moons ago – at least in the time frame of too many ADD-afflicted westerners – the Islamist-in-Chief was immersed, as usual, in perpetual campaign mode and golf jaunts, all the while Iranian freedom fighters were slaughtered in their streets. Barely 4 years have passed since the leader of the free world ignored their pleas, as Iranians begged for assistance to remove the boot of the mullahs via the so called “twitter revolution“. Obama Inc’s national disgrace is amply described within the above Washington Times Editorial. It goes without saying, the Islamist-in-Chief has no interest in freeing the Mid East...

If ObamaCare was described in terms used for weather disasters it would be defined as a tornado that would tear down the best health care in the world and flatten the very survival of Americans.

Some years ago, America learned of the popularity of the “Knockout Game.” Black teens either sucker punch or taze a white male (or female), a clean knockout scoring one point for the perp. Since that time I’ve searched the web–the national media has ignored news of the Game for obvious reasons–hoping to find the story of a black thug who happened to choose the wrong victim. That story has finally appeared! In Lansing, Michigan, Black teen Marvel Weaver decided to taze a White father who was

The mainstream media is doing its best this weekend to extract the National disaster of Obamacare from the headlines. The crowbar it has been provided is the announcement by the Obama/Jarrett team of a deal with Iran.  The MSM’s representations concerning the sanctions/nuclear agreement are almost as useful as the Administration’s, “you can keep your doctor.”Let’s get the humour contained in this, “historical agreement,” out of the way.  This bit of humour, for example, should cause common sense to screem with laughter, before depression sets in,   “The first step would be time-bound, with a duration of 6 months, and renewable...

Speaking to the fierce devotion to the papacy shown by eastern Catholics, the pontiff said he hopes that “the intense communion that you wish to deepen every day within the Catholic Church may help you also to build bridges of fraternity with other Churches and ecclesial communities in Ukraine and in other countries where your communities are present.”

In a decision by the Greek government that has stunned natives, especially those who recall centuries of Islamic rule under the Ottoman Empire, a mosque will be built in Athens at taxpayer expense.

We're not out of the woods yet on Immigration 'Reform' (Amnesty) - not by a long shot. Dodged all the bullets so far? Yes, but there's more on the way. United States Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue is either bluffing about the hand of cards he's got, or he's been promised something by the pack of traitors we have yet to purge on the GOP side of the aisle. However, I have identified some trends, not just here, but internationally, that if persistent, may render further attempts at flooding sovereign nations with new waves of wage destroying migrants, null...

In the present article, I draw your attention to a couple of publications in the late 1980s that have provided a blueprint for the homosexual movement to the present day, a plan of action for a massive and unrelenting propaganda campaign to win over the hearts and minds of the heterosexual majority. The success of the homosexual movement depends absolutely on the successful execution of this plan, because the entire gay-lesbian population is only about 1.5% of the general population and could not possibly wield much power and influence by itself. If you have been paying any attention at all...

Back in 1959 the Cubans blindly followed the hollow promises of a charismatic populist who spoke with great eloquence, and whose speeches captivated the imagination of the citizenry. He filled their hearts with hope and promised to change the nation into an Utopic society that would become the envy of the world. Since his first days in power, the would-be-savior wasted no time persecuting, incarcerating, exiling and executing members of the previous regime regardless of their levels of culpability. The captured were dealt severe sentences dispensed by revolutionary tribunals, who often times denied defense counsels to the accused. Once convicted,...

As a follow on to my recent outline of how Congress games the system to produce 'Satan Sandwiches' that are catastrophic - 'Immigration Reform', 'Healthcare Reform' - I've investigated what we're likely to see with the 2014 NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act), in terms of special interest amendments that we should avoid like the plague. I also know that my other key observation is something you would only consider seriously coming from a known supporter (me) of a strong national defense - and that is the need to trim fat and waste from the Defense budget and get back to...

First Barack Obama lied multiple times over a three-year span by telling people over and over again that if they liked their health care plan then they could keep their health care plan. That lie has now been widely reported and Obama's credibility has been widely, well, discredited. However, now people are starting to realize that the 'keep your health plan' lie from Obama was just the first of many. For example, Obama, his press secretary Jay Carney, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Obamacare architect Ezekiel Emanuel and numerous other Obama surrogates have been repeatedly saying for the past few...

It's that time of the week when we turn our focus on those whose actions are odious, foul, and anti-American. Rightwingpatriot.com normally chooses progressive liberals as the recipient of our ire, but we have also taken to task those who falsely claim themselves to be on the right, yet attack the very grassroots that have elected them to office. This week, we choose two entities who have lied to the American people, continue to lie to the American people, and have done their level best to hide the deception or deflect it. Our Jerk of the Week is President Obama...

At a Common Core forum held Tuesday at Ward Melville High School, Beth Dimino ripped New York State Education Commissioner John King, calling for his “resignation and firing” and describing the Common Core curriculum as a form of “child abuse.” Dimino is a 16-year science teacher in the Comsewogue School District, and serves as President of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association (PJSTA). Her speech, a short two-minute blast on the curriculum and its supporters received several outbursts of applause, as well as a standing ovation when she walked away from the podium. Here is the transcript of her speech:

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For years doctors have been focused on specific cholesterol numbers to help patients prevent initial and recurrent heart attack. New guidelines mean only those at high risk will be recommended to take the drugs. So how will doctors decide who is at high risk? More importantly what are physicians already saying about changes? Dr. Neil Stone of Northwestern University chaired the committee that wrote the new guidelines, which was a collaborative effort between the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. No more statins to control cholesterol numbers say expertsInstead of looking at cholesterol numbers Stone said physicians...

As a freedom-loving American citizen, one might expect me to hold a vehement disgust towards Moms Demand Action, an anti-gun group of women (mothers?) that use highly-publicized gun crime to advocate for civilian disarmament. But the truth of the matter is something very different. I love this group and I love to push their writings, but not only because I support their right to exist as a supporter of true freedom. I enjoy getting the word out about Moms Demand Action because they illustrate better than I ever could what freedom-loving Americans are truly up against and how little many...

Excerpt: Mincing no words, the young sergeant’s father told the New York Times, last year, that he was exasperated and lacking in confidence in the Obama administration in bringing his son home. Both Mr. Bergdahl and his wife, Jani, said they were upset that although they had had good relations with the State Department and the Pentagon during the three years that their son has been missing, they had never heard from President Obama. The two are Ron Paul supporters and have turned increasingly against the war in Afghanistan, although they support the president’s plan not to withdraw most American...

As Canada Free Press Writer Judi McLeod put it, “Aloha Hawaiians! If you see what you think are soldiers from the Communist Peoples Republic of China Army wandering about in your neck of the woods Tuesday through Thursday next week, your imagination is not playing tricks on you. “For the first time in history, the U.S. Army will host the Communist Peoples Republic of China’s Army on American soil Nov. 12-14, 2013... Visit BeltwayExaminer.com to read entire article.

Speaking at a Democratic fundraiser, held at a private residence in Dallas, Texas, President Obama stated, “we are remaking the courts.” The President’s statement is especially important, due to the fact that critics of the President have long accused him of attempting to change the American court system, in order to ensure his leftist agenda is deemed to be constitutional. The President, however, has denied doing this, until now... Continue reading at BeltwayExaminer.com

"our most important orientation toward time is a positive appreciation of the past. The more we savor memories of relationships and let go of grudges ... the more we connect to our roots and let go of our forebears' failings ... the more we treasure their legacy and let go of the myth that we are self-made: the stronger our sense of a positive past, the better grounded and centered we will be." ~ Dr. Dr. Christine Chakoian Doesn't this explain a lot of what professional and academic historians are writing these days?

Anti-gunners across the nation are reveling in the victory of Terry McAuliffe in the hotly-contested Virginia Governor’s race with claims that McAuliffe’s “F” rating by the National Rifle Association indicates the American people are rejecting the so-called gun agenda. But in reality, the McAuliffe victory proves once again the powerful roll that money plays in political elections in our fair nation. McAuliffe was expected to easily win the election, but ended up barely squeaking out a victory on election night despite dramatically outspending his opponent. In the days leading up to the Virginia election, McAuliffe outspent Republican challenger Ken Cuccinelli...

Medications approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration result in 100,000 deaths every year from what the federal agency describes as “Adverse Drug Reactions”, or ADRs. Worse, over 2 million Americans suffer non-deadly adverse reactions to drugs every year that the FDA has approved “safe”. ADRs refer to negative reactions that Americans suffer from taking drugs as directed by their doctor or the drug’s manufacturer. These cases DO NOT include overdoses or drug abuse. In fact, the FDA claims that adverse drug reactions account for the 4th leading cause of death “ahead of pulmonary disease, diabetes, AIDS, pneumonia,...

Electoral trends show America's large cities growing more and more liberal, meaning urban conservatives are becoming more and more isolated. However, there are a handful of cities out there that buck the trend and still provide friendly habitat for city-dwelling conservatives. We scoured the country for large cities with populations over 200,000 that offer a combination of conservative values, a high quality of life, and plenty of big city activities to enjoy. We looked into recent voting trends, tax rates, business-friendly grades, locals who identify as "highly religious," gun-friendly laws, conservative local politicians, and more. Then we combined them with quality...

According to a recent report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), different generations have paid and will continue to pay disparate amounts of Medicare and Social Security payroll taxes, and they will also receive dissimilar amounts of Medicare and...

President Barack Obama is portrayed as Dracula, former congressman Ron Paul plays the role of Professor Van Helsing, and Vice President Joe Biden appears as Renfield. The administration’s scary scandals are lampooned in classic horror fashion, including Fast and Furious, Benghazi, the IRS’ targeting of political opponents, the government shutdown, and more!

In four minutes Senator Paul sums up everything that is wrong with the Senate under Democrat control. Please click on Coach is Right.

New security concerns and Sebelius takes responsibility without consequences as Dems play defense during House committee hearing. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee October 30 to answer questions about the Obamacare rollout that is beset with problems and about promises made that now appear to be invalid... The implementation of the Patient Protection andAffordable Care Act (ACA), which is known informally as Obamacare, has seen a litany of epic failures and the violation of guarantees made by Democrats and President Barack Obama. These failures include http://www.mainstreet.com/article/family/marriage/divorce/sebeliuss-obamacare-tech-nightmare

As with all religions, there is a very small yet vocal element of atheists who are somewhat radical. ‘Evangelical atheists’ are not content to follow a live and let live philosophy when it comes to people of faith. These future eternal burn victims suffer a compulsion to virtually attack Christians, mocking not only Scripture but the believers as well.

It seems incredible now that anyone really believed the healthcare Houdinis. The promises of implementing universal health insurance without increasing taxes, made by candidates during the 2008 presidential campaign, were pretty incredible even by the standards of political hyperbole. But a willing media rarely challenged the validity of these claims. A large part of the electorate proved to be very gullible when they were promised...

Now we learn that that President Obama not only knew of NSA spying on German Chancellor Merkel but he approved it and ordered it to continue. But when Obama was in Germany earlier this year, he told them not to worry, this was about fighting terror.

Jenny Evans Jenny Evans is a freelance writer and editor specializing in parenting and the family. She is also the Mormonism Topic Editor for Suite101. SNIP Does the afterlife theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon) leave any room for a Mormon belief in ghosts? Mormonism and Spirits The LDS church believes that everyone has a spirit (sometimes called a "soul" in other theologies,) which is believed to continue living independently of the body after its death. Since a ghost is defined as "a disembodied soul" (Merriam-Webster's Dictionary,) Mormons technically do believe in ghosts....

The government’s war on conservatives hasn’t stopped. On Saturday, Christine O’Donnell revealed a second onslaught from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in addition to the illegal accessing and abuse of her income tax records by the Internal Revenue Service. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is investigating the IRS on that. News recently broke that the IRS targeted Dr. Ben Carson, for the first time, immediately after he criticized Barack Obama. O’Donnell revealed on Saturday morning that the FEC is demanding payment of tribute (my words) to settle false accusations invented by a George Soros front group. Perhaps such shakedowns are an...

"NEW YORK (MainStreet) — The initial implementation for the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) website for insurance exchanges is having the same success as the Titanic's maiden voyage. It is sinking fast. The Obama administration's ineptitude streak for selecting technology solutions (think Solyndra) continues. Healthcare.gov is ineffective and costly. Glitch ridden as it was, there were warnings that it was not-ready-for prime-time months ago. Henry Chao, the deputy chief information officer and the deputy director of the Office of Information Services (OIS) in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), expressed ..."

Good thing British authorities are keeping foes of jihad such as Pamela Geller and me out of the country, eh? If they let us in, people like these men with "roots in Turkey, Pakistan, Algeria and Azerbaijan" might get angry and start plotting violence. UK Death Watch Update: "British authorities break up terror plot," from AP, October 14 (thanks to Jerk Chicken):

On October 13, 2013, American veterans and other patriots are going to launch a major protest. President Obama has been using the government shutdown as an excuse to commit a string of almost unbelievable public outrages against Americans everywhere. These include the following unbelievable eye-poppers:Denying treatments for children suffering from cancer.Denying death benefit payments to families of fallen soldiers, while keeping the Andrews Air Base golf course open so Obama can continue to play.Ordering the Park Service to hold elderly Yellowstone Park visitors in their hotel rooms under armed guard, then ordering them out of the park on busses and...

Edward Snowden has apparently been living a life of poverty in Russia, surviving on meager charitable donations.

The leftist media’s attempts to portray themselves as credible journalists in pursuit of the truth are laughably transparent. But the presence of Al Sharpton on the national news scene represents demonstrable proof not just of the unseriousness of the mainstream media, but of their vile race-baiting for ratings. So why are major advertisers like Ritz Crackers helping pay Sharpton's salary? In any rational world, Sharpton would certainly not have a primetime slot on MSNBC. From his Tawana Brawley hoax to his defense of Duke lacrosse accuser Crystal Mangum, from his fanning of racial flames during the Trayvon Martin incident to...

Global Warming: Temperatures have flat-lined for 15 years, the Arctic and Antarctic are gaining record amounts of ice, most computer models have been wrong, yet the networks are buying into the alarmists' narrative. Earth might not have a fever but the media do, judging by their hyperventilating about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's quite fraudulent report (Fifth Assessment Report or 5AR) released Sept. 27. One network — CBS— even turned a blind eye to the truth and claimed that temperatures "could have risen by more than 200 degrees." This fiction came from CBS' Ben Tracy, who said the carbon...

When college students voted for Obama, not once but twice, did they become what is now labeled as America’s lost generation? Have they been betrayed as their futures were mortgaged with huge student loans and then found out that the employment opportunities are being outsourced to job contractors in India and other foreign countries?

Energy Revolution: America's natural gas boom threatens Russia's economic strategy, an expert says, leaving it with few alternatives to rescue its economy while threatening to shatter its energy stranglehold on Europe. Russia's abundance of energy resources has long allowed it to use energy both as a foreign policy weapon and as the bedrock of the Russian economy. Whenever energy prices rose, Russia benefited and its neighbors often felt the restraining leash of dependence on Russian energy, particularly natural gas. Government-controlled energy giant Gazprom was in such a strong position it could demand decade-long contracts and link the price of gas...

A TBR exclusive take-down of the Huffington Post. The Huff article is an attack piece on Hobby Lobby and is being repeated a lot. The word needs to get out.

Will the national energy boom come to California? Natural gas unlocked from shale formations — “fracking” — has boosted economies across America. In just the past decade, North Dakota supplanted California as the country’s third-largest producer of oil and gas. Texas and Alaska remain the top two producers. That could change. Last month, the Democratic state legislators pushed through Senate Bill 4 after it had been amended 10 times. Gov. Jerry Brown signed it into law. Although the bill contains some environmentalist provisions, generally it should promote fracking, which would lead to California jobs creation and higher tax revenues….. ….The...

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However, in a recent speech in Maryland, Obama challenged Americans to go to “the website” to see how much money they could save under Obamacare. He said that once you do and find out how much you save, you’re going to sign up “even if you didn’t vote for me.” The website in question is www.healthcare.gov, and I did go to see how much money I could “save” under Obamacare.

Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog Here are 72 reasons why hypocrite politicians and unions that support Obamacare want exemptions for themselves By Dan from Squirrel HillPosted on September 24, 2013. Updated on September 30, 2013.As the author of this blog post, I place it into the public domain. Anyone may freely copy it in any part or in its entirely, without asking my permission, and without paying any money. I do ask you please cite a link to http://danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/obamacare-59/I ask you to please show this list to as many people as possible. Sunshine really is the best disinfectant. I can’t stop...

NEW YORK (MainStreet) — The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) September 17 does not bode well for those who want to see decreasing deficits. The CBO projects spending for federal healthcareprograms will "rise substantially" in relation to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)." The CBO predicts that budget deficits will decline during the next few years. After this initial decline, though, the CBO calculates ...

"Is there - or should there be - a wall of separation between ownership of newspapers and ownership of sports franchises? Apparently some think so."