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Peter Hughes of Highway Energy Systems Ltd. is an electrical and mechanical engineer responsible for many sustainable technological innovations. He spent years as an environmental consultant to the United Nations. Hughes developed ways to use solar-powered cooking at night for third world countries, and ways to force water into arid climates. But none of his accomplishments is as impressive as his most recent innovation. The electro-kinetic road ramp, or as he refers to it, his “prized jewel in the crown,” is already making an impact in the UK and will soon be coming to the United States. In development for...

As if creating Czars to control vast sectors of our country, firing Inspector Generals when they don't give a pass to his policies, and transferring the controls of the Census from where it should be to his Administration wasn't enough evidence that the man doesn't care what kind of promises he made yesterday, because it was all to get elected. Now that he is in power he just utters "nevermind." Via Hot Air comes this reminder of what candidate Obama said about the use of Presidential Signing Statements: Questioner: When Congress offers you a bill, do you promise not to...

If it's July 11 or 7/11, then Slurpee drinks must be on the house at 7-Eleven stores.

WASHINGTON — Republicans may have a window of opportunity to turn public opinion against President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court nominee, but a new poll finds that such a campaign could hurt their party's already weak standing with Americans, especially Hispanics, the nation's fastest-growing voter group. Fully 55 percent of Americans said they hadn't yet heard enough about Sonia Sotomayor to have an opinion of her, according to a new McClatchy-Ipsos poll. That could be the opportunity that Republicans can exploit by attacking her. Even so, 54 percent said the Senate should confirm her, while only 21 percent said it...

Conservative Free Republic blog in free speech flap after racial slurs directed at Obama children By Chris Parry, Vancouver SunJuly 11, 2009 11:01 AM This photo of U.S. President Barrack Obama's daughter Malia, wearing a peace-symbol t-shirt touched off a storm of epithet-laced comments on the conservative 'Free Republic' blog "A typical street whore." "A bunch of ghetto thugs." "Ghetto street trash." "Wonder when she will get her first abortion." These are a small selection of some of the racially-charged comments posted to the conservative 'Free Republic' blog Thursday, aimed at U.S. President Barack Obama's 11-year-old daughter Malia after she...

Ultra-fast freezing of ovarian tissue from women who have lost their fertility as a result of cancer treatment can lead to it being used in transplants with the same success rate as fresh tissue, a researcher told the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology 29 June. Dr. Sherman Silber, Director of the St. Louis Infertility Centre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, said that freezing tissue by the vitrification method, which avoids ice formation, meant that oocyte (egg) viability was almost identical with that seen in fresh oocytes. Dr. Silber and colleagues used standard viability testing...

Incredibly moving tribute video of funeral procession through the towns of Georgia as thousands came out to honor a fallen warrior.

Free RepublicBrowse · Search Pings · Mail News/ActivismTopics · Post Article Skip to comments.Purge the RINOs and the RINO Apologists 4/28/09 | Natural law Posted on 04/28/2009 7:57:14 PM PDT by Natural Law I am as sick to death of RINO apologists as I am the RINOs themselves. Too many real conservatives took a lot of flack here on FR during the last mid term and presidential election cycles for expecting Republicans to actually legislate like Republicans rather voting for every Obama-lite candidate with an “R” after their names who just might be electable. To too many, elections are...

The Joys of Quitting Braggadocio Jones July 10, 2009 Say what you want about Sarah Palin, the lady sure knows how to make an exit. For future reference: Call a press conference just before the Fourth of July to rival the fireworks. Brag about your achievements, damn your enemies, drop wild crazy hints about your future, give three weeks notice. Then: Go fishing, grant lakeside interviews to stunned journalists in your waders. Oh and, this is important -- don't forget to smile. The Alaska governor is fully capable of flashing fake smiles but these are the real deal. Palin is...

The latest target of the Obama-thugs is a white firefighter in New Haven, Connecticut. This is Chicago-gangland 'search-and-destroy' politics at its very worst. And it's not the first time this has happened as shadowy, underground-type figures have moved into the White House and the O-administration.

It has been said that no one knows the real meaning of "Mau-Mau" other than a Kikuyu (also Gikuyu) tribesperson and that is because its name, like its origins, is shrouded in ancient African tribal mysteries and covered in blood. On the other hand, some authorities claim that the name was invented by European settlers and applied to the native insurrectionists in Kenya. At any rate, the name was first heard among the white population of Africa in 1948 when police officials in the British colony of Kenya began to receive rumors of strange ceremonies being held late at night...

INDIANAPOLIS -- They supported him on his way to the Statehouse, now a group of Indiana Republicans are behind an effort aimed at taking Gov. Mitch Daniels to the White House. An assembly of GOP insiders known as the Frugal Hoosiers has launched the Web site Americans For Mitch, extolling the current Indiana governor's qualities as a leader and a possible presidential candidate. "I think Americans could benefit from his style of leadership and what he brings," said Mike O'Brien, a former Daniels staffer and chairman of the Hendricks County Republican Party. The site has garnered media attention since its...

Desecrating the Sabbath to protest desecrating the Sabbath. Scenes of rioting, rock throwing, and violence have rocked a Jerusalem district. No, this time it's not crazy jihad supporting Arabs acting on cue from Arafat or the Mufti for the jihad supporting media. This time it is misguided anti-zionist, anti-Israel Jews! Some of these misguided Jews have even spit in the faces of Israeli police and called them "Nazis". They are so upset about the opening of a parking lot on the Sabbath to alieviate real problems caused by a severe parking shortage in the city. Hmm... "What man is there...

Toyota Motor Corp. reportedly plans to make a decision this month on whether to take over or shut down the Fremont auto plant it has run with General Motors Corp. since 1984.

NAJAF — With the recent help of many organizations back in the United States, the Iraqi Provincial Government received three pallets of humanitarian relief supplies June 21 for distribution to the local populace here. “Helping people who are less fortunate is always a good thing whether in your home town or across the world,” said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Fred Harmon, deputy team leader for provincial reconstruction and project coordinator at Najaf. “Overall, these shipments send a message that bridges the cultural divide. In the more immediate impact, they simply help those who need it.” “It is important because it...

It was an accident waiting to happen -- an open sewer and a 15-year-old girl who was texting while she walked. Alexa Longueira, a high school sophomore, was walking along Victory Boulevard near Travis Avenue on Staten Island Wednesday evening when she felt the earth move and was plunged into smelly darkness ...

Raleigh, N.C. — A data-recovery firm cannot retrieve some messages from the personal e-mail account of former North Carolina State University Chancellor James Oblinger, a university lawyer told federal investigators Friday. Meanwhile, a federal grand jury investigating the dealings former Gov. Mike Easley had with friends and contributors while in office now wants to look at communications between the state Division of Motor Vehicles and several Easley aides and supporters. N.C. State turned over four more batches of documents Friday to the grand jury, which in May subpoenaed all university records regarding N.C. State's hiring and promotion of Easley's wife,...

The Iraqi National Police take the lead and escort U.S convoy on ground movement July 6. Photo by Capt. Tommy Avilucea. BAGHDAD — The Iraqi National Police and the Rough Riders from the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq implemented a working partnership July 5-6 to comply with U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement articles. The police led a convoy through the streets of Baghdad supporting a U.S. Army Rough Rider ground-operations mission to transport Americans to their desired locations. The well-coordinated movement took the convoy through city streets and highways. The convoy aggressively moved through the traffic as Iraqi citizens moved to roadsides to...

Desecrating the Sabbath to protest desecrating the Sabbath. Scenes of rioting, rock throwing, and violence have rocked a Jerusalem district. No, this time it's not crazy jihad supporting Arabs acting on cue from Arafat or the Mufti for the jihad supporting media. This time it is misguided anti-zionist, anti-Israel Jews! Some of these misguided Jews have even spit in the faces of Israeli police and called them "Nazis". They are so upset about the opening of a parking lot on the Sabbath to alieviate real problems caused by a severe parking shortage in the city. Hmm... "What man is there...

An Iraqi woman proudly shows Lt. Col. Kelly Jackson, center, certificates of achievement from classes she completed in the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat team's area of operations as Capt. Katherine Swistak, left, and Capt. Melissa Hale, watch. The woman and and 10 other Iraqis were invited to the women's initiative conference at Camp Victory June 27, representing the southern Baghdad region. Photo by Spc. Ruth McClary. BAGHDAD — Soldiers and civilians of 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team attended the Iraqi Women's Initiatives Quarterly Conference on Camp Victory, June 27. The seminar, a forum in which the challenges facing Iraqi women...