People who are trying to do good for their families and the planet by living a simple life based on traditional skills are facing yet another assault. Artisanal soap makers say new regulations, proposed by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D‑California) and Senator Susan Collins (R‑Maine), will put them out of business. Many soap makers are rural […]
Archives for April 2015
Oyster Farmer: ‘We Are Terrified’ Of The Government
Drakes Bay Oyster Company operated in Point Reyes for decades until National Park Service officials used falsified data to force Kevin Lunny’s family-run oyster farm to shut down. The experience has left its mark on Lunny: “We are terrified,” he told lawmakers during a hearing Thursday. “Let me be clear, we did not fail as […]
Chemtrails Exposed: A History of the New Manhattan Project
“Discoveries and inventions are not terminals; they are fresh starting points from which we can climb to new knowledge.” — Dr. Willis R. Whitney, founder of General Electric Laboratories After so many years of watching airplanes produce the lines in the sky, largely without knowing of what this Project consists or why, we have recently […]
Uniform Corruption through Institutional Inertia
BREAKING NEWS: Governor Butch Otter is expected to call a special session of the legislature to try and pass the Idaho version of the UIFSA which call for state participation in The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance. Idaho Statesman There is a malady that affects […]
Attorney Calls Easements A ‘Government Land Grab’
In recent years, conservation easements—agreements between landowners and nonprofit organizations—have gained popularity as a way to protect wildlife, provide various kinds of tax exemptions as well as prevent land and mineral development with an eye toward permanent preservation. At the same time, there has been concerns these easements have caused erosion of local tax bases […]
A Modern Paul Revere
The following is a recent letter from Mr. Jett Ferebee of North Carolina to the Secretary of the Interior (Jewell) and the Director of the US Fish & Wildlife Service (Ashe). Mr. Ferebee and his associates in North Carolina have formed an active coalition of politicians and bureaucrats bent on exposing the lawlessness of […]
Vatican Heavies Silence Climate Heretics At UN Papal Summit
VATICAN CITY – Papal heavies shut down an awkward question at a Vatican press conference today when a journalist asked UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon his views on climate sceptics. Marc Morano, covering the Vatican climate conference for Climate Depot, asked Ban Ki-Moon whether he had a message for the Heartland Institute delegation of scientists who […]
Tribes Make Call For Water — Water Shutoffs Could Begin As Early As Next Week
FA Note — This action by the Klamath Tribes, under authority of the Upper Klamath Basin Comprehensive Agreement (UKBCA), highlights what is likely in Montanan’s future, via the Consolidated Salish and Kootenai Tribes water compact signed into law last week. Water shutoffs could begin as early as next week. Since Monday, water calls have been […]