“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 […]
Archives for April 29, 2015
Uniform Corruption through Institutional Inertia
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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’
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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
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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
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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
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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 […]
John Deere’s Weird Idea of ‘Ownership’
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It’s official: John Deere and General Motors want to eviscerate the notion of ownership. Sure, we pay for their vehicles. But we don’t own them. Not according to their corporate lawyers, anyway. In a particularly spectacular display of corporate delusion, John Deere—the world’s largest agricultural machinery maker —told the Copyright Office that farmers don’t own […]
Very Comprehensive Explanation of Most Dangerous Amendments to the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015
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#NO WAY ESEA #NO WAY ESEA #NO WAY ESEA “Controversial amendments including issues such as vouchers and teacher evaluation requirements were kept off of the bill, but those debates are still expected to be had when the bill hits the full senate. Leaders have said that will be later this year, but no debate has been […]
