FA Note — Another barage by the unholy alliance between Big Ag and government, designed to eradicate your freedom to grow/buy your food as you will, puting the lie to “sustainable” agriculture. Minnesota simply cannot get enough of Alvin Schlangen. An egg farmer who tends to and volunteers with a fresh food co-op. Two counties in particular (MDA) have tried […]
Armed Oregon Protesters Gather at Bureau of Land Management Office Over Mine Dispute, Report Says
Posted on April 25, 2015 Written by
FA Note — Courts have long recognized the Act of July 26, 1866, and May 10, 1872 as amended, whereby Congress abdicated its authority and jurisdiction over the mineral estate, granting it as an absolute gift without condition or limitation to all citizens. More than 100 demonstrators, some of them armed, reportedly surrounded the Bureau […]
(Montana Governor) Bullock Signs Tribal Water Rights Ratification Into Law – But More Rivers To Cross
Posted on April 25, 2015 Written by
Before Gov. Steve Bullock on Friday signed the bill ratifying the Flathead tribal water rights compact, tribal Chairman Vernon Finley said it has one primary goal – “protect the water” – and that he hopes opponents will recognize it’s nothing more than that. “That’s basically it: Let’s share the resource and be good neighbors and let’s […]
Editorial — The Incredible Raisin Heist
Posted on April 23, 2015 Written by
Stealing is illegal, unless the government is the thief. On Wednesday the Supreme Court will hear a case on whether the government can seize a chunk of a business’s product to regulate prices. This is a big one. Like much government mischief, Horne v. USDA has its roots in the Great Depression and federal programs to […]
Warrant Issuing Judge in Stanley Children Kidnapping Case Forces Sheriff to Reveal Documents
Posted on April 22, 2015 Written by
UPDATE 4/15/2015 The judge in Juvenile Court today has just ordered the family to have a psychologist in the home 20 hours a week to “promote harmony” in the family. Judge Wade Naramore can be contacted here. Reporter Clay Herrmann of the Hot Springs Daily News in Hot Springs Arkansas has published copies of the Search Warrant, the Affidavit […]
Virginia Enacts Law To Protect Landowners From Predatory Land Trusts
Posted on April 21, 2015 Written by
In a stinging repudiation of the conduct of a Virginia environmental group once viewed as politically invincible, Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) March 10 signed into law bipartisan legislation that — for the first time — provides rural landowners the means with which to defend themselves against bullying by land trusts. The landmark legislation, introduced by […]
Testimony of Terry Backs, St. Ignatius, MT
Posted on April 20, 2015 Written by
FA Note: The proposed CSKT (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes) Compact involves a lot of constitutional and legal issues, including taking existing off-reservation water rights from thousands of irrigators, family farms, and other legitimate water rights holders, and granting them to the tribes. Below is one testimony submitted at a legislative hearing April 11 in […]
Floodplain Executive Order: Latest Obama Power Grab
Posted on April 19, 2015 Written by
Another illegal action unlikely to be challenged in court? Millions of Americans living and working in floodplains and other low-lying areas are at acute risk of being inundated – not by rising water, but by a tidal wave of federal regulations – courtesy of the Obama Administration. With public attention riveted on the chaotic developments in […]
