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Going Round the Legislative Loop circa 1990s The following extremely well-documented article from the 1990s sheds considerable light on the previous two posts that investigated Michael Farris of HSLDA: Farris’s Ferris Wheel… and Going Round the Farris Wheel. It was authored by Mary McCarthy and is republished with her permission. THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT (RFRA), THE […]
Senators are now working around the clock to re-introduce a bill that would put trade agreements on the fast track to passage in the US after those deals are finalized. Deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) have been negotiated in almost complete secrecy, except for private industry […]
FA Note: Around the world water is being collectivized through “privatization”. The goal is to get water out of the hands of individuals. Control the water – control the people. Via centralized water people will be forced to live where and how those in control desire. Centralization of water means you will live where you […]
Michael Farris: More Disturbing History and Questionable Associations Since the post yesterday, “Farris’s Ferris Wheel…”, a number of individuals have sent additional links with more research and background information on the disturbing activities of Michael Farris. Below are some further items for readers to explore. Again, read this yourself and draw your own conclusions. Warning: […]
A bank clerk counts Chinese yuan banknotes at a branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Huaibei (Reuters/Stringer) and Russian ruble banknotes (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin) China and Russia have effectively switched to domestic currencies in trading using financial tools as swaps and forwards, as they seek to reduce the influence of the US dollar […]
Robert Pondiscio This is what happens when an education reformer doesn’t want to answer serious questions about Common Core. He blocks ‘raving maniacs’ (parents/taxpayers/teachers/administrators) concerned about the lack of research/data on Common Core and the fact that the creators/validation Committee had to sign non-disclosure agreements. He insists he wants to deal in facts but when […]
Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025 A Research Paper Presented To Air Force 2025 by Col Tamzy J. House Lt Col James B. Near, Jr. LTC William B. Shields (USA) Maj Ronald J. Celentano Maj David M. Husband Maj Ann E. Mercer Maj James E. Pugh August 1996 ———————————————————————————- Disclaimer 2025 is a study designed to […]
John W. Whitehead, Founder, the Rutherford Institute “There will come a time when it isn’t ‘They’re spying on me through my phone’ anymore. Eventually, it will be ‘My phone is spying on me.’” ― Philip K. Dick If ever Americans sell their birthright, it will be for the promise of expediency and comfort delivered by way […]
Empirical data withheld by key scientists shows that since 1910 ocean pH levels have not decreased in our oceans as carbon dioxide levels increased. Overall the trend is messy but more up than down, becoming less acidic. So much for those terrifying oceans of acid that were coming our way. What happened to those graphs? Scientists […]
A school district in Colorado is coming under the wrath of the community for telling school girls that they may have to submit to sharia-compliant rules regarding covering their heads and ankles on a field trip to a Muslim mosque. According to WND, Douglas County School District confirmed that such Islamic law will be enforced […]
Michael Farris: More Disturbing History and Questionable Associations Since the post yesterday, “Farris’s Ferris Wheel…”, a number of individuals have sent additional links with more research and background information on the disturbing activities of Michael Farris. Below are some further items for readers to explore. Again, read this yourself and draw your own conclusions. Warning: […]
Former Benson, Vermont resident Marcel Cyr was awarded $147,500 Monday after winning a lawsuit against the Addison Rutland Supervisory Union. He had been banned from all school grounds in the district because school officials were frightened of him. The ACLU took up Cyr’s case on free speech grounds, and in September federal judge J. Garvan Murtha […]
Flat-tailed horned lizardPhoto courtesy Arizona Game & Fish The California Fish and Wildlife Commission is set to consider whether the flat-tailed horned lizard, whose habitat includes the Algodones and Imperial sand dunes west of Yuma, should be listed as endangered. The Center for Biological Diversity’s petition to the state seeking endangered status was accepted by the […]
PEN America published a report this week summarizing the findings from a recent survey of 772 writers around the world on questions of surveillance and self-censorship. The report, entitled “Global Chilling: The Impact of Mass Surveillance on International Writers,” builds upon a late 2013 survey of more than 500 US-based writers conducted by the organization. […]
Mike Farris’s Disturbing History and Questionable Associations Many think that Michael Farris is the good guy in the white hat who heroically rides in on his white horse to save the day for homeschoolers. Many are not aware that Farris has a controversial history that goes back three decades. Farris, head of Homeschool Legal Defense […]
It seems that even wood isn’t green or renewable enough anymore. The EPA has recently banned the production and sale of 80 percent of America’s current wood-burning stoves, the oldest heating method known to mankind and mainstay of rural homes and many of our nation’s poorest residents. The agency’s stringent one-size-fits-all rules apply equally to […]
Many historians have compared our current plight to that of the Roman Empire in its fall-apart days. Like the Romans, we are falling because we became complacent and stopped doing the things that build a powerful civilization. We, as Americans, are failing to see where we are at in our own history. Our government has […]
Sustainable Development is the blueprint being used across America and around the world to implement the United Nations Agenda 21 Programme.
