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The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) met last week to markup a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) or No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The committee considered over 50 amendments to The Every Child Achieves Act of 2015, which is co-authored by Chairman Lamar Alexander […]
Xerox’s Automatic Vehicle Passenger Detection Journalists and transparency activists across the country have done a phenomenal job of shining light on how local law enforcement agencies use emerging technologies to surveil everyday people on a massive scale. It’s often like playing Whac-A-Mole and Go Fish at the same time. One day, the question may be […]
New law cracks down on grenade launchers, armored vehicles, drones Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) Vehicle A second state has joined a growing effort to curb the militarization of local police departments by the federal government. WND reported last month New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed into law a bill that bans local law-enforcement agencies from obtaining […]
NO WAY ESEA! NO WAY ESEA! NO WAY ESEA! The US Department of State, in a telephone call from a concerned citizen in the late 1990’s, confirmed that these agreements were still in effect. ADVERTISEMENT, THE WASHINGTON TIMES, PAGE A‑14/FRIDAY, JULY 1987 (paid for by National Citizens Alliance, P.O. Box 6347, Washington, D.C. 20015–0347) LISTEN AMERICA, ‘EDU-GATE’ […]
It was recently reported that automakers could soon be going after car owners for making repairs on their own vehicles. Some of the industries leading companies are now claiming that their software has become so complicated that “tampering with it,” or making repairs on your own property, could be a copyright violation. Interestingly enough, Tesla, […]
The Global Warming Policy Foundation has enlisted an international team of five distinguished scientists to carry out a full inquiry Last month, we are told, the world enjoyed “its hottest March since records began in 1880”. This year, according to “US government scientists”, already bids to outrank 2014 as “the hottest ever”. The figures […]
Cleave, Erica, and their three children. CPS demanded that Erica separate from Cleave against her will. It has been more than three months since the dramatic arrest and capture of Erica May and Cleave Rengo’s 3 small children by CPS in California, where Erica shouted to reporters: “Send a message to America for me. Children don’t […]
Will other states dive in by 2016? After months of consumer and activist comments, picketing at the Attorney General’s Office, and winning a lawsuit against Monsanto who tried to overturn the original law, Vermont has just become the first state to have mandatory GMO labeling. Vermont became the first state to become GMO-labeled (a step toward […]
Baby Bella taken over infant formula. Source: Fight for Bella Facebook page. It is an all-too-familiar cascade of events that happens all across the world, but for baby Bella’s family, their fairly typical scenario has resulted in their baby being taken from her loving parents. Now Massachusetts DCF wants to adopt this beautiful baby out, […]
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. Alvan Schlangen, left. 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 […]
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 […]
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.CREDIT: AP The United States Department of Agriculture plans to announce a set of voluntary initiatives aimed at helping farmers, ranchers, and forest land owners respond to climate change by increasing carbon storage, reducing carbon emissions, and supporting resilience in the face of extreme weather. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is […]
Opponents of the Flathead tribal water rights compact listen to testimony against the compact at a 10-hour hearing Saturday before the House Judiciary Committee at the Capitol. From left, in the front row, are Rep. Nancy Ballance, R‑Hamilton; Helena attorney Jon Metropoulos, who represents both on- and off-reservation landowners, and Jerry Laskody of St. Ignatius. […]
CLICK ON LINK AND FORWARD FOR SHOCKING EVIDENCE OF CARNEGIE’S ROLE IN THE FINALIZATION OF COMMUNIST WORLD GOVERNMENT: http://carnegie.org/fileadmin/Media/News/NYTimes_ad_for_web.pdf PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS BEWARE ! Carnegie’s Done Deal: 1934–2015 US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions: Newsroom — Press Releases Parents and taxpayers beware! You don’t have to waste your precious time reading all the educationese […]
Here’s How to STOP Them The powers-that-be are pushing this week to fast track a horrible treaty which would destroy America. The treaty is called the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). The U.S. Trade Representative – the federal agency responsible for negotiating trade treaties – has said that the details of the TPP are classified due to […]
When Justin Dammann enters his southwestern Iowa cornfield this month, the 35-year-old farmer will sow something these 2,400 acres have not seen in more than a decade — plants grown without genetically modified seeds. The corn, which will head to a processor 20 miles down the road this fall, will likely make its way into tortilla […]
Prominent American conservative thinker and author William Lind explains why the West is ganging up on Russia Victor Olevich: Almost a quarter century has passed since the end of the Cold War. Yet, both Russia and the West once again find themselves at the precipice of a new Cold War. Why did Washington choose to […]
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 […]
NASHVILLE, April 21, 2015– Yesterday, in a bipartisan vote, the Tennessee House of Representatives voted unanimously (97:0) to repeal Common Core. Today, the Tennessee State Senate followed with a (27:1) vote in favor of repeal. “This legislation is a template for all states to begin a much needed journey of separation from federally generated standards […]
More than five years after President Obama and other leaders agreed on a 2020 goal of raising $100 billion each year from public and private sources to help developing countries deal with climate change, the United Nations wants to see action. Ahead of Earth Day on Wednesday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is pointing to a […]
Garland County Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Michael Wright (left) led a gestapo-type raid of the Stanley family home on January 12, 2015 and kidnapped 7 children. Photo courtesy KARK4. – 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 […]
FA Note: The last paragraph provides a clue as to how mega-corporations will profit from this “21st century trade agreement”. Domestic producers have struggled amid a wave of Asian steel imports. In this photo, employees at a steel factory in Dalian, China. Reuters/China Daily United States Steel Corporation issued layoff notices to 1,404 workers in the […]
Lockheed Martin, a recent Washington Post article notes, is getting into renewable energy, nuclear fusion, “sustainability” and even fish farming projects, to augment its reduced defense profits. The company plans to forge new ties with Defense Department and other Obama initiatives, based on a shared belief in manmade climate change as a critical security and […]
A Teacher’s Perspective on the “Every Child Achieves Act of 2015” by Dawn Hoagland, gutsy public school teacher and regular contributor to ABCSOFDUMBDOWN.BLOGSPOT.COM The “Every Child Achieves Act” has passed unanimously out of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee in the Senate. The usual suspects are singing its praises while the people who actually read […]
Sustainable Development is the blueprint being used across America and around the world to implement the United Nations Agenda 21 Programme.
