Author: Enbe

The New American – by Raven Clabough

A number of states are exploring new fees for hybrid and electric car owners in order to compensate for the loss of revenue in gas taxes on fuel-efficient vehicles. The proposal is opposed by those who view the new fees as antithetical to one of the touted benefits of owning a hybrid: savings.

Boosting taxes “for people who want to use less gas is at odds with policies that are trying to make it easier for people who want to adopt clean and efficient technologies,” asserted Genevieve Cullen, vice president of the Electric Drive Transportation Association, a Washington-based industry group.    Continue reading “States Propose Fees on Hybrids to Cover Gas Tax Losses”

Billings Gazette – by Tom Lutey

Montana’s $1.7 billion wheat industry is watching cautiously as foreign buyers react negatively to unauthorized genetically modified wheat discovered in Oregon.

The discovery, confirmed this week by the U.S. Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, prompted import restrictions by Japan on soft white U.S. wheat. Friday, South Korea halted U.S. wheat imports for further testing, while Taiwan announced it was putting U.S. wheat imports under review. The European Union encouraged its members to test certain shipments for wheat genetically modified to survive exposure to the herbicide Roundup, the trait engineered into the wheat discovered in Oregon.   Continue reading “Montana eyes Oregon GMO grain problems”

Other Words – by Jim Hightower

By outlawing dumpster diving, Houston is making life impossible for the most vulnerable.

Whenever one of our cities gets a star turn as host of some super-sparkly event, such as a national political gathering or the Super Bowl, its first move is to tidy up — by having the police sweep homeless people into jail, out of town, or under some rug.   Continue reading “The New Crime of Eating While Homeless”

Back in 2012 when Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation severely infringing on the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, at least 3 petitions on dealing with Feinstein’s treason were initiated by The People in response on the petition.whitehouse.gov site. I signed two of the petitions, and below is the belated White House response, which excuses her treason as “championing legislation.” As I recall, the 3rd petition was quite funny, to ban Dianne Feinstein herself, but I can’t find it now, having been scrubbed from the whitehouse.gov site and from the internet, even the Wayback Machine Internet Archive.

Enbe   Continue reading “White House Petition Response: Where We Agree and Where We Don’t”

USA Today -by Carolina Jemsby and David Barta

STOCKHOLM — Suburbs of the Swedish capital were engulfed in a fourth night of rioting early today in the country’s worst civil unrest in years, leaving locals shaking their heads and wondering when calm would return to their usually tranquil city.

Since Sunday, hundreds of young residents of the suburbs of Husby, Jakobsberg, Hagsatra, Skarholmenset and others set dozens of cars on fire, damaged buildings — including schools and a police station — and battled with police. There were about 10 arrests, and one police officer was reported injured.   Continue reading “Riots rock Sweden’s immigrant suburbs for fourth night”

Fars News Agency – 5/19/13

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to start mass-production of a new air-defense system on Monday.

The production line of the new system, Herz (Protector) 9, will be inaugurated in a special ceremony attended by the country’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi tomorrow.   Continue reading “Iran to Start Mass-Production of New Air Defense System”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

from the overreaction-is-our-only-reaction,-which-always-starts-off-a-chain-reaction dept

The weather’s (mostly) hot. School’s almost out. And what better way to celebrate summer being almost here than being arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for throwing water balloons.

Hail academia, forever teaching our youth that anything and everything will be punished to the fullest extent of the law, even childhood hijinks our parents would have approved of, if only they weren’t so busy being arrested themselves.   Continue reading “So It’s Come To This: Seven High School Students Arrested For Throwing… Water Balloons”

Resist 1776 – by Molon Labe (Gabriel)

Our rights are at risk, it’s time to get on the front lines and FIGHT

Just when we all thought the gun debate was dying down, the Obama administration has said it is now pursuing to sign the UN Arms treaty in the “near future”. On April 2nd, 2013, the UN general assembly voted 153-4 to proceed with the arms treaty, with the United States voting in favor of the bill.   Continue reading “RED ALERT: Obama Administration to Sign U.N. Arms Trade Treaty”

Before It’s News – by stompk

I was watching a satellite loop of the tornado yesterday. I have to say, the HAARP wave patterns in the surrounding clouds was insane. Keep in mind, this tornado came out of nowhere, and in 16 minutes exploded into one of the most destructive tornadoes in history.   Continue reading “Was Moore Tornado Created To Cover Up Scandals? Compelling Evidence!”

Green Med Info – by Christina England

In December 2012, vaccine tragedy hit the small village of Gouro, Chad, Africa, situated on the edge of the Sahara Desert. Five hundred children were locked into their school, threatened that if they did not agree to being force-vaccinated with a meningitis A vaccine, they would receive no further education. These children were vaccinated without their parents’ knowledge. This vaccine was an unlicensed product still going through the third phase of testing.   Continue reading “Vaccine Injured African Children Used as Lab Rats”

Veterans Today – by Dr. Kevin Barrett

Vernon Hershberger is Wisconsin’s best-known accused criminal. Like Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, Pancho Villa, Billy the Kid, and plenty of others, Hershberger has developed an “outlaw mystique.” People are flocking to Baraboo, Wisconsin to witness his trial, which begins today.

But Hershberger hasn’t killed anyone. He hasn’t even robbed anyone. His alleged crime: Milking cows and selling the milk – without cooking it first.   Continue reading “Vernon Hershberger trial puts food freedom “on the table”!”

Farm to Consumer – by PETE KENNEDY, ESQ

After months of contentious wrangling between attorneys for the state and the defense, the trial of the Loganville dairy farmer for four criminal misdemeanor violations of the Wisconsin food and dairy code begins today at the Sauk County courthouse in Baraboo with the selection of the jury. Circuit Court Judge Guy Reynolds has summoned one hundred thirty potential jurors for the selection process, an incredible number for just a single trial. The charges are related to Hershberger leasing cows to a private buyers club and providing raw dairy and other nutrient-dense foods to the club members.   Continue reading “The Vernon Hershberger Trial Begins Today”

Richard Silverstein

A highly-placed Israeli source elaborates on a partially truthful Ynetnews reportthat Israel destroyed an advanced Shoval (“Heron”) drone that was on a mission over the sea between Tel Aviv and Netanya. Israel did indeed destroy the drone, one of the most advanced in its fleet. Here is what its manufacturer had to say about it after its October 2012 launch:   Continue reading “Advanced Israeli Drone Hijacked by Iran or Hezbollah, Then Destroyed by Israel”