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FICO is ‘Digital Enslavement’

When I returned to America just a few years ago, I was in for a shock. During my absence of nearly 25 years, the infamous ‘FICO’ Score had reared its ugly head. I was, and still am, in awe of such an evil concept which now has successfully enslaved the people of the United States. […]

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Reimagining the Rural American West (Part 1 of 4)

The Western Governors Association (WGA) has a new project that interferes with and disrupts how rural communities govern their towns and how they live, taking over local representation. As the WGA continues to destroy our Republic by focusing on regionalism, concocting ideas and decisions between themselves without citizen involvement, deciding how rural citizens should be […]

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Tyranny by the Initiative Process

Tyranny comes in many forms. Most notably it comes through dictators like Hitler, Stalin or through other autocratic forms of government where one person is at the head of the government and where he has his minion oligarchs that bolster and encourage the autocrat, typically for their own benefit, whether for money or for power. […]

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Democrats and Welfare Rats

Recently our president, Donald John Trump, was booed at a baseball game in Washington, D.C. With the typically bad taste and poor manners of left-wing progressive socialists, they yelled, “Lock him up. Lock him up.” It was a coarse imitation of the president’s 2016 campaign comments where he threatened to ‘lock up‘ a known felon, […]

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The High Divide Collaborative Threat

The High Divide Collaborative, (HDC) held a webinar in August 2019, facilitated by Bray Beltran and Emily Harkness from the Heart of the Rockies Initiative (HOTRI). The webinar started with the claim that the HDC is a “community based collaborative” that works across jurisdictional boundaries. There is nothing community-based about this group. A few webinar highlights […]

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Who Is Salmon Valley Stewardship?

On the Salmon Valley Stewardship (SVS) website, it doesn’t provide a clear picture of how the organization was started, other than it began with “assistance” and “funding” by the Sonoran Institute in 2004 with the hiring of their first full-time staff. Adrienne Blauser was a Sonoran staff member at that time into 2005, and eventually became the SVS Coordinator. Sonoran […]

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Have the Rich and Powerful Taken Over our Idaho?

The Gem State Patriot has been talking for years about the political corruption in Idaho and the powerful people behind the scenes pulling the strings of our elected officials. This Cabal of elite wealthy businessmen and women along with our taxpayer-supported colleges have been at the center of everything that is going wrong with our […]

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To Vax or not to Vax, that is the Question

Vaccine Hesitancy In its never-ending United Nations (UN) quest to have control over healthcare in the world, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has now embarked on a new agenda to address “vaccine hesitancy”, their new term for those who are anti-vaccination. They are targeting parents whom they think fail to properly vaccinate their children. […]

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Congratulations to Both Sides of the Boise State Diversity Debate

One point was made that made me reconsider a small corner of my position. Mat Erpelding, the Minority leader in the Idaho House, related a story that was interesting but not relevant to the issue. He is an Assistant Professor of Recreational Studies. When he held a similar position at Texas A&M he had 20 […]

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It’s About Land Use Restrictions

Non-governmental organizations (NGO) are celebrating the introduction of legislation for the “protection and restoration of certain native fish, wildlife, and plant species” on federal land called the Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act. Rep. Donald Beyer tried this before in 2016 and according to Govtrak this new bill only has a 3% chance of passing. The urgency […]

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Threats to Salmon & Challis

The Craighead Institute has been in operation since 1964 with a focus on research in designing and managing research projects that support conservation in the Northern Rockies. Another focus is “…to maintain healthy populations of native plants, wildlife and people as part of sustainable, functioning ecosystems.” Where on earth did they get the idea it […]

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Chameleon Politicians of Idaho

Do you really know the politicians you are electing to political office? Because if you don’t, you are leaving yourselves open to be taken advantage of by the very people who are supposed to be serving and protecting you. The recent comments by Governor Little about Columbus Day being “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” in cooperation with […]

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