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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I grew up in Ohio in the 1960s. In Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, football was and remains today a religion. I was lucky enough in the late ’60s and early ’70s to play for two state championship high school football teams and one NCAA Division 3 Championship football team. My high school team was completely […]
Idaho Power is spending millions to implement their green energy program in response to climate change. This is being done to reduce carbon dioxide. Idaho’s largest solar farm project to produce 120 megawatts of power near Rogerson (Southwest of Twin Falls) will start soon. The cost is $300 million for 300,000 solar panels (likely made […]
Man-caused Global Warming/Climate Change being caused by excess Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere is a world-wide HOAX! Global warming is a major part of the United Nation’s Agenda 21(Sustainable Development) program and plan to REDISTRIBUTE OUR WEALTH AND CONTROL ALL HUMAN ACTIVITY ON THE PLANET! $360 Billion is being spent each year to promote the […]
This is the second part of a two-part series. In Part One, it was explained what acquitted conduct is and how it is being used during sentencing. It was also shown how the Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2019 would eliminate that use. Now, in Part Two, we will look at repercussions of […]