— Published with Permission of cfact.org — Estimated construction costs for California’s high-speed rail line have risen to $100 billion (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/us/california-high-speed-rail.html) – or $8,000 per California household – according to the latest estimates. Years behind schedule and $60 billion over budget, estimated construction costs have now risen to over $1.2 million per mile of track. […]
— Published with Permission of WesternWire.net — City officials in both Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia are indicating their governments may be next to pursue climate lawsuits against energy companies. The City Attorney of Seattle revealed this week that his office is considering filing such a lawsuit and is partnering up with class action law […]
A compelling case against Montana US Senator Jon Tester being re-elected is presented in a new video by author Elaine Willman who interviews Christopher Kortlander, owner of the historic town of Garryowen, Montana and founding director of the Custer Battlefield Museum. The 19 minute video focuses on Chapter 7 of Kortlander’s new book ‘Arrow to […]
— Published with Permission of LibertyNation.com — The Nike controversy just got a little more heated as a Louisiana mayor reportedly banned the purchase or use of Nike equipment for recreational activities in the city of Kenner. Mayor Ben Zahn sent a memo to the Parks and Recreation Department Director, Chad Pitfield, detailing his decision. In […]
The Canadian company, Hydro One that is trying to purchase Avista Corp, our US utility, is not faring well in its own Province. The Ontario Energy Board has turned down Hydro One’s plan to buy another Canadian energy company because they could not show how ratepayers would not be harmed by the merger, even though rates […]
We MUST NOT Be Complacent President Trump’s list of accomplishments seen at magapill.com for his first year alone is incredible. Also, a general overview of his first 500 days by whitehouse.gov can be seen at President Donald J. Trump’s 500 Days of American Greatness. All Americans should be grateful for these most meaningful accomplishments; but […]
— Published with Permission of TheNewAmerican.com — While millennials show how cool they are by donning T-shirts depicting Che Guevara and other communist leaders, three eastern European countries that endured decades of communist rule are pleading with Walmart to stop selling shirts with symbols of the Soviet Union because peddling the clothes “demonstrates lack of […]
— Published with Permission of FreeRangeReport.com — The environmental lobby has always viewed endangered listings themselves as the primary goal, because listings lead to regulating business activity like mining, ranching, logging, and energy. That’s why such groups have petitioned the government to add another 145 new species to the list, an effort that will never […]
— Published with Permission of HeraldandNews.com — Labor Day was created by Unions to recognize the American Worker. It did not include ranching and farming; if they did it would destroy the ability of a farmer to get a loan. If a farmer included the cost of his daily labor on a financial statement, no […]
— Published with Permission of ReNewAmerica.com — Sir Alexander Fraser Tytler (1747-1813), a Scottish jurist and historian, provides an explanation for why great societies do not survive for more than 200 years: “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess […]
In a recent article posted Idaho Politics Weekly otherwise known as the “Zions Bank Weekly,” Mr. Jim Jones took on the task of justifying Medicaid expansion. You can read it here. He tried his best to tell his readership how it is unfair that everyone else’s insurance is paid for by the government, so why […]
There is an interesting and divisive debate going on around the country. The debate centers around arming school teachers/staff to provide extra security for students. I want to lay out some of the common excuses I hear to not arm teachers and give you some rebuttal points to them. “Teachers have enough to worry about. […]