A fisherman sues the feds for acting like crooks
When they weren’t trying eradicate commercial fishing, NOAA’s undercover pleasure were zooming around Puget Sound on frivolous “Booze Cruises” to entertain NOAA employees and their families.
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Large majorities of Americans, even Democrats, want a smaller federal government
In response to the question whether the “Government controls too much of our daily lives,” 60 percents said they agreed and 39 percent said they disagreed. See the other poll results here.
Busted! Leaked emails snag NASA’s global warming alarmists
In a 2009 email to NASA’s climate alarmist James Hansen, fellow alarmist Kevin Trenberth of the National Center for Atmospheric Research asked, “Where the heck is global warming? We have been asking that here in Boulder where we have broken records the past two days for the coldest days on record. The Rockies baseball playoff game was canceled on [S}aturday and then played last night in below freezing weather.”
Then Trenberth dropped a bombshell: “The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment, and it is a travesty that we can’t.
Industry Protests Obama’s Plan for Alaskan Oil Reserves
Industry leaders and critics of the administration argue that the president’s energy policies have only curbed U.S. energy independence through high taxes and burdensome regulations and that Obama’s energy agenda has imposed a slew of challenges to domestic energy production. Obama’s NPR-A plan is more of the same double-speak, keeping broad swaths of oil-rich land from development.
Part VI: Arrested Marine Vet: Patriot or Nutcase Revolutionary?
Just two days before his rest, Mr. Raub states that men will be at his house to pick him up to “lead” the Revolution. He gives his address: The day before his arrest Mr. Raub cryptically states that “they will say he said it to the NSA first.” His final post appears to be the […]
Part V: Arrested Marine Vet: Patriot or Nutcase Revolutionary?
He becomes much, much more aggressive in his postings a little over a week ago, practically begging someone to take notice: Mr. Raub also began to encourage veterans to join him in his revolution and sounds increasingly more desperate in these posts from August 10 and 12: Last week, Mr. Raub claims “the cavalry are […]
Part IV: Arrested Marine Vet: Patriot or Nutcase Revolutionary?
Mr. Raub repeatedly attacks the New World Order: Between December 2011 and July 2012, other than sporadic friend activity, there is only one post in April: Clicking on the YouTube link in the April posting brings you to a DMX music video. Fast forward to less than a month ago, July 24. In the below […]
Part III: Arrested Marine Vet: Patriot or Nutcase Revolutionary?
Several of these Richmond Liberty Movement posts are replicated on the Mr. Raub’s personal Facebook page. On the personal page, Mr. Raub increasingly uses the word “Revolution” in his postings: Mr. Raub even expressly states that he is “starting a revolution” because “the government has gone to [sic] far.” He also challenges the nation’s leadership, […]
Part II: Arrested Marine Vet: Patriot or Nutcase Revolutionary?
Mr. Raub’s Facebook apparently became active in the fall of 2011, about the time his mother said he left the Marines. His initial posting dealt with fairly conventional topics like the national debt: He was also apparently supportive of Ron Paul and made a number of postings throughout 2011 and 2012 like the following: Mr. […]
Arrested Marine Vet: Patriot or Nutcase Revolutionary? See the Facebook posts here
On Thursday, Marine veteran Brandon Raub was apparently taken into custody by local law enforcement in conjunction with several federal agencies. Mr. Raub’s mother maintains that her son was arrested because of his “patriotic Facebook postings.” As of the writing of this column, the agencies responsible for his arrest have still not publicized a charging […]