National Grid hands wind farm companies around £1.2 million on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day alone to switch off their turbines as tens of thousands of homes were left without power By Simon Johnson, Wind farm companies were paid almost £5 million to switch off their turbines while storms lashed the UK over the festive…
General
Allow Golden Rice Now!
Former Greenpeace leader Patrick Moore to lead demonstration against Greenpeace’s crime against humanity, their anti-Golden Rice campaign that perpetuates blindness and death among millions of children. On October 2 the global campaign Allow Golden Rice Now! was launched in front of the Greenpeace office at 33 Cecil Street. Dr. Patrick Moore lead the demonstration with…
Marita Noon
If you like your light bulb, you can’t keep your light bulb
By Marita Noon Americans will be feeling a new and unexpected pain of government overregulation before they vote in November. Yet, more than two-thirds of the public is currently unaware of what has the potential to be a serious 2014 election issue—representing more government intrusion and meddling with free markets, increased cost, loss of American…
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“Let the Sharing Begin”
By Riley J. Hood-CPoW State Chairman On Sunday, December 29th, I was listening to a news report about how long term un- employment benefits are going to run out, and the fault is with “conservatives,” who want liberals to “cut other areas of the budget,” to come up with the hand out. I understand losing…
General, Wendy McElroy
The Redistribution of Dreams
By Wendy McElroy A friend is celebrating the season by visiting her children in the States. Like many millennials, her 20-something son is working brutal hours for minimum wage at an unfulfilling job. After visiting with him and his girlfriend, my friend emailed, “These kids are SO stuck in not being able to even pay…
Government Circus
Government Circus
Feds reviewed only one bid for Obamacare website design Federal officials considered only one firm to design the Obamacare health insurance exchange website that has performed abysmally since its Oct. 1 debut. Rather than open the contracting process to a competitive public solicitation with multiple bidders, officials in the Department of Health and Human Services’…