The Sequoia President

Located in California's Sequoia National Forest

(Near Visalia)

 

Not every tree has a nickname, but 'The President' has earned it. This giant sequoia stands at 247 feet tall, and is estimated to be over 3,200 years old. Imagine, this tree was already 1200 years old when Jesus walked the earth.

 The trunk of the president measures at 27 feet across, 

with 2 BILLION needles from base to top.

Bunkerville, Nevada

The raiders arrived at dawn. Contract cowboys backed by BLM rangers and other heavily armed law enforcement personnel fanned out across the desolate but alluring Nevada countryside to confiscate livestock owned by a family who – under a controversial claim of sovereignty — had allowed them to graze on public lands without paying fees to the federal government.

“They have been overgrazing and damaging the land for years,” asserted BLM spokesman Mike Brown, who also pointed out that the family – the last holdouts in the region – had been fined millions of dollars for trespassing on public land. In defiance of federal judicial rulings and the “consensus” of their representatives, the family persisted in claiming that they had a right to graze cattle on land their ancestors had settled many decades ago. The dispute had been going on for decades, and the institutional patience of the federal government had been exhausted.

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'Pushed Aside Like an Animal': Vet Dies While Unable to Get Care Through VA

There are alarming new reports this week about how difficult it has become for veterans to receive medical care from VA hospitals. Reports indicated at least 40 veterans died while awaiting appointments at the Phoenix VA Medical Center, prompting calls for an investigation and Senate hearings from the state's two senators, John McCain and Jeff Flake.

A former doctor alleges that senior management kept a secret waiting list in order to conceal the fact that 1,400 to 1,600 sick veterans were forced to wait months to see a doctor.

An Arizona woman spoke out this morning on Fox and Friends, questioning whether the alleged secret list may have played a role in the death of her father-in-law. Thomas Breen, 71, was taken to the ER last September and told by VA doctors to see a primary care physician immediately.
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Martin Armstrong Asks "Will We Have Another 'Waco' In Nevada?"

The Feds are gathering and have brought in hired guns. We are more likely than not headed into a military confrontation – the first since Waco. Keep in mind that Obama’s head of the Justice Department, Eric Holder now Attorney General, called the shots on Waco back then. He got away with it before – why not again?
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Friday Funny 4-25-14

110,000+ People Viewed Old Mill Articles

More than 110,000 people have viewed the two articles about the Old Mill in Delmar. 

Yeah, I'd say the message has been heard loud and clear. 

I should add there's been close to 300 comments on those two Posts and almost 600 shares as well. 

The Left’s ‘Income Inequality’ Canard

There is no incentive to get people off their dependency on government programs.

Income inequality has long been one of the liberals’ favorite issues. So there is nothing surprising about its being pushed hard this election year.

If nothing else, it is a much-needed distraction from the disasters of Obamacare and the various IRS, Benghazi, and other Obama-administration scandals.

Like so many other favorite liberal issues, income inequality is seldom discussed in terms of the actual consequences of liberal policies. When you turn from eloquent rhetoric to hard facts, the hardest of those facts is that income inequality has actually increased during five years of Barack Obama’s leftist policies.

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U.S. MUSLIMS DEMAND AMERICANS' PRIVATE EMAILS

A Muslim organization is targeting seven Michigan residents who opposed plans for a major Islamic construction project in their neighborhood, and a legal team defending them alleges that the goal is to intimidate the project opponents and send a message to others.

The case is being discussed by officials with the American Freedom Law Center, which is representing the people, whose names were withheld to protect their privacy.

A variety of subpoenas for information, including private emails and other documents, had been delivered by officials representing the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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Pre-Crime Systems Now Actively Monitoring the Internet: “The Computer Algorithm Learns the Pattern and Produces a Prediction”

With revelations that the National Security Agency has collected some 20 trillion phone calls and emails via an expansive nationwide surveillance network, most Americans have already come to the realization that everything they do is being monitored.

But many shrug off Big Brother’s prying eyes by suggesting that, since they aren’t doing anything wrong, they have nothing to worry about.

That may have been true several years ago, but the digital surveillance systems of today are far more advanced than most people understand. No longer are these machines simply recording the data and storing them in some historical archive to be pulled at a later date should the government ever have reason to take a closer look at your personal life.

The next generation of systems are being used to actively monitor your digital interactions, surfing habits, conversations and daily sentiment in an effort to predict your future behavior. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the systems currently operating within the social media sphere.

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First Televised Debate Set Among Democratic Candidates For Governor

The three leading Democratic candidates for governor will hold their first televised debate next month in College Park.

The University of Maryland, Bowie State University and NBC 4 Washington will sponsor the May 7 debate to take place at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on the University of Maryland College Park campus.

Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, Attorney General Doug Gansler, and Montgomery County Delegate Heather Mizeur will participate in the one hour forum.
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Green Bay Police Departement Brutality

An Illustrated Guide To The Atomic Bombs

Early Bombs

“Thin Man” Plutonium Gun Type Bomb Casings in 1944. In the background you can see “Fat Man” casings. It is unknown whether they are the early Model 1222 “Fat Man” casings, which required 1,200 bolts to assemble, or the later Model 1561 casings which were substantially easier to assemble and which were used for the production versions.

Initial Bomb Assembly and Test

Photograph of personnel checking a casing. A significant number of extra casings were shipped to Tinian and used in various tests with “dummy” bombs which contained all the active components of a working atomic bomb, but no fissile material to test out and prove the assembly procedures for the actual devices themselves.

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Ex-DHS watchdog placed on leave after Senate probe says he altered reports

The official tasked with keeping watch over the Department of Homeland Security was instead watching out for senior officials he considered his "friends," according to a Senate probe.

A subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs released a scathing report on Thursday that effectively confirmed many of the ethical allegations that have trailed Charles Edwards ever since he resigned his post in December as acting DHS inspector general. The report determined that he "jeopardized the independence" of his office by socializing with senior DHS officials and had reports "altered or delayed" to accommodate the department he was supposed to oversee.

In the wake of the report, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson announced that Edwards, who after leaving the acting IG post took a different job at DHS, would be placed on administrative leave.

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BREAKING NEWS: Federal prosecutors to file charges against Rep. Grimm, attorney says

New York Republican Rep. Michael Grimm's attorney confirms that federal prosecutors plan to file criminal charges against the congressman following a two-year investigation into his business and campaign history.

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Girl Sentenced To Juvenile Facility For Assaulting Autistic Boy In Southern Maryland

The younger of the two girls accused of assaulting and tormenting a 16-year-old autistic boy in Southern Maryland — including luring him out to a frozen pond that he fell into repeatedly — was sentenced Thursday to a maximum of about six years in a secure juvenile detention facility.

The 15-year-old girl pleaded guilty earlier this month to second-degree assault and displaying an obscene photograph of a boy, and a St. Mary’s County judge ordered her on Thursday to a lockdown juvenile facility until age 21, or earlier if authorities deem it appropriate. (The girl is a juvenile and has not been publicly identified by authorities.)

The other girl in the case, Lauren A. Bush, 17, has been charged as an adult with first-degree assault, child-pornography solicitation and false imprisonment and, if convicted, faces up to 80 years in prison.
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Brew River This Weekend

Governor O'Malley Continues To Practice For Unemployment

GOVERNOR MARTIN O'MALLEY'S PUBLIC SCHEDULE

April 26, 2014 through May 2, 2014

Saturday, April 26, 2014

NO PUBLIC SCHEDULE

Sunday, April 27, 2014

NO PUBLIC SCHEDULE

Monday, April 28, 2014

11:00 am         Governor O’Malley to make Smart Growth Announcement

Location: Outside, Old Town Mall, 407 Ensor Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

OFFICE SCHEDULE

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

10:00 am         Governor O’Malley to attend Board of Public Works Meeting

Location: Governor's Reception Room, State House, Annapolis, Maryland

7:00 pm           Governor O’Malley to receive the 2014 Betty Tyler Award at the 9th Annual Planned Parenthood of Maryland Spring Gala

Location: Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore, Harbor East, Baltimore, Maryland

Thursday, May 1, 2014

NO PUBLIC SCHEDULE

Friday, May 2, 2014

NO PUBLIC SCHEDULE

OK, Now I Know Why They Wear Helmets While Driving Down The Road

Md. Election Board Rejects Bid To Certify Online Ballot Marking System

Wary members of the state election board said they could not certify a new voting system for use in the June primary election until more security measures are put in place.

State election officials were hoping to certify a new online ballot marking tool that could be accessed when downloading a ballot online — a feature that is currently available to all voters.

But board members were troubled by an IT security assessment conducted for the state by a firm that has never performed Internet security tests on election systems. The Largo-based company, Unatek, Inc., also didn’t study voter fraud risks at the front end of the voting system where ballots are requested online.
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The Land Grabbing Feds

In October 1980, Gerald Chaffin threw gasoline on his wood-frame home and burned it to the ground. He did it at the behest of the federal government. His crime? The BLM controlled the land on which his home had been located. He was the third owner of the home, which had stood for 37 years to house oil workers. His house, the BLM said, was trespassing. It would have to go.

Three decades later, Americans are still fighting the same battle.

On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott penned a letter to Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze opposing what he sees as a potential land grab in the northern part of the state by the federal government.

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