Dyslexia remains public policy in ‘Read to be Ready’ program
Gov. Bill Haslam’s proposed reading program for East Ridge and other cities does not overturn the long-term Tennessee policy goals in functional illiteracy. The governor and his wife, Crissy, launched a campaign Feb. 17 for “a statewide focus on the critical value of reading — not only the value of learning to read but also […]
Support Franklin for president: Be a man who uses F$100 bills
The F$100 bill is under fire as aiding violations of federal law, though many honest people use them. If you use cash, you support local economy and help establish your manliness and virility. Yes, using cash is more manly than using a credit card. In light of the federal PR war on the F$100 bill, […]
Great default set to push back single greatest threat to liberty
Branch Technology of Chattanooga is developing powerful 3D printers that can print houses. Decentralization and technology are wrecking the progressive dream of the total state shielded by administrative law. (Photo Branch Technologies) By David Tulis Our city and county will lose less — and perhaps even prosper — in the coming great default if people […]
Ending tax on gold, silver coin sales would aid financial liberty in Tennessee
On the pretense that gold and silver are not money, Tennessee state government taxes transactions of gold and silver. (Photo 10th Amendment Center) By Mike Maharrey A Tennessee bill would exempt gold and silver bullion from sales tax, taking a small step toward nullifying the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money. Introduced by Sen. Frank Niceley, […]
‘Fiddle man’ vows appeal after jury rejects constitutional protections
The claim and exercise of a constitutional right cannot be converted into a crime. — Miller v. U.S. 230 F 486, 489. Q What is sin? A Any thought, word or deed that breaks God’s law by omission or commission. — Questions from First Catechism, Biblical Truth for God’s Children It’s our goal to enhance […]
U.S. freely spews fly ash in climate war, but tightens controls in TVA waste stream
A policy sky is built today (Dec. 12, 2015) by redundant leavings from jet aircraft as part of a federal war against sunlight. (Photo Blacky Darr) Mysterious trails crisscross over my house today in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn. Scientist Alan Robock warns that mass sky striping would “significantly affect the radiation available for solar power systems — […]
We need a social economy, not a hyper-financialized plantation economy
A perspective on building local economies in a digital world. By Charles Hugh Smith November 12, 2015 — The key to broadly distributing capital and reversing inequality is to nurture the source of social capital: the community economy. We all know what a hyper-financialized economy looks like — we live in one: central banks create […]
Marceaux, ‘illegals,’ libertarians slip past mysterious gap in driver license law
The senior Basil Marceaux is a perennial Tennessee candidate who argues for a constitutional and anti-state framework that beats back traffic stops and other claws of the administrative state. Basil John Marceaux By David Tulis The arrest last week of Basil John Marceaux sets up a case against the police enforcement of driver license laws […]
‘Toxic nightmare’ as war on global warming drags white coal fly ash across sky
“I mean it is quite obvious from the extent of the spraying,“ says geophysicist J. Marvin Herndon, “millions of tons per year are presently being sprayed — in fact, maybe many millions of tons per year.” (Photo Paula Mandala) An energy utility waste product known as coal flyash is recycled into the air over Brainerd […]
Simulator teaches ‘necessity’ of police violence as Fletcher argues against gulag
Nancy Mason, surrounded by seven sheriff’s deputies, was tased during booking at Hamilton County, Tenn., jail. (Photo wrcbtv.com) TV9’s Latricia Thomas prepares for police simulator training to make clear how dangerous is the trade of cop. (Photo Newschannel9.com) To this day if I see a policeman, do you know what it does to me? I […]