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Tulis demands air data, says aerial spraying probably not illegal

Federal law leaves open emergency measures to save the planet, but bans chemical spraying of civilian populations if part of a test, absent written consent. [News release] Radio station owner David Tulis is filing an open records request with the Chattanooga Hamilton County air pollution control bureau. In paperwork sent Monday through the leisurely U.S. […]

Brilliant men taking control of weather, History Channel says

Chattanooga skies continue to be covered with two cloud systems. One seems to be natural cloud cover, but the context is a continuing haze. The continuing haze is unusual, and daily over the city. This video from the History Channel is 45 minutes long, and explains how far men have gone in their understanding of […]

Relying on people, new local economy will burst through old

(Cartoon The Moneychanger newsletter) [I published this essay from The Moneychanger in August 2012, but I suspect as you are a new reader and missed it. — DJT] By Franklin Sanders Let’s face a reality most Americans refuse to confess: America is not the land of the free. Not only does very little freedom — […]

As Chattanoogans protest, Monsanto gains access to weather

Fans of healthy food protest Monsanto in Chattanooga on Saturday. The company has developed genetically modified vegetables. (Photo March Against Monsanto on Facebook) A boy suggests that bee colony collapse syndrome is connected with the wiles of Monsanto’s GMO program. (Photo by Andrew Helms) By David Tulis Chattanooga residents protested the growing claims upon the […]

The pledge of allegiance vs. local economy

Flags representing the federal government and the 50 states flutter on the lawn of Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., on Memorial Day, May 26, 2014. By David Tulis The Christian socialist cousins behind the American pledge of allegiance were men who had a low view of local economy. Their vision of America in 1892 was one of national […]

Man, 25, eyeing jet trails, worries on ’60s-style pollution over River City

The cop on the set of a commercial, Chris McNelly is an actor who works as a manager at Ankar’s Hoagies on Hixson Pike in Chattanooga. By David Tulis For Chris McNelly, Friday was a pretty normal day. Normal clouds. No unusual air traffic over Chattanooga. The man who prepares sandwiches and helps Judy Ankar […]

Suspects in Bobo case charged pursuant to biblical distinction

Two men have been charged with murder in the death of Holly Bobo, who remains missing. (Photo TV3 in Chattanooga) By David Tulis The Holly Bobo slaying case produced a second indictment on April 29, this time against Jason Autry, a 39-year-old man accused by a special grand jury of first degree murder and especially […]

Reluctant to play ball, a boy stands to side; dad scans horizon

Dads enjoy watching sons at a regular Tuesday evening Trail Life USA gathering in  Chattanooga under a wildly white-striped sky. By David Tulis Tuesday nights at my house is Trail Life USA, a new and morally honest alternative to the Boy Scouts. We have dinner early, and head off to Clear Creek Church of Christ […]