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Daryl at The Candidate says:
The recent bill passed by Congress gives the President unlimited authority to declare anyone as an enemy combatant, without any oversight. Once declared an enemy combatant, you can be legally imprisoned without a trial. Forever.
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Today’s graphic on Project for an Old American Century:
I was intereviewed by a Salt Lake Tribune Reporter yesterday who is writing an article on the Salt Lake County Council District 5 race (in which I am a candidate).
The article should be in the Trib this weekend.
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There is an interesting poll being taken in the Salt Lake Tribune’s TRIBTALK
forum:
Poll Options
Who will earn your vote for U.S. Senator on 11/7?
Pete Ashdown, Democrat
Scott N. Bradley, Constitution
Julian Hatch, Desert Greens
Orrin Hatch, Republican
Roger I. Price, Personal Choice
Dave Starr Seely, Libertarian
Please join, comment and cast your vote. (Note: You do not need to join to
cast a vote. To leave a comment you will need to join.)
Message from Chief Arvol Looking Horse.
Mitakuye (my relative),
I, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Nation, ask
you to understand an Indigenous perspective on what has happened in America,
what we call “Turtle Island.” My words seek to unite the global community
through a message from our sacred ceremonies to unite spiritually, each in our
own ways of beliefs in the Creator.
We have been warned from Ancient Prophecies of these times we live in today,
but have also been given a very important message about a solution to turn
these terrible times around.
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Wal-Mart workers walk out Employees at one store in Florida stage a protest—and win a reprieve
For months, politicians and activists have been saying that the low prices at the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores, come at a tremendous cost to its low-paid employees. They point to lawsuits that contend the company discriminates against women and forces low-paid employees to work through lunch breaks and after their shifts, without extra compensation. Wal-Mart has also been boosting its political contributions to stop initiatives aimed at forcing the retailer to raise pay and benefits.
Earlier this week about 200 Wal-Mart employees in Florida walked out in protest of Wal-Mart’s practices to employees.
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Cheney: ‘General Overall Situation’ In Iraq Is Going ‘Remarkably Well’
This article speaks for itself.
UTA looking at hot-water heat to save money
UTA estimates it would cost $15,000 a month to heat the commuter-rail center without the help of heat from the springs. The agency had no exact estimate for how much a geothermal system would save in heating expenses but anticipated it could be thousands of dollars each year.
“We are trying to become a more sustainable organization,” said Grantley Martelly, UTA manager of safety and environmental protection. “One way is through conservation of energy and a reduction in our dependence on fossil fuels. Geothermal energy is one of the things we’re looking at.”
If the study shows that geothermal energy could, indeed, heat UTA’s maintenance center, work would begin to build a geothermal heating system. One type of heating system uses pipes in the ground to draw up water. The water would run through a heat-exchange system, then return into the ground.
The study will show what type of system works best to obtain the energy, Martelly said. The Utah Geological Survey would grant UTA permission to use the hot springs for heating.
“This is basically using energy that is available from the ground that provides or creates no emissions,” said Philip Powlick with the Utah Geological Survey. “It doesn’t deplete a resource and saves the user energy costs.”
This is great and kudos to UTA for pursuing sustainable options for running its operation.
During the past three years, UTA has been working to improve its efficiency in management and environmental practices. In April, the agency became one of the first transit agencies in the world to receive certification from the International Organization of Standardization for its environmental and management standards.
I am told that one of the challenges of geothermal would be the build up of mineral deposits on the heat exchange surfaces. One solution to address this would be to go from a closed piping heat exchanger system to an open trough heat exchanger system using removeable liners.
I am happy to see Utah in the forefront of this issue in mass transportation.
U.S. officials spend billions of dollars on defense and programs to strip our rights and freedoms, all on the name of “homeland security” and sense of feeling “more safe”.
Yet in municipalities and townships and counties nationwide, public safety couldn’t be more affected and citizens more at risk.
In some Utah communities, the average response time to crimes three times the amount of other communities, according to an article in the Salt Lake Tribune today.
And earlier this week, it was discovered that there had been a significant theft of valuables from the storage area at the school where Tom and I work. We had the local police come and take a report and photos and other evidence, but when it came down to it, we were told that they “didn’t have time” to investigate it as thoroughly as it should be. Granted, this isn’t a life threatening crime, but now I’m assuming we will never hear any more about this.
The message I am hearing from all of this is that our public safety is at risk. Because there is not enough money to fund police protection, there are slow response times, little to no investigation of of many crimes, and staff shortages.
Now that has me feeling more safe.
I stole this from the Project for An Old American Century Site:
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 