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Lawmakers filed suit claiming Gov. “Butch” Otter took too long to veto; he defended action with 1978 high court ruling. Via the AP:  The Idaho Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s contentious veto of legislation repealing the state’s 6 percent sales tax on groceries. The high court’s decision comes after 30 state […]

Board of Adjustment allows college to grow at former CJ’s on Main Street. Via the Moscow-Pullman Daily News:  After more than an hour of discussion about the effects of parking on downtown businesses and surrounding neighborhoods, the Moscow Board of Adjustment — for the second time — approved a conditional use permit Tuesday night allowing

Welcome to the new America.  A federal case against a Michigan physician who allegedly performed female genital mutilation procedures on 100 girls has expanded to individuals in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City as well as Minnesota, her attorney has revealed. Read Full Article It’s also a huge issue in Germany, as you would

More: Republican hopes of repealing and replacing ObamaCare hit yet another brick wall in the Senate on Tuesday, effectively killing current efforts. While the other networks in the Big Three (ABC and NBC) remarked on the failure of action after seven years of promises, the reporting on CBS Evening News took on a mocking tone

Commenting on how the White House is taking new approaches with its daily press briefings, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said he would exclude CNN from the briefings because a study by Harvard determined that CNN’s coverage of President Trump was 93% negative, which makes them an “attack network,” a “propaganda network.” Read Full

Letting it fail by executing it faithfully as written (without legislative fixes) is executing the law. 

When Democrats win the majority elections have consequences, but when Republicans win, now is the time for bipartisanship. Or resistance at all costs. And suddenly, obstructionism is cool. Funny how that works. 

I just finished reading George Orwell’s Animal Farm again.  The last time I read it was in college in Germany in 1980. I read the German translation back then. I still remember one line that especially stuck out to me:  “alle sind gleich aber manche sind gleicher” — all are equal, but some are more equal. 

If you know anything about Germans and Austrians, you know that they love their pork.  This can’t end well.  Austrian City Bans Pork in Kindergartens to Accommodate Muslim Children – Breitbart The ban was not advertised or announced and has been in place for some time until parents of children attending kindergartens in the city

Coldest July 14 since 1871. NEW BRUNSWICKissued by Environment Canada Saturday 15 July 2017 The following stations set a daily minimum temperature record on July 14, 2017: Grand MananNew record of 3.7 (38.7 F)Old record of 5.0 (41.0 F) set in 1992Records in this area have been kept since 1883 Saint JohnNew record of 4.7

In college, you are guilty until proven innocent. Especially if you happen to be white. And especially if you happen to be male. Because white males are already guilty.  And you wonder why so many are fleeing the US university system?  Columbia settles Nungesser’s Title IX lawsuit Columbia and Paul Nungesser, CC ’15, have agreed

Via Ben Garrison

If a record hot in Lewiston confirms Global Warming, does a record cold in New Brunswick confirm Global Cooling?  Record cold in New Brunswick. Weather summary for New Brunswickissued by Environment CanadaFriday 14 July 2017. The following stations set a daily minimum temperature record onJuly 13, 2017: Grand MananNew record of 4.9Old record of 7.8 set

A breath of fresh air from the EPA! Via Politico: EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt dismissed European critics of President Donald Trump’s climate policies as hypocrites on Wednesday, while chastising German Chancellor Angela Merkel for phasing out her country’s nuclear power plants. “I just think the hypocrisy runs rampant,” Pruitt said in an interview with POLITICO.

Hopefully the Senate will bring it up, too.  House panel approves bill to prevent abusive IRS seizures The House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday approved bipartisan legislation that would limit when the IRS can seize taxpayer funds. The legislation, sponsored by Reps. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) and Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.), passed the committee by voice

It’s about time! The US arm of a European multinational oil and gas company has been approved to begin exploratory drilling in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea. Environmentalists argue the Trump administration doesn’t have the authority for such a move and it would endanger land and marine life. Read Full Article