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I enjoy trains, therefore I keep an eye on railroad doings – such as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in Northern Plains Resource Council v. Surface Transportation Board, NPRC v. Surf for short.
At issue is the 2007 Surface Transportation Board (Surf Board or STB) approval of the Tongue River Railroad (TRR), about 130 miles from Miles City, through Otter Creek, Ashland and Birney, to Decker along the Tongue River.
Read At issue is the 2007 Surface Transportation Board (Surf Board or STB) approval of the Tongue River Railroad (TRR), about 130 miles from Miles City, through Otter Creek, Ashland and Birney, to Decker along the Tongue River.
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You may not have heard much about SOPA and its counterpart in the U.S. Senate, PIPA.
SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) in the U.S. House and PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) in the Senate have a noble and necessary cause behind them: To protect the intellectual property created by U.S. citizens and businesses.
It's rare that I get into political topics here but I think it's important that small business owners are aware of SOPA/PIPA and the consequences that exist even for non-technical businesses. I'd kept mostly silent about this legislation so far because it seemed so obvious.
Then I found out that most of the SOPA/PIPA attention focused on my state's congressional people was coming from out of state. I noticed nothing in the state's news outlets on the topic. That silence comes across in Washington as tacit approval from the masses.
Read SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) in the U.S. House and PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) in the Senate have a noble and necessary cause behind them: To protect the intellectual property created by U.S. citizens and businesses.
It's rare that I get into political topics here but I think it's important that small business owners are aware of SOPA/PIPA and the consequences that exist even for non-technical businesses. I'd kept mostly silent about this legislation so far because it seemed so obvious.
Then I found out that most of the SOPA/PIPA attention focused on my state's congressional people was coming from out of state. I noticed nothing in the state's news outlets on the topic. That silence comes across in Washington as tacit approval from the masses.
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As a Montanan who has worked near the international Border for more than 20 years, Rep. Denny Rehberg’s H.R. 1505, The National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act, leaves me scratching my head. What is he thinking?
The bill, which Rehberg co-sponsored, would hand sweeping powers to the Department of Homeland Security and the Border Patrol within 100 miles of the border.
Read The bill, which Rehberg co-sponsored, would hand sweeping powers to the Department of Homeland Security and the Border Patrol within 100 miles of the border.
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Last October, according to CBS News, President Barack Obama described the Occupy Wall Street movement as a reflection of a “broad-based frustration about how our financial system work”’ and pledged to continue fighting to protect American consumers.
CBS News went on to report that “the president, speaking at a press conference, said he had heard about and seen television reports on the recent protests on Wall Street, and noted that “I think it expresses the frustrations that the American people feel.”
Read CBS News went on to report that “the president, speaking at a press conference, said he had heard about and seen television reports on the recent protests on Wall Street, and noted that “I think it expresses the frustrations that the American people feel.”
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Sometime late last year, at least according to experts who estimate these sorts of things, Montana surpassed 1 million residents. The milestone was met with both delight and dejection, even if the number is largely symbolic.
We have now joined 44 other states that have at least that many people. The six below that mark are Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming.
Read We have now joined 44 other states that have at least that many people. The six below that mark are Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming.
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We’ve all been aware for a long time that renewable sources of energy like the sun and wind are better for our health and our planet than fossil fuels like oil and coal. But many have also assumed – and fossil fuel industries have certainly claimed – that renewable sources are more expensive. Fortunately, this is not true, and there’s an excellent resource to prove it.
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Most in Congress ignore the growing hunger for better food. Today a budding constituency is fed up with the quality of our school lunches and the laboratory modifications made to real food.
Food has become a social movement. It makes sense: people make eating decisions three times a day. And eaters do not like all that junk added to processed food, ingredients that you cannot even pronounce.
Read Food has become a social movement. It makes sense: people make eating decisions three times a day. And eaters do not like all that junk added to processed food, ingredients that you cannot even pronounce.
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We almost didn't open it, thinking it was junk mail.
Why would the University of Georgia send us mail way out here in Montana?
We aren't alumni. Our kids don't go there, nor do we have prospective students considering the school.
The letter was addressed to "The Riffey Family" (printed, not hand-addressed), which may have subconsciously given it a chance it normally wouldn't have received.
The letter made it home from the Post Office only because I thought it might be something related to my wife's doctoral studies, even though she had never mentioned UGA to me.
Read Why would the University of Georgia send us mail way out here in Montana?
We aren't alumni. Our kids don't go there, nor do we have prospective students considering the school.
The letter was addressed to "The Riffey Family" (printed, not hand-addressed), which may have subconsciously given it a chance it normally wouldn't have received.
The letter made it home from the Post Office only because I thought it might be something related to my wife's doctoral studies, even though she had never mentioned UGA to me.
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