On Thursday the worlds largest meat packer JBS announced that it was paying $52.5 million to settle a price fixing lawsuit…and that’s all that was reported.
Beef Price Fixing:
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Watts Inside?
Watts Inside ?
Across the country, a big backlash to new renewables is mounting based on the national security, financial, health, safety and environmental costs of wind and sun energy.
Utility scale solar and wind takes up a lot of land, requiring anywhere from 5 to 10 acres per megawatt. And there can be big drainage and sediment pollution problems if developers are careless. Wind turbines are huge and visible for miles.
They do kill thousands of birds and bats a year. They can catch fire or leak lubricating fluid that contain forever chemicals like PFAS (Poly Fluoro Alkyl Substances). Like other sources of power, they have their own set of problems.
From White House to Church House
From White House to Church House :
By the grace of God, I recently completed a long walk across the USA, and definitely not by the shortest or easiest route (thelongwalkusa.com). My daughter and I got our feet wet in the Atlantic off North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras in March of 2021; and just three months ago, we dipped our feet in the Pacific off the California coast.
Ensuring the Safety of Women – Bathroom
Ensuring the Safety of Women – Bathroom :
Recently, I read Representative Brad Barker’s version of a rule change I offered at our Joint Rules Committee meeting in Helena. Joint, meaning House and Senate members together to set rules that will affect both chambers in the upcoming session beginning January 6th.
Corporate Transparency Act
Corporate Transparency Act :
On Dec. 3, 2024, a federal district court in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction preventing the federal government from requiring certain businesses to report their “beneficial owners” to the U.S. Department of the Treasury by January 1, 2025
Border War – Sheep Industry Belly-up
Border War – Sheep Industry Belly-up :
A major contributor to the ongoing contraction of America’s independent, family-scale cattle and sheep farms and ranches can be traced back to the early 90s. It was in 1994 that America deliberately kowtowed to the global elites and struck out blindly on a journey to see how long it would take before the most efficient and productive food production system the world has ever known is rendered unrecognizable. That production system, of course, was America’s widely dispersed family farm and ranch system of agriculture.
