Category Archives: Idaho

Drugs, the American Way: Is Mexico & China waging a Fentanyl war against the United States?

Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg, seriously this isn’t the half-of-it!) list of links to United States (U.S.) drug related crimes and oddities for the month of January 2023:

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET photo, 16JAN2023.

On 16JAN2023, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) transferred approximately 250 kilograms of cocaine, and three smugglers, to Dominican Republic.  They were captured in the Mona Passage on 10JAN2023.

U.S. Coast Guard photo via U.S. Navy 5th Fleet, 30JAN2023.

On 30JAN2023, USCG Cutter Emlen Tunnell (WPC 1145) captured 4-thousand kilograms of hashish and 512 kilograms of methamphetamine, in the Gulf of Oman. This was the first drug seizure in 2023 for Combined Task Force (CTF)-150: “This is just the beginning of our work in delivering maritime security operations in the region to stop illicit activities and drug smuggling. This comes as a result of a valued partnership between CTF 150 and all partner nations in Combined Maritime Forces.”-Captain James Byron, United Kingdom Royal Navy, current leader of CMF-150 (so, even the U.S. led anti-smuggling operations in the Gulf of Oman are commanded by Red Coats!)

Also on 30JAN2023U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence gave a short history of the U.S. Tactical Analysis Teams (TATs) deployed to Central and South America, in the name of taking the Reagan era War on Drugs international.  The first TAT was formed and deployed in 1989.  Obviously, to me, it has been a resounding failure, but don’t tell that to the taxpayer funded U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, or U.S. Southern Command (SouthCom).

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reported capturing more than 379 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl in 2022, enough to kill every American! Most of the fentanyl is smuggled by Mexican drug gangs, and is being mass-produced at secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China!

CALIFORNIA:   The leader of a Guatemalan drug-gang sent to federal prison for just over 17 years.  The operation involved smuggling cocaine from South American countries, through Guatemala and Mexico, into the U.S., using migrants and boats!

A Mexican national pled guilty to selling Mexican made pills of fentanyl and synthetic heroin.  The pills were sold under the name of ‘Chinese Food’.

USCG photo by Petty Officer Third Class Alex Gray, 18JAN2023.

In the marijuana legal Golden State, the crew of the USCG Cutter Alert (WMEC-630) off-loaded approximately 4-thousand pounds of marijuana in San Diego, on 18JAN2023.

COLORADO: The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Division seized over 5.8 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl in 2022! The Division covers the states of Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming.

FLORIDA: Doctor gets five years in federal prison for illegally prescribing opioid pain medication.

The leader of a drug smuggling gang is facing life in federal prison after a jury found him guilty.  The meth came into Florida from Georgia and Texas, but originated in Mexico.

IDAHO:  A Blackfoot man was sent to federal prison for life, for smuggling methamphetamine and heroin from Salt Lake City, Utah, and Mexico, and for operating a violent debt collection gang!

ILLINOIS: An illegal migrant sent to federal prison for more than three years, after he was caught smuggling fentanyl from Mexico, again!

The Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division announced the seizure of 804,551 fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills and over 549 pounds of fentanyl powder in 2022!  The Chicago Division covers Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.

LOUISIANA: The Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Orleans Field Division announced the seizure of more than 50.6 million fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills and more than 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder in 2022! The New Orleans Field Division covers Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas.

MARYLAND: The former medical director for Rosen-Hoffberg Rehabilitation and Pain Management was put on only 18 months probation for his part in an illegal opioid operation run through the clinic!

MS-13 gang member sent to federal prison for life!

MASSACHUSETTS: A 61 years old man pled guilty to being part of a Colombian Medellín Cartel cocaine operation, including violent debt collections.

An illegal from Dominican Republic, who is a repeat illegal migration offender, is now charged with the crime of smuggling fentanyl.

NEBRASKA: The DEA’s Omaha Division seized nearly 4.7 million lethal doses of fentanyl in both pill and powder form in 2022!  The Omaha Division covers Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

NEW YORK: Man judged to be responsible for the deaths of three people in one day, after a court ruled that he intentionally laced the drugs he sold with a lethal dose of fentanyl.  It was also shown that the drug dealer knew the victims had a history of health problems because of the drug!

A former leader of the Colombian drug gang Clan del Golfo (CdG) pled guilty to smuggling cocaine,  he was fined $216-million and faces 20 to life in federal prison.

OREGON: A Honduran national arrested for smuggling heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and meth from Mexico, as well as 12 illegally modified guns.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Savitz Drug Store fined $275-thousand for violating the Controlled Substances Act!

RHODE ISLAND: After almost a year in jail, a Dominican national admitted to charges of cocaine smuggling by using the U.S. Postal Service!

TEXAS: Two Mexican women sent to federal prison after pleading guilty to smuggling heroin in potato chip bags, they were able to get into the U.S. legally by using B1/B2 tourist visas.

70 years old woman pleads guilty to smuggling $1-million worth of marijuana!

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s El Paso Division reported the seizure of over 50.6 million fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills and more than 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder in 2022! The El Paso Division covers West Texas and New Mexico.

The Dallas Field Division announces the seizure of more than 7,000 pounds of methamphetamine and over 1 million fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills during the 2022!  The Division covers North Texas and Oklahoma.

WEST VIRGINIA:

West Virginia National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston, 06JAN2023.

On 06JAN2023, the West Virginia National Guard retired their RC-26 Condor (#  94-0260), which had been used on counter drug missions inside the United States.  RC-26 #94-0260 was the last of 11 such aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force and National Guard.

Washington DC: The Chief Executive Officer of JointVentures delivery service pleads guilty to laundering roughly $3-million-500-thousand generated by the illegal sale of marijuana and THC!

The DEA’s Washington DC Division seized over 8.3 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl in 2022!  The DC Division covers District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Mozer O. Da Cunha, 24JAN2023.

On 24JAN2023, Assistant Director Eric Talbot, Office of National Drug Control Policy, spoke with military students from Central and South America, attending the taxpayer funded Organization of American States’ Inter-American Defense College, about current U.S. illegal drugs policy.

WASHINGTON: A man working for the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG,  Jalisco New Generation Cartel) was sent to federal prison for ten years, he was found guilty of smuggling fentanyl from Mexico, and illegally providing guns to drug gang ‘debt collectors’

If you don’t think that countries would use drugs as a weapon of war then you’ve never heard of the British empire’s Opium Wars against China in the 1800s, the British empire was the pioneer of using drugs as weapons!

Drugs, the American Way: MORE DOCTORS, MORE PHARMACIES, MORE HOSPITALS, MORE ILLEGALS!

2021: Illicit Fentanyl and China’s Role

U.S. Civil War, 2023: Idaho says yes to a Greater Idaho! New taxpayer burden?

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The concept of a Greater Idaho actually came out of Oregon, in 2019.  Many rural Oregonians were tired of being dictated to by the woke-folk in Salem. Finally, on 15FEB2023, the Idaho House of Representatives voted yes to a Greater Idaho!  The HJM-1 bill authorizes talks with Oregon about a huge swath of Eastern Oregon becoming part of Idaho!

It should be noted that many Army National Guard units located in Oregon are actually part of the Idaho Army National Guard’s 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team!

To date, eleven counties in Oregon have voted to secede to Idaho!  The decision by Idaho politicians to vote in favor of a Greater Idaho came after the Claremont Institute published an economic survey that was supportive of a Greater Idaho, and that it would actually ease Oregon’s budgetary woes.  It turns out that the average person’s income, in the areas of Oregon that want to defect to Idaho, is much less than those Oregonians in the Northwestern corner of The Beaver State.

Idaho politician warns of Civil War:

Visit The Greater Idaho Movement

U.S. Civil War, 2023: WHAT’S IN YOUR WALLET? CREDIT CARDS CREATE GUN PURCHASE/TRACKING SYSTEM! ALL ABOUT CONTROLLING YOUR STATE RETIREMENT FUND?

U.S. Civil War, 2022: Oregonians tricked into passing ‘back-door’ anti-gun law, which actually violates state law, while yet more counties vote to secede!

U.S. Civil War, 2016: IDAHO & NEVADA MILITIAS INVADE OREGON AFTER FEDERAL JUDGE IMPOSES DOUBLE JEOPARDY ON RANCHERS!

U.S. Civil War, 2013:  OREGON SHERIFFS REFUSE TO ENFORCE ANY NEW ANTI-GUN LAWS!

PANDĒMUS REBELLIONIS: Druggist says ‘No More mRNA for you!’ Idaho to ban m-R-N-A?

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In the city of Boise (Boy-cee, not Boy-zee), Idaho, a Rite Aid pharmacist is refusing to administer mRNA vaccines! Of course the ‘woke’ news media in Boise is reporting this as some kind of crime!

It is interesting that this Pandemic Mandate rebellion by a pharmacist comes at the same time that the Idaho legislature is considering making it a crime to administer mRNA vaccines within The Gem State!

Vaccine Fail: Florida REVEALs cover-up of INCREDIBLY MASSIVE SPIKE IN ADVERSE REACTIONS DURING MONTHS FOLLOWING m-R-N-A INJECTIONS!

PANDĒMUS REBELLIONIS:  U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL QUIETLY SHUT DOWN MASS-VAX SITE!

State of GEORGIA PERMANENTLY BANS MANDATES?

NORTH DAKOTA TO BAN MANDATES & m-R-N-A?

World War 3: Idaho’s Combat Training Area expanded! Millions spent on fire fighting!

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The Idaho National Guard revealed that over the past few years the training area known as Orchard Combat Training Center (formerly known as Orchard Training Area [OTA], back when I was a member of the Idaho Army National Guard) was greatly expanded, from approximately 143-thousand acres to more than 170-thousand acres!

Orchard Combat Training Center (OCTC) is located on federally owned BLM (Bureau of Land Management) property.  In the past few years the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has spent big taxpayer dollars making the OCTC a premier combat training area, but it still doesn’t come close to the size of the U.S. Army’s Fort Irwin-National Training Center, in California.

The expansion of 2022 required more money to be spent, on upgrading the OCTC fire department. When I was in the Idaho Army National Guard there was no fire department on the OTA, but that changed in 2013, due to the massive spending by the DoD to create a new OCTC.  To justify a fire department located out in the middle of BFE western Idaho, in 2014, the Idaho National Guard established mutual aid agreements between Orchard Fire & Emergency Services, the Boise Fire Department and the Oasis Volunteer Fire Department. In 2020, a deal was made with the Idaho Transportation Department. Currently, there are deals in the works with the Mountain Home Fire Department, and Mountain Home Air Force Base.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Crystal Farris, 11JAN2023.

The result is that the OCTC Fire & Emergency Services has responded to more than 120 fires, and more than 40 emergency service calls on Interstate 84: “The Orchard Fire and Emergency Services is able to support emergency responses in local communities and during accidents on the interstate through mutual aid agreements. The agreements provide a benefit to not only those in need during emergencies, but also our firefighters who continuously hone their skills.”-Lieutenant Colonal Eric Sharp, OCTC director

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Crystal Farris, 11JAN2023.

Since 2019, the Idaho National Guard’s Orchard Fire & Emergency Services got federal taxpayer money for new vehicles, equipment, plus more than $6-million in building renovations which expanded the fire-station’s size from 10-thousand square feet to 21-thousand square feet.  Also, the number employees went from 15 to 30.

October 2022: IDAHO’s upgraded OCTC INVADED BY APACHES FROM ARIZONA & SINGAPORE?

August 2021: SINGAPORE APACHES TEST IDAHO’S NEW OCTC D-A-G-I-R SYSTEM

April 2021:

IDAHO’s OCTC HOME TO FIRST EVER NATIONAL GUARD D-A-G-I-R!

U.S. Disaster, November 2021: IDAHO MILITIA & BOISE FD TRAIN FOR SWIFT WATER RESCUES, WITHOUT WATER!

Hunger Games: Idaho to build largest Dairy research center in the U.S.! Another White Elephant?

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“We are building the nation’s largest research dairy in Rupert, Idaho. That doesn’t happen if we don’t have dairy processors come to the table and say, ‘We are going to support the producer community and put money toward this project.”-Rick Naerebout, CEO of the Idaho Dairymen’s Association

It is set to begin dairy ‘research’ in 2024, the University of Idaho’s taxpayer and food industry funded Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (CAFE, part of a larger CAFE Discovery Center): “Collectively, we can move mountains. From the Idaho Legislature to Redox and others in agriculture, it truly is a remarkable partnership that will pay widespread dividends.”Michael Parrella, Dean of the University of Idaho’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, 07FEB2023

The new CAFE is being funded by a combination of Idaho taxes and food industry donations.  The latest donation came from an Idaho company called Redox Bio-Nutrients, a half-million dollars! The CAFE is expected to cost at least $45-million to complete (keep in mind that the cost keeps going up, in 2022 one report said $22-million), and supposedly will be the largest dairy research center in the United States!

Redox Bio-Nutrients is a 30 years old company specializing in providing farmers with “with high-quality products that help growers efficiently and sustainably produce food.”

In May 2022, controversial (see below) dairy products maker Chobani donated $1-million to the CAFE.

According to a 2018 Farm Bureau report, even before the CAFE project began the Idaho Dairymen’s Association committed $2-million to the project, and Idaho state taxpayers were forced to fund at least $15-million!

In 2022, the CAFE Discovery Center Feasibility Study was published, revealing that one of the economic motivations for the larger CAFE Discovery Center is actually tourism, yet even with that it will not be a money maker, requiring yearly estimated funding to the tune of at least $260-thousand: “Further more, the pro forma assumes that all exhibit costs will be borne by sponsoring organizations in exchange for brand awareness. All this is feasible but will require a concerted capital campaign among Magic Valley area agri-businesses.”

But wait, there is more!  The University of Idaho claims its new multi-million dollar dairy research center isn’t about solving any dairy shortages, but rather solving the ‘problem’ of a glut of dairy products!  The federally mandated university says that most of the country’s dairy production is now concentrated in just two states; overpopulated California, and sparsely populated Idaho, and even so dairy output has skyrocketed with fewer cows: “The dairy industry currently produces 59 percent more milk with 64 percent fewer cows since 1944….  ….there has been a movement of dairy cows to the western United States with the greatest increases occurring in California and Idaho.”

In 1889, the University of Idaho was directly created by a federal ‘land-grant’, originally to act specifically as an agricultural research facility for the U.S., but in recent decades has become a ‘space-grant’ college as well.

Hunger Games/Operation Jupiter: WHY IS THE U.S. MILITARY SO INTENT ON PROTECTING BATS, GLOBALLY?

Borderland Hunger Games January 2023: U.S. CITIZENS GO HUNGRY WHILE MIGRANTS GET FIRST DIBS?

Hunger Games January 2023:  ‘Land Grant’ UNIVERSITY of IDAHO OFFERS FOOD PRESERVATION TIPS, FOR A PRICE, WHILE OTHER UNIVERSITIES, and Social Media, OFFER THE SAME ADVICE FOR FREE!

My Immigrant Idaho September 2021: Dairy producer CHOBANI TO HIRE AFGHAN REFUGEES, PAR FOR THE COURSE FOR BIDEN, AND A TURKISH OWNED COMPANY!

Kawaii: U.S. Navy deploys USS Idaho to…Idaho?

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Towards the end of January 2023, the U.S. Navy’s (USN) 26th nuclear powered Virginia-class attack submarine was ‘floated’ in landlocked Idaho!

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 28JAN2023.

That is, a scale model of the submarine SSN-799 USS Idaho was paraded through downtown McCall, during the yearly Winter Carnival.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 28JAN2023.

Most people don’t know that the birth place of the world’s first nuclear powered submarine was in landlocked Idaho (see more below under Cold War Boats: Nautilus).

Six of the future crew of USS Idaho attend an Idaho Steelheads hockey game, 25JAN2023. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.

The visit of the miniature of the latest USS Idaho (several USN boats have been named after The Gem State) was instigated by the USS Idaho Commissioning Committee, which sent six of SSN-799’s future crew to Idaho, to learn just what-the-heck the state of Idaho is all about.  They also spent some time on Idaho National Guard’s Gowen Field (which is also home to USN/USMC Reserve units); visited the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery; toured the Idaho Veterans Garden in Caldwell; spoke at school assemblies; attended the USS IDAHO Night at the Boise State University, among many other public relations events.

U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten, 25JAN2023.

SSN-799 is currently being completed by General Dynamics Electric Boat, in Connecticut, and is expected to be commissioned into the USN in the Autumn of 2024.  Former Idaho governor Dirk Kempthorne revealed that the christening ceremony will use a bottle filled with water from Idaho lakes: “We went to the different lakes in Idaho gathering the water, which will all go into the champagne bottle, so that when Terry Stackley, our sponsor, christens the boat, the first water that will touch the bow of the USS Idaho will be the waters of Idaho.”

World War Three 2022: CHINA’S A-I-P ATTACK SUB REFRESHES TORPEDOES

World War Three 2021: IDAHO TRAINS KOREAN ANTI-NUCLEAR COMBAT TEAMS!

World War Three 2014:  EASTERN IDAHO SHERIFFS TRAIN UNDER ‘I-RAPTER’ FOR COMING NUCLEAR DISASTER!

World War Three 2012: GERMANY SELLS MORE DOLPHIN SUBMARINES TO ISRAEL

IRAN BUILDS TWO MORE ATTACK SUBMARINES, WILL TARGET U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

World War Three 2011:  RUSSIAN DELTA CLASS SUBMARINE FIRE BEING INVESTIGATED AS POSSIBLE SABOTAGE

ISRAEL INCREASES RANGE OF GERMAN MADE SUBMARINE, CAN CARRY CRUISE MISSILES ARMED WITH NUCLEAR WARHEAD

Cold War Boats:

15OCT2021, USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Jimmy Ivy the Third.

USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571), STILL FIGHTING AFTER 67 YEARS! FIRST BORN IN LAND-LOCKED IDAHO?

 MOSKVA CLASS SUBMARINE HUNTERS, STOP CALLING THEM AIRCRAFT CARRIERS!

Cold War Oddities, Idaho:

HTRE-3

ANCIENT NUCLEAR POWERED JET ENGINE FOUND IN IDAHO DESERT, PROOF OF ANCIENT ALIEN VISITORS?

World War 3: Idaho invades Syria!

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My Idaho Army National Guard alma mater.

On 26JAN2023, it was revealed that the ‘revolving door’ deployment ‘loops’ of the Idaho based Snake River Brigade are all about invading Syria.

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Julio Hernandez, 26JAN2023.

M2A2 Bradley assigned to Charlie Company-2nd Battalion-116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, Idaho National Guard, escorted other U.S./NATO units inside Syria, under the guise of supporting the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Julio Hernandez, 26JAN2023.

It should be noted that whenever U.S. forces enter Syria they remove all identifying unit patches from their uniforms.  But what is the point of that if the U.S. Army, itself, is going to publicize the operation?

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Julio Hernandez, 26JAN2023.

The U.S. Army claims U.S./NATO forces are inside Syria only to train SDF in how to defeat the so-called Islamic State (even though the Syrian government has been kicking ass against the extremists, with the help of Russia).

Never mind that the part of Syria the SDF operates in, and the U.S./NATO forces are based in,  just happens to be in the middle of Syria’s eastern oil/gas field operations.

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Julio Hernandez, 26JAN2023.

The U.S. Army also admitted that in 2022, at least 108 U.S. led operations were conducted  inside Syria.  It is called  Operation Inherent Resolve.

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Julio Hernandez, 26JAN2023.

Operation Inherent Resolve also involves other NATO members, such as Norway’s Telemark Mechanized Infantry Battalion, operating under Task Force Viking.

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Julio Hernandez, 26JAN2023.

World War 3: U.S./NATO TAXPAYERS FUND NEW PRISON Operations INSIDE SYRIA!

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Specialist Benjamin Tierney, released 01JAN2023.

Michigan Army National Guard reveals in a video that its 1st Battalion-125th Infantry Regiment-37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team are conducting weapons qualifications inside Syria, under Task Force Viking!

IDAHO INVADES MOROCCO, SWAN SONG OF THE M109A6?

Battle for Ukraine: 60+ M2 BRADLEYS DEPLOY!

October 2022: IDAHO BASED SNAKE-RIVER INVADES TEXAS, NEXT STOP; KUWAIT & IRAQ!

Pandemic Hunger Games: SNAP shenanigan states hire Security Guards, while citizens go hungry!

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Here in Bannock County, Idaho, there has been a run on local food pantries.  I live in Chubbuck, and the local food pantry is located at the Gate City Christian Church (there are several websites listing it as in Pocatello, but it is actually in Chubbuck), and on 27JAN20232 they were swamped.  The food pantry was left with almost no food; no fresh produce, no dairy, almost no frozen meats, almost no bread/pasta.  Their U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) offerings were down to just cans of pumpkin puree and pasta sauce.  Interestingly, at the beginning of the month they changed their hours of operation, in expectation of more people which is exactly what they got.

I did some research to find out what was going on, and apparently there are two major problems taking place involving the USDA SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, originally known as Food Stamps): 1; many states are overwhelmed with SNAP applications, some states as much as four months behind, 2; the extra Pandemic SNAP funding is about to end in February/March (depending on the news source), and some states have already ended the Pandemic funding (like Idaho)!

For those of you who don’t know, each U.S. state handles the federal SNAP program differently, some states have very liberal programs while others are very tight fisted.

There doesn’t seem to be an explanation for the SNAP application backlog, but some states are having no problem spending tax dollars hiring security guards for their Social Services operations.  The fact that the extra Pandemic funding for SNAP is coming to an end indicates the federal government thinks the Pandemic is over.

Here are links to local news reports/videos (tip-o-the-iceberg) about the SNAP shenanigans taking place across the United States:

8 News Now: Thousands of people in sparsely populated Nevada losing SNAP assistance!

9 News: More than half a million Coloradans hit by SNAP cuts!

Anchorage Daily News: 9-hundred SNAP applications from October 2022 still to be counted, not known how many in November and December! Alaska spends tax dollars on security guards to protect Department of Health workers due to threats of violence!  Medicaid is the next domino to fall!

Alaska’s Division of Public Assistance director suddenly quits due to SNAP shenanigans!

Alaska Beacon: Four months long SNAP application backlog results in lawsuit, thousands going hungry!

Axios: SNAP benefits returning to pre-COVID amounts in February

Baltimore Banner: Mother tries to get back nearly $3,000 worth of SNAP benefits that were stolen from her!

Bloomberg: Scammers Rip Off SNAP Benefits

CBS Chicago: 2-million people in Illinois affected by SNAP cuts!

CBS News: Iowa representatives in the U.S. Congress want to ban meat, butter and flour from SNAP, even though nationwide there has been a 14% increase in people on SNAP since the Pandemic began!

Delaware Public Media: The 2018 Farm Bill is about to end, Congress is debating the 2023 Farm Bill, which will directly affect SNAP and non-profits who get federal funding for things like food pantries.

Forbes: SNAP Cuts Begin In March For Emergency Allotment Recipients, 48 states affected

Fox 8 News: Staggering cuts coming to Ohio’s SNAP

Fox News Milwaukee: Extra SNAP benefits that began due to COVID set to end next month in 32 states

Gothamist: New Yorkers sue city over delays to SNAP

Insider NJ: New Jersey sets $50 minimum SNAP limit per household!

KTOO: Alaska government administrators blame lack of social service workers on 2021 cyberattack, however, Alaska State Employees Association Local 52 says SNAP application backlog caused by massive state layoffs that took place before the cyber attack!

Prairie News: As of November 2022,  the USDA said 82% of U.S. citizens are eligible for SNAP; 74% are working poor, and 42% are elderly. In the state of Texas, 75% are eligible, and Texas comes second in the nation with the highest number of households using SNAP, with 1.1 million people. In the city of Amarillo, 9,115 people, or 12.1% of the population, receive food stamp benefits.

Record Courier: Food pantries to be swamped when Ohio ends Pandemic SNAP!

WSLS: Food producer donated 30-thousand pounds of meat to help Southwest Virginia food operations, due to SNAP cuts!

WDTN: Ohio food pantries prep for end to SNAP Pandemic funding.

Yahoo Finance: The following states already ended the Pandemic SNAP funding: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wyoming.

Santa Fe New Mexican: COVID-19 emergency SNAP benefits to end in March

Hunger Games: BLM FAILED IDAHO IN FAVOR OF GERMAN PHARMA/AG GIANT!

Hunger Games: BLM failed Idaho in favor of German pharma/ag giant!

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“Sage Grouse and Idahoans have already lost so much from the unfettered expansion of phosphate mining and processing in this area.”-Hannah Connor, Center for Biological Diversity

A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it approved a phosphate mine near Soda Springs.  The mine would be part of Southeast Idaho P4 Production phosphate operations already owned by NATO-Germany’s pharmaceutical/agricultural giant Bayer, operations that have a documented history of ground water contamination.

Bayer stated that the phosphate from the Caldwell Canyon Mine would be used for continued production of the herbicide glyphosate, also known as Roundup.  Monsanto was the creator of the controversial Roundup, which ended up being banned by most countries around the world for causing cancer and birth defects.  Monsanto suffered financially after numerous lawsuits and ended up selling-out to Germany’s Bayer in 2018, which agreed to take-on the legal liabilities of Roundup.  Roundup became financially viable, again, once ‘Roundup Ready’ agricultural crops were genetically engineered.

U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill has yet to issue corrective action.

April 2022: Bayer’s Proposed Caldwell Canyon Mine, Bayer claims “it is a major pillar of the Southeast Idaho economy.”

November 2021: CANADIAN GOLD-DIGGERS ALLOWED TO RIP-UP IDAHO FORESTS!

September 2020: USAF DUSTS IDAHO WITH CHEMICALS, IN THE NAME OF FIGHTING WILDFIRES!

Civil Eats, June 2019: Roundup’s Other Problem: Glyphosate is Sourced from Controversial Mines

February 2019: A LITTLE ROUNDUP WITH THAT BEER? 

February 2016:

Photo via Reuters.

500 YEARS OF GERMAN BEER PURITY FLUSHED BY HERBICIDES! Oh Ja! Angela Merkel liebt ihr Glyphosate Bier!

2015: FINALLY, MASS PHOSPHATE POLLUTER J-R SIMPLOT NEAR POCATELLO, IDAHO, HIT BY REGULATORS! That’s not tree pollen on your car, it’s phosphorus dust!

2014: ROUNDUP PROVEN TO CAUSE KIDNEY FAILURE! CAUSE OF GLUTEN ALLERGIES! BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE 1970S, WAKE UP YOU IDIOTS AND STOP USING GLYPHOSATE!

2012: MONSANTO FOUND GUILTY OF POISONING FARMERS! NEW STUDY CONFIRMS ROUNDUP DESTROYS SOIL, REDUCES CROP NUTRITION!

MYSTERY DISEASE KILLING CHILDREN IN CAMBODIA? REMEMBER VIENTAM’S KANUP/ROUNDUP/MONSANTO DISASTER?

MORE EVIDENCE THAT KANUP 480 SL (another name for Roundup) RESPONSIBLE FOR MUTANT WILD DOGS IN VIETNAM!