Who knew that this free airshow would also be the last for Idaho’s Pocatello Airport?
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POKEY AIRPORT 02 AUGUST 2014: 
BEST DAMN FREE AIRSHOW, YET!
POKEY AIRPORT: 
Idaho Army National Guard M109
Who knew that this free airshow would also be the last for Idaho’s Pocatello Airport?
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Here’s what Sgt. Fury was furious about: POKEY AIRPORT 02 AUGUST 2014: MIG-15 UTI & MIG-17
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Who knew that this free airshow would also be the last for Idaho’s Pocatello Airport?
Click pics to make bigger, photos by AAron B. Hutchins:
The MiGs and Fury gave an awesome dogfight display over our heads (my cheap-o cam is not good enough to take pics of far away/fast moving object) . The MiG-17 had its afterburner going most of the time. Must praise the sponsors of this FREE airshow: Pocatello Regional airport, AVCenter/AVFuel, Citizens Community Bank, FMC, RockLandWindFarm, BadlandsBattlefield, TO Engineers, Home Depot, Community Animal Hospital, D.L. Evans Bank, Hertz, JRM Foundation, Idaho Power, Petersen Inc, Portneuf Medical Center, Sanctuary Wealth Management, Allstate, Bank of Idaho, Clarion Inn, Connections Credit Union.
VULTEE BT-13 POKEY AIRPORT, 2012 & 2014
31 July 2014 (12:40 UTC-07 Tango)/03 Shawwal 1435/09 Mordad 1393/05 Xin-Wei (7th month) 4712
“…I was absolutely legal in doing so and to be honest I was a little bit dumb founded….I’m on my own property and I now feel like I need to hesitate to walk around my own field without getting harassed.”-William Baker, interview with KPVI
In Arco, Idaho, a rancher was harassed by the owner of a KAO Campground because he was open carrying a Colt 1911 .45 pistol.
William Baker was out with his dogs walking his fields along the border with a KAO Campground. The campers at the KAO freaked out and complained to the KAO owner. The KAO owner menaced the gun owner demanding his remove his gun.
Local news media KPVI consulted with the Butte County Sheriff, who confirmed that open carry of guns is legal in the Gem State.
cops admit Open Carry of guns by citizens reduces crime
Pocatello Airport, Idaho. Click pics (by AAron B. Hutchins) to make bigger:
30 July 2014 (19:19 UTC-07 Tango 29 July 2014)/02 Shawwal 1435/08 Mordad 1393/04 Xin-Wei (7th month) 4712
The Idaho Department of Corrections walked into the former CCA controlled Gladiator School (Idaho Correctional Center) and discovered prisoners who had been abandonded for at least eight days!
Earlier in the year, after years of complaints and civil lawsuits, and then the final straw when CCA was caught red handed ripping off Idaho taxpayers, the state of Idaho told Tennessee based Corrections Corporation of America that their contract would not be renewed. Idaho State Police even asked the U.S. FBI to investigate CCA.
Idaho Department of Corrections say when they walked into the prison, in June, they found chronically ill inmates who had been neglected, missing medical records, and no medications.
CCA claims they asked Idaho officials if they wanted a medication inventory done, before they vacated, but state officials said no.
CCA also revealed that Idaho Department of Corrections ‘took over’ the prison by simply hiring on the (now former) evil CCA prison guards, the very guys who’re part of the problem!
This doesn’t surprise men, considering the Republican leaders of Idaho are the biggest recipients of CCA campaign money in the whole Gem State!
FBI to investigate Idaho’s Gladiator School
Idaho lawmakers demand FBI go after CCA!
governor orders surprise investigation into CCA!
Idaho kicks out for profit prison operator CCA!
Corporate run prison behind gang violence in Idaho
Republican supporter, CCA, about to settle lawsuits
Largest corporate prison operator in the pockets of Idaho Republicans
Corporations that use prison labor, and the States that are involved
29 July 2014 (23:15 UTC-07 Tango 28 July 2014)/01 Shawwal 1435/07 Mordad 1393/03 Xin-Wei (7th month) 4712
In Japan, the cute macaques known for taking hot tub baths are now contaminated with radiation from Fukushima Daiichi. 61 monkeys living 70km (44 miles) from the GE designed disaster reactors are contaminated with cesium, blood tests show.
Japanese living within 5km (3 miles) of the Sendai nuclear power factory were issued iodide pills. This is because it’s likely the power plant will be allowed to re-start soon. For some reason many news media continue to incorrectly call the pills “iodine”.
In United States, investigators trying to figure out what caused the explosions inside New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), now think it was caused by a contaminated glove.
Their new hypothesis is that the glove contained radioactive metal particles that heated up when it came into contact with chemicals. Apparently this is not the first time this has happened: “Glove box gloves and nitric acid and lead have been implicated in other energetic events within the DOE complex.”-Nan Sauer, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
All across the U.S., massive emergency response exercises are taking place. The scenario is a nuclear explosion. Some exercises already underway are part of operation Vibrant Response, which is conducted by the U.S. Army’s NorthCom.
Other nuke disaster exercises involve federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. On 29 July 2014, Idaho State University campus, in Pocatello, will be the site of such training: “This exercise is being conducted to evaluate the capability of local response agencies and other essential partners to effectively respond to and manage a simulated incident of significance on the ISU campus. In order to keep the drill as realistic as possible for the responders and other participants, we are not releasing a great amount of detail about the scenario.”-Stephen Hayward, Eastern Region for the Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security
In August, Army National Guard units will converge in Kansas for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Enhanced (CBRNE) training. Those units are from the states of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Iowa. The training is known as Vigilant Guard: “This is the first time that all levels have been operational. It gives us a chance for the very first time to exercise the battle hand-off and participate as a member of a unified National Guard CBRNE response enterprise.”-Major Robert Cole, 73rd CST
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been advertising for free (paid for by taxpayers) Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. The next CERT training is this September.
Secret nuke dumps…. 280-billion Bq per hour spewing
16 July 2014 (20:18 UTC-07 Tango 15 July 2014)/18 Ramadan 1435/25 Tir 1393/20 Xin-Wei 4712
Years after Gottschalks went bankrupt busted, a new tenant is moving into the vacant building in Pocatello, Idaho: Sportsman’s Warehouse. Sportsman’s Warehouse is not new to Pocatello, but it is a victim of the Too Big to Jail banks.
Today the Sportsman’s Warehouse signs went up on the abandoned Gottschalks location, ending months of rumors.
In 2006 Sportsman’s Warehouse opened a large store in the Pocatello Square area (which was created by forcing dozens of home owners out of what was once a residential area), it was part of a 23 store expansion. By 2007 the company was expanding faster than it could handle, they needed a new inventory/distribution system, which was going to cost millions, so they turned to the Too Big to Jail banks for massive financing. By 2009 those Too Big to Jail banks turned on Sportsman’s Warehouse and attempted suck back every penny loaned out: “Within a period of three weeks, we lost $110 million in liquidity. The way the banks took money away from us was incredible. It all happened so fast.”-Stuart Utgaard
Stu Utgaard, the now former owner of Sportsman’s Warehouse, even turned to a British empire operation for help, Canada’s United Farmers of Alberta. But even they short changed Sportsman’s Warehouse.
The Canadian deal was supposed to invest $90-million USD, but for some reason they backed out after spending only $30-million. The only option left was to close or sell off the 23 new stores and declare bankruptcy. 2300 U.S. employees became unemployed!
Utgaard himself went bankrupt. No thanks to the Too Big to Jail banks, Utgaard reported a personal loss of $10-million! He also lost his job as senior executive. At one point Utgaard faced charges for shooting off a shotgun in his home. That’s a far cry from where he started in 1996, with one store. He published a book about the whole fiasco called The Sportsman’s Warehouse Story. At last report, Utgaard is running a successful olive oil business in Kentucky, and he thanks his true friends for believing in him: “When I came here, I literally had $20 in my pocket. But some of my friends were still crazy enough to loan me money after I went bankrupt.”
Dick’s Sporting Goods now resides in the ‘old’ Sportsman’s Warehouse location. The ‘new’ Sportsman’s Warehouse location might be smaller than the old location, but it’s probably more efficient. Sportsman’s Warehouse is now a privately held company with their HQ in Midvale, Utah.
