What do you call a country in which one person has the power to dictate to local elected officials how land within their jurisdiction may be used or not used?Dictatorship?This past week with the proverbial stroke of his oft-bragged-about pen President Obama singlehandedly created a 700,000-acre Basin and Range National Monument in the Coal and Garden valleys in Lincoln and Nye … [Read more...]
Archives for July 15, 2015
Open season on murdering blacks is terrorism
The past is never dead. It’s not even past.— Faulkner, “Requiem for a Nun” (1951)The media rightly call it terrorism when the Islamic State kills people. The media now should begin calling it terrorism when whites slaughter African Americans.The white-hooded KKK bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963, killing four little black girls and injuring … [Read more...]
School, life, death, taxes and other high ironies
CAN’T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES DEPT. The legit media mountainously missed the punchline of the joke that lawmakers, lobbyists and Gov. Veto El Obtúsè played on us peasants.Last year, they all scurried to Carson City to give Tesla $1.3 billion in corporate welfare freebies. This year, they raised taxes. By $1.3 billion. Which barely moved the needle on education budgets. … [Read more...]
Federal agency’s unconstitutional power grab
By Adam Paul LaxaltNevada Attorney GeneralFew states feel the importance of water more keenly than Nevada, where cities and towns are surrounded by high sierra and desert landscapes. But agriculture, industry, and nature can all thrive here, even in the midst of a severe drought, largely because our delicate ecosystem is regulated and maintained at the local and state levels, … [Read more...]
Reno’s O’Brien, Romak earn start in Triple-A All-Star Game
The Reno Aces are only sending two players to the Triple-A All-Star Game on Wednesday in Omaha, Neb., but the Arizona Diamondbacks’ affiliate will certainly be well represented at the event.Left fielder Peter O’Brien, 24, and third baseman Jamie Romak, 29, are not only starting Wednesday’s contest, marking the fourth out of the last five seasons Reno has sent two starters to … [Read more...]
Can your walls stand up to life?
(BPT) - Let’s face it. No matter how careful you are, an active family can take its toll on the interior of a house – especially on the walls. Depending on the season or day of the week, your family may come home toting cross-country skis, throwing off wet raincoats or banging football gear against the wall.The average buyer stays in a home for 13 years – long enough for kids, … [Read more...]
How to Lower Your Mortgage Payments
Are you a homeowner who is current on your mortgage and looking to lower your interest rate? Alternatively, would you like to shorten your mortgage term and build equity faster? You may be able to take advantage of a long standing federal program to save hundreds of dollars on your mortgage payment every month or shorten your mortgage term and save money in the long run.The … [Read more...]