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• U.S. Senate Votes 60-39 To Reject Filibuster, Proceed With Debate On "Obamacare", The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act

  On November 21st, 2009, the U.S. Senate voted 60-39 to cut off the possibility of a filibuster and proceed with debate on their version of Obamacare, entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Senate needed exactly 60 votes to prevent filibuster, and got them. Media stories on [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:02pm EST
  

• Online Survey Shows Public Opposes Proposed $600 Million "Bridge To Nowhere" Across Utah Lake By A 2-to-1 Margin

  
  On November 20th, 2009, the Deseret News reports that an online survey just concluded shows that respondents oppose a proposed bridge across the northern end of Utah Lake by a 2-to-1 margin.
  
  During public hearings in Provo in October and in Saratoga Springs earlier [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:50am EST
  

• Utah Senator Orrin Hatch Joins In Republican Criticism Of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano's Call For A "Path To Citizenship" For Illegals

  
  What in hell's happened to Senator Orrin Hatch? He's acting and talking like a patriot again. First, he has relentlessly criticized the obscene excesses of the proposed Obamacare health bill. And now, he's joined with other Republican senators in rejected Homeland Security Janet Napolitano's call [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:06pm EST
  

• Thinking Of Visiting South Africa For The 2010 World Cup? Think Again; It's A Crimefest Of Robbery, Assault, Carjacking, And Murder

  Soccer's premier international event, the World Cup which occurs every four years, will be taking place in South Africa in 2010. South Africa is trying to put its best foot forward, hoping to convince people from all over the world to visit. The final list of qualifying teams is [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:25am EST
  

• Hardline Social Conservative Utah State Senator Chris Buttars Endorses Salt Lake's Nondiscrimination Ordinances, May Sponsor Statewide Legislation

  The influence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah is still quite strong. One week after the LDS Church spoke out in favor of Salt Lake City's two new nondiscrimination ordinances, a very unlikely source has also spoken out in favor of them.
  
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:50pm EST
  

• New Petition To Stop Powder Mountain Incorporation By Legislation; Two Utah Lawmakers Pushing "Municipal Disincorporation Amendments"

  
  The Ogden Valley Forum and the Weber County Forum inform us that a new petition is being circulated to stop the proposed incorporation of the Powder Mountain ski resort into a town. This petition is in support of legislation which will plug the [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:20pm EST
  

• Anchorage Daily News Providing Excerpts Of Sarah Palin's Book, "Going Rogue"; Utah Not Yet A Declared Stop On Her Book Tour

  Update November 19th: Sarah Palin has just included Salt Lake City on her book tour; post title changed to reflect this information.
  
  
  Interested in finding out what's in Sarah Palin's new book, "Going Rogue", before you buy it? You're in luck. The Anchorage Daily News' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Is ALIPAC A False Flag Operation Designed To Undermine The Immigration Reform Movement? William Gheen Launches Inexplicable Attack On Dr. David Duke

  It seems like despite the fact that the majority of the American people are opposed to illegal immigration, very few effective measures are taken to curtail it or to remove illegals from our soil. Many speak out boldly against illegal immigration, and some organize rallies and protests to attract media [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 3:15am EST
  

• The Netherlands To Switch From Road Tax To Mileage Tax On Motorists Effective In 2012, Little Public Resistance Expected

  On November 14th, 2009, the Provo Daily Herald published an interesting story on an impending change in taxation on motorists in the Netherlands. Instead of paying a fixed annual road tax, which now totals more than $900 per year for a typical mid-sized car, Dutch drivers will be paying [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 2:29am EST
  

• Barack Obama Disgraces America During Asia Trip, Bows Deeply Before Japan's Emperor Akihito

  
  Photo from Stormfront
  
  If you're an American patriot, the spectacle pictured above should make your blood boil. Particularly if you are a World War II vet who fought in the Pacific Theater. This is how Barack Obama greeted Japan's Emperor Akihito on the first [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 1:01am EST
  

• Pro-Family Sutherland Institute "Blindsided" By Official LDS Support Of Salt Lake City's Gay Nondiscrimination Ordinances

  The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting that the noted pro-family Sutherland Institute was "blindsided" by the expression of support for the two Salt Lake City gay nondiscrimination ordinances expressed by an official representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the Salt Lake City [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 12:20pm EST
  

• LDS Church Expresses Official Support For Salt Lake City's Proposed Gay Nondiscrimination Ordinances During Testimony At City Council Meeting

  During a public hearing on Salt Lake City's proposed gay nondiscrimination ordinances taking place at a regular meeting of the Salt Lake City Council on November 10th, 2009, a representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints expressed the Church's official support for the ordinances. Media stories published [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 8:21pm EST
  

• West Jordan, Utah Parents Photograph Daughter Dressed Up As Ariel The Mermaid, Take Film To Wal-Mart, Now Being Witch-Hunted For Child Porn

  
  Typical Ariel Little Mermaid Costume shown above
  
  This story actually first broke on October 30th, but local police are dragging out the "investigation" despite the fact that there was no breach of law committed, so now it's time to shine a public spotlight on what' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:50am EST
  

• Community Organizer Saul Alinsky And His Eleven Rules For Radicals

  The election of Barack Obama as President has focused renewed attention on Jewish community organizer Saul Alinsky, who died in 1972, but whose ideas and tactics live on. Many of those ideas and tactics were brought forth in order to get Obama elected. Alinsky's teachings are said to have' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:49pm EST
  

• The Story Of Mia Love: The First Black Mayor Of Saratoga Springs, Utah Says Race Is Not An Issue And She's Never Experienced Racism In Utah

  
  Mia Love, pictured with her family
  
  In a previous post about the November 2009 Utah local elections, I posed this question about Saratoga Springs' first Black Mayor Mia Love: Would she be a Condolezza Rice, or a Maxine Waters?
  
  According to a' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 1:13pm EST
  

• Utah's U.S. House Delegation All Vote Against H.R. 3962, The Affordable Health Choices For America Act, But Bill Passes 220-215

  
  On November 7th, 2009, Jim Matheson, Rob Bishop, and Jason Chaffetz, who constitute Utah's three-person U.S. House delegation, all voted against H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Choices for America Act", but it wasn't enough to stop passage. The bill passed by a 220-215 vote. Media stories [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 4:20am EST
  

• Utah's U.S. House Delegation All Vote Against H.R. 3962, The Affordable Health Choices For America Act, But Bill Passes 220-215

  
  On November 7th, 2009, Jim Matheson, Rob Bishop, and Jason Chaffetz, who constitute Utah's three-person U.S. House delegation, all voted against H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Choices for America Act", but it wasn't enough to stop passage. The bill passed by a 220-215 vote. Media stories' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 4:20am EST
  

• Fort Hood Shooter Major Malik Nadal Hasan Allegedly Yelled Out "Allahu Akbar" Before Opening Fire; Muslim/Arab Groups Condemn Shooting

  The developing story about the Fort Hood shooting and its perpetrator, Major Malik Nadal Hasan, is now taking an ominous Islamofascistic turn. According to an eyewitness report, Major Hasan yelled out the jihadi war cry "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) before opening fire.
  
  The eyewitness is a female soldier [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:56pm EST
  

• U.S. Senate Rejects Bob Bennett's "Fairness In Representation Act" To Require Counting Of Illegal Immigrants On 2010 Census By A 60-39 Vote

  On November 5th, 2009, the U.S. Senate voted 60-39, with one abstention, to reject Utah Senator Bob Bennett's proposed "Fairness in Representation Act", which would have required the U.S. Census Bureau to count illegal immigrants during the 2010 census. Media stories published by the Salt Lake Tribune and' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 9:57pm EST
  

• Mark Shurtleff Suspends Campaign Against Utah Senator Bob Bennett For The Sake Of His Daughter's Health; Cherilyn Eagar Now The Lead Challenger

  In a rather stunning development, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff announced on November 4th, 2009 that he is suspending his campaign to challenge incumbent U.S. Senator Bob Bennett for the Republican nomination in 2010 in order to spend more time with a daughter whose mental health is reported to be [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:25am EST
  

• Salt Lake Voters Buy A New $125 Million Cop Shop; Proposition 1 Easily Passes With Over 65 Percent Of The Vote, Ralph Becker May Compromise On Site

  Despite controversy over the proposed location of the new public safety building and even some dissatisfaction over Police Chief Chris Burbank's refusal to consider responding to SB81, Salt Lake City voters were even more concerned over the deteriorating conditions of the present public safety facility, and manifested it by' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:20am EST
  

• Salt Lake Voters Buy A New $125 Million Cop Shop; Proposition 1 Easily Passes With Over 65 Percent Of The Vote, Ralph Becker May Compromise On Site

  Despite controversy over the proposed location of the new public safety building and even some dissatisfaction over Police Chief Chris Burbank's refusal to consider responding to SB81, Salt Lake City voters were even more concerned over the deteriorating conditions of the present public safety facility, and manifested it by [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:20am EST
  

• Stockton, Utah Has A New Mayor: Councilman Mark Whitney Crushes Incumbent Dan Rydalch With Over 75 Percent Of The Vote

  It's final, if not necessarily official. The city of Stockton, Utah will have a new mayor. With all votes counted in both precincts, challenger Mark Whitney crushed incumbent Dan Rydalch, getting three out of every four votes cast.
  
  The final tally, as posted by Tooele County:
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:07pm EST
  

• Stockton, Utah Has A New Mayor: Councilman Mark Whitney Crushes Incumbent Dan Rydalch With Over 75 Percent Of The Vote

  It's final, if not necessarily official. The city of Stockton, Utah will have a new mayor. With all votes counted in both precincts, challenger Mark Whitney crushed incumbent Dan Rydalch, getting three out of every four votes cast.
  
  The final tally, as posted by Tooele County:
  
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:07pm EST
  

• Utah Senator Orrin Hatch Questions Constitutionality Of Forcing All Americans To Buy Health Insurance Under "Obamacare"

  Utah's senior U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch's stewardship has been increasingly questioned by Utahns - particularly by those who are conservative - over the past few years. He's been widely perceived as having done little of note except hold Ted Kennedy's hand since his [Hatch's] marginal Presidential campaign in 2000.
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 3:42pm EST
  

• New Dan Jones Poll Shows Salt Lake City Remains A "Blue" City In A "Red" State; Salt Lake 32 Percent Liberal Vs. 12 Percent Statewide

  Utah's premier pollster Dan Jones has taken the political pulse of Utah once again, and finds that Salt Lake City continues to be a "blue" city in a "red" state. While this isn't exactly headline news to most Utahns, Jones' poll offers one of the more detailed statistical snapshots we've [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 12:07am EST
  

• Citizens For Better Leadership And Planning Opposes The Proposed $125 Million Salt Lake Cop Shop, But Dan Jones Poll Shows 60 Percent Favor Prop 1

  A group called Citizens for Better Leadership and Planning have taken a last minute stand against the projected new $125 million Salt Lake City cop shop on the ballot as Proposition 1, to be decided during the November 3rd, 2009 general election. Media story published by KSL Channel 5. [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 1:30pm EST
  

• Environmental Extremist Utah Moms For Clean Air Pushes People's Republic Of Park City To Promote Anti-Idling Ordinance

  Here we go again. Another group of stay-at-home ditzy soccer moms with too much time on their hands wants to make our lives more complicated and miserable with yet another oppressive nuisance law. It's not enough that we're told where to smoke and what kind of seats our kids must [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 2:14am EST
  

• Stockton, Utah City Council Votes To Reinstate Police Cpl. Josh Rowell With Back Pay; Mayor Dan Rydalch Sneaks Out The Side Door And Ducks The Crowd

  Update November 3rd: Dan Rydalch gets clobbered in election; updated post HERE.
  
  Update November 2nd: Stockton voters who voted early for Mayor Dan Rydalch will not be allowed to change their vote. Lesson learned: Don't vote early.
  
  On October 29th, 2009, justice was finally restored in' [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 11:50pm EDT
  

• American Fork Police Department Officially Reacts To The Four Teenagers Who Rapped Their Order At McDonalds And Cited For Disorderly Conduct

  The story about the four American Fork teenagers were cited for disorderly conduct on October 17th, 2009 because they "rapped" their order at a local McDonald's restaurant at 406 E. State Street in American Fork is gaining traction. The teenagers have taken some responsibility; they owned up to it,' [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 1:15pm EDT
  

• Four Teenage Whigger Wannabes Cited For Disorderly Conduct In American Fork, Utah For "Rapping" Their Order At A McDonald's Drive-Thru

  Update October 29th: American Fork Police Department officially reacts to story; updated post HERE.
  
  It takes all kinds, I guess. Four white teenagers in American Fork, Utah have been cited by police for disorderly conduct for "rapping" their order at a McDonald's drive-through restaurant at 406 E. State' [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 1:35am EDT
  

• Stockton, Utah Mayor Dan Rydalch Has A History Of Abusive Behavior; Early Voters Who Voted For Him Inquire About Changing Their Votes

  Update November 3rd: Dan Rydalch gets clobbered in election; updated post HERE.
  
  Update October 29th: Stockton City Council votes to reinstate Josh Rowell with back pay; updated post HERE.
  
  Stockton, Utah Mayor Dan Rydalch, who just recently suspended Police Cpl Josh Rowell without pay for [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 8:57pm EDT
  

• Ex-Mormon Calendar Boy Chad Hardy Finds Some "Hot Mormon Muffins" To Provide Companionship To His "Men On A Mission"; Tami Roberts Speaks Out

  
  Famous calendar boy Chad Hardy, who was excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on July 13th, 2008 in part because of his provocative "Men On A Mission" calendar featuring returned missionaries in various states of undress (strictly from the waist up), [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 2:45am EDT
  

• Stockton, Utah Mayor Dan Rydalch Suspends Cop Who Ticketed The Mayor's Son, May Have Just Handed Election To Opponent Mark Whitney

  Update November 3rd: Dan Rydalch gets clobbered in election; updated post HERE.
  
  Update November 2nd: Stockton voters who voted early for Mayor Dan Rydalch will not be allowed to change their vote. Lesson learned: Don't vote early.
  
  Update October 29th: Stockton City Council votes to reinstate' [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 7:30pm EDT
  

• Second Hand Music By Stansbury High School Marching Band Stirring Up Early Morning Trouble Amongst Neighbors In Tooele, Utah

  We've all heard about the physical hazards of second hand smoke, almost ad nauseum. But what we've heard little about are the psychological hazards of "second hand music". A March 2007 article in Science Daily discusses the similar mental effects of psychological and physical torture, and identifies forcible exposure [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 5:00pm EDT
  

• Wyoming Proposes To Levy Tolls On Interstate 80 Via HB0179; Trucking Industry Leading The Opposition

  On October 23rd, 2009, KSL Channel 5 briefly reported on future plans by the state of Wyoming to levy tolls on Interstate 80, which crosses the southern part of the state. Initially, it appears it might be an incremental plan, beginning with the construction of a special toll lane [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 2:44pm EDT
  

• Idaho Power County Jail Escapee Rodolfo Ortega Back In Custody, But Gilberto Delgado Still At Large In American Falls

  Update October 26th: Gilberto Delgado now back in custody, recaptured in Chubbuck, Idaho.
  
  
  Of the two Power County Jail inmates who escaped earlier on October 25th, 2009, one of them, Rodolfo Ortega, is back in custody, but the other, Gilberto Delgado (pictured [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 11:23pm EDT
  

• Utahns For Ethical Government Attempting To Get Ethics Reform Initiative On The Ballot For November 2010; Oversight Or Overkill?

  Fueled by legitimate concern over such practices as state lawmakers taking gifts from lobbyists, as well as more traditional concerns about allowing corporations and unions to contribute to individual election campaigns, a group called Utahns for Ethical Government (UEG) crafted a legislative ethics initiative and has launched a petition [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 3:20pm EDT
  

• Children's Health Magazine Rates Salt Lake City Only 79th In A Harshly-Criticized "100 Best Places To Raise A Family" Survey; Jersey City Is 13th

  The editors of Children's Health Magazine obviously need their own mental health examined. They've just published a survey entitled "100 Best (and Worst) Places to Raise a Family" in the United States, and Jersey City finishes much higher than Salt Lake City. An October 23rd story published' [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 8:05pm EDT
  

• Tim Bridgewater Officially Enters The Republican Race To Replace Incumbent Utah Senator Bob Bennett

  
  After flirting with the idea for months, Tim Bridgewater finally dove into the deep end on October 22nd, 2009 and formally declared his candidacy for the United States Senate. He joins three other declared Republicans, Mark Shurtleff, Cherilyn Eagar, and James Williams in [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 3:40am EDT
  

• Utah State Lawmakers Outraged Over Windfall Double Bonuses Paid To Senior SITLA Administrators; SITLA Defends Them As A Necessary Incentive

  On October 21st, 2009, both the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News reported that several Utah lawmakers reacted with outrage when they learned that the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) shelled out five-figure megabonuses, in some cases double bonuses, to six senior SITLA [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 4:22am EDT
  

• Gary Jensen Unanimously Confirmed And Sworn In As New Police Chief In Logan, Utah As Controversy Over "Vernal Ass-Whip" Video Fades

  
  The temporary controversy over a video in which Gary Jensen (pictured at left with Mayor Randy Watts further left) briefly appeared while still police chief in Vernal, Utah, died with a whimper on October 20th, 2009 when the Logan Municipal Council voted unanimously to confirm [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 7:47pm EDT
  

• More Chicanery From A Bank That Utah U.S. Senator Bob Bennett Voted To Bail Out; Citibank Cancels Co-Branded Gas Credit Cards With Virtually No Notice

  
  In October 2008, Utah's Republican U.S. Senator Bob Bennett was one of the majority who voted to bail out the big banks. And one of them, Citibank, has once again shown its gratitude by sticking it to the customer.
  
  Effective October 14th, Citibank' [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 1:04pm EDT
  

• Crackerjack Utah DUI Attorney Jason Schatz Says Utah Too Hard On First-Time DUI Offenders; Cost Of First Time DUI Can Reach $10,000

  According to a lengthy article published on October 16th, 2009 in the Deseret News, the costs for a first-time DUI offense in Utah can reach $10,000, and one of Utah's crack DUI attorneys, Jason Schatz, thinks that's too much money.
  
  The Deseret News calculated that a basic first-time [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 12:15am EDT
  

• LDS Apostle Dallin H. Oaks Right About Religious Freedom Being Under Attack; James Nichols Arrested In North Carolina For "Attending Church"

  Less than 24 hours after the Salt Lake Tribune reported that during a meeting with three organizers of the pro-gay National Equality March that took place in Washington D.C. on October 11th, Senator Reid criticized the LDS Church for backing Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage in California, saying the [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 1:11am EDT
  

• Local "Unscientific" Utah Media Polls Show Predominantly Negative Reactions By Respondents To Barack Obama's Bogus Nobel Peace Prize

  Note: Poll results below now updated through 8 P.M. MDT October 16th, 2009.
  
  Four out of five local Utah media polls present a predominantly negative portrait of ordinary Utah opinion about the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama, originally described in this previous post. The [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 2:55am EDT
  

• American Fork High School Band Instructor Heather Christensen An Authentic American Hero, Laid Down Her Life For Her Friends In Idaho Crash

  
  John 15:13 (KJV) - "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends".
  
  Apparently, Heather Christenson interpreted the word "man" generically. On Saturday October 10th, 2009, when the bus full of high school band members upon [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 2:32pm EDT
  

• Affirmative Action Strikes Again; Barack Obama Selected For The Nobel Peace Prize; Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz Thinks Jay Leno A Better Choice

  I first saw this posted on Nimbusters, a popular no-holds-barred parody site, and thought it was a joke. No joke. Obviously, the Nobel Prize Committee has an affirmative action quota.
  
  Believe it or not, Barack Obama has been selected for the Nobel Peace Prize. National media stories from [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 4:21pm EDT
  

• Ex-Mormon Foundation Conference Themed "No Price Too High" To Be Held In Salt Lake City October 9-11; Utah Media Blackout In Place

  For entirely understandable reasons, the recent LDS General Conference received broad media coverage in Utah, and saturation coverage in the LDS-owned Deseret News and KSL Channel 5. No sensible person would complain about that; after all, the state remains two-thirds LDS, making the LDS Conference, which attracts international visitors, a [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 12:59pm EDT
  

• Hate Crime Protection For Gays Back-Doored Via H.R. 2647, 281-146; Utah's Rob Bishop And Jason Chaffetz Vote No, Jim Matheson Votes Yes

  On October 8th, 2009, H.R. 2647, which backdoors hate crime protection for gays under the protective cover of a defense authorization bill, passed 281-146. Utah's House delegation split their vote; Republicans Rob Bishop and Jason Chaffetz voted No, while Democrat Jim Matheson voted Yes. View the roll call vote [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 6:11pm EDT
  

• How Logan, Utah Mayor Randy Watts Fueled Controversy Over Police Chief Gary Jensen And His "Vernal Ass-Whip" Video

  What should have been a simple open-and-shut case over Logan Police Chief Designate Gary Jensen's appearance in a controversial two-year-old "Vernal Ass-Whip" video has become complicated over the failure of some involved parties to get their stories straight. I refer to Jensen as "designate" simply because he has not [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 3:28pm EDT
  

• South Salt Lake Police Rebut Criticism Of Their Investigation Of The D.J. Bell Case, Shift Blame To Salt Lake County District Attorney

  On October 7th, 2009, KSL Channel 5 reports that the South Salt Lake Police Department fired back against critics who claim the department mishandled the investigation of D.J. Bell. In the process, it appears that while they didn't necessarily throw the Salt Lake County District Attorney's office under the' [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 2:08am EDT
  

• Political Correctness 101: New Logan, Utah Police Chief Gary Jensen Being Witch-Hunted Over Two-Year-Old "Vernal Ass-Whip" Video

  Update October 8th: Controversy expands; see updated post HERE.
  
  Here we go again - the politically-correct fascists are trying to take down a good man because he sinned against the Gospel of Political Correctness. Gary Jensen, the newly-appointed police chief in Logan, was found to be in a [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 1:03am EDT
  

• South Salt Lake Gay Assault Victim D.J. Bell Denies The Kids Were In His Bedroom, Says He Will File A Civil Suit Against His Assailants

  Gay assault victim D.J. Bell spoke out to the Utah media on October 5th, 2009. Not only did he deny that the two kids were ever in his bedroom on July 4th, 2008, but also said he will definitely sue his attackers and may sue the South Salt Lake Police [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
  

• Michael And Christopher Hansen Sentenced To One Year In Jail For Attacking And Urinating On Grandmother In Salt Lake City

  On October 5th, 2009, a 66-year-old Salt Lake City grandmother, now identified as Rita Avery, obtained some measure of justice when her attackers were sentenced to one year in jail followed by one year's probation. Her attackers - two of her grandsons, Michael and Christopher Hansen. Media stories published by [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 1:45pm EDT
  

• Ever Hear Of The Congressional "Sunset Caucus" To Reduce The Size Of Government? Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz Is A Co-Chair

  
  Thanks to Salt Lake Crawlmeister Glen Warchol, I've learned about the existence of a semi-official group of U.S. House members who've dedicated themselves to reducing waste and redundancy in government - one program at a time. They refer to themselves as the "Sunset Caucus". And [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 12:41pm EDT
  

• LDS 179th Semiannual General Conference Wraps Up With Call By President Thomas S. Monson To Serve Others And To Better Exemplify Jesus Christ

  The 179th Semiannual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wrapped up on Sunday October 4th with a call to church members by President Thomas S. Monson to serve others and better exemplify Christian faith. More than 100,000 Church members descended upon Salt Lake City for [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 12:49am EDT
  

• LDS President Thomas S. Monson Announces Five New Temples At Saturday Morning Session Of LDS 179th Semiannual General Conference

  Somewhere in the LDS blogosphere, some nameless wag asked if we could expect an "October Surprise" from the LDS Church leadership during the 179th Semiannual General Conference. While the conference has just started, the Church immediately attracted enhanced mainstream media attention when President Thomas S. Monson, in his opening [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  

• Over 100,000 Visitors Expected In Salt Lake City For The 179th Semiannual LDS General Conference Beginning October 3rd, 2009

  Over 100,000 visitors, many from outside the United States, are descending upon Salt Lake City for the 179th Semiannual Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to take place on October 3rd and 4th, 2009. General sessions will be held at 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 12:33am EDT
  

• Newsmax's John Perry Presents Scenario For Peaceful Military Coup To Remove Barack Obama From Office; Newsmax Takes Down Article

  On September 29th, 2009, Newsmax published an article by John Perry in which he proposed a likely scenario by which Barack Obama would be removed from the Presidency via a "constitutional coup". The coup would be modeled more after the peaceful version which removed the socialist President Manuel [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 4:20pm EDT
  

• Elizabeth Smart Testified That She Was Repeatedly Raped By Brian David Mitchell During October 1st Competency Hearing In Salt Lake City

  Elizabeth Smart is undoubtedly a role model for victim recovery. Thanks to a loving family and the support of a strong religious community, she has taken effective control of the memory of her ordeal. While the psychological scars undoubtedly remain, the poison is being leached out. It should be noted [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 2:10pm EDT
  

• Sean Hannity Interviews Former Ohio Congressman James Traficant; Traficant Reiterates Criticism Of Israeli Domination Of Congress

  Of the major national broadcast media outlets, the Fox News Channel was the first to allow former Ohio Congressman James Traficant to tell his story. His first interview was with Greta Van Susteren back on September 10th, 2009.
  
  And on September 29th, neocon host Sean Hannity interviewed [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 12:27pm EDT
  

• Ogden High School Defensive Coordinator Ian Eyre Accused Of Directing Racial Slur Towards Black Bonneville High Football Player; Charges Denied

  Ogden High School defensive coordinator Ian Eyre has been accused of directing a racial slur towards Devin Mickles, a black football player from Bonneville High School during a tightly contested 7-6 Bonneville victory over crosstown rival Ogden on Friday September 25th, 2009. Media stories published by the Salt [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 11:02pm EDT
  

• Police Impersonators Stage Home Invasion In Ogden, Utah; Nickolas Montoya In Custody, Two Others Sought

  
  The job of law enforcement SWAT teams nationwide just got more dangerous; now the public will have more reason to doubt their authenticity thanks to three police impersonators who staged a home invasion in Ogden, Utah. Luckily, no one got hurt, and one of the [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 3:41pm EDT
  

• Oy, Vey, Itz A Holocaust: West Valley City, Utah Installs Gas Chamber To Dispose Of Unwanted Pets

  
  Before you decide to get a pet, you might want to read this post - and, in particular, the Deseret News article upon which it is based. Perhaps you will choose to get a shelter animal to help solve this problem and meet your needs [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 6:30am EDT
  

• Juror Who Acquitted D.J. Bell Of Kidnapping Charges Considered The Trial A Waste Of Time, Said There Was No Evidence; Accusers May Yet Face Charges

  Note: Review all previous posts on this case HERE, with the most recent post appearing first. Also visit the Injustice801 website set up to advocate on behalf of justice for D.J. Bell and Dan Fair.
  
  In the aftermath of the acquittal of D.J. Bell of child kidnapping [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 2:50am EDT
  

• Salt Lake Tribune Provides More Background On Dean Singleton's Decision To Start Charging For Online Content In 2010

  On September 25th, 2009, the Salt Lake Tribune published more information regarding the decision by its publisher, Dean Singleton, to begin charging for at least some of its online content in 2010. Since Singleton is also the CEO of NewsMedia Group, which has 54 different outlets throughout [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 8:06pm EDT
  

• Day Four Of The D.J. Bell Trial In Salt Lake City: Bell Does Not Take The Stand, Case Goes To Jury. D.J. Bell Found NOT GUILTY!!!

  UPDATE!!! D.J. Bell just found NOT GUILTY; reported by the Deseret News. KSTU Channel 13 story with video HERE
  
  Note: Review all previous posts on this case HERE, with the most recent post appearing first. Also visit the Injustice801 website set up to advocate on [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 3:46pm EDT
  

• Salt Lake Tribune And All Other MediaNews Group Outlets To Start Charging For Some Online Content Beginning In 2010, According To CEO Dean Singleton

  During a speech delivered to the National Conference of Editorial Writers on Thursday September 24th, 2009, Dean Singleton, the CEO of MediaNews Group, disclosed that all media outlets in his company will begin charging for at least some of their online content beginning sometime in 2010. Singleton [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 1:07am EDT
  

• Day Three Of The D.J. Bell Trial In Salt Lake City; Judge Admonishes Defense Attorney Susanne Gustin For Defending Bell "Too Vigorously"

  Note: Review all previous posts on this case HERE, with the most recent post appearing first. Also visit the Injustice801 website set up to advocate on behalf of justice for D.J. Bell and Dan Fair.
  
  Day Three of the trial of D.J. Bell on child kidnapping charges [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 5:37pm EDT
  

• U.S. Census Director Robert Groves Pans Utah Senator Bob Bennett's "Fairness In Representation Act"; Too Late To Affect 2010 Census

  The Salt Lake Tribune reports on September 23rd, 2009 that U.S. Census Director Robert Groves has criticized Utah U.S. Senator Bob Bennett's "Fairness in Representation Act", saying it comes too late to be applied to the 2010 census. Groves pointed out that it's not practical to make this [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 12:30am EDT
  

• The Criminal Record Of Ieti Mageo, One Of The Five Thugs Who Assaulted D.J. Bell In South Salt Lake On July 4th, 2008

  Note: You can review all previous posts on this case HERE, with the most recent post appearing first. Also visit the Injustice801 website set up to advocate on behalf of justice for D.J. Bell and Dan Fair.
  
  In this September 23rd Salt Lake Tribune story about [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 11:27pm EDT
  

• Vigilante Justice: Day Two Of The D.J. Bell Child Kidnapping Trial In Salt Lake City, Lulu Latu's Family Members Lie Their Asses Off On The Stand

  Update late September 23rd: Salt Lake Tribune story now available, pertinent information incorporated into this post in green.
  
  Day Two of the child kidnapping trial of D.J. Bell has concluded, and if the Deseret News story is to be believed, the family members of the two kids [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 6:02pm EDT
  

• Tucson Unified School District Institutes Militantly Aggressive Affirmative Action-Based Disciplinary Policy Favoring Black And Hispanic Students

  
  The Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) has adopted a militantly aggressive affirmative action plan which will essentially require that student suspensions and expulsions be in the same proportion as the racial makeup of the district. The presumption is that any disparity in suspensions or expulsions against [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 3:15am EDT
  

• Vigilante Justice: Day One Of The D.J. Bell Child Kidnapping Trial In Salt Lake City; Tapululu Latu, Mother Of One Of The Kids, Takes The Stand

  On September 22nd, 2009, the trial of D.J. Bell on charges of child kidnapping began. Bell has been charged with two counts of child kidnapping, first-degree felonies punishable by 15 years to life, and one count of second-degree felony burglary. Media stories published by the Salt Lake Tribune, the [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 5:28pm EDT
  

• Trial Of Gay Hate Crime Victim D.J. Bell On Charges Of Child Kidnapping Begins September 22nd In Salt Lake City

  
  Yes, you read the headline correctly - a man considered a possible gay hate crime victim is actually going on trial himself - for suspected child kidnapping. Fourteen months after five men invaded the home of D.J. Bell and brutally assaulted him and his partner [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 2:27am EDT
  

• Utah U.S. Senator Bob Bennett Introduces The "Fairness In Representation Act" To Get The Census Bureau To Help Uncover Illegal Immigrants

  Utah's U.S. Senator Bob Bennett must finally realize he's in a real fight for his political life. An August 31st, 2009 Utah County straw poll showing him running third behind fellow Republicans Mark Shurtleff and Cherilyn Eagar must have finally awakened him to the precarious nature of [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 2:27am EDT
  

• Remember The 1999 Texas A&M Bonfire Tragedy? Juab High School Students Burned When Homecoming Bonfire Explodes In Nephi, Utah

  In a scene somewhat reminiscent of the tragic collapse of a wooden bonfire pyramid at Texas A&M University in 1999 in which 12 were killed and 27 others injured, at least three seniors at Juab High School in Nephi, Utah were burned when a homecoming bonfire got out [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 7:17pm EDT
  

• Dan Jones Poll Shows 60 Percent Of Respondents Support Proposed New Salt Lake City Cop Shop; Why Salt Lakers Should Vote No On Prop 1

  On August 26th, 2009, an obvious push poll conducted by the California-based Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates research firm at the behest of the Salt Lake municipal government showed that 68 percent of respondents supported the proposed new $125 million cop shop to be built in an already [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 2:12am EDT
  

• Alleged 15-Year-Old "Devil Worshipper" Torches LDS Chapel In Orangevale, California, Arrested For Felony Arson; Damage Estimated At $2,000

  Remember the LDS chapel in Orangevale, California? On November 7th 2008, just after the elections, vandals struck and spray-painted "No on 8" on the outside of the chapel.
  
  Unfortunately, the Orangevale chapel has been struck again - this time by one of the congregation members. A [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 11:11pm EDT
  

• Utah U.S. House Delegation Splits Vote On Joe Wilson Admonishment (H RES 744); Rob Bishop And Jason Chaffetz Vote No, Jim Matheson Votes Yes

  Update September 16th: Post now updated to include reaction from Utah's three U.S. House members.
  
  Utah's U.S. House delegation split their votes on H RES 744, which officially "admonishes" Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) for his heckling of Barack Obama during his address to Congress, when he yelled [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 7:55pm EDT
  

• Vandalism And Threats Against Opponents Of Powder Mountain Incorporation In Utah Continue; Weber County Sheriff Deploys Extra Patrols

  
  Vandalism and personal threats against residents living near the Powder Mountain ski resort, first posted back on August 11th, are escalating, so much so that the Weber County Sheriff's Department is getting involved. In addition, KSTU Channel 13 picked up the story:
  
   
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 12:27am EDT
  

• Warning: Malicious Ad Found Embedded On The Provo Daily Herald Website On September 10th; KSL Channel 5 Was Similarly Victimized On September 2nd

  It appears a hacker is planting malicious ads on various news websites. On September 2nd, 2009, KSL Channel 5 acknowledged a malicious ad on their website. According to them, the malicious ad manifested itself by hijacking the browser and popping up a "warning" box asking the user to install [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2009, 2:48am EDT
  

• American Patriot James Traficant Criticizes Israeli Domination Of Congress And The Media During "On The Record" Interview With Greta Van Susteren

  Update: Just discovered that it was a three-part interview. The two additional videos are now embedded in this post.
  
  Former Ohio District 17 Democratic Congressman James Traficant, just released from seven years of Federal captivity on September 2nd, 2009, is unbowed, unbent, and unbroken. And he immediately launched a [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2009, 4:12pm EDT
  

• Johnny Maurice Bell Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Brutally Murdering His Girl Friend Brittany Nichols In Ogden, Utah

  
  Some semblance of justice occurred in Ogden, Utah on September 8th, 2009 when Johnny Maurice Bell Jr. was sentenced to a term of 16 years to life for brutally butchering his girl friend, Brittany Nichols. Media stories from the Ogden Standard-Examiner, the Salt [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 2:10am EDT
  

• Utah Students React Favorably To Barack Obama's Speech; Very Few Opt Out, Nobody Kissed Their Biceps And Pledged To Become "Slaves To Obama"

  President Barack Obama delivered his promised speech to students on September 8th, 2009, and various Utah media outlets report mostly favorable reaction by students of all political stripes, with very few choosing to opt out. Media stories published by the Salt Lake Tribune, the Deseret News, KSL [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 3:45pm EDT
  

• Social Security Offset In Unemployment Compensation For Utah Seniors To Expire In 2010; Battle Lines Being Drawn Between Employers And Seniors

  The "Social Security offset" in unemployment compensation for Utah seniors is set to expire in 2010, and battle lines are being drawn between employers and seniors as a result. Full story published September 7th, 2009 in the Salt Lake Tribune.
  
  The Situation: During the past five years, working [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 1:37am EDT
  

• Utah's Conservative Governor Gary Herbert Finds No Harm In Barack Obama's September 8th Speech To Students, Recommends They Listen

  
  Utah's Governor Gary Herbert is about as conservative as one can get. His credentials are unimpeachable. And on September 5th, 2009, he told the media that he finds no particular harm in kids watching Barack Obama's speech on September 8th. Stories from the Deseret News, [...]
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  Posted: September 05, 2009, 7:45pm EDT
  

• Utah Federal Judge Dee Benson Corrects Injustice, Shortens Eric Egbert's Sentence In Proportion To Those Of Shaun Walker And Travis Massey

  
  On Tuesday September 1st, 2009, U.S. District Judge Dee Benson corrected a small injustice when he ordered Eric Egbert's 42-month sentence reduced to 33 months. The reduction was not opposed by prosecutors, and was intended to correct a disparity between Egbert's sentence and those of [...]
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  Posted: September 05, 2009, 5:20am EDT
  

• How Utah's Public School Districts Are Handling The September 8th Barack Obama Speech; KSL Poll Shows Only 20 Percent Will Keep Kids Home So Far

  President Barack Obama is set to speak to directly address students across the country on September 8th at 12 P.M. Eastern Time by video link on the importance of staying in school, but school districts across the state are notifying parents and giving them the choice to have their [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 5:50pm EDT
  

• Barack Obama's September 8th Address To Schoolchildren: A Socialist Plot, Or Sound Advice?

  Update September 3rd: Updated post HERE shows how each Utah school district will be handling Obama's proposed speech.
  
  The screening of the now-infamous "I Pledge" video at Eagle Bay Elementary School in Farmington, Utah, described in this previous post, unleashed a firestorm of controversy along the' [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 2:57am EDT
  

• Firefighters Make Progress On Both The Mill Flat (10 Percent Contained) And West Scofield Fires (20 Percent Contained) In Utah

  Thanks in part to more favorable weather conditions, firefighter are making progress towards containing both the Mill Flat wildfire in southwestern Utah and the West Scofield wildfire in central Utah. Up-to-the-minute information on all of Utah's fires continues to be available on the UtahFireInfo website
  
  According [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 9:13pm EDT
  

• Obama Worship: Utah Eagle Forum Objects To "I Pledge" Barack Obama Propaganda Video Shown To Eagle Bay Elementary School Students In Farmington, Utah

  Update September 3rd: Updated post HERE shows how each Utah school district will be handling Obama's proposed speech.
  
  Eagle Forum Utah is upset over a Barack Obama propaganda video shown to students at a Farmington, Utah elementary school - and rightfully so. Full story by KSL' [...]
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 6:57pm EDT
  

• Tired Of $200 Textbooks? Weber State Graduate Alan Martin Starts College Textbook Rental Service; Students Routinely Save 50 Percent On Textbooks

  While visiting the KSL Channel 5 website today, I spotted, out of the corner of my eye, a cryptic reference to $200 textbooks by talk show host Doug Wright on Twitter. No additional details were provided.
  
  Obviously, I couldn't pass this up, since the idea of a college student' [...]
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 2:10pm EDT
  

• U.S. Senator Bob Bennett Comes In Last In Unofficial Straw Poll In Orem, Utah; Karl Rove's Involvement In The Bennett Campaign May Be Backfiring

  
  Via Salt Lake Crawlmeister Glen Warchol, I found out that a bunch of local Republican bigwigs held a powwow in Orem, Utah on August 31st, 2009, and that incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bob Bennett finished last in an unofficial straw poll of Republican Senate candidates.
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 2:50am EDT
  

• Mill Flat Wildfire Now Estimated To Be Five Percent Contained; New Harmony Residents Allowed To Return To Their Homes In Utah

  Note: All posts about the Mill Flat fire available HERE, with the most recent post first.
  
  
  Gail Mayfield's house survives a brush with the wildfire - but just barely. Yep, that's a freaking propane tank in the picture - and thank God it [...]
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 1:00am EDT
  

• Another U.S. Forest Service "Controlled Burn" Gets Out Of Control; Subdivision Evacuated After Wildfire Jumps Lines Near Scofield Reservoir In Utah

  Update September 2nd: West Scofield wildfire now 20 percent contained, full containment expected by September 3rd. Updated post HERE.
  
  On August 31st, 2009, KSL Channel 5 reports that another U.S. Forest Service "controlled burn" in Utah has escaped control, requiring the evacuation of a residential subdivision. A [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 3:54pm EDT
  

• Utah Governor Gary Herbert Tours Mills Flats Wildfire Area Near New Harmony, Questions Why U.S. Forest Service Did Not Suppress It Earlier

  Note: All posts about the Mill Flat fire available HERE, with the most recent post first.
  
  After flying over the Mill Flats wildfire area near New Harmony, Utah in a helicopter on Sunday August 30th, 2009, Utah Governor Gary Herbert joined critics questioning why the 10,000-acre [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 1:40am EDT
  

• Mill Flat "Controlled Burn" Wildfire In Pine Valley Wilderness Gets Out Of Hand, And Now The Community Of New Harmony, Utah May Pay The Price

  Note: All posts about the Mill Flat fire available HERE, with the most recent post first.
  
  
  Another U.S. Forest Service "controlled burn" gets out of hand
  
  Remember the so-called "controlled burn" in Los Alamos, New Mexico in May 2000? Yes, the [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 4:49pm EDT
  

• Lehi, Utah City Councilman Mark Johnson Creates VoteLehi.Info Website As Candidate Information Clearinghouse For 2009 Lehi Municipal Election

  This post will be primarily of interest only to residents of Lehi, Utah, but it's intended to publicize a selfless and commendable effort by a Lehi City Councilman to consolidate and present all pertinent information on mayoral and city council candidates in the upcoming 2008 municipal primary and general elections. [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2009, 3:42pm EDT