The European Union is looking into technologies involving large-scale interventions into natural phenomena like sun rays or the atmosphere, as part of its new strategy for tackling climate change.
It’s an iron law of economics that, given enough time, there is no limit to demand for free stuff. When programs are extended beyond the emergency which gave rise to them, people do become dependent.
The legislature’s enactment of the “Community Resilience and Biodiversity Protection Act” is another troubling example of how massive, radical changes in Vermont are being engineered these days.
Law prohibits discrimination against persons, not ideas.
“I felt as if I was so beneath [Balint] in class and experience that she did not bother to relate to me as a human being,” a Poor People’s Campaign pilgrim to Washington, D.C. said.
The Republican Party’s traditional beliefs: smaller government, less taxation, unregulated capitalism, less gun safety controls, free trade, no unions, and fiscal conservatism, are being overshadowed.
“In my view, if right-wing Supreme Court justices want to make public policy they should quit the Supreme Court and run for political office.”
Scott noted in his weekly press conference hours before he issued his official veto that the current redemption process is a “Rube Goldberg” contraption that actually puts barriers in the way of recycling
Maybe VPIRG’s time would be better spent hiring lawyers to make Big Oil pay instead of changing law in Vermont to achieve their goals at the expense of Vermonters.
Congressman Hunt proposes that in July, we remember all the things that make America unique and exceptional on the national/international stage.
At Polyface Farm in Virginia. I spoke about the pervasive theme in scripture, and in biology, of humanity’s connection with the earth and farming.
The careerist bureaucracy actually performs the major executive functions of the national government — leaving the bureaucracy pretty much unaccountable to anyone.
The hard freeze means significant losses for growers and those who make their living off fruits and vegetables. The extent of the damage may not be known for months but indications are discouraging.
The most encouraging part of the evening was seeing three individuals from the concurring Pride Joy protest among the 105 in attendance, taking in Walt’s presentation.
Democrats have once again passed a law that encourages everyone to go out and buy a gun immediately – before you can’t.
Robert’s father with a “particular intensity” directed Robert to read The Plague by Albert Camus. Robert says he read it three times to decipher the message.
A win/win for the politicians on both sides of the lake, but for the Taxpayers, of course, it’s lose, lose, and lose some more.
With the enactment of the Democratic budget over Gov. Scott’s veto, Vermont may soon be another disappointing example of runaway, unsustainable spending.
Once a pregnancy has begun, there are two people with rights to bodily integrity. That is the issue that no one is willing to recognize and struggle with.
Sen. Ruth Hardy (D-Addison): “Women make, what is it, 82 cents on the dollar or so, compared to men.” She regrets the Senate failure to override the legislative pay hike veto not for herself, of course, but “on behalf of our future sisters in the Legislature.”
In a move that has allowed Vermont and UVM to join the vanguard of money-attracting experimental gender hormones on prepubescent children, a 2015 “initiative” pushed that envelope deep into the Green Mountain State.
If you want to do something new, AI is not nearly as helpful. It can’t remember what it never knew.
None of the veto votes was even close.
Even though Bitcoin has a lot of potential and advantages, it is important to use care and do your study before using it.
A recent EAI event featured famed columnist George F. Will, and was largely attended by conservatives. A different cross-section of Vermonters gathered for RFK’s visit, hinting at the possibility of a growing alliance of populist support for an authentic maverick.
In stark contrast to today’s “media”, the following is a true, accurate, honest account of what happened in Lyndon, VT on Sat. June 10, 2023.
Naomi Wolf stands out as a walkaway: a dyed-in-the-wool liberal feminist who woke up to the lies of her government.
When the scope of the legislative session is so broad its length could extend indefinitely, and in other Deep Blue states, they have become full-time year-round positions with salary and benefits.
The suit is designed to protect Vermont’s natural resources and schools that have been affected by contamination from the chemicals.
Push is on to end all school choice rather than let some parents choose Catholic schools for their kids.
It’s all there in a recent U.N. policy statement.
It can be easily demonstrated that climate change, however serious, is not an incoming giant meteor.
The secret is out about Vermont. It is no longer just a pristine state with rolling hills, quaint villages, farms, and thousands of miles of unpaved roads. Its underbelly is now clear to all.
The supermajority Democratic legislature confronts a popular Republican governor. Consider this combination of facts…
The state will automatically deduct 5 percent of said employees’ paychecks (increasing to 8 percent over time), putting the money into that account – without the employees’ consent!
Is the ESG movement intentionally obscure? No doubt. Should those of us interested in individual rights and freedom learn more about it? Absolutely.
The more outrageous and destructive an idea might be, the more it is embraced.
I don’t need my preschool grandchildren, great grandchildren, or grand nieces and nephews receiving any sort of curriculum across the gender and sexuality spectrum.
A former Lamoille County resident regrets her liberal, “gender-affirming” past.
Technocracy is rule by an elite of ‘technical experts.’ It’s happening right now, in Vermont.
Unfortunately, odds are it won’t be.
PETA and other animal rights organizations purport to talk for cows, but their voices ring hollow: the plan is not to release cows but to slaughter them.
The Vermont Democratic party of twenty years ago might have considered a Kevin McCarthy-like compromise. But many worry that Vermont Democrats of today left that orbit a long time ago.
What about doing it the other way around? We need housing more than we need solar panels.
Ireland has announced plans to cull hundreds of thousands of cows to comply with European Union climate policy. Indeed, cows are the heroes, not the villains, in rescuing the climate.
The majority of selectboard members chose not to hear discussion, nor raise the issue publicly other than to make it the meeting’s last agenda item.
As readers and voters, we bear the responsibility of holding Goldman, as well as every Democratic representative who failed to adequately plan for this crisis, accountable.
Part of the problem regarding embezzlement, especially here in Vermont, is the trust we place in those accountable for the funds of the state’s 6,000-plus nonprofit entities.
We elect representatives to, as the title suggests, to “represent” us. Not to disregard us.
The Governor and his administration have been asked repeatedly to present a plan to transition people from the motel program into other housing. There has been no plan presented by the Executive Branch.
Peterson “voted NO because the FY2024 budget burdens Vermont taxpayers with far too many raised taxes and fees.”
Expanded federal powers over food under the Commerce Clause have too often favored large corporate interests over local and individual liberties. That is surely not what the founding fathers intended.
In this article, I will distill global and national efforts that set up what we are seeing in Vermont and how these efforts lean towards grooming of our precious children at a very young age.
The Democrats may have the votes to override Phil Scott’s vetoes, but at least the governor is going to extract maximum embarrassment when they do.
We need to remember that which is too often forgotten—that just throwing money at a problem has never solved the problem it was intended to solve and has often created new and unforeseen problems.
This reporter/fan has been watching the Celtics since Bill Russell became the first African-American to coach in the NBA in 1966.
A considered response to “Rohit Sharma: Trapping is not a management tool. Let nature take its course.” published in VT Digger.
Jordan Peterson is a man who doesn’t just wear the uniform but fulfills the duty.
What these Vermont legislators cannot grasp is that relying on electric heat is just not feasible in a Vermont winter.
John Kerry announces controlling farms is needed to prevent climate change…
Burlington has more solar power than any city east of the Mississippi, Mayor Miro Weinberger listed as one of his tenure’s accomplishments.
Despite their numerous denominational, doctrinal and stylistic differences, one thing churches in the Upper Valley seem to agree on is avoiding politics in the pulpit. Why is that?
The one clear fact is that Vermont cannot forever spend millions of dollars a month supporting a homeless population, that doesn’t care to do anything in return.
The very nature of womanhood is under attack yet again, and by proxy so is manhood.
Forget the hype on either side. AI is a tool that can and will be used both for good and evil. Evslin thinks the potential outweighs the risk.
The bar for charging police officers with a crime is now so low the expectation is that any use of force could be twisted into a criminal case, the former Director of the Vermont State Police says.
When you give something to people and require no payback of any sort, you dehumanize them. You create an imbalanced relationship. People must have a measure of responsibility and investment in their own lives.
The dishonesty displayed by Vermont’s extremist Woke-ists has been on full, possibly libelous display in the Blake Allen case.
Vermont’s supermajority just put Vermont on the path to significantly higher home heating fuel, despite the veto of Governor Phil Scott. But don’t expect the controversy to end there.
Vermont Bill H-386 is seeking to reduce the Vermont Constitutional Requirements of the voting age in Brattleboro.
An in depth look at how reporters mislead citizens to promote a political agenda.
Sportsmen, and women, and the Fish and Wildlife Department have brought this renewable resource to where it is today, since it was all almost wiped out by land clearing for farming in the mid to late 1800s.
Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country.
Do we care what it takes to get us an EV or a kilowatt of electricity? Vermont has been in denial. The cost is too great for this to continue.
When a pro-choice leader announced “our autonomy over our bodies is not up for discussion,” it sent a clear signal: If you are pro-life in Vermont, your judgments do not matter. That’s a big mistake.
One interest group fared extraordinarily well during the just-completed legislative session. That’s the interest group comprised of Representatives and Senators.
Increasingly and oddly in these days of supposed inclusivity, Mascots of Color need not apply. And if one already has the job, prepare to be eliminated.
The racist ideology of “The White Man’s Burden” has permeated our public schools, universities and other establishment institutions and is mortally wounding the future for Black American children.
Mostly the childcare bill just costs too much. But it also intrudes Big Government into a sphere of life best handled by small business and families.
You did not explicitly say you would do these things when you ran your political campaigns. We Vermonters were not marching in the streets demanding that you do these things to us.
To cover all this drunken sailor activity by the supermajority, the Democrats and Progressives are just asking you to, as always, “pay just a little bit more.”
Having double-minded men and women administering two-standards of justices is nothing new in American politics.
Ensuring a sustainable, realistic budget wisely appropriated for the good of all must be a primary goal. This did not happen this session.
And why job loss from AI is still a problem.
The real danger here is that the “24,000 job vacancy” myth feeds the “40,000 new homes needed” myth, creating a false sense of urgency.
The Vermont House and Senate often disagree on what priorities should be or the best way to pay for a program, but on this point they heartily agree: they themselves deserve a lot more money.
The Legislature just budgeted tens of millions of dollars to create new state jobs. Too bad it couldn’t have kept more retired military instate by exempting their pensions from taxes.
VTDigger has presented a biased perspective on gender-affirming industry ‘shield laws,’ H.89 and S.37, into law on May 10th by Governor Scott.
I decided to watch the Louder With (Steven) Crowder coverage and play along to the drinking game with a nice Temperanillo and cigar.
Vermont wouldn’t be Vermont without Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain Boys militia.
Vermont already has a two-cent excise tax on heating oil, kerosene and dyed diesel. It raises about $5 million per year. So, a per gallon surcharge on home heating fuels would have to raise about sixty times that amount to pay for the Clean Heat Standard mandates, or $1.20 per gallon. That’s just math, folks!
“Let us hope that the ghost of no SVHC Trustee will ever come back and say if only I had done my job.”
While listening to Committee testimony and Floor readings on H.89 and S.37, I heard witnesses and legislators toss the words “evidence-based” like pizza dough, except there was no crust.
Allocating harm where it does the most good.
The red hot policy issue in the state right now is S.5, the (un)Affordable Heat bill passed by the Democratic supermajority in the House and Senate. Gov. Scott vetoed it last Thursday.
Founder of anti-natural gas plant group says S.5 is all about establishing market share for fracked gas.
This program is extremely expensive and extremely regressive. It will cause a lot of pain for Vermont’s most vulnerable citizens, and will achieve exactly NOTHING in regard to solving Global Warming.
Gibbs exposes dangers and deceptions within the “green” energy-related movement hijacked by corporations and investors out to make a profit.
When I emigrated to this country, at age 27, I spoke French as my mother tongue and Dutch as a second language. I knew a few medical terms in English but was unable to order my groceries at the store.
Reporting of side effects isn’t required under Vermont’s “ostrich-head-in-the-sand” aid-in-dying law.
