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Recent video of Leslie Carol Botha, one of the ‘Little Women with Big Voices’ talking about the upcoming presentation to the FDA (read below):

Following is the first part of an article posted at VacTruth this morning: FDA Requests Meeting With Activists Exposing Gardasil Adverse Reactions

Christina England
Vactruth.com
03/08/10

Throughout history there have been strong women debating big issues and changing history, amongst them are Joan of Arc, Emrneline Pankhurst and Amelia Earhart. On the 12th March 2010 in an extraordinary move, six strong, brave women of the world will come forward to present their research, documents and findings involving probably the most controversial vaccine of all times Gardasil to the FDA. What they have uncovered does not make easy reading.

Calling themselves ‘Little Women with Big Voices’ they have been formally invited by the FDA to present their information. The women making the presentation on behalf of the parents whose daughters have died or have been injured by the HPV vaccines are: Karen Maynor; mother of the late Megan Hild, New Mexico; Rosemary Mathis: whose daughter Lauren was adversely injured, North Carolina; Freda Birrell; political activist and lobbyist, Scotland and the United Kingdom; Leslie Carol Botha; broadcast journalist, Colorado; Cynthia Janak: research analyst, Illinois; and Janny Stokvis: research analyst, Netherlands.

The press release released today, Monday 8th 2010 says

“Over 17,500 adverse reactions and 64 deaths have been reported to VAERS (estimated 1 to 10% of the population reporting). The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) has posted 272 VAERS reports of abnormal pap tests post-vaccination. Reports of deaths and injuries are now coming in from the United States, New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and India.

Birrell has compiled 40 pages of reports of deaths and injuries from the above countries for the FDA. Stokvis and Mathis have compiled data of vaccine injuries and deaths from VAERS. Botha is presenting studies on menstrual cycle evaluation to prevent vaccine injury – and the impact of aluminium on the endocrine system. Janak has researched vaccine ingredients and believes that she has found the reason as to why “healthy” girls have been injured or have died suddenly and unexpectedly within days weeks, months or potentially years after vaccination.”

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Read the rest of the article at VacTruth: FDA Requests Meeting With Activists Exposing Gardasil Adverse Reactions

Although I haven’t made money from Amazon Associates program, other people who run web sites in Colorado do. Now they can’t because HB 10-1193 was passed and signed into law in Colorado. I received this email from Amazon early this morning:

Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate:

We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to inform you that the Colorado government recently enacted a law to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers. The regulations are burdensome and no other state has similar rules. The new regulations do not require online retailers to collect sales tax. Instead, they are clearly intended to increase the compliance burden to a point where online retailers will be induced to “voluntarily” collect Colorado sales tax — a course we won’t take.

We and many others strongly opposed this legislation, known as HB 10-1193, but it was enacted anyway. Regrettably, as a result of the new law, we have decided to stop advertising through Associates based in Colorado. We plan to continue to sell to Colorado residents, however, and will advertise through other channels, including through Associates based in other states.

There is a right way for Colorado to pursue its revenue goals, but this new law is a wrong way. As we repeatedly communicated to Colorado legislators, including those who sponsored and supported the new law, we are not opposed to collecting sales tax within a constitutionally-permissible system applied even-handedly. The US Supreme Court has defined what would be constitutional, and if Colorado would repeal the current law or follow the constitutional approach to collection, we would welcome the opportunity to reinstate Colorado-based Associates.

You may express your views of Colorado’s new law to members of the General Assembly and to Governor Ritter, who signed the bill.

Your Associates account has been closed as of March 8, 2010, and we will no longer pay advertising fees for customers you refer to Amazon.com after that date. Please be assured that all qualifying advertising fees earned prior to March 8, 2010, will be processed and paid in accordance with our regular payment schedule. Based on your account closure date of March 8, any final payments will be paid by May 31, 2010.

We have enjoyed working with you and other Colorado-based participants in the Amazon Associates Program, and wish you all the best in your future.

Best Regards,

The Amazon Associates Team

On Wednesday, Ron Paul discussed the moral hazard caused by government interference in the market during his opening statement in the Financial Services Committee hearing on “Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy.”

The speech brings joy to my heart. Telling the truth is how evil will be conquered!

I saw and captured the last 10 minutes of Ron Paul’s speech and he talked boldly. There could be 10 to 15 minutes of him speaking that I don’t have here. So post a link to the full version or search for it yourself.

Geoff gives a presentation on the 10th Amendment to the Northern Colorado Liberty Group.

http://colorado.tenthamendmentcenter.com/

http://colorado4liberty.ning.com

2-1-2010

Carl Bruning has announced his intent to seek the Republican nomination for Sheriff of Larimer County. Bruning is running as a “Constitutional Sheriff”, and has pledged that he “will defend the American dream, and your rights to life, liberty, property, firearms and freedom!”

“I will protect your 2nd Amendment rights, and will never enter concealed carry permit holders in any statewide database,” declared Bruning at a meeting of Republicans on Monday in Loveland.

Bruning is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984. He served with distinction as a U.S. Air Force pilot and aircraft commander, and was selected first in his squadron to lead his crew in Operation Desert Shield in August, 1990.

He received an honorable discharge from the Air Force in 1991, and then earned a Master of Business Administration degree. He has held senior executive leadership positions in business.

Bruning is an active member of the Larimer County Republican Party, and was recently on the Executive Board. He currently serves as a district captain and as a precinct committee person.

In addition, Bruning served on the Larimer County Citizen Corps board for several years, and is a trained CERT (Citizen Emergency Response Team) member for his community.
“I believe that the government should exist to protect the freedoms of the individuals whom it serves. We must return to the Constitution and the principles our country was founded upon,” Bruning said. “We need a Constitutional Sheriff to protect our liberties and freedoms!”

Additional information can be found at www.carlbruning.com.

In this follow up to his 2008 speech predicting the economic crisis, Congressman Paul argues that we are by no means free of the crisis, and he examines what lies ahead for our nation if we do not abandon the establishment’s failed way of thinking and pursue liberty.

Interested in watching the hearing where this amendment was passed? Visit this earlier post: Video clips from Larimer County Commissioners and Planning Commission 1/4/10 regarding Medical Marijuana

EXHIBIT A

Land Use Code Amendments Approved

By the Board of County Commissioners on

January 4, 2010

1. Amend the section 0.1 definition of home occupation to read:

Home occupation -  A business use conducted as a customary, incidental, and accessory use in the resident’s dwelling unit, attached garage or detached building, including office work, the making of art or crafts, trade uses, the providing of personal or professional services, and similar activities, and including retail sales of products produced on the premises and products clearly incidental, secondary and ancillary to the home occupation. Uses specifically excluded from home occupations include vehicle repair or similar activities, medical marijuana dispensaries and medical marijuana grow facilities/operations.

1. Add the following definitions to section 0.1:

Medical marijuana dispensary – The use of any property or structure to sell, distribute, transmit, give, dispense, or otherwise provide medical marijuana in accordance with Section 14, Article XVIII of the Colorado Constitution.

Medical marijuana grow facility/operation – The use of any property or structure where marijuana plants are grown to sell, distribute, transmit, give, dispense or otherwise be provided in accordance with Section 14, Article XVIII of the Colorado Constitution.

1. Add the following new 4.3.3 use descriptions as F & G and renumber the remainder of the section:

F. Medical marijuana dispensary. The use of any property or structure to sell, distribute, transmit, give, dispense, or otherwise provide medical marijuana in accordance with Section 14, Article XVIII of the Colorado Constitution.

Medical marijuana dispensaries must comply with the following standards:

1. Medical marijuana dispensaries shall not be located within 1,000 feet of any existing public or private school or licensed child care facility and shall not be located within 500 feet of any existing: principal campus of a college, university or seminary; residence; church or religious institution; drug or alcohol rehabilitation facility; public community center or publicly owned or maintained building open for use by the general public; public park or playground.

1. 1. The distance referred to in this section is to be computed by direct measure from the nearest property line of the land used for the purposes itemized in paragraph 1 above to the nearest portion of the building in which the medical marijuana is to be dispensed.

1. Medical marijuana dispensaries shall comply with any and all applicable state statutes and regulations, including but not limited to any licensing and reporting requirements.

1. No medical marijuana dispensary shall cause or add to an undue concentration of such dispensaries and/or medical marijuana growing facilities in any area within unincorporated Larimer County.

1. Medical marijuana dispensaries shall have a fixed physical location and shall not operate a mobile dispensary. Reasonable delivery services to registered patients consistent with any conditions of approval are excluded from this restriction.

1. Medical Marijuana dispensaries shall not permit smoking or consumption of medical marijuana on their premises.

1. Medical marijuana dispensaries shall implement appropriate security measures to deter and prevent the unauthorized entrance into areas containing medical marijuana and the theft of medical marijuana, to include at minimum, security cameras, locks, and safes.

Note:

• Any medical marijuana dispensary in existence and in operation within the unincorporated territory of Larimer County prior to January 4, 2010 which did not obtain special exception approval for that use from the Larimer County Board of County Commissioners is an illegal use. Such uses must obtain Special Review zoning approval in order to be a legal conforming use in Larimer County.

• Approval by the County of a Special Review application for a medical marijuana dispensary is in no way a finding that such operations are consistent with or allowed by any other laws or regulations other than Larimer County land use regulations. Any operator of a medical marijuana dispensary is responsible for complying with any other legal requirements and the consequences of any non-compliance. Approval of a medical marijuana dispensary through the Larimer County Special Review process is not a defense to any state or federal criminal charges.

G. Medical marijuana grow facility/operation. The use of any property or structure where marijuana plants are grown to sell, distribute, transmit, give, dispense or otherwise be provided in accordance with Section 14, Article XVIII of the Colorado Constitution.

Medical marijuana grow facilities/operations must comply with the following standards:

1. Medical marijuana grow facilities/operations shall not be located within 1,000 feet of any existing public or private school or licensed child care facility and shall not be located within 500 feet of any existing: principal campus of a college, university or seminary; residence; church or religious institution; drug or alcohol rehabilitation facility; public community center or publicly owned or maintained building open for use by the general public; or public park or playground.

1. 1. The distance referred to in this section is to be computed by direct measure from the nearest property line of the land used for the purposes itemized in paragraph 1 above to the nearest portion of the building in which the medical marijuana is to be dispensed or grown.

1. Medical marijuana grow facilities/operations shall comply with any and all applicable state statutes and regulations, including but not limited to any licensing and reporting requirements.

1. No medical marijuana grow facility/operation shall cause or add to an undue concentration of such medical marijuana growing facilities/operations and/or medical marijuana dispensaries in any area within unincorporated Larimer County.

1. Medical marijuana grow facilities/operation shall have a fixed physical location and shall not operate as a mobile growing facility.

1. Medical marijuana grow facilities/operations shall not permit smoking or consumption of medical marijuana on their premises.

1. Medical marijuana grow facilities/operations shall implement appropriate security measures to deter and prevent the unauthorized entrance into areas containing medical marijuana and the theft of medical marijuana, to include at a minimum, security cameras, locks, and safes.

Note:

• Any medical marijuana grow facility/operation in existence and in operation within the unincorporated territory of Larimer County prior to January 4, 2010 which did not obtain special exception approval for that use from the Larimer County Board of County Commissioners is an illegal use. Such uses must obtain Special Review zoning approval in order to be a legal conforming use in Larimer County.

• Approval by the County of a Special Review application for a medical marijuana grow operation/facility is in no way a finding that such operations are consistent with or allowed by any other laws or regulations other than Larimer County land use regulations. Any operator of a medical marijuana grow facility/operation is responsible for complying with any other legal requirements and the consequences of any non-compliance. Approval of a medical marijuana grow facility/operation through the Larimer County Special Review process is not a defense to any state or federal criminal charges.

4. Add the following uses to the specified zoning districts as follows:

4.1.18. C-Commercial A. Principal uses under the Commercial category:

12. Medical marijuana dispensary (S) See section 4.3

13. Medical marijuana grow facility/operation (S) See section 4.3

and renumber the remainder of the section.

4.1.19. I-Industrial A. Principal uses under the Commercial category:

12. Medical marijuana dispensary (S) See section 4.3

13. Medical marijuana grow facility/operation (S) See section 4.3

and renumber the remainder of the section.

5. Amend the zoning table inset in Section 4.1 to include the following uses:

Category:	Use:	Zoning districts C and I:
Commercial	Medical marijuana dispensary	S
Commercial	Medical marijuana grow facility/operation	S

6. Amend only the first paragraph of section 4.3.10.B definition of home occupation to read:

Home occupation -  A business use conducted as a customary, incidental, and accessory use in the resident’s dwelling unit, attached garage or detached building, including office work, the making of art or crafts, trade uses, the providing of personal or professional services, and similar activities, and including retail sales of products produced on the premises and products clearly incidental, secondary and ancillary to the home occupation. Uses specifically excluded from home occupations include vehicle repair or similar activities, medical marijuana dispensaries and medical marijuana grow facilities/operations.

On 1/4/2010 the Larimer county Commisioners passed a new zoning amendment in regards to medical cannabis dispensaries and grow operations. Here is video from the meeting broken down into smaller clips for easier navigation.  The full video was found the counties web page here.  Also below the video clips are the minutes from the meeting provided by the county.

NOTE:  You can read the finalized full text of the amendment passed by clicking here.

This discussion pertains to zoning in any land that is in unincorporated Larimer County.  Zoning in cities such as Fort Collins is not covered by the passed amendment.

This first clips is about 40 minutes long. This is the initial reading of the proposed zoning amendment dealing with medical cannabis in Larimer County.

Read more…

The ideas of Austrian Economics continue to spread! Forward the rEVOLution!

Here is an expert from the article, Ron Paul’s ideas no longer fringe, posted in the LA Times on January 1st, 2009:

For three decades, Texas congressman and former presidential candidate Ron Paul’s extreme brand of libertarian economics consigned him to the far fringes even among conservatives. Not a few times, his views put him on the losing end of 434-1 votes on Capitol Hill.

No longer. With the economy still struggling and political divisions deepening, Paul’s ideas are not only gaining a wider audience but also are helping to shape a potentially historic battle over economic policy — a struggle that will affect everything including jobs, growth and the nation’s place in the global economy.

Already, Paul’s long-derided proposal to give Congress supervisory power over the traditionally independent Federal Reserve appears to be on its way to becoming law. His warnings on deficits and inflation are now Republican mantras.

Read the rest of the article:  Ron Paul’s ideas no longer fringe