Any multi-billion dollar business that depends on mining diamonds, silver and gold from the Earth is going to get pressure from environmental activists. After all, harvesting and refining precious gems and materials is the cornerstone of their business. Such is the case of Tiffany & Co, one of the largest high-end diamond retailers in the [...]
Western Alaska is being hit with an epic snow storm that made landfall earlier today. It is described as the worst they have experienced in at least 40 years. The ‘snowicane’ has pressure that is equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane. As this storm moves into the Northwest on Friday it will be the start [...]
Washington Senator Maria Cantwell writes on her website that she is leading efforts to make America more energy independent, yet in reality she has a history of standing in the way of American energy independence. Even though she represents Washington State, she is focusing her efforts on Alaskan resources. She says her constituents are asking [...]
Copper is a strategic material and we have it in abundance. I dare say it may actually be more important than the desires of the occasional week-end dilettante with a fly-rode dressed head to toe in the latest L.L. Bean fishing fashion who wants to ”experience” Bristol Bay, Alaska. But are obtaining copper and fly-fishing [...]
The magazine GQ put out their list of Worst Dressed Cities and guess what? They included Wasilla, Alaska and Todd and Sarah Palin. How can that be anything other than a political slam at the Palins? As you see in the photo below, they even included a picture of Todd and Sarah Palin next to [...]
Copper is a strategic material. Without it everything shuts down. And yet the Big Green environmentalists are getting rich while it cost us big bucks to buy copper from China. We need copper, lots of copper. It is a strategic material that is used in everything from money (the penny) to cell phones to electric [...]
Environmental elitism seems to be at direct odds with our economic health. Obtaining resources in the United States is increasingly stymied with environmental regulations and restrictions, leading to loss of jobs (or jobs not being created) and more dependence on foreign resources for our energy. Take the Pebble Mine story for instance … A question [...]
In America, truly anyone can do anything. That’s summed up in the phrase, Levi Johnston Mayor Wasilla Alaska. It’s now being reported that Johnston, who just recently got back together with Bristol Palin only to split with her again (presumably because the money was running out); is now in talks about a reality TV show [...]