Friday, April 18, 2014

Bundy Ranch: Precious Metals and "Competitive Leasing"

What is at the core of why the BLM went to Bundy Ranch with weapons? This is conjecture but look at the money.

In 2012 the Obama administration opened the use of some public lands, run by BLM, for "Solar Energy Zone" projects.

"The Solar PEIS planning effort has focused on identifying locations on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands that are most suitable for solar energy development. These areas are characterized by excellent solar resources, good energy transmission potential, and relatively low conflict with biological, cultural and historic resources." [1]

However, in Clark, Nevada, this directly impacts the endangered tortoise population. Mitigation plans were examined to relocate the tortoise population on to Gold Butte land, which is where Cliven Bundy ranches. Even more oddly, only four years after mining was banned in the area to protect the tortoise population, Federal funds began to run out and plans were enacted to euthanize them. [2] This would not be so complex, homesteader fights encroaching government, if not for the removal of BLM web pages specifically mentioning Cliven Bundy. That, and the fact that SEZs  and surrounding areas will eventually be public lands for competitive lease, hopefully not for fracking etc. exploitation:


"Heidi Hartmann, Argonne: Ultimately BLM will offer portions of the SEZ
or the entire SEZ for competitive leasing." (Top of page 3) [3]

It also turns out that the Dry Lake SEZ mitigation plan involving the Bundy Ranch is their test run for the national project:

"Develop a Regional Mitigation Plan for the Dry Lake SEZ and use the lessons
learned to produce guidance for the development of regional mitigation plans for all the remaining SEZs"  (Page 1) [4]

It is also the beginning of a potentially enormous amount of business:

"...with the development of technologies for capture of solar energy and its conversion to electricity there is great interest in siting major industrial developments in the Mojave."
[5]

"Sets a clear process that allows for development of well-sited projects on approximately 19 million acres outside the zones" [1]

I think that's the kicker. That's a lot of land opened for "development" of un-named projects "outside the zones"...which is where, exactly? They've detailed other items in stunning depth...the phrase "MINERALS__REALTY__AND_RESOURCE_PROTECTION" is part of the URL of this project's overall Final Report, yet the words nickel, copper, and platinum do not appear a single time therein. 19 million acres is 29,687.5 square miles. Wiki.answers.com says "The total land area (excluding water) in South Carolina is 30,109 square miles", so they're opening an area the size of the land of SC for un-named exploitation and not saying exactly where. In addition to the actual SEZ land!

And apparently a large amount of money: 

"...the cost to buy private land in the vicinity of the SEZ is about $46,000/acre." (Page 16) [3]

Wondering if the "19 million acres" PLUS eventually all of the SEZ areas will be open to unlimited mining, fracking, etc. such as do the Kochs. There is no mention of nickel, copper, or platinum in the BLM Dry Lake SEZ Final Report, but this 2006 government survey of Gold Butte, Bunkerville and surrounding areas opens with 

"Gold Butte...contains areas with high potential for the occurrence of nickel-copper-platinum" "Bunkerville district could reveal a significant resource of nickel, copper, gold..."

so three things become clear. 

1. They cannot build the solar plant in the Dry Lake area and its mitigation in Gold Butte due to Cliven Bundy's wandering cattle which can damage everything, especially the land they wish to use for endangered tortoise relocation, and 

2. the endangered desert tortoise gained a 2009 prohibition on mining in the area, so no mining in Gold Butte and Bunkerville if the tortoise is relocated there. 

3. They're attempting to run off Cliven Bundy with guns and euthanize the endangered tortoise population which leaves no obstacles to the solar plant and the eventual competitive leasing of that land for presumed mining of precious metals by un-named leasees, assumedly for personal profit. The 19 million acres would appear to be immediately open to exploitation. Does this include Gold Butte, Bunkerville, etc.?  

So if you want to follow the money, wonder at who, not involved with the government (NGOs) would be worried about impacts upon this land.

Vanishing BLM Web Pages

Researcher site Storm Clouds Gathering provided a link to the removed BLM web page regarding their complaints regarding Cliven Bundy's "trespass cattle".

BLM Notheast Clark County Cattle Tresspass

However,  Federal funds to preserve the Tortoise population are ending and they are slated to be moved or euthanized. [1] The thing is, another BLM page linked by SCG shows discussion of a Dry Lake Energy Zone and that some unknown party who says that Cliven Bundy's tresspass cattle endagers the offsite mitigation:

Bundy Ranch BLM Cattle Tresspass Impacts 1

So NGOs worry that the mitigation, meaning the transfer of endangered tortoise and other plants and animals from the 93/15 intersection area to Gold Butte would not be sustainable due to the free-wandering cattle. Yet the tortoise is being destroyed...

The Endangered Tortoise, slated for euthanization by the government

The Dry Lake Energy Zone is 45 miles south-west of the Bundy Ranch where the 93 meets the 15 freeway.

http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/wo/blm_library/tech_notes.Par.29872.File.dat/TN_444.pdf

You'll see that there is a power plant and a gypsum processing plant at the intersection of the 93 and 15 freeways some 45 miles south-west of Bundy Ranch. This area will be turned into a solar farm.

Dry Lake SEZ Location

Here is the main BLM page.

http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/lvfo/blm_programs/energy/dry_lake_solar_energy.html

which links to their Final Report.

So.


2.
What is off-site mitigation and does SRMP fit?
Off-site mitigation is covered under current BLM policy and consists
of compensating for resource impacts by replacing or providing substitute resources or habitat at a differentlocation than the project area.
1

 

Obama Administration Releases Roadmap for Solar Energy Development on Public Lands

The document State-by-State list of Solar Energy Zones lists Dry Lake, Clark Nevada, a public land, where currently exists the Harry Allen Generating Station and a gypsum processing plant at the 93/15 intersection.


Potential Impacts of Solar Development in the Dry Lake SEZ:

2. Development may have a significant adverse effect on specially designated areas, especially the Desert National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Old Spanish National Historic Trail (NHT), Arrow Canyon Wilderness Area (WA), Muddy Mountains WA,
andNellis Dunes Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA).


10. Development may adversely affect specific wildlife species or aquatic biota
(especially 73 identified special-status species). If pre-disturbance surveys indicate concern for any of the 11 ESA-listed or candidate-for-listing species identified as possibly present, consultation with the USFWS on mitigation will be required.

This document, at the very end, discusses the cost of dealing with the endangered tortoise population:


The FWS Biological Opinion was prepared for the entire Silver State Project
(North and South, approximately 7,925 acres). The FWS estimates that up to
38 tortoises will be accidentally injured, killed, or destoryed; up to 123 may be
encountered and relocated. Desert Tortoise Remuneration Fees: BLM
estimates a total of 2,966 acres of tortoise habitat would be disturbed between
the two Silver State projects. Total fees for disturbance of tortoise habitat
within the material site and expansion area would be $2,295,684 ($774/acre X
2,966 acres). Desert Tortoise translocation and fencing: no quantitative
presentation on number of acres or tortoises, amount of fencing, or costs.
Reasonable and Prudent Measures with Terms and Conditions: (1) additional
tortoise fencing; (2) off-site tortoise monitoring for minimum of 5 years; (3) fee
of $9,000 for each tortoise sent to the desert tortoise recovery center.
Who exactly will be getting paid this mitigation fee? 

And why the sudden decision to go out and just kill them!?

Who are the stakeholders in the SEZ developments in Nevada and elsewhere?

This document on page 8 implies that the endangered tortoise would be moved to Gold Butte because it shares equivalent conditions:

"The Gold Butte ACEC is in the same ecological zone (ecoregion) and sub-zone as
the Dry Lake SEZ and is of the same vegetation community. The Gold Butte ACEC provides habitat for all of the wildlife, including the special status species, found in the Dry Lake SEZ."

On page 27 of the above document, a gypsum processing plant is shown at the intersection of the 15 and 93 freeways.  Page 32 of the document (page 27 on the pages) states: 

"Supporting Las Vegas RMP Objective SS-2:
Manage habitat to further sustain the populations of Federally listed species so
that they would no longer need protection of the Endangered Species Act."

Yet clearly the order has come down to kill them!

Prices of desert land:

"Fred Edwards, BLM: On the basis of some research on restoration numbers, the very low end was $10,000/acre in the Mojave." (Page 2) [3]


"Heidi Hartmann, Argonne: Ultimately BLM will offer portions of the SEZ or the entire SEZ for competitive leasing." (Top of page 3)


"Heidi Hartmann, Argonne: Mike Baughman said that he understood the cost to buy private land in the vicinity of the SEZ is about $46,000/acre. I’m wondering if a valid comparison is the cost of private land versus the sum of the BLM rental fee, MW fee, and mitigation (that is, should we consider the cost of nearby private lands in establishing the mitigation fees for SEZs)?" (Page 16)

This document states on page 125:

"Transmission Assessment
•     Dry Lake SEZ estimated to have the potential to generate up to 915 MW of marketable power
•     Possible load areas
–     Las Vegas, NV
–     Los Angeles, CA and Phoenix, AZ"


So this is a for-profit but government-owned facility (which will later be opened for "competitive leasing" to unknown parties).

Who are the non-governmental organizations involved in the SEZ projects, the stakeholders? A few parties listed in the 4th workshop include NRG Solar, Southern California Edison, NewFields, the Air Force and Department of Defense. While I significantly doubt that the rumor regarding Blackwater/Xe/Academi wanting the land for military-grade minerals and metals is simply rumor, there =are= potentially large amounts of valuable metals present, and since the government wants Gold Butte for mitigation projects, it would fall under their jurisdiction, and said jurisdiction involves a definite amount of land surround the SEZ as being open for exploitation. This is conflation and conjecture but follow the money and dead endangered tortoise population for a possible answer.


Minerals at Bundy Ranch




Other struggles in Nevada by locals against BLM and mining companies

Never Mind Cliven Bundy: Here’s the Real David vs. Goliath Story Between Ranchers and Feds

"The Western Shoshone filed suit decades ago to try to clear up the ownership of their land, which the U.S., through congressional legislation, began taking for various means. Some of the land was used for nuclear testing— the Department of Energy has detonated more bombs there than anywhere else on earth—while other plots were leased to mining companies digging for gold."

Citizen Groups File to Prevent the ‘Immediate and Irreparable Impacts from the Mount Hope Molybdenum Mine'

“Springs and/or waterholes that will be affected by the Project’s dewatering and other operations are utilized by livestock grazing on public land.
 
 The Mt. Hope Mine Project would be one of the largest open pit mines in the nation. Mt. Hope and its environs will be obliterated if this project goes forward as planned...

The Draft EIS states that drain-down solutions from the tailings storage facilities are expected to contain aluminum, antimony, cadmium, fluoride, manganese, molybdenum, and sulfate concentrations that exceed water quality standards, and will become acidic over time. Waste rock seepage will contain high concentrations of aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, fluoride, manganese, nickel, zinc, copper, iron, lead, beryllium, thallium, selenium, sulfate, and total dissolved solids. If tailings and waste rock disposal facilities, fluid collection systems, and evapotranspiration cells are not properly managed over the long-term, the project could result in significant and long-term degradation of surface water and/or groundwater quality, as well as wildlife exposure to these waters. - March 28, 2012 EPA letter to BLM."


Who is against solar power? 

Conservative heavyweights have solar industry in their sights

"The Koch brothers and large utilities have allied to reverse state policies that favor renewable energy."


The recent "government shut-down"

"But the fact that the government and parks are closed hasn’t stopped Congress from holding hearings, including one Thursday in the House Natural Resources Committee on a bill that would force a fire sale of 3.3 million acres of public lands."

National Parks Remain Closed, Yet House Republicans Move To Sell Off 3.3 Million Acres Of Public Lands

The Koch brothers are big on turning Federal lands over to States so they may exploit them. 


The continuing Harry Reid question.

Superb researchers scgnews.com detail some interesting bits about Senator Reid which are well worth keeping in mind:




Resources:

[1] Obama Administration Releases Roadmap for Solar Energy Development on Public Lands

[2] Endangered US Tortoises to Be Euthanized

[3]  Solar Regional Mitigation Planning – Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone Pilot Project Workshop 4 February 27, 2013

[4] Framework and Action Plan for developing a Regional Mitigation Plan


[5] Working toward a regional mitigation plan for the Solar Energy Zone




Further reading: 


The Bundy Ranch, OathKeepers, and the Koch Brothers...the 1%'s revolution?

"The mines would come in and poison everything..."



Please pardon my lack of HTML skills. Cutting-and-pasting text from several sources has caused the font type to get out of control.

Saturday, April 12, 2014

The Bundy Ranch, OathKeepers, and the Koch Brothers...the 1%'s revolution?

"Power is getting other people to do what you want." 

Edit 4.19.2014: Obama's solar projects includes Gold Butte for tortoise habitat, but the tortoise is being euthanized, presumedly clearing the way for mining the precious metals a government survey noted as being highly likely in that and nearby locations, plus the land-grab and big business of solar:

http://occupyobservations.blogspot.com/2014/04/bundy-ranch-dry-lake-solar-project-and.html

Edit 4.14.2014: It turns out that some powerful organization is removing BLM pages from Google cache (!) which...well, see for yourself and download for yourself. The Kochs are definitely involved in this but they are not the core. Keep digging, the criminal will be exposed! And there -are- potentially valuable minerals in the area, see report posted at the end of this article.

Edit 4.16.2014: The author of the below video, Storm Clouds Gathering, has removed it due to what he calls a factual error and will produce a new one shortly. Suffice to say, he showed the archive engine containing the deleted BLM document found below, debunked as I have the Reid/China connection, etc.



Edit 4.21.2014: 

Superb researchers scgnews.com replacement video for the above, detailing some interesting bits about Senator Reid which are well worth keeping in mind:



Bunch BLM Cattle Tresspass Impacts 1

BLM Notheast Clark County Cattle Tresspass

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Original article: 

I was as outraged as anyone upon hearing the BLM and government's intent, but all of that changed when I saw the Koch's name. The Kochs are using the Bundy Ranch situation to organize and mobilize a personal militia.

We've all seen how the Koch brothers' PACs "citizens united" and the "tea party" [1] have installed Koch-friendly legislation and de-regulation in state and Federal government. Republicans unfriendly to "tea party" politics are threatened with "tea party" competition in the next election if they don't toe the line. With the McCutcheon ruling added to the Koch's "citizens united", there is now unlimited corporate spending possible in elections, eliminating "one person, one vote" and shifting speech into money...whomever has the money, gets to speak in media, and through flooding tactics, you will remember their politicians come election time.

And who doubt the Koch's true agenda should immediately familiarize themselves with this:

What Do the Koch Brothers Want?


"David Koch ran as the Libertarian Party’s vice-presidential candidate in 1980.

The agenda of the Koch brothers is to repeal every major piece of legislation that has been signed into law over the past 80 years that has protected the middle class, the elderly, the children, the sick, and the most vulnerable in this country.

It is clear that the Koch brothers and other right wing billionaires are calling the shots and are pulling the strings of the Republican Party. 


And because of the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision, they now have the power to spend an unlimited amount of money to buy the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the next President of the United States."

What if they're more ambitious than that? What if they'd actually work to topple the Federal government? Such a thing would not affect them negatively financially; it would open the way for the installation of a Koch- and 1%-friendly government, a fascist take-over. Note that Goldman Sachs have nearly done this to the majority of Europe, having, after the forced "austerity" of their purposeful smash-and-grabs, installed executives in major banks and lending boards as well as momentarily in Greece and Italy, installing their executives as Prime Ministers. Of course, Greece then went over to the neo-nazi "Golden Dawn" party. Note that Ted Cruz, architect of the most recent US government "shutdown", is married to a Goldman Sachs VP. Note the "end game memo" describing banks' orchestrated elimination of regulation in the EU and what followed. [2]

Instability and take-overs resulting in corporate-friendly government. Something they'd like. The Kochs are already working hard to own and thus stifle media as well as installing politicians in governorship in Florida, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Note Detroit having been forced into "emergency manager" status, pensions destroyed, unions busted, infrastructure sold to the highest bidder. Disaster Capitalism, "Confessions of an Economic Hitman", smash-and-grabs. And the Kochs are storing highly toxic bitumen, tar sands waste, in the open along the Detroit river-front. The world is their toilet.

So how would you create such causes and conditions in America? You've learned much in Europe so apply the same tools. And if you want unrest even greater than "tea party" rallies and marches, you'll need to stir revolutionary sentiment, stir unrest, convey the notion of a horribly unfair government requiring significant modification or complete removal.

They want the land as well, to exploit it:

The Nevada Standoff Has Nothing To Do With "Tyranny," "Sovereignty," "Freedom," or Cows.

Stirring discontent

The Bundy Ranch as of this writing is under a "no fly" zone and electronic communications have been cut off and jammed, never a good sign. A rancher who has defied the Federal government and multiple court orders is now under direct attack by armed land management agents (!) But what is the back story?

"Feds Turn From Landlords To Warlords": Koch Groups Back Rancher Making Violent Threats Against Federal Gov't

"Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the conservative non-profit group, was founded by and has been largely funded by billionaires Charles and David Koch. The Center for Media and Democracy reported that in its previous incarnation as Citizens for a Sound Economy, AFP received $12 million of its $18 million in funding from the Koch Family Foundation.

AFP Nevada also promoted as a 'must read' a blog post from conservative pundit Dana Loesch where she described the standoff as 'harassment' from the federal government. The group also accused the BLM of 'strategically regulating hard-working Americans out of business.'"

The Koch brothers are definitely the single unifying thread through all of this. They want to interfere with land interests:

State Efforts To ‘Reclaim’ Our Public Lands Traced To Koch-Fueled ALEC

Mobilizing armed resistance and the Koch connection

So the Kochs' PACs are using this to rally Americans against an evil, oppressive government, exactly as does the "tea party" PAC and other Koch entities. This alone would not be so alarming excepting the estimated hundreds plus of militia descending upon the area.

"'We need to be the barrier between the oppressed and the tyrants,' Ryan Payne of the West Mountain Rangers told the Review-Journal. 'Expect to see a band of soldiers.'” [3]

"Oath Keepers is calling for Boots On The Ground. Because this is a federal incursion we are calling for volunteers from all over America. Anyone who can, please get to Nevada ASAP." [4]

The problem is that Oath Keepers are aligned with the "tea party", which of course is the Koch brothers. [1]

"I want to thank the Tea Party Organizers for inviting me to speak to you on behalf of Oath Keepers. It’s a humbling honor to be a part of such a great and laudable gathering of Americans taking on this grand intellectual revolution." [5]

Note that the Koch brothers founded the PAC "Americans for Prosperity". In the video at the end of this page, the first thing you'll hear is David Koch state that he and his brother funded AFP. Now note that AFP organizes the "tea party".

(CNN) -- "Tens of thousands of people spent part of April 15 at organized 'tea party' demonstrations across the country, protesting what some view as excessive government spending and bailouts.

CNN's Rick Sanchez spoke Wednesday afternoon to one of the organizers of the 'tea party' protests, Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity. The organization's Web site identifies him as "a veteran political strategist and one of the nation's premier grassroots organizers with nearly two decades of experience, including presidential, gubernatorial and congressional races, as well as state legislative, local and issue-advocacy campaigns." [6] (Bold emphasis mine.)

In the Oath Keepers speech snippet above, they thank "tea party organizers". The Koch's AFP are "tea party" organizers.

Koch brothers > Americans for Prosperity > "tea party".
Koch brothers > Americans for Prosperity > Bundy Ranch / Oath Keepers.

Oath Keepers also seem to be showing up where John Birch Society members do...google "oath keepers john birch society" for more. Suffice to say, on one visit to the Oath Keeper's website, I noted a link to the JBS website (as well as to The Eagle Forum, another extreme-right organization). Note that a Koch was a founding member of the JBS.

"Oath Keepers and The John Birch Society hosted a meeting in Southington, CT Saturday Nov 17, 2012 for the purpose of organizing opposition to Agenda 21 in Connecticut."... (https://www.facebook.com/WRCCT/posts/430765120310998https://www.facebook.com/WRCCT/posts/430765120310998)

John Birch Society Celebrates Koch Family For Their Role In Founding The Hate Group

"Founded last April (2010) by Yale-educated lawyer and ex-Ron Paul aide Stewart Rhodes, the group has established itself as a hub in the sprawling anti-Obama movement that includes Tea Partiers, Birthers, and 912ers. Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, and Pat Buchanan have all sung its praises, and in December, a grassroots summit it helped organize drew such prominent guests as representatives Phil Gingrey and Paul Broun, both Georgia Republicans."

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/03/oath-keepers 

Now ex-military and ex-police heading to the Ranch in its defense, and calls for all militia to join. Join the Koch brothers, that is. If the Feds total the ranch, if they harm any militia or act overbearingly (duh), it will unify militia and the Kochs will have a private army as willing as "tea party" dupes. They'll see an enemy and calls to stop the enemy, not considering that those calling out "enemies" are the Kochs and the 1%.

Edit, 4.17.2015:

Ted Cruz’s frightening gun fanaticism: When a presidential contender encourages armed insurrection

Ted Cruz is both "tea party" and is married to a Goldman Sachs VP.


Precedence

This brings to mind an interesting quote from a 1%er of yesteryear:

"I can hire one-half of the working class to kill the other half." [7] 


as well as the Business Plot:

"
Retired Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler claimed that wealthy businessmen were plotting to create a fascist veterans' organization and use it in a coup d'état to overthrow (the) President of the United States..." [8]

As well as the fact that the Kochs have been funding protest and resistance in other countries:

"
In 2008, the US-based Cato Institute awarded the US$500,000 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty to student leader Yon Goicoechea for his role in mobilising protests against the suspension of private broadcaster RCTV’s licence." [9]


I for one am not at all comfortable with the notion of heavily-armed citizens, many of them ex-military, doing the Koch's bidding, all the time imagining that they are helping America. Note how many are eager to help AFP and extrapolate this with militias:
 



Why would the Kochs use the Bundy Ranch situation to deflect the nearby Solar Energy Zone project? 

Conservative heavyweights have solar industry in their sights

"The Koch brothers and large utilities have allied to reverse state policies that favor renewable energy."

At minimum, using "afp" to stir shit and call out the militia puts a cork in the BLM plans for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone. At the very minimum, this is for them, business as usual.


References:

[1] Study Confirms Tea Party Was Created by Big Tobacco and Billionaire Koch Brothers

[2] The Confidential Memo at the Heart of the Global Financial Crisis

[3] ‘Expect To See A Band Of Soldiers’: Militia Members Arrive At Nevada Ranch

[4] Action Alert: Boots On The Ground Need Donations for food and water at Bundy Ranch Standoff

[5] OFFICIAL OATH KEEPERS SPEECHES THAT JULY 4 TEA PARTY EVENTS CAN USE

[6] Tea party organizer: 'A freedom movement'

[7] Jay Gould, Wikipedia

[8] Business Plot

[9a] Venezuela: The Real Significance of the Student Protests

[9b] (Cato Institute) Founders: Edward Crane and Charles Koch
Edward Crane and Charles G. Koch
Founders: Edward Crane and Charles G. Koch
Founders: Edward Crane and Charles G. Koch
Although founded by a Koch, may not currently be under Koch decree.


Further reading:

Bundy Ranch: The Dry Lake Solar Project and "Competitive Leasing"

Right Wing Terrorists Poised to Spark 2nd American Revolution (Video)

Goldman Sachs making the US like Greece, Italy, Spain... 

Cliven Bundy, John Birch Society, And Koch Industries

Billionaire Koch Brothers’ AFP Endorses ‘Patriot’ Militia Movement At Bundy Ranch - See more at: http://www.breitbartunmasked.com/latest-news/billionaire-koch-brothers-afp-endorses-patriot-militia-movement-at-bundy-ranch/#sthash.XNhtun4w.dpuf
Billionaire Koch Brothers’ AFP Endorses ‘Patriot’ Militia Movement At Bundy Ranch - See more at: http://www.breitbartunmasked.com/latest-news/billionaire-koch-brothers-afp-endorses-patriot-militia-movement-at-bundy-ranch/#sthash.XNhtun4w.dpuf
Billionaire Koch Brothers’ AFP Endorses ‘Patriot’ Militia Movement At Bundy Ranch - See more at: http://www.breitbartunmasked.com/latest-news/billionaire-koch-brothers-afp-endorses-patriot-militia-movement-at-bundy-ranch/#sthash.XNhtun4w.dpuf

Billionaire Koch Brothers' AFP Endorses "Patriot" Militia Movement At Bundy Ranch

Goldman Sachs' Global Coup D'etat

“It no longer matters who sits in the White House.” ~Goldman Sachs managing director Nomi Prins

Everything you need to know about the long fight between Cliven Bundy and the federal government

Cliven Bundy Ranch Speaker Warns Of ‘Civil War,’ Promises Harry Reid Will Have His ‘Balls Ripped Off’

 

The Harry Reid solar land-grab claims fall flat. It was to be in Laughlin, far south of the Ranch, and the Chinese pulled out of the deal last year. Ugly, but not involving the Ranch. 

If cattle are loose to graze in a 1,000 mile area, this definitely includes the BLM solar development, 40 miles away: http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/wo/blm_library/tech_notes.Par.29872.File.dat/TN_444.pdf. Note that the solar plant is also to help the Moapa First Nation: http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2014/04/13/right-wing-disinformation-bundys-land-is-not-solar-farm-for-harry-reid/

-2006 survey: "Gold Butte...contains areas with high potential for the occurrence of nickel-copper-platinum" "Bunkerville district could reveal a significant resource of nickel, copper, gold..."
http://web.archive.org/web/20090902020405/http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5197/sir2006-5197c.pdf
-2009 note stating that Gold Butte has a 20-year ban on mining to save the endangered tortoise, etc. http://tinyurl.com/kjsw2ym
-2013: Federal funds run out; orders to euthanize the endangered tortoise population: http://www.newser.com/story/173169/endangered-us-tortoises-to-be-euthanized.html

One story claiming Obama is doing a land grab links to a "memo" which states that certain areas, including a park in Nevada half-way up the state north of the Ranch, are candidates for National Monument status, which would protect them from mining, fracking, and other exploitations. Disinformation. Second article on the subject.

Another text version a few of PM Beers video interviews on the ground at ‪#‎BundyRanch‬ on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Worth a read!! We've condensed a 40 minute livestream into a 5 minute article. If you Occupied, you should check out the concerns of the people on the ground at Bundy Ranch: http://la.indymedia.org/news/2014/04/263861.php

 


Thanks to Joel Greenfield for some of these articles, especially regarding the Kochs backing Bundy!