January 10-24, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Because It's Cool!
There's hope for the future yet!  Enjoy!!!
2012 Junior II Champs: Shag Dance
http://videos2view.net/shag-dance.htm

Delta/California/Water News
It's Time For a Serious Study of the West Delta Intake Concept
Dr. Jeff Michael
Valley Economist
http://valleyecon.blogspot.com/2013/01/its-time-for-serious-study-of-west.html

Link to Dr. Pyke's Western Delta Intake Concept Plan
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/01/14/pykes-plan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+san-joaquin-river-delta+%28Alex+Breitler%27s+San+Joaquin+Delta%2C+Delta+College+Blog%29

More Talk of Pyke's Plan
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/01/14/pykes-plan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+san-joaquin-river-delta+%28Alex+Breitler%27s+San+Joaquin+Delta%2C+Delta+College+Blog%29

How to Construct a Permeable Levee
Delta National Park
http://www.deltanationalpark.org/blog/view/how_to_construct_a_permeable_levee/

Alien (Weed) Conspiracy Theory
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/01/14/pykes-plan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+san-joaquin-river-delta+%28Alex+Breitler%27s+San+Joaquin+Delta%2C+Delta+College+Blog%29

'New' Delta Plan rehashes Old Plans From 1960's and 1970's
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/24/new-delta-plan-rehashes-old-plans-from-1950s-and-70s/

DWR's Delta eNews
http://www.water.ca.gov/deltainit/docs/Delta_eNews012413.pdf

Governor Brown Uses Address to Promote Peripheral Tunnels
Dan Bacher
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/01/24/18730737.php

Coalition Releases a New Portfolio-Based Conceptual Alternative for the Bay-Delta
Barry Nelson
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/bnelson/coalition_releases_a_new_portf.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+switchboard_bnelson+%28Switchboard%3A+Barry+Nelson%27s+Blog%29

Restore the Delta Responds to Governor Brown's State of the State
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001Akwh5HY8vpyc1w1s2A32rFytB8GS1qmAomcUS0Lpm7vGe0XTVyLr4TD_CbtzK0i9FhPOkg_KC0CNt32vzdpNwD6Wzhm5L8YhdkcfbP8VfPPvS4frnLIRFA%3D%3D

Restore the Delta Responds to 'Portfolio-Based' Tunnel Proposal
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/01/17/18730391.php

Why Did a Defense/Intelligence Contractor Serve as Lead Consultant on Delta Tunnel Plan?
Dan Bacher
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/20/1180585/-Why-is-a-defense-intelligence-contractor-the-lead-consultant-on-Delta-tunnel-plan

Water Commission Releases Annual Review of SWP
ACWA.com
http://www.acwa.com/news/infrastructure/water-commission-releases-annual-review-swp

Coalition Calls for Portfolio-Based Alternative to be Analyzed om BDCP
http://www.acwa.com/news/delta/coalition-calls-portfolio-based-alternative-be-analyzed-bdcp

ACWA Submits Comment Letters on Delta Plan Documents
ACWA.com
http://www.acwa.com/news/delta/acwa-submits-comment-letters-delta-plan-documents

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-24.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-23.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-22.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-21.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-18.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-17.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-16.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-15.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-14.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-11.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-10.html

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
The Key Word is 'Precedent' in Opposing a Con Con
American Policy Center
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=3af5d41d21ad9fce53c86ba9d&id=d090589bef&e=75b5b6dbb8

UN Gun Grab on Pace for March
The New American
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/14237-un-general-assembly-votes-unanimously-to-hammer-out-global-gun-control-treaty

The Equator Principles and Sustainable Poverty
American Policy Center
http://americanpolicy.org/2013/01/24/the-equator-principles-and-sustainable-poverty/

Resolutions to Protect Property Rights
American Policy Center
http://americanpolicy.org/2013/01/24/resolutions-to-protect-property-rights/

Agriculture/Science News

Levee/Infrastructure News

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News

Environmental News
CEQA is a Safety Net: Environmental Attorney's Perspective
California Economic Summit
http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/ceqa-is-a-safety-net-environmental-attorneys-perspective

New Study Finds Infill and Public Transit Projects Caught Up in CEQA Net

http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/new-study-finds-infill-public-transit-projects-caught-up-in-ceqa-net
Protecting and Strengthening Environmental 'Bill of Rights'

http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/protecting-and-strengthening-californias-environmental-bill-of-rights

CEQA Modernization Debate Begins to Intensify

http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/ceqa-modernization-debate-begins-to-intensify

CEQA Reform Isn't What it Seems to Be - Law Professor's Perspective

http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/ceqa-reform-isnt-what-it-seems-to-be-law-professors-perspective

Where Things Stand on CEQA: Steinberg Still Pushing for Reform

http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/where-things-stand-on-ceqa-steinberg-still-pushing-for-reform
Video: Conservationists Movement Open to CEQA Reform Discussion But...

http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/video-conservation-movement-open-to-ceqa-reform-discussion-but
Video: Labor Leader Speaks Out on CEQA Reform

http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/video-labor-leader-speaks-out-on-ceqa-reform
CEQA Reform is Long Overdue - Environmental Lawyer's Perspective

http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/ceqa-reform-is-long-overdue-environmental-lawyers-perspective
Save or Tear Down? CEQA Works for Question of Historic Buildings

http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/save-or-tear-down-ceqa-works-for-historic-building-issues-attorney
Middle Ground Exists on CEQA Reform - Environmental Attorney

http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/save-or-tear-down-ceqa-works-for-historic-building-issues-attorney
Video: CEQA as Public Health Tool

http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/save-or-tear-down-ceqa-works-for-historic-building-issues-attorney

Economic/Tourism News
First Impression of the NRDC Portfolio Delta Plan
Dr. Jeff Michael
Valley Economist
http://valleyecon.blogspot.com/2013/01/first-impression-of-nrdc-portfolio.html

WestWater Research, LLC Announces its 2013 Water Investor Conference: Water & Agriculture as Real Asset Investments
Aguanomics.com
http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2013/1/prweb10300429.htm

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News
Rail Project Begins Grabbing CA Farmers' Land
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/18/rail-project-begins-grabbing-ca-farmers-land/

California High Speed Rail Blog
CHSRA Says July 2013 Groundbreaking Still on Track
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/01/chsra-says-july-2013-groundbreaking-still-on-track/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chsra-says-july-2013-groundbreaking-still-on-track
CEQA Reform and Transit
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/01/ceqa-reform-and-transit-planning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ceqa-reform-and-transit-planning
CHSRA Cleared to Begin Property Acquisition
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/01/chsra-cleared-to-begin-property-acquisition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chsra-cleared-to-begin-property-acquisition
Jeff Denham Appointed Chair of House Railroad Committee Vows to Continue War on California HSR
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/01/jeff-denham-appointed-chair-of-house-railroad-committee-vows-to-continue-war-on-california-hsr/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jeff-denham-appointed-chair-of-house-railroad-committee-vows-to-continue-war-on-california-hsr
CHSRA and Amtrak to Collaborate on Train Orders
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/01/chsra-and-amtrak-to-collaborate-on-train-orders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chsra-and-amtrak-to-collaborate-on-train-orders
Construction Managers Chosen for Madera-Fresno Section
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/01/construction-managers-chosen-for-madera-fresno-section/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=construction-managers-chosen-for-madera-fresno-section

National Political News
Senator Feinstein's Bizzare New Weapons Legislation
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52638#When:00:30:59Z

Guns and the President
Andrew Napolitano
http://www.lewrockwell.com/napolitano/napolitano84.1.html

California Political News
California's Changing K-12 Accountability Program
PPIC Publication
http://www.ppic.org/main/publication_quick.asp?i=1043
Critical reading I highly recommend in response to this publication.  This is vital to those with toddlers/youngsters entering into the public school system.  You owe it to your child/grand child to read this book, it is that important.
Common Core A Trojan Horse for Education Reform
Orlean Koehle
ISBN Number: 9781-4675-4965-3 (for Amazon, etc. ordering)

Litigation News
Judge Tentatively Rules Against Plaintiffs Challenging Monterey Amendment Water Deal
California Water Impact Network
http://www.c-win.org/content/best-best-and-krieger-legal-alert-judge-tentatively-rules-against-plaintiffs-challenging-mon

Tribal News

Calendar
Delta Historical Ecology and Landscape Scale Restoration: As Applied to Williamson/McCormack Tract
Delta Stewardship Council's Delta Science Program
January 30, 2013
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/science-event-detail/8251

Is Peace Possible in the Delta Water Wars?
Delta Conservancy
http://www.deltaconservancy.ca.gov/
Is Peace Possible in the Delta Water Wars? is the topic of a UC Center Sacramento panel discussion including Russell van Loben Sels and Gilbert Cosio
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
12:00-1:30 p.m.
1130 K Street.
The event is free, and lunch is provided.
To register, visit the UC Center's website: http://uccs.ucdavis.edu/events/registrations/2013-February-6-DeltaWaterWars.
http://delta.groupaya.net/ 

Written Comment Opportunities
Comment Period Extended for Proposed San Joaquin Flows
ACWA.com
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-quality/comment-period-extended-proposed-san-joaquin-flows

January 5-7, 2013 Delta Water and News Links

Delta/California/Water News
Weekend Wrap-Up
Aquafornia.com
http://www.aquafornia.com/index.php/2013/01/07/weekend-wrap-up-27/

Water Education Foundation Welcomes New Board Members
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=n4t4lee6&v=001zsj4A0_3E1FPRz7q-7mPkznfVoxeGkVpE4lRsLtMHPTpjOQ5THqB9tugvK3U1tzqdVWB2tVlFVV_wdaX6O11sggvSSyO1Rx7wLtmw9Fhi-S7cM-IafpPYOQGnnjID9j6oy4beb618GEtptZZEDxLgfJaqGHaxcWObRwYnemwxqzUHSCrBTu30uKtWjqugtgbPS-jWPrQp2gZig3UFQvFpVl7dnEfBxniexKmw6L7gcFkmNChemjmSLxZRQy3cDCaxcUajsKjofSU6uGYqlmMcALuDT9cw3C5X2BJa888NXpO5xlWSVRwSw%3D%3D

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-4.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/01/news-articles-and-links-from-january-7.html

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development
Leave Prop. 13 Alone: Repeal Growth Controls
Fox and Hounds
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2013/01/leave-prop-13-alone-repeal-growth-controls/

It is the toxic combination of slow-growth and smart-growth plans with affordable housing incentives –- low interest rates, low down payments, mortgage interest deduction — that help bring about abnormal booms and busts in California’s real estate market. 

Growth Controls, Not Prop. 13, Produced State Deficits
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/07/growth-controls-not-prop-13-produced-state-deficits/

My Line In The Sand Is Drawn Here
Pastor Chuck Baldwin
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin734.htm

AGENDA Grinding America Down
Bear Witness Central
http://bwcentral.org/2012/11/agenda-grinding-america-down/

Why We Are About to Lose the U.S. to The Claws of Communism Parts 1, 2 and 3
http://bwcentral.org/2013/01/why-we-are-about-to-lose-the-united-states-to-the-claws-of-communism-part-1/
http://bwcentral.org/2012/01/why-we-are-about-to-lose-the-united-states-to-the-claws-of-communism-part-2/
http://bwcentral.org/2012/01/why-we-are-about-to-lose-the-united-states-to-the-claws-of-communism-part-3/

Pastor Roger Anghis - The Banning of Guns, Part 2
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/Anghis/roger242.htm

Senator Feinstein's Constitutional End-Run
ImpeachObamaCampaign.com
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/senator-feinsteins-constitutional-end-run/

Feinstein Will Most LIkely Introduce Her Anti-2nd Amendment Bill on January 22nd
TheSurvivalistBlog.com
http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/feinstein-introduce-anti2nd-amendment-bill-january-22nd/

Feinstein Slated to Reveal Gun Ban Legislation in January
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/07/feinstein-slated-to-reveal-gun-ban-legislation-in-jan/

Hit the Nail On the Head With a Federal Assault Hammer Ban
ImpeachObamaCampaign.com
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/hit-the-nail-on-the-head-with-a-federal-assault-hammer-ban/

Confirmed: Dianne Feinstein Doesn't Know Anything
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/01/confirmed_diane_feinstein_doesnt_know_anything.html

Conversation About CEQA in the 21st Century
California Economic Summit
http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/conversation-about-ceqa-in-the-21st-century

Agriculture/Science News

Levee/Infrastructure News

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News
Delta Fish Populations Reach Record Low Levels
Dan Bacher
TheFishSniffer.com
http://www.fishsniffer.com/fishingnews/details/delta-fish-populations-reach-record-low-levels/

Legislators Want Army Corps To Explain Habitat Removal Plan
LATimes.com
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0104-sepulveda-20130104,0,126344.story#tugs_story_display

Environmental News
Gov. Jerry Brown Wants to "Calibrate" Environmental Rules
LATimes.com
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2013/01/gov-jerry-brown-wants-to-calibrate-environmental-rules.html

A Drilling Dilemma on Fracking
SFGate.com
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/editorials/article/A-drilling-dilemma-on-fracking-4168823.php

Economic/Tourism News
Conservation Groups Meet Deadline to Protect Iconic Property on Donner Summit
Packard Foundation
http://www.packard.org/2013/01/conservation-groups-meet-deadline-to-protect-iconic-property-on-donner-summit/

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News
"Blazing Trains" HSR Plan Resembles Comedy Western
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/07/blazing-trains-hsr-plan-resembles-comedy-western/
(Steinberg looks like the Governor in Blazing Saddles!! See picture in article.)

California High Speed Rail Blog - CEQA Reform Takes Shape for 2013
Cahsrblog.com
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/01/ceqa-reform-takes-shape-for-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ceqa-reform-takes-shape-for-2013

National Political News
Look for More McClintocks in the Future
Fox and Hounds
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2013/01/look-for-more-mcclintocks-in-the-future/

Blame for Fiscal Mess? Look In the Mirror
Devvy Kidd
NewsWithViews.com
http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd568.htm

Pelosi Urges Obama to Sidestep congress, Use 14th Amendment to Raise Debt Ceiling
TheDailyCaller.com
http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/07/pelosi-urges-obama-to-sidestep-congress-use-14th-amendment-to-raise-debt-ceiling/

The Fate of the Republic Is In The Hands of One Man
ImpeachObamaCampaign.com
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/the-fate-of-the-republic-is-in-the-hands-of-one-man/

House Democrat Serrano Tries to Alter Constitution, End Presidential Term Limits
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/07/house-democrat-serrano-tries-to-alter-constitution-end-presidential-term-limits/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29

Who Would Dare Veto the Sandy Bill?
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/01/who_would_dare_veto_the_sandy_bill.html

Conservatives Can Learn From the Flaws in Spielberg's Lincoln
AmericanThinker.com
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/01/conservatives_can_learn_from_the_flaws_in_spielbergs_lincoln.html

Just Who Wants to 'Take Back America?'
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/04/just-who-wants-to-take-back-america/

California Political News
The Prop 13 "Reforms" Only Embed Prop 13 More Deeply
Fox and Hounds
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2013/01/the-prop-13-reforms-only-embed-prop-13-more-deeply/

Schwarzenegger Still in Marketing Mode, Selling Myths
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2013/01/06/schwarzenegger-still-in-marketing-mode-selling-myths/

Litigation News
Washington: California Water Providers Clash With Feds Over Breached Contracts
MiamiHerald.com
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/04/3167882/california-water-providers-clash.html

Stockton East Update
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/01/04/stockton-east-update/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+san-joaquin-river-delta+%28Alex+Breitler%27s+San+Joaquin+Delta%2C+Delta+College+Blog%29

Federal Judge Rules EPA Overstepped Authority Trying to Regulate Water as Pollutant
EPAAbuse.com
http://epaabuse.com/10585/news/federal-judge-rules-epa-overstepped-authority-trying-to-regulate-water-as-pollutant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=federal-judge-rules-epa-overstepped-authority-trying-to-regulate-water-as-pollutant

Tribal News
Native American Flash Mob Round Dance Takes Over Mall of America
colorlines.com
http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/01/native_american_flash_mob_round_dance_takes_over_mall_of_america.html

Calendar

Written Comment Opportunities

Because It's Cool!
All My Children, One Life to Live to Return In New Online Network
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/01/07/all-my-children-one-life-to-live-to-return-in-new-online-episodes/

December 17, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Former Fed Judge Oliver Wanger Earns Trial Victory
Hmmm...coupled with Judge Wanger's first public speaking event immediately after his retirement from the bench was at the Southern California Water Committee's 4th Quarter dinner in which his parting shot off the stage was (paraphrasing)...blah, blah, blah and guess what folks? I was born and raised in Beverly Hills....looks like some chumminess paying off as stated in the article. Amazing?  What was amazing was how easily Resnick got out of testifying to anything under oath.

The trial in Black's courtroom was supposed to dig deeper into the water-for-pistachios allegation against Paramount. A key witness was going to be billionaire Stewart Resnick, who owns Paramount. Because of Wanger's trial-ending move, Resnick no longer has to testify.
"It's pretty amazing," Wanger said of the trial's quick ending.

Fresno Bee

http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/12/10/3096478/former-federal-judge-oliver-wanger.html#storylink=misearch

h/t Bill Wells, Delta Chamber of Commerce
Water Weed Chokes Marina
TracyPress.com
http://www.tracypress.com/view/full_story/21125232/article-Water-weed-chokes-marina?instance=home_news_lead_story

The Battle to Defend Drakes Bay Oyster Farm
Defend Rural America
Dr. Corey Goodman Speaks Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7NiX5QrO24&feature=youtu.be
Kenny Lunny Speaks Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-9zY4W840A&feature=youtu.be
Ginny Lunny Reveals Human Tragedy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i1ZLyGHwjM&feature=youtu.be


California Water News
Aquafornia.com
Weekend Wrap-Up
http://www.aquafornia.com/index.php/2012/12/17/weekend-wrap-up-siskiyou-county-supes-refer-dfg-das-office-san-diego-sells-bonds-towing-icebergs-news-calendar-week/

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/12/news-articles-and-links-from-december_17.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/12/news-articles-and-links-from-december_11.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/12/news-articles-and-links-from-december_12.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/12/news-articles-and-links-from-december_13.html
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/12/news-articles-and-links-from-december_14.html

Water News

Agriculture News
GE News: Monsanto Gets Its Way in Farm Bill
EcoFarm.com
http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=76c0bb8f4637459fcb1d94bf3&id=4d08c8b758&e=70f6a0af54

Levee News

Science News
Study Uncovers Mechanism Used By BRAC1 to Suppress Tumors
Science Blog
http://www.sciencecodex.com/study_uncovers_mechanism_used_by_brca1_to_suppress_tumors-103971

Fisheries News

Wildlife News

Environmental News
Daily Kos: Protesters Rally Against Fracking as Oil Industry Claims It's 'Safe'
Dan Bacher
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/17/1171121/-Protesters-rally-against-fracking-as-oil-industry-claims-it-is-safe#

FrackNation to Premiere January 22 on AXS
EconomicPolicyJournal.com
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/12/fracknation-to-premiere-january-22-on.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News
More Unemployment for Consultants?
(One can wish, I suppose.)
Aguanomics.com
http://www.aguanomics.com/2012/12/more-unemployment-for-consultants.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aguanomics+%28Aguanomics%29

Tourism News

Tribal News

National Political News
Hurricane Sandy and FEMA Abuse
The Foundry
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/12/14/hurricane-sandy-and-fema-abuse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hurricane-sandy-and-fema-abuse

Feinstein Plans to Reintroduce Assault Weapons Ban Next Year
FireDogLake.com
http://news.firedoglake.com/2012/12/16/feinstein-plans-to-reintroduce-assault-weapons-ban-next-year/
California Progress Report
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/feinstein-plans-reintroduce-assault-weapons-ban-next-year

Feinstein Statement on CIA Detention, Interrogation Report
Press Release from Senator Feinstein's website
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=46c0b685-a392-4400-a9a3-5e058d29e635

Armed Citizens Thwart Criminals
GodFatherPolitics.com

But liberals like Bob Costas, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton want to disarm Americans and take away their ability to defend themselves.  They only see the evil that some people create by using their guns illegally.  They seem to be blind to incidents where law abiding citizens use their guns to prevent those evil people from making them victims.

Read more: http://godfatherpolitics.com/8489/armed-citizens-thwart-criminals/#ixzz2FGnGlsUE

California Political News
CalPERS Seeks to be New California 'Octypus'
CalWatchDog.com

The Wall Street Journal calls CalPERS’ assertion of unlimited powers a “ploy.” Real octopus animals squirt an “ink” that serves to keep themselves hidden or as a decoy from predators. Expect some of the same from CalPERS.

High Speed Rail News
California High Speed Rail Blog:
Sacramento Bee Slams Valley Republican HSR Opposition
(Well bless his little heart, ya gotta love the far left perspective. I know where I'd like to put the track; up where the sun don't shine.)
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2012/12/sacramento-bee-slams-valley-republican-hsr-opposition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sacramento-bee-slams-valley-republican-hsr-opposition

Rail Series: Surmounting the Tehachapi Barrier
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/17/rail-series-surmounting-the-tehachapi-barrier/

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21

Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News

Events Calendar

Just For Fun
Strolling Down Memory Lane
Late Late Night FDL: Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol from 1962
http://firedoglake.com/2012/12/15/late-late-night-fdl-mr-magoos-christmas-carol-2/

The Sword and Sovereignty
News With Views
(Edwin Vieira, Jr., PhD, JD see bio at end of post)
http://www.newswithviews.com/Vieira/edwin254.htm

December 11-16, 2012 Delta Water and News Linka

Delta News
And now a few words from my Hero, Supervisor Nottoli!
Viewpoints: Delta Plan Threatens Water Rights
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/12/14/5053576/delta-plan-threatens-water-rights.html
(Comments worth the read!)

Sacramento River Delta's Link to Mr. Nottoli's Article
http://www.sacramentoriverdelta.net/2012/12/14/sacramento-bee-viewpoints-delta-plan-threatens-water-rights-supplies/

Defend Rural America 'For the Good of All'
Here is an excellent, well-documented example of how a national park is created through intimidation and destruction of the people and communities.  Please take the hour to watch line program.  While it specifically talks about creating a National Park, the process of creating a National Heritage Area is disturbingly similar.
http://www.landrights.org/VideoForTheGoodOfAll.wmv

ICLEI Primer: Your Town and Freedom Threatened
http://www.freedomadvocates.org/articles/illegitimate_government/iclei_primer%3A_your_town_and_freedom_threatened_20090804364/
Please take the time to read this and follow the provided links for more information, especially all of the public employees and politicians on this list.  I thank you.

And THIS is the reason for the prior link.  This is very disturbing, especially given Great Valley's Packard-provided funding and influence in the greater San Joaquin Valley.  For my rural naysayers on Agenda 21, if this doesn't open up eyes, I'm coming to the conclusion nothing will.
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=3a73aa38da7c23a78b6b24765&id=30fe9b22db&e=10e5b0d4e3

Senator Wolk Introduces Bond to Address Delta Crisis
Dan Bacher on Indybay.org
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/12/12/18727858.php

The California Spigot
Climate Shift From Snow to Rain Demands Revolution in California's Water System
http://www.californiaspigot.blogspot.com/

How about privatization issues? If the recharged basin water belongs to landowners, then the massive Kern County Water Bank (taken over by private interests in a secret deal by the state in the late 1990s and supplied by the State Water Project that pumps from the delta) would further enrich a small group of wealthy farmers, as they sell water for new developments in the southland.

News From Restore the Delta
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001zcvTRfzfKBG2ao4eXoLOZKed9DXNlrx7Sb-reEfJ3wfX_CLXKuTJdt4erzvJCw4_g18mbBRNwZ5o47k5-y-VEia2jlre2bqXSa16gRrdIRIdq7rH3cF4kg%3D%3D

DWR's Delta eNews
http://www.water.ca.gov/deltainit/docs/Delta_eNews121312.pdf
 
California Water News
Most of California's Water Footprint Tied to Food Production
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-california-water-footprint20121211,0,3917096.story

Colorado River Study Bad News for Thirsty Californians
KCET
http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/commentary/colorado-river-study-bad-news-for-thirsty-californians.html

Obama on California Water
Alex Breitler's Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/12/13/obama-on-california-water/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+san-joaquin-river-delta+%28Alex+Breitler%27s+San+Joaquin+Delta%2C+Delta+College+Blog%29
 
Water News

Agriculture News
Vilsack Gets Earful at Town Hall
CapitalPress.com
http://www.capitalpress.com/content/TH-vilsack-california-w-photos-infobox-121112

Levee News

Science News
Water-Activated Seat Belt Release Could Prevent Drowning Deaths
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/12/water-seat-belt/

Coconut Oil: A Prepper's Panacea
LewRockwell.com
http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/luther2.1.1.html

Fisheries News

Wildlife News

Environmental News
Former MLPA Chair Says Hydrofracking 'Safe for California'
(Read the comments, one posted a map of where the gas and oil deposits are located.  Notice the HUGE swath in the San Joaquin Valley in general and Bakersfield in particular.  Kinda further clarifies the need for WWD, et al to have stolen the Kern County Water Bank, don't it?)
Dan Bacher, Daily Kos
http://www.elections.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/12/1169401/-Former-MLPA-chair-says-hydrofracking-is-safe-for-California#

Habitat News

Infrastructure News
New Northern California Arena Promises to be a Jobs Creator
(Besides Agenda 21-based, does anyone else from the Bay Area see what's wrong with this picture, too??  Holy Smoke, I wouldn't step one foot into that area, let alone onto the pier.  After all San Francisco's documented earthquake history keeps coming to mind.  Not to mention all those thousands of sheeple, I mean people stuck out at the end of a pier into San Francisco Bay??...think I'll just skip it, know what I mean?)
California Economic Summit
http://www.caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/new-northern-california-arena-promises-to-be-a-jobs-creator

MWD Votes to Support Raising Shasta Dam
The Fish Sniffer
http://www.fishsniffer.com/reports/details/mwd-votes-to-support-shasta-dam-raise/

SoCal Water District Supports Raising Shasta Dam
"But with up to 14 percent more water in the lake, there would be more opportunities for selling and transferring some of that water among agencies, including the MWD, he said."
(I take it, this is one of MWD's schemes to make up for lost Colorado River Water and curtailment of Delta Water, 14% additional water kinda adds up to what MWD needs to fill the difference.)
Redding.com
http://www.redding.com/news/2012/dec/11/socal-water-district-wants-shasta-dam-raised/

Economic News
Can we say 'Inaugurations Gone Wild'?? 
Big Price for Inaugural Pomp: Much Private Money
FoxNews.Com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/16/big-price-for-inaugural-pomp-much-private-money/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29
 
Tourism News

Tribal News

National Political News
(Disgustingly convenient, don't you think? My belief is if one responsible adult properly armed would have prevented this young person from taking so many lives.  Instead of gun control, why aren't we addressing the side effects of Prozac, Zoloft, Adderal, etc.  Deplorable that political ideology in any form uses the massacre of little children, the deliberate destruction of a beautiful "Americana" town (if it can happen here, no one is 'safe') to further their illogical and unconstitutional agendas.)
Feinstein Leads Democratic Senators in Call to Renew Gun Debate, Vows Legislation
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/16/durbin-says-will-reopen-capitol-hill-debate-on-gun-rights-in-coming-weeks/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29 
 
Publius Huldah Tennessee Governor Must Obey Tennessee Law: No State Insurance Exchange
http://www.newswithviews.com/Publius/huldah113.htm
News With Views 

Stop 2012 Fraud or Forget About Elections
News With Views
http://www.newswithviews.com/JBWilliams/williams225.htm

Freedom Threatened by Plan to Federalize Local Governments in Florida
Bear Witness Central
http://bwcentral.org/2012/12/freedom-threatened-by-plan-to-federalize-local-government-in-florida/
 
California Political News
California Appoints Carbon Watchdogs for Cap-and-Trade Program
(This is another inbred scam...if you read MWD's Board Report for upcoming 2013 programs, they are HEAVILY into 'carbon sequestration'.  I thought that was a bit odd, then this article comes out, I research both organizations; lo and behold, the second one California Climate Action Registry through Climate Action Reserve, I find Jeffery Kightlinger on the BoD as well as a member of World Wildlife Federation (William K. Reilly sits on board of WWF...damn inbreeding, self-serving, conniving cohorts, but I digress.)
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/12/15/5055809/california-appoints-carbon-watchdogs.html

h/t Nature Watch
Feds Auction Prime California Land for Oil Development
http://www.sfgate.com/business/energy/article/Feds-auction-prime-Calif-land-for-oil-development-4112573.php#license-50c908f6cfe19

California Institute for Federal Policy Research
http://www.calinst.org/bul2/b1931.shtml

Newsom Begins New Anti-Gun Campaign
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/15/newsom-begins-new-anti-gun-campaign/

Gun Control Quickly Rears Its Head in Calif.
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/15/gun-control-quickly-rears-its-head/

High Speed Rail News
Green Water Grab Sinks Farmland, Blocks Salmon Run
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/11/green-water-grab-sinks-farmland-blocks-salmon-runs/

Rail Series: A Capitalist Solution for California Train Travel
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/12/rail-series-a-capitalist-solution-for-california-train-travel/

Rail Series: Single-Track Bottleneck Slows California Trains
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/13/rail-series-single-track-bottleneck-slows-ca-trains/

Rail Series: Medium Speed Train Tracking Costs Less Than High-Speed
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/14/rail-series-medium-speed-train-tracking-costs-less-than-high-speed-rail/

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21
Fighting State and Regional Planning in the Bay Area
Barbara Simpson Interviews Mimi Steel
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=sksdkygab&v=001laauDGMXfkUPrrWXYL9yCSy1xMpwW4hY2mZzrzExPPlTSRqPmQXHF_psGu2FJtD7lbc2zq6kPhNL8u9VMw0gfDT1FM_VoGuArrySIPNGae_9EMr-sBmCdpF0X5kGXZRHPvwebYspuE8%3D

Regionalism: The Blueprint for Your Serfdom

A leading example of regional control is emerging in the San Francisco Bay Area. There, the COG is known as ABAG, the Association of Bay Area Governments. ABAG, in association with ICLEI (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives) has launched the “One Bay Area” program. One Bay Area is the local federalized and internationalized plan for the implementation of Agenda 21. This 9 county, 101 city (with a combined population of 7 ½ million people) “regional” plan is designed as a full commitment to the collectivist program of Smart Growth and wild area set asides.

(This matters to in-Delta interests as the National Heritage Area boundary was moved west far enough to abut the Delta with the Bay Area at Carquinez Straits.  ABAG and One Bay Area most certainly affects us in the Delta and Valley.)

http://www.newswithviews.com/Shaw/michael134.htm

The Red List
Exurbia Chronicles by Mary Baker
http://www.exurbiachronicles.com/?p=328
Refer to her bio at the end of the article for more references.

Defend Rural America 
US Fish and Wildlife Sierra Cascades Dialog Sessions
(WOW, folks we've graduated from 'Preschool/Visioning' into 'Kindergarten/Dialoging' doesn't that make us 'special'??  Either way, this is Agenda 21/Delphi Technique in operation.  These forums are supposed to 'inform' the decision-makers and these are consensus documents and processes...no matter the color of the lipstick, a pig is still a pig. )
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/workingtogether/?cid=STELPRDB5349218

Consent Agendas:

Terry Nielson of Amador County, CA offers the following information and suggestions.

Background

Counties (This also included all public entities, Councils, Commissions, Advisory Boards, etc.) use "consent agendas" to lump a lot of separate actions into a single up-down vote, similar to how omnibus bills are used by legislators. Unless someone objects to an item, it can be passed without discussion and without separate vote. County approval of endangered species listings have been approved in this manner.  If someone does object, however, the challenged item must be separately considered, discussed, and voted on. By law, consent agendas must meet the same public notice requirements as normal agenda items.

Terry's Recommendations

o Have someone in your group monitor consent agendas and alert your group of items that should not be passed without challenge.

o Formally object to items that are objectionable to force open discussion and make county commissioners accountable/liable for their actions.

o Object to all ESA listings. During discussion, demand proof the science and EIS/EIR behind the proposal are factual, and that the proposed action has a quantitative and measurable objective as to the numerical threshold that justifies delisting.

The Dawn of the Era of Common-ism 
American Policy Center
http://americanpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Commonism.pdf

Resist DC Part 1 and Part 2 A Step-By-Step Plan for Freedom
American Policy Center
http://americanpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Resist-DC-Part-1-and-2.pdf

ICLEI-Special Report
Sustainable Development:  The Root of All Our Problems
TEA Parties and End the Fed Protests Cannon Win Back the Republic Without This Information
http://americanpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ICLEI-special-report-sust-develop.pdf

Is Agenda 21 a Danger to Your GRANDMOTHER?
American Policy Center
http://americanpolicy.org/2012/12/12/is-agenda-21-a-danger-to-your-grandmother/

Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Virginia Takes EPA to Court Claiming Water Regulation Plan is Illegal Land Takeover
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/13/virginia-sues-epa-to-stop-land-takeover/

Income Tax Truth: Income Is NOT Wages
IRS Taken to U.S. Supreme Court for Unconstitutional and Illegal Actions
http://www.foundationfortruthinlaw.org/Griffin-article.html

Events Calendar
Delta Stewardship Council Brown Bag  
Delta Watershed Unimpaired Flow Index and Analytical Tools to Evaluate System-wide Changes since the 2006 Water Quality Control Plan
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/science-event-detail/8136

Just For Fun
News With Views
What If They're Wrong?
http://www.newswithviews.com/Daubenmire/dave155.htm

If Not Now, When?
News With Views
http://www.newswithviews.com/Daubenmire/dave303.htm

Laurie Roth - God Can Save US No Matter Who Is In the White House
News With Views
http://www.newswithviews.com/Roth/laurie352.htm
   

December 8-10, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

Delta News
Oyster Farmer Battles Federal Government's Order to Shut Down
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/10/family-owned-california-oyster-farm-to-fight-federal-government-over-lease/
(Keep this in mind for future reference in similar situations in the Delta:

Lunny has an ally in Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who had tried to get the lease extended for another decade. But even her clout failed to sway U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

“I am extremely disappointed that Secretary Salazar chose not to renew the operating permit for the Drakes Bay Oyster Company,” Feinstein said in a statement. “The National Park Service’s review process has been flawed from the beginning with false and misleading science, which was also used in the Environmental Impact Statement. The secretary’s decision effectively puts this historic California oyster farm out of business. As a result, the farm will be forced to cease operations and 30 Californians will lose their jobs.”

The Real Reasons for Ken Salazar's Decision
East Bay Express
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/the-real-reasons-for-ken-salazars-decision/Content?oid=3405939

 But in a little-noticed memorandum from Salazar, the Secretary of the Interior made it clear that his decision was not based on the oyster farm's impacts on Drakes Estero in Point Reyes. Instead, Salazar stated flatly that his decision to not renew Drakes Bay Oyster Company's lease was "based on the incompatibility of commercial activities in wilderness ...."

CDFG Workshop Walkout
SiskiyouDailyNews.com
http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20121205/NEWS/121209917#art-tit

He said even though most of the remaining attendees at the workshop after the walk-out were representatives of government agencies, the process will continue to move forward.

Delta Stewardship Council
2012 Long Term Operations Annual Review
http://deltacouncil.ca.gov/science-event/7842

Flexibility in Floor Management Systems: Applications to California's Central Valley
Waterwired.com
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2012/12/flexibility-in-flood-management-systems-application-to-californias-central-valley.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29

Sacramento River has Rich Pocket Area Connection
Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.
http://www.valcomnews.com/?p=9320

Redwood City Saltworks Project Waits in Limbo While Feds Mull Next Course
San Jose Mercury News
http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_22149955/redwood-city-saltworks-project-waits-limbo-while-feds?source=rss

Yolo County OKs Special Election for Davis Water Project
Daily Democrat
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_22131628/yolo-county-oks-special-election-davis-water-project

Water Bonds Needs Slimming Down
LATimes.com
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-water-bond-20121210,0,447217.column

California Water News
MWD to Vote on Support for Raising Shasta Dam; Tribal and Conservation Groups Opposed
Dan Bacher
California Progress Report
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/mwd-vote-support-raising-shasta-dam-tribal-and-conservation-groups-opposed

Sinking Farmland Snags San Joaquin River Project
Fresno Bee
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/12/08/3094689/sinking-farmland-snags-san-joaquin.html

Weekend Wrap-Up
Aquafornia.com
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/77058/

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/12/news-articles-and-links-from-december.html

Water News

Agriculture News

Levee News

Science News
How Coconut Oil Might Combat Tooth Decay
Dr. Joseph Mercola
http://lewrockwell.com/mercola/mercola249.html

Sugary Ingredients Are Not Equivalent
Science Blog
http://www.sciencecodex.com/sugary_ingredients_are_not_equivalent-103615

Fisheries News

Wildlife News

Environmental News
From the Coast to the Courts
PublicCQ.com
http://public.cq.com/docs/weeklyreport/weeklyreport-000004187192.html

With Large Oil reserve, California Faces Fracking Debate
KQED QUEST
http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/with-large-oil-reserve-california-faces-fracking-debate/

EDITORIAL: State Should Revisit Regulations on Fracking
Fresno Bee
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/12/09/3095581/editorial-state-should-revisit.html

Habitat News

Infrastructure News
How Engineers See the Water Glass in California
California Water Blog
http://californiawaterblog.com/2012/12/06/how-engineers-see-the-water-glass-in-california/

Economic News
Celebration: the NYTimes Finally Admitted Reaganomics Worked
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51670#When:04:13:19Z

Tourism News

Tribal News

National Political News
The Way Past Obama is Dismantling the United Nations
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51651#When:14:35:04Z

UN Treaties Erode US Sovereignty, Exert Control
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51645#When:10:22:51Z

11 Secret Documents Americans Deserve to See
AllGov.com
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/11-secret-documents-americans-deserve-to-see-121210?news=846439

Corporations to Fund Obama Inaugural Festivities
AllGov.com
http://www.allgov.com/news/where-is-the-money-going/corporations-to-fund-obama-inaugural-festivities-121210?news=846437

California Political News
Willie Brown Wants to Gut Prop. 13
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/10/willie-brown-wants-to-gut-prop-13/

High Speed Rail News
High Speed Rail in Bed with Unions
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/06/high-speed-rail-in-bed-with-unions/
(Good article, good comments.)

Expect CEQA Changes Next Year
Appeal Democrat
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/opinion/law-121663-environmental-public.html

In his first year back as governor, Brown signed one bill fast-tracking legal review under CEQA for a proposed football stadium in downtown Los Angeles and another speeding up big projects (costing at least $100 million) that incorporate high environmental standards. But he pulled back on a push to exclude high speed rail construction from CEQA. There has also been talk of excluding proposed water-transporting tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta.

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21
Agenda21News.com
Freedom Advocates
http://agenda21news.com/

'Socialism' and and 'Capitalism' Most Searched Definitions
Defining Socialism
The Foundry
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/12/10/defining-socialism

UN Treaties Erode US Sovereignty, Exert Control
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51645#When:10:22:34Z

Written Comment Opportunities
Bureau of Reclamation Extends Public Comment Period on Draft Feasibility Report for Shasta Lake Water Resources Investigation
http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=41606

Litigation News
LA River Oral Argument: The Justices Debate How to Tell Ninth Circuit That it Screwed Up
Legal Planet
http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/la-river-oral-argument-the-justices-debate-how-to-tell-the-ninth-circuit-that-it-screwed-up/

Events Calendar

Just For Fun
Musings After Midnight: Strategy Considerations in Moving Forward to Dispose Tyranny and Restore the Constitution
(Well worth the read, excellent, thoughtful comments_
The Liberty Sphere
http://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2012/12/musings-after-midnight-strategy.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheLibertySphere+%28The+Liberty+Sphere%29

December 6, 2012 Delta Water and News Links

"In the affairs of men's hearts the Universal Father may not always have his way; but in the conduct and destiny of a planet the divine plan prevails; the eternal purpose of wisdom and love triumphs."


Delta News
New No-Drilling Ocean Preserve off Sonoma Coast by California Democratic Lawmakers

The group, led by Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-San Rafael, and Sen. Barbara Boxer, is asking Obama to sign an executive order establishing a new offshore national monument extending from Bodega Bay near the Marin County-Sonoma County border north to Point Arena in Mendocino County.

The signatories included Northern California Democrats Jackie Speier, Zoe Lofgren, George Miller, Barbara Lee, John Garamendi, Mike Thompson, Anna Eshoo and Sam Farr.

San Jose Mercury News
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_22130618/california-democratic-lawmakers-pushing-president-barack-obama-create
(Are you freaking kidding me???  By executive order, those of us that own coastal property now have YET ANOTHER LAYER OF FEDERAL crap to be subjugated to.)

Judge OKs Delta Reservoirs Project
Recordnet.net
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20121206%2FA_NEWS%2F212060321%2F-1%2Frss14&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RecordEnvironmentHeadlines+%28Environment+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Peripheral Tunnel Opponents Debunk State's Efforts to Distance New Project from Peripheral Canal
Restore the Delta
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001Mk_gIOuRuDYVIp3dccnKfZIP1FYKGoNtz-OZmZMpBrxpBpPiTbOApYeEaXvew35fhwg1FLwCf0taebnx46V7GMVX4pmpDyHttMD-4MQ0MsOUJaFTRW0VhQ%3D%3D

Deepwater Horizon: Who's Lying to Congress?

The Obama Administration's thesis is available in the reports by the president's Oil Spill Commission, which did its work under co-chairmen former Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) and William K. Reilly, Founding Partner of Aqua International Partners LP.

American Thinker
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/12/deepwater_horizon_whos_lying_to_congress.html

DWR's Delta eNews
http://www.water.ca.gov/deltainit/docs/Delta_eNews120612.pdf

California Water News
MWD To Vote on Support of Legislative Action to Raise Shasta Dam
Dan Bacher
Dailykos.com
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/05/1167557/--MWD-to-vote-on-support-for-legislative-action-to-raise-Shasta-Dam

MWD's Communications and Legislation Committee Board of Director Recommendations
Legislative year 2012
http://mwdh2o.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=12&event_id=208&meta_id=66253

Aquafornia.com
California's Water Market an Update
http://www.aquafornia.com/archives/76922/

Water News

Agriculture News

Levee News

Science News
Tamoxifen Trial Should Prompt Breast Cancer Patients to Reconsider Treatment Options
ScienceBlog.com
http://www.sciencecodex.com/tamoxifen_trial_should_prompt_breast_cancer_patients_to_reconsider_treatment_options-103405

High Fructose Consumption, Higher Diabetes
High Fructose Corn Syrup is derived from GMO corn not conventional hybrid corn.
Life Extension
http://www.lef.org/news/LefDailyNews.htm?NewsID=17042&Section=DISEASE&utm_source=DailyHealthBulletin&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Disease&utm_content=Body+Title&utm_campaign=DHB_121204

Fisheries News

Wildlife News

Environmental News
LADWP Pulls Leases Under Dry Lake Air Monitors
Sierrawave.com
http://www.sierrawave.net/15652/lake-air-monitors/

Lord Monckton Evicted From UN Climate Summit After Challenging Global Warming 'Escorted from the hall and security officers stripped him of his UN credentials'
Blacklistednews.com
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Lord_Monckton_evicted_from_UN_climate_summit_after_challenging_global_warming_--_%27Escorted_from_the_hall_and_security_officers_stripped_him_of_his_UN_credentials%27__/22955/0/0/0/Y/M.html

Habitat News

Infrastructure News

Economic News

Tourism News

Tribal News

National Political News
The Other America
Canada Free Press
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/51568#When:13:04:56Z

California Political News
Post-Pension Reform Law, Let the Public Employee Gaming Begin
and being done quite well by MWD's executive suite
CalWatchDog.com
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/12/06/post-pension-reform-law-let-the-public-employee-gaming-begin/

High Speed Rail News

Sustainable Development/Agenda 21
Muckety Maps
William K. Reilly and Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc.
http://www.muckety.com/Query?name=William+K.+Reilly+and+University+of+California%2C+Davis+and+Richard+C.+Blum&prev=William+K.+Reilly+and+University+of+California%2C+Davis+and+Richard+C.+Blum&SearchResult=4690&SearchResult=5030394&graph=MucketyMap

William K. Reilly and University of California, Davis
http://www.muckety.com/Query?name=William+K.+Reilly+and+University+of+California%2C+Davis+and+Richard+C.+Blum&prev=William+K.+Reilly+and+University+of+California%2C+Davis+and+Richard+C.+Blum&SearchResult=4690&SearchResult=5011138&graph=MucketyMap

William K. Reilly, Richard C. Blum and University of California, Davis
http://www.muckety.com/Query?name=William+K.+Reilly+and+University+of+California%2C+Davis+and+Richard+C.+Blum&prev=William+K.+Reilly+and+University+of+California%2C+Davis+and+Richard+C.+Blum&SearchResult=1326&SearchResult=4690&SearchResult=5011138&graph=MucketyMap

Written Comment Opportunities

Litigation News
Federal Appeals Court Likely to Invalidate Obama's Recess Appointments
Breitbart News
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/12/05/Federal-Appeals-Court-Likely-to-Invalidate-Obama-s-Recess-Appointments?utm_source=e_breitbart_com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Breitbart+News+Roundup%2C+December+6%2C+2012&utm_campaign=20121206_m114477316_Breitbart+News+Roundup%2C+December+6%2C+2012&utm_term=More

Events Calendar
Delta Conservancy Program and Policy Subcommittee Meeting
December 12, 2012
3:00-5:00PM
http://www.deltaconservancy.ca.gov/docs/meeting_materials/december_2012/Agenda_2012_12_14.pdf

Just For Fun
A Pioneer Christmas in the Old West
Legends of America
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-christmas.html