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Nazis get their own lobbyist on Capitol Hill

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Nazi lobbyist John Taylor BowlesThe American Nazi Party has apparently registered its own lobbyist on Capitol Hill, 2008 National Socialist Movement presidential candidate John Taylor Bowles.

U.S. News found the PDF document— which shows that Bowles registered with the Clerk of the House as a lobbyist on Tuesday—on LegisStorm.

According to the form filled out by Bowles, he registered as a lobbyist in order to pursue issues relating to, “Political Rights and ballot access laws.” His form also reportedly cites accounting, agriculture, clean air and water, civil rights, health issues, the Constitution, immigration, manufacturing, and retirement as “general lobbying issue areas,” according to U.S. News.

“I don’t see why not,” Bowles told the paper when asked if he actually thought a member of Congress would be willing to meet with him. “Of course I won’t approach anybody in Congress unless it’s a very interesting issue or law. I’m going to be very careful about the issues I choose for this.”

In related news, white supremacist Shaun Patrick Winkler recently announced his intentions to run for sheriff in Bonner County, Idaho. “I don’t look at myself as a vigilante,” Winkler said. “I look at myself as a concerned citizen.”

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Wyoming cloud seeding project gets $2.4M more

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Wyoming cloud seeding project gets $2.4M more.

The Wyoming Legislature has provided an additional $2.4 million to complete a cloud seeding research project and ensure that it will have scientifically sound results.

“We’re going to be able to finish this out and be very credible when we’re done,” Barry Lawrence, project manager with the Wyoming Water Development Office, said.

The state has invested about $11 million since 2005 in the project, which seeks to determine whether cloud seeding increases the amount of snowpack in several of the state’s mountain ranges.

Cloud seeding involves injecting silver iodide into clouds. Under the right conditions, the chemical can help water droplets grow and fall to the ground.

Faced with water shortages and drought conditions, governments around the world and in the United States have undertaken cloud seeding in an attempt to wring more rain and snow from the sky. Critics say the technique is not proven and could pose a threat to the environment.

Most of Wyoming’s water supply comes from winter snowfall in the mountains. Supporters of the project say increasing the state’s winter snowpack would provide more water for communities and irrigation and would be cheaper than building new dams and reservoirs.

Thanks to the Legislature, which wrapped up its budget session earlier this month, the project will go on for two more winters and a report is planned in late 2014, Lawrence said.

“It will be a comprehensive report outlining the results of the study,” he said.

With two more winters of gathering data, there will be a strong 95 percent confidence level in the project’s findings, Lawrence said.

“We will be credible, a very credible project,” he said.

Lawrence has said the Wyoming project is unique because it is a research-based project to determine whether cloud seeding works. Data gathered by the project is evaluated by independent scientists.

The data gathered so far this year has been more limited in the past because of weather conditions, which must be right in order for clouds to be seeded, Lawrence said.

“We got lot of good data for this year,” he said. “Obviously we’re always trying to get more cases but you got to have the right conditions.”

An unusually warm spring is the main problem now preventing ideal seeding conditions, he said.

It’s all about me | I’d Rather Be In Iceland

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It’s all about me | I’d Rather Be In Iceland.

Welcome to my blog, which is intended to be predominantly about Iceland – so if you’re not an Icelandophile you might want to stop reading now…

About me:  Hi, I’m Eva Lind and I am an Icelandoholic. I live in England and am just this side of a mid-life crisis. I have many other interests including running, Formula One, Bollywood movies, trashy reality shows and anything else that makes me laugh.

Growing up, I always loved both reading and writing. While I’ve always made time to for reading books I, haven’t written anything for years.

And I need a new audience as everyone I know is sick of me talking about Iceland.

How did I get interested in Iceland? Kind of by accident. It was one of those places that sounded like it would be cool, although admittedly I didn’t know a lot about it, but liked the idea of the remoteness, small population and general northern weather/daylight scenarios. My first trip was in 2005, as part of a trek from Landmannalaugur to Þórsmörk. I got to see a really spectacular part of Iceland, but as a “budget” trip our time was limited and we didn’t get to see too much else. Still, I knew I wanted to come back.

Do I think I’m some kind of expert on Iceland? No, that’s one of the fun things about Iceland, I keep finding more to learn and different aspects of the culture to appreciate. Initially I was interested in the spectacular natural phenomena found in Iceland, but have since found a whole world of music, books and cinema that keeps me entertained. I do feel like a bit of an expert compared to most people I know whose knowledge extends to something called a Blue Lagoon and think that Iceland is freezing cold, expensive and too much hassle with the volcanoes. I am always happy to educate these people. : ) But selfishly, I like the fact that it’s not really on most people’s radar.

Do I hope to achieve anything? Not really, I’m just having fun getting on my soapbox, but I hope to expand my Icelandic network and continue to learn new things about Iceland.