State of Minnesota brings criminal charges for distribution of raw milk.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

The state of Minnesota has brought criminal charges against an individual, Alvin Schlangen, for assisting citizens of Minnesota in lawfully obtaining raw milk. Raw milk is unpasteurized milk that is legal to obtain and consume in Minnesota and most of the rest of the world, including Iran, Egypt, Libya and Syria.

Alvin Schlangen is part of a private buying club that obtains raw milk directly from a farm and distributes it only to other members of this club. He does not sell raw milk to the general public. Minnesota Statute allows people to obtain raw milk, however, the authorities in the state of Minnesota interpret this law to mean that there is no practical legal circumstance under which anyone could lawfully obtain and consume raw milk.

A copy of the criminal complaint is here.

Alvin Schlangen faces jail time for a legal and beneficial activity - helping people obtain healthful and good food.

Call Minnesota Department of Agriculture Dave Frederickson at 651-201-6000 and demand that he stop his prosecution of Alvin Schlangen. Call Minneapolis City Attorney Susan L. Segal at 612-673-2010 and demand that she stop her cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture in these oppressive and ridiculous charges. Also, contact Governor Mark Dayton at 651-201-3400 and demand that he stop wasting Minnesota taxpayer dollars on ridiculous prosecutions for legal activities. Call these people and tell them that you would like your freedom back.

It's utterly absurd that the US is killing people in countries where persons who consume raw milk are not prosecuted to bring them freedom. The United States is becoming known as one of the most oppressive police states on earth. Mr. Schlangen's criminal trial on his raw milk charges is set for May 14, 2012 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He faces 90 days in jail on each of 4 counts for possessing raw milk.

New documents obtained from MN DOT, Contracts re: Vehicle Tracking System

I obtained some more documents from MN DOT recently, related to my request for documents related to its electronic tracking system for vehicles. These are contracts related to this program and contain all manner of military industrial complex agencies like SAIC, which has a very questionable looking contract.

Please take a look at them here, more on these later. If you have the time, please write about these.

Scam Alert: John Dunn, Little Rock, Arkansas, Claiming he is a "Mortgage Auditor"

This is not the usual fare for my blog, but I feel the need to warn the public about a scam that is being perpetrated on people who are in foreclosure.

An individual by the name of John Dunn from Little Rock, Arkansas is claiming to be a "mortgage auditor" and is giving out incorrect information to people for a high price. His telephone number is 501-228-0877 and his email address is oliver@ipa.net. This person gives people advice about the propriety of the foreclosures on their homes. He does not know what he is talking about, does not obtain appropriate title work, and does not provide written reports. It's detrimental for people to rely on this person's advice. This person is not a licensed attorney in any jurisdiction as far as I can tell.

If you or someone you know is facing foreclosure and have questions about bankruptcy or foreclosure, find a reputable lawyer of your choosing in your area, or go to nacba.org to find an attorney.

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty will not be attending Bilderberg Meeting in Switzerland.

I have seen speculation on the Internet that indicated that former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty was invited to, and will be attending the Bilderberg Group meeting in St. Moritz, Switzerland. This meeting is presently being widely reported in the media, and as I write this it is at the top of Drudge Report. I was able to get in touch with Alex Conant, the Communications Director for Tim Pawlenty's Presidential campaign to ask him about Mr. Pawlenty's potential attendance at Bilderberg.

Governor Pawlenty's campaign denies that Mr. Pawlenty will be attending the Bilderberg meeting in Switzerland. His campaign indicated that he will be in New Hampshire all weekend.

If anyone hears anything different, I would be pleased to hear about it. nathan.hansen@gmail.com.

Update on Minnesota Department of Transportation Data Practices Request & Raw Milk Legislation.

Today I visited the Minnesota Department of Transportation's Central Office in St. Paul. The purpose of my visit was a Minnesota Data Practices Act request I had made to MN DOT relating to its project to tax Minnesotans by the miles they drive in their cars and to track their movements and send these movements to a national database.

I was not provided paper copies of documents. I was provided the documents on a laptop computer at MN DOT central office. I was not provided my entire request, just contracts that were requested. The documents were located on the hard-drive of the laptop I was given to use to look at the documents. It was not plugged in, and its battery ran out a few minutes after I started using it. The person assigned to watch me look at the old laptop did not plug it back in. Rather, an attorney for MN DOT appeared, told me I couldn't use a flash drive to get the documents, and plugged the laptop back in.

These documents reveal a contract with intelligence agency front company, a private foundations and other companies of unknown origin and the State of Minnesota. I was only allowed to take pictures of some of the documents with my phone. Negotiations relating to obtaining all of the documents asked for continue.





I have several other pictures I will host by FTP for those who are interested.

Raw Milk in Minnesota update.

I have posted previously on this blog about the absurd bureaucracy of the State of Minnesota Department of Agriculture and its cynical interpretation of laws relating to raw milk, which is legal in Minnesota.

Senator Doug Magnus, R-22 has refused many requests from very legitimate activists to meet with him on the issue of raw milk legislation. Many of these people are long time GOP activists who were surprised they were turned down for even a brief meeting.

Senator Magnus, R-22, of Slayton, Minnesota should lose his Republican endorsement for his seat. He does not deserve an endorsement that represents small government and freedom.

If you live this area or have a friend or family member who does, I urge you to look at this issue and decided if Senator Magnus, R-22 of Slayton, Minnesota deserves a Republican endorsement in his community.

Please stay tuned for updates on this most recent data practices act request and food freedom. Please call Senator Magnus' Office at 651.296.5650 and ask him to meet with freedom activists on the issue of raw milk.

Minnesota Department of Transportation's New "Road Fee Test" - New Data Practices Act Request

I started this blog in 2007 as a place to put my data practices act responses from the Minnesota Department of Transportation relating to its membership in NASCO, an organization working to promote a centralized tracking of all transportation in North America. In 2007, the Minnesota Legislature and then-Governor Tim Pawlenty set aside $5 million to begin implementation of this Orwellian Nightmare. Governor Dayton has continued this Orwellian Dream of "Total Domain Awareness" and is now asking for volunteers to begin implementing the program.

This program is touted as a way to increase revenue for transportation. While it's possible it may do that, that's not really what this program is about. I posted documents from MN DOT in May, 2007 on this blog that indicate that the military industrial complex is the hand behind this program. This is not a "conspiracy theory." This is from documents that were obtained from the Minnesota Department of Transportation. This tracking program is about tracking every piece of transportation - civilian and military, in a central location.

There is plenty of money around, the Government spends trillions on wars and bailouts for banks and other businesses. A paranoid elite is not really concerned about money - they control all of the money. They are concerned about control of the population and its movement. The Department of Homeland Security has implemented regional fusion centers for domestic intelligence purposes, and it is mentioned in the original documents that I obtained from MN DOT that this information would be shared with law enforcement.

It does not appear that MN DOT is a member of NASCO anymore, but it appears that this program is marching forward under other auspices. Since it has been four years and MN DOT is now rolling out its transportation tracking program, I figured it was time for a new data practices act request. Here is that request, which I am putting in today's mail:



Hopefully MN DOT will be forthcoming with these documents. If they are not, I will pursue my legal remedies to obtain these documents. Don't support any politicians that support these Orwellian programs.

Tom Emmer, Cancer Clinic Cartels, and ObamaCare.

While Tom Emmer was in the Legislature he fought very hard against imposing an anti-free market, anti-patient radiation treatment center moratorium. Now that Emmer is out of elected office he has taken a position as a lobbyist fighting to not only keep the anti-free market law into place, but is working to EXTEND the current moratorium.

Tom Emmer is registered as a lobbyist and is working to continue a moratorium on new cancer treatment centers.

The MN GOP platform says this, "As Republicans, we support programs that introduce genuine market competition to our health care system and thus reduce health care costs and eliminate state mandated coverage of various illnesses and conditions."

A moratorium against new radiation treatment centers is inherently against the market competition health care system that we believe in and is against the platform that many of us have fought so hard to craft. Not only is Tom Emmer against the free market and the platform, he changed his position when it was politically convenient. He went from pro-free market to being anti-free market. Government regulating private health care delivery is only a tiny sliver of what ObamaCare aims to accomplish.