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Silicon Valley investors who purchased vast swathes of land in California has said they now have all the acreage they need to create a new 'walkable and green' utopian city. Flannery Associates LLC has spent more than $800 million discreetly buying up areas around Travis Air Force Base in Solano County over several years, for a project dubbed 'California Forever'. The billionaires behind the group, whose identities were finally revealed at the end of August, acquired around 814 more acres in October, meaning it now owns more than 53,000 acres in the region. Flannery says the proposed new city will...

The simple fact is the Democrats are going to pass whatever they want to pass. They have the votes. And when they are bring bills to the floor of Congress that are topping $1 trillion dollars, with $335,000,000 for the prevention of sexually transmitted disease, there is no logical reason for any Republican to vote for the bill. But the Democrats, Obama included, want the Republicans to put aside politics and vote for what is best for the country. Understand exactly what he wants. Obama wants limited government Republicans to put aside those values and vote for a bill that...

Last night's two hotel guests relaxing in a hot tub in Ouray looked up to find there was another guest in the tub- a bear. The hotel says the bear was just inches away from one guest. Both the guest and the bear got the scare of their lives, the guest screamed and the bear ran and dove into the swimming pool. The Bear made his escape after swimming across the pool The Ouray Police Department says five to six bears have roaming the streets. Even walking down Main Street during the day.

Going For Galt's Gulch by David MacGregor Galt's Gulch is a high-tech retreat in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged—a place where all the "disappearing" productive people can meet, relax and recharge. John Galt, the hero of "Atlas", is a brilliant engineer who has decided he will not support a corrupt system. He will not allow his mind, his talent, or his efforts to prop it up. He plans a strike like no other—a strike of all those who are the engine of civilisation, the creative producers in every field. His mission is to persuade each and every one to...