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Michael Chester is retired from his career in industrial technology. After graduating from college, he taught this subject until deciding that he preferred doing the job himself more than teaching it. At various times during his career, he has designed, built, installed, and repaired industrial manufacturing machinery. His specialty was in electrical and electronics controls.

After retiring, he concentrated more on his hobby of cooking and attended one of the top culinary schools in the US. Mike competed in bass fishing tournaments for several years, but had to leave the sport due to an injury. As a certified barbecue judge he gets to taste some of the best BBQ in the country and help select the winner. It is a tough job, but someone has to do it. He lives with his wife of over 30 years, has 3 adult children and 2 grandchildren.

Updated – Judge Dismisses Conspiracy Case Against Hutaree Militia

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- Many things the defendants said are quite offensive, but so what Judge Roberts said.

March 27th, 2012 | Posted in Editors Picks,WarZone | Read More »

Deception By Prosecutors May Lead to Mistrial in Hutaree Militia Case

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In the latest twist in the Hutaree Militia trial in Detroit’s Federal Court, on Wednesday, defense attorneys made a motion for a mistrial based on the prosecution failing to turn over information concerning the undercover FBI agent who infiltrated the group.

March 23rd, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Editors Picks,Government,Politics | Read More »

Americans Changing Attitude Toward Guns

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While gun ownership continues to be a political hot button issue, one trend is clear. The number of Americans who own guns has continued to rise.

February 23rd, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Editors Picks,Government,Legislation,Politics | Read More »

Militia Group Finally Going to Trial

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After two years of being held in Federal prison without bail or trial, 7 members of the Militia group known as The Hutaree are finally getting their day in court.

February 9th, 2012 | Posted in Editors Picks,Government,Politics | Read More »

The GOP Frontrunner Nobody Likes

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I think a lot of voters are holding their noses and voting for the least objectionable and perhaps the most electable candidate in the general election.

January 16th, 2012 | Posted in Editors Picks,Politics | Read More »

Voluntary Ignorance

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An old cliché states that ignorance is bliss. If this were really true, the US would be a very happy country.

January 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Editors Picks,Politics | Read More »

Why Can’t I Own a Canadian?

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People come up with all sorts of rationalizations for their bigotry and hatred of those different than themselves.

December 5th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,Humor,Religion | Read More »

Russia Threatens Use of Nuclear Weapons

RUSSIAN GENERAL NIKOLAI MAKAROV

According to Russian news agencies, Makarov stated that “under certain conditions local
and regional conflicts may develop into a full-scale war involving nuclear weapons.”

November 20th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,World | Read More »

Police Conspire to Shut Down OWS Nationwide

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This coordinated effort leads many to suspect the dark presence of the Federal government in what should be a local event.

November 18th, 2011 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Economy,Editors Picks | Read More »

The Flat Tax Myth

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With the actual Presidential election more than a year away, it is now the trial, error and silly season for the candidates. This is the time when candidates try floating new ideas and recycling old ones to see the reaction of the potential voters.

October 29th, 2011 | Posted in Economics & Markets,Editors Picks,Government,Investing & Finance | Read More »

Politics and Barbecue

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No, what he did was far worse, he disrespected North Carolina barbecue. For this, he cannot be forgiven.

October 11th, 2011 | Posted in Of Interest | Read More »

Wall Street Protest Grows

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The concept that government could not do anything right and if it would only get out of the way, business would boom and everyone would be rich became a religion among the faithful.

October 8th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,Of Interest | Read More »

Obama, The Disappointment

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He appointed the same group that got us into the mess to run Treasury and the Fed. Why he thought that they could now get us out the crisis is unknown; perhaps he got orders from above to not make any big changes.

September 27th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,Government,Politics | Read More »

The Negro-in-Chief

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Many of us patted ourselves on the back for putting qualifications ahead of race and some even went as far as to say that race no longer mattered. If only that were true.

September 26th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,Of Interest | Read More »

Cooking Barbecue at Home

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you don’t need fancy, expensive equipment to cook barbecue.

September 7th, 2011 | Posted in Food, Wine & Travel,Of Interest | Read More »

Revising History

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Fairly recently a new group of historians are giving a positive meaning to revising history. Their goal is to go back and do new research to correct the historical errors.

August 28th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,History,Of Interest | Read More »

Barbecue For The People

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Until relatively recently, real barbecue was strictly a southern phenomenon, with several distinct styles being developed.

August 25th, 2011 | Posted in Food, Wine & Travel,Living,Of Interest | Read More »

Red Herrings and Other Things That Smell Fishy

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With more and more people now believing that there is something fishy about the official 9-11 story, it came time to throw out a new red herring.

August 14th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,WarZone | Read More »

War for Fun and Profit

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This time the powerful chose a much safer and more effective method of carrying out their coup. Instead of conquering the government militarily, they simply bought it.

August 11th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,Of Interest | Read More »

War, From the Outside Looking In

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No one knows exactly what combined to create these problems, but it is believed to be a combination of experimental vaccines they took “voluntarily” (Yeah sure) to resist chemical weapons, but which actually made them more sensitive to them, exposure to these chemicals when the weapons were blown up (What did they expect would happen to the chemicals when then were blown up) desert parasites, and diseases that Americans are not normally exposed to and have no natural defense against.

August 1st, 2011 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »

 

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