Growing Your Own Food at Home is now illegal!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <img alt="growing food" class="attachment-full wp-post-image" height="320" src="http://www.lifeintheknow.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/growing-food.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 28px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="480" /><br /> <div class="post_content" itemprop="articleBody" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span class="wpsr_floatbts_anchor" data-offset="25" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"></span><div style="margin-bottom: 18px !important; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">a Disturbing new trend is emerging where people who try and live a sustainable life by growing their own food and harvesting their own energy from the sun and water from rain are now being raided by swat teams and in some cases thrown in jail.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 18px !important; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Watch these two videos for more information regarding this new trend and make sure to let us know what you think in the comments.</span></div> <div> <span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 18px !important; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="http://www.lifeintheknow.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/prison-rainwater.jpg" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="prison rainwater" height="349" src="http://www.lifeintheknow.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/prison-rainwater.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="549" /></a></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 18px !important; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Oregon man, Mr Harrington who was charged and found guilty for  collecting rainwater on his own property, started his prison sentence today. He has to serve 30 days in jail and pay a $1500 fine.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 18px !important; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here’s what he said.</span></div> <blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; margin: 0px 0px 28px 14px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 14px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“They’ve just gotten to be big bullies and if you just lay over and die and give up, that just makes them bigger bullies.”</span></div> <div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We as Americans, we need to stand on our constitutional rights, on our rights as citizens and hang tough. This is a good country, we’ll prevail,” he said.</span></div> </blockquote> <div style="margin-bottom: 18px !important; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Update June 2014:</strong></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 18px !important; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The State of Michigan just made it illegal for residents to grow their own food and keep their own livestock at home. If you live in Michigan where there are 13 other homes within an eight of a mile to your house you may not keep chickens, beehives, grow your own food or even a goat or two.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 18px !important; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This is an all out war on self sufficiency. You’d think that the government would encourage it’s citizens to be more self sufficient like they do in Switzerland and other countries.</span></div> <div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"> <br /></div> </div>

Growing Your Own Food at Home is now illegal!

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Pastor Drowns in Kwara State, Nigeria

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <header class="post-header cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="featured" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/flooded-apapa-rd1.jpg" itemprop="image" rel="prettyPhoto" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Pastor drowns in Kwara"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="flooded-apapa-rd" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="300" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/flooded-apapa-rd1.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 0.8; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Pastor drowns in Kwara" width="638" /></span></a></div> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pastor drowns in Kwara</span></span></h1> <a class="comments" href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=75580#comments" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px -35px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="fa fa-comments-o" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> </span></span></a></header><div class="post-container cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content-right" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content description" itemprop="articleBody" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px -1.857em; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An early morning downpour that lasted for about seven hours yesterday claimed the life of a pastor in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Daily Sun gathered that the pastor, whose name could not be ascertained before press time, was trying to create water channel for the flood that was caused by the heavy rain, when he slipped into the drainage and was washed away.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It was gathered that the pastor was drowned in the erosion and died before rescue could come his way. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">According to residents, the deceased usually volunteered himself to create water channels whenever there was heavy rainfall. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The rain, which started at about 3am and lasted till 10am stopped many people from going for their legitimate duties. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ajayi Okasanmi confirmed the death of one person, saying the deceased’s identity who could not be immediately ascertained as at the time it was evacuated had been deposited at the University of Ilorin (UITH) morgue.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> <div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.857; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Pastor Drowns in Kwara State, Nigeria

Pastor drowns in Kwara   An early morning downpour that lasted for about seven hours yesterday claimed the life of a pastor in Il...

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