Crude Business, Featured
Will release of SPR crude oil give us any relief from high gasoline prices?
A pending decision by the Obama administration, to release crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) located in Louisiana, will be able to assist in temporarily putting a halt on ever increasing gasoline prices. Following are the immediate impacts this decision will have on consumers and the markets: First – To answer the question [...]
Crude Business, Featured, General News
Keystone XL pipeline – Shooting ourselves in the foot
The Keystone XL pipeline permitting process ended up being handled by the current administration by what we call in Montana shooting yourself in the foot. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kerri-Ann Jones announced the bad news at a State Department news conference on January 18, 2012. The State Department said that TransCanada Corp., the company [...]
Crude Business, Featured
Let’s get going on the Keystone XL Pipeline
The US State Department held a public hearing on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 in the Toepke Center Auditorium at Dawson Community College in Glendive, Montana. At the meeting people were allowed to present their case for or against the Keystone XL pipeline project. When it was time for my comment I asked people in the [...]
Featured, Terry
2011 Early Bird Coyote Calling Contest in Terry, Montana
Prairie County Sportman’s Association The PCSA Early Bird Coyote Calling Contest will be conducted from September 30th at 7 pm until October 1st at 5 pm 60% of the entry fees will be paid back in bounties for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Registration meeting will be held from 5 to 7 pm on September [...]
Featured, Terry
Terry’s Badlands Café Celebrates 2-Year Anniversary
It’s been two years since they opened their doors in Terry, Montana, and to celebrate the Badlands Café and Scoop Shoppe is hoping you will drop by for a day of giveaways this coming Saturday, September 3rd between 11 am and 3 pm. You might know their story already, the duo of Arline and Inger [...]
Crude Business, General News
Truth, Justice and the Keystone XL Pipeline
Posted on 17 October 2011
Truth and justice were absent at the raucous U.S. State Department hearing held in Washington DC on Friday, October 7, 2011 at 10 a.m. My wife and I traveled from Terry, Montana in order to be heard at this important last hearing, in a series of nine — six of which were held in states [...] Continue Reading
Crude Business, General News
It’s payback time for Saudi Arabia in trying to break up OPEC
Posted on 14 October 2011
Canada is still the largest exporter of total petroleum right now, exporting 2,626 thousand barrels per day in July 2011 to the United States, which was an increase from June’s 2,524 thousand barrels per day. But the second largest exporter of total petroleum in July was Saudi Arabia with 1,326 thousand barrels per day. Now [...] Continue Reading
General News
“Is Montana a state?’ Jersey Shore’s Snooki Clueless
Posted on 14 August 2011
Jersey Shore’s Snooki would no doubt be able to point you in the right direction if you asked her for directions to the nearest bar. But that is possibly the extent of the reality star’s geography and intelligent skills. The 23-year-old made a very embarrassing admission while speaking to a Montana radio station D.J. on [...] Continue Reading
Crude Business, General News
Is another oil bubble ready to burst?
Posted on 11 August 2011
Saudi Arabia took notice about oil prices being in a bubble in March 2011 when they offered up 800,000 barrels of oil a day to replace the lost Libyan crude oil. One problem, it was the wrong type of oil and caused the Brent and WTI crude oil price spread to increase from $10 to [...] Continue Reading
General News, Terry
100 Top Things To Do in Terry, Montana
Posted on 07 August 2011
TOP 100 THINGS TO DO IN TERRY, MONTANA 1. Make your reservations early for activities on our www.visitterrymontana.com web site. 2. Breathe deep and feel the change in pace… you are now on “Terry Time”. 3. Get a free “The Terry Badlands Wilderness Study Area and Calypso Trail” brochure. 4. Visit the Evelyn Cameron Gallery; [...] Continue Reading
Everything Else
Kinect Adventures: As Awesome as a Launch Title Should Be
Posted on 23 July 2011
Think of launch titles this way; they should define the platform. While Kinect Adventures doesn’t go as far as, say, Super Mario Brothers did with the NES, it still sets the bar pretty darn high. Much like solitaire did with the advent of the mouse, and Wii Sports did with the introduction of the Wii, [...] Continue Reading
Seattle, WA
Woodland Park Zoo has Lions & Tigers & Dinosaurs… wait, what?
Posted on 22 July 2011
Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington is more than merely one of the best zoos in the country, it’s the only place we could find that has real dinosaurs on exhibit. Well, not real ‘live’ dinosaurs, but the next best thing. Continue Reading
Everything Else
Michael Jackson The Experience for Kinect: Review
Posted on 21 July 2011
As a years-long and years-loyal Wii user, I knew things could be better, but what I didn’t realize was just how much better they could be. Making the monumental leap from clumsy Wii to inately-intuitive Kinect wasn’t just easy, it was freaking amazing. I played a lot of “Michael Jackson: The Experience” on Wii (though [...] Continue Reading
Eastern WA
What a Place! Last Stand Diner in Coulee City
Posted on 15 July 2011
We rolled in to Coulee City on a Sunday night, and we could tell we were there just a few minutes before closing, but the guy still welcomed us and went the extra mile. The food was pretty awesome too. Continue Reading
Crude Business, General News
Is the US nuclear energy industry in a death knell?
Posted on 02 July 2011
Where exactly does the official US policy stand on the building of additional nuclear power plants? It seems Nebraskans and New Mexicans have good reasons for heightened concerns on whether our government is telling the truth about the dangers from any damage caused by the current flooding of the Missouri River to two of their [...] Continue Reading
Terry, Travel Tips
Exit Terry
Posted on 25 June 2011
The video in this article was produced by Lynn Donaldson and gives an excellent overview of all you should see when you visit Terry, Montana. Click on link below: Exit Terry Welcome to Terry! When you drive by….TAKE THE EXIT! Visit the Evelyn Cameron Gallery. Stop by the Prairie County Museum and have Walt Stepper [...] Continue Reading
Crude Business, General News
Looking for Mr. Oil Speculator
Posted on 23 June 2011
Oil speculator Nicholas Wildgoose’s home in Fairbanks Ranch, Rancho Santa Fe, CA The following link will enable you to read the article written by Rex Dalton, with technical assistance from Bob van der Valk, about the role played by Nicholas Wildgoose in the run up of crude oil prices in the first quarter of 2008: [...] Continue Reading
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