Thanks to independent journalist Christopher Ketcham and the Huffington Post for this article about our emerging independence movement here in the once and future republic of Vermont.

 Free Vermont! Long live the UNtied States.

Dennis Steele and young Vermonter at the Warren 4th Parade.

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BirdInTheHand

Folks,

As of Friday morning, I am officially on the ballot for Vermont Senator for Addison County!  Thanks to you all for your hard work and great ideas.  Your contributions have served to get the Independent word out there, encourage people to register to vote, even built a parade float.

But I’m not gonna do an NPR on you and beg for even more funds.  Funds’ll come, somehow.  What’s really needed is organisational help.  I’d like to set up a community forum in Addison County every month until the election.  A forum in which people from all walks of life can address the candidates directly with concerns, questions, and even vent steam together with neighbours on how broken the system is.  If you know something about community organising and publicity, please contact me directly, robert@senatorwagner.com.

Editor's note: a complex and nuanced look at U.S. secession movements from Chris Hedges, one of the U.S. Empire's most thoughtful and astute critics.

Vermont Yankee Radioactive Plume

This week, Peter Shumlin, President Pro Tem of the Vermont State Senate, announced that the Senate will vote on whether Vermont Yankee should be closed on schedule.

The first vote will be this week and the final vote will be next week! After years of work by thousands of Vermonters, this is it!

Click here to send a message to your Senator.

Journalist Christopher Ketcham writes about our 2010 Vermont independence campaign for state offices in this January 31, 2010 TIME magazine article.

Free Vermont, and long live the UNtied States.

Slate.com feature writer Josh Levin tackles Vermont independence in this essay.

"Pipeline deal is sweet music for Iran," By M K Bhadrakumar [EXCERPTS]

....a galaxy of European statesmen gathered under chandeliers in the banquet hall of the newly built Rixos Hotel in Ankara, Turkey, to sign an inter-governmental agreement formally launching the Nabucco project. United States President Barack Obama's special envoy on Eurasian energy issues, Richard Morningstar, was in attendance at the ceremony, affirming

For close-up photos of the coin minted in Belgium, click here.

Medvedev Unveils “World Currency” Coin At G8

In a highly symbolic moment at the G8 summit in Italy today, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev unveiled to reporters a coin representing a “united future world currency”....Geithner sought to please the elitist CFR by assuring them that he was “open” to the notion of a new global currency system....Pope Benedict called for a “world political authority” to manage the global economy.

For full article, click here.

WRKO Boston radio personality Howie Carr talks with Thomas Naylor about Vermont independence.

For the record - we'll continue to support the Red Sox after we leave the Empire.

Go Sox, and thanks for the airtime, Mr. Carr.