Staff & Contributors

Poor thinking tough nut to crack in climate change talks—Part Two

Forrest Johnson

While we are hopeless optimists, no one truly expects substantial progress on the issue even after the latest dire report was issued by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. So…

NUFA ride for Mirth, Merriment and Absolution will continue into May

Forrest Johnson

We will do the snow dance for ample snow so as not to delay the rides at all. Please do not blame us if we get another 50 inches of snow. Don’t blame, come join us.

It doesn’t hurt to learn a little more -Always

Forrest Johnson

Science is in your shoes. Science is in your soup. Science is in your soap. For some reason, and this is the reason the NUFA alert has been issued

Belief in the Backwards Doctrine moving US toward third world status-Part Three

Forrest Johnson

But thinking backwards, and in fear, resistant to the fact and certainty of our world, has led to the dogma embraced by the New Conservative Neanderthal Party (NCNP), formerly the Republicans.

NUFA and grandparents must work on addictions of the cloud

Forrest Johnson

Before I fixed another drink I looked them both in the eye and told them it sounded like addiction to me. Addiction. “You kids are addicted to those phones.

Industrial foods, farming methods and your brain—Part Three

Forrest Johnson

You are what you eat. Bad foods, bad thoughts. Chemically-based agriculture is an oxymoron of the first order and it has been the foundation of most American farming since the invention of DDT and other synthetic measures

Just say no to sulfide mining-Part Two

Forrest Johnson

The peril of possession is another of our human follies, something our large brains should have figured out by now but by and large we haven’t.

These shoes will cure all apathy

Forrest Johnson

People talk about all sorts of woes that afflict our national karma, the lackluster economy, the New Conservative Neanderthal Party (formerly the Republicans)

Belief in the Backwards Doctrine moving US toward third world status-Part Two

Forrest Johnson

There’s a big difference between being a luddite, an anachronist, and belonging to that group of people who simply believe that going backwards can sustain a democracy.

Don’t worry, our big brains will get us out of any mess

Forrest Johnson

We are a faithful people, we Americans. Steadfast. I’m not suggesting that we are an overly religious society in our faithfulness, though plenty of folks believe in a God of some sort, a higher power, the Boss.

Camp Shack Mining and Mineral Development Company seeking investors, just like Polymet

Forrest Johnson

At this time we’re being a little coy about the value of the aforementioned minerals simply because we’re still seeking investors for long term investments--real long, a week, a month, maybe even more.

The guy living under the bench was right

Forrest Johnson

Oh, that crazy, mixed up world of crude oil and fossil fuels. I was wondering just which crisis scared the oil traders and speculators this time as gas prices jumped back up to $3.29 a gallon after we had danced with visions of $2.91

From the side

Forrest Johnson

In the days when lutefisk ran the rivers

From the side

Forrest Johnson

Department of Mental Duress worried about our robotic future

From the side

Forrest Johnson

The National Union of Friendly Americans needs your help-Again

From the side

Forrest Johnson

Industrial foods and farming methods and your brain—Part Two

From the side

Forrest Johnson

Industrial foods and farming methods and your brain—Part Two

Better health through hard labor

Forrest Johnson

NAKNEK, ALASKA – Well, another National Union of Friendly Americans (NUFA) Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fitness and fishing season is coming to a close.

Convenience will come to rule us

Forrest Johnson

Our local chapter of the National Union of Friendly Americans (NUFA) has severely restricted the use of drones after it was revealed that

Latest climate change report from the warming tundra

Forrest Johnson

Once again the National Union of Friendly Americans (NUFA) has been called upon to assist reticent nations and citizens in coming to terms with climate change. No one truly expects any real progress

NUFA fighting for the privacy of all Americans

Forrest Johnson

National Union of Friendly Americans (NUFA) espionage school instructors always make sure that the espionage we are involved in is done in good faith, is not hidden from view and is discussed in explicit detail with both sp

NUFA needs no hidden donors to fund its operations

Forrest Johnson

NUFA thinkers were in a quandary. Is the National Union of Friendly Americans a social group for charitable purposes, eligible for tax-exempt status and able to hide donors from scrutiny? NUFA, after a

The uprising of “Learning more can’t hurt”

Forrest Johnson

It may be time for an old fashioned revolt of the masses. An uprising for a sustainable planet and an educated populace that doesn’t fear the boogeyman and doesn’t form its opinions in the vacuum of intransig

The guy living under the bench in DC was right…again

Forrest Johnson

Oh, that crazy, mixed up world of crude oil and fossil fuels. I was wondering just which crisis scared the oil traders and speculators this time as gas prices jumped back up to $3.89 a gallon after we had danced with visions

Band-aids for the problems, not solutions—Part Two

Forrest Johnson

The patented portable carbon dioxide/methane/greenhouse gas vacuum is a proven technology and under construction as we speak. Climate change deniers and skeptics will cringe in the shadow of the vacuum as it rolls through the nation, not quite und

Industrial foods, farming methods, and your brain

Forrest Johnson

Long ago I wrote about efforts by the National Union of Friendly Americans (NUFA) to remove intelligence-draining food products produced by the industrial food complex from our tables. Exac

We are evolving toward the cows every day

Forrest Johnson

While authorities are still seeking the cause of last week’s fertilizer factory blast in Texas the larger question regarding inorganic fertilizer use and a non-sustainable and industrial modeled farming method goes un

Ring the bell for Planet Earth

Forrest Johnson

At National Union of Friendly Americans (NUFA) world headquarters at Camp Shack, far from the encroachment of roads and humanity, a fresh new day is born after another howlin

Head To Your Nearest Nufa Recruiting Camp Soon

Forrest Johnson

The National Union of Friendly Americans (NUFA) held an emergency meeting at Camp Shack International Labor Temple early this week as the slave masters closed in on the hard-earned loopholes created across deer cam

Union of Fog Harvesters, Local 16, “We Harvest for You”

Forrest Johnson

Recent federal and state budget cutbacks have affected the Fishhouse Conservation Corps of the National Union of Friendly Americans (FCC-

Camp Shack Meteorological and Tectonic Administration on the job

Forrest Johnson

The Camp Shack Meteorological and Tectonic Administration of the National Union of Friendly Americans (CSMTA-NUFA) is busy gauging the movement o

Your health care crisis could be over

Forrest Johnson

A key component of the federal Affordable Care Act in Minnesota will be the creation of a state-run health care exchange. We at the National Union of Friendly Americans (NUFA) have created a sensible, affordable, cost-effective way to manage

Seems like an inferiority complex is at work

Forrest Johnson

I thought the President was a bit optimistic when he rhetorically explained the other night that the state of the union was “strong.” Yes, he said economic revival is an “unfinished task” and as

Revisit the wolf plan before the next hunt

Forrest Johnson

Well, I added up the numbers, and it appears as though in 2012 700-plus wolves were taken by hunting, trapping, and through the state/federal problem wolf removal program in Minnesota. Over 400 wolves were taken during the hunting and trapping seasons.

Bring back the free-range kids

Forrest Johnson

I recently attended a workshop for a program I work with called Safe Routes To Schools. During the workshop, a very animated and dedicated fellow by the name of Mark Fenton asked us to reflect back on our days of growing up and whether we spent time in trees and roaming the landscape, free of parental and adult interference.

The guy living under the bench in DC was right

Forrest Johnson

Oh, that crazy, mixed-up world of crude oil and fossil fuels. I was wondering just which crisis scared the oil traders and speculators this time, as gas prices jumped back up to $3.39 a gallon

My debt ceiling will be raised once again-Part two

Forrest Johnson

Talk of raising the nation’s debt ceiling, minus the hubbedy-do we saw the summer before last, stirred me into fiscal action. Dredging up an idea from that recent past seemed appropriate. I just negotiated a restorative and holistic compromise raising my personal debt ceiling.

The Constitutional right to ask the dumb question is guaranteed

Forrest Johnson

I’m not a constitutional lawyer and I don’t even pretend to know the document like some people, but I still have some simple and exactingly dumb questions of those who do seem to know a lot more than I do. As I thumb through my hand-size copy of the Constitution, courtesy of the American Civil Liberties

Held hostage by terrorists and the gun lobby

Forrest Johnson

I’m sorry to say, but this nation has fallen prey to the terrorists and the gun lobby. We may poke at the root causes of our fear and anxiety with a 10-foot pole, but we eventually drift away from the conversat

(No) Right To Work legislation bad for your teeth

Forrest Johnson

The National Union of Friendly Americans (NUFA) held an emergency meeting at Camp Shack International Labor Temple early this week as the slave masters closed in on the hard-earned loopholes created across hunting and relaxation camps over the past cent

To hell with compromise—it’s time to hire Ralph Nader

Forrest Johnson

Oh, golly, we have deadlock once again in Washington. But perhaps not. Political theater, they say, the two sides jostling for position, keeping true to their constituencies, promises, and beliefs. The slow, measurable tracking toward compromise.

The end of deer season and the Fire of Renewal

Forrest Johnson

In a touching moment when there are no dry eyes left at Camp Shack, the Exalted Shack Master lowers the flag of deer season, pausing briefly at half-mast before retiring the tattered symbol of the yearly inherent pursuit of frivolity with guns to its sacred spot on the sacred shelf next to the corkscrews, swizzle sticks, and shot and champagne glasses.

After the vote, out of our realm and into cholesterol

Forrest Johnson

The Exalted Shack Master and a single subject recently paid a visit to faraway Camp Cholesterol, and boy, did we have fun. It is deer season, after all. The longest of elections was finally over. New Conservative Neanderthal Party (NCNP) members had retreated to their caves. It was time to g

“We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we can’t have both.”

Forrest Johnson

Well, as I write this, the election is underway. All I can say is that if Jesus happened to show up, Mitt Romney’s table at the temple would be overturned along with the rest of the money changers.

American white males, wake up: the NCNP isn’t your friend

Forrest Johnson

The world is changing, and in a desperate attempt to keep a finger in the dike, a seeming majority of American white males are missing historic opportunities to help steer the world to a better place. Nationalism and xenophobia, not to mention a myopic trust in myth

There’s a world of worry and fear out there (Part Two)

Forrest Johnson

The motto “Learning more can’t hurt,” coined by the good folks at the North Shore Neighbors, sure is appropriate in these days of myopia, ignorance, and foolishness. North Shore Neighbors is another of the fine organizations in o

Ring The Bell, It’s Time For Another Round

Forrest Johnson

The National Union of Friendly Americans (NUFA), aside from providing a handshake and a personal bartender, has a saying about taking things too seriously. “Relax. If booze doesn’t get you, climate change will.”

Trying to get “friendly” in the state constitution

Forrest Johnson

Once again, the National Union of Friendly Americans (NUFA) has its work cut out for it. The members of the Minnesota affiliate of the New Conservative Neanderthal Party (NCNP), formerly known as the Republicans, voted across the board in 2011 to approve a constitutional amendment that will allow Minnesota voters to decide in 2012 if marriage will thereafter be defined as between man and woman.

Batten down the hatches at your workplace soon

Forrest Johnson

The National Union of Friendly Americans (NUFA) held an emergency meeting at Camp Shack International Labor Temple early this week as the slave masters closed in on the hard-earned workplace gains earned over the past century, rights that have allowed freedom and dignity and a small measure of the democratic process to be exerc

Faux Republicans—I mean, Libertarians —go have your own convention

Forrest Johnson

Boy, this is getting confusing. Now the Faux Republicans—I mean, the Libertarians—are butting into the New Conservative Neanderthal Party (NCNP) Delusional Convention in Tampa. I saw recently that the Faux Republicans, in an effort to get noticed, have renamed their movement the Liberty Republicans.