Strip clubs, marijuana eyed during budget crunch - CNN.com

Strip clubs, marijuana eyed during budget crunch - CNN.com:

"'You see this blizzard of fees popping up all over the country and in very unusual places,' CanagaRetna said.

One of the more controversial ideas is to legalize the sale of marijuana, as proposed in a bill introduced in California's state legislature by Democratic State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano this year. The bill proposed taxing pot by $50 per ounce. If legalized, marijuana could become California's No. 1 cash crop, bringing in an estimated $1 billion a year in state taxes."

YouTube - Kucinich: the Federal Reserve is paying banks NOT to make loans to struggling Americans!

YouTube - Kucinich: the Federal Reserve is paying banks NOT to make loans to struggling Americans!:

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EMI Quits Selling CDs to Indie Record Stores

EMI Quits Selling CDs to Indie Record Stores:

"The music industry knows how to hang out itself, even if it lacks the correct length pf rope. EMI, certainly reeling from declining physical album sales like the other Big 4 record labels, is now apparently telling independent album retailers that it will no longer sell them CDs."

Lose your property for growing food?

Lose your property for growing food?:

"Some small farms and organic food growers could be placed under direct supervision of the federal government under new legislation making its way through Congress. "

Idaho police sodomize man with Taser

Idaho police sodomize man with Taser:

"Not only was the exchange documented on the cop’s own tape recorder, the suspect ended up with burns on the inside of his right buttock. These were evident in photographs taken ten and 13 days after the incident.

Also, another cop who taped an interview with the suspect at the jail later that night ended up erasing the taped interview."

WHy Michael wore pajamas to court...

YouTube - Michael Jackson's Lawyer Thomas Mesereau Speaks Out:

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and he said Jackson told him again -- quote -- 'They're trying to kill me

CNN.com - Transcripts:

"KAYE: Right. Dick Gregory is a comedian, a good friend of Michael Jackson's. They met many, many years ago -- decades ago, in fact -- when they were doing 'The Wiz' together.

And he was actually with Michael Jackson during the second child molestation trial. And he told me that Jackson's parents called him and said that Michael wasn't well, can he come and help him. And a few days before the trial ended, Dick Gregory told me that he went back to Neverland with Michael Jackson, and that Jackson hugged him and said -- quote -- 'Please don't leave me. They're trying to kill me.'

Gregory says he asked Jackson when the last time he ate was, because he didn't look well, and that Jackson told him -- quote -- 'They're trying to poison me.' He asked him when he last drank water, and he said Jackson told him again -- quote -- 'They're trying to kill me.' "

Bizarre theory suggests time may be running out

Bizarre theory suggests time may be running out | BreakingNews.ie:

"If time has been slowing down, and clocks are now running more slowly than they did long ago, it would appear from our perspective as if things have been speeding up. Looking back over billions of years, galaxies would seem to be travelling away from each other faster and faster at various intervals since the Big Bang. "

Balkinization

Balkinization:

"Put differently, Cheney sought to go around the Constitution's protections for persons arrested in the United States. The whole point of the enemy combantant theory was to avoid having to abide by constitutional guarantees. It is worth dwelling on this point: This is not a debate about whether the army would have to read Miranda rights to suspects captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan. It was a plan to have the military arrest people in the United States in order to get around civil liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. "

YouTube - Suspect puts drugs in his mouth; cop breaks his neck

YouTube - Suspect puts drugs in his mouth; cop breaks his neck:

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Dead Sea Sinkholes Swallowing Up Unwary

Dead Sea Sinkholes Swallowing Up Unwary - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News - FOXNews.com:

"The Dead Sea is the lowest spot of land on the planet, where the Bible says God rained fire and brimstone down on the misbehaving residents of Sodom and Gomorrah — and where now, the Earth occasionally opens up and swallows peop"

YouTube - "It's a Trick, We Always Use It." (calling people "anti-Semitic")

YouTube - "It's a Trick, We Always Use It." (calling people "anti-Semitic"):

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Documents Reveal: Cops Planted Pot on 92-Year Old Woman They Killed in Botched Drug Raid | DrugReporter | AlterNet

Documents Reveal: Cops Planted Pot on 92-Year Old Woman They Killed in Botched Drug Raid | DrugReporter | AlterNet:

"According to federal documents released this week, these are the events that led to Kathryn Johnston's death and the steps the officers took to cover their tracks."

9 reasons why there wasn’t stress in the good old days | ZME Science

9 reasons why there wasn’t stress in the good old days | ZME Science:

"Nowadays, people seem to be more and more stressed, even average people that at least apparently don’t take big gambles. Researchers have put a lot of time and money into the study of this problem, and came up with a whole lot of theories, but really, don’t let those fool you. Here’s the real deal, here’s why it was so easy in those days."

Ethnic diversity – when black people are badly Photoshopped

Ethnic diversity – when black people are badly Photoshopped (11 pics) » Izismile.com - In fun we trust! Pictures, photos, videos, flash, games, celebs, hot stuff:

"For some reason, black people and white people still don't seem to like taking photographs together.
Which makes it awfully difficult when a magazine, newspaper or brochure wants to demonstrate diversity.
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Ireland Makes Blasphemy Illegal

Ireland Makes Blasphemy Illegal | Paliban Daily:

"# Atheists can be prosecuted for saying that God is imaginary. That causes outrage.

# Pagans can be prosecuted for saying they left Christianity because God is violent and bloodthirsty, promotes genocide, and permits slavery.

# Christians can be prosecuted for saying that Allah is a moon god, or for drawing a picture of Mohammed, or for saying that Islam is a violent religion which breeds terrorists.

# Jews can be prosecuted for saying Jesus isn’t the Messiah."

Swine flu vaccine rushed through safety checks

Swine flu vaccine rushed through safety checks - Times Online:

"A vaccine against swine flu will be fast-tracked for use in Britain in just five days, with 130 million doses on order. "

Why play a losing game? Study uncovers why low-income people buy lottery tickets | Science Codex

Why play a losing game? Study uncovers why low-income people buy lottery tickets | Science Codex:

"'Some poor people see playing the lottery as their best opportunity for improving their financial situations, albeit wrongly so,' said the study's lead author Emily Haisley, a doctoral student in the Department of Organizational Behavior and Theory at Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business. 'The hope of getting out of poverty encourages people to continue to buy tickets, even though their chances of stumbling upon a life-changing windfall are nearly impossibly slim and buying lottery tickets in fact exacerbates the very poverty that purchasers are hoping to escape.'"

Toxic Substance Allows Birds to "See" Magnetic Field

Toxic Substance Allows Birds to "See" Magnetic Field:

"A toxic substance plays a key role in helping birds migrate, a new study says. Previous research had shown that birds seem to have an internal compass that allows them to 'see' Earth's magnetic field. This magnetic vision guides them on long journeys. "

Swearing can reduce the feeling of pain - Telegraph

Swearing can reduce the feeling of pain - Telegraph:

"Scientists have discovered that uttering swear words can help to lessen the feeling of physical pain.

The study by researchers at Keele University found that volunteers were able to withstand pain for longer when they swore compared to when they used words which were not offensive. "

FEMA: National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09)

FEMA: National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09):

"National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) is scheduled for July 27 through July 31, 2009. NLE 09 will be the first major exercise conducted by the United States government that will focus exclusively on terrorism prevention and protection, as opposed to incident response and recovery."

Swine flu vaccine to be given to entire population

Swine flu vaccine to be given to entire population - Telegraph:

"The UK government has ordered enough vaccine to cover the entire population. GPs are being told to prepare for a nationwide vaccination campaign. "

Swine flu vaccine rushed through safety checks

Swine flu vaccine rushed through safety checks - Times Online:

"A vaccine against swine flu will be fast-tracked for use in Britain in just five days, with 130 million doses on order. "

How doctors saved Adenhart crash survivor's life

How doctors saved Adenhart crash survivor's life | wilhite, bhatia, skull, jon, spine - News - OCRegister.com:

"The chief spine surgeon was on duty past midnight. The firefighters, trained to extricate severe trauma patients, kept the patient's spine and head rigid. The ER physician, sensing unforgiving injuries, immediately called for a CAT Scan, which showed the skull had been separated from the spine."

'Put nothing in writing,' Browner told auto execs on secret White House CAFE talks

'Put nothing in writing,' Browner told auto execs on secret White House CAFE talks; Sensenbrenner wants investigation | Washington Examiner:

"Carol Browner, former Clinton administration EPA head and current Obama White House climate czar, instructed auto industry execs 'to put nothing in writing, ever' regarding secret negotiations she orchestrated regarding a deal to increase federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards."

Why The New Webcasting Rates Are A Death Sentence For Webcasters | Techdirt

Why The New Webcasting Rates Are A Death Sentence For Webcasters | Techdirt:

"Meanwhile, small webcasters don't get much of a break either. Live365 is pointing out that these rates will basically kill off every webcaster it hosts by requiring a $25,000 fee. As the company notes, the guy running the Armenian folk music station for $10/month isn't going to pay $25,000 and certainly isn't going to make enough revenue to pay up. "

Sperm Travels Faster Toward Attractive Females

Sperm Travels Faster Toward Attractive Females: Discovery News:

"New research found that males can adjust the speed and effectiveness of their sperm by allocating more or less seminal fluid to copulations. The determining factor is whether the male finds the female attractive."

Swine Flu 1976 & Propaganda

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Pool Boots Kids Who Might "Change the Complexion"

Pool Boots Kids Who Might "Change the Complexion" | NBC Philadelphia:

"'When the minority children got in the pool all of the Caucasian children immediately exited the pool,' Horace Gibson, parent of a day camp child, wrote in an email. 'The pool attendants came and told the black children that they did not allow minorities in the club and needed the children to leave immediately.'"

Weed-Whacking Herbicide Proves Deadly to Human Cells

Weed-Whacking Herbicide Proves Deadly to Human Cells:

"Used in yards, farms and parks throughout the world, Roundup has long been a top-selling weed killer. But now researchers have found that one of Roundup’s inert ingredients can kill human cells, particularly embryonic, placental and umbilical cord cells.

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Clean Energy and Security Act brings auditors into your home

Clean Energy and Security Act brings auditors into your home:

"H.R. 2454 is a 1400-page promise to audit every aspect of your home and life under the guise of creating jobs, clean energy and a sustainable world. However, before we get into the bill lets examine the way it’s been handled.

The secrecy of the bill and the speed of which the legislation is being railroaded is quite alarming. The last two times I’ve seen this was with the Patriot Act and TARP legislation."

Nanomaterial turns radiation directly into electricity - tech - 27 March 2008 - New Scientist

Nanomaterial turns radiation directly into electricity - tech - 27 March 2008 - New Scientist:

"Materials that directly convert radiation into electricity could produce a new era of spacecraft and even Earth-based vehicles powered by high-powered nuclear batteries, say US researchers."

New Massachusetts Pot Law Has Cops in a Tizzy

New Massachusetts Pot Law Has Cops in a Tizzy | The Conscience of Abe’s Turn:

"Last November, in Massachusetts, the ballot asked voters whether to change the state’s marijuana laws. Under the new law, anyone caught with an ounce or less of pot, instead of being arrested and charged with a crime, would simply get a $100 ticket. According to the official election returns, 63% of the voters thought this was a good idea. (Only 33% disapproved, with 4% abstaining.) "

Cancer: Brain Tumour Leading Cause Of Cancer In UK Says Brain Tumour Research | UK News | Sky News

Cancer: Brain Tumour Leading Cause Of Cancer In UK Says Brain Tumour Research | UK News | Sky News:

"They kill more men under 45 and women under 35 than any other cancer, reveals Brain Tumour Research.

And brain tumours have overtaken leukaemia as the biggest cancer killer of children in the UK, with the number of children dying from a brain tumour in 2007, up 33% on 2001.

While overall mortality rates from cancer are falling despite an actual rise in cases, survival rates for brain tumour patients are getting worse."

IRS: The Real Facts

IRS: The Real Facts:

"Many believe that they are required to pay an 'income tax' to a branch of the United States government called 'The Internal Revenue Service'. The origins and history of the IRS shows just how in error these beliefs are. Not only is there no law that requires most Americans to file an individual tax return, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wasn't even created by an act of Congress!"

Nine Arctic Nukes Exploded in Eighteen Hours

Nine Arctic Nukes Exploded in Eighteen Hours | Ron Paul Wins! | Campaign for Liberty at the Daily Paul:

"On November 17 and 18, 2008 nine H-Bombs were exploded below the Arctic Ocean near the North Magnetic Pole.

Do Police Always Lie, Or Does It Just Seem That Way?

Do Police Always Lie, Or Does It Just Seem That Way? « LewRockwell.com Blog:

"When Leake finally exited the car, a shaved fraction of a split second transpired before Jackson slugged the taller motorist twice before bull-dogging him to the pavement. During this whole time, as the video clearly shows, Jackson did nothing to provoke the violence; he neither hit nor threatened the officer, nor did he assume a ‘fighting stance.’

After the two of them hit the ground off-camera, a hissing noise and choking can be heard suggesting that the tax-feeder had pepper-sprayed the driver. Jackson is heard accusing the motorist of hitting him and tackling him."

Unveiling the Secret Yellow Printer Dots with the Eyeclops Bionic Eye

Unveiling the Secret Yellow Printer Dots with the Eyeclops Bionic Eye:

"One day, Tim, the boss, introduced me to the secret, invisible marks that our printer was fusing to every sheet that came out of the printer: The marks were designed to help prevent people from printing high-quality counterfeit money. "

Mark Easton's UK: How Portugal treats drug addicts

BBC - Mark Easton's UK: How Portugal treats drug addicts:

"Exactly eight years ago today, on July 1st 2001, Portugal decreed that the purchase, possession and use of any previously-illegal substance would no longer be considered a criminal offence. So, instead of police arresting users, at The End of the World, health and social workers now dispense the paraphernalia of heroin use. "

Nobel Prize genius Crick was high on LSD

Mayan Majix - Articles - Nobel Prize genius Crick was high on LSD:

"FRANCIS CRICK, the Nobel Prize-winning father of modern genetics, was under the influence of LSD when he first deduced thedouble-helix structure of DNA nearly 50 years ago."

Top 10 Famous Quotes About Propaganda

Top Ten - Top 10 Famous Quotes About Propaganda - Top 10 - Jean Anouilh Quote - George Orwell Quote - Robert A. Heinlein Quote - Hannah Arendt Quote - Noam Chomsky Quote - Gore Vidal Quote - Saul Bellow Quote - Charles Mackay Quote - Joseph Conrad Quote -:

#08 - Robert A. Heinlein

"'When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, 'This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,' the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything—you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.' —Robert A. Heinlein, If This Goes On, 1940"

Comics creator stopped by TSA for carrying script about writer under suspicion by TSA - Boing Boing

Comics creator stopped by TSA for carrying script about writer under suspicion by TSA - Boing Boing:

"Comics writer Mark Sable was detained and intensively questioned by the TSA for carrying a script for an upcoming comic book about a writer who is detained and intensively questioned by the TSA for writing a comic about terrorism. "

Battered Men

Battered Men:

"‘Forget what you’ve heard about domestic violence,’ says Patricia Pearson, author of When She Was Bad: Violent Women and the Myth of Innocence. ‘The truth is that women are just as likely to batter as men.’

The largest and most recent survey, conducted three years ago by the U.S. Department of Justice, reported that 39 per cent of spousal assault victims are men. Professor John Archer of the University of Central Lancashire in England reached a similar conclusion after analyzing 17 international studies from the US, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom published over the last 20 years."

Step Away From the Vehicle: The Supreme Court imposes long-overdue limits on car searches. - Reason Magazine

Step Away From the Vehicle: The Supreme Court imposes long-overdue limits on car searches. - Reason Magazine:

"In August 1999 police saw Rodney Gant pull into the driveway of his Tucson home and arrested him for driving with a suspended license. After handcuffing Gant and locking him in a cruiser, Officer Todd Griffith searched his car, finding a bag of cocaine in the pocket of a jacket on the backseat. When he was asked at an evidentiary hearing why he searched the car, Griffith replied, 'Because the law says we can do it.'

Not anymore."

Australian scientists may have worked out the mystery of teleportation | The Daily Telegraph

Australian scientists may have worked out the mystery of teleportation | The Daily Telegraph:

"The research team from the Australian National University developed a new approach to generating quantum entanglement in beams of light using only two parts. Quantum entanglement is a process in which two objects are linked together in such a way that any changes to the properties of one can be measured from the other regardless of the distance between them."

Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage - Yahoo! Finance

Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage - Yahoo! Finance:

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated the fines will raise around $36 billion over 10 years. Senate aides said the penalties would be modeled on the approach taken by Massachusetts, which now imposes a fine of about $1,000 a year on individuals who refuse to get coverage. Under the federal legislation, families would pay higher penalties than individuals."

Gov. Jindal approves new diploma — Baton Rouge, LA

2theadvocate.com | News | Gov. Jindal approves new diploma — Baton Rouge, LA:

"BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Gov. Bobby Jindal approved legislation Thursday creating a new public school curriculum with lowered academic standards, waving aside objections from education advocates who say the change will produce high school graduates who lack basic English and math skills.

Jindal said the new program is part of the state's effort to produce a better-trained work force. He also said the new curriculum, focused on training students for blue collar jobs, would reduce the state's dropout rate."

Dinosaur mummy yields organic molecules

Dinosaur mummy yields organic molecules - Discovery.com- msnbc.com:

"The extremely well-preserved remains of a 66-million-year-old hadrosaur, known as a 'dinosaur mummy,' have just yielded soft-tissue skin structures and organic molecules, according to a new study. "

Pirates of the Mediterranean

Campaign For Liberty — Pirates of the Mediterranean:

"Meanwhile, California, which has become a failed state, has been denied bailout money from Washington.  Israel, which has been a failed state for 60 years, can, unlike the American state of California, always count of Washington to deliver the money and the weapons to keep Israel going.  

The same week that 'our' government in Washington told the Governor of California 'not one red cent,' President Barak Obama handed over $2.775 billion to Israel. 

Online Journal (June 29) reported that the handover to Israel of the unemployed Americans' tax dollars took place in a 'tiny Capitol room' to which members of the press were denied access.  I mean, really, who wants the media writing about US taxpayer dollars for Israel's nuclear weapons while Americans are being kicked out of their homes.  Not that, of course, the 'Christian' supporters of Israel would mind.  "

The science of voodoo: When mind attacks body

The science of voodoo: When mind attacks body - health - 13 May 2009 - New Scientist:

"Take Sam Shoeman, who was diagnosed with end-stage liver cancer in the 1970s and given just months to live. Shoeman duly died in the allotted time frame - yet the autopsy revealed that his doctors had got it wrong. The tumour was tiny and had not spread. 'He didn't die from cancer, but from believing he was dying of cancer,' says Meador. 'If everyone treats you as if you are dying, you buy into it. Everything in your whole being becomes about dying.'"

By-the-mile road tax could replace by-the-gallon federal fuel tax - Kansas City Star

By-the-mile road tax could replace by-the-gallon federal fuel tax - Kansas City Star:

"The idea of shifting to a by-the-mile tax has been discussed for years, but it now appears to be getting more serious attention. A federal commission, after a two-year study, concluded earlier this year that the road tax was the ‘best path forward’ to keep revenues flowing to highway and transportation projects, and could be an important new tool to help manage traffic and relieve congestion.

The decision by the 15-member National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission was unanimous, which surprised Robert Atkinson, the group’s chairman. But he said it became clear as the commission’s work progressed that a road tax on miles traveled was the best option. "

Americans Are Living And Dying In A Militarized Police State

Americans Are Living And Dying In A Militarized Police State:

"Today, police departments across the United States more closely resemble an occupying army than they do public servants responding to calls for help. Police officers can now be seen wearing helmets and body armor and carrying AR-15's, just to deliver simple warrants. The militarization of our police departments not only gives the appearance of a military dictatorship but places the public at great risk. "