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National Academy of Sciences Issues Landmark Statement on the Therapeutic Value of Medical Cannabis
Post Date: 2017-01-17 10:13:55 by Deckard
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In 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States issued a long-awaited decision on the medical benefits of cannabis, and instead of validating what millions of people already know to be true about this healing plant, the DEA chose to keep intact the 1970 designation of cannabis as a schedule I substance, a drug which has, as they claim, no medical benefit. Furthermore, in an even more egregious affront to justice and common sense, in December of 2016, the DEA made an overnight decision to create a new classification of schedule I drugs for cannabis extracts in order to stop the sale and consumption of CBD oil, a non-psychoactive derivative of cannabis which is known to have ...
Happy Robert E. Lee Day
Post Date: 2017-01-16 14:56:35 by A K A Stone
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Robert E. Lee Day, also called Lee's Birthday, is a public holiday commemorating the birth of Robert E. Lee, observed each year on the third Monday in January.[1]
Will the CIA Assassinate Trump? “He’s Being Really Dumb For Questioning Russia Conclusions”
Post Date: 2017-01-16 13:41:35 by Deckard
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It isn’t just that Donald Trump routinely thumbs his nose at the establishment, insults media figures he sees as unfair and bucks conventional wisdom. It is that President-elect Trump is defying the will of the deep state, military industrial complex base of ultimate power in the United States. That is why he is treading dangerous waters, and risks the fate of JFK. Trump publicly dissed the intelligence community assessments on Russian hacking; they retaliated with a made up dossier about the alleged Trump-Putin ‘golden shower’ episode. While it may be a silly falsehood, it may also be serving as a final warning that they get to script reality, not him. Perhaps they want ...
Nanny State Unhinged: School Employee Fired for Politely Correcting Student’s Spelling on Twitter
Post Date: 2017-01-16 13:11:24 by Deckard
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Frederick, MD — Inside the violently enforced politically correct safe space, known as America, the perceived right to remain ignorant and unoffended reigns supreme. The latest case of PC police striking those who would dare to politely correct someone comes from Federick, MD, in which a school employee was fired for correcting a student’s spelling error on Twitter. Katie Nash, the now former Frederick County Public Schools Social Media Coordinator, is learning the hard way what life in politically correct America is like. Nash ran the FCPS Twitter account and earlier this month, following predictions of snow, a student tweeted to @FCPSMaryland asking the schools to close ...
Time to Pay Attention: 8 Men Have as Much Money as Half the Entire World
Post Date: 2017-01-16 13:05:00 by Deckard
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A startling figure has just been released showing the ever-widening gap in wealth between the world’s upper echelons and nearly everyone else — the eight richest men on the planet are now worth as much as 3.6 billion people. Oxfam plans to release its report at the World Economic Forum — a convention for top business executives, academics, and policy makers — which begins on January 17 in Davos, Switzerland, and this year will focus on “responsive and responsible leadership.” While it might be tempting to view the statistic of so few people having amassed as much wealth as 3.6 billion as the problem in itself, it should be noted many of the businesses they own ...
20 Years for 3 Pills – Cops Entrap Teen in Cruel Online Dating Scam Preying on Loneliness
Post Date: 2017-01-15 10:49:03 by Deckard
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A year-and-a-half ago, several Monroe County, TN police departments set up an elaborate drug sting to take down what the police perceived to be known drug dealers in the area. The message they wanted to send, according to Sherriff Tommy Jones II was, “If you are involved in any type of drug activity…you will find yourself in prison. This will not be tolerated.” According to the Advocate and Democrat News’ official story of the sting operation, “the streets of Monroe County and its municipalities saw a lot of drugs removed last week as an operation that began in February culminated with 72 indictments being handed down and arrests made from one end of the ...
It’s time to face facts: Obama’s presidency was a failure
Post Date: 2017-01-15 10:31:41 by no gnu taxes
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The closing arguments for the Obama years are arriving, and they aren’t helping the outgoing president. A case in point is a new book published this week, one that acknowledges “Obama’s supporters have experienced [his presidency] as a continuous disappointment.” Those supporters, and others, must have noticed that “for most of Obama’s term, wage gains were largely confined to the rich.” Or that “The administration’s planning in Libya clearly failed” or “It is certain that the actual outcome [of Obama’s Syria policy] was disastrous.” Even many of President Obama’s proudest achievements look about as enduring as April ...
Rudy Giuliani To Head Up Trump's Cybersecurity Team As The Internet Laughs At Giuliani's Security Bona Fides
Post Date: 2017-01-14 13:55:33 by Deckard
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from the sigh dept Our soon-to-be American President has made quite a show about bolstering the country's efforts for cybersecurity. The "cyber", as he is wont to call the issue, is claimed to be in disrepair and requires brave new minds to protect the country's computer systems from hacks and attacks from outside forces. We've already discussed in the past how depressing it is to learn just how little actual computer science knowledge exists floating in the minds of our elected leaders and their top-level appointees. There is an opportunity to get very smart, very well-educated people on matters of cybersecurity involved in government. But it appears that Trump is ...
Court Says Tossing A Flashbang Grenade Into A Room With A Toddler Is 'Unreasonable' Police Behavior
Post Date: 2017-01-14 13:39:16 by Deckard
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from the law-enforcement-bloodsport dept The Evansville (IN) Police Department has seen a drug bust go up in a cloud of flashbang smoke. A search warrant for drugs and weapons, based on an informant's tip, was executed perfectly… if you're the sort of person who believes it takes a dozen heavily-armed officers, a Lenco Bearcat, and two flashbangs to grab a suspect no one felt like arresting when he was outside alone taking out his trash. (via FourthAmendment.com) The state appeals court decision [PDF] hinges on the deployment of a flashbang grenade into a room containing a toddler. Fortunately, in this case, the toddler was only frightened, rather than severely burned. But ...
“Timing Is Extremely Unusual”: D.C. National Guard Chief Must Stand Down During Inauguration
Post Date: 2017-01-14 12:56:28 by Deckard
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"It doesn’t make sense to can the general in the middle of an active deployment," rages D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) after Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz, who heads the D.C. National Guard and is an integral part of overseeing the inauguration, has been ordered removed from command effective Jan. 20, 12:01 p.m., just as Donald Trump is sworn in as president. As The Washington Post reports, Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz’s departure will come in the midst of the presidential ceremony, classified as a national special security event — and while thousands of his troops are deployed to help protect the nation’s capital during an inauguration he has ...
Imagine That! Police Solve Far More Murders After they Stop Arresting Cannabis Users
Post Date: 2017-01-14 12:15:26 by Deckard
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A new study has indicated that the Boston Police Department has drastically increased the number of homicides they solved since they stopped making arrests for marijuana. The homicide clearance rate increase by 10% following the decriminalization of marijuana in the area. “The BPD homicide unit increased the yearly Boston homicide clearance rate by nearly 10 percent […] and by more than 18 percent when the clearance rate definition was extended to include those cases awaiting grand jury decisions,” the study said. The findings were released in a new study published by Northeastern School of Criminology and Criminal Justice director Anthony Braga and Boston Police ...
Cops Beat, Arrest Innocent Man After Accusing Him of Stealing His OWN CAR
Post Date: 2017-01-14 12:08:14 by Deckard
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Evanston, IL — All too often, those who blindly support authority without question will say, ‘If you don’t want to get beat up by police, don’t break the law.’ However, time after time after time, they are proven wrong — often in the worst way. Lawrence Crosby is the latest proof that not breaking the law is no protection against getting hurt by police as he was beaten and arrested by cops who thought he’d stolen his own car. Although this scenario unfolded on October 10, 2015, the infuriating and brutal dashcam video wasn’t released until this week. What it shows is nothing short of incompetence, brutality, and the viciousness of more than a ...
Do Not Trust Governments or Their Employees
Post Date: 2017-01-14 11:50:07 by Deckard
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California has upheld the criminal conviction of Robert Kahre, the man who tried to circumvent the IRS by paying his employees in gold coin. He relied on the face value of the gold coins being below the legal threshold that triggers withholding taxes. A $20 gold coin is legal tender for only $20 — not its gold value. Gold was never demonetized. From a strict construction perspective, Kahre was correct and should not have been charged legally. However, the IRS interprets the value of the gold, not the legal tender value. The Court held that Kahre didn’t do his duty to serve as a tax collector for the United States, for ...
JUST IN : Tucker Carlson is Already KILLING Megyn Kelly’s Ratings!
Post Date: 2017-01-13 16:36:13 by Gatlin
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The ratings are in and Tucker Carlson is slaying the competition in his primetime debut. From Aim.org: Fox News’ Tucker Carlson got off to a roaring start in his primetime debut Monday night by easily outdistancing both MSNBC and CNN, proving at least for now that the decision to slide him into Megyn Kelly’s old timeslot was an excellent one. Carlson averaged 493,000 viewers in the key 25-54 demo, beating out CNN’s town hall special with Bernie Sanders (414,000) and The Rachel Maddow Show (324,000).
Dog stays with owner for 20 hours after man breaks his neck in Michigan
Post Date: 2017-01-13 08:45:17 by Stoner
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While most of Michigan and the country were out celebrating on New Year's Eve, a northern Michigan man was lying in the snow — paralyzed after he slipped and fell. But his faithful dog saved his life, Fox 2 Detroit reported. The man, known only as Bob, was watching football on New Year's Eve and waiting to watch the ball drop. When his game went to commercial, he ran out to get some wood for his fire. He was wearing only long johns, slippers, and a shirt for the 15-foot walk. Suddenly, he slipped and fell, breaking his neck. He doesn't have any close neighbors, so when he was yelling for help, the only help he got was his best friend — Kelsey, his golden retriever. ...
All Aboard Florida’s Brightline unveils first passenger train
Post Date: 2017-01-12 11:00:24 by Willie Green
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WEST PALM BEACH — All Aboard Florida’s Brightline rail service unveiled the first train in its growing fleet on Wednesday, marking a new phase for the company as officials shift their attention from construction to customer service. For more than three hours, Brightline’s top executives demonstrated dozens of features that they say will help convince South Florida residents, business travelers and tourists to ditch their cars and instead ride the train. The demonstrations were part of a private tour for members of the media.Among the innovations: Plugs and USB jacks at every seat, free onboard WiFi and “Super wide” aisles that span 32-inches, wider than any ...
The Surveillance State Did Not Disappear With The Trump Victory: “It Is Still Lurking And Completely Intact”
Post Date: 2017-01-12 08:58:56 by Deckard
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One of the things Donald Trump has really done correctly is to assess his future arena in the areas of intelligence-gathering and operational security. Trump wants to return to a “courier” method of transmitting sensitive information and classified documents for the purpose of reducing the amount of material that can be hacked or stolen. There is a subtlety about this for a caveat, in case the compliment has bloomed flowers in your thoughts: the NSA $50 billion facility for collection and storage of data in Utah won’t be shutting down anytime soon. As Snowden’s exposes clearly pointed out, the government has clearly followed Petraeus’ glowing ...
Cops Just Got Surveyed About Weed — and the Results Will Surprise You
Post Date: 2017-01-12 08:56:25 by Deckard
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A majority of American police officers now believe cannabis laws should be relaxed, and nearly one-third support full legalization of the plant, according to a new survey. A Pew Research survey released on Tuesday combined the results of two surveys that questioned nearly 8,000 police officers across 54 police departments and over 4,500 private citizens. According to Pew’s findings, “about two-thirds of police (68%) and a larger share of the public (84%) believe the country’s marijuana laws should be relaxed, and a larger share of the public than the police support legalizing marijuana for both private and medical use (49% vs. 32%).” (deployads = window.deployads ...
The Government – Placing Kill Orders on Homemade Cookies and Muffins
Post Date: 2017-01-12 07:32:16 by Deckard
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by Heather Callaghan Hey, I know that we extol the virtues of fruits and veggies over flour-y baked and processed goods – but if you can’t be free to make, buy and sell muffins, cookies and other goodies in this country then what the heck are you free to do? Answer: Free to to keep funding government raids on edible goods? And in this case we are talking about wholesome goods that come from a small dairy farm – a recent target of two parts of the Michigan state government. The president of Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund* recently reported: The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has filed a complaint with the Livingston County Circuit ...
The Perverse Ingenuity, and Routine Lawlessness, of Law Enforcers
Post Date: 2017-01-12 05:31:08 by Deckard
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Enforcers of drug prohibition can be perversely ingenious in devising methods to subvert due process guarantees. One tactic widely employed by police officers looking for a way to circumvent the Fourth Amendment is to intimidate a subject into giving the officers permission to invade the rights of others – such as residents of an apartment building, or passengers in an automobile. That ruse has been rebuffed in two recent state Supreme Court rulings. Police officers in Berlin, Connecticut who conducted a warrantless search of an apartment complex using a drug-detecting dog violated the Fourth Amendment, acknowledged a December 22nd ruling from that state’s highest appellate ...
Charges Dropped Against Miami-Dade Firefighter Accused of Assault on Cop
Post Date: 2017-01-11 19:35:39 by A K A Stone
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A judge dropped charges Wednesday against a Miam-Dade Fire captain who was arrested for pointing a gun at a police officer. Nicholas Marian, 55, was granted Stand Your Ground immunity in a bizarre encounter with a Miami Shores police officer. Fellow firefighters who had been rallying behind Marian were at the courthouse celebrating the ruling. The fire captain was arrested in March of 2016 for drawing his shot gun at an officer who knocked on his front door. Police responded to Marian's home after getting a complaint about an erratic driver in the neighborhood. Marian's pick-up truck matched the description of the vehicle involved. When the officer knocked on his door, Marian ...
LIVE STREAM: Senate Confirmation Hearing of Rex Tillerson and Jeff Sessions Vote.
Post Date: 2017-01-11 13:24:51 by Hondo68
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Poster Comment:Team America World Police. Tillerson sounds like a clone of Kerry, Hillary, and Condi Rice. Mostly he sounds like Kerry. Wealth Spread from the US taxpayer to everyone worldwide. Spend more, print more money. It's FRRREEEEEE !!!
DEA Slapped in Face: American Epilepsy Society Admits Marijuana is an Effective Cure for Seizures
Post Date: 2017-01-11 11:18:08 by Deckard
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As the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) continues to display its arrogance, refusing to remove marijuana from schedule 1 of the Control Substance Act (CSA), thanks to certified professional bodies in the country, more and more details on medical efficacy of the plant is being revealed. On August 11, 2016 the DEA turned down two petitions. One was from the governors of Rhode Island and Washington, and the other from a resident of New Mexico, requesting that marijuana be removed from Schedule I of the CSA. The removal from schedule I would have ensured that official scientific research is carried on the plant, across the United States. But the DEA still held that marijuana ...
so clinton supporters are...
Post Date: 2017-01-10 20:29:21 by BobCeleste
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Well, let's see, according to the left, we who voted for President Elect Donald John Trump are racist, bigots and sexist. So, I reckon that means that if voting for Donald makes us that, then those voting for clinton makes them a pedophile, rapist, murderer, traitor, baby in the womb murders and homosexuals. Poster Comment:I reckon I'll stick with Donald.
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