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More people are arrested each year for drug-related offenses than any other type of crime, and taxpayers spend tens of billions on arresting, prosecuting and jailing offenders for drug crimes. That means drugs represent a huge focus for those who participate in the criminal justice system. Let’s explore the impact and the recent history of American justice when it comes to the drug war. Continue reading “How the Drug War Impacts the Criminal Justice System”
The father of an American soldier who was just released after spending five years in the hands of the Taliban says his family is starting on the next step of a long mission: Helping Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl recover from his ordeal.
“We’re still in recovery mode ourselves, let alone our concern about how Bowe is going to come back, and what we need to work on,” Bob Bergdahl told dozens of journalists and supporters during a press conference in Boise on Sunday. Continue reading “Freed Soldier’s Parents Say They’re Proud of Son”
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Veterans Today – by Preston James
South African Apartheid was exposed and dispensed with after many years of struggle and major divestitures of corporate and institutional investments from anything related to South Africa.
The world literally turned against the Government of South Africa and its Apartheid, eventually causing its collapse. Continue reading “9/11 & Israeli Apartheid, The Kiss of Death for World Zionism”
by Tracy Turner
Caveat, this is not a medical advice nor a gun-control article.
This “List of 45 Mass Murders and Pharma Drugs they were on” is an excellent read, but merely a drop in the bucket compared to other psych-med-violence lists and databases. According to Yahoo Answers: “It is now 1 in 100 in the US not 1 in 150 (rate of ADHD/Autism Births); There are approximately 11,000 children born in the US each day-110 of the children born each day have a form of Autism which breaks down to about every 13.09 minutes a child is born with a form of Autism in the US.”… According to the Center for Disease Control, Canada, pesticides cause ADHD, ADD, Autism and Asperger’s. Continue reading “Pesticide Control, Psych Drug Control Is Gun Control”
Your spouse “had to stay late at work” — are you skeptical? Do you think your friend doesn’t like you if he cancels dinner plans? Do you suspect that your co-worker is putting her ambitions ahead of the team?
Curmudgeons of the world, listen up: This line of negative thinking might actually hurt your health. Continue reading “Cynicism linked to greater dementia risk, study says”
RICHMOND-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed modifications to the Clean Water Act definitely will expand the federal government’s regulation of agriculture land uses, according to Donald Parrish, senior director of regulatory relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation. That’s despite EPA statements that existing exemption for agriculture operations will remain intact.
“The EPA is sticking to their talking points. They’re saying they’re not expanding jurisdiction, Parrish said. “But for the first time ever, EPA is defining ditches as tributaries. This really does blur the distinction between land and water. And Congress didn’t intend that. Continue reading “Farm Bureau: Proposed EPA water regulations won’t exempt farmers”
Tens of thousands of children unaccompanied by parents or relatives are flooding across the southern U.S. border illegally, forcing the Obama administration and Congress to grapple with both a humanitarian crisis and a budget dilemma.
An estimated 60,000 such children will pour into the United States this year, according to the administration, up from about 6,000 in 2011. Now, Washington is trying to figure out how to pay for their food, housing and transportation once they are taken into custody. Continue reading “Waves of immigrant minors present crisis for Obama, Congress”
Lawmakers in Louisiana passed a measure Tuesday to exempt themselves from gun restrictions at public buildings in the state.
The House voted 79-12 to approve a bill that would allow them to carry concealed weapons in courthouses and state offices, as judges and district attorneys are already permitted, reported New Orleans City Business. Continue reading “Louisiana lawmakers vote to exempt themselves from gun ban in most public buildings”
Police One – by Josh Richman, The Oakland Tribune
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lawmakers reacted to the Santa Barbara shooting by announcing plans Tuesday for a bill to create a “gun violence restraining order.”
The bill would establish a system in which concerned relatives, intimate partners or friends can notify police about someone showing a propensity toward violence, so police can investigate and seek a judge’s order to seize that person’s firearms and prevent any purchases. Continue reading “Gun bill would allow police to seize firearms, prevent purchases”
A Chinese court has announced guilty verdicts for 55 people charged with of terrorism, separatism and murder, with the dependents learning of their fate at a stadium filled with 7,000 spectators — part of an apparent show by the government of its determination to combat unrest in the country’s far west.
At least one of the defendants was sentenced to death. Continue reading “China Court Finds 55 Guilty in Mass Stadium Sentencing”
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Tonight at 10 p.m. ET on NBC an interview with Edward Snowden will be aired, his first with any US television station.
In the exclusive interview with NBC news anchor Brian Williams, Snowden blamed the State Department for isolating him in Russia and announced he was not a low-level systems administrator as the U.S. government has repeated again and again… Continue reading “Edward Snowden To Be Interviewed By NBC News Tonight”
A California veteran suffered a stroke that eventually killed him nearly three years ago after police beat him up when he tried to leave a Veterans Hospital with a shunt in his arm, according to a lawsuit filed by the man’s family.
Jonathan Montano grew impatient May 25, 2011, after waiting four hours for dialysis at the VA hospital in Loma Linda, and he told a nurse he intended to leave with the needle apparatus in his arm so staffers at a VA hospital in Long Beach would not have to insert a new one. Continue reading “Cops caused fatal stroke by beating CA veteran tired of waiting at VA hospital, suit claims”
The Daily Caller – by Michael Bastasch
Despite being soundly rejected a few years ago, cap-and-trade will soon get its U.S. encore — but not in Congress. The Obama administration will likely use its executive power to unilaterally impose carbon dioxide emissions trading systems.
The Environmental Protection Agency will unveil regulations for existing U.S. power plants early next month. For months, onlookers have been speculating about what could be included in the EPA’s rule for existing power plants. Continue reading “EPA To Unilaterally Push Cap And Trade On Carbon Emissions”
62nd Bilderberg conference to take place from 29 May – 1 June 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Copenhagen, 26 May 2014 – The 62nd Bilderberg meeting is set to take place from 29 May until 1 June 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. A total of around 140 participants from 22 countries have confirmed their attendance. As ever, a diverse group of political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media have been invited. Continue reading “Key Topics for 2014 Bilderberg and Participant List”
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Daily Mail – by JULIAN ROBINSON and WILL STEWART
Up to 100 people, including civilians and pro-Russian fighters, have been killed during a 24-hour bloodbath in the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk.
Dozens of militants were reported dead in a furious battle for control of the airport in the key city of Donetsk where bodies were lying in the streets.
Continue reading “Caught in the crossfire: Civilians among dozens killed in Donetsk as fighting continues across city and Ukraine vows to fight until ‘not a single terrorist remains’”
MANNING, Ore. – A 19-year-old man who held his breath while driving through a tunnel on Highway 26 fainted and caused a three-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon, state police said.
Daniel J. Calhoon of Snohomish, Wash., was driving a Toyota Camry west of Manning when he fainted in a tunnel. His car crossed the center line and crashed head-on into an SUV, according to police. Continue reading “Police: Driver holding breath in tunnel faints, causes crash”
WASHINGTON (AP) – First lady Michelle Obama is answering Republicans in Congress who want to roll back healthier school meal standards, holding an event at the White House to highlight the success of the health guidelines.
The Tuesday event is an unusual move for the first lady, who has largely stayed away from policy fights since she lobbied for congressional passage of a child nutrition law in 2010. Continue reading “First Lady Set To Respond To School Meal Critics”
Chicago Tribune – by Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) – Search and rescue crews were looking for three men on Monday who have been missing since a four-mile-long (6-km) mudslide ripped through a remote area near the Grand Mesa National Forest in western Colorado the day before.
The slide tore through an area outside the mountain community of Collbran, which has a population of about 700 people and is located 200 miles (320 km) west of Denver, said Heather Benjamin, spokeswoman for the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office. Continue reading “Search underway for three men missing after Colorado mudslide”
ABC News – by Rebecca Boone
CNN – by Jen Christensen
Raw Story – by Travis Gettys
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