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High Times – by Maureen Meehan
At the turn of the century, before the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, Eli Lilly, Parke-Davis and Squibb of Bristol-Myers Squibb, were marketing cannabis extracts and tinctures labeled as “uniformly effective at dose levels of 10 mg.”
In those days, most medicines had the same generic characteristics, so drug companies had to rely on marketing and brand recognition to sell their products. Continue reading “Big Pharma Companies Were The Original Medical Pot Sellers”
Freedom Outpost – by Michael Bastasch
Environmental activists cheered the California Fish and Game Commission’s decision to adopt regulations banning the use of lead ammunition for hunting throughout the Golden State.
In a unanimous vote, the Commission opted to phase out lead bullets, which hunters groups are calling a de-facto ban on hunting in the state. Environmentalists, on the other hand, are saying these regulations will save California Condors and Golden Eagles from getting lead poisoning. Continue reading “California Officially and Unconstitutionally Bans Hunters from Using Lead Bullets”
OLNEY (WPVI) — Two people were arrested and several others are being sought in connection to a brutal attack on a homeless man at a gas station in Philadelphia’s Olney section.
It happened around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday in the 5500 block of North 5th Street.
Police say it all began when a 10-year-old boy told his mother that he got into an argument with the man over who was going to pump customers’ gas for spare change. Continue reading “2 Arrests, Others Sought In Attack On Homeless Man At Olney Gas Station”
The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Melton
The mainstream media and their experts are finally openly admitting that radiation from the crippled nuclear reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the initial meltdown of which was equivalent to 168 of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima during World War II, has reached North American shoes, but don’t worry.
Everything, according to the system, is just fine and dandy. Continue reading “Media Pushing the Idea That Fukushima Radiation Is Just Fine So Why Not Go Swim in It for Six Hours a Day”
Geneva (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency said on Friday 10 April 2015 it is preparing to receive as many as 130,000 refugees who could flee by boat to Africa to escape the conflict in Yemen, even as it works to help hundreds of thousands of other refugees and Yemenis under threat inside the country.
“With 14 out of Yemen’s 22 govern orates affected by air strikes or armed conflict, UNHCR yesterday [9 April 2015] issued a position paper to governments calling on all countries to allow civilians fleeing Yemen access to their territories,” said Adrian Edwards, a spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Continue reading “UN Braces for as Many as 130,000 Refugees Fleeing Yemen by Boat to Africa”
American Everyman – by Scott Creighton
Late last night I wrote about John T. Booker Jr., 20, of Topeka, who was charged Friday with planning a suicide attack at Fort Riley, just west of Topeka. I wrote about how John, a.k.a. Muhammed Abdullah Hassan, had been in the ROTC program at his high school and ended up as a Master Sgt in that program before graduating school. I wrote about how it seems he was used to craft a non-existing threat to the military as he signed up in February for the delayed entry program just so he could go online and post a bunch of BS “jihad” material about wanting to sign up so he could stick an officer with a sword or some other such crap. Of course, the FBI “discovered” him on Facebook less than a month later and his military career was put on hold. That was early 2014. Continue reading “John T. Booker Jr. Was Handled by FBI, Drugged and Then Set-Up to “Get Him Off the Streets””
Drivers in Weatherford, Texas have had a surprise windfall after a large sum of banknotes were blown across Interstate 20.
Joel Aldridge, 46, filmed the slow-moving traffic on his mobile phone, thinking there had been an accident. But he soon spotted a number of people carrying handfuls of money. Continue reading “Texas drivers scoop ‘free money’ on Interstate 20”
Roll Call – by Bridget Bowman and Emma Dumain
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Kim C. Dine has submitted a letter of resignation to the Capitol Police Board, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed to CQ Roll Call.
It is not currently known whether the letter has or will be accepted by the three-member board, made up of the House and Senate sergeants-at-arms and the Architect of the Capitol. Multiple attempts to secure a comment from Dine were unsuccessful. Continue reading “Capitol Police Chief Submits Resignation Letter”
California is having another run at adding warning labels to sugar-sweetened beverages, and New York is joining in.
Last year, state Sen. Bill Monning (D-Carmel) introduced a bill requiring that any sweetened non-alcoholic beverage (carbonated or non-carbonated) that contains 75 calories or more per 12 fluid ounces be labeled with the words, “Drinking beverages with added sugar(s) contributes to obesity, diabetes, and tooth decay.” Continue reading “California, New York Lawmakers Propose Warning Labels for Soda”
Western Journalism – by B. CHRISTOPHER AGEE
Forced to close its door amid rampant threats of violence and property damage, the owners of Memories Pizza in Walkerton, Ind., reopened the business Thursday after more than a week. Controversy began when Crystal O’Connor shared her view of what was at the time Indiana’s new religious freedom law, indicating the restaurant would not cater a same-sex wedding.
Though Crystal and her father, Kevin, have since clarified that gays are welcome to eat in the shop, many critics were unable or unwilling to acknowledge the distinction and initiated a public protest against the small business. Supporters quickly responded, however, and combined to raise nearly $850,000 via an online fundraising effort. Continue reading “Memories Pizza Owners Describe Incredible Reception Upon Reopening For Business”
Yahoo News – by PIERRE THOMAS and MIKE LEVINE
A 20-year-old Kansas man allegedly joined the U.S. Army last year so he could launch an ISIS-inspired attack on American soldiers like the deadly strike on Ft. Hood, Texas, in 2009, federal authorities announced today.
John T. Booker of Topeka, Kansas, was arrested after a lengthy FBI investigation and was charged with attempted use of WMD (a bomb), attempt to provide material support to ISIS, and attempt to destroy US property, officials said. He was set to report for basic training on Tuesday. Continue reading “ISIS-Inspired Kansas Man Accused of Plotting Another Ft. Hood-Type Attack”
Ben Swann – by Annabelle Bamforth
Staten Island, NY- Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo using a banned chokehold technique on Eric Garner, has not been released from prison this week despite posting bail.
Orta, 23, was indicted last December on gun charges shortly after a grand jurydeclined to indict Pantaleo for the death of Eric Garner. Orta was accused of placing a handgun in a teenager’s waistband and faces two felony weapon charges and a misdemeanor weapon possession charge in that case. After Orta was arrested, the New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association made a statement proposing the idea that it was “criminals like Mr. Orta who carry illegal firearms who stand to benefit the most by demonizing the good work of police officers.” Continue reading “Release Of Jailed Man Who Filmed NYPD Choking Of Eric Garner Delayed Despite Posting Bail”
Veterans Today – by Preston James, PhD
Seymour Hersh was the first investigative journalist to publicly disclose Israel’s Samson Option.
Israel’s Samson Option is a long standing nuclear retaliation program they set up during the 1970’s after they were able to acquire a substantial amount of weapons grade Plutonium from America. Continue reading “Israel’s addiction to Nuclear Blackmail and Terror”
The Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Ely Township, MI — In one of the most cowardly moves by law enforcement that we’ve ever witnessed, a Michigan DNR officer shot and killed a family’s miniature pig Thursday after he “felt threatened.”
Two years ago, Tony Gervasi and Brandy Savelle decided to get another pet. They adopted a miniature pig named Caeser, and he’s been a part of their family every since. Continue reading “Officer Feared for His Life, So He Shot & Killed this Family’s Tiny Miniature Pig”
Gun Watch – by Dean Weingarten
State laws in the “may issue” states vary quite a bit. In New York, it appears that the state has to grant a license, or at lease deny one withing a certain time limit, but bureaucratic maneuvers make it vary across the State and the time limits are widely ignored. It is impossible to get a permit in New York City. In New Jersey, permits are pretty much limited to former police officers, former judges, and the politically connected. In Hawaii, almost no one gets permits except for a few armed guards. Continue reading “Could Governor Christe Change NJ Gun Law with a Stroke of a Pen?”
That’s what sources are saying. But don’t expect her to do anything live in front of an audience
(NY Daily News) The long wait’s almost over — Hillary Clinton’s official campaign announcement is expected Sunday, a source close to the campaign told the Daily News. Continue reading “Hillary To Announce Sunday?”
A security guard stationed at the main gate of Census Bureau outside Washington, D.C. was shot Thursday and later died, authorities said, and the suspected gunman later led police on a chase through the district.
Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Thursday that police received a call about an armed kidnapping in the District of Columbia about half an hour before the shooting in Suitland, Maryland, about 10 miles from the capital. Lanier said the car involved in the shooting matched the one involved in the kidnapping. Continue reading “Guard Dies Following Shooting Outside US Census Bureau Headquarters”
When it comes to officer-involved shootings, the problem lies with law enforcement’s training that instructs cops to say they felt the suspects were a threat, either to the officers or to the public, a retired US Marshal told RT.
Retired Chief Deputy US Marshal Matthew Fogg, who served as a law enforcement officer for 32 years, spoke with RT’s Ben Swann about the recent spate of officer-involved shootings in which police killed unarmed suspects and claimed they feared for their safety or for the safety of others. He said the officers’ training is to blame. Continue reading “Cops trained to justify use of deadly force – former US Marshal”
With lawmakers preparing to vote on a bill blocking parents from skipping vaccinations for their children, prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrived at the Sacramento screening of a film linking autism to the vaccine preservative thimerosal and warned that public health officials cannot be trusted.
“They can put anything they want in that vaccine and they have no accountability for it,” said Kennedy, who walked onto and left a Crest Theater stage to standing ovations, of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading “Robert Kennedy Jr. warns of vaccine-linked ‘holocaust’”
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ABC News – by BEN CANDEA
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Sac Bee – by Jeremy B. White