Stop the Drug War – by Phillip Smith

Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that the Obama administration would soon announce regulations that would allow banks to business with legal marijuana businesses. Financial institutions have been scared away from such businesses by the threat of legal action for dealing in the profits of a commodity still illegal under federal law.

“You don’t want just huge amounts of cash in these places. They want to be able to use the banking system,” Holder said during an appearance at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. “There’s a public safety component to this. Huge amounts of cash—substantial amounts of cash just kind of lying around with no place for it to be appropriately deposited is something that would worry me, just from a law enforcement perspective,” he explained.   Continue reading “Holder Says Marijuana Banking Rules Coming Soon”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

from the we’ll-let-you-know-what-your-rights-are-once-we’ve-finished-violating-th dept

Cops vs. cameras: the apparently never ending battle continues. A student photojournalist at Purdue found himself on the receiving end of a little extra “attention” while attempting to cover Tuesday’s on-campus shooting.    Continue reading “Purdue Cops Throw Student Journalist To Ground, Seize His Camera And Detain Him For Three Hours”

dr-dekkers_280_en.jpgKnowledge Ecology International – by James Love

Today health advocates were shocked by the direct and appalling statements attributed to Bayer CEO Marijn Dekkers. Published in Businessweek on January 21, 2014 and written by Bloomberg reporter Ketaki Gokhale, a news story about disputes over drug patents (link here) ended with an account of the India compulsory license on the cancer drug Nexavar, and practically exploded. Dekker is quoted as saying Bayer did not intend the cancer drug to be sold to cancer patients in India, adding “We developed it for western patients who can afford it.” From the Bloomberg/Businessweek story:   Continue reading “Bayer CEO Marijn Dekkers explains: Nexavar cancer drug is for “western patients who can afford it.””

MassPrivateI

NY – Senator John DeFrancisco says he has been quietly pushing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Syracuse University in past months to put the nation’s first college focused on emergency management and homeland security on the SU campus. 

Cuomo mentioned the creation of a new state-run College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity in his State of the State speech today in Albany. The governor didn’t say where the college could go, but DeFrancisco said afterward he’s met with Cuomo’s staff and SU officials about the possibility of creating a joint SUNY/SU campus in Syracuse.   Continue reading “Police state Amerika plans to open a DHS college”

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The second-ranking U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said on January 23 that Afghan forces overmatched the insurgency during the last fighting season, adding that the Taliban is on the “edge of strategic defeat.” (Ask yourself,  if they’re on the edge of defeat why do we need DHS? Fear mongering is at an all-time high, Wake up America!)

However, speaking live from Afghanistan, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, commander of the U.S./NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Joint Command (IJC), told Pentagon reporters that there is more to be done.    Continue reading “War on terror is a lie: U.S. commander tells world Taliban on ‘edge of defeat’”

CCTV footage shows Kevin Spratt being tasered 13 times in the East Perth watch house.ABC News Au

A lawyer for two police officers says the court cannot rule out the possibility that a man was screaming with joy when he was being repeatedly tasered at the Perth Watch House more than five years ago.

Aaron Strahan and Troy Tomlin are on trial accused of assaulting Kevin Spratt by repeatedly tasering him in August 2008.

Sergeant Strahan, who was a Senior Constable at the time, had arrested Mr Spratt in Bayswater.   Continue reading “Australia: Lawyer argues Kevin Spratt may have been screaming in “joy” while being tasered by police”

Serious injury: A week after his operated Manning was still in pain and unable to walkDaily Mail – by ALEX GREIG

Philadelphia police have launched an internal investigation after a teenager allegedly suffered a ruptured testicle during a pat-down.

Darrin Manning, 16, was with a group of teammates on their way to an after-school basketball game at 15th and Girard Streets when he was stopped by police officers.

Manning says he was handcuffed and patted down by a female police officer, who grabbed and pulled his genitals. He underwent emergency surgery the following day.   Continue reading “Boy, 16, suffers ruptured testicle after rough ‘pat down’ by police woman and now faces infertility”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: If you live in the state of California you may wish to start conserving water. 

(Daily Mail) – California is experiencing its worst drought since 1895 with no signs of it abating due to a stubborn ridge of high pressure that is lurking offshore and blocking typical winter weather.

Nearly four miles high and 2,000 miles long, it is to blame for the emerging drought as the mass of high air pressure has been blocking Pacific winter storms from coming ashore and bringing much needed to bring rain to the parched West Coast.   Continue reading “High Pressure “Ridge” Keeping California in Record Drought”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: What has changed in the middle east over the past 10-15 years? The Western nations of the world have invaded it, removing dictators which has allowed the radicals to take over. This is all by design my friends. The Kenites already own the nations of the world. The goal now is to merge them into the One World Beast Government(NWO) which Satan will soon head. What is occurring across the globe and in the Middle East is very Biblical. Are your spiritual eyes open?   Continue reading “The world’s most ancient Christian communities are being destroyed — and no one cares”

aerostat.jpgFox News

The Pentagon plan to deploy two large blimplike aircraft 10,000 feet into the sky about 45 miles northeast of Washington, D.C., has raised new privacy concerns even though the Army says there is nothing to be worried about.

The aircraft was described as aerostats, which means they are lighter than air while being tethered to the ground, The Washington Post reported. These aircraft have been employed in Iraq, Afghanistan and on the Mexican border because they can be equipped with radars and high-altitude surveillance systems that are capable of spotting flying objects up to 340 miles away. These systems are militarily valuable because they are capable of tracking low-flying missiles and movement on the ground.   Continue reading “Is a blimp watching you? New surveillance craft raises privacy questions”

Screen Shot 2014-01-23 at 8.14.47 AMLiberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger

One of the most disturbing and relentless trends over the past several years has been the redirection of war technology and equipment from the battlefield abroad toward domestic use in the USA. This has resulted in a militarization of police across the nation and has encouraged small towns to use Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grants to purchase ridiculous items such as tanks.   Continue reading “Why is a Gigantic War-Blimp About to Fly Above the Skies of Suburban Baltimore?”

Arpaio: 38 inmates get bread, water for desecrating flagAZ Family – by 3TV

PHOENIX — Thirty-eight inmates in Maricopa County jails have been placed on bread and water diets for defacing American flags, according to a press release from Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office.

“These inmates have destroyed the American flag that was placed in their cells,” Arpaio said in a statement. “Tearing them, writing on them, stepping on them, throwing them in the toilet, trash or wherever they feel. It’s a disgrace to those who have fought for our country.   Continue reading “Arpaio: 38 inmates get bread, water for desecrating flag”

A man carries an Egyptian police officer to an ambulance after a car bomb explosion at the police headquarters in downtown Cairo on Friday, January 24.CNN – by Jethro Mullen and Saad Abedine

A plume of black smoke rose over Cairo early Friday after a powerful explosion hit the city’s police headquarters, killing at least four people and wounding more than 50 others, Egyptian authorities said.

The blast struck a key symbol of authority in a country that has been shaken in recent years by political turmoil and violent unrest.   Continue reading “Egypt: Big explosion hits Cairo police headquarters, killing at least 4”

wefGlobal Research – by Andre Damon

The 44th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) began Wednesday, bringing over 2,000 corporate executives, major investors, government leaders, central bankers and celebrities to the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos.

The annual celebration of wealth and avarice follows a bumper year for the world’s super-rich. Stock prices and corporate profits surged to new record highs, swelling the bank accounts and portfolios of the financial elite, even as austerity measures, wage cutting and layoffs slashed living standards and threw tens of millions more people into poverty.   Continue reading “Corporate Criminals, Billionaires Gather for World Economic Forum in Davos”

Rick SnyderMail.com

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder asked the federal government Thursday to set aside thousands of work visas for bankrupt Detroit, a bid to revive the decaying city by attracting talented immigrants who are willing to move there and stay for five years.

The Republican governor has routinely touted immigration as a powerful potential force for growing Detroit’s economy, saying immigrant entrepreneurs start many small businesses and file patents at twice the rate of U.S.-born citizens.   Continue reading “Michigan seeks visas to lure immigrants to Detroit”

Copy of josey wales aint bullshittinBearing Arms – by Bob Owens

There’s a scene at the end of the animated film Despicable Me after the villain Vector’s master plan has gone horribly awry, and he finds himself on the surface of the Moon, with the Earth in the background. Realizing his predicament, he utters a short succinct phrase.    Continue reading “Connecticut scrambles for amnesty plan after realizing that citizens are refusing to register their “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines”