August 2010
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U.S. Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes... →
“Though raising interest rates is unlikely at the moment, the Fed will of course act appropriately if we…if we…” said Bernanke, who then paused for a moment, looked down at his prepared statement, and shook his head in utter disbelief. “You know what? It doesn’t matter. None of this—this so-called ‘money’—really matters at all.”
“It’s just...
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Reddit Won’t Run Any Display Ads for Marijuana... →
“Hot on the heels of Facebook censoring marijuana leafs in ads on the social network, and Google’s decision to accept and run nearly identical ads, a third major Internet site took a side on legalization ads.”
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Alabama Man Dies In Jail After Being Arrested For... →
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“Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may...”
– Anonymous (via thebookofatheism)
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DEA Seeks Ebonics Translators to Decipher Black... →
“Ever since NAACP endorsed marijuana legalization in California, there’s been a raging debate over whether the drug war targets black communities. Looks like the DEA just settled it.”
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The billionaire Koch brothers’ war against Obama :... →
“The Kochs are longtime libertarians who believe in drastically lower personal and corporate taxes, minimal social services for the needy, and much less oversight of industry—especially environmental regulation. These views dovetail with the brothers’ corporate interests. In a study released this spring, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s Political Economy Research Institute...
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National Black Police Assn. backs Marijuana... →
“Proposition 19, the marijuana legalization initiative, picked up the support Thursday of a national organization that represents African American police officers, as the campaign for legalization continues to try to build support in the black community and among law enforcement officials.
The National Black Police Assn., which has about 15,000 members, is the second African American...
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Chomsky’s Inner Conservative - by Charles Glass →
“Noam Chomsky’s new book, Hopes and Prospects, leads me to a conclusion that will startle his admirers and critics alike: Chomsky is a conservative. It might surprise him as well. After all, he is a socialist and a libertarian. The fundamental precept of his philosophy, which stems from a view of humans as free and creative beings, is that people should be left alone. While the managers...
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Attacking Social Security - Paul Krugman |... →
“Social Security’s attackers claim that they’re concerned about the program’s financial future. But their math doesn’t add up, and their hostility isn’t really about dollars and cents. Instead, it’s about ideology and posturing. And underneath it all is ignorance of or indifference to the realities of life for many Americans….
But neither of these potential problems is a clear and...
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Establishing a New Normal: National Security,... →
“In the eighteen months since the issuance of those executive orders, the administration’s record on issues related to civil liberties and national security has been, at best, mixed. Indeed, on a range of issues including accountability for torture, detention of terrorism suspects, and use of lethal force against civilians, there is a very real danger that the Obama administration will...
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Elizabeth Warren Uncovered What the Govt. Did to... →
“The report concludes that the Federal Reserve Board’s intimate relations with the leading powers of Wall Street—the same banks that benefited most from the government’s massive bailout—influenced its strategic decisions on AIG. The panel accuses the Fed and the Treasury Department of brushing aside alternative approaches that would have saved tens of billions in public funds by making...
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Mexico supreme court orders gay marriages... →
“Mexico’s supreme court ruled Tuesday that same-sex marriages in Mexico City must be recognized in all 31 states throughout the country, though the ruling does not mean other states have to allow gay weddings performed within their jurisdiction.
In a 9-2 decision, the court cited an article of the constitution requiring states to recognize legal contracts drawn up elsewhere. The two...
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Medical Marijuana Patient Faces Life in Prison for... →
“A Texas asthma sufferer who went to California for a medical marijuana recommendation and then got busted in June on a Texas highway with small amounts of marijuana and hashish is facing up to life in prison after being indicted by a Brown County grand jury. He is charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, a first-degree felony in the Lone Star...
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“God is a word to express, not our ideas, but the want of them.”
– John Stuart Mill (via thebookofatheism) (via danielholter)
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WatchToke of the Town - Deputy Fired After Beating Of Marijuana Suspect Caught On Tape
“A South Carolina sheriff’s deputy has been fired after he was caught on tape repeatedly hitting a handcuffed inmate who had been arrested for possession of marijuana.
The videotape shows Sgt. Oddie Tribble Jr., 50, beating a handcuffed Charles Shelley, 38, with his police baton, breaking the...
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Officials Vote to Keep Marijuana Measure Off... →
“Once again, government officials are trying to suppress the will of voters when it comes to marijuana issues. The Detroit Free Press reports today that the Detroit Election Commission has voted 3-0 to reject a November ballot initiative that would have given city voters a chance to decide whether to allow adults to legally possess small amounts of marijuana.”
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“The banking powers are more despotic than a monarchy, more insolent than...”
– Abraham Lincoln
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The alleged Google-Verizon deal that's endangering... →
“On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that Google and Verizon “are nearing an agreement that could … speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content’s creators are willing to pay for the privilege.” While both Google and Verizon quickly denied the NYT report, the newspaper says it’s standing by its story. If the Times is right, this...
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Join Al Franken - add your name to save Net... →
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Measures to Legalize Pot May Lure Young to Polls -... →
“A coalition of liberals, police officers, and a former Reagan administration lawyer say weed could be the secret to high voter turnout this November.
The recently launched “Just Say Now” campaign – led by the liberal blog Firedoglake, Students for Sensible Drug Policy and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition – plans to spend $500,000 to mobilize young people in the five states where...
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A judge's mighty arguments for marriage equality -... →
“One decision by one federal judge does not settle the controversy over gay marriage. But Walker’s 136-page ruling lays down a formidable marker because it changes the terms of the debate. He frames gay marriage as a question involving the most basic, cherished rights that the Constitution guarantees to all Americans. In doing so, he raises the stakes sky-high: Are gays and...
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Hugely profitable companies that won't restore the... →
“One of the reasons Americans are saving more of their salaries and wages is that in 2008 and 2009, employers stopped doing the things they have historically done to make their employees feel confident about spending—contributing to 401(k)s, paying for benefits, raising salaries in line with inflation. Corporate America’s productivity and efficiency gains since the onset of the...
“Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and...”
– BREAKING: Judge Vaughn Walker Hands Victory to Proposition 8 Opponents (via marco) (via mikehudack) (via technipol)
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To deal with the deficit, let the tax cuts expire... →
“For the past few months, we have heard powerful, passionate arguments about the need to cut America’s massive budget deficit. Republican senators have claimed that we are in danger of permanently crippling the economy. Conservative economists and pundits warn of a Greece-like crisis in which America will be able to borrow only at exorbitant interest rates. So when an opportunity...
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Vermont Gubernatorial Candidate To Discuss... →
“Gubernatorial candidate Pete Shumlin will be at the University of Vermont next week along with other speakers to discuss marijuana decriminalization at an event sponsored by Marijuana Resolve, a Vermont non-profit focused on cannabis policy reform issues.
“We need to have an honest conversation with Vermonters about changing laws that are diverting resources and attention from...
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The Republican campaign against a Ground Zero... →
“The latest plot against America, we’re told, is smoldering in the ashes of 9/11. A Muslim organization wants to build a “community center,” including a mosque, two blocks from the site of the fallen World Trade Center. Republicans and leaders of other faiths are rallying against the mosque, calling it a threat to American values. But the threat to our values isn’t...
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Crime and punishment in America: Rough justice |... →
“America is different from the rest of the world in lots of ways, many of them good. One of the bad ones is its willingness to lock up its citizens (see our briefing). One American adult in 100 festers behind bars (with the rate rising to one in nine for young black men). Its imprisoned population, at 2.3m, exceeds that of 15 of its states. No other rich country is nearly as punitive...
