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New Missouri billboard tells Americans to 'prepare for war' against the government.

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:31 PM EST (Think Progress)

Fired Up! Missouri points out that the Lafayette County Republican Central Committee is highlighting a new billboard in the state with steps for a "citizens guide to revolution of a corrupt government":

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GOP Blocks Freeze On Credit Card Interest Rate Hikes

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:08 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic effort Wednesday to immediately freeze increases in credit card interest rates, fees and finance charges.

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California's Medical Marijuana Law - Just a Smokescreen?

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:17 PM EST (t r u t h o u t)

The medical marijuana debate is gathering steam in California, as two disparate engines are catapulting headlong down parallel paths that appear destined to collide in the distance. The impending collision could chart the future course on legalization of marijuana in America.

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Infographic: Marijuana Less Dangerous Than Aspirin? A view of media distortions in reporting drug fatalities

Seeded on Mon Nov 9, 2009 3:40 PM EST (The Daily Dish)

I don't for a minute buy cannabis "fatalities". It's impossible to kill yourself with pot. The press reports "cannabis-related" deaths which is surreal.

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Inside Kush L.A. Magazine: A look at the L.A. Pot Dispensary Business

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 10:34 PM EST (issuu.com)

I came across this magazine the other day. For those not in California, this gives a rather eye-opening look at how big this business has become here in California. There are a few articles, but mostly seeing all the ads is what tells the story.

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The Significance of US Govt Cannabinoid Patent 6,630,507

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 12:54 PM EST (stopthedrugwar.org)

Here is a legal document, in the public domain, which flies in the face of the US Government's stated position with regard to the classification of cannabis as a Schedule I substance having no "currently accepted medical use".

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Lou Dobbs: John Stossel A "Self-Important Ass" (AUDIO)

Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:51 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

If Lou Dobbs really is heading to Fox Business, he isn't looking to make any friends there.

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Fix 'Meet The Press', Hire Rachel Maddow

Seeded on Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:09 PM EDT (trueslant.com)

Let's be honest, "Meet The Press" has been lost since Tim Russert's passing. What used to be Sunday morning's hardest-hitting, most compelling politics show has become a little soggy.

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FORA.tv - Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Apophis Asteroid Could Possibly Hit the Earth in 2036

Seeded on Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:02 PM EDT (fora.tv)

Nearing's seed of the newly discovered asteroid that passed within our moon's orbit reminded me of this excellent video of the brilliant Neil DeGrasse Tyson. He's the director of New Yorks City's Haden Planetarium.

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Got pot? Fly from the Oakland Airport

Seeded on Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:48 PM EDT (contracostatimes.com)

Oakland International Airport may be the nation's only airport with a specific policy letting users of medical marijuana travel with the drug.

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Obama Threatens Insurers' Anti-Trust Exemption

Seeded on Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:39 PM EDT (The New York Times)

WASHINGTON — President Obama mounted a frontal assault on the insurance industry on Saturday, accusing it of using "deceptive and dishonest ads" to derail his health care legislation and threatening to strip the industry of its longstanding exemption from federal antitrust  …

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Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License By Louisiana Judge

Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:22 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

HAMMOND, La. — A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.

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Senate committee approves health care plan

Seeded on Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:34 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

With support from a lone Republican, a key Senate committee Tuesday approved a middle-of-the-road health care plan that moves President Barack Obama's goal of wider and affordable coverage a giant step closer to becoming law.

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Hit the mute! Why TV commercials are so loud, and how that may change

Seeded on Thu Oct 8, 2009 12:25 PM EDT (dailyfinance.com)

Annoyingly loud TV commercials are like the weather. Everyone complains about them, but no one does anything about them. Except that lately, someone is doing something about it. Several someones, in fact.

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'American Police Force' Leader's Long Criminal Record

Seeded on Thu Oct 1, 2009 11:59 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

The American Police Force, that mysterious security company that just took over an empty jail in Hardin, Montana, is looking shadier than ever.

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Mysterious Private Security Firm Gets Control Of Empty Jail In Small Montana Town

Seeded on Thu Oct 1, 2009 11:49 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

A shadowy private security company that has no known clients but claims to have helped foreign governments combat terrorism and will protect anything from cruise ships to Pakistani convoys has taken over a jail in a small Montana town, with plans to build a law enforcement traini …

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U.S. Job Seekers Exceed Openings by a Record 6 to 1 Ratio

Seeded on Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:46 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Despite signs that the economy has resumed growing, unemployed Americans now confront a job market that is bleaker than ever in the current recession, and employment prospects are still getting worse.

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[SATIRE]: Nadir Of Western Civilization To Be Reached This Friday At 3:32 P.M.

Seeded on Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:54 AM EDT (The Onion)

WASHINGTON—An international panel of leading anthropologists, cultural critics, biologists, and social theorists announced this week that Western civilization will reach its lowest conceivable point at 3:32 p.m. Friday.

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10 Lessons for Tea Baggers

Seeded on Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:51 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

Back in April, the Daily Show's Jon Stewart offered some sound advice for frothing at the mouth Tea Baggers, "I think you might be confusing tyranny with losing." Now five months after their Tax Day outburst, thousands of vein-popping Obama opponents descended Saturday on Washing …

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A Threat to Fair Elections; Supreme Court may overturn long standing ban on direct corporate campaign contributions

Seeded on Tue Sep 8, 2009 11:34 AM EDT (The New York Times)

The Supreme Court may be about to radically change politics by striking down the longstanding rule that says corporations cannot spend directly on federal elections.

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Marijuana's New High Life: Pot Takes the High Road

Seeded on Fri Sep 4, 2009 12:21 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

In June, an estimated 25,000 people attended the inaugural THC Expo hemp and art show in downtown Los Angeles, an event that pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into the local economy -- including a $22,400 payment directly to the city of Los Angeles for use of its convention …

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Archaeologists Look for Groovy Artifacts from 1960s Marin County Commune

Seeded on Wed Sep 2, 2009 3:48 PM EDT (The Sacramento Bee)

NOVATO – The '60s aren't dead. They're in an archaeological site north of San Francisco. An old commune where the Grateful Dead and other bands used to romp is being excavated and items catalogued by state park archaeologists at Olompali State Historic Park.

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Sarah Palin's CLSA Speech May Be "Borat"-Style Practical Joke

Seeded on Wed Sep 2, 2009 2:26 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Sarah Palin is planning her first trip to Hong Kong, having accepted one of a over a thousand speaking invitations. She may have chosen poorly.

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British Police Will Reexamine 1969 Death of Rolling Stone Brian Jones

Seeded on Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:26 PM EDT (The New York Times)

More than 40 years after the guitarist Brian Jones, a founding member of the Rolling Stones, was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool, British police have said they will reexamine the case after receiving new information from an investigative journalist, Reuters reported

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WATCH: Psychiatrist helps Glenn Beck cope with being called names

Seeded on Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:23 PM EDT (Raw Story)

On Friday's Glenn Beck program on Fox, the editorialist invited psychiatrist Keith Ablow -- a friend of his -- to explain how he can cope with being called names by the "experts" hurling insults at him amid a widening advertiser boycott of his show.

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