The War on Drugs is a Failure

How's that war on drugs going? Get all the drugs off the street? No? Lower drug use? Nope. At least raise the price of street drugs making them harder to get? Hells nos, drugs are cheaper and easier to get then ever. Are these results worth the billions we're spending on en …

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BREAKING: Zimmerman's lawyers quit

Breaking news live on CNN right now, more info will come later.     link:

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Autism linked to obesity during pregnancy

A new study published by the Journal of the  American Academy of Pediatrics has found evidence linking obesity during pregnancy with autism. 

Tulsa shooters arrested!

Glad this is over, I wonder what kind of statements they are making regarding motive. 

White spree killer killing blacks in Tulsa

Details are still sketchy, but police have released the following information:   In the last 7 hours, 5 black people were shot in their yards or while walking. 3 were killed and 2 injured. It is not believed to be gang related. The suspect is described as a white male drivin …

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San Diego Occupiers Stranded in Texas by Greyhound Anti-Occupy Bus Driver

13 occupiers from San Diego en route to Washington D.C. to attend Occupy Congress were left stranded in Amarillo, Texas. 

Silly Americans

Alright, so I'm an American too. But living in Canada for the last 3 years has given me an interesting perspective of the collective American Psyche. Just a couple of things that confuse me, and never came to my mind when I lived in the States.

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Cure the (fake) Cancer industry

Finding a cure for cancer is pretty much impossible, since cancer is not an outside agent like many other diseases. Its simply the body attacking itself, and there are so many different variations.

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Dell tech support sucks

This is a a venting thread, so if you don't want to hear it, read no further. I'm sure there are people who haven't had problems with their dell laptops, and if you're one of them, good for you, and consider yourself lucky.

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Medical journal retracts study linking autism to vaccine

The medical journal The Lancet on Tuesday retracted a controversial 1998 paper that linked the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism.

Mayor to town: 'Grow Christian"'

LANCASTER -- The mayor of Lancaster is being criticized for urging residents in his high desert town to help "grow a Christian community."

DNA frees man from prison after 35 years

James Bain was 19-years-old when he was convicted of raping a 9-year-old boy in Central Florida. But from the very beginning of this ordeal his brother Mark, who lives in Allentown and works at Muhlenberg College, never doubted his innocence.

Republican Lying Point Memos

Is it a prerequisite for the Republican's talking points that they be a complete lie? Well, earlier this week with the "No terrorist attacks during Bush admin/I mean after 9/11 (still a lie)" talking point, now there is a new one.

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Bill O'Reilly calls Dawkins a fascist, claims science never advanced mankind.

Get the man a dictionary and a science bo0k.

The Twisted Minds of the American Taliban

The following is a comment I received on one of my youtube videos, specifically the documentary "The Blind Watchmaker" hosted by Richard Dawkins:

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Family Says 911 Tape Caught Cops Planning Cover-Up After Shooting 911 caller 6 times in the back

PHOENIX (CN) - A homeowner says a Phoenix police officer shot him six times in the back during a 911 home-invasion call, and the 911 tape recorded the officer's partner saying, "That's all right. Don't worry about it. I got your back. ...

Should the United States decriminalize Marijuana for recreational use?

The history of Marijuana in the US is steeped in racism, corporate greed and propaganda.

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A surefire way to debunk atheism? - 'Nothing Created Everything' exposes scientific impossibility of evolution

"I found over the last year, when I said an atheist is someone who believes nothing created everything, they go berserk and say, 'We don't believe that,'" said Comfort, co-host of "The Way of the Master" television show with actor Kirk Cameron and the head of Bellflower, Calif.-b …

Disabled Rider Held On Bus For Not Saying 'Please'

CLARKSTON, Ga. -- A MARTA bus driver has been disciplined for forcing a disabled passenger to remain on a bus for as long as 30 minutes. The passenger told CBS Atlanta it happened because the driver didn't appreciate his lack of manners.

Police officer involved in two fatal shootings in four days

MIAMI BEACH, Florida (CNN) -- On the grainy, silent black and white video, it's hard to tell exactly what happened the night of June 14 in Miami Beach. But one thing is certain: A tourist, Husien Shehada, can be seen falling to the ground, shot by a police officer.

Hofstra University student recants rape story

Four New York men were released from jail Wednesday and authorities dismissed charges that they gang-raped a Hofstra University student after the 18-year-old woman recanted her story.

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Do You Have the Right to Flip Off a Cop?

David Hackbart was mad and he wanted to show it, but he didn't think he would end up in Federal Court to protect his right to a rude gesture and demanding that the City of Pittsburgh stop violating the First Amendment rights of its residents.

Catholic Churches Hold Special Collection To Fight Gay Marriage

PORTLAND, Maine -- The campaign to overturn Maine's new gay-marriage law is heating up within the Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland asked parishioners to donate in a second collection on Sunday.

"The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." - The state of our media

Of course that was a hundred years ago, now it should be "news media." Until recently in our country's history, I think they have been pretty good at this. But when we have corporate giants running only a handful of 24/7 news channels, the message is lost.

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