“Ben Swann Reality Check takes a look at the fight between a federal judge and the Obama Administration over the NDAA’s indefinite detention clause.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZjXHjkzMD4
“This is an inspiring TEDx talk from a young man who realized, early in life, that the pursuit of stuff through debt wasn’t the kind of life he wanted to continue to live. He repeats the great Nigel Marsh quote, ‘There are thousands and thousands of people out there living lives of quiet, screaming desperation who work long, hard hours at jobs they hate, to enable them to buy things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like.'”
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/118031.html
“There’s really no reason to take statins and suffer the damaging health effects from these dangerous drugs. The fact is that 75 percent of your cholesterol is produced by your liver, which is influenced by your insulin levels. Therefore, if you optimize your insulin level, you will automatically optimize your cholesterol. My primary recommendations for safely regulating your cholesterol have to do with modifying your diet and lifestyle. Unlike statin drugs, which lower your cholesterol at the expense of your health, these lifestyle strategies represent a holistic approach that will benefit your overall health – which includes a healthy cardiovascular system.”
http://lewrockwell.com/mercola/mercola217.html
“This fantastic TEDx talk from Stephan Guyenet is a 16-minute summary of ‘The American Diet,’ and how the US government enabled industrial food complex has radically changed the American diet via the subsidization and institutionalization of commercially prepared foods while demonizing real foods that, just two generations ago, were understood to be healthy. He discusses how the departure from historical norms in terms of diet has lead to an exponential increase in a whole new set of disease epidemics.”
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/118026.html
“This is a fantastic interview on the part of Dr. Mercola, with anarcho-farmer Joel Salatin. There are many great interviews with Joel ’round the web, but this interview is very different than the norm. In fact, one focus is around the spontaneous order of farm-to-food. Joel correctly notes that, as a non-farmer and consumer, you need to network and ‘get linked up with the tribe that thinks differently.'”
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/117487.html
“Homegrown Revolution (2009) is a film short that gives a brief introduction to the Dervaes Family’s urban homestead which they call ‘Path to Freedom.’ On this tiny city lot, a beautiful and productive oasis was created, producing 6,000 lbs of food annually and is a model of urban sustainability. Film premiers at the WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL (Jan 9-11, 2009).”
“On the rooftop of a tower block above the hustle and bustle of teeming Hong Kong, dedicated growers tend to their organic crops in a vegetable garden. Against a backdrop of skyscrapers and jungle-clad hills, earth-filled boxes are spread out on the roof of the 14-storey building, where a wide variety of produce including cucumbers and potatoes are cultivated. It is one of several such sites that have sprung up in Hong Kong’s concrete jungle, as the appetite for organic produce grows and people seek ways to escape one of the most densely populated places on earth.”
“Police seized 340kg of marijuana – with a street value of €3m (£2.36m) – from the plantation, which was lit by powerful halogen lamps and hidden behind a legitimate mushroom-growing business at the entrance to the tunnel. A fake wall had been built with revolving breeze blocks to conceal the marijuana plants. Built in the 1930s under the Tor Pignattara neighbourhood and close to underground vaults used by the Bank of Italy, the 800m stretch of tunnel was part of Mussolini’s redevelopment of Rome, but was never used due to the outbreak of the second world war.”
“A group of Arkansas drug reform activists submitted on Monday more than double the number of signatures needed to put their medical marijuana legalization initiative before the state’s voters in November. A recent poll showed 74 percent of Americans agree that the federal government shouldn’t interfere with states’ laws on medical marijuana, and a Gallup poll last year showed that 50 percent of Americans now support full legalization of marijuana.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/14/medical-marijuana-appears-headed-for-arkansas-ballot/
“(CBS News) DANVILLE, Va. — Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday told a diverse crowd here, including many African-Americans, that presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney would ‘put you all back in chains’ by unshackling Wall Street. Unfortunately, many of the Vice President’s intended audience were unable to attend because they were serving mandatory minimum sentences crafted by Joe Biden.”
http://www.drugwarrant.com/2012/08/biden-connects-with-his-homies/