Monthly Archives: May 2013

An open letter to marijuana prohibitionists and so-called third-way-ers

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“I keep hearing from your side that you have noble motives for your opposition to marijuana legalization. I hear that all you care about is using scientific inquiry to determine what is best for the people. However, I’m not sure if you’re aware of it, but you keep talking about things in ways that aren’t scientific, or that are meaningless without the proper context.  That kind of thing may have worked once, but in general, people are a little more sophisticated about scientific knowledge — they no longer uncritically accept ‘Here be dragons’ for cartography or ‘If she floats, she’s a witch’ as a judicial system.”

http://www.drugwarrant.com/2013/05/an-open-letter-to-marijuana-prohibitionists-and-so-called-third-way-ers/

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Just Six Percent Of Americans Want Jail Time For Marijuana Users

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“More Americans believe in Bigfoot than believe someone found smoking marijuana or in possession of a small amount of marijuana should be sent to jail, a new poll reports. Marijuana is a federally illegal, schedule one drug with mandatory minimum prison sentence for certain possession offenses. States like California have decriminalized simple possession of marijuana – making it an infraction punishable by a ticket. About 800,000 Americans are arrested for marijuana each year, or one every 42 seconds.”

http://libertycrier.com/front-page/just-six-percent-of-americans-want-jail-time-for-marijuana-users/

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New WiFi-Enabled Rifle Assists Hitting Moving Targets At Long Range

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‘I Hurt People, Then I Make Their F*** Cocaine Appear’

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‘I Hurt People, Then I Make Their F*** Cocaine Appear’

“Durham police officer threatens to beat up a man and plant cocaine on him, in a one-sided, expletive-laced confrontation, caught on a hidden video camera.”

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Michael Scheuer: As scandals deepen, Obama and Republicans will intervene in Syria

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“Obama’s diversionary campaign — obscure impeachable offenses by launching an unnecessary war — will be abetted by Senators McCain, Graham, Lieberman, and dozens of other U.S. Senators and Congressman intent on war with Syria. Obama will use these useful idiots to convince the American people of three bipartisan lies: that (a) genuine U.S. interests are at risk in Syria; (b) Americans ‘owe’ the Syrian people U.S. dollars and blood to stop their suffering in a war they started; and that (c) Americans ‘must’ expend their dollars and kids to staunch the anarchy spreading in the Levant in order to protect our ‘loyal and indispensable ally Israel.'”

http://non-intervention.com/1111/as-scandals-deepen-obama-his-party-and-republicans-will-militarily-intervene-in-syria/

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Pentagon approves iPhones, iPads for military use

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“The Defense Department said Friday that it has approved Apple devices for use on its networks, meaning that it can issue its employees iPhones and iPads at the office. With the announcement, Apple joins Samsung and BlackBerry on a short list of commercial smartphone makers that the Pentagon says are secure enough for its workers to use. Apple iPhones and iPads running iOS 6 meet that standard, the Defense Department said in a release.  Earlier this month, the Pentagon gave its nod to new phones from Samsung that run a business-focused version of Google’s Android mobile operating system and also approved BlackBerry’s latest phones.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/pentagon-approves-iphones-ipads-for-military-use/2013/05/17/dc723d08-bf04-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html

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AP chief to Obama: Spying on reporters is ‘an unconstitutional act’

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“The Obama administration‘s decision to seize phone records from the Associated Press was ‘unconstitutional’ and sends a message that ‘if you talk to the press, we are going to go after you’, the news agency’s boss Gary Pruitt said Sunday. AP revealed last week that the Justice Department had obtained two months’ worth of phone records of calls made by reporters and editors without informing the organisation in advance. The move was an apparent effort by US officials to identify the source of a story about the CIA foiling an alleged terrorist plot by an al Qaida terrorist affiliate in Yemen.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/19/ap-chief-to-obama-spying-on-reporters-is-an-unconstitutional-act/

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Yahoo prepares to buy Tumblr for up to $1.1 billion

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“Marissa Mayer, the former Googler who is now chief executive of Yahoo, is poised to create yet another nothing-to-riches tale in the web industry with a rumoured $1.1bn (£720m) acquisition of the blogging site Tumblr. Tumblr was only founded in 2007, by David Karp, then 21, in his bedroom in his mother’s apartment in New York. Within a fortnight it had 75,000 users; by January 2012, there were 42m blogs on the site; today, there are around 110m, and the investors who have poured $125m into the company include Sir Richard Branson.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/19/yahoo-prepares-to-buy-tumblr-for-up-to-1-1-billion/

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18-year-old’s breakthrough invention can recharge phones in seconds

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“An 18-year-old science student has made an astonishing breakthrough that will enable mobile phones and other batteries to be charged within seconds rather than the hours it takes today’s devices to power back up.  Saratoga, Calif. resident Eesha Khare made the breakthrough by creating a small supercapacitor that can fit inside a cell phone battery and enable ultra-fast electricity transfer and storage, delivering a full charge in 20-30 seconds instead of several hours. The nano-tech device Khare created can supposedly withstand up to 100,000 charges, a 100-fold increase over current technology, and it’s flexible enough to be used in clothing or displays on any non-flat surface.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/19/18-year-olds-breakthrough-invention-can-recharge-phones-in-seconds/

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That 3-D Printed Gun? It’s Just the Start

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“In 2009, a German hacker going by the name Ray used a 3-D printer to fabricate a plastic key to the handcuffs used by Dutch police. He created the copy using only a photograph of an actual key. Last year, Ray demonstrated how to open even high-security handcuffs. The ability to copy keys isn’t new but, as with many of these dangers, 3-D printing will make it a lot easier. Just think of all the things — houses, cars, offices — we still use keys to open.  Professor Lee Cronin, at the University of Glasgow, has been experimenting with something he calls ‘reactionware,’ which he hopes will allow people to print their own medication at home.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-13/that-3-d-printed-gun-it-s-just-the-start.html

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