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Another 1.8 Million People Just Ditched Cable TV

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“Another quarter, another dismal set of numbers for the TV business. About1.8 million people ended their cable TV subscriptions in Q2 2013, according to analysts at SNL Kagan.  Where are all the cord-cutters going? Here’s one theory: As the availability of free WiFi increases, folks whose primary access to video and the web is on mobile devices and tablets — the young and the poor, in other words — have a less urgent need for subscriber services.  The pay TV business is still huge, of course. But the losses in old-fashioned cable are not being gained by telco/internet suppliers who also supply TV.”

http://www.businessinsider.com/another-18-million-people-just-ditched-cable-tv-as-free-wifi-makes-cord-cutter-myth-turn-real-2013-9

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Pot Apocalypse Looms, Marijuana Foes Warn

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“Not everybody is happy with Thursday’s Justice Department announcement that it would not interfere with taxed, regulated, and legalized marijuana in Colorado and Washington. While the announcement was greeted with accolades (and some questions) by the drug policy reform community, opponents of marijuana law reform were up in arms and prophesying hellfire and damnation.  Despite the bitter disappointment of the prohibitionists, marijuana law reform is moving forward, and the momentum is only likely to accelerate in the years to come. We may see in a few years if their dire warnings are correct — if the country is still standing, that is.”

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2013/aug/30/pot_apocalypse_looms_marijuana_f

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Drug use doubles among U.S. baby boomers and seniors

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“For adults aged 50 to 54, the rate more than doubled from 3.4 percent in 2002 to 7.2 percent last year. For those aged 55 to 59, it more than tripled from 1.9 percent to 6.6 percent.  ‘Among those aged 60 to 64, the rate increased from 1.1 percent in 2003 to 3.6 percent in 2012,’ the report added.  Marijuana — ranked on par with heroin under federal law, despite a trend towards legalization at the state level — was the most commonly used illegal drug.  Current use between 2007 to 2012 grew from 5.8 percent to 7.3 percent of the overall population, and the number of Americans who used marijuana daily or almost daily grew from 5.1 million in 2007 to 7.6 million in 2012.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/04/drug-use-doubles-among-u-s-baby-boomers-and-seniors/

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Mexico’s Vicente Fox pushes marijuana debate to forefront

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“Former President Vicente Fox grew up on a farm here in rural Guanajuato, one of Mexico’s most conservative states. He is the kind of guy who wears big belt buckles, collects hand-tooled saddles and worships the free market.  Fox has always fancied himself a policy maverick. And these days, the former standard-bearer of Mexico’s conservative National Action Party, or PAN, has emerged as one of Latin America’s most outspoken advocates of marijuana legalization.  This summer he has significantly ramped up his efforts. In June, he declared that he would grow the plant if it were legalized and added that he’d like to see marijuana sold in Mexican convenience stores.”

http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-mexico-fox-pot-20130903,0,163322,full.story

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Kentucky agriculture head: Grow hemp, we’ll see what Justice Department does

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“Kentucky’s Commissioner of Agriculture James Comer said Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement last week of changes in the Justice Department’s marijuana policy could mean that the state can move ahead with industrial hemp farming. Comer intends to forge ahead with industrial hemp in hopes that federal policy will continue to mellow with regards to marijuana. ‘This is going to happen sooner than many of us thought,’ said Comer. Comer is sanguine enough about the outcome that he is already courting hemp processing companies in hopes that they will do business in the state.  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R) issued a statement supporting Comer on Wednesday.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/04/kentucky-agriculture-commissioner-state-to-grow-hemp-and-well-see-what-justice-department-does/

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With Enemies Like This, Who Needs Friends?

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“The U.S. government pursued its vindictive course against Manning to send a message to other potential whistleblowers. The problem is, those whistleblowers — among them Snowden — got the message loud and clear. What Snowden learned is, you don’t work within the system through normal channels, and you don’t play the ‘civil disobedience’ game and take your punishment, unless you want to spend years naked in solitary awaiting trial and then be sentenced to most of your life in prison. You get the information distributed in secure places, get yourself safely out of the country, and then make your move.  The next whistleblower will do it even bigger and better, and learn from Snowden’s example.”

http://c4ss.org/content/20986

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The Compulsion To Rule

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“A system that insists on controlling others through increasing levels of systematic violence; that loots the many for the aggrandizement of the few; that regulates any expressions of human behavior that are not of service to the rulers; that presumes the power to wage wars against any nation of its choosing, a principle that got a number of men hanged at the Nuremberg trials; and finally, criminalizes those who would speak the truth to its victims, has no moral energy remaining with which to sustain itself. The treatment accorded private Manning may have been the final nail driven into the coffin of the American state.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/08/butler-shaffer/the-compulsion-to-rule/

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Pot Law Reforms Sweep the Nation

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“The 2013 state legislative session was unquestionably the most active on record in regard to the passage of marijuana law reform. Over the past months, lawmakers in over 30 states debated more than 50 separate pieces of legislation designed to liberalize state cannabis laws. In eleven states, lawmakers addressed legalizing the substance outright, while legislators in dozens of others considered more incremental changes. Below is a summary of the record number of marijuana law reform bills enacted by state lawmakers in 2013.”

http://www.hightimes.com/read/pot-law-reforms-sweep-nation

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These States Are Most Likely To Legalize Pot Next

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“Public support for legal pot has surged in recent years at both state and national levels, with a majority of U.S. voters now in favor. This suggests that legalization would be most viable in states that allow citizen ballot initiatives. State lawmakers could also potentially take the reins on legalizing cannabis as the issue becomes more mainstream, however, like they did in New Jersey in 2010 with the passage of a bill approving medical marijuana.  Below, the states that are most likely to take the next steps toward legalizing marijuana.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/30/marijuana-legalization-states_n_3838866.html

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The Tipping Point

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“Jesus said that when a garment gets so old, attempting to patch it with new cloth will just tear it up worse. The authoritarian state seems to be reaching that point, beyond which any attempt to patch it up or prolong its life just hastens its demise. The interesting thing about the federal prosecutions of Aaron Swartz and Chelsea Manning is that the vindictive approach to piling up charges and seeking maximum sentences were calculated attempts to send a message to anyone else contemplating sabotage against the information control regime. But those attempts have done more to inspire sympathy among the uncommitted and galvanize the information freedom movement than to terrify would-be leakers.”

http://c4ss.org/content/21083

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