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US Lawmakers to introduce bill to legalize marijuana (Luis Robayo)
June 22, 2011 (AFP) -- A group of U.S. representatives plan to introduce legislation that will legalize marijuana and allow states to legislate its use, pro-marijuana groups said Wednesday. The ...
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Apple's Pre-Emptive Strike Against Free Speech (Tim Karr)
June 22, 2011 (Save the Internet) -- So you think you control your smartphone? Think again. Late last week reports uncovered a plan by Apple, manufacturer of the iPhone, to patent technology that ...
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Welcome to Post-Legal America (Tom Engelhardt)
Post-Legal America and the National Security Complex May 31, 2011 (TomDispatch.com) -- Is the Libyan war legal? Was Bin Laden’s killing legal? Is it legal for the president of the United States to ...
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There’s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says (Spencer Ackerman)
May 25, 2011 (Wired) -- You may think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) says it’s worse than you’ve heard. Congress is set to ...
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Strauss-Kahn simply had to be eliminated (Paul Craig Roberts)
The Amerikan Police State Strides Forward May 18, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- The International Monetary Fund’s director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was arrested last Sunday in New York City ...
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The West Is Trapped In Its Own Propaganda (Paul Craig Roberts)
May 12, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- One of the wishes that readers often express to me came true today (May 11). I was on the mainstream media. It was a program with a worldwide reach -- ...
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China: The New Bin Laden (Paul Craig Roberts)
May 11, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- George Orwell, the pen name by which Eric Blair is known, had the gift of prophecy, or else blind luck. In 1949 in his novel, 1984, he described the ...
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The People vs. Goldman Sachs (Matt Taibbi)
Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of The Goldman Sachs Group, is sworn in while testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Investigations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill on ...
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Enabling Acts (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust May 7, 2011 -- I’ve been watching a magic trick, just another of many that I’ve witnessed over the years. Funny thing about magic tricks is that even though you ...
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Marijuana smoke odor in car not enough for police action? (Reuters)
Apr. 20 2011 -- BOSTON (Reuters) - The smell of marijuana smoke is no longer enough reason for police to order someone out of a car, now that pot has been decriminalized in Massachusetts, the ...
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Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand (Chris Hedges)
Mar. 14, 2011 (TruthDig) -- The liberal class is discovering what happens when you tolerate the intolerant. Let hate speech pollute the airways. Let corporations buy up your courts and state and ...
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