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As of Monday, Vermont will be the 17th state to decriminalize marijuana possession

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 It ends criminal penalties for the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana or five grams of hashish and replaces them with fines of $200 for a first offense, $300 for a second offense, and $500 for subsequent offenses. Possession of more than an ounce remains a criminal offense, as does cultivation of any number of plants.

MIT researchers can see through walls using 'Wi-Vi'

They say their technology uses Wi-Fi to track people moving behind walls and could fit into a cellphone

KKK member, accomplice created lethal X-ray system, FBI says

The suspects intended to use the device to harm and kill "enemies of Israel," a Department of Justice news release said.

Philadelphia Closes 23 Schools, Lays Off Thousands, Builds Huge Prison

Teach your children well
Trade their classrooms for prison cells

Nestle to begin draining millions of gallons of Arkansas River water

By the end of a year, 65 million gallons of Arkansas Valley water will have been driven to Denver, bottled, driven somewhere else, and sold.
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Nestle - Sucking the World Dry (video)

Sunday, June 09, 2013

No Agenda 520 - Kale Donuts

In this episode, Adam Curry talks about how Flash Player could actually be the stealth spy program on everyones computer.

That alone makes this episode worth listening to
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Adobe Flash, The Spy in Your Computer – Part 1

A parole panel refused an emotional bid by former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten to release her from prison

Manson, now 78, has stopped coming to parole hearings, sending word that prison is his home and he wants to stay there.


In Defense of Henry Kissinger

Kissinger has not been able to travel to a number of countries where legal threats regarding his actions in the 1970s in Latin America hang over his head

 The Swedish Wikipedia page shows Kissinger as late as 1990 exiting the back door to avoid protestors in Malmö. - via

Michael Douglas: oral sex caused my cancer

Asked whether he now regretted his years of smoking and drinking, thought to be the cause of the disease, Douglas replied: "No.

Until the mid-1990s, Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel internally named its processors after cartoons, dead musicians and other well-known monikers.

Attorneys for the late rocker Frank Zappa helped put an end to that practice after reaching out to the company about a potential trademark violation, said Intel spokesman Bill Calder.

Federal disability trust fund on the brink

If that happens, the revenues coming in would only be enough to cover about 80% of the payments due to the disabled and their families.