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Obama Accused Of Lying About Medical Marijuana Laws

Obama Accused Of Lying About Medical Marijuana Laws

musicalixir:

The same person who directed the DOJ to shield torturers and illegal government eavesdroppers from criminal investigation, and who voted to retroactively immunize the nation’s largest telecom giants when they got caught enabling criminal spying on Americans, and whose DOJ has failed to indict a single Wall Street executive in connection with the 2008 financial crisis or mortgage fraud scandal, suddenly discovers the imperatives of The Rule of Law when it comes to those, in accordance with state law, providing medical marijuana to sick people with a prescription.

Noam Chomsky Quotes: The group World Watch says that one of the solutions to the shortage…

Noam Chomsky Quotes: The group World Watch says that one of the solutions to the shortage…

noam-chomsky:

The group World Watch says that one of the solutions to the shortage of food is control of population. Do you support efforts to limit population?

First of all, there’s no shortage of food. There are serious problems of distribution. That aside, I think there should be efforts to control…

sayitasitis: “Language is my whore, my mistress, my wife, my pen-friend, my…

sayitasitis: “Language is my whore, my mistress, my wife, my pen-friend, my…

sashastergiou:

“Language is my whore, my mistress, my wife, my pen-friend, my check-out girl. Language is a complimentary moist lemon-scented cleansing square or handy freshen-up wipette. Language is the breath of God, the dew on a fresh apple, it’s the soft rain of dust that falls into a shaft of morning sun…

The biggest threat to the powers that be: The Whistleblower

The biggest threat to the powers that be: The Whistleblower

whymikashfights:

whymikashfights:

In July 2010, more than a million gallons of tar sands crude spilled into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River. A fired cleanup worker with a dark past claims he was ordered to cover up oil to meet federal deadlines. His case goes to trial next week.

This is a great read. Social justice is in short supply these days, just ask #Bradley Manning. Still, brave men like John Bolenbaugh need to exist so the rest of us can know the truth.

Swimming Under Water: How Much Our Culture Sucks

Swimming Under Water: How Much Our Culture Sucks

swimmingunder:

I have been working on a novel about a young priestess in a matriarchal culture and just realized something.

There’s no word in English to describe a healthy, sexually active, unmarried young woman that isn’t derogatory.

All we have is concubine, whore, strumpet, slut, loose, tramp, fallen…