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Obama: 'I Don't Mind A Debate' About Drug Legalization

Obama said he doesn't "mind a debate" over drug legalization even though he doesn't believe it “is going to be the answer."

New Study: THC Seldom Detected In Injured Dutch Drivers | NORML Blog, Marijuana Law Reform

Researchers reported, “In Belgium, more drivers were found positive for alcohol and drugs than in the Netherlands. … Alcohol was the most prevalent substance among the injured drivers in Belgium (42.5 percent) and the Netherlands (29.6 percent). … In Belgiu …

Top 50 Things Accomplished by President Barack Obama

1. Passed Health Care Reform: After five presidents over a century failed to create universal health insurance, signed the Affordable Care Act (2010). It will cover 32 million uninsured Americans beginning in 2014 and mandates a suite of experimental measures to cut health care …

Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont if Legislators Pass a Bill Requiring GMO Food to Be Labeled

Despite overwhelming public support and support from a clear majority of Vermont’s Agriculture Committee, Vermont legislators are dragging their feet on a proposed GMO labeling bill. Why? Because Monsanto has threatened to sue the state if the bill passes.  The popu …

Rejecting Affordable Care Act is rejecting the Constitution

A court decision overturning the Affordable Care Act would be an egregious misreading of the Constitution. The critics' central constitutional claim is that the 2010 law's individual-mandate provision exceeds Congress' regulatory authority. In essence, this provision requires  …

Survey Finds Majority of Americans Do Not Believe Religious Liberty Under Attack; Most Also Favor Birth Control Mandate and Allowing Gays To Marry

Among Those Who Believe Religious Liberty is Threatened, Only 6 Percent Cite Contraceptive Coverage Controversy as Reason Most (56%) Americans do not believe that the right of religious liberty is being threatened in America today. However, nearly 4-in-10 (39%) believe that re …

Richard Branson Asks Obama For Marijuana At White House Dinner

Sir Richard Branson asked President Barack Obama for some marijuana while attending a recent White House state dinner. On Wednesday, at a White House state dinner in honor of British Prime Minister David Cameron, Richard Branson, billionaire businessman and Virgin Group founde …

Obama: Most Fiscally Conservative President in Modern History?

The graph tells a simple story that I've recounted before. For all the talk you hear about Obama's historic spree, government spending actually hasn't increased so dramatically under this president. The stimulus was big, but it's over. It's been replaced by, if not austerity (w …

The Tea Party Propaganda Video You Need To Be Aware Of (VIDEO TRAILER)

There has been a propaganda video titled “AGENDA, Grinding America Down” that the Tea Party has been using all over the nation to spread falsehoods and fear about President Barack Obama, and the liberal voice of progress and change. This video is telling people that …

Monsanto Caught Illegally Planting GM Corn in India

“Monsanto’s GM maize trials have been going on for several seasons now in various locations around the country. It took a rare scientist in one monitoring team to point out the fact that planting of the herbicide-tolerant GM maize took place without permission from co …

SANS TELEPROMPTER: President Obama Takes Questions at GOP House Issues Conference | The White House

I am posting this only to allow other Viners to have a bookmark of the President speaking minus a teleprompter.   For 85 minutes.   PS I had this link from another viner and I am sorry I had too many windows open and lost track of who it was.  So I can't thank  …

The seed emergency: The threat to food and democracy

The seed is the first link in the food chain - and seed sovereignty is the foundation of food sovereignty. If farmers do not have their own seeds or access to open pollinated varieties that they can save, improve and exchange, they have no seed sovereignty - and consequent …

1 in 6 Teen Moms Didn't Believe They Could Get Pregnant | LiveScience

From the article: Half of teen mothers say they were not using birth control when they got pregnant, and a new report outlines the reasons teens give for not doing so.

Analysis says no mental health risk with abortion - Health - Mental health - msnbc.com

"Abortion does not increase a woman's chance of developing mental health problems, according to a British health agency's review of dozens of studies worldwide over 20 years."

FDA debates over-the-counter morning-after pill

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is considering whether it's OK for young teenagers to buy the morning-after pill without a prescription.

BREAKING: Ohio GOP Panics, Shuts Down Early Voting Before Big Vote on SB 5

Secretary of State Jon Husted released an advisory Friday night upholding that no in-person early voting will be allowed at board of elections offices across the state the weekend before the Nov.

Conservatives Are More Squeamish than Liberals

"I think that one plausible explanation is sort of along the lines that one way to understand some of these attitudes about politics and morality is that they have a strong emotional component," Pizarro told LiveScience in a telephone interview.

Facts is Facts: Supply Side Economics Has Been an Epic Failure

Sometimes there isn’t a mountaintop high enough to shout out the obvious: SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS HAS BEEN AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER! Period, end of discussion.

"Cookie Monster" Offers Best Explanation Yet for Occupy Wall Street

Yes, there always going to be rich and poor. But we used to live in country where rich owned factory and make 30 times what factory worker make.

U.S. Executive Compensation in Relation to other Countries

Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, in a shareholder report dated February 28, 2006, stated, "Too often, executive compensation in the U.S. is ridiculously out of line with performance." "Getting fired can produce a particularly bountiful payday for a CEO.

Babies Feel Pain Before Birth. Around 35 weeks

"Babies can distinguish painful stimuli as different from general touch from around 35 to 37 weeks gestation, just before an infant would normally be born," study researcher Lorenzo Fabrizi of University College London said in a statement.

Three Charts To Email To Your Right-Wing Brother-In-Law

Problem: Your right-wing brother-in-law is plugged into the FOX-Limbaugh lie machine, and keeps sending you emails about "Obama spending" and "Obama deficits" and how the "Stimulus" just made things worse. Solution: Here are three "reality-based" charts to send to him.

Views of tea party reach new low in poll

Public perception of the tea party movement, which many see as the driving force that kept Republicans from voting to raising the debt ceiling without implementing unprecedented spending reductions, is at a record low.

Judge dismisses suit on federal stem cell research

"A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administration's funding of embryonic stem cell research was dismissed Wednesday, allowing the U.S. to continue supporting a search for cures to deadly diseases over protests that the work relies on destroyed human embryos."

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