Anti-Drug Groups Give Up on Trying to Stop Marijuana
cbsnews.com — Over the several years, without many people realizing it, the U.S. government has changed the focus of its anti-drug efforts, deemphasizing marijuana in favor of prescription drugs. A CBS News survey of government and nonprofit anti-drug groups has found a retreat from anti-marijuana campaigns over the past several years. More…
Birther "soldier" is a plant, volunteering in order to sue
ledger-enquirer.com — "Cook submitted a formal written request to Human Resources Command-St. Louis on ***May 8, 2009*** volunteering to serve one year in Afghanistan with Special Operations Command, U.S. Army Central Command, beginning July 15, 2009. The soldier's orders were issued on June 9, Quon said." Cook is a disgrace to the uniform. More…
While Sanford 'hiked,' right-wing press kissed staff's ass
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo… — A South Carolina paper has used a public records request to obtain emails sent to and from Gov. Mark Sanford's office during the hectic few days last month when he had gone missing. They show, among other things, an effort by the right-wing media to curry favor with Sanford's office by dismissing the story as nothing but liberal media hype. More…
Obama Nominates Alabama Physician for Surgeon General
google.com — Dr. Regina Benjamin is known along Alabama's impoverished Gulf Coast as a country doctor who makes house calls and doesn't turn away patients who can't pay — even as she's had to find the money to rebuild a clinic repeatedly destroyed by hurricanes and once even fire. More…
Palin Hints At Plans To Split Republican Party
crooksandliars.com — From her own PAC: Palin Hints At Independent Conservative Movement Excerpts from TammyBruce.com Enter now Sarah Palin with very encouraging comments that lead one to believe that she is indeed planning to do what she must: build an independent conservative movement and take this nation back from the liberals which now control both parties. More…
Police Invade Wisconsin man's property to pull down flag hun
washingtonpost.com — The Washington post says "An American flag flown upside down as a protest in a northern Wisconsin village was seized by police before a Fourth of July parade and the businessman who flew it - an Iraq war veteran - claims the officers trespassed and stole his property. " More…
Troops Ready to Die to Stop Iran Protests
cnn.com — Gen. Sayyed Hassan Firouzabadi, chief of Iran's Joint Armed Forces, said Iranian soldiers were willing to die as they did in the brutal eight-year Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s rather than back down in the face of protests over June's disputed presidential election. More…
Dennis Kucinich Demolishes Wingnut Doc on Healthcare
crooksandliars.com — "I'm not surprised that psychiatrist David Gratzer testified this week that the Canadian healthcare system is just awful and how the poor deprived Canadians are simply pouring across the border... Oddly enough, he forgot to mention that the Canadian government was not only sending them across the border, they were picking up the check." More…
Digg is coming to a city (and computer) near you! Check out all the details on our