Former GOP sheriff allegedly traded meth for sex with a man

The Raw Story Former Arapahoe County Sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. was arrested in Colorado on Wednesday for allegedly trying to exchange methamphetamines for sex with a man. He was a widely respected law enforcement figure. The former Republican sheriff is currently being held at the Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Facility, which was named [...]

Kucinich: It’s time to take our freedom back from The Fed

Youtube Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a longtime advocate for reform of the Federal Reserve, is sharply criticizing the Federal Reserve today after Bloomberg news reported that the Federal Reserve secretly committed nearly $8 trillion in support to American and international financial institutions during the 2008 bailout. Kucinich recorded a video for his website before going [...]

Greenpeace: Fukushima Radiation Risks `Severely Underestimated`

Greenpeace Greenpeace today renewed its demand for the Japanese government to keep its nuclear reactors offline as simulation maps of potential accidents at Japan’s nuclear plants – used in the development of nuclear emergency response efforts – are completely inadequate, and have not been updated since the Fukushima disaster. Following a Greenpeace freedom of information [...]

Congress Quietly Lifts Horse Meat Inspection Ban, Slaughterhouses For Human Consumption Could Be Up And Running In A Month

The Huffington Post TULSA, Okla. — Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption after Congress quietly lifted a 5-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections, and activists say slaughterhouses could be up and running in as little as a month. Slaughter opponents pushed a measure cutting off funding for horse meat [...]

New Study: Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Traffic Deaths

David Kelly UC Denver DENVER (Nov. 29, 2011) – A groundbreaking new study shows that laws legalizing medical marijuana have resulted in a nearly nine percent drop in traffic deaths and a five percent reduction in beer sales. “Our research suggests that the legalization of medical marijuana reduces traffic fatalities through reducing alcohol consumption by [...]

Sanctions Against Iran are Definite Steps Toward a US Attack

Dr. Ron Paul Many people have the misconception that sanctions are an effective means to encourage a change of behavior in another country without war. However, imposing sanctions and blockades are not only an act of war according to international law, they are most often the first step toward a real war starting with a [...]

49 Sudden Deaths, 213 Permanent Disabilities – And the Silent Plan to Poison Your Child

Dr. Mercola During a Republican debate in Tampa, Florida, presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) alleged that campaign contributions from drug company Merck—the maker of Gardasil—played “a pivotal role in Rick Perry’s 2007 executive order that mandated teenage girls in Texas be inoculated against HPV,” CNN reports. The order did not go into effect, however, as [...]

South Korea Rolls Out Robotic Prison Wardens

The prison guard robot prototype is set to go on trial in March BBC Robot wardens are about to join the ranks of South Korea’s prison service. A jail in the eastern city of Pohang plans to run a month-long trial with three of the automatons in March. The machines will monitor inmates for abnormal [...]

Northern Lights Attacking Earth?

BBC Could our planet be under attack from the unearthly forces that cast a mysterious glow across the poles, disrupting life as we know it? The strange, beautiful coloured lights that circle the Earth’s polar regions are a source of fascination for many. But as the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, dance in the frozen [...]

Miley Cyrus Gets Political, Supports #OWS

Entertainment Weekly As any Occupy [insert street or city here] protester or organizer might argue, unless you’re wealthy or downright lucky (or, in this case, both… seriously, Universe?), it’s anything but a party in the USA right now. Still, Miley Cyrus may be showing her support for the movement. Or, at least, her music is [...]