Topic: DRUGS - on November 2, 2009 at 5:16:00 PM CET
On the quiet, the US is legalising marijuana
The humble joint can save lives. We look forward to the end of senseless prohibition
You know things are shifting in America when Fortune magazine, the bible for business journalism, runs a cover story titled “Is pot already legal?”. You also know it when Barack Obama’s Department of Justice publishes a long-expected memo signalling that the federal government will no longer raid medical marijuana dispensaries if they are legal under state law. That happened formally this month.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on November 2, 2009 at 12:09:00 PM CET
Mexico's National Museum of Death
Dead men may tell no tales, but death itself — well, in Mexico, the subject fills an entire museum.
The National Museum of Death, founded two years ago, explores the country's macabre interest in death and dying, from the mass human sacrifices of the Aztecs to modern-day Day of the Dead celebrations, which begin Sunday.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on November 2, 2009 at 12:06:00 PM CET
Drop Dead Gorgeous: Ten Types Of Tombstones To Die For
Death may be the ultimate end but the persistence of memory demands its reward from the living. These ten drop dead gorgeous tombstones illustrate exquisitely detail the strength of the spirit to move the living once the dearly departed have themselves moved on.
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Topic: VIDEO - on November 2, 2009 at 11:59:00 AM CET
San Francisco’s People by Philip Bloom
A great looking video with a soothing soundtrack. Philip Bloom shot this one on a Canon 5D Mark II with a 50mm f/1.2
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 2, 2009 at 11:53:00 AM CET
Blind am Abgrund
The film will be presented at the 21. International Mountain & Adventure Filmfestival Graz 2009, which is going to take place from the 11th to the 14th of November in Graz (Austria). This production has been selected for the competition for the Grand Prix Graz and the Alpine Camera in Gold.
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 2, 2009 at 11:52:00 AM CET
FBI-Terrorliste wächst täglich um 1600 Einträge
Mehr als 400.000 Namen stehen mittlerweile auf der Terrorverdächtigen-Liste des FBI - täglich kommen etwa 1600 hinzu. Das geht aus Geheimdienst-Unterlagen hervor, die jetzt veröffentlicht wurden. Nur fünf Prozent der Verdächtigen sind US-Bürger.
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 2, 2009 at 11:50:00 AM CET
1,600 are suggested daily for FBI's list
Newly released FBI data offer evidence of the broad scope and complexity of the nation's terrorist watch list, documenting a daily flood of names nominated for inclusion to the controversial list.
During a 12-month period ended in March this year, for example, the U.S. intelligence community suggested on a daily basis that 1,600 people qualified for the list because they presented a "reasonable suspicion," according to data provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee by the FBI in September and made public last week.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 2, 2009 at 11:49:00 AM CET
Cannabis, the professor and the postman
Its been announced that in light of the sacking of the ACMD chair Professor David Nutt, two members of the advisory council have resigned, and more resignations are expected as the scientific community turns en masse, against the government.
Professor David Nutt was sacked as a result of his accusation the government had "'devalued' and 'distorted' the evidence they use to classify drugs in the United Kingdom.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 2, 2009 at 11:44:00 AM CET
Support and Reinstate Professor David Nutt: We want an evidence based drugs policy.
Professor David Nutt, the Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has been sacked. The council is an independent body that is supposed to advise the government on the application of the misuse of drugs act- how drugs should be classified and what penalties (if any) should be given out for their possession and supply.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 2, 2009 at 11:41:00 AM CET
Tabu der Drogenpolitik
Einen Tag, nachdem der britische Drogenbeauftragte auf die "künstliche" Unterscheidung zwischen legalen und illegalen Drogen hingewiesen hatte, wurde er vom Innenministerium seines Amtes enthoben.
Drogenpolitik ist Volkspolitik. Wer gegen die legalen Drogen des Volkes Einwände erhebt und die kaum begründbare Unterscheidung zwischen legalen und illegalen Drogen, auf deren Besitz und auf den Handel mit diesen schwere Strafen stehen, angreift, verletzt offenbar das stillschweigende Übereinkommen zwischen Regierung und Volk, das high sein will, auch wenn es gefährlich ist.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 2, 2009 at 11:38:00 AM CET
Junk Food macht abhängig wie Heroin
Gerade erst wurde ein Wissenschaftler sanktioniert, weil er Alkohol und Nikotin als gefährlicher als LSD, Ecstasy oder Cannabis bezeichnet hatte.
Nicht nur Alkohol oder Nikotin gehören zu den gefährlichen Drogen. Wissenschaftler sagen auch, dass Junk Food, also Chips, Hamburger, Würstchen oder Kuchen, also alles, was viel Salz, Zucker oder Fett enthält, süchtig macht. Und sie ziehen den Vergleich von Junk Food mit Heroin.
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