Topic: DRUGS - on October 15, 2013 at 4:32:00 PM CEST
Cannabis can CURE CANCER - cheaply and without getting you high
The non-hallucinogenic parts of cannabis seem to be potentially highly effective anti-cancer drugs, according to a new study.
“This study is a critical step in unpicking the mysteries of cannabis as a source of medicine," explains Dr Wai Liu. "The cannabinoids examined have minimal, if any, hallucinogenic side effects, and their properties as anti-cancer agents are promising.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 15, 2013 at 4:28:00 PM CEST
Denver considering $999 fine/year in jail for smoking legal cannabis in your backyard
Today at 2 p.m., marijuana activists Mason Tvert and Brian Vicente will hold a press conference decrying a new proposal that would potentially criminalize marijuana smoking in one's own home if its odor can be smelled outside it.
In a press release announcing the event (see it below), Tvert and Vicente denounce the concept as unconstitutional and charge Mayor Michael Hancock, who backs the policy, of hypocrisy by announcing it during this week's Great American Beer Festival.
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 15, 2013 at 4:26:00 PM CEST
Facebook Security Simulator
The game Facebook Security Simulator from Usvsth3m is a satire on the ever-changing privacy and security settings on Facebook and other social networks. Honestly, their desire to sell your personal information sets up a cat-and-mouse game in which you must hustle to keep things the same.
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Topic: ART - on October 15, 2013 at 4:24:00 PM CEST
Banksy in New York Maps
Banky's "Better Out Than In" residency in New York City in October 2013 has the city buzzing, looking for where his art might next turn up around the five boroughs. Each day the anonymous, British graffiti artist posts a photo of that day's work with a rough location of his spray-painted street art.
Here is a guide to the location of each work, along with a photo and a link to accompanying information. Most of these works have been destroyed or removed, but feel free to go and find out for yourself.
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Topic: SPORT - on October 15, 2013 at 2:47:00 PM CEST
Felix Baumgartners Sprung als komplette POV-Aufnahme
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 15, 2013 at 2:46:00 PM CEST
Greenwald on Snowden Leaks: The Worst Is Yet to Come
Although four months have passed since Edward Snowden’s explosive NSA surveillance leaks, the most revealing details have not yet been published, and could be rolled out in the international media over the coming weeks and months, beginning with U.S. spying activities involving Spain and France. That’s according to Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who broke the Snowden story last June, and whose life has been drastically upturned since. “There are a lot more stories,” he said on Monday in Rio de Janeiro, where he lives. “The archives are so complex and so deep and so shocking, that I think the most shocking and significant stories are the ones we are still working on, and have yet to publish.”
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