Donald Trump recently published a policy statement on immigration, stating, “A nation without borders is not a nation. [Therefore] There must be a wall across the southern border.” Adding that …
Would it surprise you to know that one of the most respected of all U.S. Presidents, President John F. Kennedy, is rumored to have used medicinal cannabis while in the White House?
Kennedy, who was known to suffer from Addison’s disease, as well as severe chronic back pain, was rumored to smoke cannabis on occasion, with a number of recent reports claiming his use was an effort relieve the pain associated with his medical conditions.
While there is documentation of Kennedy’s usage of cannabis, the correlation with his reported medical conditions seems to lack the same documentary veracity.
According to an excerpt from …read more
Baltimore, MD – A grad student at John Hopkins Medical School, in Baltimore, Maryland, has reportedly made a potentially game changing breakthrough in the battle against ALS, which he is partially crediting to the Ice Bucket Challenge, a social media campaign that took Facebook by storm.
Around this time last year the Ice Bucket Challenge became a viral Internet sensation, as people’s newsfeeds were filled with videos of friends pouring buckets of ice water on their heads in an effort to raise awareness about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly know as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
The catch was that once nominated for …read more
This New York Times story says in the 8th paragraph from the bottom that Donald Trump enjoys more support among registered independents than he does among registered Republicans. …read more
On August 22, the Kentucky Republican Party voted to use March caucuses, instead of the May presidential primary, to choose delegates to the national convention. The decision is a victory for U.S. Senator Rand Paul. See this story. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link. …read more
On August 21, the Ohio Libertarian Party submitted this Request for a Status Conference, which makes the case that the constitutionality of Ohio’s ballot access law should be decided soon, because the deadline for candidates running in 2016 primaries is only four months away. …read more
A former police captain recently signed an affidavit affirming that several formal reprimands are missing from the personnel file of the officer who killed a 19-year-old during a marijuana bust. Although the police chief claims that no disciplinary actions have been taken against the officer, his former supervisor lists multiple performance issues resulting from the officer’s negligence. In an attempt to improve public relations, city officials have hired a PR firm at the expense of taxpayers’ dollars instead of releasing the dash cam videos of the shooting.
On July 26, Seneca Police Lt. Mark Tiller ran towards 19-year-old Zachary Hammond’s car …read more
Everywhere, USA — In a comprehensive new study conducted by 3 world-renowned think tanks, the United States has fallen on the human freedom index from 17th to 20th place, out of 152 countries in which data was analyzed. While the conclusions of this study may not be shocking to anyone who has been paying attention. The implications of the US falling into a dystopian state are far reaching.
“The performance of the United States is particularly important, because of its importance in the world and the fact that so many people in the world traditionally look to the US as …read more
The Eugene, Oregon daily newspaper, the Register-Guard, here editorializes in favor of an idea first proposed by the Independent Party of Oregon. Currently the Democratic and Republican Parties of Oregon do not let independent voters vote in their primaries, but the Independent Party does. The Independent Party will hold a government-administered primary in 2016 for the first time, due to its new higher registration total.
Oregon has just switched to a system in which all adult citizens known to the state government automatically become registered, unless they opt out. In Oregon, all registered voters automatically receive a mail …read more
Nashville, TN – A video uploaded to Facebook this week shows what vigilante citizens do in the face of danger, and without police.
According to WKRN,
A woman fought back after a man tried to steal her purse from inside her car at a West End Avenue gas station on Tuesday.
The woman was loading items into her car at the Exxon Tiger Market at 3400 West End Avenue when Ezell Graham, 31, allegedly reached into her car and took her purse and a box of doughnuts.
The victim reportedly ran after Graham and took her purse back from him, which was when bystanders …read more
