Obama Eases Federal Medical Marijuana Prosecution
Burr Ends Run For Kennedy’s Seat
Minority Police: No Confidence In Menino
Philip Morris Might Fund Chest Scans
More Than 17,000 Qualify For Scholarship
Iran Threatens To Reject Nuclear Agreement
Stimulus Created, Saved 250,000 Education Jobs
UN Audit Forces Afghan Runoff Election
Obama Reveals Sudan Strategy, Sanctions, Incentives
Category Archives: News
U.N. To Release Afghan Election Investigation
The U.N.-backed commission investigating reports of fraud in Afghanistan’s controversial presidential election is expected to release its highly-anticipated findings Monday.
We just might have a runoff.
Preliminary results indicate President Hamid Karzai leads with 54 percent of the total. But the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) could throw out enough fraudulent ballots so that Mr. Karzai’s total dips below 50 percent, most likely forcing a runoff with top challenger Abdullah Abdullah.
Pakistan Military Continues Offensive Against Taliban
Pakistan’s military says troops are continuing to hit Taliban targets in South Waziristan as the offensive entered its third day Monday.
Pakistan’s government is actually *fighting* the Taliban instead of working with them? Who knew?
Falcon Heene
By the way his Facebook page is awesome.
Newspaper Company McClatchy Struggles This Quarter
Things aren’t looking up for newspapers.
Amid the secular and cyclical slowdown in print advertising, McClatchy Company (MNI, the third largest newspaper company in the U.S. and the publisher of 30 daily newspapers including the Miami Herald and Sacramento Bee, reported third-quarter 2009 results.
McClatchy is facing the same dramatic decline in advertising revenue, as the rest of the newspaper industry. Total advertising revenue fell 28.1% year-on-year to $266.1 million. However, circulation revenue stabilized, up 6.7% to $69 million due to increase in circulation prices. As a result, total revenue slipped 23.1% to $347.4 million.
To combat the downturn, management undertook cost-cutting initiatives, focused on building Internet operations and reduced debt load. McClatchy had lowered its headcounts, and cut executive pay. The company was able to lower its cash expenses by 29.4% and total operating expenses by 30.2%.
UN: Cooperation With Sudanese Government Important
KHARTOUM, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) — The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Thursday affirmed importance of cooperation with the Sudanese government to find lasting solutions to the conditions of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees in the country, namely in Darfur, eastern Sudan and southern Sudan.
The UN’s probably right. Too bad the Sudanese government couldn’t care less about refugees.
Public Option To Arrive By Christmas?
So says at least one senator…
Health care reform legislation will be on President Barack Obama’s desk by Christmas, Americans will be mandated to buy insurance and those who can’t afford coverage will have a public option — or maybe they won’t, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, told reporters from around the country today.
Four of the five committees that have approved legislation “will have a public option,” as an alternative for people who can’t afford private coverage, he said during a teleconference organized by Families USA, a health consumers advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.
The Freeway is Free!
Has Been Free I should say. I guess in March of 2009, former drug kingpin, “Freeway” Ricky Ross was released from prison for being a “model prisoner.” He was then sent to a halfway house and finally on September 29, 2009, he was completely released. How did I miss this?! Why didn’t anyone tell me? Here’s his Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1476132542&v=wall&ref=ts#/pages/Freeway-Ricky-Ross/183099564357?v=wall&ref=mf
Chris
How Weed Won the West…
This is a trailer for the new Kevin Booth documentary. This time he focues specifcally on Marijuana (as the title clearly indicates) as opposed to his last film, American Drug War, which evaluated all or most drugs related to the drug war. I hope he include the reality of Obama’s (at least so far) abandoment of his campaign promises concerning law enforcement’s handling of drugs. Anyway, I’ll be seeing this soon.
Chris
TWO WEEKS!!!
In what seems like an eternity, two weeks, Glen and I will be rocking out and experiencing the Supreme Genuis of the King Khan & BBQ Show! Can’t Wait.
Chris
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 