Tag: court cases
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#MorningMonarchy: December 22, 2016
Emergency relocation, Mormon Wikileaks and the Hanged Man + this day in history w/Bernhard Goetz and our song of the day by Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats on your Morning Monarchy for December 22, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: August 19, 2016
One vision, festival fast lane and legal retreat + this day in history w/Daguerre’s photographic process and our song of the day by Laura Gibson on your Morning Monarchy for August 19, 2016.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Government Worried About Sharing Economy (Video)
Court rules cops can legally lie to pull people over and fish for criminal behavior; Uber is sharing more than just rides as the company’s first transparency report shows 12 million users data was shared with the cops; And governments with offshore holdings are worried that others aren’t sharing their offshore holdings.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Cops Lie Legally, Sharing Uber Data, Offshore Economy (Audio)
Court rules cops can legally lie to pull people over and fish for criminal behavior; Uber is sharing more than just rides as the company’s first transparency report shows 12 million users data was shared with the cops; And governments with offshore holdings are worried that others aren’t sharing their offshore holdings.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode245 – WV Pharms, DNA Database, DuPont Down
Obama enlists big pharma to fight WV drug epidemic; Cops want even more of your DNA; DuPont loses toxic Teflon case.
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Pennsylvania Funeral Director Dismayed By Food Ban
from philadelphia.cbslocal.com: A federal judge has ordered no more food service at Pennsylvania funeral homes. The food ban at Pennsylvania funeral homes was instituted in 1952 out of food safety concerns. Then, in 2012, a federal judge deemed the earlier ruling unconstitutional. Now, a federal appeals court has reversed the reversal, once again banning food…
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Ex-#BP Engineer Convicted of Deleting Texts to Obstruct #GulfOilSpill Probe
from foxnews.co: A former BP drilling engineer was convicted Wednesday of deleting text messages from his cellphone to obstruct a federal investigation of the company’s massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He was found guilty on one charge and acquitted of a second charge. A federal jury deliberated for more than nine…
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Supreme Court to hear new case on religion in public life
from washingtonpost.com: The chairman of the local Baha’i congregation concluded his prayer with “Allah-u-Abha,” which loosely translates to “God the All-Glorious.” A Jew offered a prayer speaking of “the songs of David, your servant.” And a Wiccan priestess, mindful of her venue in the town of Greece, N.Y., thought that Athena and Apollo were apt…
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California City Sues Sriracha Factory Over Stench
from bbc.co.uk: A California city has sued the maker of Sriracha hot sauce saying the factory’s smell makes the area uninhabitable. The city of Irwindale has asked a judge to prevent Huy Fong Foods from making the spicy condiment until the factory submits plan to reduce the smell. Huy Fong representatives have said they are…
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Ohio, West Virginia Residents Sue DuPont Over Teflon Cancer
from ap.org: Nine Ohio and West Virginia residents who have cancer and other diseases have filed federal lawsuits this month against chemical giant DuPont, alleging the company knowingly contaminated drinking-water supplies with a chemical used by one of its plants. The lawsuits, filed Oct. 8 and this week, are among about 50 such cases —…
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Ritual killer expected #Satan to appear, court hears
from news24.com: The alleged mastermind of a deadly satanic ritual expected Satan to appear after calling on him in a chant, the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, sitting in Palm Ridge, heard on Friday. “I expected something to happen,” said Linden Wagner, who wrote the poem that he and his accomplices chanted after he…
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Four on trial in #France for religion-inspired kidnap and torture
French torture trial over crucifixion-style exorcism* from rt.com: A group of former members of a US-based protestant church, the Seventh Day Adventist, are on trial in France for torturing a 19-year-old woman while attempting to exorcise “the devil” out of her in shockingly-violent style. The trial of three men and a woman, all of French…
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Interviews w/ Seattle Biodiversity Conference Panelists – August 3, 2013
On today’s menu we have audio from the recent Biodiversity Conference in Seattle which features interviews w/ Eric Holt-Giménez of Food First, Kathleen Hallal of Moms Across America, Rachel Linden of GMO Free Arizona, George Kimbrell from the Center for Food Safety, Rachel Hynes of Slow Money and Alexis Baden-Mayer of Organic Consumers Association… MP3/FeedArchive…
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Duke Professor Suggests Simple Solution to Counter “Ag-Gag” Laws
Do consumers have the right to independently investigate the origin and production of the food they choose (and pay) to ingest?
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Justices Skeptical Of Farmer Who Planted Patented Monsanto Seeds
from latimes.com: In a closely watched patent case, Supreme Court justices appeared ready to dash the hopes of an Indiana farmer who claimed the unfettered right to plant the next generation of Monsanto Co.’s genetically modified soybeans. The justices strongly suggested in oral arguments Tuesday that they would agree with Monsanto that its patent protection…