Tag: pennsylvania
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Crackdown On Feeding the Homeless Goes Nationwide
from brasschecktv.com: All over the country, major cities are banning the feeding of homeless people. The excuses they use to ban the feeding of the poor range from assessing the nutritional content of donated food to beautifying downtown areas and neighborhoods. In New York, Mayor Bloomberg is worried about the sodium content. Really? No salt…
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#PopOcculture: #MurderAndMayhem, Mystery, Marijuana
PA Psych Hospital Shooter’s Identity Remains a Mystery // Mystery as ‘poison’ kills British tycoon and wife in remote Estonian forest // Yoga Founder Steps Down Due to Scandal // Evangelical voters raise Santorum to victory in Tennessee // Pat Robertson speaks out for marijuana legalization
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Hackers Attack Chemical Weapons Maker on V-Day
While many celebrated Valentine’s Day on Tuesday, hackers celebrated a different holiday: the one-year anniversary of the uprising in Bahrain, sometimes called the February 14 Revolution.
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before joe paterno’s death, a premature report
Early report of Joe Paterno’s death leads to apologies* from latimes: Media organizations and an interested public sat on edge Saturday afternoon, knowing grim news could come at any moment. Just before 6 p.m. PST, it did. Onward State, a student news site at Penn State, tweeted that according to its sources legendary former Nittany…
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remembrance & solidarity on september 11, 2011
from rememberbuilding7.org: The 10th Anniversary of September 11, 2001 is a moment to reflect on why we continue to fight for a proper investigation into the tragic events of that day. Those who cling to the official story of 9/11 because it affirms their sense of purpose in the world would have the rest of…
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From ‘Flash Mob’ to ‘Flash Rob’: 5 Things to Know About Crime Waves
A flash mob in Germantown, Maryland robbed a local 7-Eleven store in under one minute Saturday night, as Military.com says flash mob attacks ‘the new terrorism’. // Media stifling racial violence coverage
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‘Kids For Cash’ Judge Only Gets 28 Year Jail Sentence
A former Pennsylvania judge who rendered guilty verdicts in exchange for over $1 million in kickbacks from a for-profit youth rehabilitation center will spend up to 28 years in prison.
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Cargill Recalls More Than 36 Million Pounds of Ground Turkey
Food giant Cargill recalls fresh and frozen ground turkey produced at its Springdale, Ark., facility because the meat may be contaminated with salmonella.
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9/11 survivors lawsuit against united airlines given go-ahead
9/11 mother to make legal history suing over son’s 21 minutes of terror before his doomed flight hit world trade center from allgov: In the 10 years since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, thousands of survivors have settled their lawsuits against the airlines and other parties, and collected awards totaling billions of dollars. But…
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7/14 Binge & Purge: Gardens, Floodgates & Playgrounds
Record 1 in 6 now on food stamps as depression escalates // 12 signs that the world is running out of food // Police state in action: woman faces 93 days in jail for planting vegetables in her front yard // Bureaucrats in Michigan threaten woman with jail time for vegetable garden // Nestle to…
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feds sting amish farmer selling raw milk locally
from washington times: A yearlong sting operation, including aliases, a 5 a.m. surprise inspection and surreptitious purchases from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania, culminated in the federal government announcing this week that it has gone to court to stop Rainbow Acres Farm from selling its contraband to willing customers in the Washington area. The product…
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More Drivers Running Out Of Gas As They Accelerate Towards Econocrash
With gas prices pushing $4 a gallon, a lot of people are trying to stretch their dollar at the gas pump, but some of them are trying to stretch it a little too far. // Related Update: Wal-mart shoppers running out of money
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pennsylvania allows gas fracking waste to be dumped in local waterways
from activist post: It was revealed today by the AP that the state of Pennsylvania is allowing “wastewater so salty, and so polluted with metals like barium and strontium” to be flushed into local waterways. This wastewater is a result of natural gas extraction method called “fracking” which has been a sore spot with the…
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california prop 19: giant leap towards ending fraudulent drugwar
from ethan jacobs, j.d.: This November 2nd, Californians have an opportunity to vote yes on Proposition 19 which, if passed, would set an important precedent for abolishing the fraudulent war on drugs. The war on drugs is a hypocritical fraud because hundreds of thousands of low-level street marijuana dealers are arrested each year, while the…
