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Archives for March 2016

Scientists In Saudi Arabia Promote Women To ‘Mammals’

Scholars from Saudi Arabia have made a “surprising” and unprecedented discovery – turns out women are in fact mammals and therefore should have “equal rights” with animals.

Sputnik News
By Sputnik News
In this March 29, 2010 file photo, Saudi women visit the Saudi Travel and Tourism Investment Market (STTIM) fair in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

A Saudi panel of "scientists" concluded that women aren't just household items as it was previously thought in the Kingdom, but are mammals and therefore should have same rights as camels and goats, the Islaminsesi news portal said. What a "historic" social discovery on the behalf of Saudi "scientists" — women are indeed a little better than a

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The Main Stream Media Gave Donald Trump $1.9 Billion In Free Advertising

What can be said of the political process when violence appears the inevitable outcome of any undesirable result? Many have called Trump a joke of a candidate, but his arrogant acceptance of — and occasional stated desire for — violence during rallies proves there is no comedic tinge to the mockery of politics he’s creating.

Claire Bernish
By Claire Bernish
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump

United States — Donald Trump’s caustic campaign certainly creates abundant headline fodder, but the old adage — there’s no such thing as bad publicity — has particular expediency for the candidate. While the veracity of the adage might normally be debatable, because Trump happens to be running a presidential campaign, his largely negative publicity

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Homeless “Defender Of Constitutional Rights” Unable To Pay $100 Marijuana Charge, Dies In Jail

This tragic case highlights the immoral nature of the war on drugs.

Matt Agorist
By Matt Agorist
Jeffrey Pendleton

Last week, police, in their efforts to keep the world safe from a dangerous plant, arrested Jeffrey Pendleton for possessing a small amount of cannabis. He was then locked in a cage last Wednesday after a Nashua District Court judge had set his bail at $100 cash. Unable to pay his extortion fee for possessing a plant that is legal in some form

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Erdogan: Democracy, Freedom Have ‘Absolutely No Value Any Longer’

Erdogan has increasingly sought to charge political opponents as terrorists.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Yasin Bulbul/Presidential Press Servic)

Concerns about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s authoritarian leanings have been at the fore in the nation’s political dialogue since he assumed the presidency, and appear to have been well founded, as in a televised speech today he declared “democracy,, freedom, and the rule of law have absolutely no value any longer.” Rather, Turkey is

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Study: Docs Who Get Company Cash Prescribe More Brand-Name Meds

The more money doctors receive from drug and medical device companies, the more brand-name drugs they tend to prescribe, a new ProPublica analysis shows. Even a meal can make a difference.

ProPublica
By ProPublica
Prescription drugs line a cabinet in this March 25, 2011 photo. (Photo by Eric Hunsaker via Flikr)

Doctors have long disputed that the payments they receive from pharmaceutical companies have any relationship to how they prescribe drugs. There’s been little evidence to settle the matter — until now. A ProPublica analysis has found for the first time that doctors who receive payments from the medical industry do indeed tend to prescribe

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An American Mussolini

The GOP front-runner’s calls for violence against his critics are no joke.

John Kiriakou
By John Kiriakou
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he speaks to supporters at his primary election night event at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

As you probably heard, Donald Trump canceled a rally in Chicago after scuffles broke out between Trump supporters and opponents around the arena where the candidate was supposed to speak. True to form, Trump blamed everybody but himself for this debacle. He eventually decided that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was somehow at

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