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Senate votes to legalize hemp after 80 years of unjust prohibition

Carey Wedler
Zero Hedge
Mon, 02 Jul 2018 14:10 UTC
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On Thursday, the U.S. Senate approved a bill to legalize hemp, an industrial crop that has been banned for decades.

In April, Senators Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Rand Paul (R-KY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) submitted a separate bill to legalize hemp, and those provisions were then incorporated into the broader farm bill. The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry approved that version before the upper house of Congress voted to approve it this week by a margin of 86-11. The bill would legalize the cultivation, processing, and sale of hemp.
"Consumers across America buy hundreds of millions in retail products every year that contain hemp," McConnell said Thursday.

"But due to outdated federal regulations that do not sufficiently distinguish this industrial crop from its illicit cousin, American farmers have been mostly unable to meet that demand themselves. It's left consumers with little choice but to buy imported hemp products from foreign-produced hemp."

Comment: The fact that the US government has been unable to differentiate between industrial hemp and marijuana for so long is simply mind boggling. It has done nothing but set them back decades in production and industry. It's nice that they're finally starting to come around on the industrial uses of this truly miraculous plant

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'Fearing for his life', Alabama cop kills 15 y.o. boy fleeing from his molester in a stolen car

Jack Burns
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 01 Jul 2018 14:14 UTC
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The family members of an unarmed teenage boy, shot and killed by an Alabama police officer last year, have now filed a lawsuit against the man who gunned him down. They claim their son and brother was a victim of child sex trafficking who escaped his abuser by stealing his car. The family contends he was needlessly killed, and should still be alive today.

Bryan Sage Barnes, 15, was shot and killed in July 2017 after he was accused of stealing a red Ford Mustang and taking police on a high-speed chase. Priceville Officer Bryan Smith, a 10-year-veteran of the force, intercepted Barnes and attempted to pull him over.

The chase came to an abrupt end when Smith used the move known as the "pit maneuver" to force Barnes to lose control of the vehicle. The Mustang crossed the median and impacted another vehicle in oncoming traffic. Smith then opened fire, killing the unarmed teenager. According to a press release obtained by TFTP, the Priceville Police Department claimed Barnes rammed Smith's car, which "crushed" the trooper between his car door and the body of the vehicle. Lawyers for the family say that never happened and they have video proof (below).
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Two teen boys arrested in London's latest knife attack


RT
Mon, 02 Jul 2018 14:09 UTC
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© Gustavo Valiente/ Global Look Press
Two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a boy, 14, was stabbed numerous times with a ten-inch blade in Islington, north London.

The two suspects, aged 14 and 15, were arrested on Monday morning after their alleged victim, 14, was found on Sunday by Metropolitan police officers with a "number of stab wounds" near Archway in Fairbridge Road, Islington, shortly before 7pm.

The victim remains in severe but stable condition. Following the incident he was airlifted to an east London hospital, the Met reported.

Another suspect, aged 11, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder but the Met said he has since been "de-arrested and released from custody."

Local resident and journalist Amina Taylor described how a fight involving two male adults and two teenagers had erupted before the perpetrator made his way to the group with a "big" knife.

"We could all see the knife in his hand. It was that big," she said.
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French gangster makes a daring escape from prison in a helicopter


RT
Mon, 02 Jul 2018 13:50 UTC
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© Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFPHelicopter abandoned by French armed robber Redoine Faid, July 1 2018.
Footage of the unbelievable moment notorious French gangster Redoine Faid broke out of prison in a helicopter has been shared online. The sensational escape left authorities stunned, Sunday.

Video taken by another inmate at Reau prison in the Paris region shows Faid make his daring escape from the prison grounds. Loud cheers can be heard as the helicopter soars beyond the jail.

The dramatic jailbreak took place after a helicopter pilot was taken hostage by three gunmen and forced to land at the prison.

The three accomplices successfully helped Faid escape and later landed the aircraft 37 miles from the prison before setting it alight and fleeing in a black Renault car.
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Portland: Patriot Prayer group and Antifa clashes declared a riot by police


RT
Sun, 01 Jul 2018 13:40 UTC
Portland riot
© Bryan Colombo / Reuters
After right-wing Patriot Prayer marchers clashed with local anti-fascist protesters in a violent brawl in downtown Portland, Oregon, local police have declared a riot.

The rally, led by Patriot Prayer founder and Republican US Senate candidate Joey Gibson, drew more than 150 supporters near Schrunk Plaza on Saturday evening. Opposing protesters showed and soon-enough a violent brawl broke out with people using fireworks, eggs, rocks, bottles and construction equipment, prompting police to revoke the Patriot Prayer protest permit and to declare a riot situation.


Comment: Portland: Ground zero for the next American civil war?

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Family of 11 found in India's capital, most blindfolded & hanged


RT
Mon, 02 Jul 2018 07:06 UTC
Police
© Stringer / ReutersA policeman writes notes in the house where the bodies of eleven members of a family were found dead.
An Indian family of 11 has been found dead in New Delhi, with 10 members blindfolded and hanging from a ceiling. Initial reports indicate a twisted spiritual mass suicide attempt, but police aren't discounting other possibilities.

The bodies of seven women and four men were discovered in the Burari suburb of the Indian capital on Sunday by their neighbor, who called the police in shock over what he has witnessed.

When authorities arrived at the scene, they discovered 10 blindfolded bodies, with cotton stuffed in their ears, hanging from an iron grille in the home's courtyard, suspended by cables and 'chunnis' (scarves with religious motifs), local media report. The body of an 11th person, reportedly in her seventies, was found strangled and lying on the floor of the house.

The victims, which police say belonged to a single family, are believed to have committed a mass religious suicide, as authorities failed to discover any forced entry, gunshot wounds, or anything that would clearly indicate a homicide.
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London mother tells Mayor Khan: "We don't feel safe, do something about it!"


Westmonster
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 13:25 UTC
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan was given both barrels at a 'State of London' LBC event last night, with a lady in the crowd telling him straight: "We don't feel safe anymore".

Receiving support from the crowd as she spoke, the woman told Mayor Khan: "There are no bobbies on our street, Londoners don't feel safe, our communities don't feel safe.

"You give me statistics Mr. Khan, but for me as a parent, I'm telling you, we do not feel safe.

"We do not feel safe in London and we want you to do something about it!"

The wave of violence in the capital is truly disturbing. This year in London there have already been 81 murder investigations, compared to 83 in the whole of 2014.


Sadly, many of the victims are young. Just the other day a 15-year-old was stabbed to death in Romford.

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Oregon Supreme Court kills assault weapon ban due to use of 'vague & deceptive language'

Chris Reeves
Town Hall
Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:38 UTC
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On Wednesday, Oregon's Supreme Court refused to approve Initiative Petition 43 - a state ballot proposal for an assault weapon and high-capacity magazine ban - due to the initiative's repeated use of vague and misleading language and outright false claims to describe the proposed law to voters. Furthermore, the court directed Oregon's attorney general to revise the language of the initiative to comply with state laws requiring Oregonians to be accurately informed about the law's key provisions at the ballot box.

However, even if the necessary revisions were made to the gun control initiative's language, supporters of the measure would need to collect 88,184 signatures by July 6th to get it on this year's ballot. Furthermore, the collection of those signatures could not legally start until Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum made the revisions to the ballot language required by the court. Given these legal roadblocks, multiple local news sources were not optimistic about the initiative's chances for success.
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Best of the Web: Political earthquake in Mexico: Leftist AMLO achieves historic landslide election victory

Tom Phillips & David Agren
The Guardian
Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:13 UTC
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
© DesconocidoAndrés Manuel López Obrador


Baseball-loving nationalist who counts Jeremy Corbyn as a friend will be the new president

A baseball-loving left-wing nationalist who has vowed to crack down on corruption, rein in Mexico's war on drugs and rule for the poor has been elected president of Latin America's second-largest economy.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a silver-haired 64-year-old who is best known as Amlo and counts Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn among his friends, was elected with at least 53% of the vote, according to a quick count by Mexico's electoral commission.

López Obrador's closest rival, Ricardo Anaya from the National Action party (PAN), received around 22% while José Antonio Meade, a career civil servant running for the Institutional Revolutionary party, or PRI, which ruled Mexico for most of last century, came in third with around 16%.

Addressing the media after those results were announced, López Obrador vowed to repay the trust put in him by millions of Mexicans. "I will govern with rectitude and justice. I will not fail you. I will not disappoint you. I won't betray the people," he said.

Mexico's president-elect vowed to rule for people of all social classes, all sexual orientations and all points of view. "We will listen to everyone. We will care for everyone. We will respect everyone," he said. "But we will give priority to the most humble and to the forgotten."


Comment: Many have observed that there are similarities between Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Donald Trump. Although they come from opposite sides of the political spectrum, both won because they were seen as outsiders from the establishment, and the proof was that they were both demonized by the media. Yet the more they were attacked, the more popular they became.

For several decades only the corrupt PRI party and the center-right party PAN have occupied the presidency of Mexico. This will be the first president that comes holding a 'left' wing flag. How far left he will be taking things is yet to be seen.

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UCLA professor dies in BDSM 'mummification' ritual at Hollywood executive's home

Christopher Carbone
Fox News
Sun, 01 Jul 2018 21:21 UTC
Doran George
© UCLADoran George, 48, died inside the home of a Hollywood executive in November 2017.
A California university professor died during a bondage session at the home of a Hollywood executive that went horribly wrong.

Doran George, 48, was found dead inside the home of Skip Chasey, an executive for Hollywood's William Morris Endeavor agency and known in the BDSM (Bondage, Discipline, Dominance and Submission) community as "Master Skip," on Nov. 19, 2017.

George, who was born Duncan Gilbert and did not use gendered pronouns, had been wrapped "head to toe in plastic wrap and gaffer's tape, with small breathing holes at the nose and mouth," according to an autopsy report obtained late last week by Variety.

Comment: It's obviously tragic when someone dies due to accident, but is it really surprising that someone engaging in sick and dangerous BDSM practices died when it got too extreme? With the current culture of widespread acceptance of all lifestyles (except white and/or Christian), no one will say the truth - people practicing BDSM have a mental disorder which should be condemned, not encouraged.

And to think this man was a professor at UCLA, teaching impressionable young people.

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