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03/23/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Fake weed: Why does government marijuana look so weird?

For an illustrative example of the federal government’s outdated approach to marijuana policy, one need look no further than the poor quality of the cannabis provided by the feds to scientists engaged in marijuana research. Since the 1960s, the only legal way to obtain marijuana samples for research purposes has been through the federal government, […]

03/13/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Big Brother: Amazon’s Alexa programmers are now working on voice identification software

Amazon’s voice-activated virtual assistant, Alexa, may soon have the capability to identify who is speaking to it – a feature that will push the technology even further into the Big Brother realm. Voice recognition technology is nothing new, but Alexa will be the first voice assistant on the market to offer this feature. Amazon developers […]

03/11/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Israel about to decriminalize marijuana

On Sunday, March 5, Israel’s government voted to support legislation decriminalizing recreational marijuana use. The new policy, which still requires the Israeli parliament’s ratification, would eliminate criminal charges for those caught smoking cannabis or with a small amount in their possession. The selling and cultivation of marijuana would still be considered criminal offenses, but those […]

02/10/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Shameless police state continues to steal innocent citizens’ money

At some point in the average person’s life they are likely to have encountered an overzealous police officer who issued a ticket for some minor infraction, such as jaywalking or driving with a burnt-out turn signal. The fines for such trivial offenses are often somewhat formidable, and in many cases the recipient of the ticket feels […]

02/04/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Massive student loan fraud scam: 99.8% of repayment data fraudulently altered by schools

America’s student loan crisis has grown far worse than anyone has been willing to admit – at least until now. On January 13, the U.S. Department of Education released a memo stating that the agency’s previously published statistics regarding student loans were inaccurate and that repayment rates had been exaggerated for 99.8 percent of the […]

02/02/2017 / By Daniel Barker

NHS doctors, nurses say government-run healthcare a dismal failure that puts lives at risk

British doctors and nurses are warning that the nation’s government-run healthcare system is in such bad shape that many patients’ lives are being put at risk. A group of leading doctors from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) have sent a letter to prime minister Theresa May saying that the NHS “will fail” without immediate […]

01/10/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Water crisis: Obama’s EPA to approve dramatic increase in limits on radiation exposure allowable in public drinking water

As one of its closing acts before leaving the stage, the Obama administration plans to relax EPA guidelines regarding maximum allowable radiation levels in the nation’s drinking water, increasing them to levels thousands of times above current legal limits. A federal lawsuit filed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) led to the release of […]

01/09/2017 / By Daniel Barker

New Canadian labeling requirement makes labeling calories mandatory for chain restaurants

Ontario residents will literally find something new on the menu in 2017, as calorie count listings become mandatory for menus and menu boards at chain restaurants with more than 20 locations. The new law, which went into effect on January 1, is intended to help consumers make healthier choices when ordering fast food. It’s all […]

01/04/2017 / By Daniel Barker

New CA bill could increase medical kidnapping of children by government whose parents refuse vaccinations

Last year, California passed a mandatory vaccination bill that removed religious and philosophical exemptions for vaccines, making the state one of the leading proponents of medical tyranny in the U.S. Now, Dr. Richard Pan – the same California senator who sponsored last year’s SB 277 campaign – is back with a new proposed piece of […]

01/03/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Oregon’s criminalization of rainwater collection is now complete: Saving water runoff will get you thrown in jail

Officials in Jackson County, Oregon have again shown their disrespect for private property rights, telling a local couple they must tear out a 40-year-old two-acre pond located on the property they bought two years ago. Jackson is the same county that recently imprisoned and fined another area landowner, Gary Harrington, for illegally collecting rainwater – […]

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