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POPSMore innocent victims in the "war on drugs" The linked article has a petition you can sign to limit paramilitary police raids on American soil. Of course, if you think like I do, you're probably already thinking the only way this is going to stop is if there's a botched raid with fatalities in an affluent upper class suburban neighborhood.
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POPSAnother herbs vs. chemicals patent tragedy: Diviner's sage Needless to say, this isn't the first case of this. Big Pharma has a notorious history of sidelining natural therapies and cures in favor of making money with chemical treatments that often have negative long-term side effects (Prozac, Ritalin, Avandia, OxyContin). If they can't hold exclusive rights and make big profits, not only will they not seek government approval, they will often go so far as to have it declared illegal (marijuana).
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POPSProtesters = military weapon test subjects Soon public demonstrations will become testing grounds for new military "toys". Somehow, I'm not taking any comfort in the word "nonlethal". They probably thought Agent Orange would wear off, too.
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POPSHelp Save Ed and Elaine Brown! The Browns narrowly avoided assassination earlier this week when a neighbor out walking his dog discovered an FBI SWAT team camped out in the woods surrounding their house with enough ordnance to conduct a small war. Visit the linked site and help spread the word!
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POPSProtesting Clippers could face Prison or Fines. Well it's too late for me I reckon, so I might as well just keep on keepin' on peacefully protesting. Now more than ever, it seems so necessary. This is another "I dare you" clip. Are they trying to scare, intimidate or threaten people to the point, that they just don't dare comment or clip or pop or blog or speak out anymore? Should I just cave in and "turn myself in" quarterly and bow down to oppression? I think not. I will not be silenced. If I ever stop clipping about all this, you'll know why. See ya in Guantanamo! - The White House's own recently de-classified strategy for "winning the war on terror" targets Internet conspiracy theories as a recruiting ground for terrorists and threatens to "diminish" their influence. - Chertoff pledged to dispatch Homeland Security agents to local police departments in order to aid in the apprehension of domestic terrorists who use the Internet as a political tool.