Tez sez: "When you accept yourself, the whole world accepts you". Lao-Tzu

Are Liberals and Conservatives Hard-Wired to Disagree?

Seeded on Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:11 PM EDT (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)

In a report published last Thursday, neuroscience researchers from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London announced that they had found evidence that liberals and conservatives actually have different brain structures.

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Birthright Citizenship Looms as Next Immigration Battle

Seeded on Wed Jan 5, 2011 3:10 PM EST (The New York Times)

The next big immigration battle centers on illegal immigrants' offspring, who are granted automatic citizenship like all other babies born on American soil.

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The Political and Economic Assault on the Middle Class

Seeded on Wed Jan 5, 2011 2:25 PM EST (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)

Did you hear the happy news? Dollar General stores will hire 6,000 people this year. Yes America, hiring is back!

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Lunar Eclipse on Winter Solstice: Making Meaning of the Cosmic Coincidence

Seeded on Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:45 PM EST (ABC News)

"Amateur astronomers weren't the only ones paying attention to last night's lunar eclipse. For those who make meaning out of cosmic conditions, it was more than a scientific phenomenon, it was a symbolically-charged celestial event.

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On Faith Panelists Blog: Out of darkness, light: Solstice and the lunar eclipse - Starhawk

Seeded on Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:40 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Solstice reminds us that no darkness, no loss, no grief or disappointment is final. Out of darkness, light is born. Every ending gives rise to a new beginning. Out of disappointment and despair comes new courage, new hope.

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Thrill of the Thrift: Second-hand shopping for the planet

Mon Dec 6, 2010 4:46 PM EST

There was a time when I wouldn’t set foot in a second-hand store. I figured they were all old, musty and run down filled with junk other people didn’t want. If they didn’t want it, why would I?

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Our Democracy No Longer Works and the Problem Is Congress

Seeded on Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:07 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
Seeded by wemustchange (Clipped by TezInDenver)

Finally, an article that points to the real reason our democracy is crippled. The answer is simple, vote all of those who have been in office over four years out. Implement campaign finance reform, term limits, and ban lobbying.

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Medical marijuana in basement lands man in jail

Seeded on Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:29 AM EST (KUSA-TV)

Federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided a Highlands Ranch home on Friday and arrested a medical marijuana grower who was part of a 9Wants to Know story about suburban medical marijuana growing operations. Advertisement

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Details emerge on Obama's surge decision

Seeded on Sat Dec 5, 2009 11:04 PM EST (msnbc.com)

When the history of the Obama presidency is written, one particular day may prove to be a turning point, the moment a president set in motion a high-stakes gamble to turn around a losing war.

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Boulder expects crowd, long night for medical marijuana hearing

Seeded on Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:41 AM EST (Colorado Daily)

Anyone who wants to talk to the Boulder City Council about a possible moratorium on medical-marijuana dispensaries should plan on a late night Tuesday.

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Hearing for motion to void Board of Health's medical-marijuana decision set for tomorrow

Seeded on Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:31 AM EST (Westword.com)

On November 5, medical-marijuana advocates filed a motion to void a state Board of Health ruling striking its previous definition of caregiver.

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Colorado's Marijuana Economy: An Explosion of Ganjapreneurship

Seeded on Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:04 PM EDT (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)

What can only be rightly described as an explosion of ganjapreneurship is currently underway in Colorado, sparked by the Obama Administration's new policy announcement in February, which directed federal agencies to defer to state law enforcement on the issue of medical marijuana …

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Suthers Wants Board To Investigate Medical Pot Biz

Seeded on Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:03 PM EDT (cbs4denver.com)

Some doctors are giving out large numbers of recommendations for medical marijuana and now the Colorado attorney general wants the state medical board to investigate.

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Study shows acupuncture may enhance brain's ability to regulate pain

Seeded on Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:49 PM EDT (Science Codex - )

Acupuncture has been used in East-Asian medicine for thousands of years to treat pain, possibly by activating the body's natural painkillers. But how it works at the cellular level is largely unknown.

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Active ingredients in marijuana found to spread and prolong pain

Seeded on Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:41 PM EDT (Science Codex - )

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers think they've found at least part of the answer—and believe it or not, it's in a group of compounds that includes the active ingredients in marijuana, the cannabinoids.

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The John Bobbitt effect? - Broadsheet - Salon.com

Seeded on Tue Aug 4, 2009 7:54 PM EDT (Salon.com)

While a story about a man's superglued penis makes international news, a woman's horrific mutilation is a footnote.

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Orly Taitz responds to forgery charges

Seeded on Tue Aug 4, 2009 7:43 PM EDT (Salon.com)

Orly Taitz, the birther lawyer who released the document that was supposedly a copy of President Obama's Kenyan birth certificate, has now taken to her blog with an angry screed in response to the evidence that her find is in fact a poorly done forgery.

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Top Cash for Clunkers Trade-Ins and New Cars

Seeded on Tue Aug 4, 2009 7:24 PM EDT (Yahoo!)

The number one vehicle destroyed under the Cash for Clunkers program, the Transportation Department says, was the Ford Explorer (1998 edition). Number two, the Ford Explorer (1997). Number Three...you guessed it. The '96 model.

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Bill Clinton meets with NKorean leader Kim Jong Il

Seeded on Tue Aug 4, 2009 10:41 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Former President Bill Clinton met Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on the first day of a surprise visit to Pyongyang, with the "exhaustive" talks covering a wide range of topics, state-run media said.

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Medical marijuana dispensaries thrive in Colo.

Seeded on Mon Aug 3, 2009 9:37 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

More than 9,000 people are registered in Colorado to use medical marijuana with a doctor's recommendation - up 2,000 in the past month.

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Hell on Earth: Journalists Face Horror in N. Korea

Seeded on Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:36 PM EDT (NBC Bay Area)

A hellish fate may await two U.S. journalists in a brutal North Korean prison system after being sentenced to 12 years hard labor.

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California pot store owner gets 1-year sentence

Seeded on Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:33 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)
Seeded by nearing (Clipped by TezInDenver)

The owner of a Morro Bay pot dispensary who emerged as a key figure in the national debate over medical marijuana was sentenced to one year and one day in prison Thursday by a federal judge in Los Angeles, a relatively lenient sentence compared with the five years prosecutors wer …

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It's So Personal: A Life Saved By Choice

Seeded on Mon Jun 8, 2009 1:12 PM EDT (The Daily Dish)

I know that you and many others do not approve of late-term abortions and those who perform them and I understand the reasons. However, there is one aspect of this moral dilemma which I have not seen addressed by you or the media: the fact that clinics like Dr.

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Musgrave gives $50K to anti-abortion group

Seeded on Thu Jun 4, 2009 6:11 PM EDT (The Denver Post)

Former Colorado Republican congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave is giving $50,000 in unused campaign funds to help an anti-abortion group for which she now works.

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Good News Wednesday - Home Accessories You Don't Need

Seeded on Wed Jun 3, 2009 5:45 PM EDT (House Beautiful)

Have you ever found yourself saying, "I just have to have that yogurt machine"? So did these designers, who confess they too bought home accessories that they've never used.

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