Nikki's Blog – October 2010 Archive (6)

Harry Reid/Sharron Angle Debate Tonight 6pm ET

This is the only scheduled debate between Nevada senate candidates Angle and Reid. Angle now has a slight lead over Reid. Watch on CSPAN tonight at 9pm ET, 6pm Pacific.

http://www.c-span.org/

Added by Nikki on October 14, 2010 at 3:44pm — No Comments

Are We Just Human Lab Rats?

Mike Adams asks, "Are we all just human lab rats in a series of grand medical experiments?" The recent admission that the USA conducted covert medical experiments on Guatemalans raises new questions about whether Big Government can really be trusted with our health (and lives).

Government collusion in human medical experiments no longer just a conspiracy theory

by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor

(NaturalNews) It used to be that when you talked… Continue

Added by Nikki on October 5, 2010 at 4:57pm — 5 Comments

The Army's Afghan Biometric ID Plan

Army Reveals Afghan Biometric ID Plan; Millions Scanned, Carded by May

By Noah Shachtman

Scanning prisoners’ irises is just Step 1. In Afghanistan, local and NATO forces are amassing biometric dossiers on hundreds of thousands of cops, crooks, soldiers, insurgents and ordinary citizens. And now, with NATO’s backing, the Kabul government is putting together a plan to issue biometrically backed identification cards to 1.65 million Afghans by next May.

The idea is… Continue

Added by Nikki on October 3, 2010 at 12:51pm — 5 Comments

U.S. to apologize for medical experiments in Guatemala

Government researchers infected patients with syphilis, gonorrhea without their consent in the 1940s

By Robert Bazell Chief science and health correspondent

NBC News NBC News

U.S. government medical researchers intentionally infected hundreds of people in Guatemala, including institutionalized mental patients, with gonorrhea and syphilis without their knowledge or permission more than 60 years ago.

Many of those infected were encouraged to pass the… Continue

Added by Nikki on October 1, 2010 at 8:59pm — 2 Comments

California Governor Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Bill

by Phillip Smith, October 01, 2010, 03:25am

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Thursday signed into law a bill that decriminalizes the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana. The bill reduces simple possession from a misdemeanor to an infraction.

Currently, small-time pot possession is "semi-decriminalized" in California. There is no possible jail sentence and a maximum $100 fine. But because possession is a misdemeanor, people caught with pot are "arrested,"… Continue

Added by Nikki on October 1, 2010 at 8:51pm — 2 Comments

Monopoly Game Updated: Credit Cards Replace Cash

Ironically, it's called the Revolution Edition!

Monopoly, which turns 75 this year, is celebrating with a modern redesign.

The game's anniversary edition, which features a circular board, eliminates cash altogether: instead of pastel-colored paper money, little real estate magnates will gobble up house and hotel pieces with credit cards. And gone, too, are the game's classic metal playing pieces, which are replaced with small, engraved plastic… Continue

Added by Nikki on October 1, 2010 at 1:05pm — 3 Comments