This is what needs to be done in your town. Get others to sign petitions in order to put fourth ballot initiatives. Showing up to a rally can only go so far. Passing laws that defy the Fed government is the only way to make it and others pay attention to you and your cause. If the idea is good other towns will follow.



http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/26/MNE6176LK9.DTL&nopu=1





Humboldt County cities restrict military



Matthew B.… Continue

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_does_torture_work



Unresolved debate in DOJ memos: Does torture work?



By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press Writer – Tue Apr 21, 5:50 pm ET



WASHINGTON – Interrogators have centuries of experience extracting information from the unwilling. Medieval inquisitors hanged heretics from ceilings. Salem magistrates used fire to elicit witchcraft confessions. And CIA officers… Continue

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090419/sc_mcclatchy/3213792



Lawmakers forge alternative to cap-and-trade proposal



By Les Blumenthal, McClatchy Newspapers Les Blumenthal, Mcclatchy Newspapers – Sun Apr 19, 6:00 am ET



WASHINGTON — A growing number of lawmakers who are deeply involved in the effort to reduce greenhouse gases and global warming are beginning to question "cap-and-trade," the current hot-button solution to the problem.



The chair of the… Continue

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-na-psychology20-2009apr20,0,139316.story



Mental damage from CIA tactics is disputed



Justice memos say no permanent harm was inflicted from interrogation techniques, but some doctors and psychologists disagree.



By Sarah Gantz and Ben Meyerson

April 20, 2009



Reporting from Washington -- The conclusion in recently released Justice Department memos that CIA interrogation techniques would not cause prolonged… Continue

http://www.optimumpopulation.org/opt.projection.html

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Dutch TV show exonerates Osama bin Laden

By Scott Roxborough



BERLIN -- A Dutch TV jury has found Osama bin Laden not guilty of the Sept. 11 attacks.



In the conclusion Wednesday night to the show "Devil's Advocate" on Dutch public broadcaster Nederland 2, the jury of two men and three women, along with the studio audience, ruled there was no proof bin Laden was the mastermind behind the attacks on the World Trade Center and the… Continue

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/science/07tier.html?ref=science



Public Policy That Makes Test Subjects of Us All

By JOHN TIERNEY



Suppose you wanted to test the effects of halving the amount of salt in people’s diets. If you were an academic researcher, you’d have to persuade your institutional review board that you had considered the risks and obtained informed consent from the participants.



You might, for instance, take note of a recent clinical trial in… Continue

Seen these tactics before.





http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/G20/article6025481.ece



Why did the police punish bystanders?



Commentary: Tom Whipple





Rob was a predictably tedious anarchist, with tediously predictable views. Standing beneath a hanged effigy of Sir Fred Goodwin, he explained how the police work. “They aren’t here for us, they’re here for the bankers,” he told me. “But mainly, they are here for a… Continue