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As Nation Mourns Racist Murders, Flag Of Hate Still Flies Over South Carolina

While the US Supreme Court on Thursday made clear that state governments have the right to control their own speech, outrage abounds over what South Carolina chooses to say.

Jon Queally
بواسطة Jon Queally
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This isn't the story about a flag, but there's a flag in this story. On the same day the nation was reeling from the mass murder of nine black churchgoers in South Carolina by a calculating white gunman who reportedly made it clear to his victims the attack was inspired by racial hatred, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued a ruling saying

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Video: An Emotional John Stewart On Charleston Attack: ‘We Still Won’t Do Jackshit’

“I didn’t do my job today,” Stewart said. “So I’ve gotta apologize, I’ve got nothing for you in terms of jokes and sounds, because of what happened in South Carolina.”

MintPress News Desk
بواسطة MintPress News Desk
Police stand outside the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting Wednesday

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Farmers Experiment With Oregano Oil As Antibiotic Replacement In Livestock

A few small studies yield promising results in using oregano oil to reduce antibiotic use in the livestock industry, but much more research is needed before its effectiveness can be clearly demonstrated.

MintPress News Desk
بواسطة MintPress News Desk

MINNEAPOLIS --- As more consumers seek out antibiotic-free meat, some farmers are turning to oregano oil as an alternative therapy to keep livestock healthy. While some preliminary research supports the concept, scientists are reluctant to endorse many of the claims made about the essential oil’s healing powers. Resistance to antibiotics is a

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Claiming To Smell Pot, Airport Cops Steal $11,000 From College Student

Charles Clarke says he is a smoker, not a dealer, but it may not matter.

Reason
بواسطة Reason

When he visited relatives in Cincinnati the winter before last, Charles Clarke, a 24-year-old college student, took with him $11,000 that he had saved from wages, financial aid, and family gifts because he did not want to lose it. He did not count on the armed robbers at the airport, who took every last cent as he was about to board a flight back

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Anonymous Carries Out Massive Cyber-Attack In Retaliation Of NSA Style Canadian Bill C-51

“A bill which is a clear violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as removing our legal protections enshrined in the Magna Carta for 800 years,” reads the script for an Anonymous video.

iPolitics
بواسطة iPolitics

The hacker collective Anonymous is taking credit for a massive cyber-attack on the federal government that made multiple government websites go dark this afternoon — apparently in protest against the Harper government’s controversial security legislation, C-51. “A bill which is a clear violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as

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