TheHim threatens my First Amendment Rights

This has gotten way out of control but Lee Rosenberg in email and on his blog is now threatening to have men fired for expressing my opinions about the Quran and Mr. Haq's motivations for killing Jews. Oh yeh, Lee is also upset that I have called him for misrepresenting the facts on marijuana.

Interstikng. Will someone tell me the difference between lee and a Discovery Insitute Fanatic?

Anyhow I am not ocnerned, thans to Tom jefferson we academics do have the first amendment as part of our jobs! Not a bad perk wheh dealing with this sort of agitprop.

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EFFin’ Unsound » Blog Archive » Another Round: "July 13th, 2008 at 11:10 am

OK, let’s count the misrepresentations in this comment:

1. Lee, for some reason, keeps bringing the issue up ind oiscussions of other matters. (the current thread in email he refers to is a disagreement over whether doctos should prescribe reefers, ie smoked marijuana. Le favors this and I do not.)

No, the disagreement is not over whether doctors should prescribe reefers, it’s over whether or not there’s a medical need for marijuana. The difference is that one can ingest marijuana in a number of different ways other than reefers. This has been explained to you several times, yet you continue to lie.

2. While I honestly do not know why the Haq story is important to Lee

That’s clearly a lie. You know exactly why this is important to me. It’s because I think it’s wrong to accuse the Islamic Center of the Tri-Cities of teaching Haq to hate Jews without any proof whatsoever.

3. I suspect he feels that Mr. Haq’s anger may be justified by what Lee (and one assumes Haq) sees as the unacceptable behavior of Israel.

Absolutely not. I’ve never once said that his anger towards all Jews is justified by that. I’ve simply said it was caused by that, but I don’t feel it’s justified. That’s lie #3"

4. Returnoing to Mr. Haq, the real issue ought to be whether he is a symptom of a larger problem. Lee does not think so

That’s lie #4. I certainly believe that animosity towards Jews because of Israeli foreign policy is a large problem.

OK, now let’s get back to the heart of the matter…

Was Haq taught this and/or worse as he grew up iand attended Muslim school? It would be vert\y odd if he were not.

First of all, you don’t even know whether or not Haq attended a Muslim school, let alone who was teaching him and what he was being taught. You are making an accusation against a very specific Islamic Center with absolutely no evidence to back you up. As I sent you in email, I’m going to make sure the Islamic Center is aware of this, and unlike the past times this has come up, I will not hesitate to try to get you removed from your job at UW if you don’t stop misrepresenting my views.

Lee,

You may want t look at the post I just placed at SJ and HA clarifying the facts on marijuana. There is, to the best of my knowledge=, no evidence that marijuan is a better drug than THC and THC is legal. The only reason to use marijua as a dleivery vehicle is to provide it as an areodol anmd doing so in a a likley carcoinogenic smoke wis NOT a good idea.

Somehow I find it hard to imgine that the Islamic Center is goinfg to get excited about a post that is now two years old but go ahead.

If I need a spell checker, you need a dose of logic viz.

"4. Returning to Mr. Haq, the real issue ought to be whether he is a symptom of a larger problem. Lee does not think so

That’s lie #4. I certainly believe that animosity towards Jews because of Israeli foreign policy is a large problem."

And the lie is????? Or are you saying you do not think Islam has a long history of antisemitism?

As for going after my job, shall we trade blows? Lets see, I am protected bny my rigrts of free speach and by academci freedom. Your use of pot is protected by? You use of slander is protecte by? Oh well, last time I saw two makes playing thast game one 3=ws a dalmatian and the other poodle. They pee-ed on a lot of trees and then on someone's trousers

Don;'t pee on the trousers Mr,. Dog!

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EFFin’ Unsound » Blog Archive » Another Round: "Thehim Says:
July 13th, 2008 at 11:10 am

OK, let’s count the misrepresentations in this comment:

1. Lee, for some reason, keeps bringing the issue up ind oiscussions of other matters. (the current thread in email he refers to is a disagreement over whether doctos should prescribe reefers, ie smoked marijuana. Le favors this and I do not.)

No, the disagreement is not over whether doctors should prescribe reefers, it’s over whether or not there’s a medical need for marijuana. The difference is that one can ingest marijuana in a number of different ways other than reefers. This has been explained to you several times, yet you continue to lie.

2. While I honestly do not know why the Haq story is important to Lee

That’s clearly a lie. You know exactly why this is important to me. It’s because I think it’s wrong to accuse the Islamic Center of the Tri-Cities of teaching Haq to hate Jews without any proof whatsoever.

Lee,

You may want t look at the post I just placed at SJ ans HA clarifying the facts on marijuana. There is, to the best of my knowledge=, no evidence that marijuan is a better drug than THC and THC is legal. The only reason to use marijua as a dleivery vehicle is to provide it as an areodol anmd doing so in a a likley carcoinogenic smoke wis NOT a good idea.

Somehow I find it hard to imgine that the Islamic Center is goinf to get excited about a post that is now two years old but go ahead.

If I need a spell checker, you need a dose of logu=ic, viz.

"4. Returnoing to Mr. Haq, the real issue ought to be whether he is a symptom of a larger problem. Lee does not think so

That’s lie #4. I certainly believe that animosity towards Jews because of Israeli foreign policy is a large problem."

And the lie is????? Or are you saying you do not think Islam has a long history of antisemitism?

As for going after my job, shall we trade blows? Lets see, I am protected bny my rigrts of free speach and by academci freedom. Your use of pot is protected by? You use of slander is protecte by? Oh well, last time I saw two makes playing thast game one 3=ws a dalmatian and the other poodle. They pee-ed on a lot of trees and then on someone's

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Given the emphasis Lee has made on "medical marijuana" may I suggest for balance that folks read this excellent summary of the literature by the American College of Physicians?

The key points, if I may summarize the already brief report, are these:
are medical uses of THC, the most important of the known ingredients in marijuana.

THC, however, is already legal.

Legal THC can be given in a number of forms, including an aerosol that is leagal in Canada but not yet in the USA.

2. Smoking weed should not be encouraged because of concerns about purity and evidence that inhaling smoke is bad for you.

3. Research in THC and marijuana in general is merited.

4. Even when it becomes legalized, hopefully we will not encourage people to smoke pot without a lot of evidence that we are not repeating the epidemic of the last three centuries caused by the "filthy habit."

Brownies are probably fine!

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As for Lee,

He is making a tempest out of a few snow flakes. THC is available as a legal drug.

Unless a patient can not take the legal, oral drug, they have no problem. Of course one reason for taking THC is nausea and that can make an oral drug difficult to take. I supect anybody who needs it can can get the Canadian drug pretty easily and hopefully will soon be able to do buy the aerosol here too. Certaionly I would urge his friend to do that rather than getting herself fucked over by the pot police.

Gieb the profit motic=ve in this society, I would also expect to see injectable and supository forms if the data continue to look good.

Finally, Lee's misrepresenting science is not a good way to convince people that marijuana should be legal. As far as I can find out:

a. ther eis not evidence that reefers have any benefit that is not attributeable to THC asnd THC IS legal now.

b. The report in my link offers ane xcellent summary any lay person can read, inlcuding recommendations that will allow physicians and patients to get the hep they desire wothout braking the law.

c. Lee's reference to an expert who supports his opinion at the UW turns out to be to a medical student who is doing a PhD in the geography of marijuans usuage. Sumil Aggarwal is better read than Lee, but his degree is not in toxicology, psychopharmacology, or biochemistry. While Sunil has read the literature, based on our conversation .. he is not terribly expert in the relevnat biochemistry or pharmacology. Sunil, also seem to beleive in herbal medicine and a number of other ideas that are, to say the least, not in good favor among most scientists. There are, by the way, a number of folks at UW who do have expertise in these areas and I have suggested to lee that he talk with them.

Sighhh ... Jewish Inability to Escape Victimhood Persists

Lee Rosenberg, (aka the him) has recently corresponded with me claiming I have been wrong in my assertions that the Jewish Federation Murder was the act of a Muslim, done out of conviction that Jews are bad, and that this beleif in the Muslim community Is put forward by Muslim schools in the US. NOTE: Lee has complained that this misrepresents what he has said, for the record this his his reply:

• This is a lie. What I said was that you asserted that Haq himself was taught to hate Jews. You changed this to say that I was challenging the idea that, in general, Muslims in this country are taught to hate Jews. Not the same thing.

Leaving all else aside, Lee says that I asserted Haq had been taught to hate Jews. While it has been awhile since I wrote those comments, I would still say this and I think the evidence is rather clear. Moreover, the Muslim community in the US is itself trying to deal with this issue.

wGiven Jewish history, When a young Muslim plans a mass murder of Jews, of course we should worry about what he has been taught. When more than one American Muslim does this, we need to worry more. When we read the Freedom House report of the distribution of Wahabist materials to Wahabi funded mosques and the Muislim on Jewish violonece in Europe, the level of concern of all Americans should be increased.

Anyhow, if Lee can figure out what he wants to say he is always welcome to post here or raise the issue over at HA if he likes.


So lets get a few facts. First, I already posted the Freedom House study a long time ago. When Mr. Haq was a chld, islamic hate groups were the major fund source of new Islamic centers and mosques and careful studies by FH, hardly a Jewish organization by the way, provided many examples of this.

Obviously I do not know to what extent his childhood education was the seed of Haq's later actions, but denying the problem of hate teaching in Muslim schools in that era is .. well hard to explain. Where else does Lee think Mr. Haq got the training that led to his plan to assassinate a bunch of Jews?

Lee's reasons for not wanting to see Mr. Haq as a biggot go beyond the issue of how he became one. In out long ago debate, Lee had pushed the idea that Islam could not be blamed because Mr. Haq had converted to some Chriustian sect. Obviousty, Mr. Haq has less knowledge than Mr. Rosenberg of what religious training motivated the murder:

FOXNews.com - Officials: Seattle Shooting Suspect Ambushed 13-Year-Old - Crime | Murder | Illegal Drugs | Missing Kids | Illegal Aliens: "Haq, a Muslim, told authorities he was angered by the war in Iraq and U.S. military cooperation with Israel.

'He pointedly blamed the Jewish people for all of these problems,' Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske said at a news conference Saturday.

According to a statement of probable cause, Haq told a 911 dispatcher: 'These are Jews and I'm tired of getting pushed around and our people getting pushed around by the situation in the Middle East.'"

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Police and the FBI are labeling the shootings a hate crime.

Haq entered the King County courtroom on Saturday wearing handcuffs, chains and leg shackles, and a white jail jumpsuit that labeled him an "ultra security inmate."

'I am a Muslim American, angry at Israel': "'He said, 'I am a Muslim American, angry at Israel,' before opening fire on everyone,' said Marla Meislin-Dietrich, a database coordinator for the center. 'He was randomly shooting at everyone.'"

The Official Jewish Defense League Blog - Muslim Terrorism is Only Mental Illness: "Muslim Terrorism is Only Mental Illness

Thursday, May 29 2008 @ 12:53 CDT
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JDL Daily PostsJustice may not be served in the case of the filthy murderer of a Jewish woman in a premeditated attack at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle almost two years ago. According to published reports, the jury is deadlocked in its deliberations in the trial of Naveed Afzal Haq, who took a teenager hostage and entered the Jewish community building on July 28, 2006, where he murdered Pamela Waechter, 58, and seriously wounded five other Jews.

It evidently doesn't matter to jurors that Haq, who was 30 at the time of the terrorist attack, carefully planned out his actions for days. Proof was presented by the prosecution that Haq had conducted Internet searches for Jewish organizations in the Seattle area. He also purchased firearms specifically for the attack, waited the 10 days for a background check and coolly picked them up.

Even though Haq previously pleaded guilty, attorneys got the court to accept a new plea of 'not guilty by reason of insanity.' If he is convicted of aggravated murder in Waechter's death, Haq would be given an automatic life sentence. But it doesn't look like the jury is going to convict him of murder. The"

Report: Bush Privately Told Germany He Had Misgivings About Obama Speech - Politics on The Huffington Post

Report: Bush Privately Told Germany He Had Misgivings About Obama Speech - Politics on The Huffington Post: "Today, Der Spiegel reports that Bush administration officials privately told the German government that they don't like the idea:

The respected Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper reported this week that a member of the Bush delegation approached Merkel's foreign policy advisor, Christoph Heusgen, at the G-8 summit in Japan to discuss misgivings about Obama's planned speech. The government is also acting out of respect for Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has long enjoyed strong ties to Germany and good personal relationships with a number of high-level government officials in Berlin.

TPM's Greg Sargent comments:

If Bush officials are privately trying to nix a speech that would give Obama a major boost it's an interesting development and raises more questions, such as whether the administration is possibly letting efforts to help McCain intrude on back-channel diplomacy in other areas."

NEA too big for its britches - Richard Whitmire - Politico.com

NEA too big for its britches - Richard Whitmire - Politico.com: "But if the NEA is the political boss of bosses, why did Barack Obama conclude recently that Montana hay-bale campaigning was far more urgent than flying to Washington to speak directly to 9,000 fired-up teachers endorsing him? And if the NEA is the all-powerful force Republicans project it to be — prompting Democratic candidates to genuflect before its agenda — why did Obama tweak those teachers (via satellite) with jabs favoring charter schools and performance pay? (The first drew cold silence; the latter, lusty boos.)

Times change. First, the NEA declined to endorse during the primary, and Obama won without it. More importantly, Obama and his advisers may be concluding that the leftward drift of the NEA has pushed it closer to political irrelevancy. Giving the cold shoulder to charter schools? Even four years ago you could get away with that, but high-performing charter schools in cities such as New York are giving meaning to the words “equal opportunity” for poor and minority students.

And the lusty boos for performance pay? American parents are willing to pay far more for a quality education, but only if that education comes with high-quality math and science teachers attracted and retained by free market salaries.

The true target of the union’s leftward movement is the President Bush"

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EFFin’ Unsound » Blog Archive » Judgement

Refering to Michael Meved's high fallutin criticism of Wesley Clark, Lee said, "Knowing Medved, he might mean the mistake of being born brown."

Lee,

I do NOT want to defend Medved. Words that come to mind in describing this man include quisling, capo, traitor, and antisemite.

Growing up in Boston, I learned to recognize this sort of skink. Some wore kipot and sat in a rabbi's chair. But, whenever there was s serious moral issue facing Jews, esp. one requiring siding with the Jewish tradition vs. sucking up to racists and bigots, these momserim would gladly degrade Judaism in retunr for recognition by the bosses.

I once had a confrontation with Medved. This was after a showing of the movie Munich. There was discussion, moderated by Erin Hart on the movie with Medeved decrying the movie's sense of sympathy for the Palestinians. Medved claimed that fact that the Massad agents guilt and dosgist at their own actions made them less than heroes. He saw nothing heroic and Jdewish about compassion for the me and women they killed

Another quisling-Jew speaker that night, a representative of your friends at the DI, .went even further. Talking about hoe the Jews needed "real" heroes like Ronnald Reagan and John Wayne.

Most of the audience, a Jewish audiince, was opposed to Meved and hios buddy. The DiI guy stupildy asked for a show of hands but almost noone agreed with this capo's point of view.

I spoke up from the audience, referring to the Talmudic imperative that one should never kill anyone, even in a war, without accepting your own guilt for taking a life. I pointed out the Zionist creed that committed Israel to beiing a home for BOTH peoples. I publically called hias talk demeaning to Jewish traditions.

Meved was pretty peaved at me and later tried to come over an make conversation. Unfortunately, by this point, I was really pissed just wanted to get away from the stench I imagine was similar to the one given off by Jews who worked for the Nazis in the camps.

Nikon Rumors

Nikon Rumors: "Nikon scored a home run with the D700
This apparently is an email from Adorama to a D700 buyer.
If you have ordered one already - stick to your order, they 'will be shipped in the order in which it was received'.

Apparently even Nikon didn’t know just how big a homerun they scored with the new D700. Initial demand for the D700 far outstrips Nikon’s ability to build it, one of the most sensational new cameras in a generation.

As one of Nikon’s biggest dealerships, Adorama’s allocation of D700’s is way up there. But ‘way up there’ doesn’t even come close to the number of orders we’ve received.

We know this is small comfort to all of you who are champing at the bit. Just imagine how we feel. You’re waiting for a single D700. We’re waiting for lots of them.


All we can ask of you is what Nikon is asking of us – for a bit of patience. As soon as they can deliver they will. As soon as we can ship to you we will.


Every single D700 will be shipped per the order in which it was received. NO ONE IS skipping to the head of the line.

All we can tell you at this time is that we value your business and regard your professionalism very highly. We know how important your equipment is to you, and we understand why a Nikon D700 is a ‘must-have"

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US rejects Iraqi demand for troops' withdrawal timeline

US rejects Iraqi demand for troops' withdrawal timeline: "View larger image





Iraqi Prime Minister Calls for Date of Withdrawal for US Troops

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McCain, Obama at odds over Iraqi withdrawal demand

The United States on Tuesday rejected a demand from Iraq for a specific date for pullout of US-led foreign troops from the country, saying any withdrawal will be based on conditions on the ground.

'The US government and the government of Iraq are in agreement that we, the US government, we want to withdraw, we will withdraw. However, that decision will be conditions-based,' State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos said.

Iraq said on Tuesday it will reject any security pact with the United States unless it sets a date for the pullout of US-led troops.

'We will not accept any memorandum of understanding if it does not give a specific date for a complete withdrawal of foreign troops,' national security advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie told reporters in the holy city of Najaf.

The controversial demand from Baghdad's Shiite-led government underlines Iraq's new hardened stand in complex negotiations aimed at striking a security deal with Washington."

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Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post

Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post: "World Leaders Discuss Global Food Crisis Over
18-Course Meal"

World Leaders Discuss Global Food Crisis Over
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SPACE.com -- For Better or Worse, Sex in Space Is Inevitable

SPACE.com -- For Better or Worse, Sex in Space Is Inevitable: "For Better or Worse, Sex in Space Is Inevitable
By Jeanna Bryner
Senior Writer
posted: 07 July 2008
08:56 am ET

Weddings in space could be right around the corner, and experts figure the inevitable cosmic consummation will be just around the next corner.

The Japanese firm First Advantage and the U.S.-based private spaceflight firm Rocketplane Global, Inc., announced last week they will host weddings in space for about $2.3 million (240 million yen) apiece.

For all we know, sex in space has already taken place. But NASA officials aren't talking about that much.

Beyond space tourism as a platform for steamy shenanigans, space missions are the perfect petri dishes for close encounters, and this year NASA certainly has a busy flight schedule, with five missions planned. And more countries than ever are now venturing into space, with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata slated to become Japan's first long-duration space flyer this year and China gearing up for its first spacewalk scheduled for October."

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A Clintonian at Fox - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog

A Clintonian at Fox - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog: "A Clintonian at Fox

By Jim Rutenberg
Howard Wolfson and Karl RoveHoward Wolfson, top, will join Karl Rove as a contributor on the Fox News Channel. (Photos: Top, Karin Cooper, CBS’s “Face the Nation,” via Associated Press; Jennifer Simonson/Star Tribune, via Associated Press)

Howard Wolfson, who was a top strategist for the presidential campaign of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, is going where some Democrats were unwilling to go during the early days of the election season: the Fox News Channel.

The network is expected to announce as early as Tuesday that it has signed Mr. Wolfson as a contributor who will appear regularly on its programs.

Mr. Wolfson is joining a network that Democrats shunned for a time, complaining that its coverage was unfair. But aides to Mrs. Clinton came to view Fox News as distinctly fair to her in a news media climate that they believed favored Senator Barack Obama.

“I thought that Fox’s coverage during the primary was comprehensive and fair and evenhanded,” Mr. Wolfson said Monday in a telephone interview from Liverpool, England, where he was vacationing. “It’s a huge audience, and it is important to have a strong, progressive voice on the network.”

Mr. Wolfson has long been associated with Mrs."

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Politics, Political News, Campaign 2008 - Politico.com

Politics, Political News, Campaign 2008 - Politico.com: "Iraq not top of Obama’s foreign agenda
By AVI ZENILMAN | 7/6/08 6:42 PM
Unlike McCain, Obama often stresses the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan."

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Politics, Political News, Campaign 2008 - Politico.com

Politics, Political News, Campaign 2008 - Politico.com: "Before making his case, the Democratic candidate is focused on assuring voters just beginning to tune in that he’s as American as, well, apple pie."

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Conservatives Ready To Battle McCain on Convention Platform - washingtonpost.com

Conservatives Ready To Battle McCain on Convention Platform - washingtonpost.com: "Conservative activists are preparing to do battle with allies of Sen. John McCain in advance of September's Republican National Convention, hoping to prevent his views on global warming, immigration, stem cell research and campaign finance from becoming enshrined in the party's official declaration of principles."

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Ben Smith's Blog: Political News about Democrats and the 2008 Election - Politico.com

Ben Smith's Blog: Political News about Democrats and the 2008 Election - Politico.com: "Obama in Berlin?

Der Spiegel is reporting that Obama may give a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate — which would, of course, lead to another round of articles wondering if Obama is the 'liberal Reagan.'

A member of Obama's campaign has already met with Berlin's mayor, Klaus Wowereit, and the Secret Service has reportedly started to investigate security questions surrounding a visit.

No location has been announced, but the Berlin Senate has reportedly been asked whether Obama can speak in front of the Brandenburg Gate, where former US President Ronald Reagan gave a famous speech in 1987. Reagan made a show of asking then-Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev to 'tear down' the Berlin Wall."

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Group Travel to Obama's Inaugueral 2009?

JAN 20 2009 ... a day that will live in US world history.
NOW is the time to get a cheap fare, to be there, to be an American once again if you share my confidence in who will be swearing an oath on a bible that day!

I am interested in organizing a group tour/party/DL session to DC celebrate the first day of the Obama era.

I did some research into costs of hotel plus airfare for the 18th of January to the 22nd, 4 days to celebrate our newly minted President!

Turns out that right now Continental has some sort of a deal underway, so air fare plus hotel may be had for anything from $400 to $1200, including hotels at Reagan, just outside of DC, and at Dulles ...

Dulles does not yet have light rail but the connections are not bad CLICKME and of course, one could use cabs or a rental car.

There are also very low prices for hotels c/ air along Metrorail in the Maryland direction.

So I spoke with a couple of agents and we could do even better if enough of us wanted to go as a tour.

If enough folks are interested, I am wiling to organize this as barb and I already plan to celebrate day one of a new era in DC! I am also talking with some folks in the Wa State Dems about working a deal with them (for those of us Obama-idealists willing to join with ordinary dems!).

You can leave messages here or contact me by email at stevesm@vasculata.com.

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US Sends Tons Of Food Aid To North Korea - The Huffington Post

US Sends Tons Of Food Aid To North Korea - The Huffington Post: "US Sends Tons Of Food Aid To North Korea"

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Marijuana Cornucopia

Wired Science - Wired Blogs: "Some Proof that Marijuana is a Powerful Medicine
By Aaron Rowe EmailJune 29, 2008 | 4:31:40 PMCategories: Chem Lab, Chemicals, Chemistry, Drugs & Alcohol, Food and Drink, Medicinal Chemistry, Natural Product Chemistry, Neuroscience

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Marijuana contains an amazing chemical, beta-caryophyllene, and scientists have thoroughly proven that it could be used to treat pain, inflammation, atherosclerosis, and osteoporosis.

Jürg Gertsch, of ETH Zürich, and his collaborators from three other universities learned that the natural molecule can activate a protein called cannabinoid receptor type 2. When that biological button is pushed, it soothes the immune system, increases bone mass, and blocks pain signals -- without causing euphoria or interfering with the central nervous system.

Gertsch and his team published their findings on June 23 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.They focused on the anti-inflammatory properties of the impressive substance -- testing it on immune cells called monocytes and also in mice.

Since beta-caryophyllene seems to be powerful, occurs naturally in many foods, and does not get people high, it could turn out to be a nearly ideal medication. The organic compound is also phenomenally cheap. Sigma Aldrich sells it, in kosher form, for forty-two dollars per kilogram.

Unfortunately, big pharmaceutical compan"

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Bill Clinton says Barack Obama must 'kiss my ass' for his support - Telegraph

Bill Clinton says Barack Obama must 'kiss my ass' for his support - Telegraph: "Bill Clinton says Barack Obama must 'kiss my ass' for his support
By Tim Shipman in Washington and Philip Sherwell in New York"

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