Valley 'pot clubs' growing in popularity
• www.abc15.comPHOENIX - A legal battle is brewing over so-called pot clubs that have popped up in the wake of Arizona's new medical marijuana law.
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AZ Capitol Times: Cities prepare for fight over funds
• fwix.comArizona cities are preparing for a fight over the money they receive annually from the state, but it’s not entirely clear if Republican lawmakers are even planning on tinkering with the nearly 40-year-old program that sends hundreds of millions of do
Harper proposes state-sanctioned militia to patrol border
• http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/11/24/harper-pSen. Jack Harper, a Republican from Surprise, said he plans to introduce legislation next year that would create a government-sanctioned militia that would be allowed to patrol the border to observe illegal activity and report it to enforcement autho
Arizona Department of Revenue director resigns
• www.abc15.comPHOENIX - Arizona's tax man is moving on.
Az. Infragard President Frank J. Grimmelmann
• azinfragard.orgWas researching the board members of Infragard's Az. chapter just for the hell of it, to see who it is that working so closely with the FBI as "civilian" liazons with commercial industry.
Generous pension benefits for Arizona elected officials
• Arizona RepublicThere was a move in 2002 when Jane Dee Hull was Arizona's governor to raise her $95,000 salary because it was among the lowest of the nation's governors. The raise never materialized. But thanks to a generous pension system for Arizona's elected offi
Arizona public servants have to be told to not drink out of toilets
• Arizona RepublicChandler's new City Hall comes with some features that have municipal workers and visitors scratching their heads. Like the restroom signs that tell people not to drink out of the urinals and toilets.
Marijuana ballot measure nears approval
• Capitol Media ServicesArizona appears on the verge of finally getting a law that will allow patients to obtain marijuana legally. Figures released late Friday show Proposition 203 ahead by 4,421 votes out of more than 1.6 million cast. Maricopa County Recorder Helen
Arizona Sheriff used hidden database to misspend up to $80 million
• RawStory.comA hidden computer database recently discovered in the course of a racial profiling investigation shows Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio misspent up to $80 million in funds intended for jail operations, according to Maricopa County supervisors...
Federal court ruling may thwart online child porn investigations
• Capitol Media ServicesA new federal appellate court ruling involving a Tucson man could throw roadblocks in the path of police and prosecutors trying to catch and convict people of sending child pornography over the Internet. In a unanimous decision, the 9th Circuit Court
Truth Squad Radio Show this Sunday – New 2 Hour Format! – S510 waits in the wings like a vulture
• Farm WarsHarry Reid owes a lot of the stakeholders in S.510 a return on their massive investments in his campaign. The vultures are at Reid’s door and now they want to be fed!
China-Japan 'ship collision video' leaked on YouTube
• AFPVideo footage apparently showing a tense maritime incident between China and Japan two months ago was posted on YouTube early Friday, threatening to further inflame a bitter row between the Asian giants. Japan's coastguard in early September arres
1.5-million-dollar verdict in US music piracy case
• AFPA US jury has ordered a woman to pay $1.5 million dollars for illegally downloading 24 songs in a high-profile digital piracy case. A single mother of 4, was found liable by a jury of copyright infringement for downloading 24 songs over the Internet.
White ex-transit officer given 2-year prison term
• APHundreds of protesters on Friday took to the streets of Oakland after a white former transit officer was sentenced to the minimum possible prison sentence of two years for fatally shooting an unarmed black man on a California train platform.
Britain urges action over extremist U.S. website
• Reuters"Jihadist content" on a US-based website calling for action against British lawmakers who backed the Iraq War has been removed after Britain contacted US authorities. The RevolutionMuslim.com website printed the details after Roshonara Choudhry was j
World's oldest axe found in Australia
• AFPArchaeologists revealed they have found a piece of a stone axe dated as 35,500 years old on sacred Aboriginal land in Australia, the oldest object of its type ever found.
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to no longer hear appeals in code cases
• Arizona RepublicThe Maricopa Co. Board of Supervisors no longer wants to get between owners of blighted properties and their neighbors. The board took an unusual step when it voted to delegate responsibility for judging code-violation appeals to a panel of appointee
Appeals court upholds Mesa new home fees for cultural facilities
• Capitol Media ServicesRuling that cultural facilities can be considered "necessary public services," the Arizona Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a Mesa levy on new homes to fund them. In a unanimous decision, the judges said they have to give city council members b
Ohio Court Reverses Conviction In Microwave Death
• APA state appeals court reversed a woman's murder conviction in her baby daughter's burning death in a microwave oven. There was prosecutorial misconduct and the trial court erred in not allowing a material witness to testify in China Arnold's defense
Swiss man performs aerial loops with jet wings
• APSwiss adventurer Yves Rossy jumped from a hot-air balloon Friday and completed two aerial loops using just his custom-made jet-propelled wingsuit -- the first time such maneuvers have been performed.
President-elect Lincoln arrived to a less-than-monumental Washington
• Washington PostThe city that awaited Lincoln that fall remained a far cry from the populous, gleaming capital that it would become after -- and largely because of -- the Civil War. It was, as author Margaret Leech wrote in her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "Reveille
Fountain Hills moves to 1 trash-hauling service despite protest
• Arizona RepublicFountain Hills will become a one trash-hauler town next year, after the Town Council narrowly endorsed the change despite protests from numerous residents. A divided Fountain Hills Town Council voted Thursday to switch to a single hauler for resid
War Is Sold Just Like Soda or Toothpaste
• News LinkWhite House chief of Staff Andrew Card famously said – in explaining why the Bush administration waited until September to make its case for war in Iraq: From a marketing point of view, you don’t introduce new products in August. War is – i
Goldman Sachs Predicts Gold Will Go To $1650 oz. in next 12 months
• Zero HedgeWith these guys having Uncle Sam by the short hairs and making him sing their tune,...you might want to pay attention.
Amazing Banksy "Flower Thrower" Costume
• Craft.comYou see that picture right there? That's not a stencil... that's a guy in a costume. Seriously, check out the full story!
The Anarchist Yacht Clubb: Hold Fast
• blueanarchy.orgStories of maniac sailors, anarchist castaways, and the voyage of the S/V Pestilence.
Consumers' right to file class actions is in danger
• LA TimesIf a majority of the nine justices vote the telecom giant's way, any business that issues a contract to customers — such as for credit cards, cellphones or cable TV — would be able to prevent them from joining class-action lawsuits. This would tak
Yemen cargo bombs prompt restrictions on toner
• Associated ContentRyan Air chief executive officer Michael O'Leary predicted it, and sure enough, Britain enacted barn door restrictions in response to the Oct. 29 discovery of bombs inside toner cartridges in printers shipped as cargo from Yemen to the United States
CIA's Valerie Plame, in spotlight again
• APNot for nothing have they called Valerie Plame Wilson the Glamorous Spy. And yet for years, she lived a life of secrecy that most of us would have trouble fathoming, unable to tell her best friends what she actually did for a living, or her own hu
Welcome to the “House” that Corporations Built
• The PPJ GazetteOk! We’ve gone from blue to red. What an event! Why! It is positively historic! It’s a mandate! A landslide! A big steaming crock of BS the likes of which we will probably never see again….at least until 2012. What is it all you sheeple out there
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