Maine Delegation Thrown Out
• http://www.dailypaul.com, GingerTaylorThe RNC has voted NOT to seat the elected Maine delegation, and NOT to follow rule 13 which will allow the remaining five delegates to vote on who to seat in Tampa.
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I just got off the Delegate/Alternate Conference Call
• http://www.dailypaul.com, entropypressStAtMore questions were asked (or were allowed to be asked) about busing and VIP passes than what our delegate count really is. And how the Platform went. Or what exactly we should do on the floor.
Reality Check: RNC Pulling Out All Stops To Keep Ron Paul's Name Out Of Nomination
• http://www.dailypaul.com, sharpsteveBen Swann Reality Check takes a look at how the RNC is attempting to change the 5 state rule and decredential the entire Maine delegation only 4 days before the Republican National Convention
No Ron Paul revolution at convention
• http://www.politico.com, By JAMES HOHMANNThe Republican establishment has quelled the Ron Paul Revolution, at least for 2012.
Justin Raimando: The Iron Fist in Tampa
• http://www.dailypaul.com, celesteAs the Republican convention-goers gather in Tampa, Florida, the Republican party Establishment is eager to crush any public expressions of dissent — both inside and outside the convention hall.
Ron Paul compared to Ghandi - Predictions for Republican Paul at the RNC-SuccessCouncil.com ep#7
• http://www.youtube.com, successcouncilRon Paul Compared to Ghandi. These are my predictions for Ron Paul and Ron Paul supporters at the (RNC) Republican National Convention.
Psychiatrist Threatens & Terrorizes Marine Over 9/11 Facebook Posts
• http://www.prisonplanet.com,Brandon Raub’s lawyer talks with Alex Jones about threats to “brainwash” Raub with forced medication.
Veteran Declared ‘Mentally Defective,’ Has Guns Seized
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph WatsonNews of similar case emerges day after release of Brandon Raub
Risking Nuclear Armageddon
Stephen Lendmananti-war
Trillions Stashed in Tax Havens
Stephen Lendmangrand theft
I Told You the War on Drugs Was Expanding
• Lew Rockwell blogPresident Obama signed legislation that bans bath salts with the support of most Republicans in Congress. The new law also bans synthetic marijuana. Possession or sale of bath salts or synthetic marijuana is punishable up to 20 years in prison.
CIA “Manages” Drug Trade, Mexican Official Says
• InfoWarsSome of the most prominent officials to level charges of CIA drug trafficking include the former head of the DEA, Robert Bonner. who accused the CIA of unlawfully importing a ton of cocaine into the US in collaboration with the Venezuelan government.
Courtney Bisbee: Part of the Sorry Legacy of Andrew Thomas
• The AgitatorThomas was disbarred for bringing a criminal case into a political fight between Sheriff Joe Arpaio and people in the courthouse when the conduct of his staff in the wrongful conviction of Courtney Bisbee should have been enough to have a number of p
Decision by 2 Officers to Open Fire in Busy Midtown Leaves Bystanders Wounded
• New York TimesAs the two officers confronted a gunman in front of the Empire State Building on a busy Friday morning, they had to make a snap decision: Do they open fire in the middle of Midtown? Of course they do...note the giunman didn't get a chance to fire.
2 U.S. government workers shot by Mexican Federales
• Washington PostTwo U.S. government employees were wounded in a hail of gunfire south of Mexico City on Friday in what law enforcement officials described as a wild shooting spree that involved Mexican federal police.
Turning garbage into sugar for fuel
• Martin LaMonica via TechnologyReview.comWaste Management signs a deal with Renmatix to explore making fuel and high-value chemicals from urban waste.
Another Bust for Alzheimer's Drugs
• Susan Young via TechnologyReview.comAlthough Eli Lilly's anti-amyloid compound fails to slow decline in two large trials, patients with mild forms of the disease show some benefit
New Cells for ALS Patients
• Susan Young via TechnologyReview.comSurgeons have transplanted a second dose of neural cells into a patient's spinal cord in a pioneering trial.
Cable-Shaped Batteries with a Twist
• Katherine Bourzac via TechnologyReview.comLG Chem's flexible, knottable batteries could be integrated into textiles and headphone cords.
19 people shot in one night of attacks in Chicago
• Arturo Garcia via The RawStory.comThe south and west sides of Chicago were hit with a rash of shootings Thursday night, with 19 people hit and 13 wounded in seven separate incidents, including eight in one 30-minute period.
Romney snooping on Americans’ private data to sniff out potential donors
• Stephen C. Webster via The RawStory.comIn hopes of identifying untapped Republican donors, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has secretly employed a data-mining firm based in Fort Worth, Texas to crunch thousands of minute
Greenpeace activists raid Russian oil tanker
• The RawStory.comGreenpeace activists on Friday raided an Arctic oil rig owned by Russian group Gazprom that next year will controversially pioneercommercial drilling in one of the world’s last pristine reserves.
Armstrong Throws in the Towel, Loses Titles to Doping Allegations
• Chuck Squatriglia via WIRED.comLance Armstrong, one of the world’s most celebrated cyclists and a hero to millions of cancer survivors, finally surrendered a war of attrition with doping police that has cost him his seven Tour de France titles and an Olympic bronze medal.
How Armstrong Could ‘Get Away With Stuff With Everybody Looking’
• Brian Alexander via WIRED.comSeven years ago, Don Catlin, then head of the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory and the man who, for all practical purposes, created sports drug testing in the United States, told me “you can get away with stuff with everybody looking right at you.”
Jury Rules Samsung Violated Apple Patents, Owes $1 Billion
• Christina Bonnington via WIRED.comSamsung owes Apple more than $1 billion in damages for violating Apple hardware and software patents, a California jury ruled on Friday. The jury found that Samsung infringed upon Apple patents having to do with physical design and user interfaces
Scientists Turn Adult Red Blood Cells Into Embryonic Stem Cells
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comDespite the ethical and political differences they incite, stem cells are still a miraculous medicine, potentially able to change into whatever a sick body needs them to be.
Paralympic Athletes Try to Get a Performance Boost By Hurting Themselves
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comWe've heard of odd rules put in place (marijuana use comes to mind) to keep Olympians and Paralympians from gaining an unfair advantage, but this is odd and more than a little scary:
Electronic Sutures Can Check For Infections and Even Help Wounds Heal
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comStitches deserve a makeover. We've been using them in some form for thousands of years. So while they've stood the test of time, a researcher from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is wrestling surgical sutures into the future
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News August 26, 2012 Edition
John SemmensDems Reject Cardinal's Offer The Obama campaign rejected an offer from Cardinal Timothy Dolan to deliver a prayer at the Democratic National Convention in September. As head of the Archdiocese of New York and president of the Conference of Catholi
Photographed doc lays out Assange police tactics
• APA confidential document photographed by Britain's Press Association news agency lays out Scotland Yard's simple strategy for dealing with Julian Assange should he ever try to leave Ecuador's Embassy in London.
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