A U.S. veteran is fighting to regain custody of his five children after the state of Kansas took them into protective care on suspicion of child endangerment. His crime? Using medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain. According to The Guardian, A US navy veteran who served in the Gulf war, Schwab…
Andrew Follett Texas Sen. Ted Cruz doubled-down on his long-standing opposition to federal ethanol policies during the most recent GOP debate Thursday, even though this was the Republican candidate’s last big chance to prove to Iowans why they should vote for him. Federal mandates and subsidies are a big deal for Iowa’s ethanol lobby, so the support…
The State Department found 18 emails between President Obama and Hillary Clinton stored on Hillary’s private email server, and they are withholding the correspondence from public view. by Joey Clark Hillary Clinton must be walking around Iowa with her eyes held up to the sky. Any day now, a massive piano (or private email…
By Lina Bryce British and American intelligence services may have listed Edward Snowden as a traitor, but on Twitter he is highly sought after by more than just the FBI. After receiving many unsolicited “Christmas presents” from ladies over the holidays, Snowden took to his Twitter account to playfully warn them that he is still being monitored…
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Andrew Follett A West Virginia company has developed a method to dispose of waste-water from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, while assuaging environmental concerns about injecting the water underground. The company “has pioneered a patented evaporation and crystallization process as an environmentally responsible and cost-effective treatment method for the wastewater produced in the natural resource extraction process,” Brian Kalt,…
Andrew Follett A Canadian man is going to jail for failing to register a cat named “Winnie.” Dan Smith, a 65-year-old retired refrigeration technician, turned himself in Thursday to a police station in Gatineau, Quebec. “I want to get this over with,” Smith told a policewoman at the from desk of the station, according to The Ottawa Sun. “I’m turning myself in,…
Bernie Sanders has gotten lots of applause over the years by championing criminal justice reform. However, those laws he wants to reform happen to be laws he voted for. This Tweet expresses an oft heard sentiment of Sanders’: We need to end the tragic reality that the United States has more people in jail than any…
There was a time in the U.S. when no one talked about the “marijuana problem” because one didn’t exist. That was before the government intervened. The year was 1937. The U.S. was still mired in the depression and amazingly, the government throwing money at the problem wasn’t helping. “Reefer Madness” wasn’t a catch phrase; it was…
The American Humane Association (AHA) is sending much-needed Superbowl cheer to servicemembers and military dogs overseas. AHA is partnering with the Military Working Dog Team Support Association to send almost 200 care packages. Over 40 volunteers came together Thursday to put together the care packages for military dogs and their handlers. Each care package includes…
Connor D. Wolf President Barack Obama has done a lot to change workplace rules during his term but it was key political appointments of labor czars which drove the policy changes forward. The president is responsible for appointing or suggesting a wide range of officials throughout the government. No political appointee officially has the title…