http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/16/marina-mccarthy_n_6880426.html
The arrest came after officers pulled over the car [Marina] McCarthy was riding in over a minor traffic violation…
Will this mother-to-be (who might also be a victim of domestic violence) get help as a criminal?
Most people assume they only have two choices when it comes to health care: the NHS or private medical insurance. But while the politicians continue to debate the future of the NHS, a growing number of people are voting with their feet and opting out of both systems altogether…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-levy/broken-health-care-system-treats-elderly_b_6824088.html
How Our Broken Health Care System Treats The Elderly
Under comments:
Paula Peterson Gardner said: Last week I accompanied a neighbor to an appointment at a pain specialist clinic. The lobby is the size of my closet. While we are waiting it was impossible not to over hear the conversation between the receptionist and another patient who was a woman probably late 70’s. It seems that she had missed an appointment and owed $100, which her insurance would not cover, before the doctor would see her again, before he would refill her current pain med prescription, or schedule another appointment to see her. I heard this woman pleading for some help. She was in pain and her prescription med was gone. She discussed that she is the only caregiver of her husband who has Alzheimers. She was hurt when he tripped and landed on her back. She didn’t know about the $100 to be paid before todays scheduled appointment. I tried to intervene and asked if we couldn’t work something out. Could she be given a week to get the money. NO; Could she be given a weeks pain pills to give her time to get the money together. NO…
Kraft American “Cheese” Singles Have Been Labeled A Health Food By Professional Nutritionists (Not As A Joke)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/16/kraft-singles-kids-eat-right_n_6879658.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/16/joe-biden-rape-kits_n_6881570.html
BALTIMORE (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says $41 million in federal funds approved by Congress will help clear rape kit backlogs across the country and solve crimes.
How much does New Mexico get?
Biden toured a Maryland State Police forensic laboratory in Pikesville on Monday and addressed the importance of clearing the backlog of an estimated 400,000 rape kits that remain untested throughout the U.S…
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/16/howthefbicreatedaterrorist/
How the FBI [and lack of mental healthcare] Created a Terrorist
In these cases, the FBI says paid informants and undercover agents are foiling attacks before they occur. But the evidence suggests — and a recent Human Rights Watch report on the subject illustrates — that the FBI isn’t always nabbing would-be terrorists so much as setting up mentally ill or economically desperate people to commit crimes they could never have accomplished on their own…
It wasn’t just his physical appearance that was changing; by the beginning of 2010, his family also believed he was deteriorating mentally. He’d become paranoid and delusional. His skin was pale. He was sleeping on the floor of his bedroom and complained about nightmares in which he burned in hell. He stopped working at the family bakery because they served pork products. Near the end of the year, his family repeatedly asked him to see a doctor. He rebuffed them, saying that the doctors would want to kill him. (Osmakac later told a psychiatrist he in fact “was scared to go to a mental home.”) ...
Money is a common motivator for FBI counterterrorism informants, who can earn $100,000 or more on a single case. Dabus estimates the FBI paid him $20,000 for his role in the Osmakac sting, though insists money did not motivate him…
In constructing the sting, FBI agents were in communication with prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, the transcripts show…
This is a long-running, if controversial process known as “parallel construction,” which has also been used by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration when drug offenders are identified through bulk collection and then prosecuted for drug crimes…
Obama: If Enough States Decriminalize Marijuana, Congress May Change Federal Law
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/16/obama-marijuana-decriminalization_n_6881374.html
While relaxed state marijuana laws have begun to affect incarceration rates, an average one person is arrested for marijuana possession every minute in the U.S., according to FBI statistics.
Nationally, the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 5.5 percent in February, the lowest in almost seven years, according to figures from the Labor Department. Accompanying that decline was only a 0.1 percent, or 3 cent, monthly rise in average hourly earnings…
So instead of a bake sale, students at Andrews University have created an IndieGoGo page to send donations to Fierce Chicago. They hoped to raise $2,000. So far, they have raised nearly $10,000 with 26 days to go…
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/pot-for-pets-runs-into-legal-problems-031615.html
Both of these companies recently got letters from the FDA telling them that pot-related products for dogs are “unapproved new animal drug(s) and your marketing of them violates [FDA rules]. The FDA gave both firms 15 days to get rid of the claims…
Rob Streisfeld, a consultant for HempMeds, says the company’s products will not get your dogs and cats stoned…
Please beware of so-called cannabis products that are made from hemp — that is not the same thing as medical marijuana. Hemp is good for you, sure, but as to its medicinal properties, well, its just not the same plant as cannabis.
Under comments:
Sally Thomas said: Potheads don’t care about “pets”….they are only promoting the drug use for their own purposes (MONEY). Risking my beloved dogs health and life by following the “advice” of foolish druggies would indeed be a foolish move.
If you would prefer to let your dog suffer, or to give him or her Big Pharma drugs instead of cannabis, that’s certainly your choice. But, Ms. Thomas, your use of the words “pothead” and “druggies” is just, well, hilarious. It’s so… 1990s.
Jennifer Tigert said: As I understand, marijuana can be toxic to cats and dogs. Mainly to their liver…
No, I don’t believe that’s correct. I think it’s the sugar and butter in edibles that are bad for dogs and other pets. But if you are going to give cannabis to your pet, you should do your research first, especially when it comes to dosages.
Facebook’s claim to “always” allow such photos might come as a surprise to the countless women who were banned for posting photos of themselves breastfeeding children…
Facebook says that “we continue to see an increase in government requests for data and content restrictions.” The United States topped the list, with “United States Law Enforcement” making 14,274 requests for information on 21,731 accounts; Facebook agreed to turn over the information in 79.14% percent of these cases…
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/spring-allergy-season-could-be-a-bad-one-031615.html
The company says the unusually warm fall, followed by an unusually wet winter, has ratcheted up pollen production. When plants are under stress they make more flowers and fewer leaves, resulting in more pollen…
Under comments:
Tommy Ogren said: The pollen season here in the West, where it is hot and dry this winter…it is already bad and quickly getting worse. Climate change is increasing the amount of pollen produced by plants, especially male plants. People need to get smart and stop planting highly allergenic plants in their own yards….they do no favor to their families by doing so. For many tips on how to clean up the air in your own yard, take a look at my newest book, just published, The Allergy-Fighting Garden, from Ten Speed Press and Random House Publishers.
You know it’s spring when Claritan begins inserting coupons in its products. For a couple of months, allergy sufferers get a little bit of a break in price. If only I could get a 30-day supply at one time… Heck, I still have trouble sometimes buying a 15-day supply — the DEA won’t let me. Achooooooooooo!
https://skeetsnikeets.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/he-follows-me/
Thanks for sharing the link, OzzyGirl. 🙂
I love the colors of spring…
But with the yellow and pink
come the spiders and bugs…
I guess they have a right
to enjoy the blossoms too…
And as I always say
spiders are better than roaches
any day 😀
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