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Please donate to help the families and teachers who lost loved ones and students today in Newtown, CT.

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:57:05 -0500

Please donate to help the families and teachers who lost loved ones and students today in Newtown, CT.:

Donations are going to the PTSA Congress INC of Newtown, CT with a focus in Sandy Hook.

Minimum is ten dollars, I know money is tight but these families totally need it more than us right now.

If you can’t donate, at least reblog this and have your friends reblog it, show your parents, link it to your friends and family. Anything.

mothernaturenetwork: Saturn and Venus meet in the dawn sky this...

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:22:36 -0500

mothernaturenetwork:

Saturn and Venus meet in the dawn sky this week
For the last month or two, Saturn has been on the far side of the sun, but it emerges this week at dawn right next to Venus.

(via VIDEO: Police Detained Ramarley Graham’s Grandmother...

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:01:15 -0400

(via VIDEO: Police Detained Ramarley Graham’s Grandmother for Hours After Officer Shot Teen Dead)

Dennis Banks: Palestinian Suffering Under U.S.-Backed Occupation Recalls Plight of Native Americans

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:01:10 -0400

Dennis Banks: Palestinian Suffering Under U.S.-Backed Occupation Recalls Plight of Native Americans

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Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:00:39 -0400

(via A Life Sentence for Stealing Socks? California’s Prop 36 to Decide Future of Three-Strikes Law)

(via Valeria “Munique” Tachiquin: U.S. Agent Kills...

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:01:11 -0400

(via Valeria “Munique” Tachiquin: U.S. Agent Kills Young Mother of 5 in Latest of Growing Border Deaths)

(via Who Owns the World? Noam Chomsky on U.S.-Fueled Dangers,...

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:01:12 -0400

(via Who Owns the World? Noam Chomsky on U.S.-Fueled Dangers, from Climate Change to Nuclear Weapons)

Wesleyan President Grabs DN! Microphone as Students Protest End to Need-Blind Admissions

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:01:11 -0400

Wesleyan President Grabs DN! Microphone as Students Protest End to Need-Blind Admissions

17 Arrested in Anti-Drone Protest at Hancock Air Base

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:00:45 -0400

17 Arrested in Anti-Drone Protest at Hancock Air Base

Supreme Court to Rule on Appeal by Holy Land Five

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:01:08 -0400

Supreme Court to Rule on Appeal by Holy Land Five

Texas Stops Payments After Court Affirms Ban on Planned Parenthood

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:01:08 -0400

Texas Stops Payments After Court Affirms Ban on Planned Parenthood

Why US education lags behind - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:01:08 -0400

Why US education lags behind - Americas - Al Jazeera English:

charter schools vs other school systems and lagging education in the US

US third-party candidates struggle for voice - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:01:05 -0400

US third-party candidates struggle for voice - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Mexico workers decry labour reforms - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 08:00:54 -0400

Mexico workers decry labour reforms - Americas - Al Jazeera English

US hits Bank of America with fraud lawsuit - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 04:00:51 -0400

US hits Bank of America with fraud lawsuit - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Greg Palast on "Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps"

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 20:47:01 -0400

Greg Palast on "Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps"

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Sat, 27 Oct 2012 20:45:44 -0400

(via Texas Landowners Join Environmentalists for Historic Blockade of Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline)

The end of race-based affirmative action? - Inside Story Americas - Al Jazeera English

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 20:15:48 -0400

The end of race-based affirmative action? - Inside Story Americas - Al Jazeera English

US policeman charged in cannibalism plot - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:50:05 -0400

US policeman charged in cannibalism plot - Americas - Al Jazeera English:

This is creepy.

Hey tumblr followers remember that chart that evreyone rebloged...

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:54:33 -0400

Hey tumblr followers remember that chart that evreyone rebloged a few days ago? It had race and drug prisoner statistics on it well I did some digging and it was actually part of this film which this wonderful man named Matt Goff is looking to produce. He need help though i’ll let him explain

As the 2012 election nears, eight states have ballot initiatives related to easing restrictions on, or outright legalizing, marijuana. But to listen to our two anointed candidates debate, our failed drug control regime is so effective as to not warrant a single mention. Worse, Mitt Romney has said he would completely eliminate medical marijuana, using the discredited “gateway theory” as his rationale. In 2008, Obama campaigned on a promise to not interfere with states’ rights with regard to medical marijuana, but that too has turned out to be a lie. With the ballot initiatives, an amazing film like The House I LIve In premiering last Friday, and this film illuminating the stories of those most affected by our failed approach, we can create a wave of momentum to bring this issue to the mainstream.

We want to bring to life an honest portrayal of this policy’s beginnings and its consequences, both deliberate and unintentional, and we’re going to do it with an eye-opening kick ass film that will shock and awe audiences all over the world.

But we need your help.

We need only $87,000 to hit our initial goal… That’s about 2,000 DVDs, 500 Blu Rays, and 1,000 Digital Downloads, and that doesn’t even get into the cool stuff like the limited edition art prints and T-shirts (images will be uploaded soon). This is doable, and you can help us make this a highly anticipated documentary.

We need somewhere in the range of 3,000-4,000 supporters. We need all the shares and likes on Facebook we can get. We need the word to spread throughout the Twitterverse.

And it begins with you.

Back this project; get your friends and family to back it; share it with others; do it all again. We have less than one month to make this happen.

This is an amount that will allow us to get through principal photography and through editing to a solid rough cut stage. When we hit this goal, it will set the foundation for this film’s eventual move into the mainstream, and it will be thanks to you. If we exceed this goal, we’ll have the opportunity to upgrade the project by filming with better equipment, hiring specialized designers to help artfully elucidate important concepts, and implementing a more ambitious release strategy. Every pledge counts!

The stories we will hear in the film will illustrate the high costs placed upon our society by a hypocritical policy that has done so little. This is a film that will leave you asking: How many more non-violent offenders must we send to our overflowing prisons? How much longer will we let the scourge of drug violence devastate our inner city communities? How long can we spend money we don’t have to continue an effort that directly mirrors our attempts at alcohol prohibition? How much longer will we put police in harm’s way for minimal gains? How much longer will we punish innocent citizens for pursuing their best path of medical treatment?

Funding and donations for this project ends on October 27 even if you can only pitch in a dollar it will be worth it