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Gov. Cuomo’s Plan To Change Medical Marijuana Laws Could Benefit 100,000 Sick People In New York City Alone

Gov. Cuomo’s Plan To Change Medical Marijuana Laws Could Benefit 100,000 Sick People In New York City Alone

By Alan Pyke on January 5, 2014 When New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) proposal to legalize medical marijuana in the state via executive action comes into effect, as many as 100,000 individuals with serious health problems in New York City will gain access to the drug. Despite having publicly opposed medical cannabis as recently as last spring, Cuomo is preparing to bypass the legislature and set up a system “that would allow limited use […]

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Meet the Transgender Pop-Punk Musician Who Opened for Iggy Pop and U2

Meet the Transgender Pop-Punk Musician Who Opened for Iggy Pop and U2

When we think about the glory days of rock ’n’ roll, we think of a sexist boys club that would only let in guys who abused groupies and hung out with other dudes. Despite this, in the 1980s, female-to-male transgender musician Lenny Zenith and his punk-pop band RZA opened for U2, Iggy Pop, and other legends in New Orleans. Although Lenny is pretty sure Iggy knew he was trans and simply didn’t give a shit, Lenny kept his gender idenity a secret, because it was extremly dangerous to be openly trans. These days, Lenny […]

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Rand Paul backs Snowden, bashes Clapper

Rand Paul backs Snowden, bashes Clapper

Rand Paul is pictured. | AP Photo Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on Sunday went to bat for NSA leaker Edward Snowden – and took a swing at Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. “I don’t think Edward Snowden deserves the death penalty or life in prison, I think that’s inappropriate, I think that’s why he fled, is that’s what he faced,” Paul, a possible 2016 contender for the Republican presidential nomination, said on ABC’s “This Week.” “Do I think it’s OK to leak secrets and give up national security [information] that endangers lives? I don’t think that’s OK, either. But […]

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Wyoming Republican Senator Gave His Dying Uncle Marijuana To Ease His Pain

Wyoming Republican Senator Gave His Dying Uncle Marijuana To Ease His Pain

By Ian Millhiser on December 29, 2013 at 3:22 pm " Wyoming Republican Senator Gave His Dying Uncle Marijuana To Ease His Pain " medical marijuana “Thirty years ago the chemotherapy was quite a bit rougher than it is now,” Wyoming state Sen. Bruce Burns (R) told a local radio station about his uncle’s final days while he was dying of lung cancer. “We provided him with some marijuana,” Burns explained, “and he ended up gaining 15 pounds before he passed away and was quite a bit more comfortable.” In light of this experience, Burns now supports legalizing marijuana […]

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“Tiffany Hsu From The Los Angeles Times”

Tiffany Hsu covers retail for the Los Angeles Times. How did Americans do this Christmas? Did we shop enough to turn the economy around? Listen to the show while reading her latest articles from the Los Angeles Times.

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Tiffany Hsu covers retail for the Los Angeles Times. How did Americans do this Christmas? Did we shop enough to turn the economy around? Listen to the show while reading her latest articles from the Los Angeles Times.

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McDonald’s Advises Employees Not To Eat At McDonald’s

NBC News is reporting that McDonald’s is now telling its workers not to eat fast food like cheeseburgers and fries.  The good news for McDonald’s employees is they are paid so little they can’t afford anything sold at McDonald’s. Turns out paying an unlivable wage keeps workers living.

Another post labels a meal with a cheeseburger and fries as the “unhealthy choice” and one with a submarine sandwich and salad as the “healthier choice,” noting that it’s more of a challenge to eat healthy when visiting a fast-food place.

McDonald’s accuses NBC of taking the advice entirely out of context adding that they go out of their way to provide customers with healthy alternatives like being closed after eleven p.m. so people have to go someplace better like Subway. NBC goes on to report…

Last month, the company detailed tipping advice for workers, many of whom make around minimum wage. It listed pricey suggestions for tipping au pairs, personal fitness trainers and pool cleaners from etiquette maven Emily Post — advice it removed after a CNBC inquiry. McDonald’s told CNBC the post was third-party material and said it would “continue to review the resource and will ask the vendor to make changes as needed.”

 

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