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A VISION~*~Leonard Peltier in the Oval Office?

Desmond Tutu, who has championed Leonard’s release for decades, former New Mexico Governor and UN Ambassador Bill Richardson and Whoopi Goldberg have advocated Leonard’s cause for many years.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - DEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA: PLEASE COMMIT A HOLY ACT & release LEONARD PELTIER— US Political Prisoner #89637-132— via EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY. For 38 years he has been torn from his People, his family, his grandchildren. He is now 68 and ailing. We plead with you to give him his last few years as a free man.

We pray for you & for Leonard—two extraordinary human beings on this Mother Earth.

First-ever Legal Adult Marijuana Sales to Begin TOMORROW in Colorado

A female U.S. military Veteran with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder will be the first customer.

(DENVER) - The first-ever legal adult marijuana sales will begin Wednesday, January 1 in Colorado.

Leaders of the initiative that made marijuana legal, Amendment 64, will hold a news conference at 7:30 a.m. MT at 3D Cannabis Center in Denver — a licensed marijuana retail store with on-site cultivation facility — followed by the first sale at 8 a.m. MT. The licensed marijuana retail store is located at 4305 Brighton Blvd. in Denver.

St. Louis Archdiocese Criticized for Remark on World Religions

Distinguished religious statesman Rajan Zed, stated that we all should be more sensitive and respectful while talking about other religions.

(RENO) - Series of presentations have been scheduled at a parish under Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis (Missouri, USA) about various world religions with the tagline “Learn what they know, so you know what they need to know.”

Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that this “need to know” tagline was highly inappropriate reference to great world religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism and Islam.

Dr. David Allen Becomes Medical Board Target (Part 1)

In a pre-hearing conference before presiding Administrative Law Judge Dian Vorters, the cards of the medical board were laid out for all to see.

(SACRAMENTO) - Since voters approved Proposition 215 here in California, a number of physicians have come under fire from the California Medical Board for their issuance of medical marijuana recommendations. Today December 6th 2013 yet another physician.

Dr. David Allen, who is one of the most respected and outspoken advocates for medical marijuana in the Sacramento area is in the crosshairs.

Online Freedom Under Threat

I hope we will use the Net to cross barriers and connect cultures.--Tim Berners-Lee

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - On November 23rd, 2013, British inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, warned that "Internet surveillance by British and US spying agencies has posed a threat to online freedom and the future of democracy."

Describing the activities by the US and UK spying agencies as “dysfunctional and unaccountable,” Berners-Lee spoke of the importance of protecting whistle-blowers like Edward Snowden.

Colorado Store Makes History as First to Offer Recreational Marijuana in the US

At the same time, authorities in Colorado have conducted the largest raid on dispensaries since medical marijuana became legal Thursday, with officers executing search and seizure warrants at more than 12 stores in the Denver area alone.

(DENVER) - A small store in Central City, Colorado has made history by becoming the first establishment in the US to be granted a license to sell recreational marijuana.

Annie’s Central City Dispensary, located in a city founded during the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush, posted on social media earlier this week that its license application had been approved.

Does US Prosecutor Dave Kowal Get His Jollies from Destroying Good Men?

We live in an age of terrorism and human trafficking and huge insurmountable problems, and all Kowal wants to do is convict Charles Lynch for a few ounces of weed that his security guard sold years ago?

(SACRAMENTO) - Want the real definition of a witch hunt? Charlie Lynch operated a cannabis dispensary in my former adopted hometown, Morro Bay, California. His business was legal under California state law, and even had the blessing of the city mayor.

Lynch was doing everything to comply with the law but it wasn't enough for a twisted sheriff named Pat Hedges who had it in for Lynch.

NAACP Supports HR 1523, Respect State Marijuana Laws Act

Marijuana Prohibition Discriminatorily Enforced, Wasteful, Responsible for Overincarceration, Claims Influential Organization

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Laws prohibiting marijuana have been unjustly enforced and are largely responsible for the current incarceration crisis, says the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the nation’s foremost organizations concerned with ending race-based discrimination.

The group has officially endorsed HR 1523, a bill introduced by California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher calling for the Controlled Substances Act to be amended so as not to apply to those in compliance with state marijuana laws.

NAACP Backs `States` Rights` on Marijuana Laws

NAACP resolution notes that new state laws are moderating the impact of "extreme federal policies."

(WASHINGTON, DC) - NAACP and other civil rights groups -- for important historical reasons -- have not always been so keen on the idea of states' rights.

Now, however, due in no small part to the racial disparities in enforcement of the failed "war on drugs," the group is endorsing a bipartisan Congressional bill that will let states set their own marijuana policies.

24 Muslim Employees in USA Fired by DHL for Praying

As the second pillar of Islam, Muslims are required to pray 5 times a day at certain times.

(HEBRON, KY) - On 9 October, 24 Muslims employees of DHL lost their jobs in Hebron, Kentucky, after DHL supervisors reversed a policy of flexible break times that allowed Muslim employees time to pray.

11 complaints have since been filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commissionalleging that DHL Global Mail breached their legally protected religious rights.