On the morning of May 10, 19 year old Nicholas Hill decided to bake some brownies. But these weren’t going to be just any regular brownies; Hill decided to add a special ingredient: marijuana. Unfortunately the baking party came to a screeching halt when Houston police officers showed up at Hill’s apartment. One of Hill’s […]
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Predator drones do routine domestic duty
Brian BennettStltoday.com September 20, 2011 Most days, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer David Gasho sends three unmanned spy planes into the skies over the rugged Sonora Desert to hunt for drug smugglers crossing into southern Arizona from Mexico. But in mid-June, as the largest wildfire in Arizona history raged, Gasho sent one of […]
Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohamed feels duty to ‘cure’ radicals
Newly elected Grand Mufti of Australia, Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, in Sydney yesterday. Picture: Sam Mooy Source: The Australian HOMEGROWN Muslim radicals are like “ill” patients in need of guidance and whose extremism is often fuelled by examples of injustice abroad such as the simmering conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Australia’s new Grand Mufti, Ibrahim […]