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Ganja Gourmet: Marijuana Restaurant Opens In Denver


A medical marijuana dispensary in Denver has decided to get creative and make the business into a full-service restaurant that caters to those who need to use medicinal marijuana to ease physical ailments.

The owner of Ganja Gourmet located at 1810 South Broadway Avenue said the restaurant will “aim to help distribute medicinal marijuana to those licensed to have it and provide an atmosphere where patients can visit with one another in a safe environment.” Read the full story

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An Open Letter: To President Obama On Afghanistan


Dear President Obama,

Do you really want to be the new “war president”? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president. Pure and simple. And with that you will do the worst possible thing you could do — destroy the hopes and dreams so many millions have placed in you. With just one speech tomorrow night you will turn a multitude of young people who were the backbone of your campaign into disillusioned cynics. You will teach them what they’ve always heard is true — that all politicians are alike. I simply can’t believe you’re about to do what they say you are going to do. Please say it isn’t so. Read the full story

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Death Toll: Rises to 101 in Vietnam After Typhoon Ketsana


HANOI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) — Typhoon Ketsana, which hit Vietnamese central and highland provinces, has left 101 people dead, 23 others missing and more than 200 others injured, the local newspaper Liberty Saigon reported Friday.

Among the country’s 15 central and highland provinces battered by the typhoon, the central highland province of Kon Tum is the hardest-hit with 30 deaths, according to the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control. Read the full story

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Must Read: You Are A Slave


You are a slave. You probably do not realize it, but you are.

Movies and public school like to portray slaves as bound by chains and beaten with whips, creating a polarized image of slavery that can be pointed to with the comment, “You are not like that, therefore you are not a slave.” But history shows that slaves have been treated in all manner of ways, some more cruel than others, yet even with the most kind treatment, a slave remains a slave. Read the full story

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