Record heat hits Alaska

June 1, 2015May 31, 2015 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Alaska, usually frozen until June, has recently been experiencing something of a heatwave. Long-held temperature records have been broken and the winter roads that are made entirely of ice, are melting earlier than usual. On Saturday, Alaska, the 49th state of the US, was warmer than Arizona. To get this into some perspective, the Arctic Circle… Continue reading “Record heat hits Alaska” →

Blowback

June 1, 2015May 31, 2015 ~ susie ~ 2 Comments

A lot of things are strongly suggestive of the Boston Marathon bombers being under the wing of someone working for the feds. They’ll never admit it, because of what happened, but this is exactly the kind of shit they stir up with this stuff.

Should psychedelic drugs be legally reclassified?

June 1, 2015May 31, 2015 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

When you think of psychedelic drugs, you might imagine a colorful 1960s scene, when LSD and mushrooms were wildly popular among musicians and artists. But scientists have found ways to extract certain compounds from shrooms, acid, and other psychedelics to the benefit of people suffering from depression, anxiety, and even PTSD. A stigma around psychedelic drugs… Continue reading “Should psychedelic drugs be legally reclassified?” →

Turning out for Bernie

June 1, 2015May 31, 2015 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

He’s getting some really big crowds!

An overflow crowd converged in south Minneapolis to hear from Bernie Sanders, the U.S. senator from Vermont who is running for the Democratic nomination for president.

The line snaked for some time outside the American Indian Center on E. Franklin Avenue for the town hall meeting, which began about 10 a.m. Attendees were standing inside and others were left to wait outside.

“If I’m elected president, you’re going to start paying your fair share of taxes,” Sanders said in a message to the richest of Americans.

He won applause repeatedly for his various proposals to make college education in the United States more affordable, including lowering the interest rate on student loans.

Sanders, in his roughly 45-minute speech to supporters, also called for universal pre-K in the United States, a proposal that Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has been pushing amid stiff resistance in the most recent legislative session.

After ticking off changes he’d like to see in the nation’s social and political order concerning issues such as income inequality, campaign finance and hunger in America, Sanders said, “When we stand together, there are a heck of a lot more of us than them.”

Christopher Krauss of Rochester waved an American Flag during a rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders at the American Indian Center Sunday May 31, 2015 in Minneapolis, MN.

Christopher Krauss of Rochester waved an American Flag during a rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders at the American Indian Center Sunday May 31, 2015 in Minneapolis, MN.
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Jacob Rudy, of Minneapolis, showed up and said he “was quite surprised” by what he considered a large turnout for Sanders, the former the socialist mayor of Burlington, Vt., who is seeking to topple Hillary Rodham Clinton from the top of the nomination speculation scorecard.

More than 3,300 people had signed up to attend as of Sunday morning.