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We have an Earth crisis right now that we can’t label. In the old days it seems like there used to be people who would run down to the village common and shout “there’s an emergency here!” The traditional town crier. Someone should be shouting “Hey! The atmosphere! Too much heat! Extinction! Everything’s dying! Do something!” Where’s that person now?
The state of New York has now become the sixth in the United States to embrace marriage equality. After much impassioned debate, and the insertion of a handful of religious exemptions to appease the right, the New York state Congress passed marriage equity legislation late Friday evening by a 33 to 29 vote. The crowded congressional chamber spontaneously broke into ebullient cheers of “USA! USA!” after the successful vote. Marriages will be able to take place in the state thirty days after the bill is signed into law by Governor Cuomo.
Stop blaming yourself if you feel exhausted and overworked, because you are. If it seems like for years you have been laboring more hours and making less money, struggling more just to get by, it is indeed true. Even though U.S. citizens on average are now working more hours with much greater productivity, our wages remain stagnant. If we are lucky enough to even have a job in this dire economy, we are told to be grateful and industrious, and not to complain about the increasingly small pittance we are now earning.
After writing my first article on perennial berries, I learned so much and was so fascinated, I decided to do more research on the topic. The more I read, the more fascinated I became by these new, forgotten, or exotic types of perennial berries. Among the list today are some of the most nutritious and unusual I have heard of yet, including a fruit that needs to be rotten before you can eat it! Read on to learn about four more amazing perennial berries.
New bipartisan legislation has just been introduced by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, which would limit the role of the federal government in enforcing any prohibitions against marijuana. The proposed change in federal law would allow all citizens to legally grow, use or sell cannabis in the many states that currently allow it, without anymore fear of federal interference, penalties or prosecution. This is the first bill to propose repealing all of the federal laws related to criminalizing marijuana, not only possession and use of cannabis, but also the sale of it as well.
