27 February 2011
Marijuana growers held their first farmers market in Seattle today. About 600 people showed up to browse tables laden with jars of exotic cannabis strains with names like orange crush, lemon ice and purple haze and of course there were the cupcakes, brownies and other edible treats that looked as innocent as something your grandma [...]
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26 February 2011
Last year weather forecasters predicted that this would be a very strong La Nina year in Western Washington, bringing with it a colder, wetter and snowier winter. Most of Winter 2010 in the Puget Sound area was rather unremarkable with the predicted weather extremes failing to materialize, that is until now. Forecasters had said they [...]
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22 February 2011
Anyone who has used marijuana has no doubt experienced the “marijuana munchies” and the fact that it can make food taste better. Now it appears this fact has not gone unnoticed by medical researchers and they are using THC to induce hunger in an effort to help cancer patients on chemotherapy. This is the first [...]
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21 February 2011
Cocoa prices have soared to a 32 year high and chocolate lovers everywhere may be left with a bitter taste in their mouth. Usually when commodity prices soar it is because of a shortage caused by a bad crop. But the Ivory Coast which produces almost half the world’s cocoa beans actually has a bumper [...]
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20 February 2011
EPA funding for greenhouse gas regulation was cut by Republicans in the House on Friday. When the Republicans took office following the last election they were saying they had a mandate from the voters for changing Obama’s policies. But they didn’t mention which voters or policies. The cuts come despite the fact that polls show [...]
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18 February 2011
Are dumb crooks are getting even dumber these days? A thief in Des Moines, Washington, came up with the brilliant idea of robbing a surveillance camera store. The store not only sells surveillance cameras but also has multiple security cameras installed along with prominent notices to would be thieves that the cameras are on 24 [...]
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18 February 2011
Michael Vick, quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles, continues to stir controversy whatever he does. Vick was due to appear on Oprah for an interview scheduled to air next week. But just before shooting he decided not to appear for personal reasons. The idea of Vick appearing on the show stirred a lot of controversy among [...]
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18 February 2011
Nuclear plant operators in South Korea got screwed, literally. A nuclear reactor located about 160 miles south of Seoul in Yeonggwang broke down on Feb 4. Today the plant is up and running again. Now engineers are blaming a stray screwdriver, no not the alcoholic beverage, but a real almost foot long screwdriver jammed in [...]
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