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FDA Keeps Ban on Active Homosexuals Donating Blood

Even though the FDA announced this week that homosexuals may give blood, overturning a 30-year-old blanket ban, the government will still not let sexually active homosexuals donate. Any man who identifies as homosexual may only give blood if he stipulates he has not had sexual contact with another man in the previous 12 months.

blood-drive AP PhotoDaily News-Record, Jason Lenhart

Bitcoin Now Has a Paid Lobbyist

Last February, the New York Times editorial writer Joe Nocera raged against “The Bitcoin Blasphemy,” which he claimed was libertarian “sacrilege” since it is “unconnected to any currency or any government.” But try as they might, the leftist thought police at the Times that see bitcoin as an existential threat to “full faith” in the dollar and the U.S. government are failing.

Bitcoin (Rick Bowmer / AP)

CO Dem. Rep. Wants Obamacare Delay for Ski Resorts

Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), who had been a strong supporter of Obamacare, wants Obamacare waivers for wealthy Colorado residents from exclusive ski towns that he represents.  According to ColoradoWatchdog, Polis feels that “Obamacare premiums will be too expensive for some

CO Dem. Rep. Wants Obamacare Delay for Ski Resorts

Eight States Allow Hemp Growth; Fed Law Conflicts

By LISA RATHKEAssociated PressWAITSFIELD, Vt.Some Vermont farmers want to plant hemp now that the state has a law setting up rules to grow the plant, a cousin of marijuana that’s more suitable for making sandals than getting high. But federal

Eight States Allow Hemp Growth; Fed Law Conflicts

War on Pizza: Democrat Looks to Regulate School Lunches

Yes, the federal government wants to control everything — including the lunches schoolchildren eat. Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) has proposed legislation titled The SLICE Act (School Lunch Improvements for Children’s Education) that would allow the federal government the power to

War on Pizza: Democrat Looks to Regulate School Lunches