A One Track News Day
World News: Medical marijuana vending machines open in L.A.
Americans who have traveled to Japan are no doubt familiar with the ubiquitous jidoohanbaiki: standalone vending machines that dispense soft drinks, coffee, food, comic books, paperbacks, clothing (including underwear and stockings), videos, CDs, jewelry, flowers — and booze (beer, whiskey, sake). California went a big step further today: Vending machines that dispense medical marijuana.
Political News: BBC NEWS | Americas | Marijuana vending machines in US
Eleven US states allow medical marijuana on doctors' orders. Vending machines distributing the drug marijuana are to begin operating in the US state of California. However, the 1970 Controlled Substances Act and the US federal government does not currently recognize any legitimate medical use.
Business News: Guardian | California vending machines to dispense medicinal highs
This is how the AVMs — Anytime Vending Machines — work:
Customers bring their prescriptions for approval at the AVMs, housed in enclosed room guarded 24/7.
• They are fingerprinted and photographed.
• They receive a pre-paid credit carded loaded with their individual profiles.
• They choose their dosage (3.5 grams or 7 grams) and one of five strains of marijuana.
• The marijuana is in capsule form and dispensed in vacuum-sealed packages.
• They can buy no more than 1 ounce a week.
Anticipated future vending: Viagra, Vicodin, Propecia and anti-depressants. (Seriously.)
Economy News: Medical marijuana vending machines take root in Los Angeles
A new invention in Los Angeles, pot machines give patients a dose of convenience with their grass. The owner says they also offer low prices, safety and privacy.
Medical News: California vending machines to dispense medicinal highs
The center is one of more than 200 legal marijuana dispensaries in the state. Eleven US states allow the medical use of marijuana.
Entertainment News: Only in LA LA Land: Marijuana Vending Machines
Los Angeles is now home to the worlds first marijuana vending machines. The new machines can be used to buy medical marijuana by patients who have been prescribed the herbal remedy by a doctor.
Rare Alien Detecting Hardware: Show that You Care this Valentine Day
The UFO sighting that was reported near Stephenville, Texas in the USA and on a YouTube VIDEO may spawn a new cottage industry for the building and selling of UFO detectors on Amazon.com and eBay
According to Amazon.com: UFO Detector: Electronics, many UFO sightings have reported magnetic and electromagnetic disturbances. The UFO Detector is designed to sense these disturbances and will signal their presence by flashing an LED and beeping. The elegantly designed brass base and translucent green acrylic top is a handsome sculptured conversation piece that's suitable for display on a desk, shelf or bedroom dresser. Size is approximately 1.75" dia. by 6" tall. Uses 9V lithium battery (not included). The UFO detector continually monitors its surrounding area for any magnetic and electromagnetic anomalies. 
Customer's review of the UFO detector on Amazon have rated the devices with 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 stars. One individual that purchased the UFO detector had this to say. "I purchased this item and am blown away by its effectiveness. I started this device up and immediately detected not one, not two, but five seperate UFOs in my immediate area. I am currently working on a way to communicate with what I assume is an intelligent species visiting our planet, but so far, I have been unsuccessful. I am waiting to see if this company will be selling a UFO communications device in the near future. If it is anything like this detector, I will be extremely happy. Thank you for a great product !"
If you are interested in purchasing a UFO detector on Amazon or eBay, The Cyberculture News suggest you drop whatever you are doing and buy it now. The reason for the sense of urgency is because there are only TWO units listed for sale on Amazon.com and ONE unit for sale on eBay. The eBay listing expires in a matter of hours. The selling price for these units are under $100.00.
Would make a great Valentine Day gift. Something that shows you are really thinking about them and it is a collector's item. The monetary value of your gift/investment should increase.
It makes a great conversation piece. How many other people do you know have a UFO detector? Every time it detects a UFO you will be able to relive this Valentine Day or at least, scare your love one into your arms.
"It is time for the truth to be brought out... Behind the scenes high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about the UFOs. However, through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense.... I urge immediate Congressional action to reduce the dangers from secrecy about unidentified flying objects." ~ Vice Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter,
The first U.S. CIA Director
Race to Elect Next President
Forbes is reporting that Obama Aims To Keep Race Out Of the 2008 Presidential Election. "Obama has emphasized that he is not pursuing the presidency as an African-American candidate." Unfortunately, the numbers from the Michigan, Nevada and South Carolina primaries reflect that race is a dominant and deciding influence in the voting for a Democratic Presidential Candidate.
The following data suggest how race contributed to the final outcome in each state.
Michigan
Black alone 14.3% Per Cent of Population
Hispanic or Latino 3.9% Per Cent of Population
Nevada
Black alone 7.9% Per Cent of Population
Hispanic or Latino 24.4% Per Cent of Population
South Carolina
Black alone 29.0% Per Cent of Population
Hispanic or Latino 3.5% Per Cent of Population
Two out of three of the above state's nominations followed racial classification. If this trend continues, Hillary Clinton or John Edwards should win the Florida Democratic Primary.
Florida
Black alone 15.8% Per Cent of Population
Hispanic or Latino 20.2% Per Cent of Population
The Cyberculture News projects that if either Hillary Clinton or Barrack Obama is nominated as the Democratic Presidential Candidate, the next President of the United States shall be a Republican.
United States
Black alone 12.8% Per Cent of Population
Hispanic or Latino 14.8% Per Cent of Population
Source: Census Bureau Press Releases
The Cyberculture News acclaims the Hispanic or Latino voter as the deciding factor in the 2008 Presidential Election. Too many social-political differences exists between the Black and Hispanic communities for Barrack Obama to win the Hispanic vote. Research of Hispanic culture and traditions relevant to women and class standing suggests to us that Hillary Clinton is not the future President of the U.S.
Gardner: Key Adviser to President on Economic Plan
Reuters News is reporting that President Bush and the Democratic-led Congress have reached a tentative deal on a fiscal package aimed at staving off a recession in the troubled U.S. economy. Political insiders have given The Cyberculture News the transcript and a video of the conversation between the President and his senior advisers that sealed this economy stimulating package.
No other news organization is reporting this confidential scenario that finalized the negotiations for this economic plan. Here is the exclusive transcript .
(Beginning of transcript)
President: Mr. Gardner, do you agree with Ben, or do you think that we can stimulate growth through temporary incentives?
Chance the Gardener: As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden.(End of transcript)
President: In the garden.
Chance the Gardener: Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again.
President: Spring and summer.
Chance the Gardener: Yes.
President: Then fall and winter.
Chance the Gardener: Yes.
Presidential adviser, Benjamin Rand: I think what our insightful young friend is saying is that we welcome the inevitable seasons of nature, but we're upset by the seasons of our economy.
Chance the Gardener: Yes! There will be growth in the spring!
Presidential adviser, Benjamin Rand: Hmm!
Chance the Gardener: Hmm!
President: Hm. Well, Mr. Gardner, I must admit that is one of the most refreshing and optimistic statements I've heard in a very, very long time.
[Presidential adviser, Benjamin Rand applauds]
President: I admire your good, solid sense. That's precisely what we lack on Capitol Hill.
To view the video, click on the following link.
IMDb Video: Trailer for Being There
Keyword Advertising for Television
It has only been a relative short period of time since Google introduced us to AdSense, at least in the snail world. In the virtual world, keyword advertising is a trusted form of marketing and is an industry in of itself. It was only a matter of time before the oldest mediums for advertising would test the waters of the online keyword advertising revenue stream.
The above image is a single photo frame from a current running television advertisement. Take your time and look at it as if you were appreciating a piece of art. What do you see? A rhino and a person. Look closer, or step back away from your screen. What do you see now? Is the rhino looking at you or at the person in the background? Is the person in the background a man or a woman?
What message is the artist projecting by displaying a significant difference in the size of the rhino's eyes and the largest horn. Are the rhino's horns strategically placed to suggest some form of sexual connotation? What type of mental image would you continue to see if you closed your eyes?
Finally, what are the keywords for this photo and what is the television commercial selling you? Give up? Don't care? Well, here is a link to the Television Ad.
If you can't make a connection with that link, go to the Current TV Advertisement Page.
Please be informed that the Cyberculture News is not affiliated with this product, nor is being paid a fee to write about their advertisement.
Politics: History in the Making
The temperature is in the single digits and snow is laying on the ground in our nation's capital, but the heat of the 2008 Presidential Election is near a boiling point. A dated source of political combustion ignited when campaign managers from the Democratic front running presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton alleged that Republican congressmen were stealing pages from Hillary Clinton's, "It Takes a Village to Educate a Child" book. As of this point in time, the FBI has not opened an investigation because of the recent telephone company's termination of their wire tap phone lines. Local police authorities have not opened an investigation because they never received a 911 call reporting a break-in and it is not in their jurisdiction.
Pro-Democratic political insiders were informed by a smart mob crime stopper organization that they witnessed a Washington beltway bandit flash mob running away from the possible crime scene. They are confident that it was a Republican Party sponsored gathering because many of the participants were dressed in drag. The pseudo-neighborhood police force claimed they collected all of the clues that were left behind by the suspected burglars including five plumber's aprons and several months supply of Mary Kay cosmetics.
Senior advisers from the Republican Party that wish to be unnamed, denied the above allegation. Wanting to set the record straight, they informed the Cyberculture News that it was a group of plumbers that recently worked in the Watergate Building and a former member of the House that absconded off with the "Educate a Child" pages. The party's legal consultant insisted that many differences exist between the definition of a bandit and the definition of a plumber. Moral conservatives also argued that it is less of a crime to be secretive with a page in contrast to publicly denying having any knowledge of an intern.
When asked what the Republican Party hoped to gain by running off with some of the pages, the general consensus was that it was a poor political decision and that all of the pages would go back to their rightful home. Certain House of Representatives were under the impression that Hillary Clinton's secrets for stimulating the economy were to be found within her book. The only thing they discovered is that it takes a village idiot to run off with a page.
"Want to Get Away?" Headlines
Direct from the headlines come the embarrassing moments that Southwest Airlines has incorporated into their "Want to Get Away?" TV advertising campaign.
The BBC NEWS has reported that the FBI has had some of its telephone wiretaps disconnected because it failed to pay its bills on time. In one office, the unpaid costs for wire taps came to $66,000. To further embarrass the federal government, the Department of Justice said some of the agency's surveillance operations had been jeopardized by late payments and an "antiquated" accounting system.
In other related government "Want to Get Away?" news , the city of Seattle, Washington recently launched a 1.3 mile long trolley service connecting South Lake Union, the new waterfront park, the Denny Triangle, and the Downtown Retail Core. The official name is the South Lake Union Trolley, but the locals just call it the SLUT. One has to wonder what kind of advertising Google's Adsense would link with the billboards attached to this public service oriented mode of transportation and it's acronym.
Is this a coincidence or did the Cyberculture News identify a targeted market for Southwest Airlines? Unfortunately, when a pattern exists, it is not a coincidence. It might be prudent for Southwest Airlines to offer a group discount get away package to the people that are employed by the FBI and the city of Seattle.
Franchising Cyberculture
One of the greatest characteristics of the cyberculture community is that it is always changing. The Internet is updated on a second by second basis and attracting millions of visitors. People are constantly on the Web for the latest news, videos, games, social networking sites or shopping online. The way a commercial entity does business online might also be changing.
In order to successfully do business in Cyberculture, international web companies might be forced to franchise their online services to specific geopolitical influences. As of Jan. 31, 2008, the Chinese government is dictating that any video entertainment Web site desiring to do business in China may franchise their business into China by agreeing to the stipulation that the state has a controlling interest in that respective franchise. Otherwise, the state could censor any commercial web site from being viewed by China's Internet market of about 164 million people.
For those companies with present and active commercial investments in China, such a franchise agreement with the state was part of the instrumental pact for doing business in China. In order to internationalize their audience, the National Basketball Association (NBA) sold a franchise to the Chinese government under a similar agreement. The state then sells franchises to basketball team franchise investors located throughout China.
Will the rest of the governments of the world follow China's e-commerce policy lead? There is plenty of money to be made in cyberculture and the web industry is still exploring ways for making money. The Chinese government may have discovered an untapped revenue source for governments albeit via censorship. Unfortunately, many other countries shall adopt China's franchising of Cyberculture.
Upon this Flock I will Build My World
When one reads or hears the word flock, they usually don't relate it with revolution, the entertainment industry, social networking, or a potential hot investment lead. A new Web browser dubbed Flock not only conceptualize these keywords, it may also shortly appear on Google's Top Ten Trendy Word List.
Flock is a browser that is going to help revolutionize the way people social network in cyberculture, as well as pave the way for the entertainment industry to reach the ever increasing virtual community. It also is a hot investment lead in that it has the potential to deliver numerous revenue streams to the agile and prudent investors.
Flock incorporates multiple social networking sites, video, photo, and music sharing pages into a single tool bar that is embedded into the browser. The Web is channeled directly to the users personal "My World" homepage without them having to click onto another site. Up to date news feeds or the latest videos are streamed to your portal page by clicking on an idiot button located near the address bar. This new found content is then displayed in a Media Bar at the top of the window.
Web researchers from every sector of industry, government and education are going to love this browser. It is a free "gold mine" for the online investor for it enhances their knowledge on a given investment and saves valuable time. What might be the best selling point for many is that blogging software is provided for the user as part of the browser application. It is now possible to create a blog post without leaving your own private world.
