PENSACOLA SHIPMENTS TO CUBA BEGIN
It's not just Pensacola's port that's doing business with Cuba. The Port of Mobile is also finalizing agreements to ship millions of dollars worth of goods there.
(WEAR-TV, unearthed by CubaNews Digest)

WHY SOME CHRISTIANS SUPPORT RILEY'S TAX PLAN
Alabama citizens will vote on a proposal to reform the state’s regressive tax code. Whether or not the measure passes — and both opinion polls and Alabama history suggest it will fail — the story of how a progressive tax initiative became the subject of a statewide referendum, and how it came to be championed by a heretical faction of the religious right, including a conservative Republican governor, has political ramifications that will reverberate long after the vote itself.
(MAKING LIGHT)

HALLUCINOGENIC TEA USE UPHELD AS RELIGIOUS SACRAMENT
A federal court ruled that the group’s use of ayahuasca was likely protected under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Ayahuasca (also known as hoasca) is a visionary tea that serves as the sacrament of the UDV religion.
(COGNITIVE LIBERTIES, See also WKOB-TV report, unearthed by Paul Whitehurst)

WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH THAT?
With the United States swallowing its pride to seek help sorting out the postwar debacle in Iraq, France and fellow ''Old Europe'' opponents of the conflict can barely resist gloating.
(MSN)

MALE BARE SKIN PRIVILEDGES CHALLENGED IN LAWSUIT
"Because of having to cover their breasts in places and at times when men do not cover their breasts," the suit states, "plaintiffs and all other women and girls are afflicted with a badge of second-class citizenship."
(ORLANDO SENTINEL, unearthed by Paul Whitehurst)

JOIN DARTH'S ARMY!
No matter where you live, chances are the 501st presence can be felt. Spanning all 50 U.S. States, and over 21 countries worldwide, they are quickly dominating the planet with numbers increasing daily and recruiting at an all time high. The Rebellion will soon be eliminated and peace will be restored back to earth. VADER'S FIST!

ARE CUBAN ARTISTS BEING BLACKLISTED FROM GRAMMYS?
Cuban musicians nominated for the Latin Grammy awards in Miami held little hope of receiving U.S. visas in time for the ceremony, a problem that Cubans said was due to politics but American officials attributed to red tape.
(WASHINGTON POST)

IMPORTANT CUBA VOTE LOOMING
In early September, Congress will vote on whether to give Americans their freedom back - their freedom to travel to Cuba.
Now is the time to contact your representatives in the House and Senate, and the message is simple, direct, and clear: Vote for Freedom, lift the ban on legal travel by Americans to Cuba.
(Center for International Policy)

HAS MOORE LOST IT?
Some court officials here have told me they belief Moore has "lost it," that he is mentally unable to perform his duties. They also tell me he truly believes what he's doing is right. That bothers me perhaps more than if he were doing it for money or politics because it means he has lost rational thought If such is the case there is the provision noted above, under the judicial disciplinary process, to protect the people from the mental incapacity of a judge.
(MONTGOMERY INDEPENDENT, unearthed by Joel Sogol)