Joey LeMay

Joey LeMay is a former MintPress Staff Writer. He has worked in the newspaper industry as an editor, editorial board member and award-winning editorial writer.

Greenpeace Continues Criticisms Of Duke Energy, Calling For ALEC Separation

A man walks in front of Duke Energy Corporate Headquarters in a Charlotte, N.C. file photo from Feb. 1, 2006. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File) (Mint Press) – Since the beginning of the year, environmental activist organization Greenpeace has called out Charlotte, N.C.-based energy company Duke Energy for its fixation on coal power and slow response to […]

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A man walks in front of Duke Energy Corporate Headquarters in a Charlotte, N.C. file photo from Feb. 1, 2006. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)

(Mint Press) – Since the beginning of the year, environmental activist organization Greenpeace has called out Charlotte, N.C.-based energy company Duke Energy for its fixation on coal power and slow response to renewable energy sources. But a recent campaign made by Greenpeace is now looking at the energy company’s role in this year’s presidential

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Analysis: West Nile Outbreak Demonstrates Lack Of Medical Research Priority

This undated handout file photo provided by the Agriculture Department shows an aedes aegypti mosquito on human skin. (AP Photo/USDA, File) (MintPress) — Over the course of the spring and summer, Dallas, Texas has become a microcosm of the United States’ enduring mosquito dilemma. Aside from the unprecedented quantity of mosquitoes buzzing around the Dallas/Fort […]

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This undated handout file photo provided by the Agriculture Department shows an aedes aegypti mosquito on human skin. (AP Photo/USDA, File)

(MintPress) — Over the course of the spring and summer, Dallas, Texas has become a microcosm of the United States’ enduring mosquito dilemma. Aside from the unprecedented quantity of mosquitoes buzzing around the Dallas/Fort Worth area, the instances of humans contracting the West Nile virus has reached alarming levels. With the growing threat of

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As GOP Touts Fiscal Prowess, Figures Show Taxing Rich Could Erase Deficit

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. introduces Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney before Romney spoke at the Grain Exchange in Milwaukee, in this April 3, 2012 file photo. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) (MintPress) – As the Republican National Convention (RNC) gets under way, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney got […]

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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. introduces Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney before Romney spoke at the Grain Exchange in Milwaukee, in this April 3, 2012 file photo. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

(MintPress) – As the Republican National Convention (RNC) gets under way, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney got a dose of the tone he’ll soon face when workers took to the streets of Tampa to protest against job outsourcing being exercised by Bain Capital. While sound bites about women’s health and sexuality have dominated the headlines

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Drug Wars Rage On As Obama Reneges On Marijuana Campaign Promises

President Barack Obama greets supporters during a campaign stop at the Alliant Energy Amphitheater, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, in Dubuque, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (MintPress) – It’s often a classic representation of marijuana when you’re first told about it: It’s the dreaded “gateway drug.” In other words, once you have used marijuana, you will inexplicably […]

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President Barack Obama greets supporters during a campaign stop at the Alliant Energy Amphitheater, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, in Dubuque, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

(MintPress) – It’s often a classic representation of marijuana when you’re first told about it: It’s the dreaded “gateway drug.” In other words, once you have used marijuana, you will inexplicably want cocaine. While that’s hardly ever been the case, a recent study conducted by researchers at Yale University found that while one-third of

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As Blacks Disproportionately Face Drug Charges, NAACP Supports Marijuana Legalization

In this Feb. 1, 2011 file photo, marijuana clone plants are shown in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) “What the drugs themselves have not destroyed, the warfare against them has. And what once began, perhaps, as a battle against dangerous substances long ago transformed itself into a venal war on our underclass. Since declaring […]

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In this Feb. 1, 2011 file photo, marijuana clone plants are shown in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

“What the drugs themselves have not destroyed, the warfare against them has. And what once began, perhaps, as a battle against dangerous substances long ago transformed itself into a venal war on our underclass. Since declaring war on drugs … we've been demonizing our most desperate citizens, isolating and incarcerating them and otherwise denying

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Gov’t Documents Suggest Drone Skeptics’ Biggest Fear Of Widespread Aerial Surveillance

Customs Border Patrol Air and Marine division blackhawk helicopter unmanned aerial vehicle Fort Huachuca Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007 in Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) (MintPress) – Since unmanned drones entered the domestic and national security arsenal in the mid-2000s, speculation of their intended domestic use has always taken precedent. Internationally, drones have predominantly […]

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Customs Border Patrol Air and Marine division blackhawk helicopter unmanned aerial vehicle Fort Huachuca Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007 in Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

(MintPress) – Since unmanned drones entered the domestic and national security arsenal in the mid-2000s, speculation of their intended domestic use has always taken precedent. Internationally, drones have predominantly been used as an additional military weapon to promote strikes on militants in countries such as Pakistan and

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Analysis: ‘Armed Revolution’ Threat Likely To Be Overlooked In Today’s Congress

A billboard stands in Blue Springs, Mo. in October 2009. (Photo by JL Johnson via Flikr) Update | By Joey LeMay A judge in Lubbock County, Texas has called for a tax increase to help « beef up » resources for the state’s district attorney’s office and sheriff’s office should President Barack Obama win re-election. Judge Tom […]

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A billboard stands in Blue Springs, Mo. in October 2009. (Photo by JL Johnson via Flikr)

Update | By Joey LeMay A judge in Lubbock County, Texas has called for a tax increase to help "beef up" resources for the state's district attorney's office and sheriff's office should President Barack Obama win re-election. Judge Tom Head says his call for a potential "civil war" comes on the grounds of his belief that Obama would hand over

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