Busts of compassion clubs, smoking clubs or dispensaries, whatever you call them, have become so common is the last few days ;have upset medical marijuana patients and their caregivers in Michigan. Those raids have also raised concern from the owners of the facilities, raided or not. In Michigan the raids, except for one, have been [...] [...more]
Once upon a time in America a citizen had complete freedom (along with the personal responsibility) to discover and use anything they believed might help them with a medical problem. One such discovery was the medicinal use of cannabis. By the late 19th century its use had been widely accepted for both human and animal [...] [...more]
At last the Republicans have come up with their campaign tactic for 2010, morph the flames of racial hatred into religious hatred over the location of a place of worship, wrap it up in the flag and then use those new flames to scorch President Barack Obama. This because President Obama has the temerity to [...] [...more]
The nation’s drug Brown Shirts, the Drug Enforcement Administration, is really interested in growing pot or at least interested in a city that is planning on allowing someone to grow pot. DEA investigators want the city to reveal what the inner workings are of the local government in Oakland, California when it comes to proposals [...] [...more]
When you are sitting in front the doctor and the last hope that maybe that little rash is just because your one night stand was not quite truthful has vanished, you begin to think that maybe that last brew was not a good idea at all. That seems to be the mindset of the former [...] [...more]
The Vatican fears and quivering can be felt even deep in the basement and vaults where the secrets of the church have been hidden away. The Belgium police struck a blow that has shown this group of pedophiles can no longer hide behind a medieval concept that has protected their abuse of children for centuries. [...] [...more]
He is not standing in front of a tank in a square and he is not anonymous. Yang Youde is protesting, what I find most interesting is that this Chinese farmer’s fight with land developers is being reported in China Daily. What is also being reported in that paper is the criticism of the national [...] [...more]
The latest attempt, the DOME, has failed to mitigate the disaster Bad Petroleum created through their lawless and irresponsible activity on their oil rig. I begin to wonder if all the wackness around the Mayan calendar is not so wackness. There is a worst case scenario and the doomsayers could be correct. Crude oil, as [...] [...more]
What is it about GOPERs who become attorney generals? John Ashcroft went nutty over calico cats and naked statues. Mike Cox in Michigan wigged out and ended up confessing to having a long term marital affair. Others, not always AGs come to mind. Now it’s the Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli who is so upset [...] [...more]
Is the water crisis in Boston a bit more than people not being able to get their Grande Decaf Mocha Latte/Skimmed Organic Coconut Milk on their way to work this morning? I think it is. The most recent report card on America’s infrastructure was released in 2009. Put together by the American Society of Civil [...] [...more]