I swear I’ve heard this before. “If this thing enters Egypt, the country is going to go to waste. God protect us,”
via The Associated Press: Egyptian lawmakers want to ban fake hymen. (no, I’m not kidding)
HT: Radley Balko
It’s good to see someone in the senate will stand for human rights every once in a while:
The State Department intended to send the favorable report on Mexico’s human rights record to Congress in advance of President Obama’s visit to Guadalajara for a summit of North American leaders this weekend, U.S. officials familiar with the [...]
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On July 29th the mayor of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, Cheye Calvo was victimized twice. Mayor Calvo was the victim of a marijuana trafficking scheme where packages are dropped by delivery drivers, in this case UPS, and the package is then stolen off the porch by drug dealers. The raiding police then murdered the mayor’s two [...]
Ron White asserts that he is a medical marijuana user, this comes after his arrest for simple possession of 3 grams of cannabis and a glass pipe. An anonymous tipster narced out The Tater and police sprang into action. This is freaking ridiculous and completely conflicts with Drug Czar John Walters assertion that people don’t [...]
The Cato Institute is having a forum on so-called “No-Knock” raids. Details below. Sorry, the stream is only available in RealMedia format, gross.
Cato Institute: Should No-Knock Police Raids be Rare-or Routine? (Policy Forum): “Should No-Knock Police Raids be Rare-or Routine?
POLICY FORUMThursday, September 11, 20084:00 PM (Reception To Follow)
Featuring Cheye Calvo, Mayor, Berwyn Heights, Maryland, Radley [...]
This story from Chicago saddens me, but is not surprising. When the passive aggressive use the force of government to exact their revenge the results can be deadly. In this fortunate instance the tables were turned.
Chicago officer charged in frame job: “Bogdan Mazur, who is in the midst of a divorce, tried to set up [...]
Allen St. Pierre, Executive Directory of NORML has a scathing rebuttal of the ONDCP’s outrageous claims on their blog. The post is on The Hill’s blog which is widely read by congressional staffers and lobbyists. Hopefully staffers at the ONDCP will stop getting invited to D.C. cocktail parties and change their tune.
Congress and the Media [...]
Possession of a plant can not only cost you your right to vote, it can also disqualify you from public service.
Commercial Appeal – Felony arrest ends Pearson’s bid for Bartlett post – The Shelby County Election Commission ruled that Steve Pearson III, who filed to face Young in the Nov. 4 election, did not [...]
I read this news story: Morocco destroyed a 2,736 hectare cannabis farm. That’s an area almost 20 times the size of Overton Park*. That’s an unreal bust, and yet supply for the United States in the coming year won’t be diminished. We’re the country with the greatest marijuana consumption in the world.
I saw this story [...]
I respect what Alex Jones does, but I don’t subscribe to conspiracy chasing much because it’s time consuming and unproductive. I’d rather be a voice of reason and liberty. However, I will agree, because it’s well documented, that organizations like Skull and Bones, Bohemian Grove, and the Bilderberg Group exist and operate to conspire to [...]
