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I learn something new about the drug war every day:
“The Mexicans have moved to an old recipe that existed in the ’70s and ’80s that is called P2P,” said Jane C. Maxwell, a senior research scientist at the Addiction Research Institute at the [...]
If you receive an application for a position requiring a lot of driving or operating heavy machinery, and the applicant has a known history of alcohol or substance abuse, you’d probably be justified in turning the applicant down for the job, right?
You probably already know the answer to this, but: wrong.
If a law currently up for vote in the Virginia House passes this week and is signed by Governor Bob McDonnell, it will require many women seeking an abortion to be raped.
No, you didn’t misread that.
The bill, which is similar to laws passed [...]
Sunday Shorts
By Brian Martinez On February 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Culture, Drug War, Politics, War on Terror
Even Robert Rodriguez couldn’t have scripted this one: a gay Republican border fascist sheriff has resigned from Mitt Romney’s local election campaign amid allegations he threatened his ex-lover with deportation to [...]
I suppose it’s only logical – in that twisted, perverse way unique to the state – that if the president can now detain citizens indefinitely without trial for suspected terrorist activities committed on U. S. soil, the government would be able to arrest them
Saturday Shorts
By Brian Martinez On February 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Corporatism, Culture, Daily Cuts, Drug War, Politics
Scandinavian show-jumping rabbit mania invades the UK (HT Tyler Cowen). Here is video of the “Rabbit Grand National Final”:
Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is under federal investigation for [...]
Arizona has long been a rich source of batshit insane laws, usually good for a laugh or a moment of outrage (sometimes both) before they’re quickly struck down by a judge for their utter lack of constitutional sanction. The state’s anti-immigration bill, SB 1070, which
A perfect example of the depths of collectivist stupidity to which California governments have plunged:
The Board of Supervisors this week agreed to raise fines to up to $1,000 for anyone who throws a football or a Frisbee on any beach [...]
…we now hear that the Pentagon is “reviewing options” as the situation in Syria continues to deteriorate:
Although the U.S. focus remains on exerting diplomatic and economic pressure on Syria, the Pentagon and the U.S. Central Command have begun a preliminary internal review of U.S. [...]
Of all the policies of the Barack Obama administration – one of many which began under the Bush regime and has been continued, even expanded, by his successor – I think the use of predator drones sickens and angers me the most. Especially with the revelation that [...]
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