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 | Washington State Allows More People to Prescribe Marijuana The Washington State Senate voted 34-13 to expand the number of medical professionals that can prescribe medical marijuana (see the link for the bill).... |
| The Militarization of American Police In the summer of 2006 a frail, troubled 18-year-old girl named Ashley MacDonald ran through a nearly empty Huntington Beach, California, city park in the early morning holding a small knife. An onlooker called the police and soon two large male officers showed up. They shot the girl to death ... |
| OneBigAssMistakeAmerica: IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS TURNED OUT DUMB TO VOTE ON A BILL THAT IS NONEXISTENT IS DUMB !. |
| More on the NY Salt Ban Bill Last week, New York state assemblyman Felix Ortiz (D-Brooklyn) introduced a bill to ban the use of all salt in restaurant cooking and impose a fine of up to $1,000 on violators. Like all legislators who introduce absolutely insane legislation, he says he is trying to "make sure that we bring awareness." Consumers already have the right to ask... |
| Joseph Stack & the GOP: Murder-Suicide of the King's English We look at "ritualized" usage of the English language as exemplified by the suicide note of pilot Joseph Stack, and the "English-only" prejudice of voters in the Texas Republican primary who ended the promising career of the Chairman of the Texas Railroal Commission by voting him out because of his Spanish surname. These language failures are sympt |