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Archive for November 1st, 2009

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

We just haven’t seen real legalization yet

By Thoreau
On Friday I was talking to somebody about drug legalization, and he said that medical marijuana will provide a test of my hypothesis that legalization hurts criminal organization and helps alleviate some of the worst aspects of the drug trade.  His rationale was that since lots of people who aren’t AIDS or cancer patients [...]

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Yes, but he only spies on you for peaceful purposes!

By Thoreau
Greenwald is getting all shrill because a certified Man of Peace says that the courts cannot review how, when, or why he’s listening to all your phone calls:
In the case of Shubert v. Bush, the Electronic Frontier Foundation represents numerous American citizens suing individual Bush officials, alleging that the Bush administration instituted a massive “dragnet” surveillance [...]

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

That’s Socialism!

Obamas reward young people on the basis of desire  – not even need! – rather than achievement.