cop speaks the truth: 'The war on drugs is a war on people' | The Raw ... - StumbleUpon

Active duty cop: 'The war on drugs is a war on people' | The Raw ... - StumbleUpon

take more time off when you can, fight for more when you can't

7 Reasons Working Too Much Is Bad For Your Health

graffiti matters

Egyptians Use Graffiti to Reclaim Streets (Slide Show) | Care2 Causes

Street cred for Jon Stewart: he was photographed moshing at Dead Kennedy's show

Check Out A Pic Of A Young Jon Stewart Moshing At A Dead Kennedys Show - Stereogum

Gingrich is getting quick traction by pandering to racists

A fairly common tactic among Republicans these days.

Alan Grayson Does What The Media Won’t And Calls Out Gingrich’s Racism

The 1% get the best government money can buy

The 99% get to be their bitches.

SOPA and PIPA Spur Lobbying Spike - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets

The idiots are taking over

They want your kid to be kept in the dark about evolution - while getting trained to suppress their homosexual urges.

The idiots are taking over

lawyers are snakes

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Nothing gets a room full of pigs to applause

like talk of another war.

Jon Stewart Recaps 2012 State Of The Union Address Highs And Lows (VIDEO)

Rock on

"I don't give a fuck about who wants to get married to anyone else . . . just give everyone the chance to have the life they want"

Did Clint Eastwood Really Just Say This About Gay Marriage? | MoveOn.Org

bet it will be alot like the Dr. Dre concert i went to

A lot of commentary about black people to an audience filled with white people rich enough to afford tickets

Dave Chappelle And Chris Rock Possibly Touring Together | The Smoking Section

Proof its not just about law and order

Only a racist could hate a baby just for being born.

Charlotte’s First Baby of 2012 Sparks Anti-Latino Hate

It's the oilmen's world, and its time we got used to it

Headlines like this don't get as much shock value now that we've gone through the process of adjusting to $3.00 per gallon gas and images of dead birds aren't on TV everyday.

ConocoPhillips Announces $3.4 Billion in Q4 Profits -- Bringing 2011 Profits to $12.4 Billion | ThinkProgress

stand by your man

doctor drugs his wife's sister and rapes her. wife helps him cover tracks and refuses to testify against him. i'm a pretty loyal person, but wow . . . .

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rock on

Kendrick Lamar Brings Fan On Stage To Preform "Look Out For Detox" | The Smoking Section

Soda rots more than your teeth

soda health problems | 3 Surprising Reasons to Give Up Soda | Rodale News

credit where credit is due

Chris Christie's embrace of diversity is laudable.

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As if slut shaming weren't sexist enough

This article blames Rhiana for almost destroying Chris Browns career - presumably by going on with bruised face performances after he beat her ass.

7 Fast Women We Would Still Put A Ring On | The Smoking Section

Freedom? Yeah, right.

Run a file sharing service that facilitates the transfer of big files - including many legitimate files - and you face 50 years in federal prison. Its a lot like facing execution in feudal times for hunting too close to the king's woods and maybe killing one of his deer.

More Megaupload Mess: Swizz May Answer To The FBI, Other Filesharing Sites Shutter Services | The Smoking Section

Big media putting the onus on businessmen instead of blaming the victim?

I like.

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People will lose their homes, neighborhoods will get destroyed by unkept vacant dwellings

but at least the bankers will get a few bones

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There is a certain charm and passion and magic

in aging rockers turning their back on free expression.

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The businessmen would turn our kids to stone if they could make a profit off it

"The best toy is 90 percent child and 10 percent toy," says Susan Linn, a Harvard University psychiatry instructor and cofounder of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. "The [perfect] toy's meaning and its use changes at the child's behest."

At the same time, a large percentage of children's toys are based on media characters – Transformers, for instance, were top sellers this past holiday season.

The problem with this, says Diane Levin, an education professor at Wheelock College in Boston, is that when a child plays with a toy that already has a character description, the play tends to be limited; the child doesn't invent the figure's personality or actions because those characteristics are already determined.

"One of the reasons that creative play has been diminishing in the United States is that it's not lucrative," Dr. Linn says. "Companies make less money when children play creatively. Children who play creatively need less stuff"

Toy makers adjust as children find new games to play | Alaska Dispatch

My hunch is that federal opposition to marijuana will end

but only when the right companies figure out how to make tons of money from it and exclude everyone else.

Pot-Based Drug Poised for FDA OK - Sativex for cancer pain already in advanced clinical trials

a broken promise and bad politics

I just read in the New Jersey Law Journal that the feds have been cracking down on medical marijuana growers and retailers in California. Of course, medical marijuana's legality under California state law has no bearing on the continuing force of federal prohibition. Thus, the federal authorities are completely within their rights.

However, when Obama ran for president he said he would respect the states on the issue. And at this point, the federal government ought to be embarrassed that nearly half the states are outright defying the federal government on the issue and the feds can't think of a way to reconcile outside of threats, force, and coercion. That's pretty ugly, especially considering the states that have passed medical marijuana laws have largely done so at the behest of clear majority of people that live in those states.

Obama promised better. He promised to use his discretion as executive to respect the states' decision on the issue. The linked article makes it plain he's broken that promise.

To what gain? I can't think of any substantial block of voters that will be enticed to vote for Obama because of these federal crack downs, but there are plenty of people that may stay home. It's a foolish move.

http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=1202539059031&et=editorial&bu=New%20Jersey%20Law%20Journal&cn=NJLJ%20Daily%20News%20Alert%3A%20January%2023%2C%202012&src=EMC-Email&pt=New%20Jersey%20Law%20Journal%20Daily%20News%20Alert&kw=FEDERAL%20CRACKDOWN%20CONTINUES%20AGAINST%20MARIJUANA%20DISPENSARIES

New Jersey's biggest bully cuts the tantrum after finally getting his way

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Reward for helping catch terrorists

America puts you through litigation hell for more than decade, trying to destroy your life.

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I'm sure I could come up with a pun about old dogs and news tricks

But instead, I'll just point how ridiculous it is for anyone to face the potential of going to jail for a couple joints.

Raps&Hustles » Snoop Dogg Arrested For Weed In Texas

If the economy improves

It will mean that Obama will be able to take at least as much credit for drawing down Iraq, killing Bin Laden, toppling Quadaffi, and fixing the economy George Bush broke as Romney can take credit for job creation. Only foolish America would elect Mittens (or any other Republican) in the face of peace and prosperity under Obama.

compare

Political Animal - Romney flubs his own standard on job creation

with

The Rapid Economic Recovery Republicans Are Praying Against | TPMDC

Its absurd my state has virtually no input in the presidential primar

After all, New Jersey is the most densely populated state in America. My state is also one of the wealthiest, highly educated, and diverse. But the good old farm boys in Iowa know better than we do.

Race politics in the Hawkeye and Granite States - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

great SNL clip

The fact it was buried confirms the critique

'Banned SNL Clip': Rare 'Conspiracy Theory Rock!' Short Unearthed And Going Viral (VIDEO)

They call him Mr. 1%

Romney’s tax plan saves top 1 percent $82,000 - The Washington Post

Why we hate them

health insurance companies prosper as fewer Americans have health coverage

Health insurers’ good year - The Washington Post

NASA = cool

Astronomy is one of the few areas of science where major discoveries are still made by amateurs. So it makes sense that NASA's culture is friendly to open source tech.

One small step: NASA launches open source portal, aims to open more code

Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that the elites have already chosen the nominee

I read the reports that Romney won. Saw it on Drudge. Saw it on the front page of several news papers at the local Wawa. Turns out "Romney won" is a misleading statement. I wonder if the report would have been the same if it were Mr. Anal Lube or - gasp - Ron Paul? Doubt it. The big business wing of the Republican Party have already chosen the nominee. It's just a matter of the rank and file falling in line.

Mathematics Says Romney and Santorum Tied In Iowa - Slashdot

kinky sex makes the world go round

apparently, the companies have decided that it's time for the leaders of the world to all sit down, have a serious get together, and start another war.

EU Moves To Ban Iran Crude Oil - Slashdot

The 1% would rather destroy their wedding dresses

than chance they be seen on the backs of the 99%

Priscilla Of Boston Spray-Paints Unsold Wedding Gowns To Keep Them From Grubby Poor People - The Consumerist

When you're the 1%

you get to have Toots (of Toots & The Maytals) jam with the Chilli Peppers at your private party. I usually have to rely on my mp3 collection.

Watch Toots & Red Hot Chilli Peppers Perform "Louie Louie" | The Smoking Section

The journey from "good" to "great" always seems to involve increased sacrifice by the servant class

San Diego Union-Tribune staff told told to dress up, work longer hours - :: Future of Journalism

I suppose any positive mainstream celebrity support is a good thing

And who knows, maybe she's really an Iron Maiden fan, too.

Dangerous Minds | Miley Cyrus supports Occupy Wall Street with new music video

You can afford to have a wide stance when your in the 1%

But then again, masters and dogs play by different rules. Masters' rules.

Murdoch berates 'Brits' for long holidays ... from Caribbean