Last week’s contest was won by milwhcky. It was Kansas City, MO.
Here’s this week’s, good luck!
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Last week’s contest was won by milwhcky. It was Kansas City, MO.
Here’s this week’s, good luck!
[...]- This looks like a potentially interesting discovery that could assist in combating climate change.
- Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio is a menace to society.
- U.S. Attorney Tanya Treadway isn’t much better.
- Speaking of unhinged U.S. Attorneys, I neglected to say farewell to a true [...]
Barbara Coombs Lee has a follow-up diary at Daily Kos on the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ directive that mandates that Catholic health care facilities employ feeding tubes and other life-prolonging measures even when an individual’s living will specifically prohibits it. When I last posted on this, [...]
Goldy broke the news earlier this week that 6 co-sponsors in the State House are introducing a bill that will legalize marijuana for adults over the age of 21. The bill will also utilize the existing mechanisms in place for regulating wine and hard liquor to establish a distribution [...]
In the comments of this EffU post, our friend Pudge is insisting that AirTran is lying about the Tedd Petruna email. This is an open thread.
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Last week’s contest was a tough one, but it was eventually won by Cascadian. The correct location was in Manchester, England.
Here’s this week’s, good luck!
[...]Last week, Jeremy Scahill had a huge story detailing the secret operations being conducted in Pakistan by the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and the private military outfit formerly known as Blackwater. The operations are primarily assassinations and kidnappings (”snatch and grabs”) of high-value targets. The agreement with Pakistan [...]
Two weeks ago, I posted about the directive given by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that requires hospitals and hospices to override the end-of-life wishes of patients in certain circumstances.
In the comments, Joel Connelly crawled up my ass, telling me that I needed to contact [...]
Frank Chopp may be getting the message that his opposition to the marijuana decriminalization bill introduced last year wasn’t just misguided and backwards, but also bad politics. There will be a lot of people watching what he does in 2010 to push that bill – and drug law [...]
Last week’s contest was won by milwhcky. The correct answer was St. Paul, MN. As always, you can click the picture to go directly to the Bing maps site. They’ve hidden the Bird’s Eye View link a bit, but you can get to it by clicking the [...]
The recent execution-style murder of Officer Timothy Brenton has justifiably shaken the residents of Seattle. The suspect, Christopher Monfort, is most certainly the culprit. His car was seen at the crime scene, and when discovered at his apartment a few days later, police claim to have found [...]
Last week’s contest was Placentia, CA. The winner was wes.in.wa, with an assist from Liberal Scientist, who provided this map of California oil wells.
I think the server clock on HA is off by a bit, so if this wasn’t posted exactly at noon, my apologies.
Here’s this week’s [...]
Here are some recent news items:
- Remember the big push a few years back after the Terri Schiavo mess to encourage people to have a living will for such situations? If you were one of the people who did that, make sure you avoid Catholic health care institutions as [...]
I was hoping to attend tonight’s forum in Edmonds with travel show host Rick Steves, State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles, State Rep. Mary Helen Roberts, former U.S. Attorney John McKay, and former White House advisor Bud Krogh. It starts in about an hour, but I’m stuck at home with parental [...]
Steve Elliott takes on the useless waste of humanity that is Frank Chopp. It makes absolutely no sense to me that Mike McGinn can win the mayoral race, but that guy can’t be defeated by an actual progessive in the 43rd District.
Last week’s contest was won by milwhcky for the second straight week. The correct answer was The Bronx.
This week’s contest should be more of a challenge, good luck!
[...]The American Medical Association this week adopted a report from the Council on Science and Public Health that encourages the Federal government to reclassify marijuana away from a Schedule I drug. Schedule I drugs, by definition, have no medical value, and now even the more conservative AMA is recognizing [...]
Some news from The Onion – Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be
[...]Via Attackerman, I see that John Hannah, a former aide to Dick Cheney, is still scratching his head about what went wrong in Afghanistan:
Ever since last year’s presidential campaign, there’s been an unfortunate tendency to assess America’s Afghan campaign as one long, steady downward spiral to disaster. “Eight [...]
In the wake of the Obama Administration’s declaration that the federal government would respect state medical marijuana laws, Kirk Johnson in the New York Times reported the following:
For years, since the first medical marijuana laws were passed in the mid-1990s, many local and state governments could be confident, if [...]
Last week’s contest was won by milwhcky. It was Waterford, Michigan.
Here’s this week’s, good luck.
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Stephen Gutwillig gets to the real heart of the matter:
How can the notion that marijuana is “here to stay” coexist with these rates of marijuana arrests? Apparently because the people caught in the crossfire aren’t considered part of the mainstream. In California, African-Americans are three times as [...]
There’ve been two news items this week that have shown us one of the uglier aspects of the drug war – attempts to censor science and expert opinion in order to maintain the status quo.
In the UK, a chief drugs advisor named David Nutt was fired by Home Secretary [...]
Last week’s contest was a tough one, but it was eventually solved by wes.in.wa. It was the Greeley Independence Stampede Grounds in Greeley, Colorado.
Here’s this week’s, good luck!
[...]Earlier this week, the New York Times unloaded some big news about Afghanistan:
KABUL, Afghanistan — Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player in the country’s booming illegal opium trade, gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency, and has for much of the [...]
CNN:
Afghan opium kills 100,000 people every year worldwide — more than any other drug — and the opiate heroin kills five times as many people in NATO countries each year than the eight-year total of NATO troops killed in Afghan combat, the United Nations said Wednesday.
About 15 million people [...]
Dick Cheney giving advice on how to have an effective foreign policy is like Kayne West giving advice on proper etiquette at awards ceremonies.
[...]How convenient for the South Park guys that when an actual dad in Colorado pulls off the most insane Randy Marsh imitation of all time, they’re right in the middle of making new episodes.
[...]The Obama Administration has put down in writing their official policy on medical marijuana. They will no longer interfere with state medical marijuana laws. The most important benefit of this policy is that it opens the door for states to implement much more robust systems of production and [...]
Last week’s contest was won by milwhcky. The location was Burlington, NJ.
Here’s this week’s, good luck!
[...]- Radley Balko and Publius from Obsidian Wings have been following the scandal involving Texas Governor Rick Perry’s attempts to cover up the fact that an innocent man was likely executed on his watch.
- It never ceases to amaze me how often people who rant about taxes and [...]
In the comments of my last post about the epic saga of the empty jail in Hardin, Montana, Jason Osgood asks:
Is anyone else disturbed that a new jail was someone’s idea of economic development and jobs creation?
Yeah, me too. And while there was a lot in that story [...]
A report was released last week showing that New York City’s menu labeling law hasn’t been working to get people to reduce their calorie intake. The study involved a number of fast food restaurants in low-income areas of the city. Receipts from before and after the calorie figures [...]
Two weeks ago’s contest was won by YLB. The correct answer was Amsterdam.
Here’s this week’s, good luck!
[...]I missed a lot of posts here as I traveled, so this may have been covered already, but Rush Limbaugh is trying to buy the St. Louis Rams. In response, several black NFL players have said they would refuse to play in St. Louis. It’s hard to [...]
Back from a week out on the east coast and catching up on the news:
- Has there been a more entertainingly bizarre story than what’s been happening in Hardin, Montana? The town builds a jail in 2007 believing that building the jail is the road towards economic prosperity and [...]
A representative from MAPS, an organization devoted to studying the effects of psychedelics, recently sent me a press release about upcoming research being done in Vancouver to study the use of MDMA (more commonly known as ecstasy) to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. While a lot of people will snicker [...]
Here are some things that I’ve been too busy working on my fantasy football website to write about:
- Marc Emery is now in a Canadian jail awaiting extradition to the United States. Ian Mulgrew in the Vancouver Sun writes about how this is a monumental travesty that shows [...]
Last week’s contest was won by Murgen in only 28 minutes. The correct answer was Abraham Lincoln’s tomb in Springfield, Illinois.
Here’s this week’s, good luck!
[...]AP reporter Gene Johnson has an article on the conflict brewing over Washington’s medical marijuana law:
Unlike some states, Washington requires patients to grow marijuana themselves or designate a caregiver to grow it for them. For many, that’s unrealistic: They’re too sick to grow cannabis themselves and don’t have the [...]
Last week’s contest was won by Dave in Seattle. It was the Warner Brothers Studio in Burbank, California.
Here’s this week’s, good luck!
[...]In an article in New York magazine, a man operating a small business in New York City made this startlingly honest confession:
I hate to say it, but there’s no way I’m hiring a black guy to work for me.
Is this a good indication of how racism still significantly affects [...]
A few updates from around the area:
- As the extradition date for Canadian seed-seller Marc Emery approaches (he’s expected to be sentenced here in Seattle on Monday, September 28), a rally to protest his looming incarceration is being organized for this Saturday, September 19 at 10am, starting at the [...]
It looks like this is going to be a busy week for me. There are a number of drug war related stories happening across the state that I want to follow, but I definitely want to address this editorial that appeared on the Tacoma News-Tribune editorial page last week. [...]
Back in June, I wrote about Change – a medical marijuana dispensary operating in Spokane. Last week they were busted and the dispensary was shut down. A group called the Spokane Regional Dispensary Coalition is planning a protest at the Spokane County Courthouse this morning.
The situation in [...]
Last week’s contest was won by wes.in.wa. It was Bucharest, Romania. Wes also found this Wikipedia page for the pictured monastery.
Here’s this week’s, good luck!
[...]- Blogger Andrew Sullivan appears to have gotten some very favorable treatment from prosecutors after being busted for pot possession in Cape Cod. Sullivan is particularly enlightened on the drug war and certainly understands how lucky he was to escape more serious consequences. Hopefully, he’ll share some thoughts soon [...]
[via Scott Morgan]
Still waiting for updates on the court cases happening this week in Washington.
[...]Yesterday marked the six month anniversary of our state’s Death With Dignity Act. Compassion & Choices of Washington, a group that works to make sure the law works for both patients and doctors, announced that 16 Washington residents have passed away since taking advantage of the new law, 11 of [...]
In the comments from Sunday morning’s post, commenter Roger Rabbit posted a link to another tragic drug war story that I haven’t covered here. It comes out of Kansas, where in late 2007 a pain doctor named Stephen Schneider and his wife Linda (a nurse) were rung up [...]
In the spirit of this post at EffU, I’d like to see who can come up with the funniest set of hypocritical statements from a wingnut blogger when it comes to the “George Bush is our President and we should respect him and everyone should shut up” and “Barack [...]
I generally don’t write about every single drug war tragedy that I come across, especially ones from outside of the northwest. They happen so routinely – whether it’s a botched drug raid against an innocent suspect, a police officer dying in the line of duty, or innocent people getting caught [...]
Last week’s contest was won by ‘waguy’. It was Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, NY. If you want to keep up with what areas are being added to the Bird’s Eye View image server, you can check out this page, where the Bing team is releasing [...]
Earlier this week, the Montana Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Death With Dignity case that is expected to uphold a District Court ruling from last December that found that patients have a right under the Montana State Constitution to request medication that aids in dying.
Washington’s law [...]
The Cannabis Defense Coalition has adopted a highway (SR 169 in Maple Valley):
Their court calendar is pretty busy as well. Here are the upcoming court dates they’re observing:
Tuesday, September 8 - 9am
Douglas County vs. Hubert Mangum
Wednesday, September 9 - 9am
Grant County vs. David Hagar
Monday, September 14 [...]
- Radley Balko discusses the lawsuits against Seattle-area police agencies by Somali immigrants who were targeted in an effort to crack down on the use of khat, a mild plant-based stimulant popular in East Africa and the Middle East. Charles Mudede wrote about the war on khat [...]
Carl and I met up with Demo Kid last night and made it out to the big event. So did Eli Sanders.
[...]I have some family in town this weekend, so I haven’t had any time to blog, but something happened today while driving out to Snoqualmie Falls that just baffled me. We were driving south on I-5 past the 45th/50th St exit when an SDOT-type vehicle (the ones with the big [...]
Last week’s contest was won by Deathfrogg. It was the transplanted London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
Here’s this week’s, good luck!
[...]- I just finished reading David Neiwert’s new book The Eliminationists. It’s a very timely book, especially with all of the ridiculous comparisons people are making to Nazi Germany these days. Very few people seem to know the reality of what fascism was and how it came to [...]
Here are some drug war items I’ve wanted to write full posts about but haven’t had the time:
- Anthony Citrano writes about the latest wave of medical marijuana raids in Los Angeles. According to Attorney General Holder’s previous statements, federal authorities wouldn’t be targeting any establishments that are complying [...]
Last week’s contest was won by mlc1us in an impressive 19 minutes. The view was of Tokyo, and the link is here.
Here’s this week’s contest, good luck!
[...]More than three out of every four Americans feel it is important to have a “choice” between a government-run health care insurance option and private coverage, according to a public opinion poll released on Thursday.
A new study by SurveyUSA puts support for a public option at a robust [...]
You know things are changing with respect to marijuana laws when the former police chief of a major American city writes the forward to a book about how marijuana is safer than alcohol. Here’s former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper in the introduction to a new book called Marijuana is [...]
With reports that the Obama Administration is considering backing down on the public option - a health care proposal that is supported by roughly 3/4 of the country - due to the way the debate is being portrayed in the media, I get the sense that we’ve witnessed [...]
Marc Emery is expected to be sentenced to a 5-year prison term right here in Seattle on Monday, September 21. Rallies are planned in his support in a number of U.S. and Canadian cities on Saturday, September 19th.
NPR has the story of how an Orange County retirement [...]
Last week’s contest was won by milwhcky. It was the coal docks of Ashtabula, Ohio.
Here’s this week’s, to win this one, you have to provide the link (after you’ve found it on the mapping page, click Share). Just guessing the city isn’t enough. Good luck!
I’m on my way down to Hempfest right now. I will update this post as the day goes on.
10:20am - At McDonalds on 5th. Very easy to tell who’s going to Hempfest and who will be Riding the Ducks.
10:39am - Another gigantic line to get in. Man with giant balloons [...]
This weekend is the annual Hempfest protestival. It’s an event that has something for everyone (well, except for the uptight tools in the comment threads who think they’re cool when they call me a stoner). I generally hang around the Hemposium tent, where political discussion is the order [...]
Last week, Seattle and King County law enforcement officials tried something new, not arresting drug dealers:
More than a dozen black binders, each with at least two inches of criminal evidence, were atop tables on the stage. Names were in bold and underlined on the front.
In the first three rows [...]
With the events of this past week, it seems appropriate to link to this old post from five years ago that got my old blog Reload noticed by The Stranger. In the beginning of the post, I wrote:
I remember in high school, my good friend and I used [...]
Before Saturday’s event with Rep. Jay Inslee and Drug Czar Kerlikowske, a local medical marijuana patient named Ric Smith showed up. Smith, who lives nearby in Shoreline, wanted to ask Kerlikowske a question about why he went from being sympathetic to the medical marijuana community as Seattle’s police chief [...]
You can go with complete idiocy:
AJC columnist Jay Bookman noticed that in the latest Investors Business Daily editorial about how the ‘death panel’ will condemn all handicapped or disabled people to death on some horrid wind-swept mountain, it notes that …
People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t [...]
Last week’s contest was won by wes.in.wa. That’s 3 out of the last 4 for wes, who’s become the man to beat recently. The correct location was Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan, home to the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL.
Here’s this week’s, good luck!
I was able to attend the media presser this morning following Jay Inslee’s meeting with Office of National Drug Control Policy head (and former Seattle police chief) Gil Kerlikowske. The meeting was about legislation being pushed by Inslee to promote the safe disposal of prescription drugs, an initiative [...]
The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill to get rid of the infamous crack-cocaine sentencing disparity.
Oregon becomes the latest state to allow hemp farming.
Russ Belville writes about the hypocrisy of television networks who happily air shows about marijuana that are entertaining, but censor content about marijuana [...]
Just sat down in Fado to kick off pre-game festivities for the big game tonight. May post updates in this space if the mood strikes.
UPDATE: Fado is now packed. If the Sounders play as poorly as they did on Sunday, this could be an ugly game. This is like a [...]
Despite some recent court victories and the more progressive stance taken by the Obama Administration with regard to medical marijuana, registered patients in Washington are still ending up in courts across the state. The Cannabis Defense Coalition is following these cases and bringing citizens along both to [...]
You would think that police officers who know they’re being filmed by their own dashboard camera would be smart enough not to plant drugs on someone right in front of the camera.
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Last week’s contest was won by mlc1us. It was O’Fallon, MO, near St. Louis.
Here’s this week’s, good luck!
[...]In an Open Thread yesterday, our most anti-Semitic troll (and that’s really saying something), left this cryptic message:
i reccomend all you liberals go to cars.gov and continue thru all pages.
I normally have some vague sense of where these whackjobs are coming from, but that one had me scratching [...]
If you want to know why this state’s Republican Congressmen (and Congresswoman) can’t just laugh off the conspiracy theories surrounding Obama’s citizenship status, take a look at the comment threads of Sound Politics.
UPDATE: More insanity from our trolls:
Its so neat you tards have a cute little name [...]
For some non-local news, there’s an interesting scandal brewing in Alabama. It involves a janitor named Lorenza Hooks at the State House in Montgomery who was busted in 2006 after video footage showed him carrying a backpack (which he admits was his) containing two pounds of marijuana (which he [...]
Last week’s contest turned out to be a tough one. It wasn’t solved until Tuesday afternoon when wes.in.wa came up with the correct location of Auburn, Alabama. The building pictured was Cater Hall, on the campus of Auburn University. That’s two in a row for wes.
I’ve generally [...]
The initiative campaign against the new jail, I-100, fell short of its signature goal. I-100 wouldn’t have directly prevented the jail from being built. It would have only forced the city to analyze alternatives, examine the racial disparity in the prison population, and then put the question up for [...]
I thought the Obama Administration was going to put science before ideology:
The federal government is not going to pull back on its efforts to curtail marijuana farming operations, Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy, said Wednesday in Fresno.
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“Marijuana is dangerous and has [...]
