Month: September 2011

Yesterday I wrote a semi-amusing piece about the Drug Cartels “petitioning Congress” to keep the Drug War going. It featured my favorite Police Detective, Howard Wooldridge. All in good fun to make a serious point. Well this morning Eric sent me a link to this story. Whistle-blowers allege corruption, cartel ties. Two former law enforcement…

Are all libertarians socially liberal? I have never for a moment thought so. But there is a debate going on among libertarians right now, and I enjoyed this video: Part of the confusion comes from people who want to defeat libertarian arguments by smearing libertarians as atheistic hedonists who sport tattoos, piercings, and funny haircuts…

Everyone is looking for some one to blame these days. Presidents are very useful in this regard. Some blame Bush II, Some blame Obama I. I blame Nixon. I blame him for ramping up the Drug War that has cost the Federal Government at minimum $1 trillion so far. With no end in sight. If…

I knew the narrator Peter Coyote back in the day. Patients Out Of Time – medicalcannabis.com Patients Out of Time is pleased to be a contributer to Len Richmond’s important new film, “What If Cannabis Cured Cancer“, which features video of Raphael Mechoulam, PhD and Robert Melamede, PhD from our 2004 National Clinical Conference on…

I have been cruising various pro gun sites over the last few months. “Gun Walker” stories. “Gun Runner” stories. “Fast and Furious” stories. Tons of electrons spilled (and that is a whole lot of electrons). Other than this site and JPFO I have yet to see any other sites connect the dots (thank you Eric,…

Eric in The high cost of illegal American appetites, left several links to an organization called LEAP. There is another anti-prohibition police organization called COPs that deserves your support. Retired Detective Howard Wooldrige of COPs was going around Capitol Hill last week with the following message: I visited all 435 House offices this week. Taking…

A lot of people (myself included) like to cite the failed War on Drugs as an example of how the country learned nothing from its experience with Prohibition. “End Prohibition!” we scream to little avail. Far from ending Prohibition, many American activists and politicians are bound and determined to start another one. Tobacco Prohibition. It’s…

Walter Russel Mead has a post up about The War Against The Young: Warning From Italy and Japan. I left a comment in reply to something we see all too often posted on the ‘net. We know the 1960s didn’t work. The 60s worked for me. Four kids. 1. Artist 2. Russian Language graduate 3.…

A very depressing piece reports some very uncomfortable news. The Mexican drug cartels (whose murder victims south of the border run into the tens of thousands) are now here in the United States, and they are winning. We do already have these [cartels] in the United States, but you just don’t hear about them very…

My favorite Lesbian Conservative Cynthia Yockey is at it again. (you might like to review my recent post about Cynthia: The Keys To The Next Election) She explains why gay equality will come from the Right. But first she lays into the pretensions of a vast swath of social conservatism. I will point out to…

Damn! Sunday is almost over and I never had time to write a damn thing. I hate it when that happens. I did see a New York Times piece titled “What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?” and it is not a new topi here. (“…if the goal is to prevent success, first we…

I recently posted some videos about marijuana as medicine. I got some criticism saying that the usefulness of marijuana for so many conditions was unbelievable. I will do some more posting including some articles that I haven’t yet cross posted here. But I thought it might be worthwhile to do a links mostly post to…

Drug addiction is a medical problem. If the Coast Guard can fix it I propose we put them in charge of cancer. If the police can fix it I propose we put them in charge of heart disease. If the politicians can fix it I propose we put them in charge of everything. Oh? Wait.…

Thirty seconds of political truth. And it may just sell some autos. H/T Libertarian Republican. Cross Posted at Power and Control

From Jesus Saves. Moses invests. Aleister Crowley changes the world. Led Zeppelin is Satanic to the core. In the song “Houses of the Holy,” Robert Plant (lead singer) speaks of Satan’s daughter and making her garden grow (a sexual reference). The album cover displays naked women crawling towards the top of the temple. It’s sickening…

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes schiffradio.com H/T Reason Magazine which has some nice text that expands on the video. Update: Frank left a link in the comments to Schiff’s Testimony to Congress. Cross Posted at Power and Control

A common complaint I hear about public education is the huge amount of money spent per child versus the incredibly poor quality of the education they receive. Kids are routinely allowed to “graduate” (I guess they still use that term) without basic reading or math skills. Fortunately, those who are motivated to better themselves still…

I can’t remember who sent me this quote, but here it is: “Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood—the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.” Too late. The…

Stories like this make me miss Philadelphia: A pair of lesbian lovers have admitted to burglarizing 29 homes but passed up one house where they encountered a lion, police said. Harley Rose Gifford and Britney Singleton, both 19 and from the 7100 block of Marshall Road, in Upper Darby have been arrested, according to police…

Zero Hedge is discussing the latest news in the ongoing financial meltdown. Which prompted a couple of comments (among many others). how does this compare to the Lehman shit fest of ’08? And the reply: Were gonna need a bigger fan. I have nothing to add. Cross Posted at Power and Control