Month: February 2013

A little news from Florida. The university called a special meeting of its Board of Trustees to formally accept a gift of $6 million from the Boca Raton-based GEO Group. In exchange for the gift, FAU Stadium be renamed GEO Group Stadium for the next 12 years. GEO Group is a private correctional facilities company…

We have some very smart legislators in Illinois. Creates the Internet Posting Removal Act. Provides that a web site administrator shall, upon request, remove any posted comments posted by an anonymous poster unless the anonymous poster agrees to attach his or her name to the post and confirms that his or her IP address, legal…

This is a repost in whole without permission. I have advised the owner Kari Boiter so I may have to take it down later. ==== I spent the last three years working as an Executive Legislative Assistant to a ranking budget chair in the Washington State Legislature, so it should come as no surprise that…

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From the comments here. I am an evangelical minister and I do remember, with the same concern, this evangelical political turning towards the what was then termed as the Catholic Issue of Abortion. I had a Catholic friend who challenged me when the Supreme Court decision was rendered in 1973 about what she perceived as…

“You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.” Ayn Rand aka Alisa Zinov’yevna Rosenbaum

This may seem like an odd topic for a post, but I was talking with a man the other day who is in a state of grief over the killing of his two Labrador retrievers by what he said were coyotes. I’m not a zoologist, but it initially struck me as odd that Labradors (large…

I thought it might be interesting to back up my statement: Medical Marijuana prohibition is a crime against humanity and a violation of the religious precept – heal the sick. We probably should start with a little evidence. A few links are in order for that. CB2 CBD Science – HPLC Analysis Immune System Modulation…

I sometimes worry about irresponsible calls for civil war or armed revolution, and I have pointed out till I am blue in the face that if such an event happens, I will fight against it. But so far (fortunately), most of the people I’ve heard clamoring for such things have no real power, and perhaps…

In my recent post, CBD Science – HPLC Analysis, I discussed how various strains of cannabis are useful for different conditions. I also looked at that question here: CB2. A friend of mine sent me a link to this Cannabis Strain Explorer which may help you find a cannabis strain for a particular condition. Should…

One of today’s popular truths is that people (especially young people) are so mired in technological gadgetry that they are missing out on important things. Actually, I think many of the technological gadgets rank high as the most important things, but to those who want to make sweeping judgments about how the quality of life…

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I ran across this the other day: Vradic I did go and take a look at the hip hop republican website. Looks to me like another Libertarian attempt to take over the Republican party with people who are fiscally conservative, but otherwise, mostly liberal. I think Allen West needs to spend a little time talking…

The answer is that when they save lives, the news is unlikely to be widely reported. Like this report of a heroic pit bull, who saved her family from what would have been certain death: WELLSTON, Okla. —A 10-year-old pit bull terrier is being hailed a hero after she saved a Lincoln County family from their…

I want to update this post by mentioning what prompted it: We are seeing too many cases of people in intensive care dying from an immune system that has turned against them. Medical Marijuana prohibition is a crime against humanity and a violation of the religious precept – heal the sick. I like cannabis science.…

As I had some precious time to waste this morning, I went to Facebook (imo one of the most pleasant time wasters going) and scrolled. I found a somewhat simplistic graphic image that gave me a chuckle for several reasons. While I agreed with the overall sentiment, whoever the author was made an embarrassing mistake…

Considering that even such left wing arbiters as Salon are calling President Obama “the gun control President,” I think a few words are in order. Starting with Salon’s words: By design, it wasn’t until the end of his hour-long remarks that Obama got around to gun violence. His speeches tend to build toward emotional climaxes,…

The video is from Montana PBS KUFM Lots of good search terms in the video: “Dr William C Woodward” “DEA Judge Francis Young” “chronic wasting cannabis” “cannabis epilepsy” CBD Science – HPLC Analysis CB2 Changes in endocannabinoid levels and/or CB2 receptor expressions have been reported in almost all diseases affecting humans,[34] ranging from cardiovascular, gastrointestinal,…

H/T Weed Blog Medical Marijuana prohibition is a crime against humanity and a violation of the religious precept – heal the sick. Pass it on.

A lot of people say he wasn’t. Here is his deposition. A report from the Guardian UK about the kicking incident. Fresh out of the navy reserves, where he had served in Bahrain and Kuwait, Dorner, a trained marksman, was a rookie police officer on 28 July 2007, when he accompanied a training officer, Teresa…