Author: Simon

H/T Simple Justice

A movie about Drug War casualties. Note the bit about cannabis as a cancer blocker that shows up in passing. You didn’t know that cannabis combats cancer? Here is a news story on the subject. A pair of scientists at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco has found that a compound derived from marijuana…

When it comes to ending Drug Prohibition It has so far been retired officers and retired Police Chiefs who have said, “End Prohibition.” The roster of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition is a prime example. So this in a very big way is a blockbuster: The leader of Indiana State Police has no objection to legislative…

Yep. The Saudis have done it. They have perfected a system for preventing abortion. Saudi Arabia is sending a text message to the guardian—usually a husband, father, or brother—of any woman who attempts to exit the country. While the kingdom isn’t known for its women’s rights, critics feel “tagging” women like a dog that wanders…

In my post A Trivial Little Matter, I asked: Why did the Republicans of 1914 vote against the Harrison Narcotics Act? (the act put the Federal government in charge of opiates and cocaine). None of the social conservatives who responded could answer the question. Now if they frequent this blog I’m sure they think of…

Eric asks the question “Are these Republicans serious?” in An issue as ahead of its time as counting chickens before they hatch. I answered in part: Sadly, I believe they are. Perhaps at the Rand Paul level the effort is a cynical one to raise money and a following. But at the level of the…

We have a fair number of Conservatives who read this blog. And because of that I get chided all the time about my obsession with Drug Prohibition. Fine. I have a question for my Conservative critics. (Please. Only those of you who are dyed in the wool Conservatives answer the question. The rest may comment…

I found this delicious comment at Reason Magazine. I believe it explains everything I don’t understand about the Republican Party. “I personally find certain types of drugs objectionable, and the abusers of those drugs offend my moral sensibilities, so better a total assault on the personal liberty of everyone else than even one of them…

The Republican Party wants to be a religion. Well I want to be a heretic. Excommunicate me and all those like me. 2012 will then be a high water mark. You remaining Republicans will long for the days when you only lost National elections by a few million. I had a similar decision to make…

This is the Alabama edition. It is not very important as these things go. But it is indicative. On November 14, the Alabama House Committee on Health, held a hearing on the issue of medical marijuana in Alabama. It was evident that the purpose of the hearing was to kill HB 2, the Alabama Medical…

In Russian “pravda” means truth. I knew that even before #2 son majored in the Russian language. So what is the Truth saying these days? Pravda says Obama is a communist. The famed Russian news site “Pravda,” which ironically was formed as the official Communist publication of the former Soviet Union, recently released a scathing…

Eric reminded me at dinner last night that the Rolling Stones got their start in America when this cover of a Buddy Holly tune made the charts. The Stones are celebrating 50 years in music. Here is the Buddy Holly original. And since Eric and I are long time Dead Heads this collection wouldn’t be…

The video here goes into the heroin smuggling connection. Osama was well known as a heroin smuggler. The al Qaeda terror group has embraced heroin trafficking to such an extent that its leader, Osama bin Laden, is now a “narco-terrorist,” says a U.S. congressman just back from a fact-finding mission in Pakistan and Afghanistan. “It…

I was under the impression that the purpose of the DEA was to prevent Illegal Drug importation. Except when they lose a truckload. On purpose? A little study of N987SA might make things a little clearer. This may also help. In law enforcement recordings he can be heard talking with the frantic pilot in the…

Watts Up With That? discusses the coming of a 30 year cooling period in our very near future. Over the last 10 years or so as new data have accumulated the general trend and likely future course of climate change has become reasonably clear. The earth is entering a cooling phase which is likely to…

The image of some Palestinians on Motorcycles is all over the news. It was used to attract people to this story. But it was cropped. This is what was covered up:

Well not all the way. Just Medical Marijuana according to the link. Funny thing is that this is being done by the State Legislature since Illinois is not an Initiative State. You can find a summary of the Bill at Mother Earth Holistic Health. I’d also like to see a “Father Time Cop A Dime”…

Libertarian Christian chimes in on the moral bankruptcy of Christians these days. (I’m not the only one) And he does it from a point of view similar to mine. Which says to me that despite what some commenters think I’m not inherently anti-Christian. I’m against the misapplication of Christian morality. I keep growing in my…

The Reform Jews had a year of support for Medical Marijuana. I was searching for mention of it. It started in 2003. Funny thing is the Reform Jews have removed all mention of it from their site. No wonder I couldn’t find it. Any way I was looking for it to post some links at…