Czech Republic legalizes sale of marijuana: Voice of Russia
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Saturday, December 8, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Which E-book Reader Should You Buy? by Jeffrey Tucker
To be sure, this review is deeply unfair. I’m comparing the best on the market (which is the iPad, in my view) with the worst on the market — and what is the fault of the hardware, firmware, and apps is very much mixed up. In any case, this is a dollar-store item sold in stacks at the cash register. There are so many products that are in between. The Google tablet (Nexus) looks just fantastic, is getting great reviews, and is half the price of a an iPad or iPad Mini. Samsung also offers what looks like an outstanding product at half the price. The newer Kindles like the Paperwhite seem effortless (but still won’t read certain file types).
It's funny how we see what we want, and don't see what we don't want to see--So we have to look with rigor of consciousness
Finally posted something on Gadfly. Have been in retreat. I am dealing some monumental life changes in my personal life, and so have gone into something of a cocoon. When I'm ready, I'll be back on the air.
I was finding my voice, and then a convergence of the harshness of seeing for the first time, the reality of the state, and world I live in, in a way I had not understood before, and my personal life shifting dramatically, but if not for the joy and love present, I would have held back in fear.
The elections, and the reality of our political state knocked the wind out of my breath.
I am studying. I am accounting. I am grateful and want to be gracious, generous, and effective.
It's winter. It's a good time to stoke the hearth, embrace one's loved ones. Click to read the post on Gadfly
I was finding my voice, and then a convergence of the harshness of seeing for the first time, the reality of the state, and world I live in, in a way I had not understood before, and my personal life shifting dramatically, but if not for the joy and love present, I would have held back in fear.
The elections, and the reality of our political state knocked the wind out of my breath.
I am studying. I am accounting. I am grateful and want to be gracious, generous, and effective.
It's winter. It's a good time to stoke the hearth, embrace one's loved ones. Click to read the post on Gadfly
Saturday, December 1, 2012
The Danger of using recordable CDs or DVDs for backing up important data - YouTube
I was doing a search to choose the difference between blank DVD's, not that I know what exactly I'll use them for, but I do know we're about make a lot of video data. This video applies to recordable discs including those for CDs. Good thing to know. I've probably ruined a lot of data because I used a black Sharpie Marker on the back, on the cover, and I had no idea I was ruining the data. Check out this youtube video to see why. The Danger of using recordable CDs or DVDs for backing up important data - YouTube
Friday, November 23, 2012
What the Pot Legalization Victories Mean for the Pro-Freedom Agenda | Bastiat Institute
"From a basic consistency standpoint, it’s bizarre that Republicans would advocate returning abortion to the states, which would be the effect of overturning Roe v. Wade, yet insist that the federal government wantonly overturn the will of the people in those states that allow either medical marijuana or the recreational use of a substance that is demonstrably less harmful than the alcoholic beverages one can buy in any grocery store.
It’s not about weed, but about consistency. States’ rights means states’ rights, not states’ rights when we agree with the policies independent states embrace. The GOP’s rigidity only reinforces the cartoonish Democratic narrative that the party is beholden to religious moralists of the type who want to re-impose slavery and Prohibition. It also lets the Democrats get away with their stupidity on the drug war."
Some conservatives, including former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, endorsed legalization. Serious liberals have bucked the Democratic Party’s equally insane prosecution of the drug war, thus planting the seeds of a left-right pro-freedom coalition outside the confines of the two outdated national parties.Click here to read the article.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Friday, November 9, 2012
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Unions Spend Big, Win Big in California :: Fox&Hounds
Unions Spend Big, Win Big in California : Fox&Hounds
The idealistic hope that California voters would keep a firm grasp on their wallets, thus forcing the state to rein in pay and other costs, was a pipedream. Californians, who typically vote “no” when it comes to initiatives that directly increase taxes, gave Governor Jerry Brown’s income- and sales- tax boost (Proposition 30) a surprisingly decisive win, with nearly 54 percent of the vote.
The governor embraced modest pension changes and vetoed union-backed spending measures only at the last minute of the legislative session as a way to convince voters that he was serious about reform and that they should vote for 30. With new money coming into the state coffers, there will be little impetus to rein in spending — at least until the Democratic- dominated Legislature blows the new money.
Authorities target pot grows in southwest Santa Rosa sweep | PressDemocrat.com
Authorities target pot grows in southwest Santa Rosa sweep | PressDemocrat.com
Mejia, who wasn't being detained like many of her neighbors, said officers had indicated they weren't going to arrest her. She had paperwork to grow medical marijuana and said her garden was legal, with 30 plants, as is locally allowed. But Mejia, who held a receipt issued by officers, was upset her garden still was yanked.Groups of neighbors gathered to watch. Several called the officers' tactics “overkill” and questioned the value of ripping out the gardens, saying there were other more serious crimes to pursue.“It's a big bunch of crap,” said Lora Wilson, as she leaned against some mailboxes. “How much taxpayer money did we just waste doing this?”
Monday, November 5, 2012
Prop. 32 gives teachers a voice | teachers, union, cta - Opinion - The Orange County Register
Sand, Schwartz, Friedrichs: Prop. 32 gives teachers a voice
"The California Teachers Association (CTA) is claiming that if Prop. 32 passes, public school teachers in California will no longer have a voice. But the truth is that many teachers already don't have a voice because of the union's political agenda and unfettered control over teachers' required "contributions." In fact, if Prop. 32 survives the $20.1 million dollar attack upon it by CTA and becomes law, only then will all teachers finally have a voice."
Click here to read more.
"The California Teachers Association (CTA) is claiming that if Prop. 32 passes, public school teachers in California will no longer have a voice. But the truth is that many teachers already don't have a voice because of the union's political agenda and unfettered control over teachers' required "contributions." In fact, if Prop. 32 survives the $20.1 million dollar attack upon it by CTA and becomes law, only then will all teachers finally have a voice."
Click here to read more.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
Jamie Haase: All Aboard to Welcome Javier Sicilia and the Peace Caravan
"So viva Mexico and the United States alike, now uniting in an alliance to reform drug laws and end this pointless mayhem. The most pressing thing at the moment is getting marijuana legalized once and for all. This plant accounts for roughl
y sixty percent of cartel profits in Mexico, and its prohibition alone is responsible for much of the devastation wrought by the drug war. All the while its legality and legitimacy is welcomed by more than fifty percent of Americans (a figure increasing more and more every day).
There are varying reasons for supporting legalization, but one that can't be neglected is the death toll accumulating south of the border. To me personally, this is the most immediate reason for ending prohibition. Third party innocents from low-income, drug-producing countries die every day from our uncompromising drug policies. Yet the United States government remains committed to continuing down this unjust road-to-nowhere, which is something that should be intolerable to all of us.
Another critical reason for ending prohibition (and one that's often overlooked in my opinion), is..."
Click here to read Jamie Haase: All Aboard to Welcome Javier Sicilia and the Peace Caravan
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Botched Paramilitary Police Raids: An Epidemic of "Isolated Incidents"
"If a widespread pattern of [knock-and-announce] violations were shown . . . there would be reason for grave concern."
—Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, in Hudson v. Michigan, June 15, 2006.
An interactive map of botched SWAT and paramilitary police raids, released in conjunction with the Cato policy paper "Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids," by Radley Balko. What does this map mean?
How to use this map
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The proliferation of SWAT teams, police militarization, and the Drug War have given rise to a dramatic increase in the number of "no-knock" or "quick-knock" raids on suspected drug offenders. Because these raids are often conducted based on tips from notoriously unreliable confidential informants, police sometimes conduct SWAT-style raids on the wrong home, or on the homes of nonviolent, misdemeanor drug users. Such highly-volatile, overly confrontational tactics are bad enough when no one is hurt -- it's difficult to imagine the terror an innocent suspect or family faces when a SWAT team mistakenly breaks down their door in the middle of the night.
But even more disturbing are the number of times such "wrong door" raids unnecessarily lead to the injury or death of suspects, bystanders, and police officers. Defenders of SWAT teams and paramilitary tactics say such incidents are isolated and rare. The map above aims to refute that notion.
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Key
 Death of an innocent. |  Death or injury of a police officer. |  Death of a nonviolent offender. |
 Raid on an innocent suspect. |  Other examples of paramilitary police excess. |  Unnecessary raids on doctors and sick people. |