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Feds Won't Interfere With Marijuana Legalization in Colorado and Washington

This unprecedented decision steers federal priority away from the longstanding, reactionary U.S. war on drugs.

one toke over the line         sweet jesus

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Drive-in Sex Boxes? One European City's Bright Idea
Zurich, Switzerland is building wooden sheds with alarms so that men and women can exchange sex for money more safely.

squeeze box

i'm a capitalist of the troskyist sort

And the men who call themselves “feminist”? If they aren’t simply whipped, then supposedly it’s a label they invoke as a cheap ploy at getting laid. Or so the story goes.

Masculine Feminists

what ever happened yo our culture??

She has a great attraction for simple people who are puzzled by organized society, who object to paying taxes, who dislike the ‘welfare’ state, who feel guilt at the thought of the suffering of others but who would like to harden their hearts. For them, she has an enticing prescription: altruism is the root of all evil, self-interest is the only good, and if you’re dumb or incompetent that’s your lookout.

Judge Calls 13-Year-Old Girl Who Was Sexually Assaulted by a 41-Year-Old "Predatory"

A judge calls a 13-year-old a predator, a rape "prevention" campaign targets women. The victim-blaming continues.

wtf?!

In 1974 a federal Appeals Court condemned BNDD’s a priori refusal as “not the kind of agency action that promoted the kind of interchange and refinement of views that is the lifeblood of a sound administrative process." Fourteen years, three DEA rejections and three court decisions later NORML’s petition was finally evaluated in detail. After examining thousands of pages of testimony and studies, administrative judge Francis Young concluded, "Marijuana is the safest therapeutically active substance known to man…The evidence clearly shows that marijuana is capable of relieving the distress of great numbers of very ill people, and doing so with safety under medical supervision. . .it would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for the DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance. The administrative law judge recommends that the (DEA) Adminstrator conclude that the marijuana plant considered as a whole has a currently accepted medical use in the United States.” 

pot war

oh really?