NDAA Shot Down, But Threats Remain – David Seaman. Ex-guv thinks Regulate act could bring down global pot prohibition. When backers of the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act turned in 12,000-plus signatures Friday to cure a 2,407 signature shortfall toward qualifying for the November ballot, a special guest was on hand: Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico. Johnson thinks the Regulate measure could be the beginning of the end of pot prohibition in the U.S. and across the planet. Johnson was elected governor as a Republican, but "I've quit the party," he says. He's now a presidential candidate for the Libertarian ticket. But he made time in his schedule to support the Regulate act, which he sees as being of potentially historic significance.
"Colorado has the opportunity to change drug policy worldwide," he says. How so? Granted, the effect was far from immediate. Johnson stops short of guaranteeing victory for the initiative, which still must be officially approved for the ballot by the Colorado Secretary of State's office. "It's inevitable," he maintains. Jon Kyl says abortion services are “well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does” As the government inched toward a shutdown on April 8, 2011, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., gave a speech on the Senate floor to respond to Democratic charges that the major sticking point in the negotiations was a disagreement over Planned Parenthood.
Many Republicans want to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood because the organization does abortions. The federal government currently provides Planned Parenthood with $363 million annually, but by law, that money cannot be spent on abortion. It is spent on other types of health care services, such as cancer screenings, breast exams, and tests and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. Some opponents of abortion say that by sending any money to Planned Parenthood, taxpayers are still supporting abortions indirectly, since money is fungible. Here’s a portion of what Kyl said on the floor: "Everybody goes to clinics, to hospitals, to doctors, and so on.
We got many requests to fact-check his statement. Abortions: 332,278 procedures. SOPA STRIKE - Largest online protest in history - January 18 - blackout your site. STOP FRACKING NOW! Tell Congress to pass the FRAC Act. » Soldier Killed In Action Leaves $160,000 In His Will For Blowout Party For His Friends In Vegas Barstool Sports. YORK, England – A British soldier killed by a Taliban bomb in Afghanistan left $161,500 in his will — so his friends could go on vacation to Las Vegas, The Sun reported Monday. Royal Marine David Hart, who had taken out a $403,800 life insurance policy before he was deployed to Afghanistan, stipulated in a letter that in the event of his death, his friends and their partners should travel to Sin City for a massive party in his memory.
“In his letter David said he had had a great life and had no regrets about anything. He always said he would do something like this if something bad happened,” friend Andy Hare said. “He said, ‘Go and have a good time and spend all this money.’” Now, one year after 23-year-old Hart’s death, 32 friends will fly to Nevada to honor his final wishes. Now thats how you fucking die! And can you imagine how fucking unbelievable that party is gonna be? You know what I’m leaving my friends when I’m dead?
But hats off to David Hart. BlueRepublican.org. Geraldo Blasts Herman Cain’s Spokesman During Call-In For Not Denying Sexual Harassment Claims. Fox News’s Geraldo Rivera grilled Herman Cain spokesman JD Gordon Sunday night about the new salacious sexual harassment allegations being made against his candidate, repeatedly asking him for a yes-or-no response to the charges. “What you’re doing now is a recipe for disaster, mate,” Geraldo warned. “I’m telling you the morning papers are not past their deadline yet. Are you denying there was a cash settlement to two female employees of the National Restaurant Association — yes or no?”
“You would have to get that from the National Restaurant Association,” Gordon responded. “These are serious allegations,” Geraldo said. All Cain’s spokesman would say is that the charges were thinly sourced, as Geraldo continued chipping away at Gordon, trying to to receive an explicit response. “These two sources aren’t even named in the piece and it was a third party,” Gordon explained. “Are you denying it ever happened, JD Gordon?” But Gordon would only continue to give non-answers to the allegations. Indecision 2012 - Corn Polled Edition - Ron Paul & the Top Tier - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 08/15. Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee. Saying ‘Maybe’ to Drugs. I’ve been floating a template law (called “Sustainable Opportunities for Rural Afghans Act”) for over a year now. I’ve sent copies to my representatives in Congress, to the President, and to various NGO and para-governmental acquaintances.
I expected silence from the chief executive, a form letter from my representative (Hello, Joe Barton), and a bit of bubble (if not action) from my think tank type peeps; but action has been nil and talk has been quiet. I know I’m no kinda “big deal” on Capital Hill, but what I don’t know is whether or not my proposal is taken by these high-rollers as a bad idea or as just a dot of signal in fields of noise. Before discussing further, here’s the text of the the thing: Title: Sustainable Opportunities for Rural Afghans Act of 2010An Act To Cripple the Taliban and Help Afghan Farm Families SECTION 1: Allow American pharmaceutical companies to buy from Afghan opium farmers.
SECTION 2: Levy no tariffs on Afghan-derived morphine or other opiate medications. White House admits marijuana has ‘some’ medical value. By Stephen C. WebsterMonday, July 11, 2011 15:04 EDT Just days after the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) insisted that there is no medical value to marijuana, the White House appeared to contradict the position, saying in a report that there may actually be “some” medical value to “individual components of the cannabis plant” after all.
The statement was just a small part of the Office on National Drug Control Policy’s yearly update on the progress of the drug war and its goals moving forward. Overall, the document only serves to affirm the federal prohibition of marijuana and what it calls “‘medical’ marijuana,” which it still views as illegitimate. But a single passage, under their “facts about marijuana,” seems to loosen a bit from the generation-old line that there is no value to cannabis whatsoever. In 2007, GW Pharmaceuticals announced that it partnered with Otsuka to bring “Sativex” — or liquefied marijuana — to the U.S. Stephen C. Stephen C.