Monthly Archives: August 2005

Over 2 million teens about to die!

Via Jacob Sullum at Hit and Run… The government’s new “cool” anti-meth web site prominently links to Meth is Death, which lists these “facts”: 1 in 7 high school students will try meth. 99 percent of first-time meth users are … Continue reading

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Gonzales and Tandy show off in Operation CYA

So it’s been about a month since the administration got raked over the coals by some representatives for not spending enough time dealing with meth, and it got picked up in the media. Just enought time to come up with … Continue reading

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Information on the Utah Rave attack

Keep up with the latest at Music Versus Guns (new site to deal with this attack), and UTRave (message board).

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God help us from the so-called moralists

Drug warrior Robert Charles has an Op-Ed in today’s Washington Times. He spouts a lot of random nonsense that has absolutely no meaning at all, and then makes this suggestion: As Afghanistan staggers under a heroin trade that could end … Continue reading

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Extradite?

Link President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that his government may ask the United States to extradite U.S. religious broadcaster Pat Robertson to Venezuela for suggesting American agents should kill him. [Note: Robertson made the threat after Chavez kicked out the … Continue reading

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Blind spot

Shorter Mark A.R. Kleiman Jack Shafer is dangerous and wrong, and I’m going to prove it by completely agreeing with every point that he makes. How bizarre. Jack Shafer says that crack was a problem and that meth is a … Continue reading

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Round-up

Well, I just finished my six-weekend run of my show in Chicago. Was pretty busy over the past couple of days with strike and everything. Looks like a lot of interesting stuff happened in the past two days. “bullet” Grits … Continue reading

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Burying a child is always painful…

At New Haven Register: Family wants answers after man’s death in SWAT raid Since his 23-year-old son, Anthony, was laid to rest Aug. 13, Andrew Diotaiuto has returned repeatedly to his grave at North Haven’s All Saints Cemetery. He sometimes … Continue reading

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Over 8 years for less than 2 ounces

Via TalkLeft comes Reefer Madness in the 8th Circuit by Doug Berman. The defendant in Chauncey, as a result of a criminal history leading to his classification as a career offender, received a sentence of 100 months after being convicted … Continue reading

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The permit issue continues

The Provo Daily Herald discusses the permit issue for the attacked Utah rave. Why it took until today for this detail in reporting to be achieved is beyond me. While the debate rages over the level of force police used … Continue reading

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