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We need a Martin Luther King, Jr. for the Drug War

A couple of recent items reminded me of something that should never be forgotten. The drug war is inherently racist. There are a number of reasons that this is so, and not all of them involve actual racist attitudes by law enforcement — the drug war and laws themselves have been constructed in ways to […]

U.S.-Mexico border

There’s been a lot in the news on the violence related to the drug war near the border. Grits for Breakfast reports from near the front line:

This is nuts. We train Mexican anti-drug forces, the drug cartels hire them. We ban meth precursors, the drug cartels get richer. […] Gunplay on both sides of […]

Trumps fate on Afghanistan’s farmers go solar: “https://www.redbubble.com/i/greeting-card/Metamorphosis-of-Narcissus-Salvador-Dali-by-arthistory/32400285.5MT14?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=g.pla notset&country_code=GB&gclid=CjwKCAjwvMqDBhB8EiwA2iSmPDn70kYao-vD6vcVMceHuFBHIld0DgERcv2eZ8Tb6j6GKV1Nyve2eRoCO-QQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds” Apr 12, 01:23
NorCalNative on Afghanistan’s farmers go solar: “Biden may be a career politician with his lips placed firmly on the anus of Christian Imperialism but at least…” Apr 11, 16:21
Graveyard shift on Afghanistan’s farmers go solar: ““..the British pulled 400,000 of their troops out of Normandy in just ten days…” and that was under assault from…” Apr 11, 12:15
Servetus on Where is he getting his data?: “Medicinal treatments for opioid use disorder are less likely to be available to those having had contact with the criminal…” Apr 8, 15:58
Servetus on Where is he getting his data?: “Shane Vaughn (AKA Professor Toto) proclaims right wingers are flush with cash because the left is full of “young folks”…” Apr 6, 16:52
Son of Sam Walton on Afghanistan’s farmers go solar: “I’m not a dispo. But if I was, I’d sell 1.2 grams of gas for $4.20 . . . all…” Apr 4, 09:45
Son of Sam Walton on Afghanistan’s farmers go solar: “Like, when all your Bosnian and Croatian friends who’ve worked contract work in Iraq and Afghanistan for well over a…” Apr 4, 09:14

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