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They’ve got until tomorrow to answer
February 4 is an important deadline for Health and Human Services, and I’m curious to see what will happen. Here’s the background: As I’ve discussed at length in previous posts (here’s one example), the government has unfairly blocked and delayed … Continue reading
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How the drug war breaks down cooperation between citizens and police
Two different stories. In both cases, it’s about the drug bust, not about people and police working together. “bullet” Libby at Last One Speaks: Not Fit for Man Nor Beast “bullet” Melissa at D’Alliance: Mother arrested for almost bringing heroin … Continue reading
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Mark Souder, drug warrior buffoon
I haven’t talked about Rep. Mark Souder for awhile. For those who don’t know, he is the one who came up with the notion of adding a question regarding drug convictions to student financial aid forms. The stupidity of this … Continue reading
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Crunching the numbers on Caballes
Julian Sanchez at Hit and Run has further thoughts on Caballes… A few fairly obvious problems occur to me belatedly. The first is that to the extent that law enforcement officers now feel increased license to do indiscriminate sweeps, the … Continue reading
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