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Tucker Carlson vs. Mark Souder
And Carlson wins in a knockout. Watch this video all the way through and see how Tucker continually sets up Souder and lets him hang himself. The end of it is classic! [Thanks, Jay] Here’s a rough transcript of the … Continue reading
									
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		The DEA is… like cool, man
The DEA sends out a “Biweekly E-mail Informant” where they brag about their recent arrests, and sometimes it’s just embarrassing when they try to be hip, fly, phat, groovy and happenin’ Here are the headlines for the current issue: Operation … Continue reading
									
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		Open Thread and Drug War Chronicle
Here’s this week’s issue. Vote Hemp’s press release does a nice job of nailing the DEA. View RSS feed
									
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		American Idol controversy
I’ve never really had much interest in American Idol and haven’t followed it at all, but this item caught my attention. Apparently Akron Watson has been disqualified from the Hollywood Round, and speculation is that it may be for a … Continue reading
									
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		Politico nails ONDCP’s Tom Riley
This is hilarious. Ryan Grim writes another good, well-researched, well-sourced article at The Politico: Bush Wants Funding Jump for Anti-Drug Ads Rated as Useless. Check out the editorial sidebar on the story at The Politico: Ryan Grim, who wrote today’s … Continue reading
									
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		Felony Murder charges to be filed against Kathryn Johnston’s killers
According to WSBTV in Atlanta: ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard plans to ask a grand jury to consider murder charges against three Atlanta police officers. The big news is not only the notice of the indictment itself, … Continue reading
									
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		Odds and Ends
“bullet” It’s way too early to obsess about the ’08 Presidential election, but Glenn Greenwald has a fascinating post explaining why those who are quick to dismiss Rudy Giuliani’s chances are mis-reading the dynamics. And he ends it with a … Continue reading
									
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		Drug Policy roundtable tonight
For any of my readers at Illinois State University, I’ll be leading a roundtable on current issues in drug policy tonight with the Illinois State University chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Wednesday at 8:00 pm in Stevenson 212.
									
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		The Drug Czar looks forward to wasting even more of your cash
The drug czar’s “blog” is bragging about the President’s new budget which includes: an additional $30 million dollars for ONDCP’s award-winning National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign and an additional $7.5 million for random student drug testing … by “award-winning” they … Continue reading
									
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		USA Today, featuring Reefer Madness
This may be the worst mainstream media article in some time. Rita Rubin vomits a piece in USA TODAY today: CAUTION: Marijuana may not be lesser evil — ‘Gateway drug’ or not, experts say, it’s not a benign path for … Continue reading
									
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