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Corpses pile up while czars fiddle

Mexico: bleeding to death in the war on drugs

Another 72 corpses found in a new mass grave. Feuding cartels blamed for displays of mutilated bodies. Death toll in four-year crackdown passes 28,000 […] a total of 72 contorted bodies had been laid out in rows beneath the summer sunshine. The 54 men and 18 […]

Why California should just say no to a bunch of Czars

The LA times has an OpEd: Why California should just say no to Prop. 19 by Gil Kerlikowske, John Walters, Barry McCaffrey, Lee Brown, Bob Martinez and William Bennett.

I’d be happy to take it apart, but Jacob Sullum already has: Six Drug Czars, and Between Them They Can’t Muster a Decent Argument for Marijuana […]

Josh Marshall insults the voters

In a short piece about a Republican primary, Progressive political activist left-of-center blogger/journalist/commentator Josh Marshall decides to be cute for no reason, and out of the blue…

Later Update: McCollum’s campaign is saying there’s no clear winner and we’ll have to wait for the morning — which may be a coded way of saying he’s […]

A Police Officer’s Job

The results of the inquest into the fatal shooting of Trevon Cole in Las Vegas were unsurprising.

A Clark County coroner’s inquest jury took 90 minutes Saturday to rule the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man justified, capping two days of pointed questioning and contradictory evidence in one of the more controversial officer-involved shootings […]

Great Harry's Ghost! on Amazon supports marijuana legalization: “OT… Anti-cannabis/pro-prohibition sheriff remarking on the very recent death of a teen shot in a park, watch the first 90…” Jun 12, 00:10
Servetus on Time for drug sniffing dogs to find a new job: “Risk of opioid and UVB addiction is increased by vitamin D deficiencies in a rat study done at Massachusetts General…” Jun 11, 20:14
NorCalNative on Amazon supports marijuana legalization: “OT The FDA just approved a drug to treat Alzheimer’s patients called Aduhelm. It’s a monoclonal antibody that removes amyloid…” Jun 9, 11:22
Servetus on Amazon supports marijuana legalization: “Once Amazon does this, I hope they don’t try to corner the marijuana market. It would be bad PR.” Jun 3, 20:55
Son of Sam Walton on Time for drug sniffing dogs to find a new job: “Let’s train K9s to sniff out emotions. I’m assuming depression and PTSD have chemicals involved. Hospitals, nursing homes, VA clinics,…” Jun 2, 20:23
Servetus on Senate Majority Leader: “A new drug similar in chemical structure to ibogaine does not create hallucinations or possess toxicity and acts to counter…” May 26, 21:26
CrystalBalls on Protecting children from drug wars: “I was just wondering if the Drunken Olympics was actually a thing. Seems it is: “Back to the pool and…” May 23, 07:29

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