Author Archives: Pete Guither

I am continually amazed at lawmakers’ proud display of their complete and absolute absence of even the barest glimmerings of human intelligence. I have to assume that their parents still tie their shoes for them. Idaho lawmakers are taking their … Continue reading →

This is a must-read in the Wall Street Journal: Global View by George Melloan: Musings About the War on Drugs (alternate link) Economist Milton Friedman predicted in Newsweek nearly 34 years ago that Richard Nixon’s ambitious “global war against drugs” … Continue reading →

Via TalkLeft (and thanks, Daksya) In a unanimous decision (without Alito participating), the judges ruled that the government could not prevent the Uniao do Vegetal (UDV) church from utilizing ayahoasca (which contains the hallucinogenic substance DMT). In their first religious … Continue reading →

Link From Mexican voters, in a poll for The Dallas Morning News, Al Dia and El Universal: 93 percent say drug trafficking is a serious problem in Mexico, spreading from border cities to other parts of the country. 81 percent … Continue reading →

This is a bit of a surprise: Morales and his vice president, Alvaro Garcia Linera, held a long meeting over the weekend in Government House with U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia David Greenlee to discuss the anti-drug policy to be implemented … Continue reading →

“bullet” Radley’s got the story and partial video of a bizarre 70-90 officer SWAT drug raid conducted on the Rack n’ Roll Billiards Club under the guise of an Alcohol Beverage Control inspection (therefore warrantless). Three were arrested for drug … Continue reading →

Now and then I find something out there that is just so stupid that it really doesn’t even deserve comment… Yet how can I resist? I don’t know anything about The New Media Journal.us. For all I know, they only … Continue reading →

Thanks to all the regulars for keeping this place tidy while I was gone. Had a wonderful time in Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas, and some great quality time with my Dad. “bullet” I haven’t been mentioning it much here, but I … Continue reading →

I’m off to Arkansas for a few days with my Dad, and I don’t expect a lot of Wi-Fi access where we’re going. Make yourself at home and discuss current events here, or at the messageboard. Clean up after yourselves.

Link SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS — The medical marijuana bill, S.B. 2568, passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee today by a 6-5 vote as a new poll showed greater than two-to-one support for the measure. Passage would make Illinois the … Continue reading →