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A transpartisan coalition of prosecutors, judges, cops, students, bloggers and political operatives on both sides of the aisle launched a campaign Tuesday to bring an end to marijuana prohibition, focusing on ballot initiatives in 2010 and 2012. The campaign, ”Just Say Now,” gets its name from Nancy Reagan’s iconic anti-drug slogan from the 1980s that has become synonymous with the government’s black-and-white approach to drug policy.
“The stars are aligning in a very interesting way with Tea Party activists, who are generally libertarian,” said Aaron Houston, head of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, on a conference call Tuesday afternoon announcing the formation of the coalition. “On the right and left it’s a very popular issue.”
The campaign will be backing marijuana initiatives in 2010 in Arizona, Oregon, California, Colorado and South Dakota. The group will back initiatives in Nevada and elsewhere in 2012.
Support for marijuana legalization has steadily increased over the past decade. As Mexico has descended into chaos fueled by the drug trade - a business overwhelmingly dominated by marijuana trafficking, despite the common perception that cocaine and heroin drive the war - public opinion has turned further sour against the drug war. With deficit concerns in the headlines and a stagnant economy refusing to create jobs, one time opponents of legalization are eyeing marijuana’s tax revenue and job-creation prospects - conditions that helped repeal alcohol prohibition during the Great Depression.
Velociraptors. They do not know fear.
Fugazi Prepping Release of Entire Concert Archive
Waiting Room, Fugazi
12/29/1988
Wilson Center, Washington D.C.This isn’t the best audio, but it sure captures the feeling of a live punk show.
Here’s another version with better audio.
By any measure it was a landmark moment in the history of human self-involvement, eclipsing previous peaks in the narcissism Himalayas (Nero’s impromptu fiddle concert as Rome burned, the career of the prophet Mohammed, Kim Jong Il publishing “The Popularity of Kim Jong Il”) mainly because it was a collective effort. You can understand the citizens of Tsaritsyn cheering the decision to rename their city; if they didn’t like “Stalingrad,” they were getting lined up and shot.
But what was our excuse?
— The Five Funniest Things About the “LeBron James: Global Superdouche” Broadcast — Matt Taibbi at RollingStone.com (via danielholter)
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I’m ashamed I ever wanted the guy to come to the Bulls. He’s not a winner, he’s just a selfish prima donna who dragged this whole farce out just so he could lie through his teeth in front of all his fans on national television. Its all about the brand.
Phish playing “Fuck Your Face” in Charlotte one week ago.
Tour > Work
Hells Yes!
The bustout to end all bustouts. This was too awesome!
I hope Phil Jackson makes it his life goal to beat the Heat for the next six years. Even if he just dials it in all season and just coaches during the playoffs. I don’t even like the Lakers, but letting Pat Riley win championships is very un-zen-like.
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