Archive for the Militant Rants Category
Will Marijuana Destroy Obama?
by Aaron Turpen, CannaCentral The 2012 presidential elections are looming and beginning to pick up pace. While Obama is a shoe-in for the Democratic Party’s nomination, the Republicans still have theirs up in the air. Every week seems to bring a new frontrunner for the GOP. Polling and debates
Forest Service Says Illicit Grow Ops Destroying Ntl Forests – Here’s a Simple Fix: Legalize
by Aaron Turpen, CannaCentral As moving marijuana across the Mexico-USA border becomes more and more difficult and as the nation’s economy continues to struggle, growing domestically has become more of a solution to the problem of supplying the marijuana people obviously want despite a governme
Who Dares To Say
Mili Note: originally posted on my personal Facebook account. (An Irish nationalist poem written by an anonymous patriot - I am quoting it here from memory) Who dares to say forget the past to men of Irish birth? Who dares to say cease fighting for our place upon this earth? Let remembra
Latent Libertarian Jon Stewart on Ron Paul 2012
Mili Note: This has been remixed from the original, but it's funny. from LRC I believe that if Stewart reads Economics in One Lesson, he will make the leap into libertarianism. (It certainly worked for former Marxist—and now one of the three greatest living Austrian economists—Walter Bl
Fed Criteria for Dispensary Busts Leaked
by Aaron Turpen, CannaCentral Criterion guiding federal prosecutors and investigators doing marijuana busts in California were leaked in a memo from California United States Attorneys to DEA and law enforcement. The memo was given to NORML and published online. Of interest to medical cannabis act
City police officer enters house fire, saves 3 lives
Mili Note: A rare example of a cop doing what a cop is supposed to do. by Lindsey Erin Kroskob, WyomingNews Police officer Ginger Peterson probably saved three lives last Thursday morning. But she says she was just doing her job. Peterson was the first responder at a house fire at 2229 E. 1
Newt Flip-Flops On Pot.. Again
by Aaron Turpen, CannaCentral One of the problems any life-long politician faces is that sooner or later, old statements and political stances will come back to haunt them. When you’re in the professional ambiguity game, you eventually have to say something concrete enough that it can be viewed
Need a Cop? Unless You have Drugs, They Aren’t Interested
by Aaron Turpen, CannaCentral Recently on Huffington Post, investigative reporter Radley Balko related the story of Jessica Shaver, a Chicago beauty salon worker who has had the harsh reality of policing brought down on her. In 2010, she was attacked and beaten by thugs outside of a city bar. Th
9/11 and the War on a Noun
I participate in an informal email list hosted by someone named John. I don't think he's a regular reader of this website, but we are linked as friends on Facebook. The emails are mainly political and occasionally religious (there are some jokes and such, of course) and the participants vary in
DEA Continues Raids, Now Targeting Washington State – Start Hitting Them Where It Hurts
by Aaron Turpen, CannaCentral The DEA continues its attack on medical marijuana dispensaries, now extending them into Washington State. 17 people were arrested for non-crimes and five MMJ dispensaries were closed Tuesday morning after Thurston County Narcotics Task Force, Washington State Patrol
The People vs The Police
by Aaron Turpen, CannaCentral The Occupy protests, whether you agree with them or not, whether you support them or not, have done one thing: they’ve shown the great disparity between the law, the law enforcers, and the people. Time and again, from Oakland to New York, it’s been shown that in
High Political Heresay
[caption id="attachment_19986" align="alignright" width="289" caption="Original.. uhh.. art.. from HPH. Click to enlarge."][/caption] I was asked to look at a website called High Political Heresay. It's a political satire site with some cool political cartoons, but it's confusing as hell. Pro
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