Another dopey movie. Looks fun, though. Also, considering the price of gas these days, watching this movie might suffice for people who in glory days gone by might’ve just fired up the family wagon for a trip to our fair coast, you know, to dream for a week about escaping the rat race like we […]
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Be It Hereby Proclaimed: Rep. Mike is down with the weed
This just in: Proclamation “To be presented @ 11 AM today at Mike’s office on 3rd and D street in Eurkea (sic).” PROCLAMATION of Congressperson Mike Thompson’s Awareness and Support of Medical Cannabis. Whereas Americans for Safe Access is the nation’s largest organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and legal […]
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Your 9-5 No Longer 215 Compatible
In a 5-2 decision Thursday, the California Supreme Court ruled that the 1996 initiative, Proposition 215, which exempts medical marijuana patients and their caregivers from state prosecution, does not limit an employer’s authority to fire workers for violating federal drug laws. ( SF Chronicle article here ). “We have no reason to conclude the voters […]
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In The News
The EPA has denied California the right to enact its own greenhouse gas emissions regulations for automobiles. EPA administrator Stephen L. Johnson said: “The Bush administration is moving forward with a clear national solution — not a confusing patchwork of state rules — to reduce America’s climate footprint from vehicles.” But calling it a “patchwork” […]
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Grow Houses and Cloned Redwoods
Strange story in the New York Times this morning about an effort to clone the biggest and most impressive redwood trees, so that they may be planted in groves around the world. Apparently they’ve been planting freak redwood forests here and there for years now: One of the largest nonnative redwood forests is near Rotorua, […]
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This is Current TV on weed…
With Bob Doran’s cover story about weed, Gold From Green in a Gray Area, still circulating the streets, here are three videos from Current, an independent cable and satellite TV network based in SF, that address the medical marijuana issue, each in their own way. Drew Carey, Arnie and presidential hopefuls’ take on weed Medical […]
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Jive-Ass Ripoffs
Should be much love flowing from SoHum to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office today, as deputies foil some truly dangerous-sounding hombres from L.A. Palm Springs: Yesterday at about noon Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputies were on patrol on Briceland Road near Redway. They saw a vehicle stopped at the side of the road with two people […]