Friday, September 17, 2010

while we're on the subject of the Drug War...

his father was murdered, so the high school suspended him for crying.

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guess who's spending money to stop legalization...

California Beer & Beverage Distributors: $10,000 to defeat Prop 19
California Police Chiefs Association: $30,000 to defeat Prop 19
California Narcotics Officers' Association: $20,500 to defeat Prop 19

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

don't call it high fructose corn syrup

in related news, it's not TV, it's HBO...

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pop quiz: which network is #1? CBS, NBC, ABC, or FOX?

For the first time in American history, the number one TV network is Univision, (Spanish language TV).

NBC News anchor Brian Williams

"[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart] has chronicled the death of shame in politics and journalism. Many of us on this side of the journalism tracks often wish we were on Jon’s side. I envy his platform to shout from the mountaintop. He’s a necessary branch of government.”

-Brian Williams, the anchor of the NBC Nightly News.

(To paraphrase: Brian Williams is complaining that a comedian with a talk show on basic cable can tell the truth but a network news anchor with 8 million viewers doesn't have the "platform" to tell the truth).

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

the real reason Obama won't let torture victims sue

"The dilemma faced by the Justice Department was rather that evidence presented in the suit would likely be used in the future (not in the United States, obviously) to prosecute those who participated in the extraordinary renditions process." -Scott Horton, Harper's

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