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PS A lot of your other products are bullshit, though.

Dear Big Pharma, Thank you for citalopram, xoxo, T

The GOP will reform. A huge, dissatisfied faction of that party has been having that conversation for a while now. I've outlined what they should do already - what they will do remains to be seen, but it won't be what they've been doing to date. On this we disagree - I don't buy the theory that the GOP is forever calcified in its present form. They may not be as data driven as the Dems, but that doesn't mean they're not data driven at all. The primary change will be a distancing from a religious right that has caused so much damage. In response to a decrease in political power, and due to changing attitudes in the face of the nation's continue maturation, the religious right will reform, too. You can only run from reality for so long before it catches up.

Own your own ignorance, like the word "evil". Don't attribute it to me. Thank you for complementing my eloquence, however. The data speaks for itself. It long term stuff. Age of reason and all that.

Being two years early in my prediction is a flaw I'll happily own. This election was a tipping point for the GOP. Bigots become non-bigots through exposure and education - that river rarely flows the other direction. A perfect storm of social media, a new generation, changing demographics, and an undeniable GOP history destructive policies, open bigotry, obstruction, flagrant entitlement to privilege, and contempt for the American values of fairness, honesty, live and let live, and rationality has finally produced a definitive defeat for a myth driven movement, based on anger and fear rather than love and compassion, that was doomed to failure from its cynical inception. Regarding civil liberties - marital equality, the inherent cruelty and discrimination of our War on Drugs, there is an absolute right and wrong. The GOP bet on Wrong and lost in the face of common American decency and rationality. The same goes for science versus myth. One is right, the other is wrong. Given the undeniable direction that American attitudes are moving, we're not going back to the age of religious myth or bigotry, ever. Let's look at LGBT rights, for example. After 30 defeats at the hands of voters, marital equality won four victories. This success will be copied across the country. At the federal level, DODT is dead, and DOMA has lost 7 in 7 in federal court. Full reform may take a few more years, but the religious right has lost their Waterloo, despite spending record amounts of money and turning out record amounts of their voters. Many of their faith leaders are now publicly recognizing this. Religion is going away - 30% of folks under 30 are nonreligious, but internal reform and a retreat from politics will come much sooner than its inevitable demise. It's hard to bullshit an electorate that has so many instant avenues for civic discussion and obtaining information in their pockets 24/7. Welcome to the American Spring. It's been a long time coming. Things won't change for the better overnight, but the river will continue to flow towards the sea, as it has slowly been doing for thousands of years.

A teacher exposed to hundreds of kids a day might solve the risk/benefit equation differently than others.

a healthy, zesty way to sell your book, fo sho

I was just talking with Alison, ex dir. of the 502 campaign this evening. Word is the state's worried about handling the flood of license requests. Regarding your McWeed 'friends' opinions - who cares? They lost. Like any private business, pot stores who offer good product and service will thrive, while those who don't will go out of business. Free market n all that.

Regarding driving - high or not, drive a street legal vehicle safely and you won't get pulled over. Its not too terribly much to ask, really.

i'm really going to enjoy this too. i'm just gonna pull up a chair, maybe grab a soda, and really enjoy myself. The Obamacare mandate was upheld by the SCOTUS based on the Taxation, not Commerce Clause.

The Hardest Workin Man In America's bitter?

Yeah, I read that article, too.

Memo to the Born Againz: Party's Over Buh Bye

DUI and THC Blood samples must be taken by a health care professional at a testing facility. Cops don't do it in the field, nor do they ever see the results - that's fo da Judge's eyes only. If you're taking a field sobriety test, probable cause has already been established.

Having spoken to thousands of voters over the years, I can tell you first hand that this lame attempt at denigrating the American electorate is dead wrong.

"SPD seized a bunch of my marijuana before I-502 passed. Can I have it back? No."

Different Tvash, apparently. That sentiment ain't in my past. I'm a live and let live kinda guy. Always have been. If somebody laid down a line on a mirror at my place they'd be out on there ass right quick for several reasons: 1) Prison doesn't sound nice 2) Coke = shitloads of crime 3) Cokeheads get fucking tiresome pretty quickly And that's why I'm for legalizing all drugs.

I'm from CA, too. Guess that's one more think KKK and I have in common. Pretty clueless down there, especially Silicon Valley. Plenty of Iranian friends have referred to themselves as such, but its hardly a world shattering issue. I wouldn't assume us yanks are unfamiliar with the breed - anyone who's worked in tech for very long has probably known an Iranian or two, or three, or...

There are a few treaty hurtles for reform minded nations: Da wiki Its a bit of a clusterfuck. Ironically, the US may now be the first nation to violate some of these international conventions. I do love the 'fear of drug tourism' stories. More tourist money would be a bad thing how, exactly? Politically, I would argue CO has the advantage, being a swing state. Their less strict pot law may also prove to be more, or less popular, with the electorate, depending on how it all goes down. I would expect...not much will change. Americans already consume an estimated 14 million pounds of pot annually. White Dreadlocks will (hopefully) not become more popular. Mexico, especially, is expressing great interest in what's going down in WA and CO. They know that what they've got going on now isn't working out too well.

Selling weed in state liquor stores would not have been good policy, as it would have forced state employees to handle weed - meeting the Controlled Substances Act's definition of an illegal 'positive confict'. This would have opened up WA state for a federal lawsuit. I 502 does not require anyone to do anything, so there is no positive conflict. This greatly weakens the feds ability to sue and win. The feds could still raid grow ops and such, of course. That could result in a WA suing them. I've made inquiries into that kind of scenario unto the 502 gods, so perhaps I'll have more on that soon.

It woulda been kewler if they'd hijacked and made it shoot its own self down

That's definitely what we're hoping for. Politically, I just don't see the mileage in these busts.

After Tue night I'm all jerked out.

Here's a more accurate political ven diagram: US..........................................THOSE FUCKING MORONS Intersection = NULL

Nate Silver lets his pet pot bellied pig have play dates with Karl Rove now.