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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.

I like the pretty balloons

and now you unjustly disgrace the final resting place of john james audubon! My peeps aren't big on the reverence for the dead thing. We kept Dear Ole Dad's ashes on the TV set for about 10 years before our home town built a war memorial for 'em. He did love that TV.

I didn't know you read Suzuki Roshi. Good book. Branching Streams is a good one, too. Have you been to the Zendo on Whidbey Island? No. I read Suzuki in my 20s, but its the kind of thing that sticks with ya. Big improvement over Catholicism.

If this Beackering doesn't abate I'm going to bludgeon those two peregrines with a Bosch 11000 series and serve them up for Thanksgiving.

The 2nd Chair will now recognize the Gentleman from Oregon. Anyone else bored stiff?

you're pissing on the grave of the hallowed hubert humphrey you insensitive bastard!!! No worries. This is akin to saying "If I won the lottery I'd buy all my friends new houses". I wouldn't start packing things up just yet.

JH, Seems like you've nearly single handedly transformed that State Park into the Rock That Must Not Be Named, no? Has it been us v them, or them v you?