The Many Faces Of A Pissed-Off Michelle Obama
Posted on June 26, 2013 in Images
NB: all of these were taken when Mitch McConnell was in the room.
A Ruined Life Is A Lot Worse Than A Bag Of Weed
Posted on June 26, 2013 in Articles
The Article: Let’s stop wrecking lives over a bag of weed by in .
The Text: In a little office on the third floor of Metropolitan Police Headquarters on Indiana Avenue NW is a small window to the future — open to some, closed to many. This is where you get your D.C. “police clearance.”
If you have never been there, that’s because you have never applied for a job flipping burgers, mowing lawns or cleaning restrooms in the District. Room 3033 is the human resources department for the poor, the young and the disenfranchised. The piece of paper you get there — if you have no criminal record — is what you need to land a job. Without it, you’re out of luck.
For 29 years, I have defended clients facing marijuana charges in the District. At every initial appearance, without fail, the judge admonishes the defendant either to stay in school or to hold down a job. In the majority of cases, however, a job is not possible because most employers in this town will not hire entry-level workers who do not have a police clearance.
Obama Called A War Criminal In Irish Parliament
Posted on June 25, 2013 in Videos
Some incredibly bold–and all over the board–statements. Thoughts?
When In Doubt, At Least The NSA Will Always Listen
Posted on June 25, 2013 in Images and Political Cartoons
And, you know, since Congress accidentally authorized PRISM in 2007, it’s kind of like they’re listening by association.
“The Wire” Creator Eviscerates The War On Drugs
Posted on June 25, 2013 in Articles
The Article: The Wire creator David Simon eviscerates the dystopia creating war on drugs by Ed Vulliamy in The Raw Story.
The Text: David Simon surged into the American mainstream with a bleak vision of the devastation wrought by drugs on his home town of Baltimore – The Wire, hailed by many as the greatest television drama of all time. But what keeps him there is his apocalyptic and unrelenting heresy over the failed “war on drugs”, the multibillion-dollar worldwide crusade launched by President Richard Nixon in 1971.
When Simon brought that heresy to London last week – to take part in a debate hosted by the Observer – he was inevitably asked about what reformers celebrate as recent “successes” – votes in Colorado and Washington to legalise marijuana.
“I’m against it,” Simon told his stunned audience at the Royal Institution on Thursday night. “The last thing I want to do is rationalise the easiest, the most benign end of this. The whole concept needs to be changed, the debate reframed.
