Prohibition and violence

Thursday, 31 December 2009, 9:46 | Category : Old School
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Does it strike you that Mexico is suffering from the same violence the US prohibition era spawned: Capone on steroids? Daily Kos has an interesting take.
Two men hanging from a highway overpass fighting for turf, the right to sell someone north of the border some marijuana. Does this make sense?
The problem is, can we reach [...]

This Ugliness

Monday, 21 December 2009, 9:37 | Category : Uncategorized
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Health care reform is stepping, staggering forward.
Will the ugliness of the debate end? Unfortunately, it’s just as likely that the ugliness has just begun.
The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank reported this morning on a shameful commentary from Sen. Tom Coburn, R-OK:
“What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can’t make the vote tonight,” he [...]

Yes, Sarah, we have no tomatoes

Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 20:13 | Category : Uncategorized
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I’m not sure which story from Sarah Palin’s visit to Salt Lake City is more telling.

That Sarah had a hairdresser called to the Monaco HotelĀ  and then stiffed her fee, tip and even the valet parking ticket.
That the Costco where she went for a book signing removed tomatoes from the shelves.

An aide for the jet-setting [...]

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