On Thursday, the Connecticut legislature approved a bill to legalize marijuana in the state. With Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont having said, upon the legislature approving the bill, that he will sign the bill into law, Connecticut appears set to be the fourth state to legalize marijuana this year. Legalization legislation was signed earlier this year by governors of New York, New Mexico, and Virginia.
Continue readingIn May, I wrote about Dennis Kucinich, know across America for his work in the United States House of Representatives and two runs for the Democratic nomination for US president, being in the lead in polling for the Cleveland, Ohio, mayor race. At the time, Kucinich had not yet announced his candidacy.
The wait is over. On Monday, Kucinich announced he is running for the Cleveland mayorship, an office he last held over 40 years ago.
Continue readingA multitude of politicians and people in the media have been saying everyone should take experimental coronavirus vaccines, some of which are not even vaccines under the normal meaning of the term. In presenting this plea, many of these individuals have repeatedly described the experimental coronavirus vaccine shots as safe, despite the fact sheets for the vaccines at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website having indicated all along that, rather than being safe, the shots carry many known health risks, as well as unknown risks because of incomplete and rushed testing. And, with the continuing torrent of reports of injuries and deaths after injections of the rushed vaccines, there is growing indication of severe and expansive harm from the vaccines.
Continue readingIn the Thursday episode of The HighWire, host Del Bigtree has brought us a standout interview with premier libertarian communicator Ron Paul.
Continue readingYou might think of the Drug Policy Alliance as a single-issue organization focused on ending the war on drugs. In fact, in a section titled “A Broad Coalition” at the “About Us” page of the organization’s website, the Drug Policy Alliance declares that “Our supporters are individuals who believe the war on drugs must end.” This description fits in perfectly with the idea that the Drug Policy Alliance advocates regarding drug policy on behalf of a broad coalition of people who disagree on many things but all support ending the drug war.
At least recently, though, it seems the organization’s focus has changed. Case in point, the Drug Policy Alliance proclaimed this week that it has a “queer agenda” that goes far beyond policy related to drugs.
Continue readingFlorida has been the primary embarkation location in America for cruises. It is thus a big deal that Ron DeSantis, the state’s governor, is fighting against the United States government’s effort, undertaken via demands placed on cruise lines, to impose vaccine passport requirements for passengers boarding cruises leaving from Florida.
Continue readingOver the last two years, I wrote several times regarding the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, a bill that sought to legalize marijuana on the national level in a way that appeared to ensure almost no Republican House of Representatives or Senate members would support it. In particular, I pointed out how Republican legislators would tend to dislike the bill’s race-based provisions and marijuana business subsidies.
Continue readingWhile state and local governments, schools, businesses, and various venues have lately been removing mask and social distancing requirements for adults and children, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) this week laid out its recommendation that all children and adolescents, ages two and older, who have not been “fully vaccinated” for coronavirus wear masks and “socially distance” in a wide variety of circumstances when they are outside their homes. The AAP’s mask wearing recommendation even extends to at home “in households that include medically fragile, immunocompromised, or at-risk adults and children.”
Continue readingDriving several times over the last week by a large, and lately virtually bereft of visitors, outdoor site for administering coronavirus tests and experimental coronavirus vaccine shots in Dallas, Texas, I was surprised to see school buses on the premises. In the well over a hundred times I had driven by the site before, I had never seen school buses there.
No way, schools couldn’t be busing in students to the site so the students can be given experimental coronavirus vaccine shots? It turns out that is exactly what is happening.
Continue readingColorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law on Thursday legislation that doubles to two ounces the amount of marijuana individuals age 21 and older may legally possess in the state. This is a welcome expansion of respect for the freedom of people in Colorado.
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