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Surely you jest?

clipped from stopthedrugwar.org There is just no limit to the stupidity that ensues when drug warriors develop a craving for attention: They want to know why Sheriff Leon Lott is going after Michael Phelps. … Lott says the picture indicated a law was being broken in his jurisdiction. He said he couldn't ignore the violation just because Phelps is rich and famous. We've now learned that since investigators began trying to build a case, they've made eight arrests: seven for drug possession and one for distribution. These are arrests that resulted as the sheriff's department served search warrants. We've also learned that the department has located and confiscated that bong. [WISTV.com]

You Don't Say?

This is just starting to get good.

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clipped from rawstory.com UN official: Enough evidence to prosecute Rumsfeld for war crimes Monday, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak told CNN's Rick Sanchez that the US has an "obligation" to investigate whether Bush administration officials ordered torture, adding that he believes that there is already enough evidence to prosecute former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. "We have clear evidence," he said. "In our report that we sent to the United Nations, we made it clear that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld clearly authorized torture methods and he was told at that time by Alberto Mora, the legal council of the Navy, 'Mr. Secretary, what you are actual ordering here amounts to torture.' So, there we have the clear evidence that Mr. Rumsfeld knew what he was doing but, nevertheless, he ordered torture."

Another Drug Related Death?

Not from overdose, but from improper sale and distribution, and the issues that result when dealing in such contraband.
Doesn't have to be this way. Pot should be legalized and sold through proper channels. It's all about harm reduction. Why are we at war with a plant that, by it's own devices, harms no one? Obama, are you listening?

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clipped from www.ktvu.com Suspect In Custody In Danville Teen Pot Slaying Wednesday, January 21, 2009 – updated: 11:01 pm PST January 23, 2009 DANVILLE, Calif. -- olice arrested a 15-year-old boy in Oakland early Friday morning in connection with the fatal shooting of Danville resident Rylan Fuchs on Tuesday night, the local police chief announced at a news conference. Fuchs, who would have graduated from San Ramon Valley High School in June, was shot once in the neck on the front porch of his family's home in the 1000 block of El Captain Drive at about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday. The 17-year-old student died at John Muir Medical Center early Wednesday morning, Contra Costa County sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said.

Ted Haggard New Gay Sex Allegations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZmHC75FDqQ
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Torture Enthusiasts Sweating

Let's get the facts on who did what before we decide who will be held accountable. This isn't the first time that a country has been held accountable for war crimes. There are precedents and I suggest we use them.

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clipped from tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com GOPers, Worried About Torture Prosecutions, Delay Holder Vote Republicans on the Senate Judiciary committee are delaying for up to a week a vote on Eric Holder's nomination to be Attorney General, with some saying they want more time to consider his record on torture. John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, told Politico: Part of my concern relates to his statements at the hearing with regard to torture and what his intentions are toward our intelligence personnel who were operating in good faith based on their understanding of what the law was. Holder declared last week at the hearing that "water-boarding is torture."

Shave Your Cat, Make A Sweater: Sustainable Clothing Gone Too Far? (VIDEO)

If you've got time to watch a video on shaving your cat to make a sweater, you have no frickin' excuse not to participate in my latest poll offering.



I've got a new poll over at my website. The first one I did on Why God Abandoned Sarah Palin was extremely well received. I hope you enjoy this little trip back down memory lane as well....



Flashback to the Sixties

http://thetimchannel.com/?p=342



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Audience Atomization Overcome: Why the Net Erodes the Authority of the Press

Boy, that's a whole lotta graph and copy to explain that we are being fed a line of bullshit from people who are in the same TAX BRACKET as Bernie Madoff.



The blogosphere has been more accurate and representative of American viewpoints since about start of the Iraq war.



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About Meet the Press
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Maybe, Going Forward, We Should Just Let Bernie Madoff Off?

We don't need the kind of people in our government who would approve, coverup or use torture. I have no problem with prosecuting ANYONE associated with the torture of toddler's testicles.



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About Barack Obama
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Rachel Maddow On "Daily Show": "Insulted," "Embarrassed" By Bush, MSNBC Compared To Munsters

One of the best reporters in our country is a lesbian.



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"It's time for Congress to rejuvenate
the sexual appetite of America."
Larry Flynt.

Priceless. Flynt is a true icon of free
thought and has a brilliant talent for
subversive stunts that illuminate the
hypocrisy of our era.

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Arianna Hosts <i>The Rachel Maddow Show</i> with Guests Bill Maher, Lawrence O'Donnell, Nate Silver, Cory Booker and Google's Eric Schmidt

God knows I love Arianna and am a huge fan of HuffPo, but I find it a little difficult to listen to her for a long time because of her accent. I know it is not something I should say here, but I want to be as honest.



Funny thing, I don't think it would be a problem if I was on a date with her. Then I would probably find it exotic and desirable. As a HUGE fan and unrepentant libertine I find her viewpoint both refreshing and necessary. I just wonder if, as a practical matter of mass communication, she is the voice we need to promoting?



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Sarah Palin Will Never Be President -- Trust Me

I called this out contemporaneously way back when. It wasn't very difficult to see the kind of crowd favored by Republican politicians.



http://thetimchannel.com/?p=214



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About President Obama
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Palin Calls Her Critics "Jerks," "Cowardly"

We're about tired of Sarah. Move on.



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About Sarah Palin
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Stolen Election from Alaska?

The numbers in Alaska add up, at a minimum, to machine error. A full investigation should be launched. This is a Diebold state. They have already proven that they can't be trusted. Again, at a very minimum, even without the obvious voice of fraud screaming in the background, a major investigation is warranted. The hardware and software provided (in haste) by Diebold is garbage.



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About Election Results
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Minnesota Senate Race: Typo Fix Gives Franken 100 More Votes

I'm hopeful that Mr. Franken will end up victorious in this race. I enjoy his frank, yet humorous take on world events, and appreciate the many trips he has taken to support our troops on behalf of the USO. His Republican opponent appears to be a cookie-cutter example of the type of politician we seriously need to purge. Best wishes to the great folks up north in Minnesota, who along with my clear thinking friends and family in Iowa, helped make election night 2008 a wonderful evening.



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I've got a new website up and running. I will be trying to use as many tools as I can to cross-post to my legacy blogs, or somehow otherwise to incorporate my ancient content into my new website. See you at http://www.thetimchannel.com.

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What Would You Do - What Should You Do?

By now, most of the world is probably aware of the death of James Kim, who died of exposure in an heroic attempt to save his family. What's even more tragic is that it looks like if he'd stayed put he would have been fine. On the other extreme we have DeWitt Finley, who died in a similar circumstance:

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Back in 1995 a salesman named DeWitt Finley was trapped on that same road. He got his truck into a drift and realized he wasn't going to get it out. Finley, a healthy man of 56, probably could have walked out pretty easily.

But he was a believer. Finley was convinced that God would save him. For nine weeks he sat in his truck, meticulously marking off the days, and writing in his diary.

In the spring they found his body. He'd starved to death in his truck.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=18

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I'd take a middle position of staying with the vehicle, WHILE burning the tires, etc to stay warm and attract attention . It cannot be overlooked that what led to the rescue of mom and kids was a PING from her cell phone.

Who let the Republican drive ???

Welcome Komrades to Bush's New Amerika

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