Six months after two states became the first in the nation to fully legalize recreational marijuana use the federal government has yet to articulate an official response to the historic voter-approved measures while simultaneously authoring a vast pot crackdown and refusing to accept even far less sweeping state-based marijuana laws as legitimate. The juxtaposition between [...]
Americans are more tolerant than ever of marijuana use, with a majority believing that it should be legalized and that using the drug should not be considered a “moral” issue. National sentiment is trending alongside many states, with new laws allowing medical pot or decriminalizing most marijuana use altogether being passed or prevailing in voter [...]
‘STUDENTS-FIRST’ HAS AN AGENDA; AND IS A HARSH GRADER OF U.S. STATES ON THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THAT AGENDA. Michelle Rhee, former Chancellor of Washington D.C. schools, heads the advocacy group that pushes an “education reform” movement based on downgrading of teacher tenure and promotion of teacher evaluation based on student performance on standardized tests. [...]
GOOD TIMES ROLL ON WITH THE U.S. ASIA-PACIFIC “PIVOT.” The 2011 decision to increase sales of arms to U.S. allies in the region to counter growing Chinese influence in the area is providing a bonanza of opportunities for the military-industrial complex. As a Reuters report puts it, “Fears resulting from China’s growing military spending [...]
The scene is set for a legal showdown between the federal government, at least two states, and activist groups in the wake of the success of landmark votes to legalize marijuana in the 2012 election. And for the first time, public opinion on pot is overwhelmingly against the feds. Plenty of coverage was generated after [...]
Unparalleled victories at the ballot box in the 2012 election have elevated the debate over marijuana policy in ways that were unimaginable only a decade ago, setting up an inevitable showdown over authority between states and a federal government intent on whether “weed” should be treated like alcohol or a more dangerous substance. The looming [...]
PRESIDENT OBAMA WINS REELECTION. ` Surpassing the 270 electoral votes necessary shortly after 11 PM on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney to win a second term in the White House. After a historically long, bitter and expensive campaign, the status quo was retained in Washington as the House and Senate [...]
PROBLEM OF THE DAY FOR PARENTS OF 350,000 CHILDREN IN CHICAGO: HOW TO GET THROUGH A MONDAY WITHOUT SCHOOLS. Chicago Teachers Union begins a strike today as negotiations between school board and teachers breaks down. There is bitter acrimony between the Mayor, Rahm Emanuel and the head of the CTU, Karin Lewis, who calls [...]
HAPPY (?) LABOR DAY!!! JIM HIGHTOWN PUTS THE “JOBLESS RECOVERY” ON THE SKEWER FOR YOUR HOLIDAY BARBECUE. The Dow Jones is up, corporate profits and CEO salaries are sky-rocketing, so the U.S. economy is “booming,” right? Well, says Hightower, only if you ignore the economic plight of middle and working class Americans, who are [...]
` “EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS POINTS IN THE SAME DIRECTION: WE’VE MADE THE EARTH WARMER.” ` In a year that has already seen frightening signs of a warming world that includes record heat and drought across the United States and mass melting of the Green;and ice sheet, scientists say another ominous sign of rapidly escalating climate [...]
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