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Mexico Senate OKs bill to legalize drug possesion
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According to senior Harvard economics professor Jeffrey A. Miron, the only way to end the present drug violence in Mexico is to legalize drugs. What do you think? Please leave a comment… |
| Mexico Senate OKs bill to legalize drug possesion |
| Reuters | Apr 28, 2009 | |
| MEXICO CITY, April 28 (Reuters) – Mexico’s Senate approved a bill on Tuesday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of narcotics for personal use, in order to free resources to fight violent drug cartels.
The bill, proposed by conservative President Felipe Calderon, would make it legal to carry up to 5 grams (0.18 ounces) of marijuana, 500 milligrams (0.018 ounces) of cocaine and tiny quantities of other drugs such as heroin and methamphetamines. |
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COLUMN-Killer robots and a revolution in warfare:Bernd Debusmann
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| COLUMN-Killer robots and a revolution in warfare:Bernd Debusmann |
| AlertNet — Reuters | Apr 22, 2009 | By Bernd Debusmann |
| WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) – They have no fear, they never tire, they are not upset when the soldier next to them gets blown to pieces. Their morale doesn’t suffer by having to do, again and again, the jobs known in the military as the Three Ds – dull, dirty and dangerous.
They are military robots and their rapidly increasing numbers and growing sophistication may herald the end of thousands of years of human monopoly on fighting war. “Science fiction is moving to the battlefield. The fut |
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Obama’s Demented Drug Policy
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| President Barack Obama just says no to legalization of marijuana today (03.26.09) in his first Internet town hall meeting. (RON EDMONDS/AP) |
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| Daily Beast | Apr 19, 2009 | by Radley Balko |
| The best solution to what’s plaguing Mexico right now is the one topic that will almost assuredly be off the table: legalizing marijuana. read more |
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| he most popular question asked on whitehouse.gov was about the legalization of marijuana and the possible economic benefits of such legislation.
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| President Barack Obama spoke during an ‘open for questions’ town hall meeting on Thursday. Questions were submitted and voted on by citizens via the internet and answered live by the president.
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Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan
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| The protests on Saturday became more violent, with the police trying to prevent demonstrators on the German side of the Rhine River from joining the more aggressive ones on the French side.
Photo: Axel Schmidt/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images |
| Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan |
| NY Times | Apr 05, 2009 | By STEVEN ERLANGER and HELENE COOPER |
| STRASBOURG, France — With protesters raging outside, NATO leaders on Saturday gave a tepid troop commitment to President Obama’s escalating campaign in Afghanistan, mostly committing soldiers only to a temporary security duty. read more |
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| A French border station was set ablaze by protesters on Friday.
Photo: Carsten Koall/Getty Images |
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| This year’s summit meeting has been fractious both inside the hall and outside with President Obama’s request for more troops in Afghanistan and the search for a new secretary general.
Photo: Yoan Valat/European Pressphoto Agency |
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Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan
The protests on Saturday became more violent, with the police trying to prevent demonstrators on the German side of the Rhine River from joining the more aggressive ones on the French side. Photo: Axel Schmidt/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan
NY Times | Apr 05, 2009 | By STEVEN ERLANGER and HELENE COOPER
STRASBOURG, France — With protesters raging outside, NATO leaders on Saturday gave a tepid troop commitment to President Obama’s escalating campaign in Afghanistan, mostly committing soldiers only to a temporary security duty.. . . read more
A French border station was set ablaze by protesters on Friday. Photo: Carsten Koall/Getty Images
This year’s summit meeting has been fractious both inside the hall and outside with President Obama’s request for more troops in Afghanistan and the search for a new secretary general. Photo: Yoan Valat/European Pressphoto Agency
Russian leader embarks on defiant Latin America tour
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, pictured here on November 20, 2008, on Friday embarked on a four-nation Latin American tour seen as sending a defiant message to the United States at the close of the George W. Bush presidency. (Source: AFP)
Russian leader embarks on defiant Latin America tour
AFP, Nov 21 05:53 PM US/Eastern — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday embarked on a four-nation Latin American tour seen as sending a defiant message to the United States at the close of the George W. Bush presidency.
…Meanwhile back home
‘MTV’ will stop broadcasting as its license expired this summer after 15 years, but its not the famous music channel experiencing problems. Malovereiskoe TV, a small broadcasting station in the heart of a Russian region. Its programming was mainly farming and local gossip and it only had around 600 viewers, but in terms of local TV it was a ratings success.
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This is Change? 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama’s White House
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This is Change? 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama’s White House
By Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. Posted November 20, 2008.
A who’s who guide to the people poised to shape Obama’s foreign policy.
U.S. policy is not about one individual, and no matter how much faith people place in President-elect Barack Obama, the policies he enacts will be fruit of a tree with many roots. Among them: his personal politics and views, the disastrous realities his administration will inherit, and, of course, unpredictable future crises. But the best immediate indicator of what an Obama administration might look like can be found in the people he surrounds himself with and who he appoints to his Cabinet. And, frankly, when it comes to foreign policy, it is not looking good.
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Bailout Lacks Oversight Despite Billions Pledged
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Bailout Lacks Oversight Despite Billions Pledged
By Amit R. Paley Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, November 13, 2008
In the six weeks since lawmakers approved the Treasury’s massive bailout of financial firms, the government has poured money into the country’s largest banks, recruited smaller banks into the program and repeatedly widened its scope to cover yet other types of businesses, from insurers to consumer lenders.
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Russia rejects U.S. missile proposals
Cadets in historical uniforms take part in a military parade in the Red Square in Moscow, November 7, 2008. Moscow marked the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941 when Soviet soldiers marched through the Red Square to the front lines of World War II. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
Russia rejects U.S. missile proposals
Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:30am EST, By Guy Faulconbridge
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected U.S. proposals aimed at easing concerns over a missile defense system in Europe and said it would try again to resolve the row once Barack Obama is in the White House.
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Pot Policy at the Federal Level: Time To Get To Work!
From the New Republic, Feb 26, 1972, p.7.
Pot Policy at the Federal Level: Time To Get To Work!
By Paul Armentano, NORML. Posted November 7, 2008.
Three suggestions for how Obama can take immediate, practical steps to reform America’s antiquated and punitive pot laws
We’ve had our celebrations; now the real work begins. In Massachusetts, where 65 percent of voters mandated an end to minor marijuana possession arrests, police and pundits are already calling on lawmakers to amend — or even repeal — the new law. Therefore, if you reside in Massachusetts, it is critical that you conta
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