This week, a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana possession by adults qualified for the California ballot. The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 is coming up for a vote. It’s becoming obvious that unlike failed legalization initiatives in the past (of which California has had at least two), the debate will this time center around money.
A few people are aware of the existence of AFRICOM, at least not in the United States. AFRICOM stand for US Africa Command, and it is part of the foreign policy legacy of George W. Bush. The Neocon ideology of global US empire, prevalent during the Bush-era, was at play for the creation of AFRICOM. [...]
2010 is supposed to be the Year of the Tiger. Unfortunately, tigers, lynx, jaguars, leopards, lions, pumas, cheetahs, and every species of Big Cat in the world is in serious decline. How long these magnificent species can evade extinction is up to us.
With all those hateful slurs hurled at congressmen turning into violent threats, we’ve been waiting for days for a Republican response. Thursday we got several. And they were all tepid at best. Majority Leader John Boehner called threats of violence “unacceptable,” but he understands the “anger and frustration.” Ditto for John McCain who echoed the [...]
Anxiety about immigrants, immigration, and therefore immigration reform, tend to revolve around three broad categories of concern: economics, safety/security, and culture/race/language. Most of the talking points used by opponents or immigration or of immigration reform are not just untrue, they are the opposite of true, and strengthen the case for comprehensive reform. The anxiety of culture/race/language is the hardest for the antis to express honestly and the hardest for the left to address constructively.
