Coming of age in the years of living dangerously

Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:44 AM EDT

By Bill Briggs, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com (Clipped by coloradogreg)

When Phyllis Murphy's mother was pregnant, back in the 1950s, her doctor advised her to smoking for relaxation. A few years later, that same mom smeared her toddler's skin with a concoction of baby oil and iodine for a deep, rich tan. Now, safely in adulthood in Vancouver, B.C., Murphy fondly recalls childhood as a time of leaping from rooftops and accumulating “more scars than Joan Rivers.”

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her, health, she, son, eye, says, earrings, nipples, kids-and-parenting, only-on-msnbc-com

Cops Say to Legalize Drugs

Seeded on Tue May 19, 2009 10:56 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

But what Americans may not know is that many former law enforcement officers have recently stepped forward to speak against the failed War on Drugs.

politics, obama, war-on-drugs, cole, drug-czar, cannibis, gil-kerlikowske-drugs

Minister promotes use of cannabis after years of use

Seeded on Wed Apr 8, 2009 9:32 PM EDT (The News-Herald)

By Steven Thompson Where did the word 'marijuana" come from? In the mid 1930s, the "m-word" was created to tarnish the good image and phenomenal history of the hemp plant. The tricks

GM, Segway to Make Vehicle

Seeded on Tue Apr 7, 2009 10:28 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

GM Corp. is teaming with Segway Inc., maker of the upright, self-balancing scooters, to build a new type of two-wheeled vehicle designed to move easily through congested urban streets.

technology, transportation, segway, gn

Obama must change hazy pot policy

Seeded on Mon Apr 6, 2009 4:26 PM EDT (Pocono Record)

For all of the keen intellect that President Obama showed in his online town-hall meeting, he didn't seem to know much about reefer economics. When asked whether legalizing marijuana might be a stimulus for the economy and job creation, he played the question for laughs.

politics, marijuana, obama, pot, policy, war-on-drugs, hemp, proibition

Voices urging for reform of American marijuana laws getting louder

Seeded on Mon Apr 6, 2009 3:26 PM EDT (Google)

Amid a devastating economic meltdown, the issue of marijuana decriminalization hasn't exactly hounded U.S. President Barack Obama, but the calls to legalize weed are nonetheless getting louder and more persistent every day.

marijuana, obama, cannibis

Mexican Drug Lord Officially Thanks American Lawmakers for Keeping Drugs Illegal

Seeded on Sun Apr 5, 2009 1:17 PM EDT ()

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera reported head of the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico, ranked 701st on Forbes' yearly report of the wealthiest men alive, and worth an estimated $1 billion, today officially thanked United States politicians for making sure that drugs remain illegal.

politics, pot, drug-war, gangs, mexican-cartel

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This Is Your Government on Drugs

Seeded on Sat Apr 4, 2009 6:37 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

USA -- Finally, a little honesty. Now that America has frittered away billions of taxpayer dollars arming Latin American death squads, airdropping toxic herbicide on equatorial farmland and incarcerating more of its own citizens on nonviolent drug charges than any other industri …

President George W Bush's phonetic teleprompter revealed

Seeded on Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:13 PM EDT (Australian News Network)

HOW do you keep a leader as verbally gaffe-prone as US President George W Bush from making even more slips of the tongue?

politics

Crash course in international socio-economic models

Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:31 PM EDT

Here is an E-mail I got. I thought was very funny and really was a good explanation of how the whole situation happened with the bank collapse. Socialism --> You have two cows, you give one to your neighbor.

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politics

Pipe Dreams

Seeded on Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:15 PM EDT (Portfolio.com: Top 5)

Forget "Drill, baby, drill." Sarah Palin says she's building a $40 billion gas pipeline, which even President Obama wants. The only problem: It isn't there. And it's her fault.

politics, palin, big-oil-alaska

DEA to halt medical marijuana raids

Seeded on Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:10 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Supporters of programs to provide legal marijuana to patients with painful medical conditions are celebrating Attorney General Eric Holder's statement this week that the DEA would end its raids on state-approved dispensaries.

health, marijuana, drug-enforcement-administration

Obama confronts a choice on copters

Seeded on Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:47 PM EST (International Herald Tribune)

President Barack Obama has slammed high-flying executives traveling in cushy jets at a time of economic turmoil.

politics, military, obama, contracting, presidential-helicopters

Break-ins plague targets of US Attorneys

Seeded on Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:10 PM EST (Raw Story)

These crimes raise serious questions about possible use of deliberate intimidation tactics not only because of who the victims are and the already wide criticism of the prosecutions to begin with, but also because of the suspicious nature of each incident individually as well as …

election, politics, stealing

Sundown on Colorado fundamentalists

Seeded on Mon Nov 3, 2008 10:18 AM EST (Salon.com)

Interesting storie about the Mega church in Colorado Springs. I was surprised by how many Obama yard signs and bumper stickers I saw in Colorado Springs this weekend.

bush, religion, military, obama, evangelicals, ted-haggard

Predatory Scapegoating

Seeded on Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:29 AM EDT (The Nation)

"Several years there had been a marked increase in predatory lending practices, including distortion of terms, surprise balloon payments, hidden fees and deceptive "teaser" rates.

business, money, banks, regulation