blog-heap o' links
Army Spc. Edward
L. Brooks, 25, of Dayton, Ohio, died Aug. 29 in Ramadi, Iraq, of wounds
sustained from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division,
Schweinfurt, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 10:49:48Marine Cpl. John
C. Tanner, 21, of Columbus, Ga., died Aug. 29 while conducting combat
operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to3rd Assault Amphibian
Battalion1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
Calif. defenselink.mil/ ... 10:49:35Army Capt. Erick
M. Foster, 29, of Wexford, Penn., died Aug. 29 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds
sufferedwhen insurgents attacked his unit during combat operations in
Muqdadiyah, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 10:49:24Army Maj. Henry
S. Ofeciar, 37, of Agana, GuamArmy Master Sgt. Scott R. Ball, 38, of Mount
Holly Springs, Penn.Army Sgt. Jan M. Argonish, 26, of Peckville, Penn.Army Sgt. 1st Class
Rocky H. Herrera, 43, of Salt Lake CityArmy Sgt. Cory L. Clark, 25, of
Plant City, Fla.Army Sgt. Bryce D. Howard, 24, of Vancouver, Wash.Army Sgt.
James S. Collins Jr., 35, of Rochester Hills, Mich., died
Aug. 28 in Kirkuk, Iraq, of wounds suffered during combat operations. He was
assigned to the 303rd Military Police Company (Combat Support), U.S. Army
Reserve, Jackson, Mich. 
PULGA — The value of marijuana
eradicated in a raid along Highway 70 was in excess of $100 million... total of
25,282 marijuana plants... plants ranged from one to seven feet tall, with a
street value at full maturity put at $101,128,000... Suspects were seen and
pursued, but evaded arrest by crashing through the thick brush and going
headlong over steep embankments... denverpost.com/ ... 10:45:26righton - A man who hoped
Colorado's medical-marijuana law would allow him to use pot to soothe his
disease-ravaged body is now a felon. That doesn't sit well with his mother, who
seethed outside of an Adams County District courtroom after jurors Wednesday
convicted her son - 39-year-old Jack Branson - of cultivation of marijuana, a
felony. "I saw a child abuser last week get convicted of the same class of
felony as my son, and that child abuser is a danger to this community," said
Margaret Branson, who watched her son hobble down a hallway using a cane. "You
tell me," she said, "how is this possible?.." abclocal.go.com/ ... 10:23:43Central Islip... Three
people are under arrest, accused of growing pot in buildings around town...
[PuriTaliban Oppression agents have] arrested three people... bellinghamherald.com/ ...
10:21:53YAKIMA, Wash. -- More than 6,500 marijuana plants worth an
estimated $9.75 million have been seized and 12 people have been arrested in
raids in Grant, Kittitas and Yakima counties... associatedcontent.com/ ...
10:21:22[32yo]
Northlake man who had nearly $8.5 million worth of marijuana in his Wood Dale
townhome... 6-30 years behind bars if convicted... 
A Chinese man has videotaped a large white animal
swimming in the Yangtze river, which experts say is a dolphin species unique to
China and feared extinct... also known as white-flag dolphins and traditionally
considered a deity by local people... reuters.com/ ... 11:13:02MADRID... Dozens of dead dolphins washing up along the
Mediterranean coast have alerted environmentalists to a virus they fear will
become an epidemic... The region's striped dolphins, a protected species, are
being infected with a virus which has not been identified and has so far killed
several dozen animals along the coast and may spread... SHELBY, N.C. -- Cleveland County police
officers say they found $750,000 worth of marijuana in a man's car... doing a
license check on Mount Sinaii Church Road on Tuesday when they noticed a man
trying to avoid it by pulling into someone's yard. When they went to
investigate, the driver was gone... tallahassee.com/ ... 20:03:17Tallahassee police found
168 high-grade marijuana plants worth more than $500,000 at a west Tallahassee
home... wtrf.com/ ... 20:03:02WHEELING -- State Police
say they have seized more than $100,000 worth of marijuana over the past two
days... 138 marijuana plants were seized... estimated by State Police to be up
to $150,000... wfmz.com/ ... 20:02:27Berks County... Hundreds
of pot plants were pulled from farm fields this afternoon... nbc11.com/ ... 20:01:34marijuana raid Tuesday
morning in unincorporated Cupertino... 14,000 marijuana plants growing on a
parcel of land... some 10 feet long... each plant is worth $4,000... wtrf.com/ ... 20:00:49two Bethany College
students... may face misdemeanor possession of marijuana charges after they
received an ounce in the mail and tried to get the drugs across the border
inside a soccer ball... nbc11.com/ ... 20:00:04Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and San
Mateo Police Chief Susan Manheimer announced Wednesday the execution of several
federal search warrants on three marijuana distribution centers in San Mateo...
Marine Lance Cpl.
Rogelio A. Ramirez, 21, of Pasadena, Calif., died Aug. 26 while conducting
combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion,
1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Pendleton, Calif. defenselink.mil/ ... 17:16:08Army Staff Sgt.
Nicholas R. Carnes, 25, of Dayton, Ky., died Aug. 26 in Orgun-e,
Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small
arms fire in Lewanne Bazaar, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
138th Field Artillery Regiment, Kentucky Army National Guard, Carrollton, Ky.
defenselink.mil/ ... 17:15:05Army Sgt. Joshua
L. Morley, 22, of Boise, IdahoArmy Spc. Tracy C. Willis, 21, of Marshall,
TexasMarine Lance Cpl.
Matthew S. Medlicott, 21, of Houston, died Aug. 25 from wounds suffered
while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned
to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. A Japanese prison is
scrambling to eradicate marijuana plants that keep sprouting up on its exercise
ground... wsbtv.com/ ... 17:13:39BESSEMER, Ala. -- Two men
remain in custody today after Bessemer Police seized 48 pounds of marijuana
during a traffic stop Monday morning on Interstate 20/59... lcsun-news.com/ ... 17:10:52SANTA TERESA, N.M. — U.S. Customs and
Border Protection Border Patrol agents seized more than 890 pounds of marijuana
in two separate incidents this week, including an interdiction effort involving
a suspicious pickup truck traveling on Pete Domenici Highway... mlive.com/ ... 17:09:19Police hiked Monday over
fallen trees, past prickly bushes and through thick woods until they reached a
small clearing and stopped. Edged with downed tree limbs, the space contained
322 leafy marijuana plants... found the growing drugs by scanning the landscape
from a helicopter 500 feet above ground... wcnc.com/ ... 17:06:11IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. --
Two marijuana growing operations have been busted in two weeks, right next door
to each other... 675 marijuana plants from a home... just one house over... a
small room with bags of what’s known as hydra – the most potent form
of marijuana, worth about $600 an ounce... a second trap door leading to
another underground room – this one with rows of marijuana plants still
growing... Deputies say the owner bragged that it took him two years to dig out
the space for the rooms and equipment to grow what he claims is some of the
most potent pot in the area... reuters.com/ ... 17:00:43An elite
Mexican sniffer dog kidnapped five days ago was found abandoned in a Mexico
City park on Monday and reunited with its police handlers... reuters.com/ ... 16:50:29
MEXICO
CITY... A top police sniffer dog working for an elite Mexican drug squad was
stolen during an airport transfer by thieves who left a mixed-breed puppy in
its place... Army Sgt. 1st Class
Daniel E. Miller, 43, of Rossford, Ohio, assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st
Infantry Division, Fort Riley, KansasArmy Sgt. 1st Class Scott M.
Carney, 37, of Ankeny, Iowa, assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 34th
Infantry Division of the Iowa Army National GuardArmy Pfc. Edgar
E. Cardenas, 34, of Lilburn, Ga., died Aug. 22 in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, of
wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 23:23:16Army Sgt. 1st Class
Adrian M. Elizalde, 30, of North Bend, Ind.Army Sgt. 1st Class
Michael J. Tully, 33, of Falls Creek, Penn. If only the dog had eaten
my marijuana. That's what one Del Norte High School student might have been
thinking after he was arrested Wednesday... [This writer is making cutesy
lead sentences while this kid is going to lose his freedom.] nearly two
ounces... packaged in four baggies. He was charged with possession with intent
to distribute... kfvs12.com/ ... 12:45:09UNION COUNTY, Ill. - Drug
task force agents in Union County moved in on the marijuana growing operation
just before sunrise Friday morning... 150-cannibis
plants... "You're looking at probably a $1,000 each for the mature
plants... And we also recovered some weapons from the residence. So that's
going to be separate charges..." huge drug bust... two people arrested...
argusleader.com/ ... 12:41:57An off-duty Sioux Falls
police officer called other officers Thursday after he pulled up next to a car
in which a man was smoking a marijuana pipe while driving... "As a matter of
fact, (the pipe) was still warm when they found it..." wkyt.com/ ... 12:41:21Richmond, Ky - Richmond city police have
arrested a man and a woman and charged them with cultivating marijuana and
possession of drug paraphernalia following a raid on a local residence... 52
plants... nine plants in the car... orovillemr.com/ ... 12:40:02During this week the Butte County Sheriff's
Marijuana Suppression Unit (MSU) raided two separate illegal marijuana grows...
a marijuana garden in the Concow area... 1,210 marijuana
plants... at full maturity would be $4,840,000.00... another marijuana
garden in the Concow area... 2,389 marijuana
plants in three plots... at full maturity would be $9,556,000.00... hosted.ap.org/ ...
12:26:23Officers said the man greeted them at the door and asked if he
could put on his pants before being taken away. The officers consented and
followed him inside. They spotted the marijuana when he opened the drawer to
get clothes... [Maybe should be filed under "Criminally Stupid...."]
hosted.ap.org/ ... 12:24:57DURHAM,
N.C... A 93-year-old man was charged with cocaine-trafficking Thursday... also
was sentenced for cocaine possession in 2001, and given a suspended sentence...
VANCOUVER, British
Columbia... There is no evidence a barge accident that spilled more than 2,500
gallons of diesel fuel near a killer whale habitat in Canada has caused any
damage or harmed the orcas, officials said... news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 12:44:15A giant panda who
delivered a cub on Thursday actually gave birth to twins but one died...
In a crime that harkens
back to Colorado's rowdy frontier past, two men have been accused of plotting
to kill a man with rattlesnakes to recover a poker debt... hosted.ap.org/ ... 21:37:17CINCINNATI... A man who
shows snakes and other reptiles at schools, festivals and libraries says a boy
who told the man he hated snakes stomped and killed the man's 10-foot-long
python... saw a man grab the child and say, "This is why I don't take you
anywhere," before disappearing... Army Staff Sgt.
Sandy R. Britt, 30, of Apopka, Fla., died Aug. 21 near Baghdad, Iraq, of
wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit
during combat operations. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg,
N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 21:56:18Army Pfc. Omar E.
Torres, 20, of Chicago, died Aug. 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered
when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat
operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 21:55:36Army Pfc. Donovan
D. Witham, 20, of Malvern, Ark., died Aug. 21 near Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was
assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 21:55:23Army Cpl. Willard
M. Powell, 21, of Evansville, Ind., died Aug. 16 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds
sustained when the enemy attacked using small arms fire during combat
operations in Taramiyah, Iraq. He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 9th
Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat
Team), Fort Lewis, Wash. His legal name as was formally changed by the soldier.
defenselink.mil/ ... 21:54:28Army Spc. George
V. Libby, 23, of Aberdeen, N.C., died Aug. 20 near Khowst, Afghanistan, of
injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash. The circumstances
surrounding the incident are under investigation. 
A giant panda on loan
from China gave her Austrian zookeepers a surprise Thursday: the first panda
cub born in Europe in 25 years... Schoenbrunn Zoo... A photograph released by
the zoo showed Yang Yang, a first-time mother, holding the tiny creature in her
mouth and looking up toward the camera. Zookeepers estimated the cub weighs 3.5
ounces and measures 3.9 inches... marijuana and
hashish... kndo.com/ ... 21:52:04Benton
County Deputies are busy rustling up
marijuana plants
today after they unveiled a whole field of pot... 5,000 marijuana plants in a
rural area... [absurd inflated prohibition-supported] street value of
the latest haul totals more than 7-million dollars... in the last four years
the number of seized plants has gone from 900 in 2003 to 5000 and hopefully
more as they continue their search... hosted.ap.org/ ...
21:40:46NEWPORT, Vt... A cell phone containing photographs of
marijuana plants fell
into the hands of police, who found their way to its owner and his growing
operation... hosted.ap.org/ ...
21:40:04GREENSBORO, N.C... A 71-year-old woman was arrested on drug
charges after a chest-high
marijuana plant was
found in her yard, a plant she said was meant to keep animals away from her
garden... found five smaller plants behind a shed, as well as marijuana stems
and seeds, and a water bong made from a soda bottle inside the house... "This
wasn't something that was meant to keep animals away..." hosted.ap.org/ ... 21:38:55A
veteran counterterrorism detective's claims that he flunked a drug test because
his wife served him marijuana-spiked meatballs "simply weren't credible," and he has
been fired by the New York Police Department... hosted.ap.org/ ...
21:19:09Researchers have figured out how to give an entire community a
drug test using just a teaspoon of wastewater from a city's sewer plant...
Army Staff Sgt.
Paul B. Norris, 30, of Cullman, Ala. died in Balad, IraqArmy Spc. Kamisha
J. Block, 20, of Vidor, Texas died in Baghdad, IraqArmy Capt.
Michael S. Fielder, 35, of Holly Springs, N.C., died Aug. 19 in Baghdad,
Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned
to the 248th Medical Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 44th
Medical Command, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C. The circumstances
surrounding the incident are under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 16:53:48Army 1st Lt.
Jonathan W. Edds, 24, of White Pigeon, Mich., died Aug. 17 in Baghdad,
Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle using an
improvised explosive device and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division,
Fort Benning, Ga. 
VENTURA,
Calif... A 42-pound pet tortoise that was slashed and mutilated after being
stolen from a family's yard is home following more than a month in a
rehabilitation center... "He's eating like a pig.... He's doing great and we're
pretty excited..." The tortoise's hind legs were badly cut, a toe was cut off,
its neck was slashed and its shell was punctured with a sharp object. The
attacker tried to cut the animal out of its shell and threw it against a
wall... [18yo] was arrested and charged with animal cruelty. He pleaded not
guilty. If convicted, he faces up to three years in prison... Army Pfc. Willard
M. Kerchief III, 21, of Evansville, Ind., died Aug. 16 in Balad, Iraq, of
wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire during combat operations in
Taramiyah, Iraq. He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment,
4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis,
Wash. BELLINGHAM — Police busted a marijuana-growing operation
believed to have been worth more than $1 million Thursday morning... entire
split-level home had been converted into a growing facility, complete with
large incubation lights and an industrial air scrubber vented through the
chimney. The house contained more than 800 plants... No one was home at the
time... sun-herald.com/ ... 11:04:35PUNTA GORDA -- An
investigation into a marijuana grow house in a rural area east of Punta Gorda
resulted in a search and six arrests Friday. The grow house is the eighth to be
discovered in Charlotte County so far this year... dailynews.com/ ... 11:03:39More
than a decade after California voters approved legalized medical marijuana, an
explosion of dispensaries and patients has cities and counties scrambling to
regulate the operations... In Los Angeles - where the number of dispensaries
soared from just a handful to more than 200 in the past two years - stunned
city officials recently passed a moratorium on new clinics until they can
develop guidelines. Hundreds of other cities up and down California have no
regulations at all on medical marijuana dispensaries, including at least 28
where clinics or delivery services are operating... morningsun.net/ ... 11:02:45Former
Attorney General Bob Stephan said Friday he wants to start a legislative
discussion on medicinal marijuana in Kansas... In 2006, more than 30 of
California's about 250 dispensaries were raided on both state and federal
warrants for marijuana distribution charges. Just look for medical marijuana on
the internet and you will find online dispensaries which blare rap music,
include singles ads and have wide selections of cannabis apparels and
paraphernalia. What medical benefits do cancer patients get from loud music and
singles ads? Legalizing marijuana, even if it is just for medical reasons, will
only create a nightmare for Kansas' law enforcement agencies... [Truly,
nothing less than full legalization will work.] hosted.ap.org/ ... 10:34:15Gov.
Bill Richardson ordered the state Health Department on
Friday to resume planning of a medical
marijuana
program despite the agency's worries about possible federal prosecution.
However, the governor stopped short of committing to
implement a state-licensed production and distribution system for the
drug if the potential for federal prosecution remains unchanged...
The distribution and use of marijuana are illegal under
federal law... Also Friday, Richardson, a Democratic presidential
candidate, sent a letter to President Bush urging the federal government to
allow states like New Mexico to implement medical marijuana programs without
fear of federal prosecution. Such as exception would require Congress to
approve legislation changing the law... Last month, the U.S. House rejected a
proposal - on a 165-262 vote - that would have blocked the Justice Department
from taking action against state medical marijuana programs, including New
Mexico's... [And nowhere in this mess is there talk of anything but
government-regulated medical usage. Repeal! Repeal! Did I say this already?
REPEAL!] 
The first known pirated copy of "The Simpsons Movie" to
make it onto the Internet was tracked to a home raided by Australian police
Friday... [21yo male arrested.] Australian Federation Against Copyright
Theft... said the illegal "Simpsons" copy was the first on the Internet and was
recorded by a cell phone in a Sydney cinema on July 26 - hours before its
release in most of the world... "Within 72 hours of making and uploading this
unauthorized recording, AFACT had tracked it to other streaming sites and P2P
(peer-to-peer) systems, where it had been illegally downloaded in excess of
110,000 times, and in all probability, copied and sold as a pirate DVD all over
the world..." reuters.com/ ... 09:43:56American
Airlines, the world's largest airline, said on Friday it sued Internet search
leader 
oogle Inc for
selling search words involving its name. The claim is the latest in a string of
cases filed worldwide by businesses that argue Google's pay-per-click
advertising system, its main source of revenue, is used unfairly by competitors
to grab business. The Web search company has prevailed in at least two similar
U.S. cases... accuses Google of violating trademark laws with its practice of
selling search terms such as "American Airlines" or "AA.com" to other companies
for advertising. The airline accuses Google of selling the right to use
American Airlines' trademarks and service marks or "words, phrases, or terms
confusingly similar to those marks" to competitors who then direct searchers to
their own Web pages... Army Spc. Alun R.
Howells, 20, of Parlin, Colo., died Aug. 13 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered from enemy direct fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 64th
Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart,
Ga. defenselink.mil/ ... 22:25:45Army Staff Sgt.
Eric D. Cottrell, 39, of Pittsview, Ala.Army Pfc. Juan M. Lopez Jr., 23, of
San AntonioArmy Pfc. Paulomarko U. Pacificador, 24, of Shirley,
N.Y.Army Chief Warrant
Officer Christopher C. Johnson, 31, of MichiganArmy Chief Warrant
Officer Jackie L. McFarlane Jr, 30, Virginia Beach, Va.Army Staff Sgt.
Sean P. Fisher, 29, of Santee, Calif.Army Staff Sgt. Stanley B.
Reynolds, 37, of Rock, W. Va.Army Spc. Steven R. Jewell, 26, of Bridgeton,
N.C. Chatham County sheriff's
deputies and the Air National Guard found 160 marijuana plants growing in three
plots during a marijuana eradication operation... in a large wooded area...
ranging from 3 to 4 feet tall... $320,000 at maturity... my58.com/ ... 22:22:14SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Dr. Marion Fry, and her
husband, Dale Schafer, were convicted on all charges to sell marijuana Thursday
in federal court. The decision was unanimous, and it too the jury less than
four hours to convict the couple... The two medical marijuana activists were
charged with growing and selling in their hometown of Cool, located in El
Dorado County. Fry, who was diagnosed with breast cancer, said she used
marijuana to treat the side effects that were a result of her chemotherapy
sessions. Schafer said his wife was targeted by the federal government after
she prescribed marijuana to patients under the Compassionate Use Act of 1996...
www2.ljworld.com/ ... 22:21:34Topeka — Former
Attorney General Bob Stephan said Wednesday he supports allowing marijuana for
medical purposes. But the state’s chief law enforcement officer from 1979
to 1995, and a cancer survivor, declined to say whether he ever used marijuana
to relieve pain. "I don’t think it’s relevant, so
I’m not going to get into that..." Stephan said he has supported the
legalization of marijuana for medical purposes for more than 20 years. He said
he formed this opinion based on his own experience with cancer and with talking
with numerous other cancer patients... suntimes.com/ ... 22:20:51An ongoing undercover narcotics investigation
that spanned two counties resulted in the arrest of a Northlake man on
Wednesday after police allegedly found more than 2,300 pounds of marijuana in a
rented townhome in west suburban Wood Dale... 2,339 pounds of marijuana bundled
into 15-pound bricks... rubber gloves, bags, scales and other equipment used to
package marijuana for street sale... The ongoing undercover investigation is
being conducted by the Sheriff’s Police Narcotics Interdiction Team,
which focuses on drugs brought to Chicago from the
Southwest. It includes sheriff’s police, Chicago police, Illinois State
Police and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office... [instead
of some USEFUL application of all those drug cop salary tax dollars...]
fresnobee.com/ ... 22:19:10A marijuana farm that
tapped water earmarked for use against wildfires was found in the Verdugo
Mountains. Authorities Thursday began removing about 5,000 plants which had an
estimated street value of up to $10 million... No arrests... santafenewmexican.com/ ... 22:18:46But Reena Szczepanski,
director of Drug Policy Alliance New Mexico — a group that lobbied for the
law — insists there are other solutions, if only King would provide "more
meaningful" legal direction. "I hope they aren’t ruling out any producing
or distributing by other entities," she said. "We’re not expecting
department employees to risk prosecution themselves. We ask them for a serious
conversation with the AG about other possibilities..." reuters.com/ ... 21:56:31Millions
of U.S. teens attend "drug-infested schools" where students routinely see drugs
used, sold or kept on schools grounds, according to a national survey of
attitudes on substance abuse released on Thursday. Thirty-one percent of high
school students -- more than 4million -- see drug dealing, illegal drug use or
students high or drunk at least once a week on their school grounds... Nine
percent of middle school students, or more than 1 million, at least once a week
see classmates engaging in drug-related activity at school... since 2002, the
proportion of students who attend schools where drugs are used, kept or sold
soared 39 percent for high school students and 63 percent for those in middle
school... [Repeal will not end drug use on school grounds or among kids, any
more than they are prevented from doing alcohol or mom and dad's pills... but
repeal, combined with school reform just might. Get the government out of our
recreational substance cabinet and out of our schools! Repeal prohibition!
Repeal government indoctrineducation!] Army Staff Sgt.
Alicia A. Birchett, 29, of Mashpee, Mass., died Aug. 9 in Baghdad, Iraq,
of injuries suffered from a non-combat related accident Aug. 8 in Baghdad. She
was assigned to the 887th Engineer Company, 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st
Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 20:36:45Army Pfc. Shawn
D. Hensel, 20, of Logansport, Ind., died Aug. 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of
wounds during an enemy attack. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd
Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat
Team), Fort Lewis, Wash. The circumstances surrounding the death are under
investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 20:36:31The
Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that
the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have
been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full
military honors.Air Force Lt. Col. Alton C. Rockett, Jr., of Birmingham,
Ala. will be buried Monday in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
On June 2, 1967, Rockett and his co-pilot, Capt. Daniel L. Carrier, crewed the
number two aircraft in a flight of two F-4Cs flying an armed reconnaissance
mission over Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. During their bomb run,
anti-aircraft ground fire was observed, but Rockett reported that his aircraft
was not hit. When the lead aircraft completed its bomb run, the flight leader
told Rockett to return to base, but moments later, he saw a large fireball in
his rear-view mirror. He made several radio calls to Rockett, but did not hear
or see anything from the aircraft. Due to the dangerous location, there were no
further search and rescue attempts. In June and July 1989, Vietnamese officials
repatriated to the United States sets of remains of U.S. servicemembers. The
officials also supplied documents identifying that three of the sets of remains
were those of Rockett, Carrier and another serviceman, Col. Samuel C. Maxwell.
It was later discovered that the name associations among those remains had been
confused. In October and November 1989, Maxwell and Carrier were identified
after further analysis, but the third set of remains could not be attributed to
Rockett at that time. In 1993, a joint U.S./Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(S.R.V.) team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), investigated
the incident and interviewed witnesses. One Vietnamese citizen said that
Rockett and Carrier were buried near the crash site, but that their remains
were exhumed in 1978 by Vietnamese officials. In 2001, another joint
U.S./S.R.V. team re-interviewed witnesses and surveyed the burial and crash
sites. Small pieces of airplane wreckage were found at the crash site. In 2003,
a maternal-line mitochondrial DNA reference sample for Rockett was obtained. In
2006, another joint U.S./S.R.V. team excavated the burial sites, but recovered
no human remains. Using forensic identification tools, circumstantial evidence
and mitochondrial DNA, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA
Identification Laboratory identified Rockett's remains, which were those
previously repatriated to the United States in 1989.... defenselink.mil/ ... 20:34:28Army Staff Sgt.
William D. Scates, 31, of Oklahoma CityArmy Sgt. Scott L. Kirkpatrick, 26,
of Reston, Va.Army Sgt. Andrew W. Lancaster, 23, of Stockton, Ill.Army Spc. Justin
O. Penrod, 24, of Mahomet, Ill.
Oliver apparently has
learned to pick locks, making his second breakout from behind bars in less than
a month. On Wednesday, however, the white-faced capuchin monkey was back at the
Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo, and this time his cage has been secured with
triple chains and locks... news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 20:13:14A
US-based animal rights group says it will protest to a Hamas-run TV channel
over a programme, showing animals being abused at a zoo in the Gaza Strip...
Even
with designer drugs like X, and a new fruit-flavored meth dubbed "Strawberry
Quick," alcohol and marijuana continue to be the substances of choice for
Clatsop County's youth... yubanet.com/ ... 20:29:12On Monday, August 13,
2007, Yosemite National Park Rangers located and seized 7,428 mature marijuana
plants from three gardens in the park related to the same growing operation.
The value of the marijuana plants is estimated at about $22 million... www2.ljworld.com/ ... 20:28:56Former Kansas Attorney
General Bob Stephan plans to announce his support of the legalization of
marijuana for medical purposes, the leader of an advocacy group said Tuesday...
columbusdispatch.com/ ...
20:28:18CHARDON, Ohio... Part of a stash of marijuana seized by police and
valued at nearly $600,000 was stolen from a locked trailer... abqtrib.com/ ... 20:28:00New
Mexico won't be growing its own after all. The state Health Department
said Wednesday it will not comply with the portion of the new medical marijuana
law that requires it to oversee production and distribution of the drug. "The
Department of Health will not subject its employees to potential federal
prosecution, and therefore will not distribute or produce medical marijuana,"
said Dr. Alfredo Vigil, who heads the agency. The department will continue to
certify patients as eligible to possess marijuana, protecting them from state
prosecution... seattlepi.nwsource.com/ ...
20:27:32OKANOGAN, Wash. -- Nearly 10,000 marijuana plants were seized and
two people arrested by authorities during an early morning raid on the Colville
Indian reservation in north-central Washington... baltimoresun.com/ ... 20:27:18Three men were arrested
this afternoon by Anne Arundel County police after a traffic stop yielded two
suitcases containing more than $435,000 in suspected marijuana... marijuana
patients have growers and users upset and nervous even as a federal judge
considers whether to throw the subpoenas out. "It's crazy. It's really scary.
If they can get my records, they can get Gov. [Ted] Kulongoski's, they can get
yours," said Donald DuPay, a former Portland police officer and 2006 candidate
for Multnomah County sheriff. DuPay says his records are among those
subpoenaed... swtimes.com/ ... 14:44:50The
Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office along with several other local agencies
seized large marijuana crops planted in fields behind the Fort Smith Regional
Airport on Monday morning... Each fully matured marijuana plant is valued
between $1,000 and $2,000, Hollenbeck said. "The people who were responsible
for this illegal growth were looking to cash in $100,000 to $200,000..." shreveporttimes.com/ ...
14:44:05Drug agents raided a Broadmoor-area home Tuesday, seizing about
$3,000 of
marijuana they
say was part of "sophisticated" one-man growing and selling operation... Six
types of marijuana, indoor grow lights, drying trays and drug paraphernalia
were found at the home. Two pounds of marijuana, $500 and a rifle also were
seized... seattlepi.nwsource.com/ ...
14:42:58VANCOUVER -- Ten sheriff's deputies who got stranded in the
woods of southwest Washington while busting a
marijuana-growing
operation were rescued Sunday... ajc.com/ ... 14:41:42A 7-month
investigation into a marijuana growing enterprise rooted in the basements of dozens of
upscale suburban Atlanta homeshas yielded federal indictments against 25 people
and a catchy name for the dopey business — "Hooked on Ponics..."
produced about 11,000 pounds of highly potent pot that
sold for $5,000 a pound... [thanks to Prohibition] Army Sgt. 1st Class
Jeffrey D. Kettle, 31, of Madill, Okla., assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.Army Staff Sgt. Jesse G. Clowers
Jr., 27, of Herndon, Va., assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces
Group, Fort Bragg, N.C. Army Sgt. Charles B. Kitowski III, 31, of
Farmers Branch, Texas, assigned to the 345th Psychological Operations Company,
2nd Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological
Operations Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.Army Pfc. William
L. Edwards, 23, of Houston, died Aug. 11 in Arab Jabour, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:47:01Army Pvt. Alan J.
Austin, 21, of Houston, died Aug. 12 near Forward Operating Base Sharana,
Afghanistan, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related accident. He was
assigned to the 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:46:46Army Pfc. Jordan
E. Goode, 21, of Kalamazoo, Mich., died Aug. 11 in Zormont, Afghanistan, of
wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 4th
Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:46:31Army Staff Sgt.
Joan J. Duran, 24, of Roxbury, Mass., died August 10 in
Iraq of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned
to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. The incident is under investigation.
marijuana out of his
apartment at Balmoral Village... Agents recovered $11,760 in cash and five
pounds of marijuana from the apartment... Also found in the home was a
.40-caliber handgun... mpp.org/ ... 19:30:58A Mason-Dixon
poll of 500 registered Conservative Party New Yorkers shows support for
legislation recently passed by the Assembly that would protect from arrest
seriously ill patients who use medical
marijuana with a
doctor's recommendation... upi.com/ ... 19:30:30A
Loddekopinge, Sweden, couple say they did not realize the impressively sized
plant in their garden was
marijuana until they
saw cannabis plants on TV... said they will be sad to say goodbye to the pretty
green plant... niagarafallsreview.ca/ ...
19:29:27Niagara Regional Police executed a search warrant Friday at an
Orchard Grove Parkway home and uncovered an elaborate
marijuana growing
operation. The entire double garage attached to the residence was filled with
561 marijuana plants in various stages of growth. Police say the drugs had an
estimated street value of $561,000... Two city residents face a slew of drug
and weapons charges... marijuana users will
end under a Dennis Kucinich administration, implied the Democratic Presidential
candidate in last night's LGBT Presidential forum. Competing candidate Mike
Gravel went further by saying marijuana should be sold alongside alcohol in
liquor stores and that all hard drugs should be decriminalized... Every
Democratic candidate has taken a similar position, with Barack Obama being the
only one who has yet to explicitly state he will end federal raids in states
where medical marijuana is legal... Tommy Thompson and Ron Paul are the only
Republican candidates who agree with this stance -- the majority saying they
will not stop the federal raids, as other pain management options need to be
researched and explored... Update: Republican Tom Tancredo has taken a position
similar to Barack Obama's... newspostindia.com/ ... 10:06:03The Hindu month of
Shravan (mid-July to mid-August), considered auspicious by worshippers of Lord
Shiva, brings cheers to
marijuana sellers in
Deoghar district of Jharkhand. During this period, millions of devotees clad in
saffron walk, at times barefoot, to pour water on the Shiva Linga at the
Baidyanath temple in Deoghar, 350 km from here. Smoking ganja (marijuana) is
popular among the pilgrims. According to one estimate, devotees consume 20-25
kg of marijuana every day... hfxnews.ca/ ... 10:05:49It is with great concern that
I read the police will treat
marijuana the same as
they treat crack cocaine and other harmful drugs. Most people knew the federal
Regressive Conservatives would start the crackdown soon enough. The first thing
they did was cancel medical research into marijuana, then tell doctors to
reduce its potency. Now, they're going to start putting pot users in jail
again, whether it's for medical or recreational use. Multiple sclerosis
sufferers stop shaking after one toke. The drugs prescribed by doctors destroy
the liver, kidneys and lungs... Pot is not a harmful drug. There are no side-
or long-term effects. According to research it has the same addictive
properties as coffee... I know baby boomers who have been smoking pot daily for
30 years or more. Guess what: they still have their jobs, raised their kids,
put them through university, own their own home sand are healthy, happy,
productive citizens... salem-news.com/ ...
10:02:48MOLALLA, Ore.) - I guess I’m just getting old (eighth
decade). I just cannot understand the recent raids by Drug Enforcement Agency
bozos on sick, debilitated medical
marijuana patients. I
suppose that if the U.S. Government pays these bozos enough, they will do
anything they are ordered to, even against sick patients. One of the worst I heard about was raiding and taking the medical
marijuana crop of a bed-bound quadriplegic with the parting sneer, "We could
take your car and house, too, if we wanted to..." I will presume these
goons are so brainwashed and regimented that they will just obey orders. The
really weird aspect is that in California there are 160 legal dispensaries
where 300,000 medical marijuana patients can buy their medicine. THE DEA IS
TRYING TO STOP THIS. What birdbrain hallucinated this? In Oregon there are
about 15 thousand patients and 7 thousand caretaker/growers; the DEA is trying
to stop this. Am I hallucinating? They must be!...seattletimes.nwsource.com/ ...
10:01:53How much is a 60-day supply of medical
marijuana? And how
should patients who qualify under state law to legally possess the stuff
actually get some? The public is invited to help the state Department of Health
come up with those and other answers to clarify the medical-marijuana law
passed by voters in 1998. The state Legislature last session ordered the
department to make the clarifications... PROSSER, Wash...
53-year-old Danny Anderson... was feeding his horses Monday night, when a
5-foot rattler slithered onto his central Washington property... Anderson and
his 27-year-old son, Benjamin, pinned the snake with an irrigation pipe and cut
off its head with a shovel... "When I reached down to pick
up the head, it raised around and did a backflip almost, and bit my
finger...." "It still gives me the creeps to think that son-of-a-gun
could do that...." hosted.ap.org/ ...
08:58:24MANTECA, Calif.... Police arrested a 27-year-old woman who
allegedly tied her [10yo] son's hair to a stairway railing as punishment... The
boy had been screaming and could not come to the door when police arrived...
Police had to cut the boy's 20-inch hair to release him from the railing...
Marine Cpl.
Reynold Armand, 21, of Rochester, N.Y., died Aug. 7 in Balad, Iraq. He
was assigned to 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. The death is currently under
investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 09:58:07Army Spc. Donald
M. Young, 19, of Helena, Mont., died Aug. 8 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during
combat operations Aug. 7 in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th
Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood,
Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 09:57:48Army Staff Sgt.
Jacob M. Thompson, 26, of North Mankato, Minn.Army Sgt.
Nicholas A. Gummersall, 23, of Chubbuck, IdahoArmy Cpl. Juan M.
Alcantara, 22, of New YorkArmy Spc. Kareem R. Khan, 20, of Manahawkin,
N.J.marijuana for medical
reasons. "Our objectives are simple: to allow physicians — not politicians
— to make decisions about what is best for patients, and to protect
citizens from the risk of arrest simply because they’re trying to gain
relief from a major medical problem," said Laura Green, director of the Kansas
Compassionate Care Coalition... bentoncourier.com/ ...
14:37:24Deputies from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office and
wildlife officers from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission found
approximately 100 marijuana plants with a street value of more than $100,000 and 43
plastic bags of what appeared to be marijuana in an outdoor freezer at the home
a Paron man on Friday... search warrant was executed... found the marijuana
along with a loaded rifle, 33 rattlesnake skins, five live rattlesnakes and 56
frozen rattlesnakes in the same freezer with the bags of marijuana... "He told
[officers] that we arrived there earlier than he expected.... He said that
his intent was to take several [officers] out before we
took him out." Slade was taken to the Saline County jail and charged
with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, simultaneous
possession of a firearm and drugs, terroristic threatening in the first degree
and manufacturing a controlled substance... cbs2.com/ ...
14:34:01Investigators involved in a "marijuana abatement" operation found up to 10,000 pot
plants growing in the Angeles National Forest and were removing them Friday...
no arrests... could be operated by illegal immigrants on behalf of Mexican drug
cartels... chron.com/ ... 14:31:16It's been decades since
Willie Nelson smoked that first joint in Fort Worth, but he's still singing
pot's praises. On Friday the country music legend headlined Austin Freedom
Fest, a benefit concert for four pro-marijuana groups, including the National
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Nelson co-chairs NORML's
advisory board. "Marijuana is like sex," the Hill Country crooner wrote in his
1988 biography, Willie. "If I don't do it every day I get a headache..." sfgate.com/ ... 14:30:38In the
biggest pot bust in Humboldt County history, authorities seized more than
134,000
marijuana plants
worth an estimated $469 million... No arrests...
investigators believe a Mexican drug cartel was behind the massive growing
operation... marijuana when he
spoke to the driver... A search of the vehicle turned up three bags of
marijuana and a .40-caliber pistol in the vehicle’s center console. Knaps
said the marijuana weighed approximately 2 pounds... a small child was riding
in the rear seat... Knaps said having the traffic division may pay an extra
dividend "in helping clear up some of the dope coming through the city..."
[Only if the dopes are driving 50 in a 35mph zone endangering children and
smoking in public!] azcentral.com/ ... 11:41:18Nearly
1300 pounds of
marijuana was
seized by police from an Avondale home Tuesday afternoon... police discovered
77 packages of narcotics. [NARCOTIC?] The
drugs have an estimated street value of
$900,000... [because of PROHIBITIONIST
TYRANNY] montgomeryadvertiser.com/ ...
11:39:18Medical marijuana is a popular issue. A November 2005 nationwide
Gallup poll showed 78 percent of Americans support making marijuana legally
available for doctors to prescribe in order to reduce pain and suffering, and
state medical marijuana initiatives have been repeatedly endorsed by voters.
Many otherwise illegal substances, such as cocaine and morphine, can legally be
prescribed by doctors. The same should be true for marijuana. Many of the legal
alternatives proposed by opponents of medical marijuana are too expensive, too
addictive, and have too many side effects to be good medicine for all
patients... app.com/ ... 11:38:54FREEHOLD
— A borough man has been indicted on charges connected to cultivating
53
marijuana
plants in his basement... possession with intent to distribute... drug
manufacturing... maintaining a drug production facility.... possession with
intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of school property... drug possession...
could go to prison for up to 20 years... [DAMN THE
PURITALIBAN PROHIBITIONIST TYRANTS!] yakima-herald.com/ ...
11:34:52YAKIMA --
Marijuana-spotting
helicopter crews more than doubled the week's total Wednesday with their
largest find yet on Yakama Nation land. A marijuana patch of roughly 40,000
plants was found on the tribe's closed lands... "That find was the largest in
the state so far this year," said Lt. Rich Wiley of the Washington State
Patrol's Narcotics Section. "Good marijuana goes for about $2,000 a pound ...
and a good marijuana plant has about a pound of marijuana." "Calculate the
numbers and it's an astronomical amount of money..." [because of the evil
tyranny of PROHIBITION] Army
Sgt. Frank Bunchuk, of Medina, N.Y. will be buried Thursday in Arlington
National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.... In November 1950, Bunchuk was
assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry
Division then occupying a defensive position southwest of Unsan, North Korea
near a bend in the Kuryong River known as the Camel's Head. On Nov. 1, parts of
two Chinese Communist Divisions struck the 1st Cavalry Division's lines,
collapsing the perimeter and forcing a withdrawal. In the process, the 3rd
Battalion was surrounded and effectively ceased to exist as a fighting unit.
Bunchuk was one of the more than 350 servicemen unaccounted-for from the battle
at Unsan. In 2002, a joint U.S.-Democratic People's Republic of North Korea
team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), excavated a burial
site south of Unsan near the nose of the Camel's Head formed by the joining of
the Nammyon and Kuryong rivers. The team recovered human remains.... defenselink.mil/ ... 15:56:01Army Spc. Justin
R. Blackwell, 27, of Paris, Tenn.Army Pvt. Jeremy S. Bohannon, 18,
of Bon Aqua, Tenn.Marine Sgt. Jon
E. Bonnell Jr., 22, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, died Aug. 7 from wounds suffered
while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned
to1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:52:06Army Spc.
Christopher T. Neiberger, 22, of Gainesville, Fla., died Aug. 6 in
Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:51:57Army Sgt. 1st Class
Travis S. Bachman, 30, of Garden City, Kan., died Aug. 1 in Mosul, Iraq,
of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
vehicle during combat operations in Al Basrah, Iraq. He was assigned to the
714th Security Force, Kansas Army National Guard, Topeka, Kan. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:51:40Army Sgt. Bradley
W. Marshall, 37, of Little Rock, Ark.Army Spc. Daniel F. Reyes, 24, of
San Diego
Spain has
launched a campaign to investigate and collect a plague of jellyfish on its
coastline, and so far has collected eight tons of them... news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 14:47:29
An expedition to a remote forest in the
Democratic Republic of Congo has uncovered six new animal species... one new
bat species, a new rat and two new species each of shrews and frogs... The
survey... covered one square kilometre of forest... "If we can find six new
species in such a short period it makes you wonder what else is out there...
news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 14:46:33A freshwater dolphin found only in China is now "likely
to be extinct..." The team... blamed unregulated fishing as the main reason
behind their demise. If confirmed, it would be the first
extinction of a large vertebrate for over 50 years... marijuana in a
south Nashville apartment... A bag of marijuana was in the car... admitted that
he had a large amount of marijuana in his apartment... found a dozen bundles of
marijuana, amounting to a wholesale value of at least
$400,000... news-gazette.com/ ...
16:32:46CHAMPAIGN – A Gifford man is accused of having
marijuana for sale in
Champaign... Police stopped the car M. was in and learned he was driving
without a license.... He also lied about his age.... Officers found
125 grams, or more than 3 ounces, of marijuana in two
bags... cbs5.com/ ... 16:31:28Four
Martinez men were arrested after they attempted to remove
marijuana from the
scene of a home invasion robbery in an effort to hide their marijuana growing
operation... manilatimes.net/ ...
16:31:06GENERAL SANTOS CITY: Government authorities destroyed some
P6.5-million worth of
marijuana
plants in a ceremonial burning held on Monday in front of the municipal
gymnasium in Malungon town, Sarangani Province. The ceremonial burning
spearheaded by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) marked the second
largest marijuana load seized in Central Mindanao... charlotte.com/ ...
16:30:29Lincolnton Police said Wednesday that they seized
five pounds of
marijuana with a
street value of $10,000... [brother ans sister arrested after] 6-month
undercover investigation... thestar.com/ ... 16:29:22If some religions sip wine at
the altar, others should be allowed to smoke
pot. At least
according to Rev. Edwin Pearson and Rev. Michel Ethier, two ordained ministers
behind a proposed $25 million class action lawsuit challenging Canada's
marijuana laws. The ministers, along with lay preacher James Hoad, allege the
federal government is violating the religious freedom of members of the Church
of the Universe, which claims marijuana as a "sacrament..." the trio accuses
the government of harassing church members and "denuding" them of their
dignity, often stopping them as they leave services seizing "sacramental
cannabis" and rifling through parish records... marijuana patient in Oregon, underscores the Bush administration's
failure to value state's rights, and shows how they in fact do everything
possible in some cases to eliminate them. This vast determination to reverse
laws solidly supported by Oregon voters is curious, because those who were
listening recall how Bush talked about the importance of state's rights during
his election campaign. Instead, we are only witness to the devaluing of those
local decision-making abilities of Americans... statejournal.com/ ... 15:06:11St.
ALBANS -- A [54yo] Kanawha County man was arrested after police said they found
almost $4,000 worth of
marijuana in
his home... Police learned of the indoor grow after receiving
a tip from the meth tip hot line... visaliatimesdelta.com/ ...
14:52:26Two marijuana gardens containing 9,502 plants were
found by Tulare County investigators in the Balch Park area yesterday and
destroyed... may have been worth $38 million...
[due to Prohibition...] wrcbtv.com/ ...
14:51:19Chattanooga police make a traffic stop... multiple traffic
violations... searched the car with a K-9 dog and found a suitcase containing
51 pounds of
marijuana with a
street value of $163,200... [because it's illegal.... Remember
keeds... when you're holding, drive responsibly!] newswatch50.com/ ...
14:49:15[18yo] Gouverneur man was arrested for growing
marijuana after
police responded to a domestic dispute Monday... eight marijuana plants...
chillicothegazette.com/ ...
14:47:29The Vinton County Sheriff’s Department... currently looking
over cultivation charges for two Vinton County residents in connection to some
of the 537 [marijuana] plants confiscated... Some of the plants measured 6-feet
tall... dothaneagle.com/ ... 14:45:50An
Ozark City Schools teacher was arrested and charged with possession of
marijuana on Friday,
just days before school began on Monday... two men were smoking at the time
Ozark police drug agents entered the residence in response to complaints of
drug activity there. Agents also observed other drug paraphernalia...
Army Sgt. Dustin
S. Wakeman, 25, of Fort Worth, TexasArmy Cpl. Jason K. Lafleur, 28, of
Ignacio, Colo.Army Pfc. Jaron D. Holliday, 21, of Tulsa, Okla.Marine Lance Cpl.
Cristian Vasquez, 20, of Coalinga, Calif., died Aug. 2 from wounds
suffered while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was
assigned to1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. defenselink.mil/ ... 22:13:02The
Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that
group remains of five U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War,
will be returned to their families soon for burial with full military
honors.Army
Chief Warrant Officer Dennis C. Hamilton, of Barnes City, IowaArmy Chief Warrant
Officer Sheldon D. Schultz, of Altoona, Pa.Army Sgt. 1st Class
Ernest F. Briggs Jr., of San Antonio, TexasArmy Sgt. 1st Class
John T. Gallagher, of Hamden, Conn.Army Sgt. 1st Class James D.
Williamson, of Olympia, Wash.Air Force Tech. Sgt.
Joey D. Link, 29, of Portland, Tenn., died of natural causes at
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, Aug. 5. He was assigned to the
39th Airlift Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 22:10:45Army Spc. Braden
J. Long, 19, of Sherman, Texas, died Aug. 4 in Baghdad, of injuries
sustained when his HMMWV came under grenade attack. He was assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Fort Riley, Kan. defenselink.mil/ ... 01:17:27Army Master Sgt.
Julian Ingles Rios, 52, of Anasco, Puerto Rico, died Aug. 2 in Baghdad
when his HMMWV was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade. He was assigned to the
130th Engineer Battalion, of the Puerto Rico National Guard, at Aguadilla,
Puerto Rico. defenselink.mil/ ... 01:17:08Army Staff Sgt.
Fernando Santos, 29, of San Antonio, TexasArmy Spc. Cristian Rojas-Gallego,
24, of Loganville, Ga.Army Spc. Eric D. Salinas, 25, of Houston, TexasArmy Sgt. Taurean
T. Harris, 22, of Liberty, Miss., died Aug. 2 in Kala Gush, Afghanistan, of
wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the
202nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 513th Military Intelligence Brigade,
Fort Gordon, Ga. defenselink.mil/ ... 01:15:51Army Spc.
Zachariah J. Gonzalez, 23, of IndianaArmy Pfc. Charles T. Heinlein Jr.,
23, of Hemlock, Mich.Army Pfc. Alfred H. Jairala, 29, of Hialeah, Fla.Army Cpl. Jason
M. Kessler, 29, of Mount Vernon, Wash., died July 30 in northern Iraq of
wounds suffered from a rocket-propelled grenade. He was assigned to C Company,
2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash. defenselink.mil/ ... 01:13:01Army Sgt. Stephen
R. Maddies, 41, of Elizabethton, Tenn., died July 31 in Baghdad, Iraq, of
wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire. He was assigned to the 473rd
Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar Platoon, Tennessee Army National Guard,
Columbia, Tenn. defenselink.mil/ ... 01:15:04The
Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that
the remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War,
have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with
full military honors.Air Force Lt. Col. James H. Ayres, of Pampa, TexasAir Force Lt. Col.
Charles W. Stratton, of Dallas, Texasmarijuana... street value of about $250,000... [because
it's illegal] lincolntribune.com/ ...
22:30:40Lincoln County patrol and narcotics officers operating on tips
found marijuana
growing at two locations in Lincoln County... 21
marijuana plants between two and six feet tall. The
67 pounds of marijuana would have had a street
value of approximately $220,000 at maturity...
[because it's illegal] stopthedrugwar.org/ ...
22:29:34The failure of prohibitionists
to grasp the inherent economic lunacy of the drug war has always been
particularly startling to me. I grudgingly accept that drug war supporters feel
no sympathy for the victims of harsh laws, and even that they clumsily
attribute the harmful effects of prohibition to the drugs themselves. Yet,
tragic and irrational as these beliefs may be, they do not explain the
willingness of government to cast aside billions in taxable commerce. Marijuana
is, after all, the #1 cash crop in the nation. This fact cleanly illustrates
the failure of prohibition, while vividly depicting the massive windfall
available to any state with the wisdom to pursue regulation. And all this is to
say nothing of the incalculable value of discontinuing our current marijuana
policy, which is as wasteful and ineffective as can be... stopthedrugwar.org/ ... 22:28:44A
coalition of California
marijuana growers and
dealers has offered Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger one billion dollars to solve
the current state budget crisis. The group, calling itself Let Us Pay Taxes
makes the offer through its web site LetUsPayTaxes.com. The offer comes at a
time when the California legislature is deadlocked on a new budget and
California has stopped issuing checks for vitally needed social services.
Legislators are currently arguing over which programs will be cut in order to
balance the budget... nwherald.com/ ... 02:24:37Two
McHenry residents face multiple drug charges after McHenry County
sheriff’s officials uncovered an indoor
marijuana growing
operation Thursday... "Seventy-one plants were in the house..." 286 grams of
marijuana, 8 grams of cocaine, 5 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, and several
pieces of drug paraphernalia. The estimated street value of the drugs was
$13,000... idahopress.com/ ... 02:23:51GARDEN
VALLEY — Local, state and federal officials seized more than 2,600 mature
marijuana plants
found on a remote hillside in Boise County on Friday... One suspect, a Hispanic
male in the United States illegally, was arrested... seattletimes.nwsource.com/ ...
02:23:14STEVENSON, Wash... About 8,000
marijuana plants have
been seized in one of the largest pot raids in the Pacific Northwest this year,
and three people have been arrested... kplctv.com/ ... 02:22:49Saturday
afternoon while on a routine traffic stop on Interstate 10
eastbound in Welsh. "Criminal Officer Phillips detected a very strong odor of
marijuana... When I
exited the vehicle I noticed it as well..." 70 pounds of marijuana, neatly
bundled in plastic... abs-cbnnews.com/ ...
02:21:19Policemen uprooted an estimated P6 million worth of fully-grown
marijuana plants at a
plantation in Barangay B'laan in Malungon, Sarangani... 40,000 marijuana
plants... no arrests made... farmers were able to escape... winnipegsun.com/ ...
02:20:08Police seized more than $115,000 worth of drugs Saturday night
and made an arrest at a Winnipeg
marijuana grow op...
found more than 100 marijuana plants inside... hosted.ap.org/ ... 01:55:06NEW
YORK... An ice cream truck parked in front of a junior high school was offering
up cocaine and marijuana along with the soft serve... hosted.ap.org/ ...
01:23:36Afghanistan will produce another record poppy harvest this year
that cements its status as the world's near-sole supplier of the heroin source,
yet a furious debate over how to reverse the trend is stalling proposals to cut
the crop... Army 1st Lt.
Benjamin J. Hall, 24, of Virginia, died July 31 in Asadabad,
Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit during combat
operations in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat
Team, Vicenza, Italy. defenselink.mil/ ... 23:17:13Army Spc. Camy
Florexil, 20, of Philadelphia, died July 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during
combat operations July 23 in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Fort Riley, Kan. marijuana crop was
$64 million... marijuana is now America's top money crop... with an annual
market value of $35.8 billion... ranks ahead of the market value of corn and
wheat crops combined... Kansas' congressional delegation helps piece together a
new federal farm bill in Washington, they should consider how marijuana, long
an agricultural outcast, would better serve the folks back home as a legal,
regulated crop -- like tobacco... [Obviously, we need to make wheat and corn
illegal, to bolster the farmers!]marijuana are being
grown in many remote areas around Kern County, and the
operations are a danger to local ranchers... [Thanks to PURITALIBAN
PROHIBITIONIST BIGOT TYRANNY RELIGIOUS TABOO LIBERTY-HATING
PERSONAL-CHOICE-DENIGRATING... pant pant pant...] Marijuana with a reported
street value of $11-million... [How many tomatoes
would you have to grow to be worth $11mil? And marijuana is EASIER to
grow!] sciencedaily.com/ ... 23:04:47The
major active component of marijuana could enhance the ability of the virus that
causes Kaposi's sarcoma to infect cells and multiply... [I HATE THE
ESTABLISMENT NEWS!] those with lowered immune systems, such as AIDS
patients or transplant recipients, are more susceptible to developing the
sarcoma as a result of infection... [Disinformation Propaganda &
Spin] progressiveu.org/ ... 23:01:06"new" marijuana study, but i heard the same thing 10 years ago...
[That was my thought!] so...1 joint is as bad as 5 cigarettes -
except that cigarettes cause emphysema... 1 joint is as
bad as 5 cigarettes - except that cigarettes cause cancer...
I found this article, published in 2006, but it was of course not referred
to in conjunction with these "new findings." "The smoke from burning marijuana
leaves contains several known carcinogens and the tar it creates contains 50
percent more of some of the chemicals linked to lung cancer than tobacco smoke.
Scientists were therefore surprised to learn that a study of more than 2,000
people found no increase in the risk of developing lung cancer for marijuana
smokers." i hate the establishment news... 
Skippi, a wily kangaroo on the run since early August was
returned to his home at a petting zoo Monday in southern Germany, but not
[until] after a chase through the German Alps that left the animal with a
strained leg... 
GREEN BAY, Wis... Annie the cat... sneaked into the back
of a truck - bound for Virginia. After traveling 1,000 miles, the 10-year-old
calico roamed in the woods in Roanoke, Va., for 18 days before being caught...
[20yo F] was attacked as
she floated in the sea during a boat trip off Sarasota Bay... leaving her
needing more than 100 stitches to 17 wounds... shark's teeth got close to her
lungs during the attack... but missed all major organs... likely to be a 6ft
(2m) bull shark... "I got on the boat and my friend was like, 'Do I need to
call 911?' I reached back with my hand and felt all these gashes on me, and
there was blood running down my body and pooling in the boat..." 
A University of Auckland
study has revealed that New Caledonian crows can use separate tools in quick
succession to retrieve an out-of-reach snack... using reasoning that was more
commonly seen in great apes and humans... New Caledonian crows are renowned for
their tool-making ability... "The creative thing the crows did was to use the
short stick to get the long tool out of the box so that they could then use the
long stick to get the meat..." "What is most amazing is that most of them did
this on the first trial...." 
Apple Inc.
has begun selling downloads of tracks from 16 of John Lennon's post-Beatles
albums, including "Working Class Hero" and "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band," on
iTunes... 
CHESHIRE, Conn.... woman was walking in the woods around
11 a.m. with a group of children when... a raccoon... bit the 5-year-old son of
a friend... woman killed [the] raccoon with her bare hands... "She is one tough
lady..." 
Summer's annual meteor
shower promises to put on a dazzling show when it peaks this weekend - provided
you're far from city lights. With no moon in sight to interfere with the
Perseid meteor shower, skygazers can expect to spot streaking fireballs late
Sunday into dawn Monday regardless of time zone. Astronomers estimate as many
as 60 meteors per hour could flit across the sky at the shower's peak...
A
ferocious tornado spawned by a deadly, hundred-year storm cut a path of
destruction through Brooklyn yesterday as record-setting rains drenched the
city and crippled the subways into last night. The twister - the most powerful
to hit the city since the National Weather Service began keeping reliable
records and the first to touch down in Brooklyn since 1889 - tore roofs off
dozens of homes and toppled hundreds of trees, with wind speeds reaching
135mph... The Brooklyn cyclone hopscotched through Bay Ridge and Sunset Park,
first touching down about 6:30 a.m. The path of destruction was stunning.
Crushed cars. Giant trees yanked from the ground. Roofs peeled away. It was one
of the most powerful storms in city history... 
A crocodile
survived a fall from the 12th floor of a Russian apartment block after making
an escape bid through a window... concerned neighbors saying it was the third
time he had used that method to flee... lost one tooth in the latest fall...
Police
arrested a [16yo] eenager suspected of posting his own translation of the
latest Harry Potter novel on the Internet weeks before the official French
release... 
Lightning
killed... 141... people last month across China, the highest number since
records began in 2000... China's top meteorological official blamed global
warming... 
Hillary] accused him of naivety in foreign
policy... [LLOOOOSSSER! Not even worthy to be Hillary's VP!]