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 * The GOP War on Christmas. Republicans cut food stamps, but do little to end expensive mandatory minimum sentencing, or to rollback the costly Republican-led drug war.

2014 Global Marijuana March and 4/20 events
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 * 2014 Global Marijuana March map.
 * Basic 2014 Global Marijuana March city list. See column for 4/20 events.

58% of Americans want Cannabis Legalized. Gallup Poll
- 58% Say Legalize Marijuana in Latest Gallup Poll. Phillip Smith, 23 Oct 2013. Drug War Chronicle.

New York City pays $167,731 per year per prisoner

 * NYC cost per inmate almost equals Ivy League education; expenses tied to Rikers boost cost. By Associated Press. 30 Sept 2013. Washington Post. The cost of NYC's Stop and Frisk program, and astronomical rate of cannabis arrests. See cost of drug war.

John McCain says "maybe we should legalize"

 * John McCain On Marijuana: 'Maybe We Should Legalize'. By Paige Lavender. 6 Sept 2013. Huffington Post.

Keeping those expensive "Boots on the ground"

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Ending Republican-initiated Wars of Choice
The boots and the profits are no longer in Iraq. They are now in Louisiana. See: The U.S. Drug War. Republicans lead. Democrats follow. Everybody pays. See Louisiana is the world's prison capital, and here. See Eric Holder: 'Broken' Justice System Needs 'Sweeping' Changes, Reforms To Mandatory Minimum.. See: Louisianians Favor Marijuana Legalization, Poll Finds.

Michael Douglas slams drug war and U.S. prisons

 * Michael Douglas Talks Cameron Douglas' Incarceration, Criticizes U.S. Prison System. 2013 Sep 23. Huffington Post. He can not see his son who has been in solitary confinement for the past two years.

"Fascists always steal the word 'freedom'."
"Isn't it interesting how fascists always steal the word 'freedom'?"
 * Above quote is from Henrik Vanger in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

"Boots on the ground". It is not difficult to understand why much of the world fears U.S. power and its "police actions" at home and abroad. Many question the moral authority of the USA. Some reasons why: The Republican-initiated Iraq War, and civil war that followed when the U.S. disbanded the Iraqi army, and one million people died in the ensuing anarchy. A welcome liberation became a clueless hated occupation when the US did not leave right away when the infamous WMDs were not found. In the USA the Republican-led U.S. Drug War has become a police and prison occupation of U.S. cities, and is greatly responsible for the astronomical incarceration rate in the USA. Republican "freedom" at home and abroad. "Freedom fries" anyone?

The 27 reasons why US does not have moral authority to lead the war on drugs

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War On Drugs: 27 Reasons Why U.S. Doesn't Have The 'Moral Authority' To Lead It. By Roque Planas, Nov 18, 2012. Huffington Post. Expand slideshow to full size.

Both the Iraq War and the Drug War were/are profitable Wars of Choice against fabricated "Enemies". See: How the Bush Administration Sold the War – and We Bought It by Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame Wilson. See Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. Listen to Hans Blix and Arianna Huffington, too.

These multi-trillion dollar wars are the latest "glorious crusades" (that good ol' boy, moron Bush actually used the word "crusade" at first to describe the Iraq War). See: The Three Trillion Dollar War - about the Iraq War. See Brown University Costs of War project. See: Cost of U.S. drug war. The better (and much cheaper) way is harm reduction. See: [http://cannabis.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Portugal._Cannabis-related_links Portugal. Cannabis-related links]. And drug users are no one's "enemy".

The U.S. Drug War. Republicans lead. Democrats follow. Everybody pays. Democrats have to be pushed to wind down the drug war, and to support the middle class instead of the privileged. Otherwise, another Ralph Nader candidate will come along to throw a monkey wrench into the whole bloody machine (speech by Mario Savio starts at 22 seconds into the video). Obama is the first Democrat President in awhile who isn't basically middle management for Republicans. Clinton was the last moderate Republican to lead the country. Stockholders got rich while income and wealth inequality continued to increase, and the incarceration rate continued to skyrocket due to the drug war and "truth-in-sentencing" (mandatory minimum sentencing). See: National Rifle Association and mandatory minimum sentencing.

School-to-prison pipeline

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 * School is a prison — and damaging our kids. August 26, 2013. Salon. From the article:
 *  School-to-prison pipeline.

Be independent, not conservative or liberal!

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 * Is the U.S. Republican-led, Worldwide War on Cannabis over?


 * H.R.1523 - Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2013. Cosponsors so far are 15 Democrats and 4 Republicans. Why aren't there more Republicans?
 * Vermont Marijuana Decriminalization Law Goes Into Effect. July 1, 2013.
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 *  France to Legalize Medicinal Cannabis. Do Republicans still want "Freedom Fries"? Vive la France! 
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 *  France to Legalize Medicinal Cannabis. Do Republicans still want "Freedom Fries"? Vive la France! 

Feds will allow states some leeway on cannabis laws

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 * Eric Holder Says DOJ Will Let Washington, Colorado Marijuana Laws Go Into Effect. August 29, 2013. Huffington Post. "At issue will be whether the U.S. Attorneys will obey the directive."
 * Ending the careers of rabid anti-medical-cannabis federal prosecutors. Supporter of Oregon medical pot law wins attorney general race. May 16, 2012. By Teresa Carson. Chicago Tribune. From the article:
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 * As Oregon's chief federal prosecutor last year, Holton was in the vanguard of that crackdown, sending letters to owners, operators and landlords of storefront pot outlets warning they faced prosecution and civil enforcement actions for involvement in the sale of cannabis.
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A reason why states need some leeway:
 * Marijuana stops child's severe seizures. By Saundra Young, CNN, August 7, 2013.

2013 Global Marijuana March and 4/20
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''See: The GMMizer, 2013 GMM map, graphics,  basic city list, category, Facebook. Add cities: GMM sign up.''

Conservative war, liberal lemmings, and harm reduction
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 * Be independent, not conservative or liberal!

Conservatives worldwide love war, especially the drug war. War is profitable for big businesses that wage wars, incarcerate POWs, house troops, and treat wounds. Most liberals, like the lemmings they are, enable the wasteful spending of conservative wars, and then have to wind them down when they can no longer be sustained and paid for. Liberals clean up the mess, and pay for the collateral damage of broken bodies and lives. Conservative bosses and subservient, ass-kissing, middle management liberals.

Consider Obamacare versus single-payer universal healthcare. Obamacare, though better and more efficient than the previous U.S. healthcare system, is still hugely profitable to the useless big business called health insurance. Obamacare is not nearly as effective and cost-saving as single-payer universal healthcare. "Single-payer", if paid for completely by the government, wastes no money on the fraud called health insurance. This matters because harm reduction works better when integrated with a truly universal healthcare system that covers everybody, even the poorest of drug users.

Cory Booker and Quentin Tarantino on the Drug War
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Breaking the Taboo
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Propaganda of incarceration nations
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Shoulda Robbed a Bank
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Has Obama lost some of his passion and mojo?
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The purple elephant in the room
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The purple elephant  in the room:

Nation of guards, prisoners, and Drug War POWs
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 * Crazy Country: 6 Reasons America Spends More on Prisons Than On Higher Education. By Les Leopold on August 27, 2012. AlterNet.
 * The Role of the Prison Guards Union in California’s Troubled Prison System. By Tim Kowal on June 5, 2011. See yearly compensation of California's prison guards over time in the chart below on the left.



Election Day victories, November 2012
Return to top. The American states of Colorado and Washington have voted to legalize cannabis, and Massachusetts becomes the eighteenth state to approve cannabis for medical use. See 2012 vote for cannabis. Prohibition, your days are numbered!



Mexico-USA. Caravan for Peace 2012. Aug 12 to Sept 12
Return to top. "This summer, victims of the drug war in Mexico will travel across the United States. We will promote peace with justice and dignity on both sides of the border."
 * www.CaravanForPeace.org - share this link on Facebook, etc..
 * "caravan for peace" - Google search.
 * Javier Sicilia: Caravan to Highlight Failed Drug War and Victims on Both Sides of the Border. August 9, 2012. Huffington Post. Article by Javier Sicilia, Mexican poet, and leader of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity.

Cannabis and pseudo democracy in the USA
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Never-ending war, PTSD, veterans, medical marijuana
''Return to top. See main article: Posttraumatic stress and cannabis.'' PTSD proposed for Oregon medical marijuana list. August 26, 2012. San Francisco Chronicle.
 * 45% Of Iraq/Afghanistan War Veterans Seeking Disability. May 28, 2012. Associated Press (AP). By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer. From the article: "The average wait to get a new one processed grows longer each month and is now about eight months. ... Harvard economist Linda Bilmes. She estimates the health care and disability costs of the recent wars at $600 billion to $900 billion."
 * The Three Trillion Dollar War - Wikipedia article about the book.

Weed Pass is Dead, Cannabis Cup is Alive!
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 * Later note: The conservatives are still trying to implement the Weed Pass.

The new government of the Netherlands has snuffed out plans to ban foreigners from visiting Dutch coffee shops where they can purchase quasi-legal cannabis. That means the High Times 2012 Cannabis Cup is on! Read complete article here

Rhode Island becomes 15th state to decriminalize
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Rhode Island. Marijuana Policy Project. Rhode Island’s New Law to Reduce Penalties for Marijuana Possession:
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 * On June 13, 2012, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee [Independent] signed S 2253/H 7092 into law, making Rhode Island the 15th state to remove the possibility of jail for first offense possession of a modest amount of marijuana. The title of the bills was “Reform the penalty for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana.”
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David Duchovny on cannabis legalization
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Cannabis is more interesting than alcohol
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 * Paris, May 12, 2012 Global Marijuana March photos: Marche Mondial Du Cannabis (12 Mai 2012). Video: Marche mondiale du cannabis: le changement, c'est maintenant? - Les Inrocks.

Seshat rising
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See:
 * Seshat
 * Egypt. Cannabis-related links.
 * Egypt’s Uprising has Link to Marijuana Prohibition | The NORML Stash Blog. By Cannabis Karri on February 8, 2011. See also:
 * Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed.



2012 Global Marijuana March in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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 * No more Death Penalty for Cannabis! Spare Thitima Khongnun's life! 2013 petition.

Pat Robertson advocates making marijuana legal
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Pat Robertson. "Pot" Robertson. :)


 * Pat Robertson Says Marijuana Should Be Legal. By Steve Elliott. March 8, 2012. Toke of the Town.
 * U.S. News - Pat Robertson is for legalizing marijuana: What would Jesus do? March 9, 2012. By James Eng, msnbc.com
 * Zakaria: Incarceration nation – Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs. By Fareed Zakaria, CNN. March 30, 2012.

Yeah, right on, Pat! Those conservative hippies were right after all. And that liberal, big-prison-spender, Nancy Reagan, with her "Just Say No" lock-em-up activism was wrong. And don't forget that liberal, big-prison-spender, Newt Gingrich and his drug war.

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