You mean the guy that jumped off the balcony? Please include a cite which admits what his blood alcohol content was, if you cite that one.

As for the rest of it, I'm waiting for links...

I'm not going to agree to anything before I see evidence...

[18] -

You see any of NBC's pirate show? "Blackbeard" or whatever it's called? Whaddya think? Inquiring minds want to know...

[19] -

OK, this one's going to date me, but still...

Three passengers were in a small airplane flight which ran into rough weather. At some point, the pilot came back to the cabin and announced "This plane's going down, and I'm taking one of the three parachutes"...

He did so, and opened the door and jumped out. Two parachutes remained.

The three passengers were Henry Kissenger, a Boy Scout, and a priest. [Note: please update this joke as you see fit with whatever name you feel is appropriate, but this is how I heard the joke originally back in the 1970s]

Henry Kissenger jumped up and declared "I am the smartest man in the world, and my life is incredibly important, therefore I must take one of the remaining parachutes and save myself, for the betterment of the entire world!"

He grabs a pack, and jumps out the door.

The priest turns to the Boy Scout and says: "Son, I have lived a full life. I am older than you, and therefore your future is much more important to God and therefore I beg you to take the remaining parachute and save yourself."

The Scout turns to the priest and says: "Father, relax. We can both save ourselves. The smartest man in the world just jumped out of the plane with my backpack."

Heh.

LizM -

Hey, I promise, when it's been fully legalized, I will stop writing articles about it. How's that?

:-)

Should only take a few years, don't worry!

-CW

So, look for future articles on the subject, as I consider it to be one of the bigger political shifts that have happened in my lifetime down here in the US.

Thanks, Neil, for the warning. :)

The man asked, "What are all those clocks??"

St Peter replied, "Those are Lie Clocks.. When you tell a lie, the hands move...

St Peter motioned to a single clock. "This clock here is Mother Teresa's clock. As you can see the hands have not moved. This indicates that Mother Teresa has never told a lie..

St Peter motioned to another clock. "This clock is Abraham Lincoln's clock. It's hands have moved twice indicating that Lincoln told two lies in his life.."

"Where is Obama's clock??" the dead man asked..

St Peter replied, "Oh, that clock is in Jesus' office.. He uses it as a ceiling fan...

Baa daaa daaa.....

:D

Michale

I wasn't sure if the Pirate joke might have been to off color... :D

But I thought it was hilarious!! :D

"Yer easily amused. Base clear..."
A1C Russel Morvant, 18th SPS, Kadena AB, Okinawa

:D

Michale

I could list all the people who have died...

I could cite that homelessness has skyrocketed in CO and marijuana use was the cause...

But, as has already been shown, such evidence is not accepted....

So, we'll just have to agree to disagree that legauana marilization is not the problem-free no-consequence Utopia you claim it to be.. :D

Michale

Thanks for the kind words! That wasn't one of those paragraphs I agonized over, it just got set down as I thought it...

Michale [11] -

Do tell! What are these negative aspects you speak of? I remind you, keep to your own rules: facts only, please, not scaremongering. Facts from data on the ground in Colorado and Washington, in other words, not "this is your brain on drugs" propaganda.

LizM [12] -

Can't speak to the HuffPost comments, of course, but I do point out that I have apologized before this year about the hyper-focus on marijuana (or as you non-USA types might say, "cannabis"), but we seem to be approaching a tipping point on what I consider a civil rights issue, and therefore I am going to keep writing about it. Hey, at least we've backed off from having a weekly article on marijuana rights progress!

Seriously, though, for DECADES marijuana reformers have "fought the good fight" and lost -- knowing that their chances of success were slim to none. Ever since CA passed medical marijuana into law back in 1996, optimism has reared its head. And now that CO and WA have legalized it recreationally, there's a tidal wave building. So, look for future articles on the subject, as I consider it to be one of the bigger political shifts that have happened in my lifetime down here in the US.

:-)

John From Censornati [13] -

Really? I've all but given up "googling myself" so I rely on you people to keep me abreast of such developments. Thanks for letting me know!

As for Ozzy/Black Sabbath quotes, I prefer the opening to that song:

"[Cough... cough... cough... cough...]"

Heh.

:-)

[14] -

Nice article, but at this point I'd be happy with getting the right to vote back to everyone affected by felony marijuana charges in the past 50 years or so...

Michale -

Pretty soon, we're all going to have to learn a lot of "a guy walks into a smoke shop" jokes... that's my prediction, anyways...

Heh

-CW

Bartender says, "Hay buddy, you know you got a wheel in yer pants??"

Pirate says, "Arrrrrr. It's drivin' me nuts!"

Ba Daa Daa...

Michale

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/07/the_case_for_marijuana_reparations_the_profits_from_drug_legalization_should.html

Quantum be upon you. The Singularity is near.

. . . and soon the world will love you sweet leaf.

I'm afraid I wouldn't know a thing about that.

I was just saying that I wouldn't mind if we moved on to even more interesting topics. This one just doesn't interest me, hence the reference to my selfish reasons.

I'm just missing not being able - for reasons I still don't understand - to comment on my favourite geopolitical pieces at HP and I'm hoping to be able to do that here even if only on a tangential basis.

I would list them all, but it is clear that there are none so blind as those who will not see...

Basically, if no one acknowledges the negative impacts, then said negative impacts simply do not exist...

Such is the reasoning..

Michale

That's one really good paragraph!

I predict the most effective political push back to the "the sky is not falling argument" will come in the form of ad campaigns "speculating" on increased traffic fatalities. Spreading a carefully implied false meme that legalization of Cannabis somehow equates to legalization of and/or tolerance for driving under the influence of Cannabis.

Who would do such a cynical thing? Hah! The enforcement and incarceration industries for starters. They have money to burn on this issue, but a lot more money to lose to marijuana reform.

The Silly Season is upon us! :D

Michale

Liberty!

A guy at the end of the bar says, "Hay!! I resent that!!"

First guy asks, "Why?? Are you a lawyer??"

The guy at the end of the bar says, "No. I'm an asshole!"

Ba daa daa.....

:D

Michale

OK, that was funny, have to admit.

John From Censornati [2] -

Every year that goes by, the older generation gets smaller through attrition, and the generation that went to college in the 1960s becomes the "older generation." Patience, patience...

:-)

LizM -

But I thought BC was pretty much Amsterdam... at least, from what I've heard? I've heard legendary stories about Vancouver...

Do tell!

:-)

-CW

I certainly hope so, for purely selfish reasons.

Your memories gone and so is your life
But losing out just never felt so right
Mota!

Do you think he'll still be meth-friendly too?

If you quote me, you’re lying.

:D

Michale