D.S. Wood's Blog – April 2014 Archive (12)

(Ugh, government doings. Why does there need to be a lottery? Shouldn't any good standing individual be able to get into the business?)

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Washington state will hold lotteries this month for its coveted legal marijuana retail licenses.

The state Liquor Control Board on Wednesday adopted a plan for the lotteries,…

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Added by D.S. Wood on April 3, 2014 at 5:37am — No Comments

New bill would force Obama administration to reveal drone strike casualties

(Good luck getting this bill through the gates)

(The Verge) - Two members of Congress have introduced a bill that they hope will force the White House to disclose how many people a year are killed by drones. Today,…

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Added by D.S. Wood on April 3, 2014 at 5:36am — No Comments

Majority Of Doctors Believe Marijuana Should Be Legal

There's plenty of "buzz" ( pun intended) as of late in the arena of medical marijuana. The latest is a poll conducted by WebMD, that polled 1,544 doctors and a majority believe that marijuana should be legal for medical purposes.

56 percent of the doctors believe that it should be legal nationwide.

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Added by D.S. Wood on April 3, 2014 at 5:35am — No Comments

B.C. Civil Liberties Assn. sues national spy agency over eavesdropping

Michel Columbe (left), Head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service(CSIS)and John Forster (right), Chief of Communications Security Establishment Canada(CSEC)prepare to appear before the Senate National Security and Defence committee in Ottawa, Monday February 3, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

(The Province) - Civil rights advocates are calling for payments or other remedies for anyone…

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Added by D.S. Wood on April 2, 2014 at 12:24pm — No Comments

Son of Fairfax County officer arrested for taking Dad's cruiser for a ride, wearing uniform

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA. (WJLA) - The son of a Fairfax County police officer has been arrested for taking his father's police cruiser out for a joyride - and borrowing his uniform while he was at it.…

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Added by D.S. Wood on April 1, 2014 at 4:01pm — 2 Comments

IRS Targeting Scandal

(New American) -When the IRS began targeting conservatives and conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, it didn’t count on people like Catherine Engelbrecht. In the summer of 2010, Engelbrecht made the request for tax-exempt status for the organization True the Vote, a non-profit election integrity organization, and King Street Patriots, which she describes as a…

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Added by D.S. Wood on April 1, 2014 at 1:39pm — No Comments

School Tells Boy He Can't Read The Bible And Five Other Examples Of Schools Behaving Badly

"Hey teachers... leave them kids alone."

After reading the article about an elementary boy who was told that he couldn't read…

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Added by D.S. Wood on April 1, 2014 at 10:33am — No Comments

SWAT Targets Family For Drinking Tea

(The war on drugs is so embarrassing and ineffective that look what it's doing. Knocking down the wrong doors, throwing people in jail and wasting tax dollars on a plant being smoked. And, as this article points out, take a look at how many more SWAT operations are being carried out. It's absurd. Anything to knock down the door of liberty)…

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Added by D.S. Wood on April 1, 2014 at 3:01am — No Comments