A million lifetimes after Election Day, the officially tally in Minnesota will finally have Senator Norm Coleman defeating Al Franken by 215 votes – this after a 725 vote advantage for Coleman somehow magically whittled its way down, incrementally, over a two week period by a count of over 500.

Missing ballots were, amazingly, being discovered almost everywhere - like in car trunks - and before anyone realized it, Franken was cheating -er, fighting his way toward an improbably (and sickening) victory.

Oh well. Sorry, Al.

He again fell short.

Now it’s officially recount time, despite Franken’s failed attempts to find even more ways to steal a win.

From the Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul :

How is it even close?

Al Franken asked Monday to have rejected absentee ballots be considered in the U.S. Senate election results that are to be certified today by a state board, a move later blunted by an attorney general’s opinion that the issue should be left to the courts.

The eleventh-hour maneuvering occurred as the five-member state Canvassing Board prepared to meet at 1 p.m. today in St. Paul to review results showing Republican Sen. Norm Coleman with a lead of 215 votes out of more than 2.9 million cast.

That margin includes the canvassed results submitted by Minnesota’s 87 counties, plus an additional nine votes in Coleman’s favor that emerged from a post-election audit conducted in a sampling of about 200 precincts to check the accuracy of voting machines.

The difference is well within the one-half percentage point required to trigger an automatic hand recount, which Secretary of State Mark Ritchie said he was “absolutely” certain will begin Wednesday morning despite the last-minute challenge.

I think there were some uncounted ballots for Franken behind the soda machine at the Shell Station on Riverside Avenue that weren’t considered.

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Why the marijuana raids?

This awesome episode of South Park is brought to you in Spooky Vision, which means that Barbra Streisand’s face is in each corner of your screen throughout the entire terrifying Halloween episode.

When Stan’s Aunt Flo visits and brings Stan a goldfish, he quickly realize that it’s evil and murdering people. Bizarre as well is that Cartman starts being really awesome and nice, until the boys understand that there are two Cartmans: one evil, who they know, and one good, who seems to be from an evil parallel universe. This evil parallel universe is coming from the Ancient Indian Burial Ground pet store, where the pets are evil and going around killing people.

I mentioned this was a Halloween episode, right? Well it’s a good one. Enjoy!

Do you like this episode? What’s your favorite part?

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A producer and emcee group CAEN Project (Cimer Amor and Equinox) have just released their debut album Caesars’ Vengeance. Filled with tough in your face beats and lyrics, the Philly duo are on the march to conquer the hip hop world like a Roman legion. Joining forces with Q-Unique, AOTP alumni Reef The Lost Cauze, Crypt The Warchild, King Syze, Des Devious, and Dj Kwestion as well as Side Effect, Killer Rellik, Rockie Reyes, Product, Daniela Romeo, Dj Skipmode, eNeM, Granz, Iron Kong and Ldorado.

Already they have had their songs Court Marshal chart #5, Main Concern chart #3, Ambush chart #2, and Breaking Poynt chart #1 on the U.S. college radio charts rapatacklives and rap network record breakers and built a strong Internet buzz.

The album is available at local stores, iTunes, ughh.com, cdbaby.com, hiphopsite.com, accesshiphop.com (WestCoast), allhiphopshop.com (Europe), Rhapsody, eMusic.com, lala.com, Napster, and other online digital music stores.

For song snippets, downloads, shows, gear, and up to date information concerning CAEN Project, check out http://myspace.com/caenproject

Police seize marijuana at Reno train station

November 7, 2008
Reno police seized nearly $50,000 worth of marijuana during a routine investigation at the Amtrak station Wednesday.
Using a trained dog, officers found drug paraphernalia and 19.95 pounds of marijuana in the luggage of Yohannis Mengesha, 23. Police said he is an Ethiopian citizen in the United States illegally and was on his way to the Northeast.

http://www.rgj.com/article/20081107/NEWS01/811070506/1004/NEWS

Will Obama End the Medical Marijuana Raids?

Meanwhile, voters on the Big Island approved a measure making marijuana enforcement the lowest priority for Hawaii County police. The final tally was 34,957-to-25,464.

http://www.kpua.net/news.php?id=16329

Voters approve marijuana law change

Voters yesterday overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, making getting caught with less than an ounce of pot punishable by a civil fine of $100. The change in the law means someone found carrying dozens of joints will no longer be reported to the state’s criminal history board.

“The people were ahead of the politicians on this issue; they recognize and want a more sensible approach to our marijuana policy,” said Whitney Taylor, chairwoman of the Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy, which campaigned for the ballot initiative. “They want to focus our limited law enforcement resources on serious and violent crimes. They recognize under the new law that the punishment will fit the offense.”

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/11/05/voters_approve_marijuana_law_change/

Voters pass Proposal 1, support letting severely ill grow own pot

BY DAWSON BELL • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • November 5, 2008

http://me.thewonderfulmusicjunkie.com/2008/10/grow-more-pot.html

Grow More Pot

TORONTO - Canadians prescribed marijuana to treat illness will have more choice in where to buy their drugs after a court ruling Monday that ends the federal government’s monopoly on supplying medical marijuana to patients.

Justice Department lawyers had sought to appeal a lower-court ruling that granted licensed producers the right to grow marijuana for more than one patient.

But the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the government’s challenge, saying it was not persuaded by government lawyers who argued that growers supplying more than one patient would lead to an unregulated industry.

In January, a federal court judge struck down the one-to-one ratio as unconstitutional and unnecessarily restrictive. The judgment was stayed pending Monday’s appeal.

Lawyer Alan Young, who represented medical marijuana users, said the ruling was a victory for “sick people.”

“It’s time for Health Canada to recognize that medical marijuana is an established part of the regimen for a lot of patients,” Young said outside court. “Instead of thwarting patient needs, they should be accommodating patient needs and, hopefully, this case will be a signal to them.”

Authorized users who cannot grow their own marijuana can designate a grower, or obtain government-issued marijuana supplied by Prairie Plant Systems in Manitoba.

But a group of 30 patients who challenged the regulations argued the government pot was weak, and they should have the option to select their source.

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=034c29fc-e0de-4d62-b8b7-bdc5cfae031a

http://urlet.com/clubs.compiled

Ukiah marijuana grower Parker files civil lawsuit from jail cell

High court upholds medical marijuana law

By JOHN S. ADAMS Tribune Capitol Bureau • October 30, 2008

Hello everyone!

Fondest greetings to all you beautiful bloggerhead turtles drifting over to our site, hungry for the knoj.

Well, Ariela and I are here to help all y’all.

You see, on a recent sunny Saturday, after filling our gills with the ritual brunch, we were visited by the ghost of Mrs. Butterworth. She informed us that she has been smiling down on us from that big fluffy heavencake in the sky and has noticed our brunching ways. She has listened in on our conversations, and enjoyed our discussions concerning topics varying from the structural integrity of the tofu scramble, to the spreadability of table temp. butter. After lauding our love for that particular meal betwixt breakfast and lunch she charged us with a task.

“My pancake worshipping chillun: go tell it on the mountain, take your love for this meal and cover the world with it, as you cover your pancakes with my sweet syrup”

With that she vanished. At first we thought it was a dream. A shared hallucination brought by the 6th topping off of coffee we received at the fine brunch establishment.

No matter.

Dream or not, we will fulfill the wishes of Madame Butterworth. Being that people don’t rally congregate at the feet of mountains any longer, and Brian’s beard is months from Moses length, we figured that we’d start a little blog for you.

This blog will follow our brunching escapades as we record our travels in the Philadelphia area in the pursuit of good brunch. And review the quality based on our own subjective, idiosyncratic standards.

But we’ll get to those later.

For now hold on to your hats! More is coming! We look forward to sharing our expert opinions, and fulfilling your appetites for brunching knowledge!

Peace out homeslices.

Find out If Drug Reform Is on a Ballot Near You — Voter Guide

By Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. Posted October 9, 2008.

Not only are there a number of state-level initiatives, there are also a handful of initiatives at the county or municipal level. With election day little more than a month away, it is time for a round-up of drug policy reform initiatives facing voters in November. Not only are there a number of state-level initiatives dealing with marijuana decriminalization, medical marijuana, and sentencing reform (or its opposite), there are also a handful of initiatives at the county or municipal level.

http://www.alternet.org/election08/102319/find_out_if_drug_reform_is_on_a_ballot_near_you_–_voter_guide/

http://urlet.com/cypress.ferrous

No shortage of tax-free work for pot ‘clippers’ who groom marijuana plants in British Columbia’s  illegal grow-op industry

VANCOUVER — There’s green to be made clipping and trimming the green leaves in British Columbia’s marijuana industry.

The prospect of tax-free income is driving some people into temporary work as “clippers” for indoor and outdoor grow operations.

It’s not only against the law, it’s also considered the most labour-intensive part of the harvesting process. But there isn’t a shortage of people willing to do the work.

Pot clippers - also known as trimmers - groom marijuana plants that have been harvested from fields or indoor grow operations. The workers pare down the buds from the plants to make them presentable for sale.

Link to my story: Summer Album Round Up

Link to 215 Magazine where I do most of my album reviews: www.215mag.com

Chemical Chords

Got Work? Marijuana Manicurists (Trimmers) Arriving in Humboldt

Kym gives us the Humboldt marijuana photo of the year.

http://kymk.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/got-work-marijuana-manicurists-arriving-in-humboldt/

Voters favor medical pot, stem cells

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - Proposals to allow marijuana for medical use and to use embryonic stem cells in research are favored by Michigan voters, a new EPIC-MRA poll shows.

The poll of 400 voters found 59% are in favor of allowing marijuana to be used for certain medical purposes, with only 37% opposed. Only 4% were undecided.

Proposal 2 to allow embryonic stem cells for research is favored by 50% of the respondents and opposed by 32%, with the remaining 18% undecided. If voters OK this proposal, it would amend the state’s constitution.

When asked to describe themselves as pro-choice or pro-life, 47% said pro-choice, 46% pro-life and 7% were not forthcoming.

The poll was conducted between September 20-22, 2008 for WOOD TV8 and our broadcast partners. It has a margin of error of 4.9%.

N. Idaho lawmaker wants medical marijuana law

Smoke without ire: Aussie politicians admit using marijuana

1 day ago

SYDNEY (AFP) — Australia’s acting prime minister admitted Friday she had smoked marijuana as a university student, but said it was no big deal.

Julia Gillard’s disclosure in a radio interview followed a similar confession on television overnight by the leader of the opposition, multi-millionaire former merchant banker Malcolm Turnbull.

“At university, tried it, didn’t like it,” said Gillard, the deputy prime minister, who is standing in for Kevin Rudd while he attends the UN General Assembly in New York.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hfgHzPwW9bW_On-0R881eY502mWg

Thousands celebrate medical marijuana at WAMMfest

“Free The Weed” mp3 Free download.

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Free the Weed

words and music by William Holmes

copyright 2008 William Holmes

 
G               D7
Hey hey hey Mr. DEA,

B7                      C7
Get yourself a life and go away

A7
All we wanna do

D7
Is smoke some weed.

Hey hey hey Mr. FBI,
Get yourself a clue and go bye-bye
All we wanna do
Is smoke some weed.

     
     
        E7
 Free the weed
 
                              Am    Am/G     F
 Let us smoke some pot
 
 E7
 Free the weed
 
                                 Am     Am/G   F
 It’s the only thing we got
 
                 C
 It’s all we got,
 
                 G
 It’s all we got.
 
Hey hey hey Mr. DA man
Cut us some slack I know you can
All we wanna do
Is smoke some weed

 Free the weed
 Let us smoke some pot
 Free the weed
 It’s the only thing we got
 It’s all we got,
 It’s all we got.
 
(Instrumental verse and chorus)
 
Hey hey hey Mr. DA man
Cut us some slack I know you can
All we wanna do
Is smoke some weed

 Free the weed
 Let us smoke some pot
 Free the weed
 It’s the only thing we got
 It’s all we got,
 It’s all we got.