tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8994035050083950836..comments2024-03-28T17:50:06.192-05:00Comments on Althouse: I agree that a life sentence is far too harsh for this...Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49085778367953108182016-04-15T00:36:54.450-05:002016-04-15T00:36:54.450-05:00Michael K said...
"THC is a prescription dru...Michael K said...<br /><br />"THC is a prescription drug and can be obtained in California. The reason for smoking it, as explained by a few patients, is the nausea. The THC pill was vomited up. The cigarette form was tolerated."<br /><br />I know several people using it to treat glaucoma personally. <br /><br />I knew and know people with MS. It isn't a cure but it vastly improves their quality of life. <br /><br />I don't know any of the kids with epilepsy who are using it but I know of several. <br /><br />Pain, nausea and maintaining body weight are given. <br /><br />I agree most of the people with medical issues are full of crap and just want to get high but there are several legitimate uses medically and it is far far cheaper than prescription drugs. <br /><br />You are right about the effects on younger brains and should look into concentrates. If there is a way Marijuana can be abused it is by dabbing oil concentrates. That messes people up particularly the under 25 group. Achilleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109507896997459818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31115109547323626942016-04-14T22:15:42.970-05:002016-04-14T22:15:42.970-05:00Howard said...
To you fearful tools of right-wing ...<i>Howard said...<br />To you fearful tools of right-wing tyrannical bigotry, that was a direct quote from the Declaration of Independence</i><br />No it wasn't.<br />Good ol' crazee Howard. Lewis Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200232293505119133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16053185455106392872016-04-14T20:50:12.372-05:002016-04-14T20:50:12.372-05:00"a federal pen in the deep south."
Piss..."a federal pen in the deep south."<br /><br />Piss up a rope, you Yankee asshole.<br /><br />Too harsh? Maybe. But I'm sure sick o the condescending, inaccurate stereotypes of the south. <br /><br />FWIW the Federal Pen at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, AL is known for the quality of their tennis courts.JAOREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11819907966430540035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14246358106752584032016-04-14T20:47:50.892-05:002016-04-14T20:47:50.892-05:00To you fearful tools of right-wing tyrannical bigo...To you fearful tools of right-wing tyrannical bigotry, that was a direct quote from the Declaration of Independence. The second about the point of a rifle was cobbed from Ayn Rand.<br /><br />The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America,<br /><br />When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.<br /><br /><br />"The concept of free competition enforced by law is a grotesque contradiction in terms. It means: forcing people to be free at the point of a gun." - Ayn Rand <br />Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048255624944551506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19118999121662139972016-04-14T20:47:05.015-05:002016-04-14T20:47:05.015-05:00Marijuana is just like alcohol. Most adults smoke...Marijuana is just like alcohol. Most adults smoke pot just like adults drink wine. Just enough to enjoy the effects without getting wasted. Pot has different flavors and tastes just like wine and grown-ups enjoy the variety. We keep kids away from alcohol until they are grown; why can't we do the same with pot? I read some of the comments here and realize that Carrie Nation is alive and well. We just can't allow people to enjoy themselves. <br /><br />I do wonder how many people in these comments are sitting down with their nightly glass of wine and telling us how pot is going to destroy civilization? Me? I am sitting here listening to my neighbor getting drunk on beer again; waiting for the yelling to start. The worst I had to deal with from my pot-smoking neighbors is having to listen to String Cheese Incident for hours on end. I prefer that to the yelling.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07356250584442307596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62086888729653621282016-04-14T20:27:47.220-05:002016-04-14T20:27:47.220-05:00@ hombre -
I thought that I read in one of the n...@ hombre - <br /><br />I thought that I read in one of the news reports that Brooker turned down a plea deal offered by the prosecution (no details), but that may not be correct. It would be in character if accurate. <br /><br />Certainly a large percentage of criminal prosecutions have drugs or alcohol in the somewhere in the factual chain, either in use by victim or suspect, or a history of use by either, or addiction being a potential motive for a crime, or the drug culture being an element in the circumstances, or drugs or drug cash being a motive in and of themselves. For instance, I think that something approaching ⅔'s of all fatal traffic accidents implicate some drug or alcohol use, which is not to say the drugs or alcohol are the cause. If you were to only consider those persons who are arrested and have a record of multiple prior arrests, I suspect nearly 100% will have used drugs or alcohol in the immediate time before their new arrest. Certainly, those arrested for, say, prostitution, the number will be close to 100%. I don't think there is any attempt to capture this data though, and it would just be a wild guess to estimate the influence of drugs and alcohol on the population of those arrested in the U S. because use prior to arrests does not always conflate with influencing arrest. JCCamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528492321083357527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64124091273390632732016-04-14T20:12:24.936-05:002016-04-14T20:12:24.936-05:00@ Howard -
"...elite wall-street loving, bi...@ Howard - <br /><br />"...elite wall-street loving, bible-belt low IQ conservative..."<br /><br />Kind of mixing your hate groups, aren't you? I would have thought that "Wall Street loving" and "Bible-belt , low IQ" might be somehow mutually exclusive sub-sets of the greater "enemies of the proletariat" set <br /><br />"The Laws of Nature"<br /><br />Seriously? Which ones? Like Boyle's Law? Something like that is the origin of sovereign power? This is incoherent. <br />JCCamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528492321083357527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52880067509737034422016-04-14T19:58:22.103-05:002016-04-14T19:58:22.103-05:00@ Terry -
Misdemeanor prosecutions are usually dis...@ Terry -<br />Misdemeanor prosecutions are usually discretionary. Although I have no idea why the state chose to prosecute the defendant in your case, it may not have been solely because he was the suspect in a murder. It may have been because he was the suspect/defendant in a series of petty or not-so-petty but hard to prosecute crimes over a period of time, and they felt it was time to drop the hammer on him for everything that came in the door, rather than extend the benefit of the doubt any longer. Exactly the type of incident as your trial would be typical, since the same face kept popping up, and the authorities decided a little more time in court might slow down the train wreck before someone else turned up missing or dead. That would be my suspicion anyway. <br /><br />A conviction in a misdemeanor battery case really wouldn't do much that I can think of in terms of assisting a murder investigation or subsequent trial, although maybe I'm missing something. Maybe the cops seized something at the time of the misdemeanor arrest they thought they might need in the murder case later, and they wanted to make sure they didn't have a 4th Amendment issue with it. That's pretty far-fetched though. Whatever their reasoning, I doubt you'd ever get a straight answer about it. Which is OK. It was almost certainly in the interests of justice.JCCamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528492321083357527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67872935896666918142016-04-14T18:40:44.177-05:002016-04-14T18:40:44.177-05:00Terry: "He told that 99% of the cases the pro...Terry: "He told that 99% of the cases the prosecutor handles involve booze or drugs."<br /><br />He may have told you that, but it is either a gross exaggeration or a very unusual county. Of course, if you throw poverty into the mix, it lines up nicely with lefty "root cause" nonsense. You know, "There are no criminals, only victims."hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670099074010641958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68005539323203062312016-04-14T18:31:28.081-05:002016-04-14T18:31:28.081-05:00It is difficult to imagine that no plea bargain wa...It is difficult to imagine that no plea bargain was offered in this case.hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670099074010641958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24326275546500016872016-04-14T18:04:16.590-05:002016-04-14T18:04:16.590-05:00"Howard wrote:
Your conservative tyranny orig..."Howard wrote:<br />Your conservative tyranny originates from the point of a rifle."<br />Not so! The death penalty would not have been appropriate in Brooker's case.Lewis Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200232293505119133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89175647880503340992016-04-14T17:52:31.443-05:002016-04-14T17:52:31.443-05:00"So I crossed an imaginary line with a couple..."So I crossed an imaginary line with a couple of plants."<br /><br />-- George JungFabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17991749875348408368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5070873272904904122016-04-14T16:58:29.825-05:002016-04-14T16:58:29.825-05:00Terry: Excuse me, I thought we were discussing th...Terry: Excuse me, I thought we were discussing the USA. Your conservative tyranny originates from the point of a rifle. Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048255624944551506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51599979516765337102016-04-14T16:45:07.325-05:002016-04-14T16:45:07.325-05:00what exactly defines the appropriate amount of mar...what exactly defines the appropriate amount of marijuana for personal use? If someone wanted to grow a large amount one time to avoid having to grow some frequently that would have it's own logic. Anyway, it should be legal and eventually will be. I hope such victims of bad drug laws are pardoned sooner and not later. Kansas Scouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15744438882831933314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84983969053796418252016-04-14T16:22:58.158-05:002016-04-14T16:22:58.158-05:00Blogger Fernandinande said...
StephenFearby said.....<i>Blogger Fernandinande said...<br />StephenFearby said...<br />Reefer Madness!<br /><br />Crime report for a couple of small CO towns:</i><br />I know a guy who has a small janitorial business. He cleans the county prosecutor's office, and he likes to snoop. He told that 99% of the cases the prosecutor handles involve booze or drugs. People doing stupid things when they are drunk or stoned, or people doing stupid things to get the money to buy booze or drugs, or simply stealing booze or drugs.<br />It's a sad world.Lewis Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200232293505119133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72524696842871060732016-04-14T16:19:11.783-05:002016-04-14T16:19:11.783-05:00"Blogger Howard said...
Terry: "Where do..."Blogger Howard said...<br />Terry: "Where do you think sovereignty originates? What is its source?" <br /><br />The Laws of Nature and of Nature's God"<br /><br />So there would still be a thing called "sovereignty" even if there were no people. Interesting theory you got there, Howard. Too bad it's crap.Lewis Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200232293505119133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84402249997799555592016-04-14T16:03:56.549-05:002016-04-14T16:03:56.549-05:00StephenFearby said...
Reefer Madness!
Crime repor...<i>StephenFearby said...<br />Reefer Madness!</i><br /><br />Crime report for a couple of small CO towns:<br />- Pit bull attacks small dog<br />- DRUNK attacks daughter and steals her car<br />- DRUNK beating wife<br />- DRUNK yelling outside library<br />- DRUNK mother passed out with toddlers in motel<br />- Teenager "fight club"<br />- Playstation stolen<br />- DRUNK violates restraining order<br />- DRUNK woman peering into parked cars<br />- Shoplifting food<br />- Stolen bicycle<br />- House vandalized<br />- Graffiti<br />- DRUNK bleeding parents w/kids out of control<br />- DRUNK wrecks car<br />- Trying to mail marijuana vapor cartridges<br />- Various unknown drugs and bloody needle<br />- DRUNK weaving and harassing McDonald's drive-up<br />- Obsessed boyfriend hides in ex's closet at her work<br />- DRUNK pissing in theater<br />- DRUNK wrecked his car<br />- Shoplifting from Walmart<br />- DRUNK women fighting<br />- Meth guy drives badly<br />- Dog bites a kid<br />- Couple fighting<br />- DRUNK driving > 70 in 35 zone<br />- DRUNK in public, fights w/cops (drinking vanilla extract).<br />- Ex-husband broken into house<br />- Guy with hatchet and no-weapons restraining order<br />- Couple fighting<br />- Aggressive pitbull running around<br />- DRUNK with Swastika tattoo attacks guy in parking lot<br />- Violated restraining order to see kid.<br />- Couple fighting<br />- DRUNK shoplifting cough syrup<br />- DRUNK with no shoes pisses on police station<br />- Two guys fighting<br />- Mailbox run over<br />- DRUNK urinating and vomiting simultaneously at a pre-school<br />- Semi-truck windshields shot with BB gun<br />- DRUNK half-naked woman attacks husband in motel lobby<br />- Woman kicks husband (awaiting hernia surgery) in groin<br />- DRUNK adult punches his mother<br />- DRUNK swimming naked in park's duck pond<br />- Cut off and threw away alcohol monitor<br />- DRUNK in public, three noisy guys<br />- Attempt to mail marijuana<br />- DRUNK obnoxious at burger drive-in<br />- DRUNK driving and loaded shotgun<br />- Two girls assault another girl<br />- DRUNK tore up ex-wife's house<br />- Shoplifting at Walmart<br />- DRUNK attacks woman and cop and threatens to vote for Trump<br />- Shoplifting<br />- Shoplifting<br />- Stuff stolen from mailbox<br />- Guy arrested for fighting kicks a cop<br />- Loose dogs kill 17 chickens<br />- Dog kills two chickens<br />- Woman screams because mouse ran across her face at B&B (had warrant)<br />- Woman attacks husband<br />- Guy with crowbar and screw-driver runs away from house<br />- Rats eat wiring in RV and it catches on fire<br />- *** Here you go: guy ate pot and drove car on grass in park<br />- Woman not paid $400 for hay<br />- Son-in-law points laser-sighted gun at parent's house.<br />- Scammed by Nigerian<br />- Two guys fighting<br />- Dogs knocking over trash cans<br /><br />No reports omitted; no drug references omitted. Each "DRUNK" was mentioned in the report.<br />Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7606672898076231042016-04-14T15:58:04.857-05:002016-04-14T15:58:04.857-05:00Terry: "Where do you think sovereignty origin...Terry: "Where do you think sovereignty originates? What is its source?" <br /><br />The Laws of Nature and of Nature's God Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048255624944551506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82145589490478115582016-04-14T15:14:52.465-05:002016-04-14T15:14:52.465-05:00Terry said...
Brooker was earlier convicted of fou...<i>Terry said...<br />Brooker was earlier convicted of four felonies for armed robbery.</i><br /><br />Which is why I don't feel sorry for him - he should've been killed a long time ago.<br /><br /><i>boycat said...<br />Both Washington and Oregon are experiencing a significant uptick in vehicle crashes and fatalities related to cannabis consumption since pot was legalized in those states.</i><br /><br />I couldn't find good stats for Washington (besides, why should I and not you?) <br /><br />For Oregon:<br />"Unintentional motor vehicle traffic crashes (MVT) cause injury or death to vehicle occupants, motorcyclists, pedal cyclists, and pedestrians.<br />Summary information:<br />• In Oregon in 2014, MVT caused 327 deaths and 1,709 hospitalizations.<br /><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/car/docs/2013CrashSummaryBook.pdf" rel="nofollow">• MVT mortality and hospitalization rates declined in Oregon between 2000 and 2014.</a>"<br /><br /><i>I'd imagine Colorado is experiencing pretty much the same.</i><br /><br /><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/08/05/since-marijuana-legalization-highway-fatalities-in-colorado-are-at-near-historic-lows/" rel="nofollow">Since marijuana legalization, highway fatalities in Colorado are at near-historic lows</a><br /><br /><i>boycat said...<br />Almost half of people serving time in prison are there for drug-related offenses. </i><br /><br />Wrong again. It's about 20%.Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31047479535039060502016-04-14T15:13:39.851-05:002016-04-14T15:13:39.851-05:00Shocking this happened in the south-poor, stupid, ...Shocking this happened in the south-poor, stupid, obese, pathetic hell hole that it is.<br /><br />Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593014816206957874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13066249178871433912016-04-14T15:06:12.692-05:002016-04-14T15:06:12.692-05:00boycat,
MJ can't be tested for because it (or...boycat,<br /><br />MJ can't be tested for because it (or THC, anyway) is fat-soluble, and therefore sticks around as long as six weeks. Field sobriety tests are therefore it, apart from the obvious stuff like odor and actual product. Except that your basic field sobriety test is so off-the-charts rote that I don't know where to begin.Michelle Dulak Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041391162535875301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59791440771246245242016-04-14T13:33:55.051-05:002016-04-14T13:33:55.051-05:00"He had been going from construction site to ..."He had been going from construction site to construction site selling smoked meat out of his truck."<br />"Witnesses saw him talking to a homeless guy. Homeless guy disappeared"<br /><br />Hmmm....<br /><br />Bob Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14217663230833386582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23026653495702190412016-04-14T13:26:44.006-05:002016-04-14T13:26:44.006-05:00Howard, you are a crazy person. Where do you think...Howard, you are a crazy person. Where do you think sovereignty originates? What is its source?Lewis Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200232293505119133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5384896609023200012016-04-14T13:23:31.929-05:002016-04-14T13:23:31.929-05:00JCC-
I was an alternate on a jury. The defendant w...JCC-<br />I was an alternate on a jury. The defendant was charged with assault for being in a brawl. He had been going from construction site to construction site selling smoked meat out of his truck. One of his customers noticed that the guy's truck was identical to a truck seen outside his uncle's farm on a night when some pigs were stolen. The brawl began.<br />Anyway, I couldn't figure out why the state was prosecuting the defendant for this penny-ante crime. No one was killed. One guy ended up with a concussion, but he didn't get around to going to a doctor until several days after the brawl.<br />After I was released from the jury, I asked around, and it turned out the defendant was a murder suspect. Witnesses saw him talking to a homeless guy. Homeless guy disappeared, and defendant sold homeless guy's moped. Six months later, homeless guy's bones were found next to the landfill, but feral pigs had been at the remains. They couldn't even prove foul play.<br />The defendant was acquitted in the trial I attended. A year later I read in the paper that he had been convicted of statutory rape for sexual contact with a thirteen year old relative. Lewis Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200232293505119133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6405973067841393992016-04-14T13:21:58.699-05:002016-04-14T13:21:58.699-05:00Terry:"If you are a conservative, shouldn'...Terry:"If you are a conservative, shouldn't you believe that the people of Alabama get to decide what should be illegal and what the penalty for breaking the law should be?"<br /><br />Yes, if you are an elite wall-street loving, bible-belt low IQ conservative, you believe in the tyranny of the masses because the US is a pure democracy and not a republic. If the people of your state decided to tax your business at 50%, prevent lunch-time bible studies at public parks, ban guns, ban hunting and fishing, create draconian environmental laws that closed all the factories and industries, including energy and fuel production and distribution that would fall under your brand of conservatism.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048255624944551506noreply@blogger.com