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Law enforcement has a long history with marijuana. But they can't separate marijuana the commodity from marijuana trafficking. They can only see the portion of this story that has been assigned to them.
Law enforcement cares little about what marijuana can be used for. What it can do to help people. Or what its potential economic benefits can be.
All they see is the illegal traffic. The drug dealers on the street. The money laundering. The people who abuse it.
Oh, cmon! A Republican Minnesota secretary of state candidate dropped out of the race Monday after blogs reported he visited strip clubs.
Dennis Nguyen was gathering support from all over the Republican Party. They were behind him. He was their guy. Nobody else was going to get in. Except now, somebody has to.
This idea of this guy going to strip clubs isn't exactly disqualifying news. However, the campaign seemed totally unprepared for the issue.
In fact, his campaign manager, Sen. Brandon Peterson, couldn't . . .
Let's be honest, 70% of teams in NBA could fold tomorrow + nobody would notice a difference w/ possible exception of increase in streetcrime
-- Rep. Pat Garofalo (@PatGarofalo) March 9, 2014
For some reason that tweet has come under some intense criticism. And Pat G. can't seem to understand why.
A lot of people look at that and see a racist comment. After all, the NBA is predominantly African-American and the word "streetcrime" is often just a euphemism for "black" crime.
As the Republicans continue to demonize Obamacare and continue to expect it will be their dominant campaign issue, this Gallup poll should act as your information beacon....
The percentage of Americans without health insurance continues to fall, measuring 15.9% so far in 2014 compared with 17.1% in the fourth quarter of 2013. [...]
The uninsured rate has been declining since the fourth quarter of 2013, after hitting an all-time high of 18.0% in the third quarter. The uninsured rate for the first quarter of 2014 so far includes a 16.2% reading for January . . .
Senate District 57 in Apple Valley/Rosemount/Lakeville has endorsed DFL challengers to House Republican incumbents Rep. Tara Mack and Rep. Anna Wills.
Pictured with current DFL Senator Greg Clausen are Denise Packard, candidate to run in 57B against Wills and Robert Folken, 57A candidate against Tara Mack.
Both have solid backgrounds in their communities.
Denise is a nurse with backgrounds in clinical nursing and in the healthcare insurance aspect. She can bring great expertise in dealing with the MNsure issues. She has never run . . .
