An intellectual is someone who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is someone who says a difficult thing in a simple way.
–Charles Bukowski
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonMy review
rating: 5 of 5 stars
I could not put this down. Merricat is one of the most fascinating characters I've ever met. And Jackson is a virtuosa, I immediately got the feeling that there was a mystery underneath, but I never felt like the writer was withholding information. She gave me clues to hang on to, and it all was neatly tied up together.
I have to put this book on the top of my favorites list.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Good news!
A jury has acquitted a medical cannabis patient after the defendant testified that the cannabis helped him treat his pain and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Loren J. Swift, a Vietnam Veteran, had served 49 days in custody before posting $10,000 bond after his arrest in October 2007 and was found not guilty of cannabis distribution charges last week in a La Salle County Circuit Court.
Jury nullification is the process of ruling a not guilty verdict when jurors feel that the law is wrong. Illinois NORML encourages all those facing cannabis charges to ask for a jury trial and all those serving on a jury to nullify cannabis laws by acquitting defendants of cannabis charges.
This year Illinois could become the 14th state to protect patients who use cannabis with their doctor's recommendation, following Michigan's passage of their medical cannabis initiative. A 2008 Illinois poll conducted by Mason Dixon Polling and Research found that 68% of Illinois residents "support allowing seriously and terminally ill patients to use and grow medical marijuana for personal use if their doctors recommend it."
Cannabis can be used to treat a number of different ailments and has not one documented overdose fatality. If legally allowed, cannabis would offer a low cost option for physicians and patients.
http://mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=374236
http://realitycatcher-alapoet.blogspot.com/2009/01/maybe-this-is-how-war-on-marijuana-ends.html
http://www.illinoisnorml.org
Jury nullification is the process of ruling a not guilty verdict when jurors feel that the law is wrong. Illinois NORML encourages all those facing cannabis charges to ask for a jury trial and all those serving on a jury to nullify cannabis laws by acquitting defendants of cannabis charges.
This year Illinois could become the 14th state to protect patients who use cannabis with their doctor's recommendation, following Michigan's passage of their medical cannabis initiative. A 2008 Illinois poll conducted by Mason Dixon Polling and Research found that 68% of Illinois residents "support allowing seriously and terminally ill patients to use and grow medical marijuana for personal use if their doctors recommend it."
Cannabis can be used to treat a number of different ailments and has not one documented overdose fatality. If legally allowed, cannabis would offer a low cost option for physicians and patients.
http://mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=374236
http://realitycatcher-alapoet.blogspot.com/2009/01/maybe-this-is-how-war-on-marijuana-ends.html
http://www.illinoisnorml.org
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