Slog - Comments on The Morning News http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243 by Rebecca Tapscott It’s raining cats and dogs: The National Weather Service predicts 1 to 2 inches of rain in the Seattle area, and the possibility of local rivers flooding. Voter fraud in King County: Officials investigate possible voter fraud in 2006 election. Liebmanville: Henry Liebman now owns 40 acres of Seattle’s Sodo neighborhood, making city officials, Port commissioners and labor leaders uneasy. Local news consumed by violent crime: Seattle PI website (and the Seattle Times, just not linked here) reports on rape, police chases, murder, and kidnapping. Schmaneva Convention: Bush approves new torture methods, which some believe violate the... Copyright 2008 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:43:13 -0800 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:03:24 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf What would "moral reasons" for growing hemp include?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767128 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767128 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:50:34 -0800 Comment by Jamey Good question, Fnarf.
Anyway that article was really interesting. Poor North Dakotan farmers. They look at the farms just north of the border and see them thriving and making money on an extremely versatile and marketable crop... But they are up against the DEA now... I wish them luck.

]]> Jamey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767132 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767132 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:17:47 -0800 Comment by fun shaped The Cash Crop article seemed to completely leave out what hemp can be used for.

I think that would have compelled/augmented that side of the argument a lot more.


I thought hemp crops could be limited to the plant sex without the buds. Hmm.

]]> fun shaped http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767133 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767133 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:34:36 -0800 Comment by lostboy ... new torture methods, which some believe violate the Geneva Convention

um, I'm pretty sure everyone believes (except Bush and Gonzalez) that all torture methods violate the Geneva Conventions, by definition.

How about, "Bush approves new interrogation methods, which some believe constitute torture and violate the Geneva Convention"?

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767142 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767142 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:12:40 -0800 Comment by In other news July 19, 2007
Cpl. Brandon Craig, a 25-year-old Fort Lewis soldier from Earleville, Md., died Thursday when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle in Husayniyah, Iraq.

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\"Say Yes To War\" Dan Savage

]]> In other news http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767147 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767147 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:40:33 -0800 Comment by zorak The nytimes article about efforts to legalize industrial hemp in North Dakota puts the lie to efforts by Savage, Mudede and others to paint the urban rural divide in black and white. There are surprises outside the "urban archipelago", like a bunch of conservative North Dakota farmers taking on the Drug Enforcement Agency's ridiculous prohibition on production of industrial hemp. You can't get much other than a headache by smoking it, but its a great source of fiber and oil seeds. I work with both the politicians mentioned in the story. It takes a lot more political courage to work on issues like hemp legalization and renewable energy legislation in a place like ND than a place like Seattle. But the spirit that led to great progressive movements like the coop movement and prairie populism are still alive in places like this. Ideologues from the right and the left stand in the way of progress in cities and in the country. Wherever you live, it takes practical minded people to move the world in the right direction.

End of sermon

]]> zorak http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767157 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767157 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:57:55 -0800 Comment by elswinger If farmers would be allowed to grow weed for recreational use, and the government taxed it like alcohol or tobacco, we would have a lot less financial troubles.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767166 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767166 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:47:35 -0800 Comment by Dominic Holden Fnarf, we're gonna hogtie you to a circle of pious dreads while they pass around a greasy chillum and talk about how Mother's healing herb can save the planet, then you come tell us about the moral reasons to grow hemp... But seriously, hemp is a nifty crop. It actually enriches the land where it's grown, rather than strip it like cotton or tobacco, and it grows quickly and sells for a sizable profit, which benefits poor farmers.

]]> Dominic Holden http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767169 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767169 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:06:16 -0800 Comment by Dominic Holden Oh, and I was trying to make fun of hippies, not you. Your question is a good one.

]]> Dominic Holden http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767171 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767171 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:13:11 -0800 Comment by Fnarf That's cool. Dom.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767193 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_morning_news_243#c767193 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:03:24 -0800