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Drugs This Week on Drugs
Posted by Dominic Holden on Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 6:23 PM
The Leading Question for Obama at Change.Gov: "Will you consider legalizing marijuana so that the government can regulate it, tax it, put age limits on it, and create millions of new jobs and create a billion dollar industry right here in the U.S.?"
Paper Tiger: Atlanta established a civilian review board after police shot a 92-year old woman in a drug raid. Now police are trying to gut it.
Vanillaroma Won't Save You Now: Six air fresheners can’t cover up stink of skunk.
Those Exaggerated Anti-Meth Ads: They made kids like meth more. (I called it.)
Those Silly Pot Ads: Tenth-graders are smoking pot more than cigarettes, according to a new federal survey. Commenting on the report, the drug czar says, “What we see here is a very good trend for the youth of the country.”
Has Beans: McDonalds calls Starbucks prices “dumb.”
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Or are they?? I don't even drink coffee, what do I know. 1$ is too expensive for soemthing that tastes like shit.
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I find it strange that many in this country have a desired goal of legalizing marijuana while at the same time also desire to eventually make cigarette smoking illegal.
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@1 I wonder how many jobs there are in the tobacco industry? Would make a good benchmark for comparison.
Legalizing would, I would hope, put a lot of (completely unprofitable) useless pigs, border fences, lobbyists, drug czars, parole officers, etc etc out of business, and cutting the stream of inmates for minor drug offenses would mean gradually more skilled workers out of jail. Good news all around.
Legalizing would, I would hope, put a lot of (completely unprofitable) useless pigs, border fences, lobbyists, drug czars, parole officers, etc etc out of business, and cutting the stream of inmates for minor drug offenses would mean gradually more skilled workers out of jail. Good news all around.
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Wow, nice way to end this week....on drugs. Did anyone see the Phantom of the Opera? I just saw the suggestion by Christopher, Seattle's Only Musicwriter worth considering...god that's a brash statement. maybe the one jack and dietcoke i had was too festive.
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Unfortunately Obama is not going to legalize marijuana, especially for recreational use, and not in his first term. I don't buy that the majority of people who went to the site wanted to legalize weed over fixing the economy, gay rights, or ending the war on Iraq.
It was probably a bunch of stoner techied who robomailed the sitel This is the same internet that almost had a angarian bridge named after Stephen Colbert.
It was probably a bunch of stoner techied who robomailed the sitel This is the same internet that almost had a angarian bridge named after Stephen Colbert.
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"A 12-ounce cup of coffee at Starbucks in Seattle costs just $1.40, only a penny more than the average price for a same size cup at McDonald's." In pre-deflationary times, statements like a cup of coffee that costs "only" $1.40 made sense.
Not any more...and that's a classic case of a bubble waiting to explode.
It's all part of the trend I call the end of per unit pricing.
Coffee is a lot like oil when it comes to the marginal cost of the last unit produced...it doesn't really cost anywhere near $1.40 in time and materials to create a cup of coffee. Try buying some coffee and brewing it yourself at home....even a bag of premium (which costs between 8 and 12 dollars at QFC) makes more than 10 cups of coffee...right?
Not any more...and that's a classic case of a bubble waiting to explode.
It's all part of the trend I call the end of per unit pricing.
Coffee is a lot like oil when it comes to the marginal cost of the last unit produced...it doesn't really cost anywhere near $1.40 in time and materials to create a cup of coffee. Try buying some coffee and brewing it yourself at home....even a bag of premium (which costs between 8 and 12 dollars at QFC) makes more than 10 cups of coffee...right?
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That is one of the downsides of the questions for change.gov - the online population is nowhere representative of the country.
It's largely made up of jealous liberals who never really supported Obama, libertarian potheads, truthers and ultra-right wing conservatives. Yet, this will be trumpeted and amplified by the media as "what the people want."
It's largely made up of jealous liberals who never really supported Obama, libertarian potheads, truthers and ultra-right wing conservatives. Yet, this will be trumpeted and amplified by the media as "what the people want."
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However, whatwhat, it WOULD eliminate a lot of government spending on useless enforcement and imprisonment, including, as seen in the article below, the MURDER of 92 year old ladies in botched drug raids. Seems like a no brainer to me. Unless "conservatives" are in favor of no knock raids that kill old ladies. Are they? Are you?
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While we're hating on the Mor(m)ons, we're hating on the Salvation Army (and all intolerant X-tians) too, right?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/1/19/…
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section…
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/1/19/…
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section…
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There is one thing standing in the way of legalizing marijuana for personal consumption and that is an accurate test to tell if you are currently high (which is different from a drug test that can tell if you got high up to 30 days ago). A couple years ago, NV put it on the ballot and it almost passed. People's biggest reservation was the thought that it would encourage people to get high and drive. The idea that you can't test somebody and know that they are driving high is what killed it.
I know that many wopuld be against a test like this, but I think it would remove the last legitmate prohibition argument and actually turn the tide to legalization/taxation/etc.
I know that many wopuld be against a test like this, but I think it would remove the last legitmate prohibition argument and actually turn the tide to legalization/taxation/etc.
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McD: I don't even drink coffee that much anymore, but I do like tea and the occasional mocha (it's not coffee, it's dessert with a kick!), but I still understand that when I go to Starbucks or any other decent coffee shop, I'm paying for more than just the coffee.
I'm paying for a decent place to enjoy it as well. Someplace with wifi, a good selection of free or cheap literature, and a comfortable atmosphere in which to spend an hour, more or less, by myself or with a friend.
Am I going to invite someone to 'meet me for a coffee' at McDonald's, where we can sit on hard plastic benches with hard plastic tables under crappy fluorescent lighting while we listen to the shrieking of the children at the next table bickering over the latest 'happy meal' toy while we watch the hungry homeless guy try to talk the cashier into giving him a discount price on a 'half order' of fries?
Call me 'elitist' if you like, but I don't fucking think so. Starbucks isn't perfect, but it creates a legitimate 'Third Place' environment where people can meet and linger. And that's worth a premium. McDonald's is just a place to enter and leave. As quickly as possible.
I'm sure we're all going to become a little more price-sensitive in the coming times, but the fact remains that Starbucks and other good coffee shops have more to offer. All McDonald's has to sell is a cheap cup of bad coffee.
I'm paying for a decent place to enjoy it as well. Someplace with wifi, a good selection of free or cheap literature, and a comfortable atmosphere in which to spend an hour, more or less, by myself or with a friend.
Am I going to invite someone to 'meet me for a coffee' at McDonald's, where we can sit on hard plastic benches with hard plastic tables under crappy fluorescent lighting while we listen to the shrieking of the children at the next table bickering over the latest 'happy meal' toy while we watch the hungry homeless guy try to talk the cashier into giving him a discount price on a 'half order' of fries?
Call me 'elitist' if you like, but I don't fucking think so. Starbucks isn't perfect, but it creates a legitimate 'Third Place' environment where people can meet and linger. And that's worth a premium. McDonald's is just a place to enter and leave. As quickly as possible.
I'm sure we're all going to become a little more price-sensitive in the coming times, but the fact remains that Starbucks and other good coffee shops have more to offer. All McDonald's has to sell is a cheap cup of bad coffee.
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Have you tasted McDonald's coffee?
I returned the first cup, assuming it had been burnt.
Next cup came back the same. The only way Mcdonald's coffee is drinkable is with mucho milk AND one of the new flavorings (I recommend sugarless vanilla, although the sugar-full vanilla flavor is even tastier.)
Works best as an iced coffee drink, when maybe a shot of coffee is drowned in milk, flavoring sugar & ice cubes.
In other words, McDonald's "premium" coffee is only drinkable with a lot of other crap in it.
I don't drink much coffee, but you may be better off with Starbucks.
I returned the first cup, assuming it had been burnt.
Next cup came back the same. The only way Mcdonald's coffee is drinkable is with mucho milk AND one of the new flavorings (I recommend sugarless vanilla, although the sugar-full vanilla flavor is even tastier.)
Works best as an iced coffee drink, when maybe a shot of coffee is drowned in milk, flavoring sugar & ice cubes.
In other words, McDonald's "premium" coffee is only drinkable with a lot of other crap in it.
I don't drink much coffee, but you may be better off with Starbucks.
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