CalgaryGrit (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
With four by elections tonight, the party spin machines are in overdrive, playing the expectations game. The best example comes from this article where the parties trip over each other to lower expectations – “ we expect to lose all four ” says the Tory spokesman with a smile, “ if we beat the Marijuana Party it’s a win ” proclaim the NDP, “ we don’t...
Rob's Random Thoughts (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
It's about time that the Liberals get a candidate who can siphon off votes from the powerful Marijuana Party.
The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
In a letter the editor of The Daily News, marijuana legalization activist and B.C. Marijuana Party candidate Matthew Elrod raises an interesting legal point on the pending extradition of Marc Emery: [E]xtradition laws require what is called “dual criminality.” The...
Divorcing Rick (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Hi there!!! I have just made my very first LEGAL marijuana purchase. For those of you outside of California, I wanted to describe the process for purchasing marijuana legally. First, you go to a doctor. I did it the old fashioned way, I went to a doctor's office and told him about the multiple sclerosis. That's one of the many, many illnesses that can be treated with marijuana. He recommended the marijuana...
Bostonist (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
It's a good day in the Common when the odor of fried dough is engulfed in the sweet aroma of Saturday's herbaceous guest of honor. More than previous Boston Freedom Rallies , affectionately known as HempFest, there was much to celebrate. It happened to be the 20th anniversary of what may be the second-largest annual marijuana party in the US (excluding jam-band concerts). It only took 20 years, but...
American Election 2008 (Free subscription) | 19/09/2009
Excerpt from the Brownsville Herald: Several other political parties exist, although most of them are single-issue groups like the Green Party, America First Party and the U.S. Marijuana Party. Some, however, do offer comprehensive philosophies that can be applied to all aspects of life and government. read more Texas newspaper discusses Libertarian alternative
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 27/08/2009
It's 2am on a school night, and 16-year-old Zack's parents went to bed hours ago. Upstairs in his bedroom, however, Zack is still awake. In fact, he's online (where everything evil happens) chatting with his friend Jo. What devious things are they talking about so late and so far away from parental supervision? Masturbation ( DUM )? Their shared fondness for leather (FOL)? When to meet up at the elite...
A BCer in Toronto (Free subscription) | 13/08/2009
After rumours swirled around Facebook and Twitter all day yesterday, it now appears clear that the NDP has banned Dana Larsen , a party member, activist and its one-time candidate for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, from attending its convention this week in Halifax. Larsen sent the following tweet around 10am EST this morning: I just had my observer pass taken away and was escorted...
BigCityLib Strikes Back (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
My post from last Saturday is in The Mark . Its conclusion: Who stands to lose if the Pirate Party decides to invade our shores? You would think they would skim votes off the hapless NDP, but at the same time, Michael Geist himself has speculated that copyright reform brought out many traditional non-voters during the 2008 election, and there is even a libertarian slice of the Conservative Party that...
MoPo | Geek News (Free subscription) | 14/05/2009
Canada's booming cannabis industry ranks alongside tourism and forestry as a money earner and employer but the illegal trade has angered its US neighbour.Canada has a Marijuana Party, allows pot to be smoked in public and barely punishes people who are caught growing it.
Obscure Store and Reading Room (Free subscription) | 23/04/2009
Two women who attended a 4/20 marijuana party with a teenager are accused of stabbing him to death with a pocket knife after he was kicked out of the gathering for hitting on the hostess. (Boulder Daily Camera)
SPORTSbyBROOKS (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
WIS-TV in Columbia, SC reports today that Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott has now overseen eight arrests in connection with the marijuana party Phelps attended in November, including, “seven for drug possession and one for distribution. These are arrests that resulted as the sheriff’s department served search warrants … the department has located and confiscated [...]
ProudToBeCanadian Blog (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
The “progressive” or left-wing forces are all joining in to defeat the Conservatives, as usual. Now it’s the Greens. I think we can assume the Marijuana Party is on board. Here’s among the latest sentiments from the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist Leninist) , who think they are the epitome of “progressive” and who I’m sure don’t want to be left out...
The Blog of Walker (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Via 420 Magazine: “Anyone who’s going to read your article has either used marijuana or knows someone who has, and they know that person is not a criminal.”That’s how cannabis legalization activist, co-founder of the British Columbia Marijuana Party and former Vancouver NDP candidate Dana Larsen ended our phone interview.Larsen, who will speak tonight at the Grad Club, has been...
The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
Last night I asked Marc Emery for a comment on the results of his unsuccessful Vancouver mayoral race. Here's what he had to say: For me, the great news of the night was seeing my friend and BC Marijuana Party...
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