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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has just filed a complaint in federal court, seeking a permanent injunction against Amish farmer Dan Allgyer in Pennsylvania. It accuses him of violating a federal prohibition on interstate sales of raw milk by shipping unpasteurized milk to a Maryland buying club's members.
As part of its complaint, the agency says it carried out a lengthy undercover investigation to acquire raw milk, and as part of it, "FDA investigators picked up each unpasteurized milk order at various private residences in Maryland." All of which has me wondering ...
Were the agents looking over their shoulders as they wandered onto decks and into garages of the private homes as they picked up their milk? Were they whispering into cell phones to comrades waiting outside, eager to get their hands on the contraband? Did they stop to admire deck furniture, barbeque grills, and lawn tools on their way into and out of the homes? And maybe do a little dumpster diving, checking the trash for clues to the family's prescription drugs, nutritional supplements ... whether there might be some leftover weed.
Perhaps more to the point, did the imposters feel any sense of remorse or shame by virtue of entering private residences to seize food -- eagerly ordered and paid for by the club members -- as part of a major federal investigation?
On this last point, the answer appears to be negative. According to the complaint filed in U.S. District court a couple weeks back, the FDA undercover effort has been going on for more than a year. "In late 2009, an investigator in FDA's Baltimore District Office used aliases to join the cooperative that Allgyer's farm was supplying in Maryland and Washington, D.C." The complaint noted that the group "warns group members to 'not share information about our group and certainly not about our farmer' with government agencies or doctors ... "
Over the 15 months between December 2009 and March 2011, additional FDA investigators used the cooperative's "online ordering website and placed orders for unpasteurized cow milk on 23 occasions ... Payment for each purchase was made in the form of a money order payable to Dan Allgyer. Payment was either mailed to Allgyer" or left inside a zip closure bag that was located at the pickup site in Maryland, the private homes where FDA investigators obtained their evidence.
These surreptitious pickups weren't the end of the investigation, though. "An FDA laboratory analyzed twelve of the twenty-three samples of milk purchased by the FDA investigators and confirmed that all twelve were unpasteurized."
Why is Marijuana Illegal?
http://www.drugwarrant.com/articles/why-is-marijuana-illegal
Those who voted on the legal fate of this plant never had the facts, but were dependent on information supplied by those who had a specific agenda to deceive lawmakers.
the history of marijuana’s criminalization is filled with:
* Racism
* Fear
* Protection of Corporate Profits
* Yellow Journalism
* Ignorant, Incompetent, and/or Corrupt Legislators
* Personal Career Advancement and Greed
These are the actual reasons marijuana is illegal.
Why Marijuana is Illegal (Ridiculous)
http://www.highexistence.com/why-marijuana-is-illegal
State Dept. Anti-Semitism Envoy Misrepresented By Washington Post Blogger
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2011/01/18/state-dept-anti-semitism-envoy-misrepresented
“We did not discuss the substance of the articles and I clearly told her that I didn’t read Time,” Rosenthal said via email. “I reacted to the headlines only that depict stereotypes of anti-Semitism and that seek to compare policies to the Holocaust.”
( There's an unstated implication here : that headline-hunting commentary is a legitimate endeavour....rather than specious b.s.
How am I doing ? Read the article first ? Fail. )
Drug WarRant
by Pete Guither
Gary Johnson is asked about the drug war
Wednesday, May 04, 2011 7:13 AM
In an interview with Robert Naiman reported in the Huffington Post, Presidential candidate Gary Johnson was asked about the drug war.
RN: I wanted to ask you about your opinion the “war on drugs.” This is kind of a signature issue for you, I wanted you to talk about the cost, your perception of [...]
It can be tough articulating an anti-legalization position
Wednesday, May 04, 2011 7:00 AM
New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg had a hard time making himself clear on his radio show. After a question about medical marijuana he incoherently tried to show why he opposed it while clearly describing the arguments for the overall legalization of drugs.
Choire Sicha provides the transcript.
“The argument is that the only [...]
Whither drug policy reform in Canada?
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 8:39 AM
Conservatives in Canada won a decisive victory with a full majority for the next four years under Stephen Harper.
Harper has not been a friend to drug policy reform and, in fact, has been an advocate for a U.S.-style drug war.
I don’t really know enough about Canadian government to speculate as to how [...]
Yes. Illegal drug use is considered a normal and acceptable activity to many.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 7:57 AM
The Telegraph discovers The generation that will not give up on drugs
Illegal drug use remains a normal part of life for many people even as they settle down and approach their thirties, new research has revealed. [...]
The long-term study, conducted by the University of Manchester, found that while drug use falls as [...]
Anatomy of a LEAPer
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 7:42 AM
Over at Heightened Sense, there’s a very interesting article talking about Major Neill Franklin, Executive Director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, and his “Road to Damascus” moment that finally led him to realize that prohibition was wrong and needed to be changed.
It’s a tragedy that it took the death of a friend for [...]
Open Thread
Sunday, May 01, 2011 11:30 PM
I’ve gotten way too little sleep this weekend.
I hear we’ve won the war on terror, so I guess that’s a good thing. Now we can focus on winning that pesky war on drugs, right?
Thanks, Ben
Saturday, April 30, 2011 10:09 AM
MADISON: Sad news this morning as we learn that longtime Madison cannabis activist Ben Masel passed away shortly after 9am today from complications of cancer at hospice care in Fitchburg. Today’s Global Cannabis Freedom March, scheduled for noon on Capitol Square, will be dedicated to Ben’s memory.
Think of the children
Friday, April 29, 2011 8:59 AM
More of this kind of discussion, please…
Children are Harmed, Not Helped, by Unwinnable Drug War by Daniel Robelo
After forty years and a trillion dollars, supporters of the drug war still claim that any discussion of legalization sends the “wrong message” to children.
The truth, as seen in news from Mexico ever [...]
Sorry, Gil, you’re stuck being the czar
Friday, April 29, 2011 8:53 AM
As you may know, our drug czar was trying to jump ship and land a plum job as Chicago Police Superintendent.
Obama Drug Czar Doesn’t Make Top Cop Cut
Looks like he’s stuck in his hopeless dead-end position for a little while longer.
As Scott Morgan notes: Drug Czar Might Be the Worst [...]
Drug WarRant Book Club
Thursday, April 28, 2011 9:23 AM
Wow. I can hardly wait for the release date on this one by Paul Chabot.
He explains the importance of having a book like this…
In America, or abroad, we are seeing a rise in domestic groups destroying the moral fabric of communities through drug legalization, gangs, corruption and organized crime.
It takes [...]
Have you heard?
http://reflectionalism.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/have-you-heard/#comment-3
Daughter, 12, saw killing of unarmed bin Laden
http://www.smh.com.au/world/daughter-12-saw-killing-of-unarmed-bin-laden-20110504-1e8fl.html
Bin Laden Reading Guide: How to Cut Through the Coverage
http://www.propublica.org/blog/item/bin-laden-reading-guide-how-to-cut-through-the-coverage
Was Bin Laden’s Killing Legal? One Top UN Expert Says So
http://progressiverealist.org/blogpost/was-bin-laden-s-killing-legal-one-top-un-expert-says-so
How To Read the Bin Laden Coverage
http://www.slate.com/id/2292717
The snuffing of Osama Bin Laden has already filled the Snake River Canyon with a torrent of coverage from newspapers, the Web, and television. The news output will only expand in the coming days, and as it does, remain skeptical about it. As we know from the coverage of other major breaking-news events—the Mumbai massacre, the death of Pat Tillman, Hurricane Katrina, the rescue of Jessica Lynch, to cite just a few examples—the earliest coverage of a big story is rarely reliable.
( The government has been providing a prime example of this )
Who Was Osama bin Laden ?
| SYRIA: Who is Behind The Protest Movement? Fabricating a Pretext for a US-NATO "Humanitarian Intervention" - by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky - 2011-05-03 | |
The ultimate purpose is to trigger sectarian violence and political chaos within Syria by covertly supporting Islamic terrorist organizations. | |
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| The Media War on Libya: Justifying War through Lies and Fabrications - by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya - 2011-05-02 | |
The Libya war started with media lies and a disinformation campaign. | |
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| Osama bin Laden’s Second Death - by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts - 2011-05-02 | |
If today were April 1 and not May 2, we could dismiss as an April fool’s joke this morning’s headline that Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight in Pakistan and quickly buried at sea.... | |
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| The Libyan War, American Power and the Decline of the Petrodollar System - by Prof. Peter Dale Scott - 2011-04-29 | |
Obama appears paralyzed by the gap between his declared objective – the removal of Gaddafi – and the means available to him, given the nation’s costly involvement in two wars, and his domestic priorities. |
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