Yearly Archives: 2013
Colman Mac Sealaigh tweetz:
Just spotted this in Galway. Hope he didn’t get ring sting.
Dr Sanjay Gupta.
CNN’s ‘dreamboat’ medic/reporter and a mainstream telly ally in the US ‘war’ on drugs.
Until NOW!
He writes:
Over the last year, I have been working on a new documentary called “Weed.” The title “Weed” may sound cavalier, but the content is not.
I traveled around the world to interview medical leaders, experts, growers and patients. I spoke candidly to them, asking tough questions.
What I found was stunning.
Long before I began this project, I had steadily reviewed the scientific literature on medical marijuana from the United States and thought it was fairly unimpressive. Reading these papers five years ago, it was hard to make a case for medicinal marijuana. I even wrote about this in a TIME magazine article, back in 2009, titled “Why I would Vote No on Pot.”
Well, I am here to apologise.
I apologise because I didn’t look hard enough, until now. I didn’t look far enough. I didn’t review papers from smaller labs in other countries doing some remarkable research, and I was too dismissive of the loud chorus of legitimate patients whose symptoms improved on cannabis.
…I mistakenly believed the Drug Enforcement Agency listed marijuana as a schedule 1 substance because of sound scientific proof.
Surely, they must have quality reasoning as to why marijuana is in the category of the most dangerous drugs that have “no accepted medicinal use and a high potential for abuse.”
They didn’t have the science to support that claim, and I now know that when it comes to marijuana neither of those things are true. It doesn’t have a high potential for abuse, and there are very legitimate medical applications. In fact, sometimes marijuana is the only thing that works…
Yikes.
More tobacco.
Perishing flip-flopping, cable news hippy.
More here: Why I Changed My Mind On Weed (Dr Sanjay Gupta, CNN)
Pic: CNN
It’s true.
Thanks Kingstogram
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Flip flops in Tribe, Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, this afternoon.
Thanks Neil
We’re going to party like it’s the early 1980s.
Drink cider to Soft Cell and argue over a five spot
Because YOU controversially asked for it.
Rocky DeValera and The Rhythm Kings [performing John Wayne above in 1982] will be taking to the stage this Sunday AFTERNOON at the Stag’s Head Raw, upstairs in The Stag’s Head, Dame Court, Dublin.
The ‘Raw’s Barry writes:
What we’re trying to do with this is recapture the vibe of those Sunday afternoons from way back when which saw many waiting for the boozer to reopen after Holy Hour so we could watch some bands and drink some pints.
Doors are 4.00pm and admission is a mere €8.00. Alternatively you can reserve tickets by mailing stagsheadraw@gmail.com. It’s going to be magic…
Brian Stack
Austin Stack says they were brought in blacked out vehicle to IRA meeting in unknown location where IRA leader then drank tea and biscuits
— Stephanie Grogan (@StephGrogan3) August 9, 2013
Full statement of the IRA leader to the family of murdered prison officer Brian Stack:
“I want to acknowledge that the IRA was responsible for the death of your father. I regret that it has taken so long to clarify this matter for you. This was a secret guerrilla army. It kept no records of its military operations. During the 30 years of war activists were killed, many thousands were imprisoned and leaderships at all levels were constantly changing. Reliable information is therefore not readily available and sometimes not available at all. The IRA did have rules and regulations, including a rule which prohibited any military action against Irish state forces. Regrettably at times these rules were breached.
Between the 1970s and 80s there were prison struggles in Britain, the north (of Ireland) and south (of Ireland). The prisoners resisted these harsh regimes. Prison officers were killed by the IRA in the north. These killings were sanctioned by the IRA leadership but none were sanctioned in the south and none was asked for in the case of your father. In Portlaoise a brutal prison regime saw prisoners and their families suffer greatly.
This is the context in which IRA volunteers shot your father. This action was not authorised by the IRA leadership and for this reason the IRA denied any involvement. Some years later, when the Army Council discovered that its volunteers has shot Prison Officer Brian Stack, the volunteer responsible for the instruction was disciplined. Those who carried out the attack were IRA volunteers acting under orders.
The IRA was responsible for your father’s death. This operation should not have taken place.While the IRA can no longer comment on this matter let me express my sorrow for the pain and hurt your family suffered.”
Stack statement from IRA leader (Citybeat)
Admission that IRA killed prison officer Brian Stack (BBC News NI)
Ray’s And Stark Bar restaurant in LA – described by manager Martin Riese (himself a self-styled ‘water sommelier’) as having ‘Los Angeles’ most extensive water menu’ – a 45 page bill of fare with waters rated from ‘sweet’ and ‘salty’ to ‘smooth’ and ‘complex’.
Riese’s own brand 9OH2O retails for $14 a pop because it’s made “in limited editions of 10,000 individually numbered glass bottles.”
Eau dear.
Lest we forget: Superquinn back during the ‘boom’.
(Hat tips: Tshock & karlypants)
Disc Just In
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UStoTjhcipE
Finally.
Some welcome spherical plastic-plated defiance in Canada.
Richard Buggy writes:
Highlights of the Mixed Division Irish Under 23 Ultimate Frisbee team who recently finished 5th at the Under 23 World Championships in Toronto. The tournament featured teams from 5 different continents and over 1000 athletes competed.
Chucking ar la.
Chucking.
Suit yourselves.