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SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
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Re: Colorado cannabis

quote:

A bill pending in the Legislature would allow pot growers and retailers to reclassify their recreational pot as medical pot if a change in federal law or enforcement occurs.

It�s the boldest attempt yet by a U.S. marijuana state to avoid federal intervention in its weed market.

The bill would allow Colorado�s 500 or so licensed recreational pot growers to instantly reclassify their weed. A switch would cost the state more than $100 million a year because Colorado taxes medical pot much more lightly than recreational weed � 2.9 percent versus 17.9 percent.

The measure says licensed growers could immediately become medical licensees �based on a business need due to a change in local, state or federal law or enforcement policy.� The change wouldn�t take recreational marijuana off the books, but it wouldn�t entirely safeguard it either. What it could do is help growers protect their inventory in case federal authorities start seizing recreational pot.

http://www.thecannabist.co/2017/03/27/colorado-federal-crackdown-marijuana-recreational-medical/76138/

# ¿ Mar 27, 2017 17:24

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SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
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Jeff Sessions speaking on sanctuary cities @ the press briefing.

update: threatening OJP grants.

SwampDonkey fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Mar 27, 2017

# ¿ Mar 27, 2017 18:37

SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
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It looks like Spicy has a dip in.

# ¿ Mar 27, 2017 19:10

SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
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https://twitter.com/ReutersPolitics/status/846445820450869253

# ¿ Mar 27, 2017 20:49

SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
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https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/846872918063755264

# ¿ Mar 29, 2017 01:32

SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
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quote:

A former aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a political revenge plot involving traffic jams at the country's busiest bridge.

Bill Baroni had requested probation.

http://bigstory.ap.org/4c52d11597544c8aa28c54c8d8656ffe

# ¿ Mar 29, 2017 17:25

SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
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gently caress it, we'll do it live!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5HomyGvQgw

SwampDonkey fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Mar 29, 2017

# ¿ Mar 29, 2017 17:39

SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
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And the other one...

https://twitter.com/joshledermanAP/status/847159050026536961

# ¿ Mar 29, 2017 19:57

SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
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CN in this instance.

https://twitter.com/Evan_Rosenfeld/status/847172376995418112

# ¿ Mar 29, 2017 21:25

SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
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Backwards prism!

# ¿ Mar 30, 2017 19:15

SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
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Oops.

quote:

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is under investigation for allegedly lying to the Senate during his confirmation hearing.

Scott Pruitt is being investigated by the Oklahoma Bar Association due to a complaint that he lied under oath when he claimed he�s never used personal email to conduct official business while serving as Oklahoma�s attorney general, which would be a violation of the Oklahoma Rules of Professional Conduct.

�I use only my official [office of the attorney general] email address and government-issued phone to conduct official business,� Pruitt told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on January 18, but emails released in a lawsuit last month show Pruitt did use a private email address for official business.

From Salon:

quote:
On the eve of his confirmation last month, Pruitt was ordered by an Oklahoma judge to turn over thousands of communications between his office and the fossil fuel industry. Before those records were made public, however, Senate Republicans rushed to narrowly confirm Pruitt to lead the EPA. After his confirmation to lead the EPA, it was revealed that Pruitt�s personal email account was used for communication with the American Legislative Exchange Council and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers while he served as Oklahoma�s attorney general.

�Lying to Congress is a serious ethical breach, and it doesn�t help that Pruitt�s use of private emails reflect potential collusion with the very oil and gas industry he�s now supposed to be regulating,�Amy Atwood, an attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity said in a statement.

When the investigation is finished, it will be turned over to Oklahoma�s Professional Responsibility Commission for review.

http://deadstate.org/trumps-epa-chief-is-under-investigation-for-lying-to-the-senate-while-under-oath/

# ¿ Apr 1, 2017 21:17

SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
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While we're on the subject, the LA time editorial board just started a mini-series on "our dishonest [narcissistic] president".

http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-our-dishonest-president/

# ¿ Apr 2, 2017 20:03

SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
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Ardlen posted:

Also, how could Hillary have received the answers to the debate? Does he think it was a test?

He misspoke in his own passive aggressive way.

Donna Brazile confirmed her illuminati status.

# ¿ Apr 3, 2017 16:35

SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
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redneck nazgul posted:

There's no way of knowing whether these people are telling the truth when they say how they voted, and it's a demonstrable fact that people don't like to associate themselves with the losing/unpopular side: The number of self-described Republicans has plummeted since Dubya was in charge, while the number of 'independents' who coincidentally end up voting straight ticket R has grown by the same number. They should remove the independent label from polls: If someone wants to say that they're not a Democrat/Republican, make them choose a useless third party with which to associate themselves and then the Democrats can stop trying to appeal to people who vote Republican while refusing to associate themselves with the likes of Trump.

And then independent turns into "NONE" and nothing has changed.

# ¿ Apr 3, 2017 16:59

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SwampDonkey: Oct 13, 2006; by Smythe
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That makes more sense than an arbitrary third party.

The only admitted Perot voter I know reads Breitbart and posts on Gab.

# ¿ Apr 3, 2017 17:10

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