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Ann Arbor legislator working on effort to decriminalize marijuana in Michigan
Marijuana advocates plan to turn to the state Legislature for legal clarification following a Michigan Supreme Court ruling on Friday that could hurt medical pot dispensaries.
Chuck Ream, president of the Arborside medical marijuana dispensary in Ann Arbor, said he's hoping to build support for legislation allowing governments to regulate dispensaries locally.
Ryan J. Stanton | AnnArbor.com
"If we're concerned about the negative impacts of marijuana use, all of that can be improved by improving our marijuana laws and regulating the product in a sensible way," he said. "It would improve public safety to drive the trade of marijuana into the light."
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled marijuana dispensaries that handle patient-to-patient sales are not protected under state law. But justices also said the appeals court erred when it determined state law prohibits direct sales of medical marijuana between patients and caregivers.
MLive.com is reporting the ruling gives county prosecutors across the state additional ammunition to shut down dispensaries that sell marijuana on the grounds that they are a public nuisance.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette told the Associated Press that he's notifying county prosecutors that they have the green light to shut down medical-marijuana shops.
Calling the ruling "a recipe for empowering violent criminals," Irwin said he fears it could increase the amount of marijuana purchases made on the black market and through criminal gangs.
Irwin believes a law decriminalizing marijuana could help keep drugs out of the hands of children, make streets safer, and save the state and local governments hundreds of millions of dollars.
"Our courts spend an inordinate amount of time dealing with these cases," Irwin said. "Most of the money is spent on police and courts, and some of it is spent on incarceration."
Irwin said there are a number of communities to look to for guidance, but he's partial to the Ann Arbor model.
The Ann Arbor City Council in the 1970s reduced the city penalty for possession of small amounts of marijuana to a $5 civil infraction, essentially decriminalizing weed in Ann Arbor. That remains the case today, except it's now a $25 ticket for first offenses.
"It's working here just fine," Irwin said.
According to a new report, there are nearly 4,500 state-registered medical marijuana patients in Washtenaw County — about 2.5 patients for every state-registered caregiver locally.
Irwin said he's still digesting the Supreme Court's ruling, but he doesn't think it will mean the end of medical marijuana dispensaries.
"It bans patient-to-patient transfers," he said. "The ruling does not say dispensaries are illegal, nor does it say there's no model by which a dispensary could be created to provide services to patients."
Irwin said dispensary owners are, by and large, creative and intelligent people, and he thinks they will find a legal means to continue operating and provide services to their patients.
City Attorney Stephen Postema, who has closely followed the debate around the state's medical marijuana laws, could not be reached for comment.
Ream said he still hadn't read the ruling early Friday afternoon, but he assumed his dispensary at 1818 Packard would remain open.
He said he'll be fighting for legislation that would let cities decide for themselves to allow dispensaries. State Rep. Mike Callton, R-Nashville, introduced such legislation last May in the form of House Bill 5580, but it never moved out of committee.
"We hope the Legislature will move rapidly to allow dispensaries so the people who are depending on them won't be really hurt by this court decision," Ream said.
Ream noted 63 percent of Michigan voters in 2008 approved the state law that legalized medical marijuana.
"It's time for the courts and the Legislature to reflect the will of the voters. They're still standing in the way," he said. "America is not a land of personal freedom anymore if you can't have an herb that the citizens of Michigan have determined democratically should be available."
Chief Justice Robert Young was supported by Justices Stephen Markman, Mary Beth Kelly and Brian Zahra in the 4-1 ruling. Michael Cavanagh dissented and Bridget McCormack, who won election in November, did not take part in the case, which was argued in October.
Ryan J. Stanton covers government and politics for AnnArbor.com. Reach him at email@example.com or 734-623-2529. You also can follow him on Twitter or subscribe to AnnArbor.com's email newsletters.
Thu, Feb 14, 2013 : 1:58 p.m.
I've read the article, i've read the comments and my conclusions is " It is a plant really this much for a plant" Im am shocked on how the intellect is passed around here from ignorance to arrogance your opions are invalid per say... please understand what im saying its only a plant alot has been torn from just a plant.. lets benifit from it and move on..
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 : 9:26 p.m.
@ kt rix, thank you for bringing this up. Actually, my daughter has a nice little grow operation in her home as well as a provider, and the necessary documentation so she can grow her "ladies" w/o being hassled. on a side note: Shame on you Bill Schuette!!!!
Milton Shift
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 : 11:10 p.m.
As far as policy goes, we have two choices: let pot smokers live normal lives, or harass them, shoot their dogs, kick down their doors, and tear them away from their families to be traumatized for years, housed with rapists and killers, and then returned to society with no provisions for recovery and zero job prospects. The idea that we have a choice between pot being everywhere and pot being (somewhat) restricted is a naive one. It is already everywhere. The only choice we have is whether to throw people in jail for their lifestyles. They will continue to live them how they have for the last, oh, 10,000 years.
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 : 8:57 p.m.
While I am not opposed to medical marijuana at all, I don't think anyone can be really surprised by the ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court. There are many policy arguments on these posts, but no real dispute about the correctness of the legal ruling. The ranting about the court, the prosecutors, etc is all misplaced. In yesterday's Free Press one of the authors of the MMMA even candidly admitted that the MMMA was not intended to cover dispensaries and it was specifically kept out of the statute because they were worried the statute would then get voted down. At least he was honest. It is the dishonesty of the claim that the MMMA covered dispensaries in the first place that bothers many people who even favor the idea of dispensaries. So, now the legislators want to change the law. They should have begun working on this years ago instead of thinking that the courts would help them find coverage for dispensaries in a statute that their own drafters now admit was never intended to be included. I know that annarbor.com had all sorts of photos of people protesting and criticizing the City Attorney in Ann Arbor and other prosecutors around the state for merely pointing out what the law stated. So after all this drama, it turns out that the City Attorney and these other attorneys were right about the law all along. Legislators should learn a lesson from this debacle and be honest about what they are doing. They may get many to support such an honest statute. It is sad that the drafters of the MMMA didn't trust the voters of Michigan enough to have them weigh in on the dispensary issue. That was a mistake. A well crafted statute, including provisions for dispensaries, may well have passed previously, and may still. Those in favor of dispensaries should own up to this mistake and seek help from those who actually correctly interpreted the law all along. It helps to draft a law that withstands court examination.
Hesh Breakstone
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 : 7:33 p.m.
The war on drugs has been a dismal failure with estimates available with costs beyond what the last two wars cost us... It has also resulted in very nearly 1,000,000 Americans incarcerated in our prisons for non-violent offenses costing the rest of us on average of $32,000.00 a year to house and feed them. Not to mention the "opportunity cost" to our economy of a million folks, often in their prime too, not contributing to the tax base. Pot should have never been made illegal in the first place and if you look into the history as to why it was demonized you will also learn that pot was never the issue back in the day - illegal immigration was. Putting pot on the books as a prohibited substance resulted from the ethnic profiling of the US government in an effort to stem the tide of Mexican males entering the country illegally.... Snyder's AG is on a witch hunt and just like what we typically see from republicans so-called "personal liberty" and "personal responsibility" in reality means nothing to them except in an election year. It's way past the time for pot to be decriminalized nation wide and perhaps regulated to a degree too. Fund the best schools in the nation with the proceeds of the regulation. A recent study that I heard about on CNN indicated that a $50 tax per ounce would at current known consumption levels raise $20,000,000,000.00 annually! That's an astounding amount of money and would go a very long way in bringing America back into the 20th century... And yes I am aware that it's now the 21st century - America's pot policy is currently 19th century...
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 : 6:37 p.m.
@Michigan "man"....I'm not a man, I'm a mother who loves her children and doesn't like to see them suffer. Sue me!!!
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 : 6:13 p.m.
"Our courts spend an inordinate amount of time dealing with these cases," Irwin said. "Most of the money is spent on police and courts, and some of it is spent on incarceration." So if we decriminalize marijuana and we have other crimes that take an inordinate amount of time and resources will we legalize them? If you have ever sat in a court room you would see the number of people who have issues because of marijuana and you want to legalize it?
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 11:35 p.m.
Could 75 years of abject stupidity be coming to an end? Well.....probably not. This is still the United States----the least free by eighty miles of all the industrialized nations. Otherwise we wouldn't keep electing the likes of Schuette, would we?
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 11:26 p.m.
H.L. Mencken had this to say about Prohibition " Five years of Prohibition have had, at least, this one benign effect: they have completely disposed of all the favorite arguments of the Prohibitionists. None of the great boons and usufructs that were to follow the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment has come to pass. There is not less drunkenness in the Republic, but more. There is not less crime, but more. There is not less insanity, but more. The cost of government is not smaller, but vastly greater. Respect for law has not increased, but diminished." I would say that the wise words are equally true regarding the criminalization of marijuana. Criminalizing an activity doesn't make it go away. It just adds more criminals. Stop the insanity
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 6:15 p.m.
I am also one who has never used marijuana. I favor legalization to get it out of the hands of criminals and legal for all uses. I think it can be used to relieve pain, but the vast majority of users just want it for recreational use. It's too bad they have to lie about that to get any. I don't think it is harmless to put any kind of smoke in one's lungs, or excessive amounts of alcohol in our bodies, but there are many bad decisions we can all make. Making such decisions is part of growing up. There is one issue I don't see addressed. Allowing grow rooms in residential homes creates several problems. The house becomes a target for robbery, kidnapping, etc. and creates a bad environment for children. Trying to keep the grow room a secret means other people's children come over to play or spend the night without their parents knowing that they are in a drug manufacturing facility that could be a target. I think parents would like to know. I am hoping that Rep. Irwin will include something to take the grow rooms out of residential neighborhoods and put them in commercial districts. The one next door to me brings some pretty sleazy customers at all hours, and I hate to think what drama can erupt.
Wed, Feb 13, 2013 : 2:01 p.m.
I'm not sure if this is the right way to reply to kt rix. There was no reply button under the entry. I didn't say that having a garden inside was bad for the children. Having them live in a home that is a target for robbery of pot or cash, and putting them in the position of being pawns in drug trade disagreements (the news has featured several children kidnapped because of drug dealing parents) makes it an unsafe environment for the children. The parents have to keep it secret to avoid becoming more of a target, so visiting children who spend hours or overnight are in that environment without their parents knowing, depriving those parents of their right to choose whether they want their children in that situation. Most businesses are not allowed in residential areas. I don't see why this should be. You seem to be concerned about acceptance of marijuana. That is not my issue. I don't smoke anything and also don't drink alcohol. I don't object to other people consuming either substance, whether for recreation or medical reasons. My issue is the location of the grow room in residential neighborhoods. I've read that in California this issue has affected property values as well.
kt rix
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 : 7:42 p.m.
While I agree that these homes could be the target of robberies, how does having a garden inside make the house unsafe for children? I know lots of kids that have learned about gardening because their patient/caregiver parents have taken the time to teach them that: It's Just A Plant.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4:14 p.m.
Too funny reading comments from people that call themselves "conservatives". On this issue they want more government regulation, more taxpayer money going to a failed government program, more government employees to enforce laws and jail citizens, all to prevent people from using a product God supplied ready to use and that has very few side effects. Nobody has EVER died from using pot, EVER. Could there be a better example of flip flopping values?
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 : 6:16 p.m.
People have died in auto accidents after getting high. What are you talking about? Maybe we should legalize drunk driving too because we spend an inordinate amount of time in our court systems on that..................
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4:10 p.m.
To those who oppose legalization: One of my daughters has an ongoing, degenerative back condition(see: degenerative disc disease)that 4, yes 4 surgeries have done little or nothing to correct. She has taken every high-end pain reliever(?)that Big Pharma has to offer, the only long-term effects being: reduced efficacy of these med's, also liver/kidney function being compromised to the point where she has to stop taking all these pills to keep these organs functioning as they should. Today, the Only thing that helps manage this pain(see: hatchet stuck in your lower back!!) is a hot shower and a joint. She is not lazy, she does not live in anyone's basement, she is a very busy single mother to my 2 beautiful grandkids in addition to holding down a part-time job. So much for stereotypes. How dare anyone tell me that my daughter doesn't have the right to manage her pain with the only substance that can still help with this? Furthermore, haven't we learned anything from the past? prohibition doesn't work, and never did. Legalize it now!
kt rix
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 : 7:31 p.m.
Thinker - I would like to suggest that Mady's daughter might not be able to get her needed pain relief. The state has told her that she has to grow her own, or go without. If she's already a single working mother, how do you propose that she does that? If she's unable to grow her own, the state wants her to designate a caregiver to grow it for her. What if she doesn't know anyone that can do that for her? Then she goes to a dark alley to meet up with a shady drug dealer, that will probably try to push harder drugs on her, or push her into an unsafe situation. And that is what's wrong with this new interpretation.
Alfred E Newman
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 : 8:40 p.m.
eating pot concentrates work better than joints lasts all day too
Michigan Man
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 : 2:40 a.m.
Man Up Mady - Laws tell people every day how to behave. Deal with it!
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4:19 p.m.
Under our medical marijuana law, she would be able to get her needed pain relief. Nobody is suggesting she would not. The Supreme Court is just trying to plug some holes and return to the intent of the law which is Medical Marihuana.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 3:49 p.m.
The Tea Bags on Michigan's "Supreme" Court and in the AG's office are trying to negate the will of the voters. Does anybody understand WHY that's a problem?
Angry Moderate
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 9:29 p.m.
Huh? The bill didn't say anything about dispensaries...if the voters wanted them, they should have included it.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 3:30 p.m.
Ya know---we tried alcohol prohibition. That went well!!! Now we make many drugs illegal with a second prohibition era. Result: Mexico and Columbia are armed war zones and the USA has the highest prison population in the world! Yup, prohibition is working just fine---again.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 2:05 p.m.
You who want to make marijuana legal for everyone, go to Colorado. Go to Canada.
Alfred E Newman
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 : 8:38 p.m.
far from legal in Canada 6 plants =6 months
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4:03 p.m.
You can move to Afghanistan. They chop of people's hands who smoke marijuana. You'll be living in a marijuana-free utopia then. Adios!
Jaime Magiera
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 12:57 p.m.
It's incredibly funny to hear the tired old anecdotes about how pot is bringing down society, makes people live in their mom's basement, etc. It's an amazing denial of the reality that *many* people in Ann Arbor and Michigan overall smoke marijuana. These are people who hold all kinds of jobs: health, education, government, arts, etc. They are your friends, neighbors and co-workers. If even a small amount of the claims made against casual marijuana use were true, our society would not be able to function at all... and yet, it does. Every day.
Unusual Suspect
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 6:16 p.m.
clownfish, you're right, and I have already done that. The ones I had who were users were too annoying. Any time some friends want to go somewhere, the users had to being pot with them. When we would go skiing in Canada, I would have to look over at them in the car right before the border and ask, "You don't have any pot with you, right?" and sometimes they did so we had to turn around and go dump it somewhere, so I dumped them and got new friends. They would often need to "borrow" money because they lost another job due to failing a test or showing up late to work too many times. so I dumped them and got new friends. Or they make everybody else wait while they get high before we go somewhere, because they can't possibly the outside world sober, so I dumped them and got new friends. I got tired of waiting for them to grow up, so yeah, I already got new friends. You can continue to enjoy the ones I dumped. I'm moving on to adult life.
Unusual Suspect
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 6:10 p.m.
"Make up and spread this obvious lies?" See? I told you.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4:11 p.m.
UNUSAUL, it appears that you need a new set of friends. I know dozens of people that have smoked pot, none of them have gone down the path you tell us about. Maybe it is their leftist moral values that have kept them from falling onto this dangerous path your right wing friends have traveled?
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4:02 p.m.
Of course, one of the prohibitionists now wants to claim that marijuana is causing mass suicides. Where do they get this kooky crap? Why do they hate marijuana so much that they make up and spread this obvious lies? Do they think anybody other than the feeble minded will fall for their lies?
Unusual Suspect
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 3:25 p.m.
"It's incredibly funny to hear the tired old anecdotes about how pot is bringing down society, makes people live in their mom's basement, etc" It's incredibly painful to see friends get into pot and end up that way and in some cases commit suicide after discovering their lack of a functional life. These "anecdotes" are drawn from real life experiences. They're not stereotypes. Jaime, I can tell from your comments that you're quite young and haven't been around long enough to gain certain wisdom yet, but hopefully you will, eventually. I hope by then you won't also have a long list of friends who have checked out of society destroyed their lives - literally or figuratively - by becoming part of the world of pot and other drugs. Of course, your response to this will be that I made it all up, or that my experiences are the exception, except for the fact that I know many other people who have seen the same thing through their lives. Of course, I made that up, too.
Blue Marker
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 2:18 p.m.
Well said. And I'll add many that hold that stereotype enjoy a glass of wine or a beer from time to time. The hypocrisy!
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 1:24 p.m.
Stephen Landes
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 12:34 p.m.
Jeff Irwin proves what this was all about the whole time -- legalizing pot. The whole medical marijuana bit was simply a lever to open the gate. People who really believe they need this drug for pain relief were a tool of the "legalize marijuana" folks.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 5:17 a.m.
Legalized & heavily regulated alcohol STILL LEAVES a tremendous problem with auto accidents, early death, health damage raising medical costs AND SO ON. So "legalizing pot" isn't the answer either - the state makes BIG BUCKS taxing cigarettes and booze but it's no "bonanza" as promised by pothead advocates. An old statistic worth remembering: 10% of any human population have what is called "addictive personalities." No one understands this phenomenon and certainly no cure has been found. Consider the implication: 10% of the population is on some kind of drug, whether it be marijuana, booze, cigarettes/nicotine, or other more potent mind destroyers. The question therefore is whether we're going to continue to cater to the 10% of addictive personalities with their shirker camp followers or take back control of our legal system in the name of rationality. The sole justification for taking cannibinoids is for pain relief in a limited number of pain afflicted patients. So make it a regular prescription drug and have those people take cannibinoids in pill form made by regular pharmaceutical companies. (Oh wait, the Pharmas want nothing to do with a drug that may draw catastrophic law suits. ... My bad). Capital punishment for pot users: at this point it's the ONLY known cure.
Milton Shift
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 : 11:07 p.m.
Are you a conservative from Malaysia? You sound like one. Where are the firing squads?
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4 p.m.
When was the last time you heard of a car crash fatality being caused by a marijuana user? When was the last time you DIDN'T hear of a car crash fatality being caused by an alcohol user?
Basic Bob
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 12:05 p.m.
Just a thought... Those humans with addictive personalities - "addicts" - will gravitate to a substance or lifestyle of their choosing regardless of consequences. Regardless of whether it is legal, addictive, dangerous, or socially acceptable. Take away their marijuana and they may find other ways to degrade themselves and possibly destroy their lives. Gambling, synthetic opioids like Vicodin, alcohol and cigarettes. These are all more deadly to those who indulge, whether they are addicts or non-addicts. Or they may choose to simply break the law.
Unusual Suspect
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4:53 a.m.
Another example of the left leading us down the path of cultural decline.
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 : 5:38 p.m.
Oh yes...the old "liberal agenda" rhetoric from the right...
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4:09 p.m.
uhhhmm, De-criminilization is a LIBERTARIAN idea too. REAL conservatives are against the War on Drugs, the cost to taxpayers and the govt telling us how to live. Except you associate pot with "the left" , even though millions of "right wing" people smoke pot. Perhaps these people are "lefties" too? Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. http://www.leap.cc/
Jaime Magiera
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 12:50 p.m.
"Cultural Decline"? Hah, if it weren't for things like sex and drugs, there wouldn't be any culture.
Nicholas Urfe
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 1:23 a.m.
The DDA can't wait to tax weed in Ann Arbor.
Paul Wiener
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 12:58 a.m.
God bless their efforts!
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 12:51 a.m.
First let me state that I have never used marijuana and probably never will. Having said that I think it's absolutely ridiculous that we continue to throw millions of dollars on the war against weed. The criminalization of marijuana has not made it any more difficult to obtain, has filled our prisons with drug offenders resulting in massive overcrowding, wasted scant police resources, and achieved absolutely no benefit whatsoever. Any argument regarding detrimental effects of marijuana could equally be applied to alcohol. Few disagree that prohibition was a failed policy whose biggest supporters were those getting rich off smuggling. Washington and Colorado have legalized marijuana use and Hawaii is not far behind in following. Eventually when other states see what kind of revenues are being generated, they'll most likely follow suit. It's time for Michigan to wake up and face reality.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 12:14 a.m.
Puritans who criminalize pot must also condemn legal alcohol or they are just hypocrites. Puritans should call their representatives in Lansing and then get off their Saturday football couch in the family room and throw that booze away. Alcohol is a poison to the human body. Unlike thc, alcohol severely deadens the brain cell function. There is a reason why alcohol is used in sanitizers and science labs. It kills the biological life process. Why is alcohol legal in Michigan?
Unusual Suspect
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 3:18 p.m.
But Tru, those who use pot are thinkers and enlightened and would never do anything dangerous.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 5:04 a.m.
You seem confused by the FACTS - which are that legalized & heavily regulated alcohol STILL LEAVES a tremendous problem with auto accidents, early death, health damage raising medical costs AND SO ON. So "legalizing pot" isn't the answer either - the state makes BIG BUCKS taxing cigarettes and booze but it's no "bonanza" as promised by pothead advocates.
Unusual Suspect
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4:54 a.m.
Puritans? Catch up, buddy, that was 400 years ago.
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 11:17 p.m.
Judging by the voting on comments, I see that most of the pot smokers got up, and got off their mom's couch, and walked over to the computer (maybe that's up to the computer- I mean, living in a basement). This crap is another sign of moral decay. I am sure that Mr. Irwin is not concerned about the individual liberties of pot smoking individuals. It is just another lame brain idea, to create revenue. Mr. Irwin, your idea will not work. People will continue to grow their own marijuana, and never pay the tax. Police do not have the authority to draw blood from a suspected "high" driver, so government will incur a cost to take one to the hospital for testing. Finally, I am 43, and I have two friends the same age, who smoke pot daily. One lives in his mother's garage, unable to hold a job. The other has been married for many years, but has never held a job. If you don't think pot effects your mind, and motivation; then I will tell you about all the other people I know, that have done nothing with their lives- except increase the load on others around them.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4:04 p.m.
stereotypes may save time, but they are a horrible way to set policy. Maybe some real world experience would be good for you? How about the thousands upon thousands of people that use MJ and keep their lives in order? These are regular joes and janes, doctors, engineers, lawyers, tradesmen, as well as people that have done amazing things with their lives, presidents, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Rick Steves, Aaron Sorkin and Michael blomberg for starters. Perhaps the people that you know that failed had other issues?
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 3:59 p.m.
Two of our last three Presidents admit to having smoked marijuana. The third smoked it too, but just won't admit it. Pot sure kept those guy from leading productive lives didn't it?
Jaime Magiera
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 12:49 p.m.
Tru2Blu76, sounds like you live in a cave.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4:59 a.m.
There you go, talking about REAL world experience and drawing 7 (so far) thumbs down votes. Just sayin' - your encounters with pot smokers mirrors mine - and furthermore, I know a couple who started on pot and ended up dying of (other) drug overdoses. Nothin' like a mom knocking on her adult "home resident" daughter's bedroom door only to find her dead in bed from a drug overdose. Wondering why: none of these drug overdose deaths never get reported? (Mom and Dad hide that from police and reporters - thus making it a silent killer while potheads go on claiming pot (etc) is is harmless.
Jaime Magiera
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4:30 a.m.
Bogie, the notion that Marijuana smokers are somehow slackers is completely erroneous tripe. The world is filled with people who smoke that lead productive lives. Your worldview seems to be based on two anecdotal examples from your immediate environment and your language is filled with clichés. That says more about the stagnation of your environment. Lastly, Mr. Irwin is a very capable, intelligent legislator who cares very much about people's liberties. That's why he's trying to get this legislation passed.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 1:44 a.m.
i know two doctors who are very well off that smoke pot regularly... I've witnessed many lives ruined by alcohol and none from marijuana.
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 11:06 p.m.
Typical republican hypocrites. "No more big government invading peoples lives, telling them what they can and can't do!" - except when it comes to your uterus, what plants you can grow, and who you can marry. "National debt aaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!" -cut military spending, end subsides for enormously successful big oil companies? No way. "Taxes are too high, no new taxes! No Rate increases!" -raise the gas tax, end the payroll holiday... sure why not.
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 : 4:11 a.m.
Must be the Koch brothers don't want legal maryjane. One would think they would want the voters lulled into a stupor on marijuana so the legislature could finish the war on women. Raise taxes on the poor and middle, cut taxes on the rich " job creators" , cut education by a billion dollars a year to pay for the tax cuts, let the states infrastructure go down the drain, then raise money for it by having the poor and middle pay for it.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4:44 p.m.
Actually most Tea Party Republicans that I know, like me, want to get the government out of our lives, including whether we choose to use marijuana recreationally or medicinally. We're also opposed to the government telling us what we can and cannot eat, what we can and cannot say, what unions we choose to join or not, what health care we choose to purchase or not, and what methods we choose to protect ourselves and our families from criminals.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4 p.m.
Amusing isn't it?! Now they are against entrepreneurship, small business and less government. Funny how core values don't seem to have much core anymore.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 1:52 a.m.
Conservatism: The silent dread that someone, somewhere, might be getting away with something that they wish they could get away with.
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 11:03 p.m.
Our Gov. would veto any bill
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 10:49 p.m.
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Colorado Sun
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 9:53 p.m.
Jeff Irwin's intent is well-founded, however I believe a GOP-controlled Michigan Legislature will do anything to support legalization of marijuana. There was a tremendous battle in the City of Detroit to decriminalize possession of one ounce or less of marijuana. When it finally made the ballot after court fights, it passed easily - however there were Detroit Police officials indicating that they could avail themselves of state law to continue going after these users and guidance on city policy would have to come from above. Ream and other pro-legalization forces have been targeted by the Michigan State Police due to thir staunch advocacy of mitigation of penalties for pot use. Jeff Irwin has likewise been a fighter for common sense policies toward marijuana usage. They deserve our support.
Dog Guy
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 9:48 p.m.
At long last, State Rep. Jeff Irwin has come around to agreeing with me on decriminalization of marijuana. He probably looked at a wind generator to see which way the wind was blowing.
Ryan J. Stanton
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 9:44 p.m.
In case you missed it, here's a column on Irwin's idea from Tim Skubick, who describes Ann Arbor as place "where presumably a large of amount of grass is inhaled." He writes, "Mr. Irwin thinks there could be a pot of gold to fund schools, fix the roads and fight 'real' crime if Acapulco Gold is legalized." http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/02/tim_skub.html
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 11:59 p.m.
"Grass"?? BAAAAAHAHA. He must be 101, maybe 102.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 3:54 p.m.
Acapulco Gold? How old is Skubick?
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 9:42 p.m.
Yessiree! Nothing like working on a high priority issue. Go figure!
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 11:38 p.m.
Yes it is a priority when people get arrested, incarcerated and lose their jobs over a 'morality' issue driven by backward-thinking control freaks.
Basic Bob
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 10:03 p.m.
This is a big step toward decreasing the $2B we spend each year on corrections.
Angry Moderate
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 9:45 p.m.
Given the huge amount of money we spend on law enforcement and courts over marijuana, the number of jobs in the marijuana industry, and the potential tax revenue the state could get from it, yes this should be a high priority.
Ryan J. Stanton
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 9:39 p.m.
Here's a link to download a PDF of the court's decision: http://tinyurl.com/auwy6j9 Give it a read and let us know which parts you find most interesting.
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 9:15 p.m.
We need outright legalization...not just deregulation
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 11:05 p.m.
Well then get off your butts and vote, not just for it but for the people that are for it. The state attorney general that the voters elected sure isn't for it, same goes for our wonderful Governor
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 9:07 p.m.
For once I agree with Irwin. Decriminalize it. Let families take care of their own. Keep the State out of our business. The criminal justice system is not the appropriate tool to deal with the drug problem.
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 9:03 p.m.
I wonder if most ann arbor pot smokers realize that most of the world is able to live without it. First world problems, you know?
Jaime Magiera
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 4:21 a.m.
People have been using marijuana for healing, personal growth and enjoyment for thousands of years. If you look at the statistics globally, lots of people enjoy the plant in various forms. In fact, it is the most popular drug, aside from alcohol, in the world... http://www.beckleyfoundation.org/pdf/BF_Cannabis_Commission_Report.pdf
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 1:43 a.m.
Most medical MJ patients in Michigan are NOT in Ann Arbor or in Washtenaw County.
Angry Moderate
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 11:12 p.m.
Luckily, in America, we don't ban things just because it's possible to live without them. That wouldn't be very good for the economy.
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 11:09 p.m.
Yeah OK but what about other drugs, can most people live without alcohol ? If you drink, even now and then, don't talk, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Booze is a drug even if you believe its not. You can even OD on booze---they call it alcohol poisoning--its overdosing, just a fancy name for it.
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 9:01 p.m.
Greedy opportunists, be gone ! It was a gamble & you lost... up in smoke.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 5:56 a.m.
Paul said drug den deals..hahahah, drug den
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 1:42 a.m.
Wow - this is the first time in the history of the US that anybody ever considered greed a bad thing. Figures it would be in order to stick it to pain patients. Because everybody knows they're the real problem, right? Sheesh.
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 11:14 p.m.
Yep and the stoner's who signed up and told the state they need pot are now all on record and yet its back to street corner and drug den deals. Soon the state will have a database with all the MM users readily available to law enforcement
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 8:53 p.m.
Those who voted for the medical marijuana bill were told it was for cancer and glaucoma. They had no idea that there would be dispensaries everywhere, and unscrupulous doctors and med students writing prescriptions without a careful history and physical.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 11:20 p.m.
Thinker, I will concede the point and say there are probably large numbers of people who are using medical marijuana legislation as an excuse for recreational use. My question for you is so what? Please explain to me what business the government has in telling people what they can and cannot put into their bodies. People die all the time climbing Mt Everest. Should we make mountain climbing illegal? As long as people are willing to accept the consequences of their actions, then I say let's go back to our nation's foundational roots that were founded on the tenants of freedom, not government intrusion into the lives of its citizens.
Angry Moderate
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 9:25 p.m.
Do you have to have missing limbs to get Vicodin, which is much more dangerous than marijuana? No...doctors hand it out like candy.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 3:40 p.m.
"thinker," I voted for the MM bill, and I never heard that. not once. and yes, I did in fact vote you down.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 2:04 p.m.
@Loopy-all the treatments, or most of them, for pain, are regulated by the Federal Government and the State through doctor's drug licenses and the FDC. No reason why marijuana should be any different.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 2:01 p.m.
I guess the Michigan Supreme Court ruled there will not be dispensaries everywhere, but there WERE initially.
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 1:41 a.m.
What business of yours is it which symptoms it helps treat? Last I checked, we didn't get to vote on how people seek help for pain, nausea, or any combination of symptoms that cause misery. YOU don't get to mete out relief to people who are sick and in pain just because you don't think their symptoms are in line with the wording of the Medical Marihuana Act. Are you a doctor? You also don't get to dump on sick people just because some people might be goldbricks.
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 11:21 p.m.
Yeah you were to have missing limbs or something like that for pain use, now a sore back might qualify. I do recall that, its why the % of users is rapidly increasing over the last year, at first few qualify but now Chronic Pain took on a new meaning--maybe rightfully so but yes at first we were told its for very limited use.
Angry Moderate
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 11:12 p.m.
That's not a physical, nor is it representative of all prescription drugs.
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 10:45 p.m.
Really? 'cuase if I want to smear the same goop on my finger that I have been smearing on my finger for the last 15 years, I need to go in to the doctor and have them look at my finger again. I need a Craigslist doctor I guess.
Angry Moderate
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 9:48 p.m.
The bill itself lists the conditions that medical marijuana is allowed for, who ever said it was only for cancer and glaucoma? And since when do you need a physical to get a prescription? There are millions of people on all sorts of prescriptions, they generally don't require a physical.
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 9:16 p.m.
There are dispensaries everywhere? I guess you must be talking about CVS, Rite Aid, and Walgreens?
An Arborigine
Fri, Feb 8, 2013 : 8:27 p.m.
Someone is aimin' to Schuette him down!
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 2:17 a.m.
the Governor!!


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Remember the name Michelle Jenneke.
While the Australian hurdler won't be representing her country in London when the Olympics open next week, there's a pretty good chance she'll be hurdling in 2016 when the Games stop in Brazil.
Jenneke's talent is apparent — watching her run one race tells you all you need to know — but she'll likely become an international sensation for what she does before she actually starts racing.
The 19-year-old took the Internet by storm this week when a video of her prerace ritual surfaced, popping up on blogs across the globe. Jenneke sure turned a whole lot of heads with her mesmerizing dance moves before running the 100-meter race at the IAAF world junior championships in Barcelona.
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Moreno And Woods: Scammy Debt Collectors Who Lie And Harrass
Erin was the recipient of a recent scam attempt from Moreno and Woods, a debt collection agency that—according to her account and others found online—uses abusive tactics and fraudulent claims to try to con people into paying off debts they never owed to avoid things like wage garnishments and lawsuits. Erin fought back, and shared her story with us to warn others.
I received a voicemail today (5/27/08) out of the blue from a man who identified himself as David Cooper from Moreno and Woods. He said he was calling regarding Case Docket #93659, and that I must return his call immediately or else "the matter" could result in wage garnishment, denial of credit, or closing of existing lines of credit. He gave his number as 866-928-3160, ext. 109. Since the voicemail didn't provide any information that would allow me to discount the matter out of hand, I returned my call.
Cooper retrieved my file, asked if I was Ms. [redacted] – I said I was – and asked me to confirm the last four digits of my SSN – I did not reply to that. I asked him what the call was regarding, and he said that they had a "judgement" against me from Bank of America regarding an outstanding balance of $20,000 on Visa account ending #1181 that was opened in 2001 and closed in 2004. (To the best of my knowledge this account never existed, let alone belonged to me – even supposing someone else had opened it in my name, there should have been some contact regarding it at some point, or a record of it on my credit report). I asked in what court the judgement was obtained, and he said they had the judgement "in the office." I asked again what that meant, and what court of law had entered a judgement against me. He said that technically there was not a judgement yet, but three debt collections agencies had tried to get this money and so the claim was being filed in [redacted] County (where I reside – looks like they're smart enough now to Google area codes before they get on the phone) on May 30.
I said that I had no recollection of that account, had never been contacted by a collection agency, and that I have done business with Bank of America regularly over the past several years. I asked if he thought it was odd such an issue would not have arisen in that time. He said it was odd but he wasn't making it up and if anything someone might have stolen my identity. I said that I check my credit report regularly, and said that if someone has accumulated this debt by using my information, it would be extremely odd that it had not shown up on my credit report, and that neither BofA or a debt collection agency had contacted me in the intervening six years since the account was supposedly opened, or the four years since it supposedly defaulted. He agreed and said he was just trying to figure it since "the judgement" was against me for $20,000. At that point I told him that there might be people who fall for this sort of thing but I wasn't one of them.
He again tried to say that it wasn't up to him, there wasn't anything to "fall for" because he was looking at my folder right there, and there was a judgement against me in court. I asked in what court the claim had been heard – he said again it was going to [redacted] County and would be entered there. I said I understood that, but he had already referenced a docket number (93659) and I wanted to know what court of law had provided that docket number, since a docket number would not have been generated unless a claim had already been filed against me somewhere. He said, "The docket number is here – it's number 93659." I asked again what court of law had provided that docket number. He could not answer (obviously, since it is a scare tactic and no claim has been filed against me anywhere).
Finally I said he had already told me so many falsehoods I had no reason to believe anything he had to say – he asked, "What, falsehoods?" I said, "You called my home, you left a threatening message saying that a claim had filed against me in court and that I could face financial penalties, then when I called you said a judgement had been entered against me – none of that is true!" He asked me to hold on (sounded like he was trying to get a supervisor on the line or something) and I refused, saying "And I'm going to ask here not to call here again," and then hanging up.
Immediately following this conversation, I went online and obtained my credit reports from the three credit agencies (I had not obtained them in just over a year). Everything was in order – I printed off the reports – but while I was printing the last one an inquiry showed up on it from Marshall & Ziolkowski, a well known rip-off company who are now apparently using Moreno and Woods as a front. I immediately put a fraud alert on my reports as well. Hopefully this is the end of it, but I'm prepared to take legal action if they continue to contact me or try to report this fraudulent debt to the credit agencies.
I am just disgusted. The attitude would have been bad enough even if the debt existed, and since it DOES NOT EXIST, it's even worse. And as mad as I am, I'm glad they called me instead of someone who might have believed their scare tactics and paid them – I've worked in the legal field before (specifically, I have worked with creditors on debt consolidation and relief for the disabled and injured), I know my few debts down the cent and I am current on all of them, I am not easily intimidated over the phone, I know how to check my credit report, add a fraud alert, and dispute fraudulent claims, I know my rights and I know what information a legitimate company would have to prove any real debt – how absolutely terrified would I be if I didn't know any of those things? If I thought maybe there WAS some huge bill out there that I now had to pay or face legal penalties? These people should be in prison.
Erin points out that, should they call back, she has several options open to her:
The next steps, if they pursue this, could include me sending a demand for debt validation and/or cease and desist orders; reporting them to the BBB and relevant AGs [Attorney Generals]; and suing them for any violations of FDCPA or FCRA.
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By Andy Metzger
State House News Service
BOSTON — Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Fisher's ballot access lawsuit against his party will go to trial June 18, according to a Wednesday ruling.
Front-running Republican candidate Charlie Baker received a sizable majority of the delegate vote at the GOP's March convention and, according to party officials, securing the party's endorsement and bouncing Fisher from the September ballot.
In the court ruling, Suffolk Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins said the facts alleged in Fisher's lawsuit indicate the party did not follow proper procedures when it determined Fisher had not received the 15 percent of the delegate vote necessary to continue in his campaign.
"No case cited by the parties goes so far as to hold that the constitution entitles party officials to deny a candidate ballot access on such facts – by violating an unambiguous party rule (Rule 6.1) and by arbitrarily changing their interpretation of the rules," Wilkins wrote, denying most of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee's move to dismiss the lawsuit.
He also wrote, "The constitutional rights of association belong to the Party and its delegates – not to party officials who, accepting the allegations of the complaint, acted contrary to unambiguous Party Rules and in an arbitrary and capricious manner."
The suit will go forward in two stages, first determining whether to overturn the party's ruling that Fisher is ineligible for the primary ballot, and in a second phase considering damages.
Fisher cheered the ruling, but said he was a reluctant litigant against his own party.
"We're elated. This is great. It's sad that it had to come to this point, but this is what we need to do," Fisher told the News Service. He said, "Who wants to do this? I don't want to do it. I felt my hands were tied by the party… The party's forced my hand."
Baker said he hopes for a fair resolution.
"Charlie is proud to have received the endorsement from more than 82 percent of convention delegates. He knows that Mark Fisher and his supporters worked tirelessly, and having himself come up just short in an election, Charlie understands the disappointment and the frustration," Baker spokesman Tim Buckley said in a statement. "He hopes this gets resolved fairly and if that means a primary then he welcomes it."
The ballot-access trial will start the Wednesday after the Democratic Party's nominating convention in Worcester where five gubernatorial candidates will try to lock down enough delegate votes to stay in the race. The prospect of two phases of the trial playing out in the later stages of the primary campaign season could complicate both strategy and messaging for the party and for Baker, who was the nominee in 2010 and is running a campaign based on affability and know-how.
A first-time candidate for public office who has gained some notoriety since he filed the lawsuit against the MassGOP, Fisher is a more ideological Tea Party candidate than Baker. The owner of a metal manufacturing operation in Auburn near his home in Shrewsbury, Fisher distributed bags of tea in branded foil wrappers at the convention.
"We are confident this process will result in a fair outcome that respects the rules of the convention that Mr. Fisher agreed to and will continue to focus on the most important issue at hand, electing Republicans at every level of government to bring balance and a new direction to Massachusetts," MassGOP Chairwoman Kirsten Hughes said in a statement.
A 2010 appointee of Gov. Deval Patrick, Wilkins said the case should be reviewed by appellate courts – especially on the questions of how blank votes are treated and whether the courts can intervene in the party matter – but wrote "time is exceedingly short" so the case should not be paused to allow the higher courts to weigh in.
The case hinges on the March 22 convention vote, which counted blank votes towards the balance that barred Fisher from the ballot.
The unofficial roll call gave Fisher 15.15 percent of the vote, according to the complaint, which said the initial results included 10 blank ballots. Fisher asserts that two Baker supporters took several tally sheets into a closed room prior to or during the voting, without a Fisher representative present. When the final tally was read – after the convention was over – Fisher had 14.77 percent with 2.52 percent recorded as blanks. On that second count, the number of blanks increased to 64 ballots.
The convention rules rely on Robert's Rules of Order, which say "ignore blank ballots and other ballots that indicate no preference, treating them as abstentions," Wilkins wrote in a discussion of the case, which found the convention vote should not include blanks.
"As everyone knew, this two-candidate contest was a zero sum game. In that context, casting a blank for the purpose of eliminating Fisher's candidacy makes little sense," Wilkins wrote. Fisher's camp alleges that Robert Cunningham, the party executive director, told Fisher campaign manager Deborah McCarthy and attorney Spencer Kimball that blanks would not be counted.
Wilkins allowed the dismissal of two of the charges made by Fisher, alleging negligence and civil rights violations. The judge's order also states that knowingly falsifying ballot results is illegal, with a punishment of up to six months incarceration.
"This would be criminal," said Fisher, who said he has been trying to learn why more blank ballots appeared in the final tally than in the initial count.
Fisher said he would likely seek an earlier ruling to place his name on the ballot after his petition signatures are certified by the secretary of state, and said he is unsure whether he will testify at his trial saying, "I think there's other people with eyewitness testimony."
The party has until May 2 to answer Fisher's complaint. The judge's interpretation of Fisher's account appears to lean in favor of the longshot candidate, barring any factual dispute.
"The complaint's allegations, if true, show that the Rules mandate excluding blanks from the vote count, that Fisher received 15% of the convention vote and that the Convention adjourned before the actions of party officials even came to light," Wilkins wrote.


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Charles Murray addresses critics of his book "Coming Apart: The State of a Politically Acceptable Bell Curve" who complain that he didn't focus enough on economic factors driving the disintegration of lower class whites. He presents data in this Open Borders Journal article that shows working class men have been dropping out of the job market even during good times.
It is true that unionized jobs at the major manufacturers provided generous wages in 1960. But they didn't drive the overall wage level in the working class. In the 1960 census, the mean annual earnings of white males ages 30 to 49 who were in working-class occupations (expressed in 2010 dollars) was $33,302. In 2010, the parallel figure from the Current Population Survey was $36,966—more than $3,000 higher than the 1960 mean, using the identical definition of working-class occupations.
This occurred despite the decline of private-sector unions, globalization, and all the other changes in the labor market. What's more, this figure doesn't include additional income from the Earned Income Tax Credit, a benefit now enjoyed by those making the low end of working-class wages.
If the pay level in 1960 represented a family wage, there was still a family wage in 2010. And yet, just 48% of working-class whites ages 30 to 49 were married in 2010, down from 84% in 1960.
I don't have an argument with his economic numbers, although I think he probably understates the role automation, immigration and skill prerequisite inflation have had in the gutting of working class men's job prospects and ability to merge seamlessly into functional family formation.
Murray is closer to the truth than a lot of his critics are when he blames cultural factors and bad policy for the dysfunction of the left side of the bell curve. Here he is on that:
If changes in the labor market don't explain the development of the new lower class, what does? My own explanation is no secret. In my 1984 book "Losing Ground," I put the blame on our growing welfare state and the perverse incentives that it created. I also have argued that the increasing economic independence of women, who flooded into the labor market in the 1970s and 1980s, played an important role.
Simplifying somewhat, here's my reading of the relevant causes: Whether because of support from the state or earned income, women became much better able to support a child without a husband over the period of 1960 to 2010. As women needed men less, the social status that working-class men enjoyed if they supported families began to disappear. The sexual revolution exacerbated the situation, making it easy for [ed: alpha] men to get sex without bothering to get married. In such circumstances, it is not surprising that male fecklessness bloomed, especially in the working class.
Right-o! The Chateau has been beating a similar drum for quite a while now, so it's nice to hear a quasi-mainstream pundit embrace the same sordid maxims bolted to the oaken doors, Luther-like, at Chez Heartiste. But then, just when you think the ugly truth has seeped into every corpuscle of the respectable class, a huge backpedal slams the brakes on enlightenment.
The prerequisite for any eventual policy solution consists of a simple cultural change: It must once again be taken for granted that a male in the prime of life who isn't even looking for work is behaving badly. There can be exceptions for those who are genuinely unable to work or are house husbands. But reasonably healthy working-age males who aren't working or even looking for work, who live off their girlfriends, families or the state, must once again be openly regarded by their fellow citizens as lazy, irresponsible and unmanly. Whatever their social class, they are, for want of a better word, bums.
To bring about this cultural change, we must change the language that we use whenever the topic of feckless men comes up. Don't call them "demoralized." Call them whatever derogatory word you prefer. Equally important: Start treating the men who aren't feckless with respect. Recognize that the guy who works on your lawn every week is morally superior in this regard to your neighbor's college-educated son who won't take a "demeaning" job. Be willing to say so.
This sounds like a familiar refrain. Say it with me, folks. It's time for men to…. wait for it…. hold…. hoooooold….. HOOOOOOOOLLD…..
Man up!
Bill Bennett would be proud.
How absolutely brave… brave, I say!… of Murray to apportion most of the blame for the current state of affairs to men. Or, in this case, white men. This will surely win him lots of enemies amongst the feminists and social elites whose cocktail party invitations he haughtily throws in the trash in righteous, principled fury.
Look, I have no problem with shaming men who don't want to work, or who can't muster the motivation to at least try to find work. It's not like the existence of self-destructive male bums is unheard of. But Murray DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS his proposed shaming solution with his explanation for the bleak male employment scenario just a few paragraphs above in the very same article! Once more:
Simplifying somewhat, here's my reading of the relevant causes: Whether because of support from the state or earned income, women became much better able to support a child without a husband over the period of 1960 to 2010. As women needed men less, the social status that working-class men enjoyed if they supported families began to disappear.
Where, pray tell, in that explanation does it follow that men are primarily to blame for their poor employment numbers? Doesn't the exact opposite conclusion — that women's mate choices are to blame for men dropping out — seem more obvious? Shouldn't it be the case then, that single working women on the fast track to single motherhood and alpha cock carouseling are the ones deserving of shame?
Murray, like most pundits, is deathly afraid of confronting female hypergamy. For to confront it in full, with all the consequences that entails, would mean arousing the ire of every dim-witted, aggressively stupid feminist, mangina and talk show snarktard with a sympathetic media at its instant disposal. To confront female hypergamy would be to confront the very foundational rationale for the sexual revolution and the fifty year program to equalize social and economic outcomes between men and women.
I have spent time in SWPL-land and in proleville, and I can tell you the forces shaping our ongoing dysgenia are spearheaded by women's sexual market choices. It isn't a conscious campaign of male disenfranchisement; it's an emergent one. Men, like men always do, are simply reacting to the conditions set on the ground by women.
Murray sees this, but doesn't run with it. Women's improved employment numbers, education and earning power (some of it contributed by government largesse) has had the effect of SHRINKING their acceptable dating pool. Material resources and occupational status are one way women judge men's mate worthiness (not the only way, but the one way that viscerally matters to most beta males), and the innate female sexual disposition to be attracted — ANIMALISTICALLY ATTRACTED — to men with higher status and more resources than themselves necessarily means that financially independent women and government-assisted women are going to find fewer men in their social milieu attractive.
Result? Men slowly discover that the effort to win women's attention via employment is not rewarding them the way it did for their dads and granddads, and that now only herculean efforts to make considerably more than women will give them an edge in the mating market. The male fecklessness that Murray lambasts is actually a rational male response to a changing sexual market where the rewards of female sexuality go disproportionately to charming, aloof jerks over meager beta providers.
And make no mistake, the jerks are exactly to whom women, particularly lower class women, are dispensing their favors. When earning power and employment as a male attractiveness criteria has been subconsciously debased by women who don't need male provisions, then women will shift their sexual adaptation algorithm to sexy cads for their thrills and romantic chills.
Knowing this, it makes more sense to shame women equally as vigorously as one shames men for social and family breakdown. In fact, as I have argued, if a prosperous, civilized, self-reliant society is your goal it actually makes sense to shame women MORE than men, because women are the gatekeepers of sex, and as such their combined sexual marketplace decisions carry more import in the direction the culture takes.
So to Murray, I would say this: rewrite your program of shaming so that it better reflects reality, the VERY REALITY you yourself identified. In descending order of lethality, your death star powered shaming ray should designate the following targets:
Shame women who actively try to have bastard hellion spawn out of wedlock. "Oh, the child won't have a father around?" BACKTURN
Shame women with kids from multiple fathers. "Half sister?" BACKTURN
Shame women who get fat and thus make themselves unattractive to men and artificially tighten the dating market. "Those jeans are a little small on you." BACKTURN
Shame women who date jerks. "Oh, so the guy you're seeing has no job and gave you Skittles for your birthday?" BACKTURN
Shame sluts. "Nice tramp stamp. Just the thing to make a guy want to marry you." BACKTURN
Shame eat, pray, love SWPL divorcees. "Was it worth destroying your kids' emotional health for a romp with Alfonso?" BACKTURN
Shame Samantha types whose weekly highlight is Sunday brunch mimosas. "In real life, Samantha dies alone with her cats nibbling on her flesh for sustenance." BACKTURN
Shame aging single cougars. "You should really consider settling for a nice, reliable man. You're not getting any younger, you know." BACKTURN
Shame "empowered", overeducated women who wave their degrees around men like it matters. "You've just made it harder on yourself to find love." BACKTURN
Only after you've shamed the above basket cases should you move on to shaming jobless, video gaming and porn watching men.
Although it would go a long way toward fixing the problem with lower class men and women's reluctance to marry them, I don't see women being persuaded out of the job market any time soon. Never mind the feminists, the whole consumerist regime depends on women working and spending their discretionary cash on useless baubles. The culture will sooner devolve into a dystopian hellscape than women will quit their HR jobs en masse and give up a portion of their frivolous spendthrift ways.
Not to say something can't be done. We can start with stopping the encouragement and advocacy of women's economic advancement. There's no need to kick women out of the cubicle. Just stop affirmative action for women, stop special programs for women (Title IX), stop pushing them down career paths, and stop making them feel like victims of an imaginary patriarchy. Little steps like this will add up in a big way.
Oh, and ruthlessly mock feminist ideology whenever you get the chance. Bonus: it's fun for the whole family!
Murray ends on this note:
It is condescending to treat people who have less education or money as less morally accountable than we are. We should stop making excuses for them that we wouldn't make for ourselves. Respect those who deserve respect, and look down on those who deserve looking down on.
I'm a big proponent of non-judgmentalism, but as a metaphysical riddle, isn't disrespect going to necessarily disproportionately fall on the losers in life? Do these losers really "deserve" their disrespect? There is plenty of evidence that positive character traits like ambition, conscientiousness, diligence, future time orientation, lawfulness and yes, even morality, are genetically influenced and that some people have more of these beneficial genes than other people. The working class likely has a higher concentration of deleterious genes (deleterious in the context of a modern economy) than does the SWPL class.
As a practical matter, though, Murray is right. You can't have a well-oiled, functioning, K-selected society if you're not willing to call out the losers for their dumb choices because you think they can't help themselves, they were born that way. This is really the grand bargain that the fortunate have to make with their moral worldview. "Do as I say, even if you can't do it as easily as I do."


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When you see Maleficent you will leave the cinema thinking about Angelina Jolie's amazing cheekbones, the sweetness of Elle Fanning as Aurora, and the incredible costumes designed by Anna B. Sheppard, who is known for her work on 'Schindler's List' and 'The Pianist,' both of which earned her Oscar nominations.
I got the chance to chat with Anna B. Sheppard about the costumes, working with Angelina, and the difficulties of designing for an action movie like Maleficent.
Maleficent is one of the most iconic villains in cinematic history – what was it like to take on this project?
Daunting!!! We started the prep for this film 10 weeks before the first day of the shoot and I met Angelina like 8 weeks before and we started from scratch. Everyone expected one costume because everyone remembers the animated character, and we created eight. It was blood, sweat and tears, and I had a lot of help from Team Maleficent – I had my assistant costume designer Jane Clive, and lots of young designers who experimented with our costumes – like with the millinery, the shoes, with our leather elements – they helped me a lot.
The original really stays in your memory, everyone as a child has seen Sleeping Beauty and everyone remembers Maleficent, so that was the challenge of this movie to bring this animated version to life and to keep the magic in the costumes.
What was it like working with Angelina Jolie on the Maleficent costumes?
A bad person never looked so beautiful – she looks absolutely amazing. Angelina really did give herself to this character and think people don't realise that she is more than just being beautiful, she is also incredibly intelligent. She was 150 percent involved in the creation of the designs.
Were there any challenges involved in Maleficent's signature costume?
It is practically creating the identical silhouette from the animated movie but the technical details were more difficult because I wanted a more sculptured silhouette, but still very slim. It is like a dress with bat-wings attached with a long train, which needed to be weighted down to make the costume behave like it should. It was made from metres of pleated black fabric and it took weeks to make – day and night. But the results were worth it.
As well as Maleficent there are a host of fabulous costumes for Aurora and Diaval – how did you perfect their look?
With Elle and Aurora, they were very innocent costumes, Aurora is the girl who lives in the forest surrounded by funny fairies, and I thought about her lines with her long hair and it made me think of Ophelia. That was my inspiration to create something like light almost; it needed to be such a contrast to Maleficent's costume.
For Diaval, I wanted him to look like a rock star. Because Raven is black so his clothes should be black, in the first concept he was supposed to be covered in feathers, but of course that didn't work, so we didn't have much time to dress he so we went for a cross between a pirate and a rock star – with high boots, leather trousers, frock coat, and an open black shirt.
Is there a particular sequence that you feel the costumes really shine through?
I think the christening scene is quite impressive, I love that and a lot of work went into it because we had to create the whole 'court' of King Stefan and the different types of costumes is great to see.
Were there any challenges making the costumes work for the action scenes?
The last costume, the all-in-one leather costume for the fight, we had to make 25 for that sequence as they were exposed to fires, so they also needed to be fireproof. Sometimes you have to sacrifice the beauty of the costume for the practicality of an action movie.
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
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Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
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A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's dm snapshot facility. A remote authenticated user could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information or modify/corrupt data. (CVE-2013-4299)
Hannes Frederic Sowa discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFO). An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2013-4470)
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ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. If you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well.


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Retirement funder Challenger has reiterated its full-year financial targets and says the performance of its investments has improved.
Chief executive Brian Benari told Challenger's annual general meeting on Monday that the performance of the funds management business had improved in the first five months of the 2012/13 financial year.
Challenger's net profit fell by 43 per cent in the 2011/12 financial year to $149 million, due mainly to falls in the value of its investments held by the funds management business.
"We expect the 2012 negative investment experience to largely reverse over time because the assets are of high quality and we typically hold them through to maturity," Mr Benari told the meeting.
"For (the) 2013 year to date, we have experienced positive investment experience as markets have been better behaved."
He also confirmed the company's previously issued financial targets for the 2012/13 financial year.
Challenger expects its life business, which provides funding for retirement through products such as superannuation and annuities, to make cash operating earnings of between $440 million and $450 million.
That would be up from $436 million in 2011/12.
Challenger also aims to increase sales of retail annuities by 15 per cent from the previous year, and increase the size of its retail annuity book by 10 per cent.
Challenger shares were up five cents at $3.24 at 1514 AEDT.
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Chad Johnson is without a football home--but at least he's home free.
A source close to the erstwhile Miami Dolphins wide receiver and VH1 reality star tells E! News Johnson has struck a plea deal with Florida prosecutors in the battery case that resulted from his arrest last month for allegedly roughing up ex-wife Evelyn Lozada.
As part of the agreement, the footballer, formerly known as Chad Ochocinco, will plead either no contest or guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge during a hearing set for tomorrow. In exchange, he'll avoid jail and instead enter anger management classes.
Chad Johnson and Evelyn Lozada finalize divorce
Johnson, who could have faced up to a year behind bars if convicted, was collared for domestic violence on Aug. 11 after an argument between he and his Basketball Wives bride turned violent when he reportedly head-butted her.
The couple wed on July 4 in Miami and filmed their lavish nuptials for their reality series, Ev and Ocho, which VH1 subsequently axed in the wake of the incident.
The Miami Dolphins also took action, cutting him from the team, and shortly thereafter Lozada filed for divorce. After initially hoping to save his marriage, Johnson gave in last week, and the pair's divorce became official yesterday.
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