A marijuana shop in Port Townsend, Washington, that is not likely to be outlawed by local
authorities the way a third of other cities in the state have done.
Here are some excerpts from the June edition of
Harper's Index:
• Percentage of women’s college-sports teams that had female coaches in 1972: 90
• That do today: 43
• Amount by which the average annual salary of a male nurse exceeds that of a female nurse in the United States: $5,100
• Percentage of political contributions made by pizza companies that go to Republicans: 88
• Number of times that Republican state attorneys general jointly filed lawsuits against the Clinton Administration: 5
• Against the Obama Administration: 68
• Average cost of a hospital stay in the United States: $12,000
• In Germany: $5,000
• Portion of U.S. fast-food workers reporting burns at work who are told by managers to apply condiments to the burns: 1/3
• Portion of cities in Washington State that have banned marijuana shops since the drug was legalized there in 2012: 1/3
• Number of U.S. drug-enforcement agents who have admitted to attending sex parties hosted by Colombian drug cartels: 7
Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2012—The Chronicles of Mitt: May 14, 2012:
Hello, human diary! It is again I, Mitt Romney, your better.
The process of selecting a vice presidential unit is now fully underway. I must confess the process is very taxing, which is the worst thing something can be. My advisers are insistent that I select a Caucasian fellow, preferably one that is as dull as possible. Unfortunately, as this describes the vast majority of my party, this has so far done almost nothing to whittle down the list of potential candidates.
We are certain that we do not want a human female. That would be an unnecessary complication, and would conflict with our core message as to the natural decision-making inferiority of human females. There was an ethnic fellow in Florida that my advisers were briefly considering, but we all agree that American campaigns have far too many ethnic people involved already, and are loathe to add one more. The litmus test suggested to me was that I choose someone I would desire to consume an alcoholic beverage with, supposing I was able to consume alcoholic beverages; upon hearing this I immediately suggested perhaps someone who owned a prominent sporting franchise? Sporting franchises seem rife with alcoholic beverage consumption. Potential inquiries to my old Bain chums were nixed, as Eric F. demands I refrain from socializing with them for the duration of the campaign. [...]
Tweet of the Day
"How could we let a man of limited rhetorical skill lead us into war?" says @hardball_chris, who swooned over Mission Accomplished event.
— @FrankConniff
On
today's Kagro in the Morning show, in-school GunFAIL: 5th grader snatches school security guard's gun; armed teacher has "medical issue," accidentally fires gun
twice.
Greg Dworkin rounds up Jeb's Iraq implosion headlines, Scott Walker's Jamestown gaffe & more. Bin Laden story raises questions of international law.
Armando joins in that discussion, plus the stalling of the TPP bill in the Senate, its implications for filibuster reform, and how the president has played his hand with Dems on this.
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