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Monday, December 5, 2011
Carrier IQ hot potato
Last one left holding this steaming spud gets their names in the senate hearing!
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Video: Two states want to reclassify marijuana
>> two governors are leading a push to have marijuana reclassified so they can be selling marijuana at pharmacies instead of dispensaries. they are asking the da to downgrade the drug's rating. in case you didn't know marijuana is scheduled as schedule 1 that includes lsd and heroin. they want it dropped to schedule 2 that means pot would join the ranks of cocaine and meth, but legal and commonly predescribed drugs like morphine. marijuana never caused a leagual overdose and less addictive than alcohol and caffeine. the bureau chief for the " huffington post " and author of this is your country on drugs and getting high in america for those of you who didn't know, ryan wrote that book. what do you think? are they going to get any traction?
>> i think they are. when you think about the medical marijuana fight, it's kind of a lot like the gay marriage fight. we are still having a few skirmishes on it, but it's essentially over. opponents are sort of like the japanese soldiers who are in the pacific islands still fighting world war ii in the 1980s . maybe we ought to ? drop leaflets and say look, just leave the pot heads alone. the country has moved beyond this. specifically with these governors, it's a little bit more nuanced. they are trying to put the blame on the federal government . both of those states have passed medical marijuana laws, but they don't want to implement them because either they are squishy politically or nervous for other reasons. they are saying hey, feds, reclassify marijuana and then we will implement this law. plenty of other states, chris christie in new jersey and a number of others are implementing their laws. the district of columbia is moving forward. it's not like people or everyone is afraid of the federal government . obama has promised to back off of states where it's legal. these governors are actually being a little wishy washy and trying to look courageous.
>> let me ask you. you mentioned washington and rhode island , two of the 16 states and mentioned d.c. of course that allow medical use of marijuana . wouldn't it be better overall if you did have the dea change the classification? there people even in states where medical marijuana is legalized that feel they are harassed and dispensaries feel their actions are questioned and they still live under a cloud even though the medical marijuana is legal. don't we need to have a federal action here?
>> no question about it. there was a-year fight with the fda to reclassify it with the da. this summer they ruled that no, they will leave it in schedule 1. it's great that they are taking that fight up again. that does have to happen for this to be a comprehensive ? nationwide policy. that is what you want long-term. in the meantime that's not excuse to say i'm not going to implement the law that the legislature pass and that is signed into law. you are absolutely right in the long-term, but in the short-term, a lot of people need medical marijuana right now and they don't have time to wait for the dea to acknowledge this is over.
>> you are right about that. great to see you. haven't
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Fanhattan Beefs Up Selection With New Content Partners: Crackle, Lifetime, And PBS
I've always enjoyed using the Fanhattan app. It's smart, available on both iPhone and iPad, and just makes getting to what I want to watch easier. Period. But there was one small gripe I had. In fact, it's not even a gripe. It's just how we all feel about anything good: we want more. Fanhattan has this great Smart Browse system that lets you filter down content by genre, rating, release date, service providers, and then choose how you'd like that content to be sorted. The only problem is that the more filters you use, the fewer options you have left to choose from — sometimes, no options at all. But that's about to change, with three new media partners joining the Fanhattan folds: Crackle, Lifetime, and PBS.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/HT7PyujgFVU/
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Clinton highlights democracy on last day of Myanmar trip (reuters)
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Britain seeks EU action on Iran as China urges calm (Reuters)
BRUSSELS/TEHRAN (Reuters) ? Britain urged the European Union on Thursday to tighten sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, as China warned against "emotionally charged actions" that might aggravate a bitter row between London and Tehran.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague stressed that his call for tougher economic action against Iran - which might stretch to an oil embargo - had nothing to do with Tuesday's storming of the British embassy in Tehran by protesters.
But a leader of Iran's Basij militia, which joined hardline conservative students in ransacking the British mission, said he was tired of decades of British "plotting" against his country.
Hague was expected to lead the push for the tighter sanctions when EU foreign ministers map out their response to a report the U.N. nuclear watchdog issued last month which suggested Iran has worked on designing an atom bomb.
"I hope we will agree today additional measures that will be an intensification of the economic pressure on Iran, peaceful legitimate economic pressure, particularly to increase the isolation of the Iranian financial sector," he told reporters.
Britain shut down Iran's embassy in London and expelled all its staff on Wednesday, saying the incursion into the British mission in Tehran could not have taken place without the consent of Iranian Islamic authorities.
Hague denied a link between the embassy storming and the EU's reaction to the International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran's nuclear program, which Tehran insists is peaceful.
"I stress that the measures I hope we will agree today are related to the Iranian nuclear program. These are not measures in reaction to what has happened to our embassy," he told BBC radio before the Brussels meeting.
Britain withdrew all its diplomatic staff from Iran and EU
diplomats who visited the embassy in central Tehran told Reuters of devastating damage to buildings.
"I saw two rooms where you couldn't see what they were. There was just ashes ... It was devastating to see," one said.
"You could tell the action was coordinated," he added, saying a building that had not been used for years was untouched, while the most important offices were gutted.
Britain's uneasy relations with Iran date from long before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. In Iran, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi of the Basij militia said Iranians "were tired of decades of London's plots against Tehran," the official IRNA news agency reported.
STAY RATIONAL, CALM AND RESTRAINED
With the diplomatic temperature rising, Beijing issued an appeal for cool heads. "China hopes that the relevant parties can remain rational, calm and restrained, to avoid emotionally charged actions that could intensify the dispute," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in Beijing.
"Countries should ... focus on the long term and the big picture. When encountering issues and conflicts, they should resolve problems through dialogue and consultations," Hong told reporters during a regular press briefing.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog, citing intelligence reports, said last month that Iran appeared to have conducted research and experiments relevant to developing an atom bomb and may still be pursuing work to that end.
The nuclear program has raised the question of whether Israel might take military action against arch-foe Iran.
In Jerusalem, Defence Minister Ehud Barak said an Israeli attack was not imminent but all options remained open to stop what Israel sees as an Iranian bid to develop nuclear weapons.
"We have no intention, at the moment, of taking action, but the State of Israel is far from being paralyzed by fear," Barak told Israel Radio. "It must act calmly and quietly -- we don't need big wars."
NEW STEPS
Some of the EU's new steps to isolate Iran have already been agreed, including the addition of 180 names to a list of people and entities targeted by pan-European sanctions, an EU official said. But proposals for a sledgehammer embargo on Iranian oil imports remain contentious and the EU's top energy official said all EU 27 members would need to back a possible ban.
"We need a common position of all European Union member states," Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger told Reuters on a visit to Moscow when asked about a possible ban.
His comments suggested that an effective oil embargo may not be workable. EU members take 450,000 barrels per day of Iranian oil, some 18 percent of the Islamic Republic's exports.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy had proposed the oil import ban and won backing from Britain, but resistance from other countries persists.
An embargo might boost global crude oil prices during hard economic times. And debt-strapped Greece has been relying on Iranian oil, which comes with an attractive financing offer.
Diplomats say the foreign ministers may not reach an agreement on any embargo yet, but discussions could be finalized next week, when EU heads of government meet on December 8-9.
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said he was prepared to agree to a crude oil embargo, but questioned the effectiveness of such a measure.
"I am prepared to go along with that," he told reporters. "I don't think it will necessarily have that much of an effect because of the nature of the global oil market."
(Additional reporting by Michael Martina in Beijing, Robin Pomeroy in Tehran, Vladimir Soldatkin in Moscow, David Brunnstrom, Ilona Wissenbach and Sebastian Moffett in Brussels, Jeffrey Heller in Jerusalem, Tim Castle in London; Writing by David Stamp; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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