Tag Archives: cannabis

Oh, the idiocy of it all (Tales of the Colorado General Assembly)

Posted on March 10, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Cannabis has been legal in Colorado for some time, now, first for medical use and now for recreational as well as medicinal use.  It seems to have gone pretty well, with a few problems, but none of … Continue reading →

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My oh my – what’s that cloud in the sky?

Posted on January 13, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton A pro-cannabis-legalization web site, Smell the Truth reports that the DC mayor says that arrests are unlikely for “smoking weed” at Trump inauguration. “The few attendants of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration should have little to worry about … Continue reading →

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Colorado – Is cannabis REALLY legal?

Posted on October 19, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton My oh my. What’s a cop to do? CBS Chanel 4 in Denver reports that despite marijuana being legal now in Colorado (even for – gasp! Recreational use), the Denver Police are seizing greater and greater quantities … Continue reading →

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Dumbing down? Or smartening up?

Posted on September 27, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton A commentary by Thomas Ascik, on CNS News, bemoans that five states are voting on outright legalizing cannabis for any use (including recreational) during this year’s election. He apparently attributes it, together with five more states voting … Continue reading →

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Inventions and government

Posted on May 7, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian commentary #16-18D By Nathan Barton We live in an era in which the great age of invention, which lasted 300 years, may be slowing to a stop, largely due to government controls and regulations and a pathetic desire to … Continue reading →

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Thanks for government – not

Posted on May 4, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-18B, By Nathan Barton It has been a while since I commented on a whole raft of news items of interest to lovers of liberty. So here are a few, reminding us of government’s faults. The Nazgul are … Continue reading →

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DC Politics as Usual: Sickening

Posted on March 21, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary, #16-12A, By Nathan Barton DC politics makes us sick, and there is no sign it is going to change in the next months or years.  Right now, in the heat of “election season” it is particularly vile and … Continue reading →

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Voting with your feet?

Posted on March 11, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-10D By Nathan Barton Voting with your feet and other political things: The state senator who sponsored now defeated medical cannabis legislation in what one correspondent called the ‘Backward State of Hatu’ (Utah) has announced that he and … Continue reading →

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Liberty? Liberty is missing: government and economies

Posted on February 22, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-08A  by Nathan Barton Liberty?  Fat chance. US News reports from Denver that a large roadside sign marks the entrance of longtime strip club Shotgun Willie’s, and Smoking Gun Apothecary, the new marijuana dispensary in Glendale, Colo. Smokin … Continue reading →

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Politics and government – it’s not the waste water treatment plant you smell

Posted on February 11, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary, #16-06C, 11 February 2016 By Nathan Barton In 2016, people are learning (again!) that politics is dirty and stinks “to high heaven,” offending the nostrils of God and anyone with any brains. New Hampshire, with just 1.3 million … Continue reading →

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