Saturday, July 24, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Oakland Gets Sticky
Oakland now allows industrial Marijuana farms:
Oakland's City Council late Tuesday adopted regulations permitting industrial-scale marijuana farms, a plan that some small farmers argued would squeeze them out of the industry they helped to build.I'm looking forward to stating a business ot there. I hope I don't get shot by accident.
To address concerns from smaller farmers, the council pledged to create regulations on regulating small- and medium-size marijuana farms this year. Council members and proponents of marijuana cultivation regulation viewed the proposal as smart public policy: It would generate revenue, ensure that fire and building codes are enforced, keep neighborhoods safe from robberies, and further position Oakland as the center of the state's cannabis economy.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Clink
Lindsay Lohan has entered jail:
Lohan surrendered at a Beverly Hills courthouse on Tuesday and was immediately whisked away to an all-women's jail in Lynwood. She will serve her time in an isolation unit that has previously hosted Paris Hilton and Michelle Rodriguez.She is expected to serve only two weeks in prison.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Cameron Presents The Big Society
David Cameron plans to launch an enormous transfer of power from the state to the people:
He will say: “The Big Society is about a huge culture change, where people, in their everyday lives, in their homes, in their neighbourhoods, in their workplace, don’t always turn to officials, local authorities or central government for answers to the problems they face but instead feel both free and powerful enough to help themselves and their own communities.Sounds sexy.
“We need to create communities with oomph – neighbourhoods who are in charge of their own destiny, who feel if they club together and get involved they can shape the world around them.”
Poll Added: Should Undergraduate Degrees Be Mandatory?
I ask this question, having read this article on inequality and the credit crisis. With the growth of technology, we need to advance education. The idea of having a high school degree before was to provide a proper work force. Now that we need so much more human capital to be qualified for job, should we make college mandatory? It's a matter of building human capital, in my opinion.
Vote in the poll, and respond to this post if you have more to say.
Pakistan, Afghanistan Come Together
To sign a major trade agreement:
"Bringing Islamabad and Kabul together has been the goal of this administration from the beginning," said Richard Holbrooke, the White House's special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan. "This is a visual display of the two countries coming together."Hopefully, this reduces tensions between the two countries and will aid the growth of terrorist activity in the area.
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