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Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.  We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below). 

offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

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Public Inquiry
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Human Rights in Ireland
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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Victory! Hospitals That Brought Back Mask Mandates Backtrack After Complaints Tue Jul 23, 2024 15:30 | Dr Gary Sidley
A victory in the mask wars! Two hospital providers that brought back mask mandates have backtracked and scrapped them following complaints from Daily Sceptic readers and Smile Free supporters.
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offsite link Read it and Weep: The BBC Journalists Taking Home Six Figure Salaries Courtesy of the Licence Fee Pa... Tue Jul 23, 2024 13:45 | Will Jones
Read it and weep: the list of the BBC journalists taking home six figure salaries courtesy of the licence fee payer. Disgraced presenter Huw Edwards came top with £475k despite being off air for nine months of the year.
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offsite link David Lammy: The Foreign Secretary Who Called Trump ?a Racist KKK and Nazi Sympathiser? and Refuses ... Tue Jul 23, 2024 12:43 | Peter Harris
Britain's new Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, is on record calling Donald Trump "a racist KKK and Nazi sympathiser" and has refused to apologise. This is clearly going to be a problem, says Peter Harris.
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offsite link Catching Covid Does Not Lower Your IQ Tue Jul 23, 2024 09:00 | Noah Carl
Headlines earlier this year proclaimed that catching Covid may knock up to 6 points off your IQ. A new study punctures this claim: there was no decline in cognitive test scores after Covid infection.
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offsite link The BBC Has ?Fact-Checked? Labour?s Claim that Renewables are Cheaper than Fossil Fuels and Declared... Tue Jul 23, 2024 07:00 | Paul Homewood
The BBC has ?fact-checked? Labour's claim that a unit of power from a new solar or wind project is cheaper than the cost from a new gas generator and found it to be true. But it's false, says Paul Homewood.
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Cannabis: Whats the harm?

category international | miscellaneous | opinion/analysis author Friday February 04, 2011 01:01author by Ronoc Report this post to the editors

I have watched the recent BBC3 documentary about Cannabis consumption in the UK. There's interviews with people who say they are addicted and then people who are not, and in the latest episode, it was about drug smuggling and illegal immigrants who work in the house where the weed is grown. The customs manage to stop alot of weed getting into the UK but its only a fraction, and the money involved is quite alot. Its shows all the negative sides of the illegal trade and trys to make smokers feel guilty.
But I wonder if it was legal how much money could be made from this crop and how much crime would be cut...

So lots of people smoke weed or hash and only very few are addicted. Its less harmful than tobacco or alcohol but its illegal. If it was legal it could be taxed, it would cut out the work of the police (so they could attend to serious crimes and also saving money), it would cut out profits for illegal gangs and there would be less violence on the streets. People tend to call it a gate way drug but from my experience alcohol and tobacco are the gateway drugs.
In our time when we are in the midst of an EU/IMF bailout, why are we not considering serious alternatives to raise tax? People are using it no matter if its illegal or legal. If it was legal we would actually save money (police, prisons and so on) whilst gaining tax from it.

Below is a funny but interesting video...

Related Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XUWnxc6-GA

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   taxing weed     ordinary citizen    Fri Feb 04, 2011 19:16 
   put the politicans on the spot on the doorsteps or on facebook etc     flash gordon    Mon Feb 07, 2011 22:11 
   try to get a few famous singers to support your campaign     pop star    Tue Feb 08, 2011 17:02 
   ...     DT    Thu Feb 10, 2011 17:05 


 
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