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Let’s Be Blunt: It’s Time to End the Drug War – Forbes

April 20 is the counter-culture “holiday” on which lots and lots of people come together to advocate marijuana legalization (or just get high). Should drugs—especially marijuana—be legal? The answer is “yes.” Immediately. Without hesitation. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200 seized in a civil asset forfeiture. The war on drugs has been a dismal failure. It’s high time to end prohibition. Even if you aren’t willing to go [...]

Prices for eBooks on Kindle could tumble as deal in Apple book price-fixing case is just ‘weeks away’

Justice Department could halt price deal which prevented Amazon discounting
Deal between Apple and five publishers
Ebook prices risen up to 50% in last two years

Book prices on Amazon’s Kindle and other e-readers could tumble after a deal in a major price-fixing case is reportedly ‘close’

Book prices on Amazon’s Kindle and other e-readers could tumble after a deal in a major price-fixing case is said to be ‘close’.

America’s Justice Department is in [...]

Gay marriage raises prospect of NY adoption boom

NEW YORK (AP) — First comes love, then comes marriage. Now adoption lawyers and agencies in New York say they’re getting ready for a baby boom as same-sex couples emboldened by the state’s new gay marriage law take the next step and try to adopt children.

New York will allow same-sex marriages beginning July 24, becoming the most populous state to legalize such weddings. Thousands of [...]

“Irish politicians, like their counterparts throughout the EU, assume that because the Brussels system has been kind to them personally, it must also be kind to their constituents.”

Good blog here that over half of the electorate oppose the bank bailout but they have no one to vote for…

From blogs.telegraph.co.uk:

How can anyone vote for these gobdaws again?

Ireland is about to go through the most surreal election in its history. The top issue, for almost everyone, is the economic crisis: the bail-out, the cuts and the handover of Ireland’s economy to the EU. More than half [...]