Medical Cannabis advocates and users get together
“Nearly three decades after she started using marijuana following a stroke, Patty Thomas said she still relies on the drug for relief. Thomas of Palm Springs described how marijuana provides refuge from pain associated with her lupus, a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin, joints, blood and kidneys. ‘Yeah, it gets me high,’ Thomas told about 40 other people Sunday during a pro-marijuana rally in Cathedral City. It makes me forget about my pain and I can get on with my life.’ Thomas and the others gathered at the Cathedral City Library showed up to hear from cannabis activist and former gubernatorial candidate Dennis Peron, but they also shared their own stories about the value of the drug in their lives. Peron, who spoke with increasing passion throughout the event, urged the audience to join him in a crusade to lift restrictions on laws that regulate marijuana use for medicinal purposes.” (03/08/04)
Via: Rational Review
2 commentsThere are some twisted f***s in the world part XXXI
STRATOVARIUS’ has issued the following message in regards to guitarist Timo Tolkki’s recent assault at the band’s official website: “Timo Tolkki sent me an e-mail in which he stated that he is too shocked and depressed to publish any statement about the attack. His wife and daughter have been deeply shocked about the stabbing. Timo wrote that he will probably issue a statement about the future of Stratovarius next week.” As previously reported, a Sanctuary press release recently reported that Tolkki was assaulted in the centrum of Granada on Sunday as he was having a walk. The statement is as follows: “According to Stratovarius keyboard player Jens Johansson,who witnessed the attack, the man was extremely agitated and had ‘a Hispanic looking appearance.’ As he attacked, he shouted ‘Tolkki.’ He was armed with what seemed to be a box cutter. Tolkki was taken to a nearby hospital, where Dr. Fernandez treated him. He was admitted to emergency care. He had two stab wounds on his left arm and a facial contusion. His wounds were cleaned and bandaged and he was released from hospital care. We would like to ask anybody with any information about the attacker to contact the police. Tolkki comments that he is ‘shocked and horrified’ by what happened. ‘Apparently this guy had been stalking me. The bastard attacked me from behind,’ Tolkki continues. ‘I can take anything, but that was such a cowardly act, you know. He got me with the knife twice and punched me in the face. Then he ran away. The whole thing lasted just seconds. Now I am thinking that this might be the end of my career. I do not want to end up like JOHN LENNON. I don’t know if I want to continue Stratovarius anymore.’ When asked if he thinks that the attack has something to do with the resent changes in Stratovarius line up and the death threats he has received, Tolkki comments: ‘Of course I feel there is a connection to that. Why would anybody attack me like that otherwise? What possible other motive this guy could have had than that? I think he tried to kill me, but this time I was lucky.’
Via: Hard News
1 comment‘Supposedly’ balanced reporting
There are many things that I found irritating about this article about Ahmend Qurei.
Notwithstanding constants such as the hypocrisy of the PA leadership… the insistence of the BBC on using ‘militant’ instead of ‘sick evil terrorist’ etc, this is a little more subtle.
In an earlier version, (I’ve been busy at work, ok?) news of conciliatory moves by Israel, such as easing travel resrictions at roadblocks and redeploying from Gaza is described as ‘supposedly’ and ‘reportedly.’
Either this is just standard cynical reporting with the use of sneer-quotes-type language, or an indication of a much more serious problem – that Israel has still not sorted out its PR and media relations and simply isn’t adequately briefing journalists.
This is a legitimate criticism of Israel…
1 commentNo Woman No Cry
I always like to start off Mondays with a bit of cheery news, so here we go:
VANCOUVER
—Canada’s most influential lobby group for women’s rights has been so crippled by debt and abandoned by women across the country that it’s now too broke to answer the phone. Sources tell CP the 30-year-old National Action Committee on the Status of Women is begging the federal government to forgive unpaid taxes.
Why didn’t I think of that?
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