January 25, 2001
ONE SMALL STEP FOR POTHEADS
Parlimentarians in Europe are continuing to nudge that
continent towards sane drug policies all around. On. Jan. 19, the
Belgian government agreed to decriminalize cannabis, in a statement
that read, in part, "the limited consumption of alcohol, tobacco and
cannabis is more and more socially accepted. There is no objective
reason why cannabis should be treated differently from alcohol and
tobacco. A society without drugs is an illusion." Vincent van
Quickenborne, a Belgian MP, is planning on celebrating the new law by
smoking up in his seat at the National Parliament. (London Times)
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
In an almost-sort-of-kinda-related item,
a car powered by a biofuel created from hemp oil will be touring North
America this summer, visiting alternative-energy, environmental and
drug law reform events. The Hemp Car is expected to generate
publicity to "emphasize the utility of industrial hemp to modern
society." The organizers of this tour estimate that if six per cent of
America's marginal land was planted over with hemp, it could provide
for all of America's energy needs. Get all the info at
www.hempcar.org .
SOLVE ONE PROBLEM, CREATE ANOTHER
A very disturbing report by CBS
News last week outlined some ways in which scientists are considering
tampering with nature in order to reverse the course of global
warming. Among the freaky experiments being considered is a plan to
blast thousands of light reflective particles from warship guns into
the atmosphere. These particles would reflect one or two per cent of
sunlight away from the Earth and back into space (shades of
chemtrails, no?). Another plan involves setting up approximately
50,000 mirrors in orbit around Earth in order to reflect the sunlight
away from our planet. The third option discussed was to fill the
oceans with powdered iron, which would stimulate the growth of
underwater plankton which would absorb more UV rays. Oh, they briefly
mentioned that any one of these plans could produce unexpected side
effects (no kidding), but the "expert" they interviewed said that we
can't wait 200 years for the Earth to fix the global warming problem.
Well, buddy, I'd rather wait and find out than have your grubby paws
all over the problem.
THAT'S GOTTA HURT
Tu Chin-Sheng, a Taiwanese master of Chi Kung, as
well as a master of "penis-hanging art" (also, supposedly, an actual
Chinese martial arts style), is sending 20 of his students to America
in March in order to set a world record for pulling a Boeing B747
passenger jet with their penises. Last October, Tu Chin-Sheng and his
apprentice created another world record by pulling an 11 tonne truck
30 centimetres in the same manner. Try this at home, and send me the
pictures. Trust me, you'll be famous! (Eightball)
THESE HOOVES ARE MADE FOR TRAMPLING
Anybody else notice a trend? For
the past month or so every issue of Curious Times has had a bizarre
story of animals behaving strangely. I'm beginning to think that we've
pushed the animal kingdom just a bit too far, and they're pissed. This
week, in Jizan, Saudi Arabia, a camel that had been beaten by its
owner in the morning, waited patiently all day until his owner fell
asleep, then bit his neck and trampled him to death. (Al-Iqtissadiaya
News)
THEY SAY A CRIMINAL ALWAYS RETURNS TO THE SCENE OF A CRIME
Two
brilliant burglars in Tallahassee, Florida had just stolen a pile of
crap and two televisions from a suburban house and were headed home.
When they realized they had forgotten to grab the remote controls for
the TVs, they turned around and drove back to the house. When they
arrived they were nabbed by police, who had been called by the
neighbours. (AP)
CURIOUS GEORGE W.
An interesting little tale about a dumb little
monkey who gets into all sorts of misadventures can be found at
http://home.nyc.rr.com/jadedem/gw1.html
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