As weed goes mainstream, is old school stoner culture getting weeded out?
Since I talked to you last about the upcoming Israeli elections in March there’s been some wobbling in the polls that I wanted to let you know about. As noted earlier, both Likud and Labor have been hovering in the low-20s for the number of Knesset seats they are expected to gain in the election, with Labor holding a very small but seemingly persistent lead. That changed in early January when the numbers flipped. New polls showed Likud holding a comparably thin lead.
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Prominent Putin critic, Alexei Navalny taken into custody for questioning by troop of twelve police officers.
Yesterday, I discussed the new poll that shows that New Yorkers overwhelmingly oppose police officers turning their backs on Mayor de Blasio during police funerals. They also think police union chief Pat Lynch is a jerk who’s bad for the city. Now the same pollster (Quinnipiac) has released numbers for the Mayor and the Governor.
Fox News ‘terrorism expert’ warns of ’19 paramilitary Muslim training facilities’ in the US that the government is allowing to operate. Watch.
Syreeta McFadden: ‘A Sharp White Background’: What’s Behind the Selma Oscars Snub?
John Kerry brings James Taylor to France to sing “You’ve Got a Friend” to stricken French. Watch.