Warszawa wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

pacino wrote:

Warszawa wrote:With the Hillary/Johnson turnout at the polls I'm looking forward to like half the country being able to smoke weed legally. Even if California legalizes it for rec use I would figure that the fed/dea would have to do something either way

First step is lowering its schedule. Let's hope. 60+% of the country is now for it.

From the perspective of a member of Congress, there's no incentive to do the heavy lifting to actually move a bill forward. At this point, I can't imagine a Republican speaker even letting it go forward. It's not surprising that in the main, legalization has been the result of referendum, not legislatures passing bills that are subsequently signed into law. Alas, there is no national mechanism to move something like this forward.

By the way, there's a similar but even more power dynamic at play with term limits.

I agree with this - but how many fed laws are allowed to be ignored by individual states. The DEA just can't let a large percentage of the US population flout the law can they? Talk about 2 americas.

Warszawa wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

pacino wrote:

Warszawa wrote:With the Hillary/Johnson turnout at the polls I'm looking forward to like half the country being able to smoke weed legally. Even if California legalizes it for rec use I would figure that the fed/dea would have to do something either way

First step is lowering its schedule. Let's hope. 60+% of the country is now for it.

From the perspective of a member of Congress, there's no incentive to do the heavy lifting to actually move a bill forward. At this point, I can't imagine a Republican speaker even letting it go forward. It's not surprising that in the main, legalization has been the result of referendum, not legislatures passing bills that are subsequently signed into law. Alas, there is no national mechanism to move something like this forward.

By the way, there's a similar but even more power dynamic at play with term limits.

I agree with this - but how many fed laws are allowed to be ignored by individual states. The DEA just can't let a large percentage of the US population flout the law can they? Talk about 2 americas.

Bucky wrote:sometimes offering an olive branch is a good thing, even if the olives might be of better service in your martini

Youseff wrote:that's for coddling these idiots delusions for the last 20 year, GOPers. thank you so much.

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Doll Is Mine wrote:Melania Trump: Billy Bush “egged on” Donald Trump.

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:Yes, you never stop at my booth!!

The Dude wrote:

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:Yes, you never stop at my booth!!

I'm not there. What conference is it?

Less than 24 hours into an Iraqi-led offensive to reclaim the largest region in the country under ISIS control, forces east of Mosul had achieved key objectives, clearing nine villages and extending control over a key road, the General Command of Peshmerga Forces of Kurdistan Region said.
Peshmerga forces in Khazir cleared nine villages in an area measuring approximately 200 square kilometers, the command said. The villages include Baskhira, Tarjala, Kharbat Sultan, Karbirli, Bazgirtan, Shaquli, Badana Bchuk, Badana Gawre, Shekh Amir and a tile factory West of Hasan Shami. They also secured an additional significant stretch of the Erbil-Mosul road, the statement said.

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:

The Dude wrote:

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:Yes, you never stop at my booth!!

I'm not there. What conference is it?

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