Complete Marijuana Legalization - an ever closer reality?

The long battle or even struggel continues to legalize  marijuana .

Well amigos I have two stories here that tries to push efforts to decriminalize this paticular drug, these efforts are both succeeding and failing through than a simple popular vote. 

Number uno: Springfield, Missouri City Council Overturns Ordinance

Now the first one is about  pro-marijuana activists who were out to gather signatures to pass an ordinance that would make it legal to carry small amounts marijuana. Well those activist managed to gather thousands of approving signatures and the city council passed on it. 

You'd then think it would had been a successful job well done for these guys, right? Turns out that barely a month after they had passed this (with major approval) they suddenly repeal it. They kinda just decided to first pass it, then wait to people stopped paying attention to it and then repeal it.This goes straight against the city's charter for initiative petitions. If voters get eneough signatures for any kind of issue, they must pass it or put it to the voters. They do not have a third option that makes them able to reject it. This violates the intent of law!

Number dos:  Kalamazoo, Michigan City Commissioners Decriminalize Marijuana 

Now these guys put a hard punishment on people who carry just a small amount of marijuana if they are 21 and over. This means that you'll have to pay a fine up to 100 dollars or jail sentence not to last longer than 93 days.

This punish is actually just too much for police officers to have to deal with since there are just constantly people with tiny amounts of the drug and this takes there focus from much more serious offences. The thing is that when a police officer has made an arrest, he is then locked into dealing with the arrest and can't deal with a new call that might be something much more dramatic.

Besides many of thise arrest gets dismissed anyway.

Marijuana . legalize or crack down on it?

The running of the bulls - now an American tradition!?

The Running of the Bulls

We have properly all seen the famous "Running of the Bulls" practice on tv or other places. This tradition involves running in front of a large group af angry wild bulls that have been let loose on a course  of a sectioned-off subset of a town's streets. The most famous Running of the Bulls is the seven-day festival of Sanfermines in honour of Saint Fermin in Pamplona. Ofcourse these "Bull Runs" also take place in other Hispanic countries such as Mexico, Peru and even in southern France.

If you live in America and you've always wanted to participate in this tradition? Then worry no longer because two intrepid lawyers have imported the "Running of the Bulls" practice to the USA. Trust me when I say that you will not be lacking any danger or goring! 

The two lawyers are Rob Dickens and Brad Scudder who love "Running of the Bulls" so much that they had teamed up  so that everyone can be gored if they so desire. 

The Great Bull Run or Running of the Bulls version 2, began on August 24th at a drag-racing strip south of Richmond, Virginia. The event has been doing some travelling since then, with scheduled appearances in Georgia, Florida, Texas, California, Minnesota, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. So when ever the bulls are crossing through your state: Better get your joggers on!

To make the event more safe for people, Dickens and Scudder have done away with the narrow streets of Spain, and replaced it with fences that have notches as “exit zones” for those who are participating. 

They’re also using a tamer breed of bulls, which should be great when the bull tamely corners you in a getaway zone and doesn’t stab you to death with its horns. So yeah you could also that the "American version" is less health risking than the Bull Runs in Spain.

What do you think on Rob's and Brad's idea? Would you ever consinder participating in a Great Bull Run? Please leave an answer in the comment section.

Google Earth, unites a family

Guys! Prepare yourself for an amazing story about a man, who managed to reunite with his family by using Google Earth after 26 years.

This persons name is Saroo Brierly, who is an Indian born Australian who got lost from his family on a train when he was only 5 years old. While he was traveling with his brother on the train he fell asleep and when he woke, his family were not there and he had entirely no idea where they had gone.

Briely was lucky though, only a short time after he was declared a lost child he was adopted by the Brierly family of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. He grew up surrounded by memories of his old home back in India thanks to his adoptive mother's support and care.

Many years later Briely actually tried to find the train station where he had gotten lost from his family. By using Google Earth he managed to find his old home town and even his family's house.¨

He travelled back to India and when he got to the house he used to live in, he ran into his mother and was reunited with his family. 

Hear for youself the amazing story of Saroo Briely: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UXEvZ8B04bE

How has technology helped or changed your life?

Things you didn't know about STAR WARS!

First of all to any possible Star Wars fans out there: Your beloved saga could have taken a couple of mostly unexpected turns that would have made the famous sci-fi series something we wouldn't reconise as what we know today. 

A site called i09.com had released a long list of “10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi.” This list shows 10 facts that could have changed the series in a hole other way, that includes the fact that Han Solo (played by Harrison Ford) was actually suposed to be killed off in The Return of the Jedi.

When Harrison Ford was contracted to be in the series he was in fact only suposed to be the in the first to movies. It turned out that George Lucas (the creator of Star Wars) actually managed to convince him to take part in the third film. It was though uncertain of how long he would be in the last part.

In an early version of the script, Ford actually wanted a scene where Luke would use the force to imprison Solo at the controls of his own ship, the Millennium Falcon. Ford actually pushed for Han Solo to die in the third movie, but George Lucas wouldn’t allow it. A strange thought that an actor would want to kill himself of in such a brutal way.

Now with that in mind you can all go even more crazy with the fan fiction! 

Here is a link to the top 10 list: http://io9.com/10-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-star-wars-ret-1383276948/1388764126/@jesusdiaz

Which of these facts do you think would have made the series better or worse?  

Oreos are just as addictive as cocaine?!

Now first of all this is certainly something that I can vouch on. Seriously... Oreos are freaking delicious!

Ofcourse food addictions can be serious issues for some people, but according to a study, Oreos are just as addictive as cocaine.

Researchers ran several rats through tests which put Oreo cookies versus rice cakes. That would properly not have been the most fair fight (C'mon scientist! Oreo or rice cake? You already should know the result), but apparently eating Oreos acts just the same way on your brain as cocaine. 

The scientific reason behind this is that a sugary treat can actually kick more neutrons in the brain's pleasure centers, even more than doing hardcore drugs.

The experiment worked as such: Hungry rats were put through one maze containing rice cakes and Oreos in the other. Those rats that ate the rice cakes were said to find no pleasure in doing so, but those who ate the Oreo cookies had  achieved true happiness. 

Later the researchers tried a new test with a different group of rats, injecting saline into some of them and cocaine to those on the other side. Now those rats that had been injected with cocaine showed the same fequency as when they had just eaten Oreos. 

So out from these tests I can technically say that I'm an addict. Oh well I'm as guilty as charged. 

So do you think Oreo cookies are just as addictive as cocaine? Do you yourself have an addiction for any other treat or food?  

Legal castrations in the US - just or inhuman?

In the  US state of Alabama, Representative Steve Hurst is trying to pass a new bill that is to make child molesters pay for their crime in a very sincere way. The bill he presents is to make it legal to castrate sex offenders if they are above the age of 21 and whose victims might be 12 or younger. 

This sentence is not a new penalty in the USA since already nine other states such as California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa Louisiana, Montana, Oregon, Texas and Wisconsin already has a kinda of simillar law that would enforce a chemical castration that causes a lack of interest for having sex. Steve's bill is set up for the 2014  legislative session, but the details of how the castration process goes are not included in this bill.

Now some see this bill as removing human rights and is simply just not the right thing to do. It also says under the eight amendment in the American Constitution: Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment. Which means that the US government can't "cruel and unsual punishments" such as castration. Amnesty International has referred to this law as "inhuman treatment". Either if the castration is carried out either chemically or surgically, the outcome will still be the same.

So now I want to ask you good people out there about what you actually think about this law.

Is this law inhumane or are sex offenders deserving of such a punishment?