Thursday, December 20, 2012
Paul Simon sings at funeral of Sandy Hook heroine teacher Victoria Soto as Newtown lays to rest another hero school staffer and four slain students - NY Daily News - Simon sang "The Sound of Silence", the favorite song of Soto, who was the teacher who shielded students
The Next Seven States To Legalize Pot | Politics News | Rolling Stone - Tim Dickinson - By fully legalizing marijuana through direct democracy, Colorado and Washington have fundamentally changed the national conversation about cannabis. As many as 58 percent of Americans now believe marijuana should be legal. And our political establishment is catching on. Former president Jimmy Carter came out this month and endorsed taxed-and-regulated weed. "I'm in favor of it," Carter said. "I think it's OK." In a December 5th letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) suggested it might be possible "to amend the Federal Controlled Substances Act to allow possession of up to one ounce of marijuana, at least in jurisdictions where it is legal under state law." Even President Obama hinted at a more flexible approach to prohibition, telling 20/20's Barbara Walters that the federal government was unlikely to crack down on recreational! users in states where pot is legal, adding, "We've got bigger fish to fry." - Encouraged by the example of Colorado and Oregon, states across the country are debating the merits of treating marijuana less like crystal meth and more like Jim Beam.
More Young Americans Are Homeless - NYTimes.com - Across the country, tens of thousands of underemployed and jobless young people, many with college credits or work histories, are struggling to house themselves in the wake of the recession, which has left workers between the ages of 18 and 24 with the highest unemployment rate of all adults.
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