TIME WON"T LET ME

Well much to my regret, I didn't make it to NYC and it's been a really long day so I'm only posting the pressing issues tonight.

First up on the short list is this poll at CJOH-TV, the self proclaimed News and Entertainment Programming Leader in eastern Ontario and western Quebec, on the legalization of marijuana. I love "freeping the polls", it proves we're serious, and so far it's running 65% in favor. Take a minute to cast your ballot.

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DEAR MITT

For those of you living in the Commonwealth of Mass, there's another opportunity for timely action. A decision is pending on the UMASS Amherst request to be licensed as a FDA-approved research facility for medical marijuana. We need to remind Governor Romney that his constituents want this to happen. Take just one more minute to send a pre-written letter at the MASS NORML site.


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INFORMATION HIGHWAY

I don't really have a last word tonight so I leave you with the first reported conviction that I'm aware of for web rage.

By Adam Tanner

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Call it spam rage -- a Silicon Valley computer programmer has been arrested for threatening to torture and kill employees of the company he blames for bombarding his computer with Web ads promising to enlarge his penis.


In one of the first prosecutions of its kind in the state that made "road rage" famous, Charles Booker, 44, was arrested on Thursday and released on $75,000 (45,000 pounds) bond for making repeated threats to staff of an unnamed Canadian company between May and July, the U.S. Attorney's office for Northern California said on Friday.

To be fair his computer had been rendered almost unusable for about two months by a barrage of pop-up advertising and e-mail and he had neither the means nor intention of following through on his threats. He probably should have just invested in a good spam filter but then again, the spammer should have taken him off the list the first time he asked.

He now faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. I think justice would be better served if they just sent him to a anger management class.

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