Pot Shrinks Tumors; Government Knew in ‘74

In 1974 researchers learned that THC, the active chemical in marijuana, shrank or destroyed brain tumors in test mice. But the DEA quickly shut down the study and destroyed its results, which were never replicated — until now.

http://www.alternet.org/story/9257?page=1

Dr. Kim Thorburn for County Commissioner

She is running against Todd Mielke for County Commish.
First candidate to come by and visit. Nice lady. I may not agree with everything, but I may vote for her. (Shock). I am still upset over Mielke not asking for a new contract for services on janitorial, as well as the raceway park deal. I also told her about the police pension deal . She was shocked to hear that. Her staff would never have had that luxury of retirement options. I doubt she will forget . Hard to tell what she can do. She says she is a fiscal conservative money wise.
Interesting and a very pleasant visit.

Unfair police pension system for taxpayers

It was recently reported in the Spokesman Review how a Spokane Police officer can go out and work part time and;

Under rules of the police pension system, an officer’s retirement is based on the “final average salary” from the last five years of employment. According to an analysis of city payroll records, many of the Spokane officers who earn the most off-duty pay is in the final five years of their careers. The money they add to their pensions is often called their “freedom fund,” according to one officer.
I’m not bothered by it. The public policy questions I’ve never really thought of,” Chief Kirkpatrick said when asked about the ability of officers to boost their pensions and compete with the private sector.
For example, now-retired Officer Jerome Mertens made $10,654 in off-duty work in 2003. That was added to his regular pay of $66,795 and $24,419 in overtime, for an annual gross income of $101,867 in 2003.
In 2004, Mertens made $9,070 in off-duty work, bumping his gross income to $115,354.
The following year, Mertens pulled in $4,815 in off-duty work, pushing his 2005 income to $102,288. He retired in September 2006 after earning $89,853 from off-duty work, his regular pay and overtime, city payroll records show.
Based on those figures, his monthly LEOFF II retirement check is estimated to be $4,498. State retirement experts acknowledge his monthly retirement check would be substantially less if he hadn’t been given credit for about $10,000 a year in off-duty work, although they couldn’t immediately provide an exact amount.

Does your full time employer pay money into your 401K for you, when have to go out and work a second job?

Blocking out my freedoms

Fines, fines,

Everywhere there’s fines blocking out my freedoms and making me whine.

Do this don’t do that or you’ll pay the fine.

Imagine all the people

Imagine if you were more then just a human. Imagine if you were an all powerful being. If you had this belief about yourself you would most likely have the same belief for others.

Imagine that you appear to others as a white orb of light, and all the people and animals you see, are this same orb of light. Imagine has you get further away the individual orbs of light seem to blend together making one bright light.

If we looked at ourselves as all the same, would we have racism or war?

Of course not because we would understand that we are all one.

I challenge you to try it for a day and enjoy the freedom it brings from prejudice, judgment and ignorance.