Firenzie Sage: drop cookies perhaps


A San Francisco man who apparently overdosed on medical-marijuana cookies has been sentenced to five years’ probation for pulling down his pants on an airline flight and otherwise interfering with the crew, authorities say.

Chan told FBI agents who met the plane that he had eaten two medical-marijuana cookies — twice his prescribed amount — before boarding the flight.

Chan said he had been prescribed marijuana in California for carpal tunnel syndrome.
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My wrist hurts. Have a California drop cookie!!

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Firenze Sage: Fine dining

What fat ass politician will enforce a $50 fine for obesity?

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What fat ass politician will enforce $50 fine for obesity?

Obesity could become a fineable offense, at least in Arizona.

The state’s Republican governor, Jan Brewer, wants to institute a $50 annual fine for overweight Medicaid recipients who don’t follow a physician-supervised health regime.
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And just what fat ass bureaucrat will enforce this.

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Aptos, CA psychologist: Encourage weight loss with rewards not fines.

Carrots (rewards) work better than punishment (fines) for encouraging positive behavior changes (loss of weight).

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Carrots (rewards) work better than sticks (a $50 fine) when encouraging people to change behavior (lose weight).

Imagine bringing joy to others by losing weight. What if losing X pounds means the person earns two free passes (one adult, one student) to a sports event or an amusement park? Publicize the program through the schools and local TV.

Let the kids cajole an overweight grandmother, aunt or father to please lose weight so that the two of them can go on a mini vacation.

Adults like to do nice things for their children. They know in their heart that losing weight means they will be healthier and more able to be there and enjoy their children and grandchildren.

Make it work two ways. Adults can cajole overweight Johnny and when Johnny loses the two go to an event. And the other way around, with children encouraging parents.

And in the spirit of the Tea Parties and keep government costs down, get business service organizations (Rotary, Lions, Moose) and philanthropists to organize and pay for the cost of the tickets. That’s a better way to go than policemen handing out $50 obesity tickets as proposed in Arizona.

DrCameronJackson@gmail.com

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Obesity could become a fineable offense, at least in Arizona.
The state’s Republican governor, Jan Brewer, wants to institute a $50 annual fine for overweight Medicaid recipients who don’t follow a physician-supervised health regime.

“Do you think a fine would motivate people to lose weight?” That’s what Boston’s Public Health Commission asked its followers via Twitter this morning.

People responded, calling the proposal “terrible” and “unfair.”

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Firenze Sage: Eugene Robinson, Dunce


It’s almost enough to give socialism a bad name.

We don’t know whether Dominique Strauss-Kahn — who heads the International Monetary Fund and, until a few days ago, was likely to be the Socialist Party candidate for president of France — is guilty of the alleged sexual assault for which he was arrested. Like anyone, he is presumed innocent until court proceedings prove otherwise.

We do know, however, that at the time of the reported incident on Saturday, Strauss-Kahn was staying in a $3,000-a-night luxury suite at a posh midtown Manhattan hotel. We also know that when he was taken into police custody hours later, aboard a Paris-bound jetliner that was moments from takeoff at John F. Kennedy International Airport, police found him comfortably ensconced in the first-class cabin.

I didn’t think this was how socialists were supposed to roll.
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This from a big name columnist who really thinks that the socialist swells actually go to the same hospitals, schools, hotels and jobs as the lumpenproletariat.

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Firenze Sage: Knock not

4th amendment protection against search and seizure less strong for homes due to recent court rulings.

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police don't have to knock on home doors if ...

People have no right to resist if police officers illegally enter their home, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in a decision that overturns centuries of common law.

The court issued its 3-2 ruling on Thursday, contending that allowing residents to resist officers who enter their homes without any right would increase the risk of violent confrontation.

If police enter a home illegally, the courts are the proper place to protest it, Justice Steven David said.

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The courts or the concentration camp?

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Firenze Sage: Gay conflict

Prop 8: Marriage is between a man and a (?) ...

Lawyers for California Gov. Jerry Brown accuse the backers of the same-sex marriage ban of engaging in a thinly veiled “witch hunt”against the gay federal judge who struck down Proposition 8 as unconstitutional.

Chief Judge Vaughn Walker revealed after he retired this year that he is in a long-term relationship with another man.
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“A conflict of interest arises when a judicial employee knows that he or
she might be so personally or financially affected by a matter that a
reasonable person with knowledge of the relevant facts would question the
judicial employee’s ability properly to perform official duties in an impartial
manner.”

So you be the judge.
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Aptos, CA psychologist: Tell Gov. Brown NO to bill that gets rid of secret ballot for unionized farm workers …

Tell Gov. Brown NO to union effort to kill secret ballot for farm workers.

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Gov. Brown, having made a deal with the prison guard unions , now makes a deal with the farm worker unions. Not to protect the farm workers but to give clout to the unions bosses so they can intimidate the farm workers. Of, Governor Brown, what a big switch from years ago when you were idealistic and pro-worker!

Increasingly, California farm workers don’t want to be in a union. The unions don’t do that much for them. A farm worker pays 3% in dues and gets a 2-3% increase in pay. Farm workers typically get health benefits and higher than minimum wage.

The unions, losing members, want to shore up their power. The unions will get automatic access to the addresses of union members and can intimidate those who don’t agree with their policies.

Secret ballot elections protect employees. Pure and simple. Non-agricultural employees in California are protected by the NLRB which gives employers the right to request a secret ballot.

Agricultural employees — farm workers — currently are not protected by the NLRB.
Why not change the NLRB so it covers farm workers. That way ALL employees have the protection of secret ballots if they have to be in a union.

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(March 15, 2011) A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed proposal seeking to limit agricultural employees’ ability to make their union choice in a private secret ballot has won approval from a Senate policy committee.

SB 104 (Steinberg; D-Sacramento) essentially eliminates the secret ballot election and replaces it with the submission of representation cards signed by more than 50 percent of employees, thereby leaving employees susceptible to coercion and manipulation by labor organizations.

SB 104 is similar to SB 789 (Steinberg; D-Sacramento), which the CalChamber designated as a “job killer” bill in 2009. SB 789 was vetoed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

‘Majority Signup’
California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Act (ALRA), modeled on the National Labor Relations Act, affords agricultural employees to select, or to refrain from selecting, a particular union as their collective bargaining representative through a formal and secure secret ballot election.

SB 104, however, allows unions to bypass secret ballot elections under an alternative “majority signup” procedure. Under SB 104, a union would be installed as a bargaining unit’s representative merely by submitting a petition to the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) along with representation cards signed by a majority of affected employees and designating that union for that purpose.

Unlike the current process, which guarantees that employees ultimately express their true sentiments about unionization in the tightly controlled setting of a supervised secret ballot election, this new procedure provides no safeguards to ensure the representation cards really indicate the employees’ free, uncoerced and current choice.

SB 104 specifically provides that it is lawful for the union to complete the card for the employee and just have the employee sign. Moreover, SB 104 will allow the certification of a union based on representation cards signed by employees up to a year before the union submits them to the ALRB. With no provision for allowing employees who have changed their minds to revoke their cards, this process will not guarantee that the cards when submitted reliably indicate employees’ then-current preferences.

Disparate Penalties
Finally, SB 104 creates a huge disparity in the remedies provided for unfair labor practices committed by an employer versus unfair labor practices committed by a union.

Under SB 104, if an employer is charged with interfering, coercing, or discriminating against an employee through the exercise of his/her rights to unionize, the charge will be elevated to priority level and take precedence over any other case filed in that ALRB office.

Thereafter, if the employer is found by the ALRB to have committed an unfair labor practice, the ALRB can issue a statutory civil penalty against the employer in an amount of up to $20,000 per violation.

No such comparable treatment or penalty is provided where a union is charged with and found to have committed an unfair labor practice.

This proposed treatment of an unfair labor charge against an employer is significant, as it is not only one-sided, but completely alters the nature of the remedies traditionally awarded by the ALRB.

As set forth in Labor Code Section 1160.3, the current available remedies are essentially the same regardless of whether the guilty party is the employer or union and are designed to make the employee whole, not to penalize the employer and/or create a windfall for the employee.

Key Vote
SB 104 passed the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee on a party-line vote of 5-2 on March 9.

Ayes: Lieu (D-Torrance); DeSaulnier (D-Concord); Leno (D-San Francisco); Padilla (D-Pacoima); Yee (D-San Francisco).

Noes: Wyland (R-Escondido); Runner (R-Antelope Valley).

The bill will be considered next by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Staff Contact: Jennifer Barrera

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Firenze Sage: morsels of food & parole decisions change!

After eating food judges are more generous with parole decisions. Bring on the food!

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food changes parole decisions

According to a study of 1,000 parole decisions during 50 courtroom days, judges were increasingly stingy with parole as a morning or afternoon session wore on, but that dramatic spikes in generosity took effect immediately following lunch or a snack break.
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Pass the arugula!

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Firenze Sage: Disappearing DA or DUI …

Drunk female New York prosecutor says Call Nestor to fix my ticket. Dumb D.A. should disappear from her job.

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You have the Right to Remain Silent or I will duct tape your mouth shut!

The Bronx prosecutor busted for drunk driving on the Major Deegan bragged to cops that a top boss in her office took care of her previous DWI — and would make this one disappear, too, The Post has learned.

“Call Nestor; he’ll take care of this. He took care of it the last time,” a stumbling, slurring Jennifer Troiano told officers during her arrest last August, a police source said yesterday.
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Let’s see, it goes: “you have a right to remain silent” you drunken idiot.
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Aptos, CA psychologsit: Obama’s Justice dept. forces small bank to make sub-prime loans. This is not justice!

Justice Dept forces small bank in St. Louis to make sub-prime morgages to persons who cannot repay. Lopsided justice.

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"Justice cannot be for one side alone..."

More sub-prime mortgage lending required of small banks in St. Louis by Midwest BankCentre by Obama’s Justice Department.

Sub-prime mortgage loans played a prominent place in the financial melt-down. Requiring banks to make loans to persons who lacked credit to repay the loans started under Clinton/ Reno and continues today under Obama/ Holder. Now the Obama’s Justice department requires small banks to make risky loans.

Keep a close eye on Obama’s Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez with the Civil Rights’s Division. By his words and actions Obama/ Perez show no understanding that ” Justice cannot be for one side alone but must be for both…” (Eleanor Roosevelt).

Supported in his confirmation by Republicans Tony O’Donnell and John Kane, Thomas E. Perez has zealously pursued Obama’s lopsided form of justice: Assist. AG Perez refused to prosecute Black Panthers wielding baseball bats outside polling places. Assist. AG Perez opposes the Arizona immigration law.

Latest Obama/Perez lopsided justice: Obama’s Justice Department mandates MORE sub prime loans to minorities in St Louis. This is more of Obama’s policy to “level the playing field”. DrCameronJackson@gmail.com
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from Conservative Underground

A Renewed Crackdown on Redlining
by Clea Benson, 5 May 2011

Community activists in St. Louis [targeted] Midwest BankCentre, a small bank that has been operating in St. Louis’s predominantly white, middle-class suburbs for over a century, for failing to issue home mortgages or open branches in disadvantaged areas. Although executives at the bank say they don’t discriminate, Midwest BankCentre’s latest annual report says it is in the process of negotiating a settlement with U.S. Justice Dept….

“We are using every tool in our arsenal to combat lending discrimination,” Thomas E. Perez, the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Div., told a conference of community development associates….

To some banks the crackdown has come as a surprise…. Like Midwest BankCentre, some lenders are being cited for failing to operate in minority and low-income census tracts near their branches, even when they have never done business there before.

Midwest BankCentre Chairman Ronald T. Barnes recently announced the bank would open a branch in Pagedale, a town near St. Louis that is predominantly [97%] African American.
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“Perez is playing a leading role in the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Arizona’s new immigration law. He is promising a huge increase in prosecution of alleged hate crimes. He vows to use ‘disparate impact theory’ to pursue discrimination cases where there is no intent to discriminate but a difference in results, such as in test scores or mortgage lending, that Perez wants to change. He is even considering a crackdown on Web sites on the theory that the Internet is a ‘public accommodation‘ as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.. . . .Perez is pursuing his goals with a lot of muscle, powered by a major appropriations increase in President Obama’s 2010 budget. ‘I am going to be calling each and every one of you to recruit you, because we’ve got 102 new positions in our budget,‘ Perez told the liberal lawyers last year. ‘One hundred and two people, when added to a base of 715 people. … that’s a real opportunity to make a difference.’” (Underscoring Forum’s.)

Two prominent members of governor Bob Ehrlich’s team when he was in office (2003-2007), House of Delegates Republican Whip (Republican leader since 2007) Tony O’Donnell and former Maryland GOP chairman John Kane later (in 2009) wrote here and here to the U. S. Senate Judiciary panel to support Mr. Perez’ confirmation. (John Kane is the husband of Mary Kane selected as Mr. Ehrlich’s running mate this year.)

Alert voters, however, will ask what role Mr. O’Donnell and Mr. Kane will play as part of any leadership team or “kitchen cabinet” should Mr. Ehrlich again be elected governor. After all, Mr. Perez was unlikely to foster an “entrepreneur agenda” – – anywhere – – and those who supported him for Senate confirmation ignored that obvious fact.

Mr. O’Donnell’s and Mr. Kane’s judgment in this matter was clearly lacking. Both had sufficient warning about Perez’ activities.

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“Heading the Civil Rights Division is the opportunity of a lifetime for Perez. A former aide to the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, he was an activist and later a councilman in Montgomery County, Md., where he made a name for himself pushing in-state tuition and drivers’ licenses for illegal immigrants.”

Nor has Mr. O’Donnell nor Mr. Kane expressed any public regret for supporting Tom Perez. Does being part of the Maryland GOP Establishment mean never having to say I’m sorry?

Conservatives might also want to ask Maryland Republican delegates why they have not held their leader Mr. O’Donnell publicly accountable for his support of Tom Perez.

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