"Common Sense for Drug Policy reports that nationwide one in every 20 black men over the age of 18 is in prison, and in five states the ratio is 13 to 1. This is compared to 1 in 180 White men. But Blacks aren’t doing more drugs (...) White drug users outnumber Blacks by a five-to-one margin. But according to the US Department of Justice, Blacks comprise 56.7% of all drug offenders admitted to state prisons while Whites comprise only 23.3%."
The study, conducted at King's College London, shows a rise in the prison populations of 73% of those countries analysed. This applied to 64% of countries in Africa, 79% of those in the Americas, 83% in Asia, 69% in Europe and 69% in Oceania.
Of particular interest were Brazil, where the rise in the prison population was 70%, Japan, where the figure rose by 40%, and Mexico, where the increase was 37%.
The largest rise in Europe occurred in Holland, where the jail population has leapt over five years from 14,000 to 20,000, an increase of 42%. The authorities there have reacted to public calls for tougher sentences.
Att tänka på samma sätt som våra samtida leder lika lätt till framgång som idioti.
Den moderna maskinen blir för varje dag alltmer komplicerad och den moderna människan blir allt mer elementär.
Ovilligheten att förundras är ett tecken på omänsklighet.
Den moderna människan är en fånge som tror sig vara fri eftersom hon inte rör väggarna i sin fängelsehåla.
Jag misstror varje idé som inte verkar föråldrad och grotesk för mina samtida.
Did you know that over 98 percent of the men in the United States today have never been convicted of any violent crime or served time in prison?
--- That, even though the U.S. imprisons a higher percentage of its citizens than any other nation, over 98 percent of our men have never been convicted of rape, murder, child molestation, assault, battery, breaking and entering, or any kind of violence?
--- And almost half of the men who do land in prison are convicted of non-violent crimes. (Usually medical, religious or recreational Heresy---i.e., deciding for themselves which herbs, vitamins and compounds to use, instead of allowing a Tsar to decide for them.)
These basic statistical facts about male nonviolence have been hidden from us by an ideology/mythology which I call androphobia---fear and hatred of the male.
"Several Iranian websites have widely reported a plan to break up Iraq into three Shi'ite southern mini-states, two Kurdish mini-states and one Sunni mini-state - with Baghdad as the seat of a federal government. Each mini-state would be in charge of law and order and the economy within its own borders, with Baghdad in charge of foreign policy and military coordination. The plan was allegedly conceived by David Philip, a former White House adviser working for the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC). The AFPC is financed by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, which has also funded both the ultra-hawkish Project for a New American Century and American Enterprise Institute. The plan would be "sold" under the admission that the recently elected, Shi'ite-dominated Jaafari government is incapable of controlling Iraq and bringing the Sunni Arab guerrillas to the negotiating table. More significantly, the plan is an exact replica of an extreme right-wing Israeli plan to balkanize Iraq - an essential part of the balkanization of the whole Middle East. Curiously, Henry Kissinger was selling the same idea even before the 2003 invasion of Iraq."
"Most concerns revolve around the fact that RFID tags affixed to products remain functional even after the products have been purchased and taken home, and thus can be used for surveillance and other nefarious purposes unrelated to their supply chain inventory functions. Although RFID tags are only officially intended for short-distance use, they can be interrogated from greater distances by anyone with a high-gain antenna, potentially allowing the contents of a house to be scanned at a distance. Even short range scanning is a concern if all the items detected are logged in a database every time a person passes a reader, or if it is done for nefarious reasons (e.g., a mugger using a hand-held scanner to obtain an instant assessment of the wealth of potential victims). With permanent RFID serial numbers, an item leaks unexpected information about a person even after disposal; for example, items that are resold or given away can enable mapping of a person's social network."
We alerted you last week to the bill, entitled "Defending America's Most Vulnerable: Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection Act of 2005" (H.R. 1528) (...)
If you "witness" certain drug offenses taking place or "learn" that they took place you would have to report the offense to law enforcement within 24 hours and provide "full assistance" in the investigation, apprehension, and prosecution of the people involved. Failure to do so would be a crime punishable by a mandatory two year prison sentence.
Here are some examples of offenses you would have to report to the police within 24 hours:
- You see someone you know pass a joint to a 20-year old college student.
- Your cousin mentions that he bought Ecstasy for some of his college friends.
- You find out that your brother, who has kids, recently bought a small amount of marijuana to share with his wife.
- Your substance-abusing daughter recently begged her boyfriend to find her some drugs even though they're both in drug treatment.
In each of these cases you face jail time if you don't call the police within 24 hours. It doesn't matter if the offender is your friend or relative. It also doesn't matter if you need 48 hours to think about it. You have to report the person to the government within 24 hours or go to jail. You also have to assist the government in every way, including wearing a wire if needed. Refusing to cooperate would cost you at least two years in prison (possibly up to ten).
"I kravallernas frånvaro ägnade sig ordningsmakten åt att intensivt bevaka gator, torg och snabbmatrestauranger, liksom åt identitetskontroller, främst på unga män i stadens centrala delar. (...) Många som Arbetaren talade med uppgav att de råkat ut för kontroller, eller så kände de någon som gjort det. Påfallande många hade blivit tillfrågade om de använt narkotika. Enligt polisens presstaleskvinna Carolina Ekéus hade totalt 22 personer under söndagen och måndagen omhändertagits misstänkta för narkotikabrott och fått lämna urinprov för analys."
"Några exempel på aktivister som råkade ut för detta var ledaren för White Panthers och det radikala rockbandet MC5:s manager, John Sinclair, som 1969 dömdes till tio års fängelse för att ha givit två jointar till civilklädda poliser. Doktor Leary dömdes till mer än trettio års fängelse för tre fall av ringa narkotikainnehav. Lee Otis Johnson, en svart militant antikrigsaktivist från Texas, dömdes likaså till trettio års fängelse för att ha delat en joint med en narkotikaagent. I New York planterade korrupta poliser en mängd cannabis i anarkisten Martin Sostres bokhandel. Sostre tillbringade sex år i fängelse innan Amnesty International lyckades få domen upphävd."
"I recently heard it said that beliefs are for those who have no experience of something; that if you know god, or if you've ever been in love, you don't need to memorize a list of doctrines or abstract principles about it. You've got the real thing which is much more complex and beautiful than any system of belief could ever be.
I understand religions as our attempt to give form to the divine, because we suck at contemplating raw infinity. Religions, in some sense, are nets which we cast in the hopes of catching god. But it's like trying to catch the sea with a net. It's much more likely that we'll just get ourselves tangled up, and god will slip through. I think god wants us to follow and imitate him as he playfully escapes our nets and challenges us to reach new levels of understanding and love."
"Om det verkligen är sant att något så skändligt har skett i ditt folk skall du hugga ner stadens invånare med svärd, du skall viga staden och alla som finns där åt förintelse. Också djuren skall huggas ner. Samla på torget allt du tar som byte, och bränn staden och allt byte som ett heloffer åt Herren, din Gud."
"Josua intog samma dag Mackeda, högg ner folket och kungen och vigde staden och allt levande i den åt förintelse. Han lät ingen komma undan. Med kungen i Mackeda gjorde han som han gjort med kungen i Jeriko. Från Mackeda fortsatte Josua och israeliterna till Livna, som han anföll. Även Livna och dess kung gav Herren i Israels våld. Josua högg ner folket och allt levande i staden. Han lät ingen komma undan. Med kungen där gjorde han som han gjort med kungen i Jeriko. Från Livna fortsatte Josua och israeliterna till Lakish, som han belägrade och anföll. Herren gav Lakish i Israels våld, och nästa dag intog Josua staden. Han högg ner folket och allt levande i staden, alldeles som han hade gjort i Livna."
"I enlighet med Herrens, din Guds, befallning skall du viga dem alla åt förintelse, hettiterna och amoreerna, kanaaneerna och perisseerna, hiveerna och jevuseerna, så att ni inte tar efter alla skändligheter de gör till sina gudars ära, ty då syndar ni mot Herren, er Gud."

NYHETER
BLOGGAR
Adventures of an Occult Investigator
TREDJE VÄRLDSKRIGET
DIVERSE
Centre for Research on Globalisation
RELIGION & FILOSOFI
Islamic Research Foundation International
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Ashé Journal of Experimental Spirituality
World Scripture -A Comparative Anthology Of Sacred Texts
DROGER
MAPS: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
Deoxyribonucleic Autonomous Zone
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