Archive for the 'Drugs' Category

So…Willie Nelson told Larry King that he had smoked pot just before the show.

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

I believe the country singer used great restraint. After periodically observing bits of the Larry King’s program,  I would not be surprised to see guests with heroin-spikes dangling from their arms.
But, the grass did make
Willy wesemble the Wicked Witch of the West.
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CNN via hufffingtonpost.com

Vincenzo is the person who found irony in the “Twenty One” quiz show scandal. Everyone was worried about keeping the high ground for a program sponsored by GERITOL tonic for “tired blood.”

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

 I sent the following item from GADGET LAB
to Vincenzo Kolchak:

Blu-ray Maker Re-Boxes $500 Player, Charges $3,500
* By Charlie Sorrel Email Author
* January 22, 2010
* 7:14 am
* Categories: Media Players

“Above you see two Blu-ray players. On the bottom is the Oppo BDP-83, a $500 machine. On top is the Lexicon BD-30, which will set you […]

Feds Quizzed Vick On Steroids–headline, The Smoking Gun, 01/06/10

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

There must have been an inter-agency weigh-lifting contest later in the day.

Vincenzo Kolchak sent me this piece from the online New York Times.

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

OPINION
Timothy Egan - A New York Times Blog
July 20, 2009, 11:05 pm
Methland vs. Mythland
Like a brief, intense summer squall, a media storm passed over small-town America a few years ago, stripping away what was left of the myth of the rural idyll to reveal a cast of hollow-cheeked white people smoking meth behind the corn […]

‘McCain Camp Tells NYT: Lay Off Cindy, Find Obama’s “Dealer”‘–Nation.com headline

Monday, October 20th, 2008

The Nation
posted by John Nichols on 10/19/2008 @ 7:24pm
Wow, the McCain campaign really hated that New York Times profile of Cindy McCain.
OK, Cindy did come off as slightly vapid and, well, weird — especially the Princess Diana obsession.
But the reaction from the Republican presidential candidate’s camp would make you think that Times reporters Jodi Kantor […]

Back in the U.S./back in the U.S./back in the U.S.S.R.

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

 From the Washington Post series: CARELESS DETENTION
Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation
Immigrants Sedated Without Medical Reason
by Amy Goldstein and Dana Priest | Washington Post Staff Writers
Page A1; May 14, 2008
The U.S. government has injected hundreds of foreigners it has deported with dangerous psychotropic drugs against their will to keep them sedated during the trip back […]

Does Michael Chertoff “pick his feet in Poughkeepsie?”

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

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“We just see ourselves very much at risk here,” said New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly. He said he does not want to rely solely on other agencies for the city’s protection. (By Helayne Seidman — The Washington Post)
In New York, a Turf War in the Battle Against Terrorism
By Dafna Linzer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, […]

Actually there are two photos and my correspondent sent both.

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Friday, February 22, 2008
Report: Man has photo of Clemens at disputed Canseco party
ESPN.com news services
The 1998 party at Jose Canseco’s house in Miami may have started out as a gathering of friends and family. It has turned into an event worthy of congressional testimony and a source of “evidence.”
There is a photo of Roger Clemens […]

“When we were experimenting with drugs, little was known about the effects,” Jagger said.

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Frankly, the Stones experimentation with drugs had little to do with me except for their difficulty in enunciating lyrics, but not knowing the dangers involved certainly seems a bit odd. Unless, they learned all they knew from…

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Keith Richards’ Advice For “The B***h” Amy Winehouse
Hollywood Reporter | February 10, 2008 10:42 AM
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards […]

More GRIM MOMENTS IN MARKETING…

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Cocaine-Resembling Candy an ‘Extreme Danger’ for Kids

December 06, 2007 2:03 PMAnna Schecter Reports:South Sioux City (Neb.) Police Chief Scott Ford called the design for “Ice Breakers PACS” a “marketing blunder” that could have devastating repercussions and prove to be an “enormous waste of resources” for law enforcement responding to reports of drug use.A spokesman for […]