hands down

thursday must be drug policy day, here on The Fink Factor

"Scientists at one of Spain's leading research centres claimed yesterday to have found evidence that cannabis helps prevent the memory loss experienced by people suffering from Alzheimer's."

blogger is really slow today, it took me five months to post this

"And Halpern is not alone. Clinical trials of psychedelic drugs are planned or under way at numerous centres around the world for conditions ranging from anxiety to alcoholism. It may not be long before doctors are legally prescribing hallucinogens for the first time in decades. "There are medicines here that have been overlooked, that are fundamentally valuable," says Halpern."

the old ballgame

"And why did we have to see the players? Well, if you'll notice, they were all wearing "43" jerseys. The first guy who batted (left-handed, of course) had on a 43 jersey - Bush is the 43rd president. The next batter? A "43" jersey. The batter after that? Facing the opposite direction (I guess they burned through the other two too fast), but with a "43" jersey. The pitches were wild, and weren't going anywhere - and if you'll notice, Bush made no reference to the game behind him, who was playing, or why he was there."

girl trouble

id like to nominate jenna and her giggly twin to the drat fink - not terribly serious (apparently) hall of something for their spirited takedown of the republican agenda.

counter topics

counterspin flip-flops on blogging issue, reenters fray.

whats to know?

testing