Texas Repubs Call For Drug-Testing
In yet another hair-brained idea, Governor Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst came out pushing drug testing for individuals receiving any state money. Governor's Office:Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov....
View ArticleThe War Against Poor People
Not content to fade into obscurity after his failed presidential run, or being a general in the Conservative war against health care, Rick Perry is now advocating drug testing recipients of public...
View ArticleWant a Gun? Pee in a Cup!
Conservatives are again introducing legislation into three more states that would require recipients of Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (aka "welfare") to pass a drug...
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Appeals court to Florida: No, you can't make welfare applicants pee in cups
A federal appeals court has upheld a district judge's October 2011 injunction suspending Florida's law forcing welfare applicants to take drug tests to qualify for aid. The judges didn't mince their...
View ArticleYou can make a lot of money saying stupid shi+ about marijuana.
All it takes is an amoral ability to lie through your teeth with a willingness to fuck up innocent people's lives needlessly.This is a lengthy article at AlterNet, one of the Progessive sites on the...
View ArticleMarijuana and gay folks. That has become my
standard when evaluating a neighborhood. IF the neighborhood accepts gay folks and pot smokers openly, you can be pretty sure I'll fit right in for a variety of reasons, including average...
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PA-Gov: Tom Corbett (R), "Most unemployed people are on drugs"
Governor Tom Corbett (R. PA) has a great excuse for why unemployment is high in Pennsylvania:http://thinkprogress.org/... The state’s unemployment rate has dropped to 7.9 percent, but the “number of...
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PA-Gov: Weekly Standard Tries To Tie Allyson Schwartz (D) To Kermit Gosnell
Well, here's a sign that conservatives are afraid that Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz (D. PA-13) can beat incumbent Governor Tom Corbett (R. PA). Tie Schwartz to Dr. Kermit Gosnell:...
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Michigan House passes GOP legislation that penalizes one group only: the poor...
Because the poor simply haven't been screwed over enough already, right?Photo by Anne C. SavageCross-posted from Eclectablog.Two bills passed by the Michigan House of Representatives this week have the...
View ArticleSuspicionless Drug Testing of Students
Something is happening here but [ I ] don't know what it is...Our rural county school district recently announced a new suspicionless random drug testing policy [pdf] for all high school and middle...
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PA-Gov: Bruce Castor (R) Will Not Challenge Tom Corbett (R)
Well, if you were hoping for an epic primary showdown between vulnerable incumbent Governor Tom Corbett (R. PA) and Montgomery County Commissioner Bruce Caster (R. PA), I have some bad news for you:...
View ArticleStudent Drug Testing Defeated in NC, for now...
I first wrote about our county school district's proposal to require suspicion-less drug testing of middle school and high school athletes in this May 6th diary. Since then, I have written a couple of...
View ArticleCan we afford the GOP?
The title above might seem a bit obtuse to some since it's clear to most progressives that the GOP is already on the corporate dole and doesn't need any more funding. However, the funds in question...
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Poor and hungry? You must be on drugs
While you were sleeping, a little under-the-radar legislating was going on:The House late Wednesday voted to give states the authority to conduct drug testing on people applying for food stamps under...
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PA-Gov: Moody's Confirms That The Philly School Funding Crisis is Tom...
It's Friday so it's time for another diary highlighting how awful Governor Tom Corbett (R. PA) is. Corbett's been having a pretty lousy week, especially with this news:...
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Revival of a Republican trend: Calling the unemployed lazy drug addicts
Oh, looky! A revival of the Republican story about how unemployed people are just unemployed because they're nasty drug addicts, so the United States doesn't have an unemployment problem, it has a...
View ArticleDrug testing that's going to pot
News from the Plains: All this RED can make you BLUEDrug testing that's going to potby Barry FriedmanHere's the problem with testing welfare recipients for drugs.It's expensive, inefficient, heartless,...
View ArticleThe Bayesian Mathematics of Drug Testing
I Know, I know, too early in the morning for a math lesson. But this one is important. Vuzvilla and others have posted diaries about the brilliant republican plan to drug-test welfare recipients (but...
View ArticleHow to Cover the Cost of Drug Testing Welfare Recipiants? Make Them Pay!
As vuzvilla noted in a diary from earlier todayHere's the problem with testing welfare recipients for drugs. It's expensive, inefficient, heartless, and probably unconstitutional.It also doesn't work....
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MI-Gov: Rick Snyder (R) Signs Unemployment Reform Package That Includes...
Well, you can add this to list of dick moves made by Governor Rick Snyder (R. MI): http://www.mlive.com/... Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed into law a package of bills designed to reform...
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