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Mattel is pulling a vibrating Harry Potter toy broomstick from the market after several complains from parents about adolescent girls spending too much time playing with the toy. Yeah, i'm serious about this one. Check out some reviews for the toy found recently:

review from an oblivious parent:
"Reviewer: Ashley from TX
My 12 year old daughter is a big Harry Potter fan, and loved the part with the Nimbus 2000, so I decided to buy her this toy. I was afraid she would think it was too babyish, but she LOVES this toy. Even my daughter's friends enjoy playing with this fun toy. I was surprised at how long they can just sit in her room and play with this magic broomstick! A great buy for any Harry Potter fan!"

Reviewer: A toy enthusiast from Maine, USA
"I recently bought this for my son, Vantro. He's a HUGE Harry Potter fan. Seen the movie 32 times (in the theaters) and made the paper. This toy gives him the ability to fly around the house zapping things. My only problem I see with the toy is the batteries drain too fast and his sister fights him over it, so now I need to buy her one."

...and this bitch is just asking for her kids to be taken away:
Reviewer: poola13 from Ohio
"When my 12 year old daughter asked for this for her birthday, I kind of wondered if she was too old for it, but she seems to LOVE it. Her friends love it too! They play for hours in her bedroom with this great toy. They really seem to like the special effects it offers (the sound effects and vibrating). My oldest daughter (17) really likes it too! I reccomend this for all children."

G-d on the go, with iGod.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/nb_wm_fs.stm?checkedBandwidth=nb&nbram=1&checkedMedia=asx&news=1&bbwm=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1&nol_storyid=4131924

The BBC rules.

Watch this flash movie about the upcoming console war. For it is funny. Do it. Now.

http://www.somethingawful.com/firemancomics/consolewar2.htm

Check out the horrible things prominent bastards are saying about America and semites.

Bailey Smith
"With all due respect to those dear people, my friend, God Almighty does not hear the prayer of a Jew."

Beverly LaHaye (Concerned Women for America)
"Yes, religion and politics do mix. America is a nation based on biblical principles. Christian values dominate our government. The test of those values is the Bible. Politicians who do not use the bible to guide their public and private lives do not belong in office."

Bob Dornan (Rep. R-CA)
"Don't use the word 'gay' unless it's an acronym for 'Got Aids Yet"

...and that's only the start.

check out the rest @

http://www.reandev.com/taliban/

Taxing And Regulating Cannabis Could Yield $14 Billion In
Annual Savings And Revenue, Study Says
Boston, MA: Enforcing state and federal marijuana laws costs
taxpayers an estimated $7.7 billion annually, according to a report
released this week by visiting Harvard University economics professor,
Jeffrey Miron, and endorsed by more than 500 economists.
The report, entitled "Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition
in the United States," estimates that legalizing marijuana would save
state and local governments $5.3 billion annually, while saving the
federal government $2.4 billion. A previous analysis of marijuana arrest
expenditures published by the NORML Foundation in March estimated that
enforcing marijuana prohibition, primarily at the state level, costs
approximately $7.6 billion per year.
Miron's report also estimates that legalizing cannabis would yield
$6.2 billion in annual revenue if it were taxed at rates comparable to
those imposed upon alcohol and tobacco.
"We ... urge the country to commence an open and honest debate about
marijuana prohibition," states an open letter accompanying the report,
signed by over 500 economists, including Stanford University's Milton
Friedman. "We believe such a debate will favor a regime in which
marijuana is legal but taxed and regulated like other goods. At a
minimum, this debate will force advocates of current policy to show that
prohibition has benefits sufficient to justify the cost to taxpayers,
foregone tax revenues, and numerous ancillary consequences that result
from marijuana prohibition." A previous survey published in the April 2004
issue of the journal Econ Journal Watch found that most US economists
believe that current drug prohibition strategies are ineffective and favor
liberalizing American drug policies.
Full text of the report, "Budgetary Implications of Marijuana
Prohibition in the United States," is available online at:
http://www.prohibitioncosts.org/mironreport.html

One of my personal favorite artists, Malcolm Middleton of Arab Strap fame, is releasing his 2nd forthcoming album titled Into The Woods on the 13th of June. Into The Woods looks to break free from the style of his first solo work titled, and i kid you not, 5:14 Fluoxytine Seagull Alcohol John Nicotine, which many describe as "sad bastard music", and promises to be far more upbeat without touching upon the "pop" moniker.

His website is:

http://www.malcolmmiddleton.co.uk/

And you can listen to sample clips from the album here:

http://www.malcolmmiddleton.co.uk/audiovideo.htm

Give it a listen. Maybe you'll like it.

Bipartisan Bill To Legalize Medical Marijuana Reintroduced In Congress
HR 2087 Grants Leeway To State Legislatures, Would End Bush
Administration's Assault On Medical Marijuana Patients
Washington, DC: Republicans Ron Paul (TX) and Dana Rohrabacher (CA),
along with Democrats Sam Farr (CA), Barney Frank (MA), Maurice Hinchey
(NY), and 25 co-sponsors reintroduced legislation yesterday in Congress to
permit the use of medicinal marijuana by seriously ill patients.
HR 2087 seeks to reschedule cannabis under federal law so that
physicians may legally prescribe it in states that have recognized its use
under state law. It also permits state legislatures that wish to
establish medical marijuana distribution systems the legal authority to do
so. Eleven states - Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine,
Maryland, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington - have enacted
laws exempting qualified patients who use cannabis medicinally from state
criminal penalties.
"It makes no sense at all to have the federal government overriding a
vote of the people of a state on what should be criminalized and what
shouldn't be criminalized in terms of personal consumption," Rep.
Rohrabacher said at a news conference marking the bill's reintroduction.
"The federal government should butt out."
Talk-show host and medicinal cannabis patient Montel Williams, who was
diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1999, joined members of Congress in
calling for legal access to medical marijuana. Williams said that he has
legal permission to use cannabis in both Canada and the state of
California, but could be arrested for medicating himself in the nation's
capitol. "I'm hurting right now. Why? Because I knew I had to come to
Washington DC and I can't carry [cannabis] because I know I'd get busted,"
he said.
HR 2087 co-sponsor Maurice Hinchey said the bill was about "individual
choice, health care, and states’ rights," and added that he expected to
reintroduce a federal amendment in June barring the Justice Department
from spending federal dollars to prosecute medicinal cannabis patients and
providers in states that allow its use.
NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre urged for Congressional
hearings on the bill. "Passage of HR 2087 would remove the threat of
federal prosecution of patients who are using cannabis therapeutically in
compliance with their state laws, and would effectively get the federal
government out of the way of those states that wish to regulate marijuana
as a medicine," he said.
For more information, please contact either Allen St. Pierre or Paul
Armentano of NORML at (202) 483-5500. Additional information regarding HR
2087 is available on NORML's website at:
http://capwiz.com/norml2/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=7531001

My buddy Joe Macon recently scanned and posted an article i wrote about him and his new show entitled
"The Rock Box!" on his brand new flickr account.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/immaconmovies/

Pull up the thumbnail, and check it out for yourself.

You can also visit his website @

www.immaconmovies.com

He's posted the entire first episode of the show, so watch it and give us some feedback.

One of the most terrifyingly funny web cartoons in existance.

http://www.nationallampoon.com/nl/05_av/secretep1/secretep1.asp