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Oct 25, 2007 at 04:56 PM |
President Bush's plan for battling the war on drugs will only cost taxpayers dearly and make trafficking more profitable.
"Less Gasoline Available to U.S. Consumers" might be how headlines would read in major newspapers if reporters covered recent decreases in the supply of gasoline in the same way they're covering recent decreases in the supply of cocaine. Of course, such a headline wouldn't pass the laugh test. The supply of gasoline may be down 10 percent from last year, but anyone wanting to buy it may do so (without getting in a long line). The same could be said of cocaine, but that hasn't stopped newspapers from repeating President Bush's myth that we're winning the war on drugs.
According to a declassified report by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), wholesale cocaine prices increased 33 percent on average in the United States between January and June 2007. Retail prices (the price cocaine users actually pay) increased an estimated 15 percent. For comparison purposes, this is the equivalent of gas prices at the pump going from $2.50 a gallon to $2.87 in six months.
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Last Updated ( Oct 25, 2007 at 04:57 PM )
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Oct 24, 2007 at 06:14 PM |
The Iraqi government announced today that it will revoke the immunity from prosecution granted to private security companies operating in the war-ravaged country.
"The cabinet held a meeting yesterday and decided to scrap the article pertaining to security companies operating in Iraq that was issued by the CPA (Coalition Provision Authority) in 2004," government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement.
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Last Updated ( Oct 25, 2007 at 03:15 AM )
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Oct 19, 2007 at 10:58 AM |
Footage has been produced by Mohamed Fayed that proves his son was about to propose to Princess Diana, just before her tragic death.
The jury was shown footage from the Repossi jeweller's shop, across the square from the Ritz hotel in Paris, taken the afternoon before the crash. It shows Dodi Fayed surrounded by staff as he inspected rings before leaving with a brochure.
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Last Updated ( Oct 19, 2007 at 10:58 AM )
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