Pot

A bill that would legalize marijuana in California cleared a committee vote Tuesday 4 to 3. They say the vote is symbolic because the bill cannot get to the assembly before the elections in November. Legislators think this is funny. Maybe that's why California is in the mess it's in? Lawmakers and judges entrusted to keep society safe and healthy do not take their duties seriously. Everyone just seems to work for a paycheck. Too bad. Even this topless woman knows better. Trust me on that.

Executed

Well, it looks like the Chinese could not be persuaded to let this guy off - Akmal Shaikh was executed on Tuesday. In China, the penalty for drug smuggling is death. They consider it a very serious crime because it destroys the fabric of society - slowly but surely. The Chinese tend to think as one. They protect their economy too - in the same way. They have executed some men who stole money from investors. They also executed people involved in manufacturing poisoned milk and defective toys. They do not execute topless women. Topless women are not a threat to anyone. On the contrary.

Money exchange

OK. Here we go again. It seems like the brother of the guy who is about to be executed for importing illegal drugs into China is appealing for mercy. He sent a letter to the Chinese Ambassador begging for mercy for his brother. That, of course, is naive. He knows nothing about diplomacy and is getting bad advice from people who are anti-capital punishment. If he wants his brother released, he should think about sending this topless woman with a briefcase full of money (perhaps $10-20 million pounds sterling) to the Chinese embassy in London as a goodwill or humanitarian gesture. Diplomacy without money or guns is worthless. To think otherwise is simply naive.

Weirdness

From a recent news story on the internet: “LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press, a finding that makes it more likely criminal charges will be filed against the doctor who was with the pop star when he died. The coroner determined a fatal combination of drugs was given to Jackson hours before he died June 25 in his rented Los Angeles mansion, according to the official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the findings have not been publicly released. Forensic tests found the powerful anesthetic propofol acted together with at least two sedatives to cause Jackson's death, the official said. Dr. Conrad Murray, a Las Vegas cardiologist who became Jackson's personal physician weeks before his death, is the target of a manslaughter investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department. According to a search warrant affidavit unsealed Monday in Houston, Murray told investigators he administered a 25 mg dose of propofol around 10:40 a.m. after spending the night injecting Jackson with two sedatives in an unsuccessful attempt to get him to sleep. The warrant, dated July 23, states that lethal levels of propofol were found in Jackson's system. Besides the propofol and two sedatives, the coroner's toxicology report found other substances in Jackson's system but they were not believed to have been a factor in the singer's death, the official said.” No, no, no – this can’t be right. Even this topless woman knows there is something amiss here. This has something to do with the fact that Jackson’s insurance company has said that death due to the use of drugs was an exclusion in his policy. If, however, it can be shown that he was indeed rendered dead (not to say murdered) by an overdose, then the beneficiaries can collect. The good doctor will probably be charged with involuntary manslaughter or negligent homicide, then the insurer will pay up, then the charges will be dismissed for lack of evidence or it will be plea bargained to something like two years of probation. What do I know? Nothing…. I’m just speculating. What goes on behind the scenes, I wonder?