Well, it seems, the LA Times has a story that—whattayaknow—marijuana might not be as harmless as its users keep insisting.

Now, that said, the article is pretty ambivalent regarding its own thesis. Sure, some studies say it does not hurt you much; other studies say it is fairly dangerous stuff; still other studies say that more studies are needed.

Curious, the studies referenced in this story are unusually unbiased. Normally, the person who references studies indicating marijuana is benign is named Tokey McCloud, of the Smoke Pot Now Society, while the folks referencing studies about the dangerous of marijuana are named Rev. Caleb von Sinister, of the Ultra-Evangelical Church of Christ the Unmerciful Punisher. The Times piece is so unbiased that the whole narrative…falls a little flat, actually.

Ah well. No big deal. Democrats are never going to legalize it anyway.

The Czar of Muscovy

Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.