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on 13-Jan-03 10:01 AM
Cannabis Culture’s First Disciple
Jesus Christ may have used cannabis to achieve his miraculous healings,
according to dramatic new research on the New Testament.
According to a report in High Times, the son of God apparently used the
drug himself and also mixed it into potions with which he anointed his
disciples and sick people they came across.
“If cannabis was one of the main ingredients of the ancient anointing
oil and receiving this oil is what made Jesus and his followers
Christians then persecuting those who use cannabis could be considered
anti-christ,” said biblical researcher Chris Bennett (The Guardian).
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on 13-Jan-03 10:04 AM
Libertarians Challenge Puritanical US Blue Laws
America’s influential Libertarian Party have launched a campaign to
overturn the country’s hundreds of bizarre ‘Blue laws’ which outlaw
such
activities as growing a goatee beard in Massachusetts.
The regional laws originated during America’s first Puritan era in the
17th century and in some States still prohibit such activities as oral
sex and homosexuality (in 23 States). Even in America’s capital
Washington DC, the only sexual position currently legally allowed is
the missionary position, indicating how widespread such laws remain.
“We punch above our weight,” Libertarian party spokesman George Getz
told the Sunday Times.
“So people in Washington listen to us when we expose the idiocy of
local
politicians and, even more dangerously, lawyers looking for work.”
Other notorious blue laws include the rule that it’s illegal to go to
bed without first taking a bath (in Massachusetts again) while flirting
on the street in Little Rock, Arkansas currently remains a crime.
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on 13-Jan-03 11:47 AM
This is from the Gaurdian!
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Jesus 'healed using cannabis'
Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles
Monday January 6, 2003
The Guardian
Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent of the medicinal properties of the drug, according to a study of scriptural texts published this month. The study suggests that Jesus and his disciples used the drug to carry out miraculous healings.
The anointing oil used by Jesus and his disciples contained an ingredient called kaneh-bosem which has since been identified as cannabis extract, according to an article by Chris Bennett in the drugs magazine, High Times, entitled Was Jesus a Stoner? The incense used by Jesus in ceremonies also contained a cannabis extract, suggests Mr Bennett, who quotes scholars to back his claims.
"There can be little doubt about a role for cannabis in Judaic religion," Carl Ruck, professor of classical mythology at Boston University said.
Referring to the existence of cannabis in anointing oils used in ceremonies, he added: "Obviously the easy availability and long-established tradition of cannabis in early Judaism... would inevitably have included it in the [Christian] mixtures."
Mr Bennett suggests those anointed with the oils used by Jesus were "literally drenched in this potent mixture... Although most modern people choose to smoke or eat pot, when its active ingredients are transferred into an oil-based carrier, it can also be absorbed through the skin".
Quoting the New Testament, Mr Bennett argues that Jesus anointed his disciples with the oil and encouraged them to do the same with other followers. This could have been responsible for healing eye and skin diseases referred to in the Gospels.
"If cannabis was one of the main ingredients of the ancient anointing oil... and receiving this oil is what made Jesus the Christ and his followers Christians, then persecuting those who use cannabis could be considered anti-Christ," Mr Bennett concludes.
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on 13-Jan-03 11:54 AM
For a while I thought that our own witch doctors, Jhakris etc., were stoners. Seems unlikely though. Too are too violent and vengeful (accusing poor women of witchcraft etc. ) to be stoned.
peace...
what was I sayin? ...damn!
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Posted
on 13-Jan-03 01:28 PM
'Oldest' football hooligan jailed
From correspondents in London
14Jan03
A MAN believed to be Britain's oldest football hooligan has been jailed for five years in London for attacking a police horse.
Raymond Everest, 56, a truck driver and former Millwall match steward, became the first person in British legal history to be convicted by a jury of riot.
Passing sentence today, Judge Philip Statman told Everest: "Riot is the gravest of all public-order offences."
Everest's actions were caught on closed circuit television following a match at London club Millwall on May 2 last year.
"This was a large-scale riot in the streets surrounding Millwall football ground ... No doubt residents in the streets were terrified," justice Statman added.
"You are the oldest of all those arrested. You have shown, from start to finish, no remorse. You have bought shame on your family and on the club you purport to support.
"You have in the past been a steward at Millwall FC. It is difficult to imagine a worse example of behaviour by a man in his mid-50s than that you displayed on that particular evening."
The judge also banned Everest from all football grounds in England and Wales for the next eight years.
Prosecutors told the jury that Everest had also joined in when others charged police lines and had "aided and abetted" violence.
Everest's own lawyer, Simon Stirling, said: "This defendant is perhaps the oldest to be arrested and convicted in relation to these offences. A man of his age ought to know better."
After Everest was sentenced, Detective Inspector Bob Campany, of the Metropolitan Police's serious crime group, said outside court: "Football violence isn't exclusive to young men."
He added there had been more than 50 convictions for violence following the riot.
In all, 157 police officers and 26 police horses were injured in the two-hour incident after Millwall lost 1-0 at their New Den ground to Birmingham City in the English First Division play-off semi-final.
Birmingham fans were also targeted and there was extensive damage to local properties and vehicles.
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Posted
on 13-Jan-03 01:30 PM
Truly "mobile": Latvia hosts phone throwing championship
NDTV Correspondent
"Throwing mobiles is an absolutely normal sport – it's no different from any other."
Sunday, January 12, 2003 (Riga):
Mobile phones are sometimes a blessing, but often an irritation. Now for those so frustrated with their mobile phone that smashing it seems the most deserving end, there's a new sport - phone throwing, Latvian style...!
Around 300 mobile phone throwers gathered in the Latvian capital, Riga, for their first national "Flying mobile" championship. Despite the freezing cold, they welcomed the New Year by seeing off their old phones, throwing them as far as possible for a $1,000 first prize.
Those frustrated with poor reception, flat batteries, or even technology passing them by, got their chance to ease their frustrations. At the same time, they competed for prizes and the possibility of participating in the fourth world championships in Finland this August.
Style and grace varied from one competitor to another. But according to the organizers, the "freestyle" was the most popular technique.
"Throwing mobiles is an absolutely normal sport – it's no different from any other," insisted Andris, one of the competitors.
Among the judges was a legendary Olympic javelin champion from 1968, Yanis Lusis, who gave the sport his backing. "What can be better than fresh air and good entertainment?" he remarked.
The winner, Edy, threw the phone 54.9 metres. The prize wasn't another phone, but a holiday to any chosen destination to the value of $1,000.
Incidentally, the world record in mobile phone throwing is 66.72 metres, set by Petri Valta using a Nokia 5110 mobile phone.
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Posted
on 13-Jan-03 01:32 PM
Scalia: Courts misinterpreting church-state separation
FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia (AP) --Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia complained Sunday that courts have gone overboard in keeping God out of government.
Scalia, speaking at a religious ceremony, said the constitutional wall between church and state has been misinterpreted both by the Supreme Court and lower courts.
As an example, he pointed to a ruling in California that barred students from saying the Pledge of Allegiance with the phrase "one nation under God."
That appeals court decision is on hold pending further consideration by the same court, but the Supreme Court could eventually be asked to review the case.
Scalia, the main speaker at an event for Religious Freedom Day, said past rulings by his own court gave the judges in the Pledge case "some plausible support" to reach that conclusion.
However, the justice said he believes such decisions should be made legislatively, not by courts.
The rally-style event drew a lone protester, who silently held a sign promoting the separation of church and state.
"The sign back here which says 'Get religion out of government,' can be imposed on the whole country. I have no problem with that philosophy being adopted democratically. If the gentleman holding the sign would persuade all of you of that, then we could eliminate 'under God' from the Pledge of Allegiance. That could be democratically done," said Scalia.
The rest of the crowd repeatedly cheered Scalia, whose son, Paul, is a priest at a nearby Catholic church. The justice, also a Catholic, is a father of nine.
Several hundred people joined him in singing "God Bless America" after a brief parade through downtown.
"He's the voice of reason on the Supreme Court," said Jim McFall, a retired FBI agent who organized the Knights of Columbus parade. "His remarks were right on the money. The pendulum has swung too far and people have said 'enough is enough.' We'll see it swing back."
Scalia used the event to repeat criticisms that the Constitution is being liberally interpreted. "It is a Constitution that morphs while you look at it like Plasticman," he said.
The Constitution says the government cannot "establish" or promote religion, but Scalia said the framers did not intend for God to be stripped from public life.
"That is contrary to our whole tradition, to 'in God we trust' on the coins, to (presidential) Thanksgiving proclamations, to (congressional) chaplains, to tax exemption for places of worship, which has always existed in America."
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Posted
on 13-Jan-03 01:34 PM
Man dies after D.I.Y boob-job
January 13, 2003
AN Indonesian transvestite died after he injected himself with silicon that he hoped would enlarge his breasts, media reports have said.
The victim, identified only as Sugrabrata, 35, was found dead in a rented room in a poor district of central Jakarta late on Friday, Koran Tempo daily reported.
He had a substance that police suspected was silicon leaking from a puncture hole in his chest, the report said.
The paper quoted Sugrabrata's brother as saying that he had injected himself three times with silicon before his death. He obtained the chemical from a friend, the report said.
Police were not immediately available to confirm the report.
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Posted
on 13-Jan-03 01:34 PM
Russian Minces Friend After Drunken Argument
Mon Jan 13, 9:44 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian man who murdered his friend in a drunken argument and then minced and flavored his body for a meal, was jailed for 12 years, Interfax news agency reported.
Yevgeny Usanov stabbed his victim through the heart in the central Russian town of Saratov, the agency said Friday. He cut up the body, wrapped it in bay leaves and fed it through a mincer.
"These culinary preparations were done with only one aim -- to eat the victim," prosecutor Natalya Rubanova told the court. It was not clear whether the man ate his friend before he was arrested.
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