Paul McKeever, leader of the Ontario Freedom Party, went on Michael Coren’s The Arena yesterday to talk about marijuana and freedom. Here’s the video, with a little bit of snark on my part afterwards: The snark: ShareFacebookStumbleUponDiggRedditEmail
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Ontario Freedom Party leader Paul McKeever talks marijuana on The Arena
Posted by Peter Jaworski on September 16, 2011 21 comments
One year later: Marc “Prince of Pot” Emery sentenced to five years in U.S. prison
Posted by Peter Jaworski on September 10, 2011 Comments Off
Today is the one-year anniversary of Marc “Prince of Pot” Emery being sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison. Jodie Emery, his wife, posted the following comment on her facebook page: One year ago today, Marc was sentenced to 5 years in US federal prison. It was either a 5-year deal or 30-to-life. Marc [...]
Marc Emery endorses Freedom Party of Ontario
Posted by Peter Jaworski on September 7, 2011 1 comment
In his latest letter to his wife, Jodie, Marc “Prince of Pot” Emery talks about the political party he helped to found in Ontario — the Freedom Party. Emery sees this year as a “renaissance” for the political party that tries to stay true to Ayn Rand’s Objectivist philosophy. Not only has the party been [...]
Hypotcrisy: Do as I say, not as I do
Posted by Peter Jaworski on April 10, 2011 Comments Off
In a few years time, we’ll look on this weird period in our history and laugh. We’ll think to ourselves, “isn’t it funny that every leading politician smoked pot, but none of them legalized it?” “Isn’t it strange,” we’ll think to ourselves, “that no leading academic or public intellectual thought the war on drugs was [...]
Jodie Emery goes to Washington
Posted by Peter Jaworski on March 21, 2011 4 comments
Jodie Emery, entrepreneur, activist, and wife of Marc “Prince of Pot” Emery, appeared before the Washington state legislature to discuss Representative Mary Lou Dickerson’s House Bill 1550. The Bill would legalize marijuana, and make it available for purchase at government-run liquor stores (like the LCBO in Ontario). Jodie’s presentation is well worth watching. She begins [...]
Majority of Canadians want Marc Emery to come back to Canada
Posted by Peter Jaworski on November 30, 2010 3 comments
Here’s the release from Angus Reid about Marc Emery: About three-in-five men and respondents aged 34-to-54 support issuing a citizen transfer for the Canadian jailed in the United States. Most Canadians believe that the federal government should take action so that Marc Emery—who was jailed in the United States in September—can serve his sentence in [...]
Omar Khadr’s coming back to Canada. Why not Marc Emery?
Posted by Terrence Watson on October 26, 2010 13 comments
A year from now, more or less, Omar Khadr will be back in Canada. In exchange for pleading guilty to murder, Khadr will serve eight years, and return to Canada after serving one year of that sentence. In a submission of facts, written as part of his plea bargain, Khadr admits he “tossed a grenade ‘with [...]
Marc Emery legal fundraiser moneybomb today
Posted by Peter Jaworski on October 16, 2010 1 comment
Fans and friends of Marc “Prince of Pot” Emery are making contributions to help Marc get a special lawyer in the U.S. today. Emery was extradited to the U.S. recently, and was sentenced to five years in a federal U.S. prison on September 10th. Today’s moneybomb will go towards a lawyer specializing in transfers of [...]