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Tuesday, 18 August 2009

Funk legend Sly Stone is living on the dole, according to a new film, staying in cheap hotels and campervans. A forthcoming documentary by Willem Alkema alleges that Stone was betrayed by manager Jerry Goldstein, cutting off access to his royalties.
@ 'The Guardian'

Reulf

No stranger danger to Bob

If you are going to use a former prime minister to highlight cultural and social differences between Australia and the U.S. pick carefully. On Friday night delegates to the annual American - Australian Leadership Dialogue in Melbourne were taken to the MCG for a match; as a bonus, AFL boss Andrew Demetriou organised for them to go out on the ground at half time for a photo. After the match a participant by the name of Bob Hawke was headed for the team bus when a car came by, its young driver calling out "Hawkie, you're a bloody legend." Came the reply "Well if I am such a bloody legend, why don't you give me a lift back to my pub?" Moments later the erstwhile PM rode off into the dark with perfect strangers. As one US participant noted, "That could never happen in America."

James Jeffrey - 'The Australian' 18/08/09

Drawings show Diego Rivera Gallery San Francisco 1998

Jedsada Tangtrakulwong

The Way of All Flesh (Coup de Grave March 1986)

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Via 'Notes From Underground'
Thanx to Trevor B for the heads up!

'Drugstore Cowboy' trailer

It's time to legalise drugs

"Undercover Baltimore police officer Dante Arthur was doing what he does well, arresting drug dealers, when he approached a group in January. What he didn't know was that one of suspects knew from a previous arrest that Arthur was police. Arthur was shot twice in the face. In the gunfight that ensued, Arthur's partner returned fire and shot one of the suspects, three of whom were later arrested..."

@ 'Wahington Post'

Well thought out piece by two former police.
This blog has called many times for the legalisaion of ALL drugs.
Prohibition has proved itself not to work again & again...

“Narcotics have been systematically scapegoated and demonized. The idea that anyone can use drugs and escape a horrible fate is anathema to these idiots. I predict in the near future right wingers will use drug hysteria as a pretext to setup an international police apparatus. I’m an old man, and I may not live to see a final solution of the drug problem.”
-William S. Burroughs in 'Drugstore Cowboy'

'Horse's Ass'