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THE curtains slowly draw back. A powerful spotlight suddenly explodes with light, illuminating a microphone stand in the middle of a bare stage. A tall man runs in from the left, does a little skip and takes the microphone. The applause is instantaneous and loud. "Wow, what an audience," says the man with the mike. "You're electric." He slings his arm around the microphone stand and says: "A funny thing happened on my way here tonight. Fremantle won a football match." And so stand-up comedian Brendon Gale starts his legendary routine. In the front row is Jerry Seinfeld taking notes. He is looking for material for a new show. Dave Hughes is there, too. He is just look…

Monday View Mike O'Connor 20jun05 Courier Mail Noses go cold tracking drugs Another week looms and with it the ever present chance of having my crotch sniffed by a Queensland Police Service labrador. I read recent reports of the vigilance of our dauntless law enforcers with some alarm, noting that the canine cops were operating in the Toowong area. I live in the Toowong area and have noticed that since the news of the drug doggies broke, the mere sight of a yapper on a leash has been sufficient to send your average, drug-crazed layabout fleeing towards the wooded hills of Mt Coot-tha. I imagine it's only a matter of time before I feel the cold nose of the law nud…

SUFFERERS of multiple sclerosis reacted with dismay yesterday after a cannabis-based drug failed to gain a licence to be used in treatment of the condition. In clinical trials carried out at Dundee University, MS patients reported benefits from using cannabis extract Sativex. But the Medicines Commission was not satisfied with the efficacy of the drug and has refused a licence. Earlier this year, Canada became the first country in the world to approve the painkiller and doctors there can prescribe Sativex to MS patients. Scotland has one of the highest rates of MS in the world, with more than 10,000 sufferers. Mark Hazlewood, director of the MS Society in S…

Here's the Canadian Broadcasting Company's (CBC) coverage today.... Love and stuff to a great day here in Canada... Ali xx ********************************************************* CBC British Columbia 'Marijuana refugee' faces deportation Last updated Jun 17 2005 07:44 AM PDT CBC News VANCOUVER – The federal government has denied refugee status to an American woman who faces drug conspiracy charges in the U.S. for her role in a marijuana grow-op. Renee Boje of Vancouver has been ordered to surrender to Canadian authorities in B.C,, to be deported to the U.S. to face the drug charges. Boje says she will comply with the order, but will continue to fight her extra…

CKNW reports Renée is free! Woohooo!!! Here is the CKNW Report on Renée http://www.timmeehan.ca/boje/CKNW.mp3 Next hearing September 30th, 2005 More News to follow... Love and a squish, Alison xx

Hi guys... I posted this in Politics as well, not sure eif everyone reads EVERYTHiNG... Thanx for helping us out... ******************************************************* It is another sad day for the US Marijuana Movement. Well known US Activist living in Canada Renée Bojé, will be deported to US Authorities after Court on Friday, June 17, 2005. TODAY. Renée's story is posted below: For more information go to the American Medical Association's website at: http://americanmarijuana.org/ This is terrible news for this Community around the Globe :scratchin :angry: PLEEEEASE do what you can to help... Write to the Justice Minister in Canada who made t…

Police have charged 27 people with drugs and weapons offences following raids on members of motorcycle gangs in south-east Queensland. Police raided properties on the Gold Coast and several more around Gympie, north of Brisbane, in an operation aimed at the illegal activities of the members of motorcycle gangs and their associates, police said. Detective Inspector John Hartwell said five properties on various parts of the Gold Coast were raided and police recovered drugs and concealable guns. "Four people have been charged with six charges related to possession of illegal weapons and drugs," Detective Inspector Hartwell said. In the Gympie raids, which police said…

SHE looks like your typical Greek "yiayia", but Vasiliki Hatzis is an expert at clipping marijuana plants - $45 million worth of them. On her 71st birthday the grandmother, who wears black in memory of her late husband, was yesterday given a five-year-good behaviour bond in the District Court for manicuring marijuana. Judge Michael Finnane, found the frail woman, who uses a walking stick, was unlikely to reoffend and had trimmed the plants out of a sense of loyalty to her 73-year-old husband, Vasilios Hatzis. Her arrest in September last year came after police seized $45 million worth of cannabis on the north-western NSW property she lived on. Sitting in a chair on …

POLICE have seized a cache of firearms including a machine-gun, drugs and child pornography in a series of raids on properties linked to a motorcycle gang in Melbourne and country Victoria early today. Five people were arrested during the raids, conducted simultaneously at Warragul and Longwarry, south-east of Melbourne, and in the south eastern suburbs of Noble Park, Carrum Downs and Seaford, about 5.30am (AEST) today. Police raided a clubhouse at Warragul and six other premises, all linked to the Coffin Cheaters motorcycle gang. Baw Baw district Inspector Keith Cantle said the list of seized items included: A machine-gun, an assault rifle, at least four pistols an…