Friday, August 21, 2009
News Morning Newsdome: The new war on drugs
Posted by Alejandro A. Leal on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 3:43 PM
- One man's hero is another one's... Man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was released by Scotland and was welcomed as a hero in his native Libya.
- At least he's optimistic: Fed chairman Ben Bernanke sees a positive global economic outlook... and I guess we should all be? Home sales surge in July by more than seven percent.
- Polls are useless: One says the number of those believing President Obama will drive significant change to health care are down 20 points, to 49 percent, while another says 70 percent support a "choice" of the so-called Public Option.
- The new approach on the war on drugs, as in, don't fight it: Effective today, Mexico decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs.
- Victory? Despite low turn-out and 50 deaths, observers call Afghanistan elections a "success."
- About bloody time: FCC launches probe into wireless telecom industry, taking aim at carrier/manufacturer exclusivity deals, usage of cellular networks by third party applications, and much more... meanwhile, the real reason AT&T killed the Google Voice iPhone app.
- There goes that: Cash for clunker program ends.
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