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is Wednesday, February 15, and I am your humble host, the sultan of satire, the
purveyor of non-pertinent information and as always the troublemaker
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No Smell Policy
Less is more, according to
New Hampshire lawmakers debating whether to ban the use of scented or fragrant
soaps by state employees.
Under House Bill 1444,
state workers who interact with the public would be prohibited from wearing
fragrances or scented products while on the job, MyFoxBoston reported.
The reason for the
proposed ban -- exposure to scented products can irritate or worsen symptoms
for people with asthma or allergies.
"The chemicals in
some of these products can trigger the nasal congestion, sneezing and the runny
nose," Dr. Stanley Fineman, an allergist with Emory University and the
Atlanta Allergy and Asthma Clinic, told MyFoxBoston. "With the asthmatics,
there's really good data showing their lung function changes when they're
exposed to these compounds."
The legislation will get a
vote Wednesday. If passed and signed into law, it would take effect within 60
days.
Happy Medical Marijuana Week!
In celebration of America's safest
illicit drug, cannabis activists across the county have planned aseries of events designed
to put pressure on elected officials and bring more attention to the issue.
(Gatherings across the country include
phone banks to the White House, petitions, rallies and even movie nights. San
Franciscans plan to stage demonstrations at both Tuesday's Board of Supervisors
meeting and President Obama's local fundraiser Thursday night.
Medical marijuana in San Francisco has
been on a roller-coaster ride as of late. At the end of last month, the city's
previously-suspended dispensary licensing program resumed.
The following week, the San Francisco
Examiner reported that the DEA has begun investigating a dozen local cannabis clubs,
including renowned shops The Vapor Room, Grass Roots and The Green Cross.
Similar investigations in the past have led to dispensaries' closures.
The future of legalized medical
marijuana may be murky, but this week, the activists' message will be clear.
Take a look at San Francisco's calendar of events below, and click over to Americans for Safe Access for a more detailed list of nationwide
events.
Lunch Box
A Hoke County
preschooler was fed chicken nuggets for lunch because a state worker felt that
her homemade lunch did not have enough nutritional value, according to a report
by the Carolina Journal.
The West Hoke Elementary
School student was in her More at Four classroom when a state agent who was
inspecting lunch boxes decided that her packed lunch — which consisted of a turkey and
cheese sandwich, a banana, apple juice and potato chips — “did not meet U.S.
Department of Agriculture guidelines,” the Journal reports.
The decision was made
under consideration of a regulation put in place by the the Division of Child
Development and Early Education at the Department of Health and Human Services,
which requires all lunches served in pre-kindergarten programs to meet USDA
guidelines.
“When home-packed
lunches do not include all of the required items, child care providers must
supplement them with the missing ones,” the Journal reports.
The student’s mother
told the Journal she received a note from the school about the incident and was
charged $1.25 for the cafeteria tray, from which her daughter only ate three
chicken nuggets.
The note explained how
students who did not bring “healthy lunches” would be offered the missing
portions and that parents could be charged for the cost of the cafeteria food,
the Journal reports.
The mother, who was not
identified in the report, expressed concern about school officials telling her
daughter that she wasn’t “packing her lunch box properly.”
Melting Pot
The Pakistani doctor who
helped Navy SEALs bring down Usama bin Laden and got locked up for his trouble
deserves U.S. citizenship and a medal, according to a lawmaker.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
(R-Calif.) introduced a bill that would make Dr. Shakeel Afridi an American
citizen in return for his work gathering intelligence that helped U.S. forces
locate and kill the world's most-wanted terrorist last May. Rohrabacher also
intends to recommend Afridi for the Congressional Gold Medal later this week.
“We are trying to honor
him because he helped bring the man responsible for killing nearly 3,000
Americans to justice,” Rohrabacher told FoxNews.com. “He did so at a great
personal risk. He deserves our deepest gratitude.”
Afridi is currently
being held for treason by Pakistan’s
Inter-Services Intelligence Agency and could possibly face the death penalty
for his role in helping Americans mount a raid within Pakistan. Reports also
suggest that his wife, an American citizen of Pakistani origin, has
disappeared.
Quote of the Day
I'm mature
enough to forgive you, but not dumb enough to trust you again.– Megan Fox
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