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Colorado Recreational Weed Sales Top $14 Million In First Month

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“The figures represent the tax returns from 59 businesses around Colorado, according to the department.  Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) recently announced that he expects that the combined sales from both legal medical and recreational marijuana in the state will reach nearly $1 billion in the next fiscal year — about $600 million of that is projected to come from just recreational sales. The state stands to collect at least $134 million in taxes and fees.  Although the initial crush of retail pot sales has tapered off since January, sales and tax figures are expected to remain steady with more than 150 recreational marijuana dispensaries now licensed, and more added to that list every month.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/10/colorado-marijuana-tax-revenue_n_4936223.html

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California Leads Nation with Sound Money — in 1865 [2010]

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“In the spring of 1863, California created a law that allowed any business contract to identify the kind of money or currency to be used in the fulfillment of the contract. If the contract required payment in gold, for example, then only a gold payment fulfilled the contract. In the other states, greenbacks could be a substitute for gold or silver payments. By the time McCulloch was appointed treasury secretary, just 37 months after the Legal Tender Act, greenbacks were worth less than half of their original value. California’s hesitancy to use these demand notes as an equal exchange for gold was proving wise.”

http://mises.org/daily/4625

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Arizona legislators authorize gold and silver as legal tender, again

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“Today, the Arizona State Senate passed a bill that would legalize gold and silver as legal tender, moving the legislation on to the House for consideration.  If passed into law, Arizona could become the second state to recognize gold and silver as legal tender authorized for payments of debts and taxes.  SB1096 passed by a vote of 18-12.  A similar bill was introduced last year. The bill passed both the House and Senate and made it to the Governor’s desk – where Jan Brewer ultimately vetoed it.”

http://benswann.com/arizona-legislators-pass-bill-to-authorize-gold-and-silver-as-legal-tender/

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6 Red States That Are Turning Green at a Rapid Clip

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“Oklahoma’s marijuana penalties are among the most severe in America. First-time marijuana possession offenses are punishable by up to one-year incarceration and subsequent offenses are punishable by up to ten years in prison. Selling marijuana is punishable by up to life in prison! But voters are ready for a change. 57% of Oklahomans back amending pot possession penalties to a fine-only offense and 71% back the legalization of the plant for medical purposes. Legislation to legalize and regulate the possession, cultivation, and retail sale of cannabis for all Oklahoma adults is pending in the state Senate. However, Gov. Mary Fallin has stated that she opposes legalizing pot.”

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/6-red-states-are-turning-green-marijuana-rapid-clip?paging=off

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Oklahoma state legislator introduces bill to banish NSA

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“On Monday, Oklahoma Sen. Nathan Dahm (R-Broken Arrow) filed a bill that would prohibit state cooperation with the NSA and limit some of the practical effects of its vast data collection program. The Fourth Amendment Protection Act addresses the relationship between the state and the NSA in four ways.  First, it prohibits state and local agencies from providing any material support to the NSA within their jurisdiction. This includes barring government-owned utilities from providing water and electricity. Second, it blocks state universities from serving as NSA research facilities or recruiting grounds. Four Oklahoma state schools currently have partnerships with the NSA.”

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/view-tenth/2014/jan/8/oklahoma-state-legislator-introduces-bill-banish-n/

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Pot sales of $5 million in five days and no place to put the money

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“The inability of marijuana businesses to straight-forwardly stash their cash in standard financial institutions due to federal banking regulations aimed at stopping drug trafficking has been an issue in Colorado for years. But despite Obama administration statements about possible fixes and a request from Governor John Hickenlooper more than three months ago, nothing has been done. Now, however, with the recreational pot biz reportedly taking in more than $5 million in the first five days of sales, the Denver City Council unanimously passed a proclamation calling for the feds to rewrite banking regs to allow for state-legal weed operations to use banks like any other business.”

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2014/01/pot_sales_denver_5_million_five_days.php

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Obamacare-nullifying bill to be introduced in Virginia

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“Delegate Eric Householder, R-Berkeley, plans to introduce legislation during the 2014 session of the West Virginia House of Delegates that could nullify the Affordable Care Act in the state.  If enacted, Householder’s bill would eliminate the ACA in West Virginia and make it a state felony to attempt to enforce its provisions.  ‘As you know, for the first time in our history, Americans are going to be forced to purchase health insurance – or be penalized heavily by the federal government,’ Householder said.  According to Householder, the Constitution does not give the federal government the power to regulate intrastate commerce.”

http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/603196/Householder-to-introduce-ACA-nul—.html

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How should states fight the NSA? Turn off the water, say some

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“Two California state senators have introduced a bill that would stop state agencies from assisting the National Security Agency to collect ‘any electronic data or metadata… not based on a warrant.’  In addition to stopping state agencies and officials from helping with warrantless surveillance, it would ban corporations that do business with the state from offering such assistance. That could leave the large telecom companies in a legally difficult position: following orders from the federal Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court would put them them in violation of state law.  Another proposal pushed by the Tenth Amendment Center is the idea of barring the NSA from recruiting at public universities.”

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/01/how-should-states-fight-the-nsa-turn-off-the-water-say-some/

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Some NSA Opponents Want to ‘Nullify’ Surveillance With State Law

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“The activists would like to turn off the water to the NSA’s $1.5 billion Utah Data Center in Bluffdale, Utah, and at other facilities around the country.  Dusting off the concept of ‘nullification,’ the coalition plans to push state laws to prohibit local authorities from cooperating with the NSA.  Draft state-level legislation called the Fourth Amendment Protection Act would – in theory – forbid local governments from providing services to federal agencies that collect electronic data from Americans without a personalized warrant.  The city of Bluffdale is reportedly charging the NSA a rate of $2.05 for every 1,000 gallons of water, significantly less than the typical rate.”

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/12/03/some-nsa-opponents-want-to-nullify-surveillance-with-state-law

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Most Colorado Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Gun Control Law

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“There are 62 sheriffs in Colorado, and 55 of them are challenging the law in a court case. Most are unwilling to enforce the state’s anti-gun laws. They refuse to arrest known violators, or else they let them loose. The voters in rural counties prefer it this way.  One of them publicly carries a pair of banned 30-round magazines for rifles, called assault rifles by the media.”

http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/12/17/colorado-sheriffs-refuse-enforce-gun-control-law/

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