Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 22:59:29 -0500
From: ARON KAY <pieman-AT-pieman.org>
Subject: (no subject)


From:
        Dana Beal <dana-AT-cures-not-wars.org>

9:47 PM

 Subject:
        "NARCS ATE OUR COOKIES!" Sez NYC Pot Club
     To:
        greenpartydrugsgroup-AT-gn.apc.org
    CC:
        Mike Roselle <roselle-AT-ruckus.org>, writch-AT-writch.com,
mmmtexas-AT-hotmail.com,
        epeggs-AT-aol.com, rmelamed-AT-zoo.uvm.edu, iowanorml-AT-home.com,
B888H-AT-aol.com,
        pakaloha-AT-gte.net, globalpeas-AT-email.com, RoadsEnd-AT-aol.com,
god-AT-hemprock.com,
        Chris Wright <TCW-AT-genesis-computer.com>, pdxnorml-AT-pdxnorml.org,
        "Howie Hempalot" <torml-AT-weedmail.com>,
<fearless_420-AT-hotmail.com>,




NYC: PATIENTS REFUSED TO TALK TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS HOT ON TRAIL OF COOKIE
THIEVES...

NARCS DIVVIED UP COOKIES, GOT LOOPED... EYES BLOODSHOT...

TOP COP CLAIMED HE "WAS JUST TIRED," Sez Big Apple Buyer's Club Director
Ken Toglia

Cops stole my cookies, Ma!

[Yeah-- and the dog ate your homework!]

Compounding a bad bust, New York narcs mistook double strength medmar
cookies for donuts Wednesday nite,
according to Club Director Ken Toglia. "They should have been more
cautious," he told us in an interview Friday nite,
"especially after that big moment of silence when everyone whipped out
their membership cards, and I told them 'Yes,
every single one of these people has HIV disease.' --and they realized
they had just entered the TWILIGHT ZONE."

Dazed and confused, however, when they couldn't find any marked money,
they proceeded to split up the cookies and
eat them in plain view of the patients without a thought in the world.
"Soon they were completely looped," sez Kenny. "I
was with them for hours. They had actual difficulty completing the
arrest process. They claimed they were 'just tired'!"

And no wonder. They had a lot of trouble figuring out how to charge
Toglia, who had all the pot, since there was no
marked money, because there was no actual sale. A cute lady narc had
cadged a joint from one of the patients who was
getting his portion for free for volunteering to be "doorman." On the
strength of that slip-up narcs came charging up the
stairs expecting to find an ordinary pot spot. But this was no ordinary
bust, and 8 of the patients had to be let go right
away with a summons instead of going "through the system" for 24 hrs.
like 98% of pot busts under Mayor Rudi Giuliani.


And then there were investigators from Internal Affairs, although
whether they were hot on the trail of purloined cookies
or only investigating some possible corruption behind this inexplicable
breach of sanity, good sense and unofficial
department policy no one could tell. No one breathed a word to them
about the missing cookies.

Toglia was ultimately charged with simple possession, and the two young
black men who were seduced out a joint were
charged with felony distribution. One of them was only volunteering in
order to get pot to keep his parents, who have
AIDS, alive. As of this evening, Saturday, every one was out of jail.
Their lawyers are calling for pee-tests for the narcs.

Toglia believes this is a perfect test case, and that all charges will
eventually be dropped.

More folks could have shown up in court lend support. PLEASE LET US KNOW
IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF
A RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK FOR THE NEW YORK AREA. SEND US YR PHONE NUMBER,
& WE'LL
GIVE YOU A CALL NEXT TIME SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS.

________________________________________________
Africa Offers To Send 'Observers' To Help US End Poll Confusion

Published on Friday, November 10, 2000

by Agence France Presse
http://www.afp.com/english/home/


PARIS - African nations suggested Friday sending 'observers' to the
United States to help overcome presidential poll confusion as the
world's press argued over whether it was witnessing electoral chaos or
simply democracy in action.

"International observers should be put in place" because "the United
States must join the established democracies," said South Africa's daily

Star.

A top aide to Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe endorsed the idea:
"perhaps now we have reached a time when they can learn a lot from us.
Maybe Africans and others should send observers to help Americans deal
with their democracy."

A pedestrian looks up at Mexico City's most popular tabloid's
sensationalistic headline in reaction to the cliffhanger general
election in the USA, November 8, 2000. The U.S. woke this morning
without a President elect as votes were recounted in the decisive state
of Florida where the result will tip the balance. REUTERS/Andrew Winning



Others fantasized about observers dressed in Hawaiian shirts and Bermuda

shorts, alongside UN Blue Helmets, investigating Al Gore's campaign
claim there were "serious and substantial irregularities" in the ballot.

"It is a shameful reflection on our continent that, in the US's hour of
need, we were not there beside our American brothers and sisters to help

and advise where we could," said an editorial in South Africa's weekly
Mail.

As the presidential vote cliff-hanger threatened to drag on into next
week, there was widespread surprise this could happen to the world's
most famous democracy.

"An American legend collapses -- suspicions of fraud in US vote," ran
the headline in Turkey's mass-circulation Hurriyet daily.

"Even in the United States there is electoral fraud," the Bulgarian
financial daily Curentul wrote.

Congo's independent La Reference Plus said Thursday the US vote provided

"strong arguments for bad leaders and dictators in Africa."

"If this happens in the United States, how do you want everything to be
clean and transparent in the poor African continent," added the daily.

Portugal's Diario de Noticias also echoed the view that democracy was
being undermined: "In the end, this (US vote) is bad news for democracy
in America. And in consequence, is bad news for democracy."

But the French press dismissed that notion, saying the true winner in
the US presidential elections was, in fact, none other than democracy.

"The current crisis will be overcome," wrote the conservative daily Le
Figaro, dismissing claims the chaos will damage the US.

"In spite of waiting two more days and playing with the nerves of
onlookers, it's only the vote count -- precisely because every vote
counts -- which determines the outcome of the vote. That is democracy."

Democracy is imperfect but "it's worked for two hundred years. And not
that badly," it said.

Britain's press, however, began dividing along party lines, debating the

rights and wrongs of attempts of Democrat Al Gore camp to overturn the
result in Florida, which his Republican rival George W. Bush won by a
whisker, according to the initial count.

"Desperate Al Gore began fighting dirty last night in his bid to snatch
the US presidency," wrote Britain's best selling tabloid, The Sun.

The right-leaning Daily Telegraph echoed this view, saying Gore's team
had "opted to challenge the results rather than concede defeat
graciously."

The Guardian, however, came out in support of the vice president for the

sake of US democracy.

"It said there had to be challenges to the alleged "possible willful
fraud and/or gross incompetence" and called for a re-run of the vote in
areas where there had been significant irregularities.

###

Also, See:
Miami Herald on Vote Fraud Investigation
http://www.herald.com/content/archive/news/elect97/index.htm

Votescam
http://www.votescam.com

____________________
From: "S.Glatt" <SARA119-AT-xs4all.nl>


FOUR DOCTORS

An Israeli doctor said, "Medicine in my country is so
advanced, we can take a kidney out of one person,put
it in
another, and have him looking for work in six weeks."

A German doctor said, "That's nothing! In Germany,we
can
take a lung out of one person, put it in another,and
have
him looking for work in four weeks."

A Russian doctor said, "In my country medicine is
so advanced,
we can take half a heart from one person, put it
in another,
and have them both looking for work in two weeks."

American doctor, not to be outdone, said, "Ha!We are
about to take an ass hole out of Texas, put him in the
White
House and half the country will be looking for work the
next
day.
________________________
***** !!!!!NEW LISTINGS!!!!!******

rom: FLUBBENS-AT-aol.com

Thanks, I'm going to send you my website on what George W. Bush did to
me and
my family, it comes up "check out this website" which is a default from
the
website people and has this dumb greeting, but that's a default, too.
Please
read it and let me know if it's lucid and makes sense to you. If not,
please
write me b ack. I'm fixing to update it.

Thanks for writing back. We met today at the JFK Memorial to protest
what's
going on in Florida. About 50 people showed up. It was a national
movement
and supposed to happen again next Sat. at 1:00 all across the nation.
You
can get the information at either one of these sites. The Bush Watch as
you
probably know, has everything. I was totaly disgusted when people from
the
Green Party showed up today asking if we needed their support! I said
You're
a little late your support was needed Tuesday. If we'd had your support
on
Tuesday none of this would be happening.

Paula Little

go to:

countercoup.org
or
bushwatch.com

*****!!!MAY 5, 2001 SPACE ODYSSEY: 70 CONFIRMED MJ MARCHES!!!*********


PLEASE EMAIL YR COMPLETE CONTACT PHONE NUMBER, NAME & EMAIL FOR LISTING
HERE!

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Auckland: Chris Fowlie norml-AT-apc.org.nz ph 09 302-5255

Austin: <mmmtexas-AT-hotmail.com> "Tracey Hayes" 512-493-7357

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Buffalo: Donald Powell 716-353-4807

Burlington: "Robert J. Melamede" <rmelamed-AT-zoo.uvm.edu>
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Carbondale: Dave Thayer (618)536-7419 <stinkygreens-AT-yahoo.com> 110
kellogg,carbondale, il 62901

Chico: MP Jimmy Ogle <mpogle-AT-usparliament.org> http://www.pot-party.com
or adrian aguilar
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Charlotte: Preston 704-377-3621

Christchurch: Terry McKersey <tjm85-AT-student.canterbury.ac.nz> or Blair
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Kencrest Ave. app. 307 Halifax, Nova Scotia,
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Hamburg: Martina Katzsch <hanf-AT-karo4tel.de>

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Jerusalem: Joseph (011-972) 050-494-447

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Kent: <http://mjmarch.webhop.org/> email: mjmarch-AT-cannabismail.com

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Lansing: Kathy Kennedy 517-628-3915 or e-mail: <Prohibition X -AT- aol.com>

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code) :0044 151 727 1458

London: Chris 01144-207-637-7467

Los Angeles: Sister Somayah 323-232-0935

Macon Ga: <BunnieGurl420-AT-aol.com> 912 755 9660

Madison: Ben 608-257-5456

Minneapolis Grassroots Party, temp. 952-884-5009, Chris Wright
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Mobile: <Ravetripper19-AT-aol.com> (334) 649- 0193


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VT 05679 http://www.ramabahama.net

Montreal: Marc-Boris St-Maurice <blocpot-AT-blocpot.qc.ca>

Nashville: "Howie & Marivuana Leinoff" <torml-AT-weedmail.com>

New Orleans: "Ashley The Fearless" <fearless_420-AT-hotmail.com>

New York City: Dana 212-677-7180 <dana-AT-cures-not-wars.org>

Nimbin: "rebelart" <rebelart-AT-gasgroup.com>
http://www.nimbinaustralia.com/mardigrass2001

Omaha: Paul Tripp <paultrip-AT-home.com> 1-(402)-330-8736

Orlando: Rudi703-AT-aol.com

Oslo: <rzr-AT-powertech.no> / www: home.powertech.no/belkjekk/mmm/2001/

Paris: <farid-AT-globenet.org> FARId GHEHIOUECHE Home phone : 01 42 51 50
85; Mobile: 06 14 81 56 79

Philadelphia: Bob Hemp (beep) 215-422-6055

Portland: <503/777-9088> pdxnorml-AT-pdxnorml.org MMM 2001 Committee c/o
Pdx NORML, P.O. Box 11694,
Portland, OR, 97211
Assemble at Pioneer Square, 10am - March at High Noon; Rally at 2pm,
music & speakers til 5pm (close up and out by
7pm)

Prague: Michail Polack <sokrates-AT-arachne.cz> Tel: +420-603-872631,
+420-2-33355668, +420-603-228948
http://www.legalizace.cz

Richmond: "Roy B. Scherer" <rscherer-AT-richmond.infi.net>, zariela dread
<zariela069-AT-yahoo.com>

San Francisco: http://www.drugpeace.org/mmm

Santa Cruz: DdC <dendecannabist-AT-yahoo.com> or Jason Brodsky
<theherbalist-AT-newmarijuana.com>

St. Louis: Rev Jeff <Aimhigh6-AT-aol.com>

St. Petersburg: Kevin Aplin FL CAN 321-255-9790. Jodi James Coalition
Advocating Medical Marijuana
321-253-3673. Brien Palmer Golden Boy Productions 407-493-2346.

Seattle to Olympia Journey for Justice: Jess "Fat Freddy" Williams (253)
573-9862

Stevens Point: "Russ_Barb" <russbarb-AT-wctc.net>

Tampa: (813)779-2551. Michael Palmieri <forml_2000-AT-yahoo.com> ; ( FORML
). P.O. Box 2061
Zephyrhills, Florida 33539. or <bquail420-AT-aol.com> ph: (727)347-6245

Tel Aviv: Boaz Wachtel -- wachtel-AT-shani.net Tel:972-54-573679

Toronto: "Terry Parker Jr." <terryparkerjr-AT-better.net>

Traverse City: Melody Karr <fiddlefoot420-AT-hotmail.com> (231)885-2993

Tucson: "mary mackenzie (formerly crow)" <mmackenzie-AT-prodigy.net>
520-323-2947

Vancouver: David Malmo-Levine, dagreenmachine-AT-excite.com

Washington, D.C.: "Stinky BoBo" <ooshasta-AT-hotmail.com> (870) 862-9806

Wellington Ben Knight <legalise-AT-tradeshall.org.nz> ph 04 801-6636

Winnepeg: Chris Buors, 204-663-3485, mail to 430 Winterton ave,
Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada R2K 1K4

Yarmuth: (902)742-6213 "Ryan Taylor" <wi1dman-AT-hotmail.com>

*****************************

How many of your friends want info on the World Cannabis Protest next
May 5th? The 2001 Space Odyssey: Parades,
Rallies & Teach-ins in 900 cities! Act now and they can put on their own
marijuana march in the city or location where
they live. All we need to list them is a name, email address and/or
phone number.

Send us their email addresses, & we'll get them up to speed.

Dana/cnw