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NYC Marijuana Arrests Will No Longer Mean Night In Jail, Says Bloomberg

Every little bit helps as we get closer to decriminalization! Hopefully, in my lifetime....

http://www.ibtimes.com/nyc-marijuana-arrests-will-no-longer-mean-night-jail-says-bloomberg-1087044

"New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced that people arrested for marijuana possession will no longer have to spend the night in jail.
NYC Marijuana Arrests Will No Longer Mean Night In Jail, Says Bloomberg

In his final State of the City address, Bloomberg stated that from now on, any person arrested for marijuana possession in New York City will not spend the night in jail. Instead, those booked on mere possession of marijuana will be required to show ID and pass a warrant check. Anyone meeting these requirements will be released immediately and given a court date.

“Right now, those arrested for possessing small amounts of marijuana are often held in custody overnight. We’re changing that,” Bloomberg said. “Effective next month, anyone presenting an ID and clearing a warrant check will be released directly from the precinct with a desk appearance ticket to return to court. It’s consistent with the law, it’s the right thing to do and it will allow us to target police resources where they’re needed most."

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The mayor said this new stance on marijuana enforcement is only one step in his plan to completely change the way the city handles marijuana. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to introduce a bill to decriminalize possession of marijuana under 15 grams, and Bloomberg supports the initiative.

“We know that there’s more we can do to keep New Yorkers, particularly young men, from ending up with a criminal record. Commissioner [Ray] Kelly and I support Governor Cuomo’s proposal to make possession of small amounts of marijuana a violation, rather than a misdemeanor, and we’ll work to help him pass it this year. But we won’t wait for that to happen,” Bloomberg said."

Holes found in Keystone Pipeline

Just received this email and wanted to pass it on here. I am so glad that the president is holding off his decision to approve this nightmare till June.
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http://sumofus.org/

http://www.tarsandsblockade.org/shoddy-weld-on-kxl/

"20-year-old Isabel Brooks and two of her friends locked themselves inside a segment of the Keystone XL pipeline -- a controversial pipeline being built to carry toxic tar sands oil to the US coast for export -- to protest its construction. While inside the pipe, they discovered something shocking: there are already holes in the Keystone XL pipeline, created by faulty welding.

But moments after snapping a photo of the light coming into the supposedly airtight pipe, Isabel was arrested and held for 24 days in prison. An hour after her arrest, TransCanada laid that segment of pipeline in the ground without inspecting it.

Sign our urgent petition to TransCanada to get independent inspection for every single inch of the Keystone XL pipeline to identify and fix any holes in the pipe.

Despite federal regulations making independent inspection mandatory, TransCanada pipeline contractors hire their own pipeline inspectors. Without truly independent oversight, TransCanada can cut corners and rubber stamp inspections. And when TransCanada cuts corners, our communities, farmland, water, health and planet suffer.

What’s really scary is that if Isabel found one segment of faulty pipeline, it’s likely there are others.

TransCanada has a legacy of pipeline spills. In the Keystone pipeline’s first year of operation, it spilled 12 times -- more than any other first-year pipeline in US history. This is a huge moment to show just how dangerous the KXL pipeline really is. With each day that passes, TransCanada is moving ahead with the construction of this pipeline, potentially burying more uninspected pipe, and putting more communities at risk.

If we speak out now we can make sure that TransCanada’s legacy of spills is stopped before it’s too late.

Sign our urgent petition to TransCanada now demanding independent pipeline inspection.

Thanks for being one of us,

Emma, Angus, Kaytee and the rest of us"

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Further Reading:

Photos of KXL's life-threatening weld confirm pipeline opponents' fears, Tar Sands Blockade, Feb. 12, 2013
Is TransCanada Laying Defective Keystone XL Pipe in Texas? DeSmogBlog, Feb. 6th 2013
Keystone Pipeline Infographic: ‘Built to Spill’. Huffington Post, Aug. 29th, 2011

Just got two hearts within a half hour! THANK YOU!!

Gotta say this.... I've been really down the last couple weeks with health issues, getting old and dealing with clinical depression and then a poster who called me a loser for not liking a band as much as he did, as icing on the cake. But then I "met" a really neat person here with many common interests, so life is good, after all....

These really meant a lot to me. Thanks so much for the lovely acts of kindness.