Who Were the Sea Peoples?

The radio announcer was droning on about the latest "front" in the drug war, the "epidemic" of crystal meth use. Describing this in terms of an "epidemic" is an interesting strategy: it's the invasion of some alien factor from totally outside our society -- a microbe of some sort -- that has mysteriously chosen this moment to strike. The rising use of crystal meth has nothing to do with anything actually occurring in our society, for instance, the drug war itself. And there's no one behind that curtain.

In response to a very sensible proposal , our leader blathers: 'In an interview with the Grupo de Diarios America, an association of leading Latin American newspapers, Obama said Washington would not "legalize or decriminalize drugs because doing so would have serious negative consequences in all our countries in terms of public health and safety."' 'The US leader added that legalizing or decriminalizing drugs "would not eliminate the danger posed by transnational organized crime."' Yes, and cutting out binge drinking followed by driving will not eliminate the danger of dying in a traffic accident. But it sure would lower it.