Jodie told me that the interview I did with NDP Member of Parliament Libby Davies for Rabble.ca finally showed up online, which makes me happy even though there are numerous errors and omissions that I will have Jodie post on CC soon. I heard news items on the radio about me, but it's maddening how they screw up details.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Over 80 cities in countries around the world took part in the Worldwide Rally to Free Marc Emery on May 22, 2010, in protest of the extradition to the US of the Prince of Pot.
I share a cell with Oliver, a Jewish Iranian-Canadian guy (see Jodie Emery's blog entry for more on fellow inmates). It's like North Fraser pretrial centre, concrete & steel, but with a locker. Outside of our cell is the "range" where 60 of us eat, shower, watch Tv and play cards or dominoes or such activities, as well as walking the second level walkways for exercise.
CNN -- The man known as Canada's "prince of pot" is expected to plead guilty today in a deal that could send him to a U.S. federal prison for five years. Marijuana activist Marc Emery is scheduled to appear this afternoon in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington, where he will plead guilty to single count of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana.
After a successful occupation of Conservative MP offices in the '905,' Toronto Hash Mob returned home for a final stop on their Marc Emery Awareness tour. They held a successful protest at US Consulate, Saturday, May 22.
Anyone notice the Gulf of Mexico (and, given the rate in which this thing is growing and our inability to plug it - all the world's oceans) are turning to black sludge? Thanks, BP! Thanks Halliburton! Check out the following links to see what I'm talking about:
Supporters often ask how to write a letter to Marc Emery or deposit funds into his prison account. Here is the mailing address and guidelines, and information about how to send Marc money directly.