The California Board of Equalization, which is charged with administrative authority over the State’s taxes, estimated that a legislative proposal to legalize the growth, sale, and consumption of marijuana as a means of bridging California’s budget gap would raise nearly $1.4 billion per year. Such a sum would not, of course, cover the entire California [...]
Archive for July 16th, 2009
Higher Revenue
Posted in Politics, The Economy, tagged Budget Deficit, budgets, California, Gambling, Legalized Marijuana, Ohio on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Therapeutic Cussing
Posted in Movies, Science, tagged A Christmas Story, Cursing, Golf, Science on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This article reports on a scientific study that purports to find that cursing is good for your mental health and helps to minimize pain. Although the study design seems a bit questionable — I’m not sure that you can draw significant scientific conclusions from the reactions of participants who simply speak curse words and non-curse [...]
