Drug dogs in schools, police departments taking out classified ads for snitches, spending vast sums of money to fight the drug war in Mexico and Afghanistan,

This gun's for hire

even if we're just dancing in the dark

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Via Reason TV. It takes a bit to get going, but then it's pretty good. The point:

Obama, You're No Stranger to the Bong. Please act like it and take the legalization question seriously.

L-ville Slammed Zona and Oklahoma walloped the Cuse. My bracket is long gone. Steve M.'s Spartans are fighting for Big Ten pride against the JayHawks. The Zags hope to upend the Heels. I'll try to watch the games on the Tubes, from 35,000 feet. I'll tell you how it goes.

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It's still snowing here and will be until morning.

BTD was busy at work today so we've had no posts on the economy. Is there any news?

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The winds have kicked in something fierce. I can barely make out the houses across the street. All I see is white blowing snow.

So far 200 flights have been canceled and most highways have shut down. The local news is telling people to stay off the roads and asking employers to send people home.

The snow and gusty winds will create whiteout conditions that will make driving anywhere extremely treacherous or even impossible. Travel on the roads are HIGHLY DISCOURAGED between noon and 9 p.m. today. Expect hazardous driving conditions all over the state but particularly on the Eastern Plains and along Interstate 25.

The Denver Post is now predicting 19 inches of snow for Denver. It won't be over until tomorrow. I hope the heat, cable and internet hold out.

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The river in Fargo, N.D. continues to rise, threatening a first-ever evacuation of the town.

“I don’t care how old you are,” Mr. Walaker said. “You haven’t seen this in the valley.”....In this city of 90,000, the state’s most populous, political leaders, who met in an emergency session late Wednesday afternoon, said they expected to announce an evacuation plan on Thursday. The mayor said an evacuation had never been tried in Fargo, even after a major tornado more than half a century ago.

Colorado now has blizzard warnings for much of the state (and Denver.) It's 7:00 a.m. in Denver, and the snow here has just started to fall. Right now, there's less than an inch on the ground outside my house. But the news sounds dire, Denver could get up to 19 inches.

I'm taking a snow day and going to work from home. How's the weather where you are?[Hat tip to Skippy who made the picture for us during a prior year's blizzard.]