I potted my very first plants today. This one is sweet basil. I also got mint, cilantro and italian flat parsley. [More...]

I've been writing briefs all day and I'm not yet done.

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To all our readers who are Moms, we wish you a very Happy Mother's Day. And for those of you who are not, if your mom is still around, be thankful and don't forget to call.

Today is the 100th anniversary of the holiday -- it was President Woodrow Wilson in 1914 who declared the second Sunday in May would be Mother's Day.

Colorado is getting a big snow storm today -- there are already 16 weather alerts up from the National Weather Service.

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My posts all week seem mostly drug-related, even more so than usual. It may be because of work, or it may be the result of spending two hours a night watching El Capo 3 and La Viuda Negra. El Capo 3 actually takes more time, because the station comes in so weakly, even with an amplified antenna, I end up re-watching it online afterwards, courtesy of some sites in Pakistan, South America or Europe. [More...]

I have a lot of news to catch up on. Yesterday I gave a Continuing Legal Eduction lecture on the federal response to Colorado's marijuana laws. With all the new developments the past two weeks, (the new banking law and the new Spice and warehouse indictments) there was a lot to review.

I've also been following the kidnap and murder of 23 year old Yuriana Castillo-Torres, the former girlfriend or wife of "El Chino" Antrax (and mother of one of his children). El Chino is Jose Rodrigo Áriechaga Gamboa, the alleged sicario for Zambada-Garcia and Sinaloa, arrested in Amsterdam in January at the request of the U.S., which wants to extradite him to San Diego where he was indicted in December on drug charges.(More...)

I'm just getting home from work and haven't yet seen the news. Here's an open thread, all topics welcome

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The NBA has banned Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life for his comments about African Americans.

Article 35 of the NBA Constitution...allows the commissioner to indefinitely suspend owners for "conduct prejudicial or detrimental to the association."

Sterling was also fined $2.5 million.

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If anyone has found a site where readers are discussing the details of El Capo 3 episodes -- in English or Spanish -- can you let me know in comments?

It's time for El Capo. How will he escape the guerrillas in Colombia?

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