Roscoe's Public Notes

The issue of taxing illegal drugs … is a fantasy of bizarre proportions. I have a better idea. Let’s regulate them. Seriously. Let’s legalize all illegal drugs, place them under strict controls of production and distribution and allow our medical commun

When last we heard from Toledo mayor Carty Finkbeiner, he was cussing up a storm over the nation’s backlash against his anti-Marine words and actions. He’s as unpopular at home as he is with the rest of the country.

Some of you might know, for the past four years, I’ve been doing research for a possible graphic novel about Jack Ruby (preview here). [According to this researcher, the transcript "discovered" by DA Craig Watkins last week is a total fake. -R]

Ralph Nader said Sunday he will run for president as a third-party candidate, criticizing the top White House contenders as too close to big business and pledging to repeat a bid that will “shift the power from the few to the many.” [Run, Ralph, run! -R]

Three dozen scientists from 15 countries gathered in this northern Thailand city, home to several dozen restaurants serving insects and other bugs. [More proof that the UN is a total waste of time. -R]

Pakistan’s government has banned access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube because of anti-Islamic movies that users have posted on the site, …