gov johnson smoking the weed

sporty libertarian and former new mexico governor gary johnson tells the weekly standard that he smoked hella weed for pain relief for three years following a paragliding crash in 2005. he says he wanted to avoid the narcotic addiction that he experienced when he used conventional pain drugs in the past.

gary, you so crazy! don't you know that if you turn to weed, big pharma doesn't get paid? hey buddy, that's not my america!  just kidding-- in my america, everyone gets paid.

unfortunately, gary johnson is not the republican new mexicans voted into office this year.  instead, we chose agitated chihuahua dog susana martinez.  in july, the new mexico independent (r.i.p.) reported that the governor-elect wants to repeal new mexico's medical marijuana law.

maybe it's a good time to make a donation to drug policy alliance.

and still yet one more crash

reprinted from el paso times 8/15/2010

alleged drunken driver crashes into chico's tacos

by annette arrigucci

EL PASO -- Police arrested an alleged drunken driver who crashed into the Chico's Tacos in the 4200 block of Alameda, police spokesman Michael Baranyay said. An officer found a Ford Explorer had struck the building and was partially inside the restaurant just after 4:30 a.m. Sunday.
The officer arrested the driver, Luis Ojeda, 25, who appeared to be intoxicated, Baranyay said. Ojeda was booked into the El Paso County Jail on $1,000 bond.
No one inside the business was injured, police said.

Luis Ojeda (El Paso Police Department)

el paso, tx

another crash!

 

to answer your first question, yes, the happy hocker pawn shop is real. 

so, just drinking a tecate on a thursday afternoon on the fiesta's patio, then a screech of tires and--fuck! an old beast, a 64 buick electra 225, comes barreling down montgomery and then jumps the median.  it mows down an intersection camera (yay!) and careens into oncoming traffic, including a car with a little baby inside (boo!!). the sedan the buick crashed into was thrown back into a four car pile up.  two vatos get out of the buick, one stripped to the waist and another in a wife-beater.  they split in opposite directions, the half-naked one sprinting north to the apartment complex across the street, the other, clutching his shoulder and limping steadily south, disappearing down the alley. 

the baby was ok.

photos submitted by p.nut
albuquerque, nm

space rocket r.i.p.

oh, my little SI. i only drove you for five months, but in that time, i got to go really fast in futurogalacato style.  197 hp with just a 2.0L engine.  that was pretty cool.   r.i.p. little space rocket.  it was good times.

....but, you should see the other guy:

dear pretty blonde middle aged lady who miscalculated on when to pop a left across traffic:

i hope you feel better soon, and that your insurance is solid.

love,
sa\m/ara

albuquerque, nm

UPDATE-- all three vehicles in this accident were total losses.  damn!