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ucjtcpm,
I suspect that if the students who spent their time on this charade would have spent that time on something constructive they would have been a lot better off. It is really sad to me that class time is being wasted on such nonsense. Does the University of London consider this kind of "experiment" to be some sort of "learning experience?"
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Smoking Bans :: RE: NY bans Tobacco in parks.

Thanks for sharing!!!

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Smoke-friendly Resources :: RE: Calling all smokers! (not spam)

People fixated on the habits of others really need to get a life.

Smoke-friendly Resources :: Congressional Haircut

CONGRESSIONAL HAIRCUT!

One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut.
After the cut, he asked about his bill, and the barber replied,
"I cannot accept money from you;
I'm doing community service this week."

The florist was pleased and left the shop.
When the barber went to open his shop the next morning,
there was a "thank you" card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door.

Later, a police officer came in for a haircut
and when he tried to pay his bill, the barber again replied,
"I cannot accept money from you;
I'm doing community service this week."

The officer was happy and left the shop.
The next morning when the barber went to open up,
there was a "thank you" card and a dozen donuts waiting for him at his door.

A Congressman came in for a haircut
and when he went to pay his bill, the barber again replied,
"I can not accept money from you;
I'm doing community service this week."

The Congressman was very happy and left the shop.
The next morning, when the barber went to open up,
there were a dozen Congressmen lined up waiting for a free haircut.

And that, my friends,
illustrates the fundamental difference between
the citizens of our country and the politicians who run it.

Smokers Rights :: RE: Smokers and Health Care Reform

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703909804575123512773070080.html#

Slaughter House Rules
How Democrats may 'deem' ObamaCare into law, without voting..ArticleComments (530)more in Opinion ».EmailPrintSave This ↓ More.
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close Yahoo! BuzzMySpacedel.icio.usRedditLinkedInFarkViadeoOrkut Text .We're not sure American schools teach civics any more, but once upon a time they taught that under the U.S. Constitution a bill had to pass both the House and Senate to become law. Until this week, that is, when Speaker Nancy Pelosi is moving to merely "deem" that the House has passed the Senate health-care bill and then send it to President Obama to sign anyway.

Under the "reconciliation" process that began yesterday afternoon, the House is supposed to approve the Senate's Christmas Eve bill and then use "sidecar" amendments to fix the things it doesn't like. Those amendments would then go to the Senate under rules that would let Democrats pass them while avoiding the ordinary 60-vote threshold for passing major legislation. This alone is an abuse of traditional Senate process.

But Mrs. Pelosi & Co. fear they lack the votes in the House to pass an identical Senate bill, even with the promise of these reconciliation fixes. House Members hate the thought of going on record voting for the Cornhusker kickback and other special-interest bribes that were added to get this mess through the Senate, as well as the new tax on high-cost insurance plans that Big Labor hates.

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Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y
.So at the Speaker's command, New York Democrat Louise Slaughter, who chairs the House Rules Committee, may insert what's known as a "self-executing rule," also known as a "hereby rule." Under this amazing procedural ruse, the House would then vote only once on the reconciliation corrections, but not on the underlying Senate bill. If those reconciliation corrections pass, the self-executing rule would say that the Senate bill is presumptively approved by the House—even without a formal up-or-down vote on the actual words of the Senate bill.

Democrats would thus send the Senate bill to President Obama for his signature even as they claimed to oppose the same Senate bill. They would be declaring themselves to be for and against the Senate bill in the same vote. Even John Kerry never went that far with his Iraq war machinations. As we went to press, the precise mechanics that Democrats will use remained unclear, though yesterday Mrs. Pelosi endorsed this "deem and pass" strategy in a meeting with left-wing bloggers.

This two-votes-in-one gambit is a brazen affront to the plain language of the Constitution, which is intended to require democratic accountability. Article 1, Section 7 of the Constitution says that in order for a "Bill" to "become a Law," it "shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate." This is why the House and Senate typically have a conference committee to work out differences in what each body passes. While sometimes one house cedes entirely to another, the expectation is that its Members must re-vote on the exact language of the other body's bill.

As Stanford law professor Michael McConnell pointed out in these pages yesterday, "The Slaughter solution attempts to allow the House to pass the Senate bill, plus a bill amending it, with a single vote. The senators would then vote only on the amendatory bill. But this means that no single bill will have passed both houses in the same form." If Congress can now decide that the House can vote for one bill and the Senate can vote for another, and the final result can be some arbitrary hybrid, then we have abandoned one of Madison's core checks and balances.

Yes, self-executing rules have been used in the past, but as the Congressional Research Service put it in a 2006 paper, "Originally, this type of rule was used to expedite House action in disposing of Senate amendments to House-passed bills." They've also been used for amendments such as to a 1998 bill that "would have permitted the CIA to offer employees an early-out retirement program"—but never before to elide a vote on the entire fundamental legislation.

We have entered a political wonderland, where the rules are whatever Democrats say they are. Mrs. Pelosi and the White House are resorting to these abuses because their bill is so unpopular that a majority even of their own party doesn't want to vote for it. Fence-sitting Members are being threatened with primary challengers, a withdrawal of union support and of course ostracism. Michigan's Bart Stupak is being pounded nightly by MSNBC for the high crime of refusing to vote for a bill that he believes will subsidize insurance for abortions.

Democrats are, literally, consuming their own majority for the sake of imposing new taxes, regulations and entitlements that the public has roundly rejected but that they believe will be the crowning achievement of the welfare state. They are also leaving behind a procedural bloody trail that will fuel public fury and make such a vast change of law seem illegitimate to millions of Americans.

The concoction has become so toxic that even Mrs. Pelosi isn't bothering to defend the merits anymore, saying instead last week that "we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it." Or rather, "deeming" to have passed it.

If the Dems "deem" the health care bill as passed without a vote,they are all cowards who should all be "deemed" by us as unfit for office,and removed without a vote.What comes around,goes around.

News :: RE: PREVENT ALL CIGARETTE TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2009

I believe the Pact Act S.1147 passed March 12, 2010, which means that it now goes to the House and then to old Pres Obama, who will undoubtedly sign it "post haste".

I hope everyone understands that this will in effect "shut down" purchasing any tobacco products except cigars over the Internet.

I guess I am rather lucky in that a tobacco shop carrying roll your own pipe tobacco is located just 10 miles from me, and the cost of a pound of Southern Steel is still $16.00.

For those of you who do not have access to a local tobacco store for RYO products and have relied upon the Internet, good luck.

Just one more hurdle in our never ending quest to find a cheap, reliable source for RYO tobacco and supplies.

Smoke-friendly Resources :: Calling all smokers! (not spam)

Calling all smokers!! Take this quick test to find out your subconcious moral and emotional attitudes towards smoking. They may not be what you expect.

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Please make sure that you are not disturbed while you take the test so that you results are accurate! It only takes 10 minutes and you may learn something you didnt know before!

This is not spam. It is an experiment being conducted by students at University College London and has ethical approval from the ethics committee there.

Please email us at ucjtcpm@ucl.ac.uk if you have any questions .

Smoke-friendly Resources :: RE: Legend of Tobacco origin --- Poetic.

I had never thought about it before, but you are right. When cigarettes become badly over-priced or outlawed, it will create a black market. Organized crime rings will make money, and the retailers will be out the sales and the state will get zero in taxes. Instead of taking a reasonable amount, they will end up with nothing. Penny wise and pound foolish!

Online Tobacco Sales :: RE: Let Us BOYCOTT The PACT ACT

It is disgusting how Big Tobacco is supporting their retailers by stabbing their customers in the back. Otherwise, they've written us off.

I can't prove it, but I think it's because the families who own controlling interests in Big Tobacco (PM, Reynolds) also own controlling interests in the retailers, convenience markets and gas stations.
In other words, it's a monopoly going on.

At the same time, these same people wield power over "Our Elected Officials". Notice the Co-Sponsor list includes John Kerry. His wife controls Heinz (Heinz, Ore-Ida) and Heinz wields power over the supermarkets, so even when these kinds of people do not own controlling interests in the local and national chains of markets, they still control them.

Notice the list includes companies such as "Kellogg Co."? They have nothing to do with tobacco, except for their control of the market by manufacture of unrelated products.
It indicates that the families who control Kellogg are invested in supermarkets, convenience stores, or something relevant to The PACT argument.

Online Tobacco Sales :: RE: Let Us BOYCOTT The PACT ACT

The AWMA also supported PACT.
American Wholesale Marketers Association (AWMA)

http://www.awmanet.org/page/links-advertisers

Links to Advertisers
Below, AWMA’s Convenience Distribution ™ (formerly Distribution Channels) magazine has provided links to the Web sites of many of its advertisers. What follows is only a partial listing of Convenience Distribution ™ advertisers from the last few years. (Companies that have advertised in Convenience Distribution ™ within the last two years: If you have a Web site but do not appear on this list, please e-mail Joan Fay.)

Access International Inc.
Altadis USA Inc.
American Licorice Co.
Au'some Candies Inc.
Atkinson Candy Co.
Bambu Sales Inc.
BDI Marketing
BIC Corp.
Blunt Wrap USA
Boyer Candy Co. Inc.
CAO International
Cadbury North America
CANAM
Candy Dynamics
Candyrific Inc.
Camel's USA Inc.
No Surprise
Carolina Tobacco Co.
No Surprise
Ce De Candy Inc.
Charms Co.
Chocolate Fantasies
Claeys Candy Inc.
Commonwealth Brands Inc.
Concord Confections Inc.
Creative Data Research Inc.
Diamond Foods Inc.
Dot Foods Inc.
DWC Enterprises LLC
Energy Club Inc.
Farley’s & Sathers Candy Co. Inc.
Farmer’s Tobacco of Cynthiana Inc.
Ferrero USA Inc.
Ford Gum & Machine Co., Carousel Div.
General Tobacco Inc.
No Surprise
Golbon Convenience Store Services
HBI
Health Essist Inc.
The Hershey Company
Hot Stuff Foods
Imaginings 3 Inc./Flix Candy
Impact Confections Inc.
Innovative Machines/Red Stamp Inc.
Innovative Candy Concepts
International Tobacco Partners Ltd.
ITL (USA) Ltd., an affiliate of Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.
Java Trading
Jerky Snack Brands Inc.
JT International U.S.A. Inc.
K Imports Inc.
Kellogg Co.
King Maker Marketing Inc.
Kretek International
Lane Ltd.
Lassi Drinks LLC
Liggett Vector Brands Inc
Living Essentials
Mars Snackfood USA LLC
McLane Advanced Technologies
Meyercord/United Silicone
MJST, LLC
Nat Sherman Inc.
National Fruit Flavor Co. Inc.
National Tobacco Co., LP
Nationwide Money Services Inc.
Native Trading Associates
This one is a mystery,since they manufacture "Native Brand cigarettes"as part of the MOHAWK Nation in NY.Maybe it is the fact that they now make FSC and are now distributing Native Brand to local Indian outlets in my state.But by supporting this act they are in defiance of all the other native brands manufactured and available only on the internet.I am ashamed of them for supporting this PACT.There will be an Indian uprising over this,I am sure.I know of one Indian internet outlet that discontinued Native Brand for Signal Brand,and now I know why.
New Century Tobacco Group, LLC
New Image Global/Royal Blunts/True Blunt
New License LLC
Nordic American Smokeless Inc.
North Atlantic Operating Co.
Philip Morris USA
No surprise
Premier Manufacturing Inc.
Prime Time International Co.
ProCat Management Services LLC
Procter & Gamble
PowerDesigners Inc.
Psion Teklogix
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
No Surprise
Retalix Ltd. (formerly IDS)
Ronson Consumer Products Corp.
Rouseco Inc.
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co.
Smokin Joes
Another Native Brand,what the hell is going on?
Spectrum Labs
Spitz International Inc.
Sterling Truck Corp.
Swisher International
Tax-Right LLC
TNT Marketing
Tobacco Merchants Association
Tootsie Roll Industries Inc.
TurningPoint Systems, Inc.
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co.
No surprise
U.S.D.A. Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
Velociti Alliance North America Inc.
Webb Candy

http://www.awmanet.org/

Coalition to Stop Contraband Tobacco
AWMA is leading a coalition to stop contraband tobacco. To learn more about this coalition please visit the following website. http://www.coalitiontostopcontrabandtobacco.com/

Where do these assholes get off calling Native American manufactured cigarettes,CONTRABAND?Looks like we have to boycott the whole USA.Indian war is coming.Closing major highways is only the beginning.

Online Tobacco Sales :: RE: Let Us BOYCOTT The PACT ACT

COSPONSORS of PACT:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN01147:@@@N

S.1147
Title: A bill to prevent tobacco smuggling, to ensure the collection of all tobacco taxes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] (introduced 5/21/2009) Cosponsors (20)
Related Bills: H.R.1676
Latest Major Action: 3/15/2010 Held at the desk.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COSPONSORS(20), BY DATE [order is left to right]: (Sort: alphabetical order)
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] - 5/21/2009 Sen Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [NY] - 6/3/2009
Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - 6/3/2009 Sen Warner, Mark R. [VA] - 6/8/2009
Sen Pryor, Mark L. [AR] - 6/8/2009 Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] - 9/29/2009
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 10/15/2009 Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 10/27/2009
Sen Klobuchar, Amy [MN] - 10/28/2009 Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] - 11/4/2009
Sen Webb, Jim [VA] - 11/9/2009 Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. [PA] - 11/16/2009
Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] - 11/17/2009 Sen Sessions, Jeff [AL] - 11/19/2009
Sen Cornyn, John [TX] - 11/19/2009 Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] - 11/19/2009
Sen Bayh, Evan [IN] - 12/3/2009 Sen Enzi, Michael B. [WY] - 12/7/2009
Sen LeMieux, George S. [FL] - 12/9/2009 Sen Shaheen, Jeanne [NH] - 2/2/2010

Online Tobacco Sales :: RE: Let Us BOYCOTT The PACT ACT

The Coalition to Stop Contraband Tobacco:

http://www.coalitiontostopcontrabandtobacco.com/support-pact-act

Support the PACT Act
Letters and Statements in support of passage of the PACT Act.
The following groups and organizations support passage of the PACT act:

•Altria Client Services Inc. on behalf of Philip Morris USA Inc. and U.S.; Smokeless Tobacco Company
•American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (Joint letter)
•Americans For Tax Reform
•American Wholesale Marketers Association
•American Wholesale Marketers Association, March 16, 2010
•The Fraternal Order of Police
•The Latino Coalition
•Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler
•National Association of Attorneys General
•National Association of Convenience Stores
•National Black Police Association, Inc.
•National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)
•New York State Association of Counties
•Petroleum Marketers Association of America
•Reynolds American, Inc.
•Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council
Note: not all groups listed are members of the Coalition to Stop Contraband Tobacco, their support is independent of the efforts of this Coalition and should not be considered an endorsement of the Coalition.

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NOW the boycott list grows!!These MF no good bastards deserve to rot in hell on earth!!

Online Tobacco Sales :: RE: Let Us BOYCOTT The PACT ACT

The U.S.P.S. would be an unfortunate casualty by association to what is supposed to be Our Government by Equal Representation, but a boycott of U.S.P.S. is probably the only way to put pressure on the federal government.

By comparison, The Boston Tea Party boycotted the shippers to boycott the tea and tax. The tea stayed aboard the ships.

Smoke-friendly Resources :: RE: PACT Act of 2009 (S.1147

Just got this in an email from an online Native American tobacco store:

N E W S
PACT Act Status
UPDATE: The PACT Act passed the Senate on 3/11/10. This bill is one step closer to becoming the law. There was no debate, and there was no vote, as the sponsors used a technique known as 'Unanimous Consent'. Now the bill goes back to the House of Representatives, for another vote, because the Senate version differs from the House bill that passed the House of Representatives by a wide margin in 2009.
What if the PACT Act becomes law?
We will no longer be able to mail cigarettes to our customers. It's that simple. It will become illegal to ship cigarettes via the U.S. Postal Service. Federal Express and UPS have already been manipulated by the Attorney Generals of several states to sign "voluntary agreements" to disallow shipment of cigarettes.

The only products we could continue to sell are the "Little Cigars" that are wrapped in natural tobacco leaf.
Stock up now!
It's possible the PACT Act will be signed into law in 2010, so we HIGHLY recommend you begin to stock up on cigarettes before the PACT Act becomes law, especially if you are on a fixed income. Cigarettes remain fresh for a year, and even longer with refrigeration.
Little Cigars
This is a great time to try our Little Cigars from Red Buck and Richwood. These are the only items we currently sell that we can ship after the PACT Act is passed.

Online Tobacco Sales :: RE: Let Us BOYCOTT The PACT ACT

Good idea.But how did the USPS support PACT? I thought they were against any regulation placed on them.It is the private carriers like UPS and FedEx that stopped delivering tobacco a long time ago. USPS was the last hurdle and it took Congress to stop USPS from delivering,while UPS and FedEx voluntarily,I think,stopped delivering tobacco.

And to think that cigars were exempted from the PACT act.I wonder how they determined to do that.F--- them all!!

http://omegawv.com/

Senate Passage of PACT Act a "Major Win" for Retailers
03/12/2010
The March 11 Senate passage of the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act (PACT Act), which addresses the long-standing convenience store industry concern of tax evasion via remote sellers of tobacco products, is a “major win” for retailers, according to NACS Senior Vice President of Government Relations Lyle Beckwith.

Authored by Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) and co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of 20 senators, this legislation (S. 1147) would help combat online cigarette sales that have robbed states of badly needed tax revenues and that undermine state laws that prevent youth access to tobacco products.

The PACT Act would strengthen federal laws on cigarettes sold over the Internet. In addition to preventing the U.S. postal service from delivering cigarettes, it would allow states to recover lost excise tax revenue and allow legitimate retailers to recover lost business. Additionally, the PACT Act would prevent sellers from circumventing state laws preventing minors from purchasing cigarettes. Native American lobbyists have been waging a furious battle to de-rail this legislation.

The House version, authored by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), previously passed by a vote of 397-11. While passing the PACT Act in the Senate is a major hurdle cleared, because of slight differences in the Senate and House bills, the House will need to take a final vote to accept the Senate version of the bill. It would then go to President Obama’s desk for his signature.

“Senate passage of the PACT Act is a huge victory for American taxpayers, American small business owners and America’s youth,” said Scott Ramminger, president and CEO of the American Wholesale Marketers Association (AWMA) and spokesperson for the Coalition to Stop Contraband Tobacco, of which NACS is a leading member. “We applaud the Senate for its action today and thank Sen. Kohl for his leadership in ensuring that contraband tobacco sales are eliminated.”

“NACS has been working for over 10 years to pass legislation to regulate Internet and mail-order tobacco sales,” said Beckwith. “Last night’s vote brings us closer to achieving our goal than we have ever been. We will continue to pressure the House to take the final step necessary for passage and enactment.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_of_Convenience_Stores

Membership
While 49 of the top 50 convenience stores in the United States are members of NACS, the majority of its members are small, independent operators. More than 70 percent of its total membership is companies that operate 10 stores or less. This membership base roughly tracks the industry as a whole. Of the 145,000 convenience stores in the United States, 62 percent are owned and operated by someone who only has one store.