From the Mercury News:
Federal agents converged on Oaksterdam University in downtown Oakland shortly after 7 a.m. this morning, but officials are releasing few details about the raid or any warrants served.
Agents with Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and U.S. Marshals were inside Oaksterdam University at 1600 Broadway, according to IRS spokeswoman Arlette Lee.
In its continued War Against Things This Diary Writer Enjoys in the Privacy of His Own Home, the US Government has cracked down on legal medical marijuana operations in the state of California. This, despite the promises of then-candidate Barack Obama:
Back when he was running for president in 2008, Barack Obama insisted that medical marijuana was an issue best left to state and local governments. "I'm not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue," he vowed, promising an end to the Bush administration's high-profile raids on providers of medical pot, which is legal in 16 states and the District of Columbia.
So how's that
policy working out so far?
But over the past year, the Obama administration has quietly unleashed a multiagency crackdown on medical cannabis that goes far beyond anything undertaken by George W. Bush. The feds are busting growers who operate in full compliance with state laws, vowing to seize the property of anyone who dares to even rent to legal pot dispensaries, and threatening to imprison state employees responsible for regulating medical marijuana. With more than 100 raids on pot dispensaries during his first three years, Obama is now on pace to exceed Bush's record for medical-marijuana busts. "There's no question that Obama's the worst president on medical marijuana," says Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project. "He's gone from first to worst."
This latest incursion is just one front in the Government's multi-pronged
War Against Things This Diary Writer Enjoys in the Privacy of His Own Home. On April 15, 2011, also known as
Black Friday in the poker world, the US Government shut down the three largest online poker sites operating in the US, effectively ending online poker play in America.
The indictments, quickly dubbed “Black Friday” by the poker community, came as a shock to the large number of Americans — estimated variously at between 1.3 million and 15 million — who play poker online for real money.
Finally, the scourge of recreational card games had been removed from the American landscape.
So, fear not citizens, for this diary writer no longer poses a threat to you or your family. The Federal Government, in your name, has ensured that he can never sit on his couch and play cards while smoking a joint. Now he must find something else to OCCUPY his time...