![]() ![]() And the first ballots to be recounted were from Portland, where residents voted 24,594 to 13,008 in favor of Question 1. ![]() in the Florian Room of the Maine Department of Public Safety in Augusta. Social clubs and marijuana stores would likely not open in Maine until January 2018 because the state would need to set up rules and licensing standards. Maine's law, if it stands, would go a step further than other states, by also allowing state-licensed marijuana social clubs where people could smoke the drug in a social setting and not just in the privacy of their homes. The legalization votes in Maine and other states in November were seen by advocates as tipping the balance toward nationwide legalization, although uncertainty about the policies of the incoming Trump administration is chilling the enthusiasm. ![]() 7 - would make Maine one of eight states to allow adults 21 and older to use marijuana as a recreational drug. The law - which is now scheduled to take effect by Jan. The painstaking recount got underway just over one month before the historic new law is set to take effect, and the process of reviewing as many as 700,000 ballots from roughly 500 communities could delay implementation of the law even if the review does not uncover enough counting errors to overturn the results. You see the crowds They’re shouting, they’re drinking, there is no security anymore,” Pang said. “Our security level has diminished in the last couple months. On December 18, 2016, the UK’s Express reported that Jeffrey Pang-an employee of Joh Springer’s, Austria’s oldest gun store-said the buying “surge in firearm sales coincided with reports of robberies, rapes and break-ins since the migrant crisis began.” He added, “Following the rise in attacks, customers want pepper sprays, combat training, small concealed carry weapons.” Gun sales in Austria have “quadrupled” as citizens of that nation seek to secure means of self-defense in response to the “immigrant crisis” that has enveloped Europe.Įarlier in 2016, the crisis led Austria to “began limiting the number of asylum applications it would receive.” But gun sales began to skyrocket prior to this move being made.Īccording to The Local, the number of weapons permits issued in Vienna and Styria in particular in September 2015 more than “quadrupled in November (2015).” This is an indicator of the number of Austrians seeking out firearms for self-defense.Īnd the increased demand for firearms has continued. There was the person who sent ten puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal treatment? His goal: transcend dental medication.Ģ6. One says," I've lost my electron." The other says "Are you sure?" The first replies," Yes, I'm positive."Ģ5. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you cant have your kayak and heat it too.Ģ4. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. One turns to the other and says "Dam!"Ģ3. The stewardess looks at him and says, Im sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.Ģ2. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. If you jumped off the bridge in Paris, you'd be in Seine.Ģ1. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste o religion.Ģ0. In feudalism its your count that votes.ġ9. In a democracy its your vote that counts. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.ġ8. The midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.ġ6. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: Keep off the Grass.ġ5. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. One hat said to the other: You stay here I'll go on a head.ġ3. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.ġ2. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.Ĩ. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.ħ. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.Ħ. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.ĥ. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.Ĥ. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian. The fattest knight at King Arthurs round table was Sir cumference.
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