Next stop for the bipartisan express will be a Feb. 25 forum on health care. House GOP leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, has signaled that his members will be reluctant players. He suggested it’s “time to scrap the bill and start over.”
The chilliness endures, but at least they’re talking.
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Feb. 10
Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald, on Chinese drug rehab:
In China, “drug rehabilitation” doesn’t deserve the name, according to a recent New York Times article.
The authoritarian Chinese government apparently allows its police forces to send anyone caught with drugs to one of the country’s compulsory drug rehabilitation centers. No trial, no judge, no defense.
The minimum stay is two years, and the rehab is physical abuse and forced labor – no drug treatment involved. The new “rehabilitation” system “replaces” the government’s previous approach: Sending addicts to labor camps with prostitutes and dissidents.

See the full article from “San Luis Obispo Tribune”



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