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“Hey, Kids. Drugs aren’t cool.”  

The Bush administration is taking its fight against illegal drugs to YouTube, the trendy Internet video service that already features clips of wacky, drug-induced behavior and step-by-step instructions for growing marijuana plants.

The decision to distribute anti-drug, public service announcements and other videos over YouTube represents the first concerted effort by the U.S. government to influence customers of the popular service, which shows more than 100 million videos per day.

If just one teen sees this and decides illegal drug use is not the path for them, it will be a success,” said Rafael Lemaitre, a spokesman for the drug office.

Um…. I guess that’s possible. More likely, however, is that kids will stumble across the videos while looking for the singing dog video, laugh at how stupidly out of touch the makers of the video are, then go light one up so the singing dog looks like it’s actually in the same room with them.

Nice work, government. Way to connect with today’s youth. No doubt they’ll find it really “groovy”, daddio.

Say what you want about online gambling, it ain’t going away.

In fact, it’s expected to nearly double in growth over the next 4 years, leaving many concerned that the illegality of gambling in the United States is all but a joke. Considering anyone can hop online from work, school, or favorite over-priced coffee shop and blow their life savings in an hour, it’s no wonder Congress is concerned about it.

Luckily a bill is being put forth that will ban the use of credit cards on gambling sites. Enforceable on all… ummm… U.S. based sites and the companies that provide the hosting for those sites. Okay. So this will essentially give all rights to online gambling to those outside the country. That’ll clean this mess up, I guess. Luckily, the ban doesn’t count for “legitimate” gaming, in the eyes of Congress. So you’re online lotteries and bets on horse racing are safe. Love it!

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