Above: Slow Lane – Hill Road
Federal Gun Ban for Marijuana Users?
Another of many examples where American freedoms may come & go-completely unrelated to military operations/US Troops in distant lands, or the Sound of Freedom over Coupeville.
From the web:
Jacob Sullum – Reason
Feb 2, 2026
The NRA and NORML Unite To Oppose the Federal Gun Ban for Marijuana Users
Our take:
It’s a society that can’t stop bragging about freedom, thanking the troops for freedoms, fighting wars for freedoms, staging military jet flyovers at sporting events for freedom, etc.
Would any newsperson or school teacher ever ask:
It took a constitutional amendment to prohibit the sale of a glass of wine- why no constitutional amendment to authorize a federal prohibition of marijuana?
Today-
You may fill a shopping cart with hard liquor, make the purchase and head home. You do not give up your guns.
Yon may be involved in a serious car wreck and take prescription meds that may include mind and body altering opioids. You are not required to turn in your guns.
More here: Imagination Run Wild
Security Theater
KOMO News
Real Newspeople May Ask:
What keeps the terrorists with no ID of any kind from creating a disruption at the back end of the airport security screening line?
Guaranteed: No TV newsperson anywhere will ever ask this question. Americans do not live in a free and honest society.
More here:
Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror
Would any newsperson ever ask:
Has any WA gun control measure or public policy effort of the past 20 years slowed down the gunfire between say, Everett and Tacoma?
KOMO News
More than 300 comments are posted with the video above.
Free Enterprise System
WSDOT spending $12M to fill electric vehicle charging gaps on state highways
by Theron Zahn – KOMO News
Feb 1, 2026
“The Washington Department of Transportation is giving more than 12 million dollars in federal money to five companies to make driving long distances in electric vehicles easier.”
Not really free enterprise if layers of government must be involved in moving money around in order to make it work?
Several comments are posted with the article.
An old favorite:
Seattle climate change:
Seattle invests nearly $1M to support diverse communities most affected by climate change
Image above: Penn Cove 1/30/2026
Source/Daily Status Reports: Washington State Department of Health Shellfish Safety Map
Click image once or twice to show detail.
Several Whidbey beaches remain closed all year long for recreational shellfish harvest because of sewage treatment outfall.
Sewage treatment outfall. Not stormwater. Not climate change.
Reporting on this topic appears to be completely off limits to the press.
View the Washington State Department of Health beach list here.
Penn Cove
Real newspeople may ask:
When is the last time all of Penn Cove was safe for recreational shellfish harvest?
Coupeville
“Clams, mussels and oysters CLOSED year-round.”
“…clams, oysters, and mussels from this beach are not fit for human consumption at any time.”
“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Source: WDFW
North side of Penn Cove at Monroe Landing
“Clams, mussels and oysters CLOSED year-round.”
“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Source: WDFW
Below: An April 6, 2020 audio file describing recreational shellfish harvest and sewage treatment outfall at Penn Cove.
Has anything changed? Newspeople remain silent.
12:44 audio file and local photos of Penn Cove:
Podcast 4 Another Month With An R – Whidbey Sewage Treatment Plant Outfalls
A photo tour of Penn Cove:
Wastewater Treatment Plant – Department of Ecology Award For Outstanding Performance
Possibly of interest:
Sound Publishing And Black Press Media