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The Bird and the Bee Finds the Aching Heart Beneath the Glossy Surfaces

Mother Jones

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The Bird and the Bee
Recreational Love
Rostrum

The unlikely but artistically fruitful partnership of Inara George and Greg Kurstin, aka The Bird and the Bee, has flourished for a decade, despite little encouragement from the commercial mainstream. The daughter of the late Little Feat leader Lowell George, she’s a subtly compelling singer who conveys deep feeling with languid poise; her best solo album is a collaboration with art-pop genius Van Dyke Parks. He’s a master of slick pop who’s produced big names like Katy Perry, Charli XCX, and Kelly Clarkson. But for all their polish, The Bird and the Bee has always been about finding the aching heart beneath the glossy surfaces, and this striking fourth album is no exception. While Recreational Love ups the danceablity quotient slightly from previous outings, shimmering songs like “Lovey Dovey” and “Please Take Me Home” are simultaneously exhilarating (for their suave craftsmanship) and heartrending (for their raw emotion), revealing intriguing new elements with each hearing.

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Map: The United States of Legal Weed

Mother Jones

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With marijuana now legal in four states and the District of Columbia, the movement to end the prohibition of pot continues to gain steam. Another five states are expected to introduce ballot measures to legalize recreational pot in 2016, including California, Massachusetts, and Nevada. And by the end of the following year, pot activists expect five more states will vote on legalization bills in their state legislatures. But that’s not all: six other states are looking at creating or expanding medical-marijuana programs, or are vastly scaling back penalties for small-time possession. With a slew of polls now showing that most Americans think pot should be taxed and regulated like alcohol, it’s probably only a matter of time before legalization sweeps the nation.

Jump to a state:

Reduced Penalties?
Medicinal
Recreational

var public_spreadsheet_url = “https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AoZrAejDG7xadGpDSmJLa2U2cHRWUmc1SC0wLXQ3YVE&output=html”;

var set_class = function(state, map, css_class)
var svg = jQuery(‘#’ + map + ‘ .’ + state);
svg.attr(‘class’).baseVal = state + ‘ ‘ + css_class;

var set_map_classes = function(data)
for (i = 0; i < data.length; i++)
var state = datai;
if (!state.postal)
continue;

var svg = jQuery(‘#’ + ‘penalties_map’ + ‘ .’ + state.postal);
if ( svg && svg.attr(‘class’) && svg.attr(‘class’).baseVal )
set_class(state.postal, ‘penalties_map’, datai.penalties_class);
set_class(state.postal, ‘rec_map’, datai.recreational_class);
set_class(state.postal, ‘medicinal_map’, datai.medicinal_class);
else
console.log(state.postal);
setTimeout(set_map_classes(data), 2000);
break;
return;

}
}

var makeTable = function(data)
var table = jQuery(‘#pot_table’);
var select = jQuery(‘#jump_to_state select’);
var empty_text = ‘Not at the moment’;
select.change(function()
window.location.hash = select.val() + ‘_row’;
return false;
);

for (i = 0; i < data.length; i++)
if (i === 10 ;
var state = datai;
var tr = jQuery(”);
select.append(” + state.state + ”);

//add state name
tr.append(
” +
state.state +

);

//add penalties
datai.penalties_class = ‘not_good’;
if (state.decrimstatus === ‘Possible’)
datai.penalties_class = ‘kinda_good’;
else if (state.decrimstatus === ‘Yes’)
datai.penalties_class = ‘good’;
else if (state.decrimstatus === ‘Harsh’)
datai.penalties_class = ‘harsh’;

tr.append(

‘ +
(state.decrimdetails !== ” ? state.decrimdetails : empty_text) +

)

//add medicinal
datai.medicinal_class = ‘not_good’;
if (state.medicinalstatus === ‘Possible’)
datai.medicinal_class = ‘kinda_good’;
else if (state.medicinalstatus === ‘Yes’)
datai.medicinal_class = ‘good’;

tr.append(

‘ +
(state.medicinaldetails !== ” ? state.medicinaldetails : empty_text) +

)

//add recreational
datai.recreational_class = ‘not_good’;
if (state.recstatus === ‘Possible’)
datai.recreational_class = ‘kinda_good’;
else if (state.recstatus === ‘Yes’)
datai.recreational_class = ‘good’;

console.log(state.recdetails);
console.log(state.recdetails.replace(/ /, ”) !== ”);
console.log(state.recdetails.replace(/ /, ”) !== ” ? state.recdetails : empty_text);
tr.append(

‘ +
(state.recdetails.replace(/ /, ”) !== ” ? state.recdetails : empty_text) +

)

table.append(tr);
}
set_map_classes(data);

}

Tabletop.init(
key: public_spreadsheet_url, callback: makeTable, simpleSheet: true,
)

Source: Norml, Marijuana Policy Project, news reports.

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Map: The United States of Legal Weed

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