Talk Host Trashes 420 Celebrations

by | Apr 21, 2010 | 11 comments

Here’s a video with some Boston conservaclone talk show host yammering over some footage of today’s 420 in Concord including a great shot of Rich Paul which clearly directs viewers here to FreeKeene.com. Thank you Rich and the FOX editors! Most of the clip is pretty dull and uninteresting, but publicity is always best when it’s free:

Union Leader Covers Keene and Concord 420 Celebrations

by | Apr 21, 2010 | 0 comments

Rich PaulThanks to the Union Leader’s Melanie Plenda for this story, covering both Keene and Concord’s 420 celebrations yesterday:

It wasn’t ash from Iceland creating a haze in communities across New Hampshire yesterday.

April 20, or 4-20, has become known in cannabis-loving circles as the day to “smoke ’em if you got ’em,” according to those who gathered in Keene’s Central Square to smoke marijuana in protest of drug laws.

In recent years, pot-fueled rallies have been held across the country to mark the date of 4-20, the numbers that have become a rallying cry among smokers. A rally took place in Concord yesterday on the steps of the Capitol.

Some lit up marijuana cigarettes while organizers with bullhorns, including former Epping police officer Bradley Jardis of Hooksett, cautioned them not to say a word if police came to arrest them.

The 29-year-old Jardis said he is just a free person now “trying to protect the liberties I’ve taken away.”

State troopers watched from inside the State House, but planned no action unless the crowd got unruly. (more…)

Big Mike Refuses $250 Extortion, Jailed for a Month Until Trial

by | Apr 19, 2010 | 12 comments

UPDATE @ 2:23p: Jim released on personal recognizance, while Mike was treated with the following:

Today $250 was demanded of Big Mike for standing in the street talking calmly with police – he refuses and is sent to jail for an entire month before trial. Dave Ridley Reports live from the Valley St. jail in Manchester:

Dave also recently called some slimy politicians in an attempt to get answers out of them about the Nashua 420 arrests, without much luck. Listen if you want to be disgusted by state-worshiping politicians: (more…)