4 links - plus pot poll

Green Shoots...North: Mexicans sending money to help relatives in the U.S. - yep, ya read that right.

Death of Venice. Mock funeral held for Venice. A city I love - but doubt I could live in even in the best of circumstances.

And the children shall lead us. I've been saying for some time that the next step in the equal rights movement is non violent civil disobedience...guess what...a 10 year old in Arkansas is ahead of the Human Rights Campaign on Gay rights....and more courageous too. H/T Jay.

Don't care who buys it or smokes it - but can we stop calling it "medical marijuana"
I'm sure pot works to ease pain. So does a pint of hooch and/or a lap dance from a gorgeous redhead and/or a massage from a latin bodybuilder and/or all three....and those are legal...But I know a few people with "medical pot cards" in L.A. - and trust me - they ain't sick. The "dispensaries" are weed 7-11s. I support legalization 100% but it's Orwellian and hilarious to call what most of these pot heads are doing "medical". Good P.R. move, though!

Poll. Plus please note that yesterday I switched out the weekly poll to the right.