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Killing Stoned Lobsters More Humane, and They Taste Better, Too, Says Weed-Growing Restaurateur

Matthew McDonald

A lobster restaurant owner in Maine is using marijuana smoke to make the deaths of her entrees more humane.

"I feel bad that when lobsters come here there is no exit strategy," said Charlotte Gill, owner of Charlotte's Legendary Lobster Pound, according to the Mount Desert Islander. "It's a unique place and you get to do such unique things but at the expense of this little creature. I've really been trying to figure out how to make it better."

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Washington Post Publishes Sane Column on Brett Kavanaugh Assault Accusation

Matthew McDonald

Washington Post columnist Meg McArdle points out that the recent public statements of Democrats and one of the lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford are creating the impression that Ford's accusation against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has more to do with delaying the process than seeking the truth.

"For her own sake, and the sake of the country, Ford cannot afford to be seen as helping the Democrats, which might suggest a motive other than the pursuit of justice," McArdle writes. "And given that Democrats almost certainly created this mess by leaking Ford's letter at the last possible minute, they are in no position to allay those suspicions, or to complain that the process is being rushed."

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