And the award for funniest headline of the day goes to The Philippine Star…
MILF growing marijuana to sustain operations | The Philippine Star >> News >> Headlines
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has ventured into the illegal drug trade to sustain its operations, Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) chair Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said yesterday.Citing intelligence information, Sotto said members of the rebel group are protecting marijuana plantations in Lanao and Bukidnon provinces.
“This is what we call narco-terrorism, where Moro rebels engage in illegal drug trade to fund their operations. This poses big danger especially to younger generations,” he explained.
OK, so MILF doesn’t mean the same thing as it does here in America*. When I first scanned the headline in my marijuana feed, I thought, “Well, sure, who can blame a mom for selling pot to pay for operations? Plastic surgery is expensive!”
Seriously, though, one might ask “Tito” Sotto why the MILF doesn’t just sell alcohol or cigarettes to sustain its operations? Regulate marijuana and you take a big chunk of business away from what you call narco-terrorism.
*If you just don’t know and you’ve got to know, here’s the definition, but it’s NSFW. That’s Not Safe For Work. Because it has a naughty word. But hey, you’re surfing the NORML Daily Audio Stash right now, so what the hell am I being so cautious about? Geez, if you’ve surfed this far, you should already know what MILF and NSFW mean! ROTFLMAO!
