tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88593782019626874552011-12-15T11:49:08.540-05:00We are now going into the second of a six year probation. Adjusting to being a family again is a slow process. Probation was doubled based on a prior arrest in 1996 when Zvi provided medical marijuana to one of our club members (Medical Cannabis Advocates of Key West.) For the story of Zvi's arrest go to: http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/513/florida_baranoff_bible_drug_dog.mcbaranoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02229326438026908151noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859378201962687455.post-40069975990959949702009-12-10T12:29:00.007-05:002011-08-30T11:33:53.568-04:002011-08-30T11:33:53.568-04:00mcbaranoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02229326438026908151noreply@blogger.com0By Harold Zvi Baranoff Part of the United States strategy in Afghanistan involves changing the loyalties of the less ideological Taliban. The idea is that some, perhaps a significant number, can be convinced to switch to loyalties by the use of incentives. The term "Turning of Turbans" is being used to describe the change of perspective, focus and direction of an Afghan fighter. The strategy <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rvdw7sG5mYc7GUauGTvuE8IlqwU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rvdw7sG5mYc7GUauGTvuE8IlqwU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rvdw7sG5mYc7GUauGTvuE8IlqwU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rvdw7sG5mYc7GUauGTvuE8IlqwU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SupportFamiliesOfMarijuanaPrisoners/~4/LMqGdZWh9bw" height="1" width="1"/>http://mcbaranoff.blogspot.com/2009/12/war-at-home.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859378201962687455.post-26532794728276380432009-08-09T18:27:00.001-04:002011-10-22T12:24:32.360-04:002011-10-22T12:24:32.360-04:00mcbaranoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02229326438026908151noreply@blogger.com1 Morning comes early in jail. Not with sunshine and birds like a rural morning nor with commuter traffic and rushed coffee. The lights snap on and the guard yells "Chow!" Prisoners echo the calls "Chow!" "Chow!" 120 men dress in orange uniforms and begin to line up. He rolls off his cot, steps into his orange pants and joins the line of hungry inmates. The line moves slow. Some cut ahead. As <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ECwlC6zw2d-UyODlkM-eUCYODe0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ECwlC6zw2d-UyODlkM-eUCYODe0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ECwlC6zw2d-UyODlkM-eUCYODe0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ECwlC6zw2d-UyODlkM-eUCYODe0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SupportFamiliesOfMarijuanaPrisoners/~4/VrAPIIz9BQw" height="1" width="1"/>http://mcbaranoff.blogspot.com/2007/10/he-walked-home-2007.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859378201962687455.post-48370835057992551972009-08-07T02:27:00.000-04:002009-08-10T11:43:15.092-04:002009-08-10T11:43:15.092-04:00mcbaranoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02229326438026908151noreply@blogger.com0The appeal was based on the probable cause for searching the vehicle is as follows 1. a bible in plain view 2. an angel bumper sticker on the bumper 3. the vehicle had a strong odor of a cleaning product (i.e.Simple Green). <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vB0RLl7QXXY8DFZEf8YzYciUySM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vB0RLl7QXXY8DFZEf8YzYciUySM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vB0RLl7QXXY8DFZEf8YzYciUySM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vB0RLl7QXXY8DFZEf8YzYciUySM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SupportFamiliesOfMarijuanaPrisoners/~4/NcGorxJUKVA" height="1" width="1"/>http://mcbaranoff.blogspot.com/2008/12/update.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859378201962687455.post-92151274839840377231995-12-22T11:19:00.002-05:002011-08-30T10:51:45.336-04:002011-08-30T10:51:45.336-04:00mcbaranoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02229326438026908151noreply@blogger.com0 Medical Cannabis Advocates of Key West was in operation for over a year from 1995-96. We operated openly in an office across the street from the County Court House supplying 100 patients. A raid by Key West police shut down the club arresting Harold Baranoff and Jaime Levario, a patient. The charges were eventually dismissed. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gbfZn5cXLoWu-kBg-a95Z905mxE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gbfZn5cXLoWu-kBg-a95Z905mxE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gbfZn5cXLoWu-kBg-a95Z905mxE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gbfZn5cXLoWu-kBg-a95Z905mxE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SupportFamiliesOfMarijuanaPrisoners/~4/hv-a9JvRWDw" height="1" width="1"/>http://mcbaranoff.blogspot.com/2009/12/mexican-tv-zvi-1997-key-west-buyers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859378201962687455.post-88459449180158466331995-09-30T11:49:00.001-04:002011-08-30T11:51:33.044-04:002011-08-30T11:51:33.044-04:00mcbaranoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02229326438026908151noreply@blogger.com0In 1986 Zvi and I started working together to help with publishing Green Action in Arizona. ( http://sedonagreens.org/AZGP%20History.html ) Green Action, an environmental newpaper  adopted the four pillars of the German Green Movement- Ecology (substainability), Social Justice, Grassroots Democracy, and Non Violence. Much of what we have done is stories that will never be told, but I mention a <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z3QFIRMAJW3w48hRFQBMYZpjTKg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z3QFIRMAJW3w48hRFQBMYZpjTKg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z3QFIRMAJW3w48hRFQBMYZpjTKg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/z3QFIRMAJW3w48hRFQBMYZpjTKg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SupportFamiliesOfMarijuanaPrisoners/~4/kv5maQz7MOw" height="1" width="1"/>http://mcbaranoff.blogspot.com/2007/09/barbara-zvi-in-beginning.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859378201962687455.post-87358513881833076111986-08-09T17:59:00.000-04:002011-08-30T10:49:11.968-04:002011-08-30T10:49:11.968-04:00mcbaranoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02229326438026908151noreply@blogger.com0 I found myself alone. I wanted to be. I took care of myself. I healed my wounds and nourished my soul. I regained my strength and began to live again. I prayed for guidance from the Great Spirit. I danced and burned sage under the full moon. I must have pleased the Spirit. I was sent a dream. I was in a grassy flowering meadow surrounded by trees. You came to me in the form of a white Trojan <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9pj6XaktGKe5y3susjJ_S7LdUTQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9pj6XaktGKe5y3susjJ_S7LdUTQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9pj6XaktGKe5y3susjJ_S7LdUTQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9pj6XaktGKe5y3susjJ_S7LdUTQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SupportFamiliesOfMarijuanaPrisoners/~4/LBMONQdcsw8" height="1" width="1"/>http://mcbaranoff.blogspot.com/2007/10/my-true-love-2003_19.html