"d.d." latin for "today's date"

language tip of the day: "d.d." is the latin term ("de dato") that can be used for "today's date" or "d.d. January 1st, 2014" (on the date of ...)

"d.d." is used in Norwegian ("dagens/dags dato" [today's date]), but i wasn't aware, until now, that it can also be used in English, although it doesn't seem to be used much.

Sources:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-dd1.html ("today's date")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_%28D%29 ("of the date")
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/De+Dato ("this day")

why politicians should be fighting their hardest to legalize recreational use of cannabis

If one of the defining results of cannabis use is the happy, relaxed, care-free mentality of "fuck it", you'd think every politician would b fighting as hard as possible to legalize it--seriously, think how much shit they'd get away with "leading" an entire population of "fuck its"... but really, politicians should be giving it away and even teaching people how to smoke it. or at least setting the age restriction for cannabis use to at least as low as 18--the age requirement for voting in Norway

media cases/stories where parents prayed instead of taking their kids to the doctor and the kids died

here's a non-comprehensive list of cases where parents tried praying instead of taking their kids to the doctor, then the kids died:

Schaible:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/herbert-catherine-schaible_n_3138001.html
Neumann:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,341574,00.html
Bellew:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2205306/Russel-Brandi-Bellew-Faith-healer-parents-avoid-jail-Austin-Sprout-16-dies.html
Hickman:
http://global.christianpost.com/news/faith-healing-scandal-parents-prayed-instead-of-seeking-medical-care-as-child-slowly-died-56743/
Raffield (name of the police officer in the case since the parents were unnamed):
http://www.kltv.com/story/18648752/parents-pray-for-15-hours-over-dead-baby-before-calling-911
Swezey:
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/jun/09/swezey-plea-means-no-appeal-of-faith-healing/

add more if you know of any others :)