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16 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:
The railroad should be forced to pay for every home affected, along with relocation fees. That would still be less than what they are paying for their corporate offices in Georgia. Not to mention their lobbying contributions the last 20 plus years.
I've hated them since they slinked out of Roanoke, Va 50 plus years ago.
The population of East Palestine is around 5k. So that's 5 bucks a person. How generous.
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That's exactly what happened. You should find another echo chamber to live in.
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If you are referring to Roth and Twitter - all I can say is - bullshit. Complete and utter bullshit.
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We are preventing WWIII by trying to start WWIII.
War is peace
Freedom is slavery
Ignorance is strength
Now all we need is our 2 minutes of hate...Oh, wait
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Funny, the WaPo runs a hit piece on this woman a day after she shreds Yoel Roth, chief censor for Twitter, in congressional testimony. Apparently anyone questioning censorship is a nazi whore and should be attacked in the press.
Orwell is laughing in his grave.
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Like a couple million dollar per shot mission to shoot a hole in a few weather balloons with a missile that cost 400 grand alone, just to prove we have the Bigus Dickus in the world, while they laugh at us.
We are no better with balloon than we are with pipelines.
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No company the size of Twitter, or Tesla, does jack shit without being funded, lawyered (maybe not a word), and advised by Wall Street. BAC is one, and many of the other usual suspects are involved as well in some capacity.
They do, after all, own the place. We are just pawns.
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3 hours ago, Tiger337 said:
Government overseeing the content of the media is not a good thing. If anything, I want the media overseeing the government!
I'm all for that too. When is it going to start?
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I'm just catching up here, been busy.
I've just read about 5 pages of people arguing about how to control news/speech/information - call it what you want. Someone above posted a picture that showed around 75% of our people get their news from a social media site (if I read it correctly). Then people argue about who it should be and how. Why?
What's wrong with many forms of information? If you don't want to read it, don't. If you don't believe it, fine. Go where it makes you feel happy I guess.
This started about the Twitter files - it doesn't matter who the people were who exposed them - or the venue that it has been disseminated through. Cast all that aside, there are over 600 screenshots of internal documentation of some really bad shit. Things that should concern all Americans if they care about the rule of law and the corruption that goes on.
And it ain't about dick pics.
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Elmo already did look into it, and made public a treasure trove of internal Twitter documents, which was disseminated via Twitter by 5 or 6 different people. They came out in pieces, each dealing with many hot button topics of the day we have went through over the years.
I suppose what one reads out of them depends on their tribal outlook of the world, but it's some really wild shit.
If you have read the 600 plus Tweets and the countless articles about what they exposed, and don't think there is anything wrong, you have your head planted firmly up your ass.
There was a hearing in congress today along these lines, so I'm sure the fix is in. Pun intended.
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Just now, Tiger337 said:
Why are you shocked? Not everyone knows how google earth and balloons work. There might even be things about the world that you don't know. Thanks for your response though.
I thought it was common sense. Stupid me.
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40 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:
I bet we give dictatorships too much credit for having their shit together sometimes. Just because a guy like Xi is the ultimate authority on everything and anything, doesn't mean he has a clue about everything going on in his government - no one person ever could. I would guess the truth is their bureaucracy probably works a lot worse even than ours- so you probably have all kind of PLA brass running around with their own bankrolls and pet schemes and you end up with stuff like this.
We don't know and it doesn't matter. There are no black swans. Everything happens for a reason. Plan accordingly.
At this point, I see no reason for China to start bullshit with us - they need us economically - for now.
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I'm kind of shocked at what I read here, re; the balloon.
IF, this was a China spy balloon... Let's start there.
What are they doing this for if they can see all they want to see on Google Earth or Tic Tock?
Resolution, taking advantage of distance and speed. Lower, slower vs. satellite images from much further away. We know almost every country of the war machine has geosynchronous satellites reading our every move. But they are watching from space. With a balloon, you can get much more detailed images. Think of a drone and the cameras they use today. Incredible what they can see, and for not much money. Even Cornhole cops have a drone that can read a license plate from a quarter of a mile away.
Then there is thermal imaging. A spy satellite miles in space can't use that technology to see where the hot spots might be - but not at this detail they would get from a balloon. AKA; targets. If you poke around on Google maps, which is quite handy for planning a trip because you can visit before you go, we ain't playing with the same shit. Places are blurred out, no street view, etc. Even homes of the ruling class. They are not going to give us that stuff, and they would be really really stupid if they did, national security and all.
What I'm not sure about is if China did this on purpose, what do they have to gain?
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WUT? You really had to so some analysis Gomer? And was someone actually stupid enough to say something like that?
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1 hour ago, Deleterious said:
Modern Marvels, Aerial America, and How It's Made. I could watch those shows non-stop.
I have not heard of Aerial America, but I will look that up. Thanks. The other two are gold, love them. Can get some of the same with Twitter. I was watching this today. This is a kick ass hammer.
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32 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:
Two things I never trust is making important decisions:
(1) media
(2) anecdotes.
not necessarily in that order.
(1) Big Pharma and the 3 letter agencies
(2) media
(3) anecdotes.
in that order.
There, fixed it for you.
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1 hour ago, Biff Mayhem said:
Well you’re going to love this then:
i got the first set of shots (Pfizer), skipped all the boosters and didn’t get the VID for almost three years.
As soon as I tested positive I started taking ivermectin, azithromycin and hydroxycloroquine. Within ten hours I was feeling 90% better. Just a lingering headache and a bit of congestion.
I tested negative about 36 hours later.
HORSEPASTE!!!!!! I knew there was something to Ivermectin when I read this Tweet back in August of 2021. Funny, there is a human form too. Imagine that. Nobel Prize in 2015, over 4 billion doses given around the world, on the WHO's list of essential medicines, NIH gives COVID dosage on their website, better safety profile then Tylenol, and off patent so it is cheap, sold over the counter in many countries, and now the state of Tennessee.
It is prescribed by doctors daily all over this country and has saved countless lives, but that doesn't fit the narrative of big Pharma and bought and paid for DC money whores. If a drug is shown to work they wouldn't need the EUAs for the vaccines, so we can't have that. They have ran trials on IVM, and were quick to publish the ones that were ran improperly just to disprove it, while ignoring all kinds of data that showed it could, at minimum, be a great help, especially as a prophylaxis.
I will add, the information/data on the vaccines and boosters are quite different when you look at data from the MSM and alternative media, and I'm not talking about the Rogan's and Tuckers of the world. They are not as good as we are being told. That is if you bother to read something other than state approved propaganda.
Of course I am in tin foil hat wearing stupid red neck hick Trumper from the sticks (not a Trumper, but I'll have to claim the sticks) territory. Y'all can laugh and mock all you want, I don't care. I've been on IVM, along with vitamin D, zinc, and gargle with an iodine mixture after being around people since July of 2020, and I'm still here. Sorry. 😞
And the virus is still killing hundreds of thousands of people - vaxxed and un-vaxxed.
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Here is proof if something has an engine and they have a race, a bunch of people with great big balls will drive them. You have to watch to the very end.
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Doing a little research; From the American Bankers Association
QuoteCurrently, thirty-seven states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico have all legalized the use of marijuana to some degree. Yet the possession, distribution or sale of marijuana remains illegal under federal law, which means any contact with money that can be traced back to state marijuana operations could be considered money laundering and expose a bank to significant legal, operational and regulatory risk.
In addition to growers and retailers, there are vendors and suppliers, landlords and employees that are indirectly tied to the cannabis industry, thus posing legal risk for banks serving such entities and individuals, as indirect connections to marijuana revenues are hard, if not impossible, for banks to identify and avoid.
The rift between federal and state law has left banks trapped between their mission to serve the financial needs of their local communities and the threat of federal enforcement action.
While ABA takes no position on the moral issues raised by legalizing marijuana, the growing number of states that allow its sale and use raises practical issues that must be addressed. ABA believes the time has come for Congress and the regulatory agencies to provide greater legal clarity to banks operating in states where marijuana has been legalized for medical or adult use. Those banks, including institutions that have no interest in directly banking marijuana-related businesses, face rising legal and regulatory risks as the marijuana industry grows.
Current proposals in both the Senate and the House that seek to provide greater clarity and bridge the gap between state and federal law provide a solid starting point for discussion. We look forward to working with policymakers of both parties to find solutions that provide the legal and regulatory certainty banks need to best serve their communities.
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22 minutes ago, Hongbit said:
Some of the stories I heard in the past from California are crazy. Dispensary owners gathering groups of 30 to 40 and buying them all plane tickets to Costa Rica and giving them all exactly $9,999 in cash to stay below the customs limit so it can be deposited in their Costa Rican bank.
I can only imagine.
There was a documentary on Netfix called Murder Mountain about California and the pot industry over the years. Great insight on how that went from the black market to legalization and the problems that went along with it. Much can be found online about other states, including Colorado, which I think was one of the first states to go full recreational.
Many of the problems were due to money - or how to move and bank it - because all cash. It really seems weird that an industry with as much revenue as this has to use cash. And it's not like the swine banks haven't been caught moving some kind of illegal money over the years anyway.
And it's not like you are being secret. You have to provide a drivers license at the very beginning, and if needed, there are a few ATM's in the store.
Being curious, the closest store in Ohio, which is medical only, runs at least double in price (or more) of Michigan.
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I forgot to mention the taxes. I think it was %6 sales tax and %10 pot tax, so a total of %16. I suspect, if Ohio ever legalized, a couple of those stores in Monroe would be toast in a short period of time. Ohio is also losing out on a lot of tax revenue. I'm not convinced it will ever go legal here.
But it still amazes me of the sales volume. After experiencing Oregon, and now Michigan (both rec states) and the huge revenue that goes through them - they still only sell in cash. Against federal law to use credit cards as I understand it. Think of the fees that could be collected by banks and credit card companies on credit card fees. That's some huge revenue and I'm surprised the banking lobby hasn't pushed harder to change this. After all, they do own the place.
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From the commerce standpoint, which one may call "the market" Michigan has an effect on the "street" price in places like Cornhole. Not uncommon for the little burgs like us out in the sticks to pay $300 an ounce because we are only medical. That's what our black market demands and gets. The med card system (which people try to game) is pretty dicked up as I understand it. I know people who got the med cards but went back to the street because it was cheaper - even at $300 an ounce.
You would think since this is Cornhole, we have millions of square miles of farmland, and everything needed to plant such a thing (and it's a fucking weed and will grow almost anywhere) - we would have plenty. Nope. Every harvest season they send out the storm-troopers to eradicate those evil pot plants hidden on the edges of the farmers field. Complete with helicopters, and then front page pictures and headlines.
So you end up with shitloads of northwest Ohio people driving to Monroe to spend $100 an ounce, instead of $300 at home. They even advertise out of state welcome. I'm guessing others spend 3 hours driving, pay $100 bucks for an ounce there and sell it back here for $250-300. The market, depending where you live on the food chain.
I spent a week in Oregon back in 2018 where it was legal. There was a a green cross store on every corner. Wild to see coming from here. Cheap too. All the different states with different rules, different situations.
Cash. Billions and billions of dollars - in cash.
*Disclaimer: never looked at any pot stocks just because, but one of my favorite stocks of all time was POT. 🙂
I really don't know how the rulers of our world, the swine criminal banksters, haven't tried to fiancialize/monetize the pot business? I know there are pot stocks - but CASH?
ON EDIT: Since we are talking about pot, and I'm happy, allow me to share. One of my favorite songs of all time;
Michigan Men's Basketball: AKA the Michigan revenue sport that doesn't have an uber jaded fanbase waiting in the dark for failure.
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The above was from May, re; Bates. He did in fact end up at EMU.
I'll give you a scouting report. I don't and didn't know much about the guy. I have ties to Toledo so I watch all their games. A couple of weeks ago, Bates chucked in 43, but they came up a little short on Toledo's court. I watched a couple other of his games, can't remember against who, then the UT/EMU game yesterday. He only had 4 points in that one. The guy is an incredible talent. A bit skinny IMO, but what a show he can put on. NBA next year?
As far as EMU, they are not doing so well in the MAC, but they have 3 guys who can just go off. Acuff had 35 yesterday. They are long, athletic, and very talented. If they make the MAC tourney, they might be the team nobody wants to play. There are six games left, they should improve, and all you have to do is get in. If they would win in Cleveland I would not be surprised at all.