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All lies Matter.. One billion lies served. Thank You Ron Desantis.. Thank you, you racist, prohibitionist piece of hell bound offal. Thank you for helping me formulate and vocalize the visions and beliefs that have been dancing on the edge of my...
by KushDoctor
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on Thu Aug 31, 2023 at 09:36 AM PDT
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86 years ago today was a day that should live in infamy, for that was the day cannabis became illegal .
The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 , Pub. L. � 75–238 , 50 Stat.
by jck
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on Wed Aug 02, 2023 at 05:30 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest,��Saturday Science with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, Rise ...
by Rise above the swamp
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on Sat Dec 10, 2022 at 08:59 PM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest - Saturday Science with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, Rise ...
by Rise above the swamp
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on Sat Nov 19, 2022 at 08:59 PM PST
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Of Yet No Journey
The knot was within the weeds
fallow fields yielding dry hemp�
where cows had grazed to seed
the thirsty dust with new intent
Lost in the dust and wind no trace
none sought it ...
by McGovern78
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on Sun Jul 17, 2022 at 04:35 PM PDT
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Good day and welcome to DKos Asheville. This is the weekly DKos Asheville Open Thread for Saturday, June 26th, 2021. We offer this space every weekend to share what we're up to in Western North Carolina and beyond. DKos Asheville and other local and...
by randallt
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on Sat Jun 26, 2021 at 08:18 AM PDT
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Greening Deserts species protection project for critically endangered species and healthy ecosystems Greening Deserts Critically Endangered Species Research and Protection Program (CES-RPP)started an extra project for endangered tree species to focus on the most important issue of global biodiversity conservation and establish more biodiversity in...
by greeningdeserts
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on Mon Mar 01, 2021 at 03:39 AM PST
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Today, Ali Velshi on MSNBC did a story about President Biden’s phasing out of private prisons. He used the phrase “perverse incentive” a number of times — the point being that it is in the private prison company’s interest to see...
by LibertyForUs
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on Sat Jan 30, 2021 at 11:21 AM PST
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As a retired Army aviator, I avoided being anywhere around pot during my career, and for about a decade after I retired. Once I moved to WA, it took me a while to gather up the courage to try it. Talk about a n00b! In any case, I can’t complain about a...
by dragonwerx
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on Tue Feb 04, 2020 at 12:16 PM PST
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Good day and welcome to DKos Asheville . This is the weekly DKos Asheville Open Thread for Saturday, July 20th, 2019.
We offer this space every weekend to share what we're up to in Western ...
by randallt
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on Sat Jul 20, 2019 at 01:30 PM PDT
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I have been working on a cycle of poems inspired by looking at particular paintings. In this case, I was looking at a painting that featured a farmhouse. That made me think about the American farmer, bankruptcies, trade wars, the related news of the...
by Paul Frea
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on Wed May 29, 2019 at 04:29 PM PDT
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Trump signs farm bill making hemp federally legal
www.citizen-times.com/…
While we’ve been obsessing focusing on the imminent end of the world tRump’s latest pratfalls, somehow this happened:
..hemp advocates celebrated a $867 billion...
by CwV
49 comments
on Fri Dec 21, 2018 at 04:35 PM PST
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I found this on a supermarket shelf in Munich. (And, yes Hanf translates as Hemp.)
OK, so there’s presumably no, or negligible, ‘active ingredients’ and I’m sure it can be bought in places in the US too. But I still like the way that it’s just...
by ShamballaJones
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on Sun Jul 01, 2018 at 11:34 AM PDT
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“It’s time for state regulators and elected representatives to wake up and smell the pot!“
NOTE: 25% of US residents will be living in an area where cannabis is legal if November ballot initiatives are successful…
www.truth-out.org/…
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by Mark Taylor Canfield
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on Fri Oct 07, 2016 at 03:21 PM PDT
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Could a commercial, non-thc, industrial/ag hemp industry help boost struggling rural Colorado economies which have been hit hard by low energy prices and coal mine closings….among other things?
Hemp on the Slope: www.saltcreekhempco.com/…
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by praesepe
22 comments
on Wed Jul 27, 2016 at 12:27 PM PDT
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March is Women's History Month
Today is
The First Day of Spring! (some calendars said yesterday!)
Alien Abduction Day
Atheist Pride Day
Bibliomania Day
French language day
Great
by Tara Thralls
1 comments
on Sun Mar 20, 2016 at 06:50 PM PDT
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March is Women's History Month
Today is
Ken Day; Earmuff Day
Donald Duck Day; K-9 Veterans Day
National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day
National Jewel Day; National Coconut Torte Day
National Good S
by Tara Thralls
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on Sun Mar 13, 2016 at 10:23 PM PDT
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March is Women's History Month
Today is
Dream Day
Debunking Day
Johnny Appleseed Day
Middle Name Pride Day
National Preschooler's Day
National Promposal Day
Oatmeal Nu
by Tara Thralls
1 comments
on Fri Mar 11, 2016 at 08:14 PM PST
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March is Women's History Month
Today is
Panic Day
Bang-Clang Day
Barbie Day
Get Over It Day
National Crabmeat Day
National Meatball Day
Registered Dietitian Day!
by Tara Thralls
3 comments
on Wed Mar 09, 2016 at 09:57 PM PST
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March is Women's History Month
This is International “Celebrate Your Name Week”
March 6 - 12, 2016
Today is:
Casimir Pulaski Day (only observed in Chicago - see #7)
National Cereal D
by Tara Thralls
5 comments
on Mon Mar 07, 2016 at 08:14 PM PST
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