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[This piece will be appearing as a newspaper op/ed this week.] **************************** A question I sometimes ponder: would humankind be better off, or worse off, if alcoholic beverages had never been available for people to use? On the one hand,...
by AndySchmookler
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on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 08:33 AM PST
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Here at Top Comments we strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd & most informative commentary, and we depend on your help!! If you see a comment by another Kossack that deserves wider recognition,...
by gizmo59
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on Thu Jun 22, 2023 at 07:00 PM PDT
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THE ECSTACY by John Donne WHERE, like a pillow on a bed, A pregnant bank swell'd up, to rest The violet's reclining head, Sat we two, one another's best. Our hands were firmly cemented By a fast balm, which thence did spring ; Our eye-beams twisted,...
by McGovern78
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on Sat Sep 11, 2021 at 04:23 AM PDT
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As I recall, John the Evangelist referred to himself as, "the disciple Jesus loved." Long ago this came up in a bible study. The leader said, "He didn't mean eros." I read it was philos and agape. �...
by SolarKitty
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on Mon Sep 14, 2020 at 09:05 AM PDT
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Alex Jones and Roger Stone — who are about 20 minutes away from cutting off their own ears and mailing them to each other — speculated on Jones’ radio program today that Chief of Staff John Kelly might be drugging Donald Trump, presumably to make him...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Mon Sep 11, 2017 at 05:40 PM PDT
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2 stories are currently filling Germany’s summer break gap: The son of former lib dem head Pieper got checked by police near the German city of Halle. Police found at least half a kilo of Cannabis.
www.bild.de/…
www.germandailynews.com/…
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by ca cokz
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on Tue Aug 22, 2017 at 06:30 PM PDT
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MDMA was outlawed by the United States in 1985. Since then it has gone underground, ...
by Walter Einenkel
58 comments
on Tue May 26, 2015 at 10:02 AM PDT
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Note to drug dealers, invest in real estate instead of dope.
♥For Patricia and her Family♥ Friends way back when; friends then, friends forever.
You know; I was so dumb when I was a teenager
by rebel ga
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on Wed Jul 30, 2014 at 01:00 PM PDT
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Alexander Shulgin (Sasha) has passed away. Who was he?
by paradise50
128 comments
on Mon Jun 16, 2014 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Nearly from its creation in 1970, under the Controlled Substance Act, the Drug Enforcement Agency has seen itself as the front line, and shock troops, of the "war on drugs," launched by Richard ...
by HoundDog
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on Wed Jun 11, 2014 at 04:01 PM PDT
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See end of section below orange swirl for introduction to using free MEDSCAPE links.
Psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline were used experimentally for decades in psychiatry and ...
by mettle fatigue
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on Sun Jan 19, 2014 at 04:01 PM PST
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♥For Patricia and her Family♥ Friends way back when; friends then, friends forever.
You know; in today's society, I'd have gotten killed 100 times, (I was so dumb when I was a teenager).
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by rebel ga
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on Sun Jun 23, 2013 at 09:00 AM PDT
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Tomorrow's a big day for me.
I travel to meet an expectant mother in a nearby town and to discuss her impeding birth.
I envision an exciting early morning drive, drinking my cup of coffee ...
by people power granny
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on Thu Jul 21, 2011 at 09:58 PM PDT
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Happy Black Friday,
Allow me to introduce you to my friend Sylvie, who is spending this fall with her parents and two sisters in Kathmandu, where she celebrated her 11th birthday last week.
by citisven
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on Fri Nov 26, 2010 at 11:21 AM PST
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...you are probably on a computer. Or some sort of hand-held device. Smart phone. Pod. Pad. Berry. Tablet. Insert [catchy name of the next latest greatest cool and hip new gadget about to hit the ...
by citisven
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on Wed Nov 10, 2010 at 05:35 PM PST
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There’s general agreement that the Bible has a word or two to say about man’s relationship to the environment. The most commonly quoted verse is from Genesis, 1:28:
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by DelicateMonster
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on Sun Jul 25, 2010 at 09:11 AM PDT
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I've suffered with varying degrees of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity for twenty years, so I was one of the early devotees to environmentally friendly cleaning products. Given that most American ...
by rb137
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on Sun Jul 18, 2010 at 10:19 AM PDT
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** Thanks for the Diary Rescue mem from somerville!***
A few weeks ago, DailyKos superstar Meteor Blades posted a diary encouraging everyone to share their personal stories.
by adaptive
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on Sun Jul 11, 2010 at 02:37 PM PDT
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E.C.S.T.A.S.Y. — E nd C onsumption, S ave T he A ir & S ea, ...
by WarrenS
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on Sun Jul 11, 2010 at 11:34 AM PDT
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E.C.S.T.A.S.Y. — E nd C onsumption, S ave T he A ir & S ea, ...
by WarrenS
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on Sun Jul 04, 2010 at 09:38 AM PDT
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