that thread is misleading. i don't like muck, but Corn deliberately left out muck's next post.
The four occupied territories: Russia claimed control over the four regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson after sham referendums in September, widely slammed by Kyiv and Western governments as violating international law."The enemy is well aware of our proposals for the demilitarization and denazification of the regime-controlled territories and the elimination of threats to Russian security from there, including our new territories (the DNR, LNR, and the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions)," Lavrov said, repeating false accusations of Nazism against Ukraine used by Moscow in an attempt to justify its invasion.
"There is just one thing left to do: to fulfill them before it's too late. Otherwise the Russian army will take matters into its own hands.
"With regard to the duration of the conflict, the ball is now in the court of Washington and its regime. They can stop this futile resistance at any moment."
is it remotely possible that they actually believe the watery horse diarrhea spewing from their mouths? is it even conceivable they think that they actually have a right to annex parts of other countries because a few russians banded together there and claimed it? that's squatting, which isn't grounds for annexation. the country they were is gone, and it will never exist again. the country they are now is well on it's way to that as we communicate...and they still insist that their military will take matters into their own hands? they threaten to invade Moldava? with what army? the one busy dying in Ukraine? or the one they're trying to extort out of Lukashenko? how many more chechen murderers does Curly joe Kadyrov have to spare? what's left of wagner? how long will it take for those Ukrainian drones to hit a load of fuel and burn half of russia's planes at one time?Russian foreign minister gives Ukraine ultimatum over 4 occupied regions
From CNN's AnneClaire Stapleton
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that Ukraine must fulfil Moscow's proposals regarding their "new territories" — or the Russian military would take action, according to Russian state news agency TASS.
The four occupied territories: Russia claimed control over the four regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson after sham referendums in September, widely slammed by Kyiv and Western governments as violating international law.
But Russia has struggled with setbacks in these areas from the start — Moscow's forces were not in full control of the territories when they were rubber-stamped as part of the Russian Federation.
Just weeks after illegally annexing Kherson, Ukraine reclaimed its regional capital with the same name, liberating about 10,000 square kilometers of land and moving its Western-supplied artillery within range of Crimea.
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that the situation in the four occupied territories was "extremely complicated," a rare window into the challenges that Moscow faces in areas it has attempted to illegally annex.
This post has been updated to more accurately reflect Lavrov's comments.
Funny that Russian oligarchs suddenly have no balance or tread left on their shoes.If he was in Russia he would have ended up in one of his sausage machines and feed to mobiks on the way to the slaughter house. They need to change their MO, far to many are going out of windows and off high places. At least it's a change from nerve gas or having them glow in the dark before dying of a rare form of radiation poisoning.
extra iron...
Man … can’t believe nobody seen the joke. LOLIf he was in Russia he would have ended up in one of his sausage machines and feed to mobiks on the way to the slaughter house. They need to change their MO, far too many are going out of windows and off high places. At least it's a change from nerve gas or having them glow in the dark before dying of a rare form of radiation poisoning.
I would make a packet of weed cigarettes half the price of tobacco ones... You'd switch ove a large percentage of users almost overnight.A national crises, caused by many here! Prices plummet with legalization and when it goes federal they will drop even more, it will become a national market and a commodity. Expect retail prices to drop, they did in Canada and you can buy it from natives cheap, good bud for $40 to $60 CDN an ounce, or $200/lb bulk. Because pot can be mailed, an an ounce is letter rate, the online market legal and illegal thrives too.
A national weed glut is causing prices to plummet and imperiling businesses
In Michigan, the number of cultivators has doubled while prices have dropped by 75 percent.www.politico.com
A national weed glut is causing prices to plummet and imperiling businesses
In Michigan, the number of cultivators has doubled while prices have dropped by 75 percent.
Michigan has way too much weed.
The number of cannabis grow operations serving the state’s recreational market has almost doubled in the past year. The number of active marijuana plants now exceeds 1.2 million, roughly six times the volume seen in 2020.
By one estimate, Michigan has enough cultivation capacity to supply three times as much weed as the state’s consumers are buying — and that doesn’t include the huge illegal market that by all accounts commands a large share of sales.
Michigan is emblematic of what’s been happening across the country all year — and why the industry’s been in a funk even as legalization spreads: Ill-fated hopes that a Democratic-controlled Washington might loosen decades-old restrictions on the drug have given way to a market glut and plummeting prices that have put scores of businesses at risk of collapse.
In Colorado, prices have dropped by 51 percent over the last two years, according to BDSA, a cannabis analytics firm. The price of a pound of weed has plunged by 36 percent in Massachusetts and 46 percent in Missouri in just the last year, according to LeafLink, which tracks wholesale transactions.
The price drop is even more extreme in Michigan. Over the last two years, the price of weed in the recreational market has plummeted about 75 percent — from nearly $400 an ounce to less than $100.
The slump is messy enough in Michigan that some industry officials are calling for a moratorium on cultivation licenses three years after the state launched a recreational market.
“With the glut of supply, and with so many licenses, it’s setting up businesses for failure,” said Beau Whitney, an economist who focuses on the cannabis industry, speaking of the Michigan market. “Nationally, very few people are making a profit in this industry.”
Those market dynamics are exacerbating an already grim financial outlook for weed companies even as sales are expected to reach roughly $30 billion this year — more than double the volume of sales three years earlier.
Companies face sky-high taxes because they’re treated like illegal narcotics traffickers. And the failure of a bipartisan effort in Congress this month to make it easier for marijuana businesses to access basic banking services means they’ll continue to face exorbitant rates to raise cash to run their operations. As Republicans retake the House, that dynamic is unlikely to change anytime soon.
There is one big winner amid all the market upheaval: weed shoppers.
“What you’re seeing is the market working,” said Michael DiLaura, chief corporate officer for House of Dank, which has 10 retail outlets across Michigan. “The consumer in Michigan is now getting likely the best weed in the world at by far the best prices in the world.”
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well that's just ridiculously bad management, on the government and the growers part.A national crises, caused by many here! Prices plummet with legalization and when it goes federal they will drop even more, it will become a national market and a commodity. Expect retail prices to drop, they did in Canada and you can buy it from natives cheap, good bud for $40 to $60 CDN an ounce, or $200/lb bulk. Because pot can be mailed, an an ounce is letter rate, the online market legal and illegal thrives too.
A national weed glut is causing prices to plummet and imperiling businesses
In Michigan, the number of cultivators has doubled while prices have dropped by 75 percent.www.politico.com
A national weed glut is causing prices to plummet and imperiling businesses
In Michigan, the number of cultivators has doubled while prices have dropped by 75 percent.
Michigan has way too much weed.
The number of cannabis grow operations serving the state’s recreational market has almost doubled in the past year. The number of active marijuana plants now exceeds 1.2 million, roughly six times the volume seen in 2020.
By one estimate, Michigan has enough cultivation capacity to supply three times as much weed as the state’s consumers are buying — and that doesn’t include the huge illegal market that by all accounts commands a large share of sales.
Michigan is emblematic of what’s been happening across the country all year — and why the industry’s been in a funk even as legalization spreads: Ill-fated hopes that a Democratic-controlled Washington might loosen decades-old restrictions on the drug have given way to a market glut and plummeting prices that have put scores of businesses at risk of collapse.
In Colorado, prices have dropped by 51 percent over the last two years, according to BDSA, a cannabis analytics firm. The price of a pound of weed has plunged by 36 percent in Massachusetts and 46 percent in Missouri in just the last year, according to LeafLink, which tracks wholesale transactions.
The price drop is even more extreme in Michigan. Over the last two years, the price of weed in the recreational market has plummeted about 75 percent — from nearly $400 an ounce to less than $100.
The slump is messy enough in Michigan that some industry officials are calling for a moratorium on cultivation licenses three years after the state launched a recreational market.
“With the glut of supply, and with so many licenses, it’s setting up businesses for failure,” said Beau Whitney, an economist who focuses on the cannabis industry, speaking of the Michigan market. “Nationally, very few people are making a profit in this industry.”
Those market dynamics are exacerbating an already grim financial outlook for weed companies even as sales are expected to reach roughly $30 billion this year — more than double the volume of sales three years earlier.
Companies face sky-high taxes because they’re treated like illegal narcotics traffickers. And the failure of a bipartisan effort in Congress this month to make it easier for marijuana businesses to access basic banking services means they’ll continue to face exorbitant rates to raise cash to run their operations. As Republicans retake the House, that dynamic is unlikely to change anytime soon.
There is one big winner amid all the market upheaval: weed shoppers.
“What you’re seeing is the market working,” said Michael DiLaura, chief corporate officer for House of Dank, which has 10 retail outlets across Michigan. “The consumer in Michigan is now getting likely the best weed in the world at by far the best prices in the world.”
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The price drop drives a lot of the marginal players out and it becomes a matter of scale. Outdoor grown is not considered bud and usually made into cheap oil, along with pesticides! Small clean grows that are well managed do produce connoisseur bud, but once mites or other pests get into a big commercial grow it's a write off worth millions. Hence the bunny suits and treatment with prophylactic "approved" pesticides.well that's just ridiculously bad management, on the government and the growers part.
the government shouldn't be issuing so many permits to commercial growers, and every fucking fool with access to dirt and seeds ISN'T a grower, they're a producer of schwag....
“The consumer in Michigan is now getting likely the best weed in the world at by far the best prices in the world.”
right...every fuckhead with a grow light is producing pesticide laden, mite infested, poorly grown, third rate crap...and it's the best in the world....
it took me three years before i produced anything i felt comfortable sharing pics of on riu, and they're producing top shelf on their first grows....
whadd I miss?I won't bother responding to the above, since all the posts will disappear along with the knucklehead poster.
Not much a big TOS violation(s) any response would have been deleted, so comment, don't respond, report too, Sunni has better things to do than plow trough this shit.whadd I miss?
I’m sure you can be a bit more descriptive without issue. C’mon.Not much a big TOS violation(s) any response would have been deleted, so comment, don't respond, report too, Sunni has better things to do than plow trough this shit.