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DIY-HP-LED
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CunningCanuk
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I’m with Mehdi, Bill Mayer is an asshole.
DIY-HP-LED
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Bill can be an asshole, but he is a comedian, not a politician. His brand of humor is going out of fashion, but a lot of humor seems to have gone out of fashion, especially on university campuses. I don't agree with everything Maher says, but I find his humor funny at times. I think his old man beef about the issue comes from so many comedians being banned or protested at campuses over one thing or another, some of it sheer bullshit. Perhaps some wounded people are too sensitive, I mean even calling Trump an idiot will offend almost half of America and some will squeal very loudly on social media.
Cartoons of the prophet or movie depictions of him will offend many Muslins and some will kill people over it. Should a western secular country pay any attention to such nonsense? Should people who don't believe in that shit live in fear of those who do? Likewise every time Nova shows a program about evolution they will get hundreds or thousands letters of complaint from "Christians". Peoples feelings are hurt in all cases and people are hurt in some cases. Freedom is variety, but also a balance and there ain't no accounting for taste.
DIY-HP-LED
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An example of offending someone over stupid shit:
cannabineer
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Not unexpected:
www.euronews.com
Not the key part but:
Where does Europe stand on weed legalisation?
Europe has long taken a conservative approach to the legalisation of weed. The drug is illegal to sell and consume across Europe, with the exception of Malta, where it became legal for personal use in 2021.
Several European countries, including Austria, the Netherlands and Portugal, have decriminalised the possession of small amounts of cannabis. Luxembourg announced plans to legalise in 2018, but had to backtrack after coming up against EU laws. There’s a chance this could become Germany’s fate too.
While the Netherlands has become known for its relaxed attitude to smoking weed, with the government tolerating the sale of the drug in its “coffee shops”, its use and cultivation still remain illegal in wide society. Therefore, the Dutch model technically still respects EU law. [it’s more the other way around, the EU law had to respect the ‘model’ we already had].
Germany’s plans could push the EU to change this history of cannabis conservatism, and if it manages to do so, other countries could quickly follow suit.
On its platform, the Finnish Green League Party said it will “utilise the experiences of Germany” for its weed policies in the future.
As I suggested in other threads/topics, Germany has an above average influence in the EU and this could certainly bring the inevitable legalization (and strict regulation) closer. But, what they want to do is likely to be delayed a few times more. The UN convention and international laws don’t have to be an obstacle as Canada has shown, but for now the EU isn’t going to allow it without setting requirements that are impossible to meet. Like preventing export across open borders with 8 other EU members and Switzerland. To get the EU (including German EU politicians) to go along they first have to figure out who their main opponents and then make deals. Whether EU will legalize anytime soon basically depends primarily on how bad and fast Germany wants it.
In the weeds: Germany's plan to legalise cannabis in 2024 in doubt
Berlin unveiled its bold project to legalise cannabis in October 2022 but has yet to draft the law it then needs to present to the European Commission to launch talks. #EuropeDecoded
www.euronews.com
Not the key part but:
Where does Europe stand on weed legalisation?
Europe has long taken a conservative approach to the legalisation of weed. The drug is illegal to sell and consume across Europe, with the exception of Malta, where it became legal for personal use in 2021.
Several European countries, including Austria, the Netherlands and Portugal, have decriminalised the possession of small amounts of cannabis. Luxembourg announced plans to legalise in 2018, but had to backtrack after coming up against EU laws. There’s a chance this could become Germany’s fate too.
While the Netherlands has become known for its relaxed attitude to smoking weed, with the government tolerating the sale of the drug in its “coffee shops”, its use and cultivation still remain illegal in wide society. Therefore, the Dutch model technically still respects EU law. [it’s more the other way around, the EU law had to respect the ‘model’ we already had].
Germany’s plans could push the EU to change this history of cannabis conservatism, and if it manages to do so, other countries could quickly follow suit.
On its platform, the Finnish Green League Party said it will “utilise the experiences of Germany” for its weed policies in the future.
As I suggested in other threads/topics, Germany has an above average influence in the EU and this could certainly bring the inevitable legalization (and strict regulation) closer. But, what they want to do is likely to be delayed a few times more. The UN convention and international laws don’t have to be an obstacle as Canada has shown, but for now the EU isn’t going to allow it without setting requirements that are impossible to meet. Like preventing export across open borders with 8 other EU members and Switzerland. To get the EU (including German EU politicians) to go along they first have to figure out who their main opponents and then make deals. Whether EU will legalize anytime soon basically depends primarily on how bad and fast Germany wants it.
DIY-HP-LED
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those almost-T-33s I saw last weekend? Actually L-39s
Roger A. Shrubber
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aren't those used to train jet pilots? think i read an article about them a while back, from poland or lithuania?
cannabineer
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They’re Czech jet trainers first flown in the ‘60s. Can someone let me in on what’s funny?
Roger A. Shrubber
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i have no clue, my sense of humor was shot off in the cultural wars.
cannabineer
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Bummer. Does it hurt when you sneeze?
Roger A. Shrubber
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only slightly...
DIY-HP-LED
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Had the world by the nuts one day and in jail the next with his shit confiscated, from Heaven to Hell overnight. He doesn't look happy at all, the problem with living on the edge is you sometimes fall off and the problem with living like an asshole is you sometimes get caught.
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https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/infrastructure/3839747-these-are-the-states-americans-are-moving-to/
this seems to be confirming that magats are moving out of blue states and moving to red states.
that could be a good thing. it will cut out a LOT of gerrymandering in blue states, and cram all the republican reps into fewer states, which means less of them in total. California is losing a ton of magats...wonder what that will do for mccarthy's chance of getting re-elected in 24?
this seems to be confirming that magats are moving out of blue states and moving to red states.
that could be a good thing. it will cut out a LOT of gerrymandering in blue states, and cram all the republican reps into fewer states, which means less of them in total. California is losing a ton of magats...wonder what that will do for mccarthy's chance of getting re-elected in 24?
Roger A. Shrubber
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Even when things work out ok, life exhausts you.
My step daughter was pregnant. They already had two girls and wanted a boy, and got one this time, but he scared the shit out of all of us.
She had to go in for an emergency C section a couple of days ago, 5 weeks early. The placenta separated from her uterus and the baby wasn't breathing on his own.
An ultrasound found a shadow on his brain, and an mri showed blood from a subarachnoid hemorrhage. They were worried that he had a minor seizure, and put him on a breathing tube.
He's now off the tube, breathing on his own, and they said the hemorrhage has stopped and did no damage, but it was a tough couple of days.
I'm not a very emotionally expressive person, and i had to just walk away from people several times.
I've made the argument before that the cult of child worship is silly, and i still feel that way, but i would have been broken if he had died, or been seriously impaired...
Guess it's a lot easier to be objective from a distance.
My step daughter was pregnant. They already had two girls and wanted a boy, and got one this time, but he scared the shit out of all of us.
She had to go in for an emergency C section a couple of days ago, 5 weeks early. The placenta separated from her uterus and the baby wasn't breathing on his own.
An ultrasound found a shadow on his brain, and an mri showed blood from a subarachnoid hemorrhage. They were worried that he had a minor seizure, and put him on a breathing tube.
He's now off the tube, breathing on his own, and they said the hemorrhage has stopped and did no damage, but it was a tough couple of days.
I'm not a very emotionally expressive person, and i had to just walk away from people several times.
I've made the argument before that the cult of child worship is silly, and i still feel that way, but i would have been broken if he had died, or been seriously impaired...
Guess it's a lot easier to be objective from a distance.