And now for something weird...

nsaspook

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https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/03/...-states-where-weed-is-legal-including-oregon/
The number of pedestrian deaths is on the rise in Oregon, according to a new study by the Governors Highway Safety Association. Some evidence pins the blame on legal cannabis.
Too much weed.
http://www.thesmokersclub.com/news/oregon-million-pounds-weed-surplus/
According to Oregon breeder and dispensary owner Archive Seedbank believes there are a million too many pounds of weed. Since the state consumes 400,000 pounds of weed annually and has close to 1.4 million pounds of weed, there’s TOO MUCH WEED.

Yes, there’s a thing as too much weed, and that fact makes the price of weed plummet. Oregon isn’t a huge market and is a very free market–but this could be an ominous sign for the future of legal weed if canopy space isn’t more regulated.


Trees love to grow here.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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Even granolas are subject to the laws of capitalism. Like gravity, they cannot be avoided.
No legal pot sales here, let the druggies head to Portland for their dope.
http://pamplinmedia.com/pt/266-poli...iew-voters-ok-to-continue-marijuana-sales-ban
Overall, 1,843 voters favored prolonging the pot ban, while 1,754 voted to stop it.

That means residents shouldn’t expect a flood of skunky pot shops in the city north of Gresham and west of Wood Village.
 

nsaspook

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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/09/northrop-grumman-reportedly-at-fault-for-loss-of-zuma-satellite.html
Northrop Grumman built and operated the components that failed during the controversial January launch of the U.S. spy satellite known as Zuma, according to a Wall Street Journal report Sunday.

Two independent investigations, made up of federal and industry officials, pointed to Northrop's payload adapter as the cause of the satellite's loss, the report said, citing people familiar with the probes. The payload adapter is a key part of deploying a satellite in orbit, connecting the satellite to the upper stage of a rocket.
 

nsaspook

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GRUMMAN has a history of building total crap.

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/01/11/For-sale-cheap-845-Brumman-buses/9147474267600/

Five of the original 851 buses purchased were withheld from the sales offer were being held as evidence in a suit filed in state Supreme Court by the Transit Authority May 10, charging Grumman Ohio, Grumman Allied Industries and Grumman Corp., with fraud, conspiracy to defraud, breach of contract and warranties and negligent misrepresentation.
 
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nsaspook

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http://www.kptv.com/story/37918477/woman-embalmed-alive-after-tragic-hospital-mix-up
She was undergoing the operation at a hospital in Ulyanovsk, Russia, on March 15 when medical personnel reportedly made a tragic mistake. They accidentally administered a formalin drip, which contains formaldehyde, the Washington Times reported.

The lethal chemical is commonly used to prevent corpses from decomposing. Doctors were supposed to fill her IV bag with a saline solution instead.
 

WBahn

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I was curious as to what formalin would even be doing in an operating room. In finding that answer, I also discovered (shock and surprise!!) that the story as reported isn't even close to accurate.

The formalin was probably there to preserve the cysts that were removed from her. A nurse mistakenly used put formalin, instead of sterilized saline, on the gauze she used to wash the surgical site. It was NOT introduced intravenously, she was not embalmed alive, and it was not embalming fluid that was used.

But formalin is highly toxic and can be absorbed quickly through the skin. The gal was conscious after the surgery and it was four days after the surgery that their inability to treat the damage prompted them to transfer her to another hospital. Some time later she was transferred yet again. She died three weeks after the surgery.

It's like the movies that are "Based on a true story," or "Inspired by actual events." More often than not, it means something like there really was a person with that name that fought in that war. Everything else is pure fiction made up to sell the story.
 

nsaspook

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