I meant to say "those who did not vote for the jerks who caused the problem and that cannot vote with their feet" ...

 

It's a circus out there, talk to your kids about drugs. There are people targeting them for a drug habit that might be deadly.

https://www.kptv.com/2022/08/24/rai...-after-man-reported-top-car-screaming-police/
‘Rainbow Fentanyl’ seized in Tigard after man reported on top of car, screaming: Police

 

 

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https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/...e-new-oxycontin-marijuana-psychosis-addiction
How Weed Became the New OxyContin

If you’re over 30 years old and you used to smoke weed when you were a teenager, the strongest you were smoking was probably 20% THC. Today, teenagers are “dabbing” a product that’s three, four, or five times stronger, and are often doing so multiple times a day. At that level of potency, the impact of the drug on a user’s brain belongs to an entirely different category of risk than smoking a joint or taking a bong rip of even an intensively bred marijuana flower. It’s highly addictive, and over time, there’s a significant chance it can drive you insane.

 

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/...e-new-oxycontin-marijuana-psychosis-addiction
How Weed Became the New OxyContin

Am I the only one who has noticed that kids have become increasingly insane since they've avoided using cigarettes as their choice of rite of passage/rebellion against authority?

 

Yes.

 

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I (or my AI/ML application) can create any data set you like.
https://retractionwatch.com/

 

'You take care of a dog, it thinks you're God; you take care of a cat, it thinks it's God.'

 

Could Dragons from Game of Thrones Actually Fly? Aeronautical Engineering and Math Says They Could

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Watching a few episodes of Game of Thrones you’ll notice that pretty much anybody can pick up a spear or sword and throw it distances that an Olympic javelin thrower would be deeply envious of. Given that gravity seems to be roughly similar to ours, this suggests the thrown weapons are generating much more lift than on Earth – consistent with an atmosphere of higher density.

 

Could Dragons from Game of Thrones Actually Fly? Aeronautical Engineering and Math Says They Could

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This was an open 'secret' in the 7th fleet for decades.

He made things happen, By Any Means Necessary.

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/24/paying-price-hidden-cost-fat-leonard-investigation

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxngjy/us-navys-largest-corruption-case-fat-leonard

His unassailable charm was said to have penetrated the U.S. Navy better than the Soviets ever could, as he gained unprecedented access to classified military information through a massive bribery network. Now, Leonard Glenn Francis has pulled off yet another daring feat, successfully escaping house arrest just weeks before he’s set to be sentenced for masterminding the Navy’s largest-ever corruption scandal.
Widely known as “Fat Leonard” for his 350-pound and six-foot-three stature, Malaysian businessman Francis cut his GPS monitoring ankle bracelet off on Sunday and fled his San Diego home, where he has been under house arrest since 2018.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1566963373320933381

I don't think he will be running very far or fast.

 

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https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxngjy/us-navys-largest-corruption-case-fat-leonard

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1566963373320933381

I don't think he will be running very far or fast.

His neighbors said he had a U-Haul in the driveway for several days. Maybe he packed himself in a crate - same way the Nissan CEO escaped from Japan. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57760993

 

When the real problem isn’t the obvious one

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The US took over, believing that it was just a matter of using more efficient and more powerful diggers. Roosevelt’s instruction to his lead engineer, John Finlay Wallace, was “Make the dirt fly.” The US valiantly tried this for a year, with disastrous results.

 

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Google Pays ‘Enormous’ Sums to Maintain Search-Engine Dominance, DOJ Says:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ts-dominance-doj-says?leadSource=uverify wall

 

I don't know whether I agree. I guess the courts will decide whether it is illegal to spend money to remain at the front of the line. It is not surprising that they pay a lot for being the first choice of search engines. They have the income that enables it.
I agree, it makes it very difficult for those coming from behind, but is that unnatural?

 

Google Pays ‘Enormous’ Sums to Maintain Search-Engine Dominance, DOJ Says:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-08/google-pays-enormous-sums-to-maintain-its-dominance-doj-says?leadSource=uverify wall

Google barely makes the top 10.