What has Trump done to this country?

[DIY-HP-LED]

Donald's big fuck up! Unintended consequences got him again! The stupider they are, the more frequently the occurrence...
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Chris Hayes Breaks Down Trump’s Plan To Undermine Democracy Ahead Of Election | All In | MSNBC

Chris Hayes: “Donald Trump and the Republican party are waging a war on the very mechanisms of voting ahead of the upcoming election in November. And they are running some real risks not just with our democracy, but with their own campaign.”

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

If Donald loses Florida because of mail in voting fuck ups in the USPS, he will lose it on election night and if he loses Florida, it's game over, they apparently count quick there. Donald wants to avoid losing decisively on election night, I figure Joe will get to 270+ early and if some states want to take weeks to count ballots fine.

 

[schuylaar]

If Donald loses Florida because of mail in voting fuck ups in the USPS, he will lose it on election night and if he loses Florida, it's game over, they apparently count quick there. Donald wants to avoid losing decisively on election night, I figure Joe will get to 270+ early and if some states want to take weeks to count ballots fine.

He's all of a sudden way too willing on Florida- something's up and it has to do with DeSantis..there was a huge battle in the race against Gillum..dollars to donuts Gillum was the winner with Dr Brenda C. Snipes suppressing all the way..mail bags were sitting at USPS uncounted.

We are a Banana Republic.

 

[Jimdamick]

Anybody notice a drop in trade? I've got a few friends who buy from me for a very good price I sell a bag for $140 and the government sells more or less the same quality at over $450. People do seem to be smoking more pot though, makes staying home and quality time with the couch easier.

I have a social distancing procedure that everybody follows, they come to my place and I can't visit the seniors home until this shit is dealt with and that was about it for deliveries. I have a buddy there who is younger and in a wheelchair I met while visiting my sister, I'd give him a bag a month, sometimes I'd wheel him down to the park next door for some drone FPV flying, with him wearing guest goggles and along for the ride very stoned and loving it.
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The pandemic is eating away at the illicit marijuana market

Legal sales have boomed since March, though it’s hard to say how many customers previously bought from illegal dealers.

www.politico.com

The pandemic is eating away at the illicit marijuana market
Legal sales have boomed since March, though it’s hard to say how many customers previously bought from illegal dealers.

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The legal marijuana industry has spent years battling illegal sellers who have eaten away at its market share and undercut its prices.

But the coronavirus has proven to be a boon for legal pot shops, as customers fear the risks associated with inhaling questionable products and are nervous about letting sellers into their homes.

Legal operations have moved quickly to take advantage of the situation, seizing on relaxed rules to expand shopping options in states across the country, including curbside pickups and deliveries.


Also, pandemic-frazzled Americans are simply getting stoned more often.

“It's understandable that people may be more hesitant to get their products from sources that are unregulated,” said Kris Krane, CEO of 4Front Ventures, which operates dispensaries in multiple states. “They may not want to go to their dealer’s house, or they may not want to have their dealer come into their house, at a time when people are social distancing and not supposed to be interacting with people that they don't know.”

In addition, cities that never allowed pot shops in their towns, even in states where marijuana is legal, are rethinking the local bans in search of fresh tax revenue. And more people than ever are registered as medical marijuana patients: Florida added nearly 5,000 patients a week in June, and more than 50,000 since March.

The data is murky — credible sales figures on illegal marijuana transactions are inherently difficult to come by — and it’s likely that those sales are also booming as anxious Americans smoke more weed while hunkered down. But many close industry watchers believe the current circumstances are pushing more Americans into state-legal markets. Revenues are expected to hit $17 billion this year, according to New Frontier Data — a 25 percent spike over 2019.

Mitch Baruchowitz, managing partner at cannabis investment firm Merida Capital Partners, argued in a paper in May that the pandemic is “cannibalizing” the illegal market. He hasn’t seen anything in the ensuing months to change that assessment.

“The vast majority of the current growth in the cannabis space is being driven by consumers transitioning from the black market to the legal market,” Baruchowitz wrote.
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Well, where I'm from in Connecticut (not legal), which is right next to two legal states, Massachusetts & Rhode Island, I definitely saw a drop off in sales in the last year, until the Virus hit.
Now, after the novelty of going to shops that sell mostly mediocre herb in my opinion and for at least $15/25 a gram, I have people banging on my doors for my herb.
I just grow better shit that a mass production supplier can supply, plus the customer doesn't have too travel far, I sell at $10 a gram, plus I grow a lot of strains which keeps it interesting ( right now Bubble Gum, Blue Cheese ,THC Bomb, Super Silver Haze, Critical 2.0 a White Widow/ Blueberry cross, a Gigabud & a Gelato)
So, personally I have found the Virus too be a positive as far as my sales go.
No one wants to travel too far anymore & a lot of people have a lot of free time now.
What it will always boil down to though is the better product at the best price & so far I'm doing OK, because I GROW THE BEST FUCKING HERB ON THE EAST COAST (if not the World)

 

[Budzbuddha]

“ A bunch of CRAP “ - CNN

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

He's all of a sudden way too willing on Florida- something's up and it has to do with DeSantis..there was a huge battle in the race against Gillum..dollars to donuts Gillum was the winner with Dr Brenda C. Snipes suppressing all the way..mail bags were sitting at USPS uncounted.

We are a Banana Republic.

They better hope they win, because there will be a commision and grand juries on all of this shit. Many of these pricks will race to rat each other out for light sentences, it will be like a stampede of fucking cockroaches running from the light. Wait until they crack open Donald's various conspiracies, there have been dozens involving many wealthy assholes, all are gonna go to prison, no shit this time. Lawyers in America will call it "The Happy Time" as these pricks fight for their lives and freedom, it will be a lucrative time for many in the profession, tales will be told of in years to come...

Just getting hauled before congress can cost a fortune in Washington legal fees, many who took orders are not that wealthy and will be ruined.

 

[Budzbuddha]

Lawyers should name it “ The Republican Turbo Charged Ass Hammer “ .....

Can't wait for Barr / Nunes get fucking reamed.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Well, where I'm from in Connecticut (not legal), which is right next to two legal states, Massachusetts & Rhode Island, I definitely saw a drop off in sales in the last year, until the Virus hit.
Now, after the novelty of going to shops that sell mostly mediocre herb in my opinion and for at least $15/25 a gram, I have people banging on my doors for my herb.
I just grow better shit that a mass production supplier can supply, plus the customer doesn't have too travel far, I sell at $10 a gram, plus I grow a lot of strains which keeps it interesting ( right now Bubble Gum, Blue Cheese ,THC Bomb, Super Silver Haze, Critical 2.0 a White Widow/ Blueberry cross, a Gigabud & a Gelato)
So, personally I have found the Virus too be a positive as far as my sales go.
No one wants to travel too far anymore & a lot of people have a lot of free time now.
What it will always boil down to though is the better product at the best price & so far I'm doing OK, because I GROW THE BEST FUCKING HERB ON THE EAST COAST (if not the World)

Hey! I'm on the "East Coast" of Canada, it's legal here and we can leverage technology like breeding....

However I'm not in the "business", per se, just a very small "traditional market", though I do use LED technology for a superior product, outdoor grown is considered fit only for edibles. Some poor souls still use HID lighting and might as well use gaslighting with specialized mantles, to burn with the right spectrum.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Lawyers should name it “ The Republican Turbo Charged Ass Hammer “ .....

Can't wait for Barr / Nunes get fucking reamed.

Lawyers will love Donald the most in the end, seriously, fortunes will be made and houses bought in the Hamptons over this, a few might be lost too.

 

[Budzbuddha]

'Sorry to burst the magic bubble' says Florida lawmaker of hydroxychloroquine as he battles COVID-19 .....Shit Didn’t Work
But we all knew that already.

After two weeks battling COVID-19, State Rep. Randy Fine (R-Palm Bay) posted on Facebook that he needed his lungs X-rayed as his symptoms now included a recurring fever and a hacking chest cough. He remarked that the hydroxychloroquine therapy he had been on proved ineffective.

“I’ve had a cold who knows how many times. I have never had to deal with anything like this. And for those who want to believe that (hydroxychloroquine) is some kind of magic solution, I’ve been taking that too (I don’t oppose it, but I am tired of people pretending it is magic),” he wrote in the post.

By the time the X-ray images came back showing lung damage serious enough that doctors ordered Fine to stay for observation, a debate over hydroxychloroquine raged on Fine's Facebook page.

“Hydroxychloroquine as stated by many Doctors here and abroad is very effective. Had you been given that at the outset you might think it was magic indeed...” wrote one user.

He replied ....

“Was given it the day my test came back,” Fine replied. “Sorry to burst the magic bubble.”

"The most well-designed studies so far, that are not anecdotal, but are actual studies, have indicated that there does not appear to be any beneficial effect on the use of hydroxychloroquine," said Jay Wolfson a public health policy expert and senior associate dean at the University of South Florida's medical school.

Despite this, believers in the treatment have persisted.

“He didn’t use the HCQ correctly,” a comment said on Randy Fine’s page. “You must take zinc with the hydroxychloraquine. (sic) The zinc is the magic bullet and the hydroxychloraquine (sic) carries it so it can prevent viral replication. Just curious, did you take the zinc too?”

“Yup. Sorry to burst the magic bubble,” Fine shot back.

Wonder What trump has to say ....

 

[Jimdamick]

I feel like it's time for a music break & this is my song of the moment
(one of my favorite songs & bands of all time)

 

[Jimdamick]

I feel like it's time for a music break & this is my song of the moment
(one of my favorite songs & bands of all time)

Ah, one more

 

[Fogdog]

He's all of a sudden way too willing on Florida- something's up and it has to do with DeSantis..there was a huge battle in the race against Gillum..dollars to donuts Gillum was the winner with Dr Brenda C. Snipes suppressing all the way..mail bags were sitting at USPS uncounted.

We are a Banana Republic.

Gillum was a poor candidate and lost.

 

[Jimdamick]

Some poor souls still use HID lighting

I have 3 rooms, 2 with these LED's which are decent (10 total), https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Platinum-P300-12-band-Grow/dp/B00NTBS91Y/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3ANJY1HJ3X2UC&dchild=1&keywords=platinum+led+grow+light&qid=1596599803&refinements=p_89:PlatinumLED+Grow+Lights&rnid=2528832011&s=lawn-garden&sprefix=platimum+led,lawngarden,176&sr=1-1,
and 1 room with 12 plants with 1800 watts Hortilux HPS & the HID kicks the shit out of the LED.
I use LED because of heat issues, but I still think from personal experience that a good HPS fixture grows a better plant
These are my 6 week plants with 2/3 weeks until finish under the HPS.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

I have 3 rooms, 2 with these LED's which are decent (10 total), https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Platinum-P300-12-band-Grow/dp/B00NTBS91Y/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3ANJY1HJ3X2UC&dchild=1&keywords=platinum+led+grow+light&qid=1596599803&refinements=p_89latinumLED+Grow+Lights&rnid=2528832011&s=lawn-garden&sprefix=platimum+led,lawngarden,176&sr=1-1,
and 1 room with 12 plants with 1800 watts Hortilux HPS & the HID kicks the shit out of the LED.
I use LED because of heat issues, but I still think from personal experience that a good HPS fixture grows a better plant
These are my 6 week plants with 2/3 weeks until finish under the HPS.

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I use water cooled citizen COBs on a 21 LEDs on one light spread over 3 cooling bars using 1180 watts from the wall and have a shorter version in a flower room location I call the nook. I use 2700 and 3000K COS for flower, salvaged 5000K LED street light components DIYed

Here is the 6' long main water cooled array, took the pic awhile back and made some minor changes. Each plant has its own 20" x 30" grid mounted with bamboo sticks the canopy is often almost 4' X 8' and I can barely get the door open enough to get in the fucking room



Another one of the DIY veg lights 2 designs from salvaged street lights with zero hours on the arrays, the pole monkeys were confused by them I guess and the scrapped them.

I used to give the boys at the scrap yard, a bag of really good pot every friday and chat em up, even had milk bones for the junkyard dogs. Many tongues were hanging out when they saw me coming and not all of them were dogs... I usually get what I want pretty quick and things are set aside for the next visit, I pay as usual by the pound for scrap at the office. I got a lot of heat sinks there for LED grow lights and other assorted electrical and electronic equipment of an unusual nature. Including 30 LED streetlights, for free, after I salvaged the electronics and returned the 20 lb aluminum caracas. About 80% worked fine and had zero hours, I didn't even need to fix any drivers, though I've got a few that need it in a box. These quality 5000K led panels made excellent veg lights that I'm currently using, I mount them on 3"x1" rectangular aluminum tubes and blow air through the tubes with a 3" computer fan, works great and free too, except for the tubing and that was a couple of bucks a foot.

 

[DrUgZrBaD]

I'll tell you just a few things

Withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord
Withdraw from the Trans Pacific Partnership
Withdraw from the Iranian Nuclear Agreement
Withdraw from the World Heath Organization
Withdraw from NAFTA
Withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council
Withdraw from UNESCO
Withdraw from the World Trade Organization

There are more, but I'm tired of typing withdraw.

Never in the 1,227 days of Trump’s presidency has the nation seemed to cry out for leadership as it did Sunday, yet Trump made no attempt to provide it.

That was by design it seems.

Trump and some of his advisers calculated that he should not speak to the nation because he's a fucking idiot and had nothing new to say and had no tangible policy or action to announce yet, according to a senior administration official. Evidently not feeling an urgent motivation Sunday to try to bring people together, he stayed silent, which was nice for a change.

Trump let his tweets speak for themselves.

One attacked the Democratic mayor of Minneapolis; another announced that his administration would designate the ANTIFA movement a terrorist organization (good luck on that one), a third accused the media of fomenting hatred and anarchy & in yet another, he praised himself for the deployment of the National Guard and denigrated former vice president Joe Biden.

Then that cocksucker Tweeted

“Get tough Democrat Mayors and Governors. These people are ANARCHISTS. Call in our National Guard NOW. The World is watching and laughing at you and Sleepy Joe. Is this what America wants? NO!!!”

Then he Tweeted that he was ready to kill the protesters and release,

“the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen,”

The United States is visibly, painfully broken by Trump & the unprecedented confluence of health, economic and social crises, any one of which alone would test a president, but Trump is not a POTUS, he's a fucking fool

It was extraordinary then to hear some in the public arena suggest yesterday that this idiot ought stay in the background, arguing that Trump lacked the moral authority and credibility necessary to heal the country.

“He should just stop talking. This is like Charlottesville all over again,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said yesterday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” referring to Trump’s equivocations following a deadly white-supremacist rally in 2017. “He speaks, and he makes it worse. There are times when you should just be quiet. And I wish that he would just be quiet.”

I simply wish he would fucking die & do this country & the World in general a favor

This weekend exemplified many of the characteristics that have defined Trump’s five years as a presidential candidate and president, chaos and unrest, fear and anger, division and disruption. Some of these themes and qualities helped draw Trump’s brain dead supporters to him and keep them faithful, giving him a chance at reelection in November despite the carnage on his watch this spring.

“The rioting in the streets has put an exclamation point on what this president cannot do: To bring people around and say we are all in this together,” said Tom Rath, a longtime Republican official and former attorney general in New Hampshire. “On his automatic transmission, there is one speed. It is not conciliate. It is not comfort. It is not forge consensus. It is attack. And the frustration right now is that nobody is in charge. Anarchy rules.”

Yup, Anarchy rules for sure now, cities are burning from coast to coast, the National Guard is active in 3 states, curfews everywhere & the US militaries MP's are on alert to quell the riots in this country for the 1st time since the fucking Civil War.

Nice work Trump

Only 5 more months, and we can dump this POS

Uh he didn’t back out of NAFTA he renegotiate it
Un council is a joke they let countries with piss poor human rights sit on it
paris agreements a joke

city’s are not burning because of trump
Their burning because of poor local governments worried about offending their voter base
Trumps offered help they’ve declined
He’s sitting back watching the
Destroy themselves

you must be one of those lazy useless basement dwellers who play the mental/disability card so you don’t have to work/do anything in life
How about you move to North Korea or Saudi Arabia if you want your utopia you idiots seem to long for

you cry the rich get richer well unfortunately we need the rich they create jobs for the middle class

also the majority of wealthy people earned it themselves

if you spent a little time focusing on a career and not crying about trump you’d maybe be ahead

Keep your hands out! That handout your dreaming of may never come!

 

[DrUgZrBaD]

"I will release my tax returns once the audit is over"
Over 5 fucking years and the IRS hasn't completed the fucking audit?
What a fucking joke.
Either the IRS is totally incompetent, or Trump is a lying sack of shit.
You choose.

he doesn’t have too, also audits can take years depending on how far back they go

 

[DrUgZrBaD]

Hey! I'm on the "East Coast" of Canada, it's legal here and we can leverage technology like breeding....

However I'm not in the "business", per se, just a very small "traditional market", though I do use LED technology for a superior product, outdoor grown is considered fit only for edibles. Some poor souls still use HID lighting and might as well use gaslighting with specialized mantles, to burn with the right spectrum.

wrong side of the country

BC

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

I’m just realistic and understand how life works.

You know nothing have no heart and are very unwise, if ya think the sunshines outta Donald's arsehole.
Nice to see you full of positive energy for such a miserable cause, so what motivates you to take an ass reaming every so often and provide this valuable service to our American friends?
Oh that's right, you have no friends, so I guess it doesn't matter what others think of ya.

 

[Jimdamick]

wrong side of the country

BC

Your a Canuck?
I didn't think they raised them that fucking stupid in Canada.
I thought the USA had a monopoly on dumb as fuck Trump supporting assholes.
I guess not