All Hell Done Broke Loose Now

[sportage]

Snapshot of the news for today one would think all hell done broke loose now.
Abortion banned at six weeks in Texas and soon to be in most 50 states, or at least the "red" states.

General Motors is shutting down it's north American plants. WHAT???
Automobile production is a stable of the US economy. In 2008 Obama saved the automobile industry by handing out bailouts, and potential car buyers were offered $4000 for any old trade-in. Saving the industry was a big deal back then, and quite important.

Covid cases are still rising, the delta variant still dominates while many people still refuse to get vaccinated.
And the wearing of masks? Don't even go there.

Afghanistan is still in a royal mess with Americans trapped and unable to get out.

And to boot, this Donald Trump US Supreme Court is certainly earning their paycheck plus making the evangelists all happy campers.
Rachel Maddow is having a major meltdown on TV due to the new Texas abortion law. And I thought Rachel like babies?

While through all this, Joe Biden is still president, the poor guy.
How will Joe ever survive THIS?
How more energized could the Trumpians be with this Trump court acting like a bulldozer out of control, and democrats helpless to do anything about it, and the 2022 midterms just around the corner.

And as for Donald Trump? He suddenly falls quiet. Trump doesn't have to say anything. He's winning and he isn't even breaking a sweat.
It is truly like the calm before the storm?

I don't know....
But the least that can be said is that all hell done broke loose now.
Infrastructure and voter equality has all but disappeared and shoved to the back burner.
Democrats don't know what the hell is going on yet alone what direction to turn.
Republicans are downright giddy.
And everything out there is just downright WEIRD, to say the least.
Yep folks, all hell done broke loose now.

 

[gothuevos]

You forgot to mention the fires, flooding and storms. And all the right wing chatter online praising the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

It does feel like it's building towards something bad happening, though.

 

[pauldun170]

Unclench a bit

General Motors will shut production at most of its North American plants for a week or two

GM shutting down production at most of its plants in North America

General Motors will shut production at most of its North American plants for a week or two starting next week as the worsening chip shortage takes another bite out of its plans.

www.cnn.com

 

[sportage]

You forgot to mention the fires, flooding and storms. And all the right wing chatter online praising the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

My fingers got tired of typing.

 

[soundforbjt]

The House can turn in 2022 just due to gerrymandering alone. It’s going to be a long four years for Dems.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Woke up this mornin'!
Things were lookin' bad!
Seems like total silence
Was all I'd ever have. .

A bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down . . . and won.
It was 12 o'clock before I saw I was havin' . . . no fun.

But suddenly! I had the key to escape real-i-ty!

And you will see me tonight, with an illegal smile
It don' cost very much . . . but it lasts a good while.
Please don' tell the Man that I killed anyone . . .
I'm jus' tryin' to have me some fun!

[I'll never roll a joint again after buying THIS bad boy! Three to four times more efficient than the burning bud! NO -- COUGHING! Nice aromatics on the first go-around of a loaded vaping tube . . . with a plug of flowers about a quarter the size of a Camel's length. ]

Just don't ruin your high by turning on the news . . . . Flip on some Van Halen, or maybe some Zydeco music . . . Do some finger-painting . . . prune your tomatoes . . . fix yourself a nice Rigatoni Bolognese -- with my special meat sauce! Pour a chilled goblet of 2013 Cabernet, or lick some salt and gulp down a shot of Tequila!

Everything will be fine, until the next morning, when you step outside to pick up the day's newspaper . . .

 

[iRONic]

High 5 Bonzai!

*'nother sip o bourbon*
*nother pull on the indica vape*

 

[BonzaiDuck]

High 5 Bonzai!

*'nother sip o bourbon*
*nother pull on the indica vape*

I prefer that wired-up sativa strain, myself. Indica is too sleepy for me . . .

I just can't believe how long it took me to discover devices like the Argo.

Trouble is, you can escape from the news for one day by tuning up your brain and switching channels to some movie.

But the news is always there. If not today, then tomorrow. Perhaps the THC takes the edge off anger. I suppose . . .

 

[dank69]

I prefer that wired-up sativa strain, myself. Indica is too sleepy for me . . .

I just can't believe how long it took me to discover devices like the Argo.

Trouble is, you can escape from the news for one day by tuning up your brain and switching channels to some movie.

But the news is always there. If not today, then tomorrow. Perhaps the THC takes the edge off anger. I suppose . . .

I like my Fireflies with an indica like Triple OG or indica-dominant hybrid like Fire OG or Wifi OG

 

[iRONic]

"Argo fuck yourself!"

 

[BonzaiDuck]

"Argo fuck yourself!"

I thought it was an obtuse name -- "Arizer Argo". But it looks, feels and operates like a product worth buying some extra rechargeable batteries for.

 

[iRONic]

I prefer that wired-up sativa strain, myself. Indica is too sleepy for me . . .

I just can't believe how long it took me to discover devices like the Argo.

Trouble is, you can escape from the news for one day by tuning up your brain and switching channels to some movie.

But the news is always there. If not today, then tomorrow. Perhaps the THC takes the edge off anger. I suppose . . .

Sativas, Indicas, hybrids... something for everyone. And yes, SCIENCE crushed it regarding cannabis!

 

[MrSquished]

I like my Fireflies with an indica like Triple OG or indica-dominant hybrid like Fire OG or Wifi OG

I'm looking for a good indica strain for insomnia. I've tried a few but they get me in my head too much. So far the best sleep strain I've had is just good ole classic Blueberry. But I think that is an Indica dominant hybrid. I can get whatever the NJ dispensaries have. Kush 8 was a top one but the one dispensary that grew it stopped carrying it so I never got to try it. What should I look out for?

 

[VashHT]

I'm looking for a good indica strain for insomnia. I've tried a few but they get me in my head too much. So far the best sleep strain I've had is just good ole classic Blueberry. But I think that is an Indica dominant hybrid. I can get whatever the NJ dispensaries have. Kush 8 was a top one but the one dispensary that grew it stopped carrying it so I never got to try it. What should I look out for?

Kosher kush and mag landrace work pretty nicely for me, I'm not huge on edibles but the snoozeberry gummies actually seemed to help quite a bit.

 

[dank69]

I'm looking for a good indica strain for insomnia. I've tried a few but they get me in my head too much. So far the best sleep strain I've had is just good ole classic Blueberry. But I think that is an Indica dominant hybrid. I can get whatever the NJ dispensaries have. Kush 8 was a top one but the one dispensary that grew it stopped carrying it so I never got to try it. What should I look out for?

I've never had a problem sleeping so I can't help there. I use it for fun and to control anxiety. A lot of strains give me paranoia now, which is weird because they never did when I was younger. The ones I mentioned above do not, and even lower any anxiety I may have. I suppose that could help with sleep if stress or anxiety are the main reasons you can't sleep.

I just wish I could buy edibles with specific strains because the indica/sativa terminology doesn't always mean a whole lot. There are indicas that amplify anxiety and indicas that lower it. It's a crap shoot, sometimes even with a specific strain. We really need a whole lot more research, honestly.

 

[Bitek]

I'm looking for a good indica strain for insomnia. I've tried a few but they get me in my head too much. So far the best sleep strain I've had is just good ole classic Blueberry. But I think that is an Indica dominant hybrid. I can get whatever the NJ dispensaries have. Kush 8 was a top one but the one dispensary that grew it stopped carrying it so I never got to try it. What should I look out for?

I had some issues sleeping due to joint pain (injury) and I got some 10mg gummies that were 1:1 with CBD. I believe they were indica derived, but can't recall for sure.

First night I ate a whole one and ended up high and awake all night. Later I ate about 1/4 at a time and that worked well.

Took the edge off, turned pain into tingles and mellowed me out enough to drift off.

For me, the edibles were a much better choice as I was able to dial in a good dose.

 

[Muse]

You forgot to mention the fires, flooding and storms. And all the right wing chatter online praising the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

It does feel like it's building towards something bad happening, though.

Oh, just you wait. This global warming thing is the elephant in the china shop. Pandora's box is exploding and it's just the start.

 

[Muse]

Woke up this mornin'!
Things were lookin' bad!
Seems like total silence
Was all I'd ever have. .

A bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down . . . and won.
It was 12 o'clock before I saw I was havin' . . . no fun.

But suddenly! I had the key to escape real-i-ty!

And you will see me tonight, with an illegal smile
It don' cost very much . . . but it lasts a good while.
Please don' tell the Man that I killed anyone . . .
I'm jus' tryin' to have me some fun!

[I'll never roll a joint again after buying THIS bad boy! Three to four times more efficient than the burning bud! NO -- COUGHING! Nice aromatics on the first go-around of a loaded vaping tube . . . with a plug of flowers about a quarter the size of a Camel's length. ]

Just don't ruin your high by turning on the news . . . . Flip on some Van Halen, or maybe some Zydeco music . . . Do some finger-painting . . . prune your tomatoes . . . fix yourself a nice Rigatoni Bolognese -- with my special meat sauce! Pour a chilled goblet of 2013 Cabernet, or lick some salt and gulp down a shot of Tequila!

Everything will be fine, until the next morning, when you step outside to pick up the day's newspaper . . .

I've had John Prine's last album (RIP JP, and damn Covid) on rotation during the pandemic. IMO Bob Dylan would give his right arm to be able to write like that nowadays.

Trouble is, you can escape from the news for one day by tuning up your brain and switching channels to some movie.

But the news is always there. If not today, then tomorrow. Perhaps the THC takes the edge off anger. I suppose . . .

I am pretty much every day on the news, seldom hit the THC. Maybe if I do it more I will appreciate it more. One good toke of the stuff I have, if I hold it in ALAP, I'm stoned. Not stoned like the first time I got high, that was just out of this world high! Way way way beyond amazing.

 

[hal2kilo]

Snapshot of the news for today one would think all hell done broke loose now.
Abortion banned at six weeks in Texas and soon to be in most 50 states, or at least the "red" states.

General Motors is shutting down it's north American plants. WHAT???
Automobile production is a stable of the US economy. In 2008 Obama saved the automobile industry by handing out bailouts, and potential car buyers were offered $4000 for any old trade-in. Saving the industry was a big deal back then, and quite important.

Covid cases are still rising, the delta variant still dominates while many people still refuse to get vaccinated.
And the wearing of masks? Don't even go there.

Afghanistan is still in a royal mess with Americans trapped and unable to get out.

And to boot, this Donald Trump US Supreme Court is certainly earning their paycheck plus making the evangelists all happy campers.
Rachel Maddow is having a major meltdown on TV due to the new Texas abortion law. And I thought Rachel like babies?

While through all this, Joe Biden is still president, the poor guy.
How will Joe ever survive THIS?
How more energized could the Trumpians be with this Trump court acting like a bulldozer out of control, and democrats helpless to do anything about it, and the 2022 midterms just around the corner.

And as for Donald Trump? He suddenly falls quiet. Trump doesn't have to say anything. He's winning and he isn't even breaking a sweat.
It is truly like the calm before the storm?

I don't know....
But the least that can be said is that all hell done broke loose now.
Infrastructure and voter equality has all but disappeared and shoved to the back burner.
Democrats don't know what the hell is going on yet alone what direction to turn.
Republicans are downright giddy.
And everything out there is just downright WEIRD, to say the least.
Yep folks, all hell done broke loose now.

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He's getting Carterized.

 

[Moonbeam]

I prefer that wired-up sativa strain, myself. Indica is too sleepy for me . . .

I just can't believe how long it took me to discover devices like the Argo.

Trouble is, you can escape from the news for one day by tuning up your brain and switching channels to some movie.

But the news is always there. If not today, then tomorrow. Perhaps the THC takes the edge off anger. I suppose . . .

I used to be normal. Sometime as a teen I had my first drug experience, nitrous oxide in a dental chair. I experienced something or other that lead to a clarity on why people kill themselves. Pure terror but I realized that I was in control of the dose, self administered by a bulb could squeeze and which I then stopped squeezing.

Later on came depression with the onset of inescapable sadness. And deeper still lots and lots of rage. Contemporaneously I was exposed to Zen and psychotherapy. Via Zen I experienced an escape from unconscious assumptions that constituted a kind of mental prison as a result of a kind of surrender. I gave up on any form of hope rendering hopelessness as having no meaning. Hope and hopelessness arise out of a need for meaning and there is no meaning so no need for it. It is at the ground of being to be happy and we become miserable the moment we believe in something that says, no you don’t deserve it.

Psychotherapy, feeling what we really feel, brings memory and context, self awareness and self knowledge. Sadness chides and protects us from rage. We know what happens to children who express it and rage protects us from the pain of grief. You are angry, in my opinion because you were once a beautiful, emotionally sensitive and joyous child, deeply disappointed and hurt by the inevitable put downs and tragic old traumatic events attendant to every other child in this life. I think you feel as you do because that little boy is still within you and all of the prohibitions we placed on ourselves to protect ourselves from feeling the healing experience that comes from the self love that feeling grief administers are still in place. I think we hurt because we were made to fear love. Just look what it did to us. You would have to be a fool to feel love again. Probably why wisdom is only for idiots.

Wisdom of the Idiots. I think there’s a book by that name.

 

[eelw]

Burn it all down. Canada will take over what's left

 

[Muse]

Burn it all down. Canada will take over what's left

Make the movie. I'll go see it. IMO, we need a lot more dystopian art. We need to shake things up.

 

[sandorski]

Burn it all down. Canada will take over what's left

Half melted Tundra to the North, smouldering ruins to the South. The Border has always been the Habitable Zone.

It could be a CBC Mini-Series: A Company of Mounties seek to establish Civilization in the Big Smoke Territory. All kinds of shenanigans ensue.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I've had John Prine's last album (RIP JP, and damn Covid) on rotation during the pandemic. IMO Bob Dylan would give his right arm to be able to write like that nowadays.

I am pretty much every day on the news, seldom hit the THC. Maybe if I do it more I will appreciate it more. One good toke of the stuff I have, if I hold it in ALAP, I'm stoned. Not stoned like the first time I got high, that was just out of this world high! Way way way beyond amazing.

They were all great songs. I'm not sure which I favor the most. Illegal Smile got my attention, because of its humor. But "Sam Stone" still really puts a hook in me. It has renewed meaning at the end of our futile 20-year war. The one that grabs me the most these days, as I take care of my 96-year-old Moms, is "Hello In There". Powerful! "You know old trees just grow stronger . . . Old rivers grow wilder every day . . . Old people just grow lonesome . . . Waiting for someone to say . . . Hello-o-o-o . . in there . . . "

So yeah -- those lyrics are every bit as great as Dylan's.

I've got many good arguments supporting what some would call my "substance abuse." It helps with arthritic pain. Some people use it for sleep disorders. It was supposed to help with glaucoma. There may be a dozen applications, and I think the CBD derivative has pronounced effect with seizures caused by epilepsy. But it's also a good mood drug. Some sports celebrity insisted that it was good for treating the onset of Alzheimers. Somehow, that last assessment seems counter-intuitive.

Back in 1969, the top-star physics major at my university -- call her Sherri -- had the best legs on campus. We had a date, and she told me she liked to smoke weed when she did her physics homework -- making it even more enjoyable. Interview some artists and musicians.

I may have a goblet of Cabernet every several days. I may smoke vape THC every couple days. But it doesn't matter whether you're high or "straight" when watching Trump and Co. on TV. It's going to piss you off anyway. It only matters if you turn off the TV and go out on the patio for some fresh air, and to inhale . . . while contemplating the lights and landscape to the other side of the San Bernardino valley.

Actually, I think doing it less frequently makes for a "more profound experience". I just wish I could grow a plant or two. I consume maybe 4 to 6 oz of high-grade flowers in a year's time. My friend in another state is legally allowed to grow as much as he wants in his backyard. He tells me you could probably get 17 oz of good flowers from a single plant. But while I'm allowed six plants in California, the local city ordinance demands that you only grow the plants indoors! And they enforce that ordinance with fines.

It's OK if I call up a dispensary and ask them to deliver 2 or 3 oz of buds to my doorstep, but I can't plant a feminized seedling in my private (very private) garden. I could probably purloin a single plant among my tomato vines, but I'm still thinking about it. I could even germinate some seeds before December, but I'd still be just thinking about it.

But back to the OP topic. There are so many things gone bad all at once this year, you wonder if the world will ever return to what it was. Or are we sliding down a shitty water slide into a big toilet of grief? Are these the End Times? Why don't the deniers climb on board and help us postpone it? We went to the freaking moon, for chrissake!

 

[dank69]

Burn it all down. Canada will take over what's left

Maybe Canada can offer a deal to any states that want to secede and immediately join a new union.