FEDERAL CANNABIS UPDATES 1/27/2022 Sen.

racocn8 comments on Jan 27, 2022:

Warren, while correct, misses how state legislation imposes hurdles on non-white entrepreneurs that keep them illegal while deep pocket corporations come in and complain the black market is ruining their quarterly reports. Ideally, states would forgo taxes on cannabis for 5-plus years as a gesture recognizing cannabis laws have been a mainstay of systemic racism.

Doing good with your billions??

racocn8 comments on Jan 27, 2022:

Kirsten Sinema

It’s literally the worst food!

racocn8 comments on Jan 27, 2022:

Again, we see how impoverishment results in poor food choices, and in turn, become representative of ethnicity.

Republicans: an apology

racocn8 comments on Jan 27, 2022:

Yes, it is so much worse than that...

I just saw this post on the Conservative forum, which of course I can't respond to as a non-member.

racocn8 comments on Jan 27, 2022:

It's called affirmative action (to redress centuries of systematic racism. No surprise that racist conservatives object.).

Ukraine Crisis no 2; GOTCHA, THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR: :[united-cats.com]

racocn8 comments on Jan 27, 2022:

Extracted: "...again, the US for whatever reason has decided to provoke a war with Russia.... Will Putin rise to the bait and do something the US could use as a casus beli? I hope not, Putin has everything to lose and nothing to gain from such."

Just brilliant, I love the hat. This has been my computer home screen for at least a year;

racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

Looks like a Van Gogh...

I mean....

racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

Yes, I look forward to each new degradation my body provides. Nose and ear hairs as thick as a dime. Skin tags that look like teats. Emotional hiccups, whether love, depression or anxiety. Spasms, locked muscles, pains without cause, and so much more. What fun!!

I have been pursuing thought beyond atheism and I have been finding some very interesting subjects.

racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

The need to classify ourselves by our beliefs points to our need for identity. These labels don't enlighten, necessarily, because of the huge overlap. I am all at once, atheist, anti-theist, strong and weak agnostic, skeptic, humanist... Probably not pantheist, although I am open-minded and allow for the possibility of spiritual dimensions that are only hinted at, but lack evidence. I do not equate being open-minded with being spiritual, though. Anthropocentrism is more like the usual moral relativism where morality is rationalized. Humans have control of animals, but do not do so honorably. Meaning, our treatment of the biosphere is the practical expression of greed, and while it allows proliferation, is not ennobling in the details. In perusing, I ended up on a page for Mark Twain with some fun quotes: "Man is a marvelous curiosity. When he is at his very, very best he is a sort of low grade nickel-plated angel; at his worst he is unspeakable, unimaginable; and first and last and all the time he is a sarcasm." "He took a pride in man; man was his finest invention; man was his pet, after the housefly...."

Two Bipolar Stellar Jets Observed from Young Stars: [sci-news.com]

racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

I've only ever heard of jets coming from accretion disks falling into collapsed neutron stars, black holes and the like. I wonder how young stars would produce jets? From Google: "What causes protostar jets? The magnetic field is well coupled with neutral gas around the protostar and the episodic accretion causes the episodic jets. " "Bipolar flows are a phenomenon associated with young stars still embedded in their parent molecular clouds. There are two kinds of flows – jets and molecular outflows. The first represent high-speed stellar wind gas, ejected into two narrow streams. The second are broader cones of more slowly moving cloud gas." The origin of these jets is the presence of a binary companion, where mass-transfer and accretion onto one of the stars lead to the creation of an accretion disk, from which matter is ejected. The presence of a magnetic field causes the eventual ejection and collimation of the matter, forming a bipolar outflow or jet.

Aw, so sad, too bad, I'm glad.

racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

Reminds me of all the children buried in Canada...

Mormons, JW's and other godbothers - BEWARE!

racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

Lotta that going on for the MAGA anti-vaxxers. I wish I could say they deserve better...

Fashion question. Polyurethane - hot or not?

racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

I suppose that it'd look like a wet suit if they didn't have the ruffles. The ruffles still look wacky anyway. It doesn't look like she could really walk in it. So it's confusing. She's hot, the 'dress' is not.

Lets Stop The Silliness As Soon As It Starts - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

MAGA Karens seek drama and confrontation. It's very unlikely that you can engage them constructively.

I am not saying nothin

racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

Impressive. Now what...?

Think I found my COVID hazard suit. What do you guys think?

racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

Whatever works...

And maybe octopuses are aliens .

racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

Octopuses are obviously not aliens, and even suggesting it shows a severe stupidity, or an insecurity that results in asinine proposition. The Hoyle-Wickramasinghe (H-W) thesis of Cometary (Cosmic) Biology remains similarly unfounded. Evidence, not armchair speculation, drives science. Shame on the Journal for publishing this bilge.

Two Arrested After Fatal Shooting of 8-Year-Old Melissa Ortega, Reports Say [thedailybeast.com]

racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

Effing paywalls...

Makes sense to frame vaccine hysteria as mass human sacrifice: [theatlantic.com]

racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

Perhaps the rejection of medical remedies like vaccines will become another litmus test (to replace anti-abortion) and embraced by the MAGA evangelicals. Will they now forgo ALL vaccinations for their children?

Within the last 3 weeks or so a lifelong friend of mine died suddenly (my religious friend) and now ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

12 years ago I got hired by Michael. Mike could be a real asshole and did a number of things to disappoint me. And yet, he had this charisma... We had a number of adventures well after the job ended. He still had stupid, poorly thought-out ideas. He also had diabetes, and after he got an infection in his foot, the docs amputated it. He worked on using a prosthetic with some success. In the fall of 2020, his phone went silent and I began to fear the worst. I can only suppose that he got Covid, or suffered some other fatal illness. Perhaps I'm morbid to want to know what happened. He was a jerk, but somehow we became friends. Maybe I was grateful for the job. I miss him and really sorry I didn't write down the funny stories he told...

God Loves Women Less: If God doesn't hate women, he sure has a funny way of showing it - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

And the women who buy all the anti-woman religion had no problem voting for a treasonous rapist, and so much more. Women need to talk to their 'sisters' to improve their awareness. This YT is a pretty good step in that direction.

Landmark Poverty Experiment Shows Extra Money Changes Babies' Brains

racocn8 comments on Jan 25, 2022:

Compare the nutrition of the impoverished to those who are not. And then that poor diet becomes an ethnic tradition...

Texas woman arrested after allegedly trying to buy another woman’s child for $500,000 at Walmart

racocn8 comments on Jan 25, 2022:

Were they in the meat or the produce section?

We Used To Execute Traitors. Well, If They Were Jewish. Or A Woman Married To A Traitor.

racocn8 comments on Jan 25, 2022:

But nearly all Republicans support Trump and refuse to hear of his crimes. How could they not be unfit to be citizens, much less vote?

Unvaccinated 28-Year-Old in Denial of COVID Diagnosis Dies After Ripping Off Oxygen Mask

racocn8 comments on Jan 25, 2022:

We need to find other ways to leverage stupidity into darwin awards...

Do Trumpers use their brain? [youtu.be]

racocn8 comments on Jan 25, 2022:

How is it that obstetricians and nurses know to drop Republican babies on their heads?

Offering number 2 for your perusal and enjoyment, hopefully, " MacGyver versus Jesus"....LOL.

racocn8 comments on Jan 25, 2022:

If Jesus had been God, he'd have been able to free himself. So, he chose to be crucified. If that was his choice, how could it really have been a sacrifice? (And he's sacrificing himself, to himself? Not actually being human, how could he be a human sacrifice? How do you sacrifice a god that can't die? etc ad nauseam.)

And one for the Ladies? A bit too much effort went into the Hand-stand I think.

racocn8 comments on Jan 25, 2022:

OK, not Fountainhead...

ONE of those Grand Designs entries that Kevin McCloud did NOT show us on his t.v. series....LOL

racocn8 comments on Jan 25, 2022:

Now that is a fucking design...

Unvaccinated man denied heart transplant by Boston hospital [bbc.com]

racocn8 comments on Jan 25, 2022:

""The organs are scarce, we are not going to distribute them to someone who has a poor chance of living..." Exactly.

Humans are such nitpickers when it comes to finding differences between ourselves and our fellow ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 25, 2022:

How are robotics technologies genetically organized?

I think I figured something out about why so many Republicans seem to outright worship Donald Trump.

racocn8 comments on Jan 25, 2022:

Congratulations on the insight. It sounds a great deal like how I've viewed the Christian dogma where those who swear loyalty are forgiven whatever sins they commit. Thus, they come to believe they have a blank check to sin however they wish, knowing they have a get-out-of-jail/hell-free card.

Regarding the lack of discussion of how Trump enabled and collaborated with Putin and Russia: I'm...

racocn8 comments on Jan 24, 2022:

It has become a third rail or self-censored topic because Putin has compromised a broad swath of politicians. Trying to indict Trump leads the the grim reality that much of the landscape has been corrupted. Thus, the GQP don't care, especially as Fox takes cues from Putin and indoctrinates its viewers accordingly.

It's almost like Tucker wants to have sex with chocolate.

racocn8 comments on Jan 24, 2022:

Knowing Carlson lies pathologically, he must be turned on by green M&Ms in heels... He probably uses M&M boxes to masturbate...

How antisemitic conspiracies drive violent attacks and harm democracy : NPR

racocn8 comments on Jan 24, 2022:

Anti-Semitic tropes represent the actual and real-world credo of both Christians and Muslims. Hate of the other is what religion fosters, and that different belief system is interpreted as a repudiation of the believer's faith. Hence, the tropes encourage paranoia and shared psychosis.

A progressive move on the part of the French Government wouldn't you say? [aa.com.tr]

racocn8 comments on Jan 24, 2022:

I have no love for the patriarchal repression of Muslim women, but that seems to step over the line. On the other hand, I do support suppressing expression of religious symbols, especially for those actually participating. Do they also forbid wearing crosses as jewelry and yarmulkas?

Today my hands are aching something dreadful.

racocn8 comments on Jan 24, 2022:

Is it arthritis or what?

Because of the leftist / socialist / Marxist / Communist leanings of most users of this site, I ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 24, 2022:

We've been discounting you from the gitgo...

Good God Above

racocn8 comments on Jan 24, 2022:

I guess healing the sick is not his style. He liked washing feet, so maybe an attendant at a naturist colony. He's hot-headed and prone to violence, so maybe he should stick to fucking sheep,... I mean tending sheep...

Grandma tricks scammer leading to arrest - Upworthy

racocn8 comments on Jan 24, 2022:

Preying on the elderly should be classed as a hate crime. But in any case, I hope he gets the maximum, whatever it is (I'm betting it isn't enough).

It's original, anyway.

racocn8 comments on Jan 24, 2022:

Black Alert...

Points to anyone who can tell me where the quote came from.

racocn8 comments on Jan 23, 2022:

Per Google: Pithovirus sibericum was discovered in a 30,000-year-old sample of Siberian permafrost by Chantal Abergel and Jean-Michel Claverie of Aix-Marseille University. The virus was discovered buried 30 m (100 ft) below the surface of a late Pleistocene sediment. In an interview with Indianexpress.com, Dr. Christopher R. Burn, President of the International Permafrost Association, explains the consequences of permafrost thawing. https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/permafrost-pandemic-arctic-global-warming-7506557/ From The Moscow Times comes this article: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/10/12/new-viruses-unknown-to-humanity-could-emerge-from-siberias-melting-permafrost-nobel-laureate-a75264 Rae Kwon Chung, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who also served as leading climate adviser to former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, said this warming could release long-dormant viruses which had been stored for millennia in the country’s vast permafrost layer. The problem with this is how does the virus jump from permafrost debris to a human or animal? Is there any precedent? Looks like propaganda to me.

The Shady Site That Shows Anti-Vaxxers Will Believe Anything [thedailybeast.com]

racocn8 comments on Jan 23, 2022:

Being anti-vax has never been more than MAGA posturing. That being the case, go Darwin...

Fauci optimistic omicron will peak in February [abcnews.go.com]

racocn8 comments on Jan 23, 2022:

We'll see.

What We Know About COVID and Penis Size as Man Says It Shrunk His Genitals (I foresee an uptick in ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 23, 2022:

That assumes: 1) Anti-vaxxers would suddenly start to believe science; 2) Anti-vaxxers will read anything; 3) Fox will present this information and be honest about it.

For those following the JWST.

racocn8 comments on Jan 23, 2022:

40 years ago, the L5 Society organized to promote space development. Then Challenger happened and, as the organization wilted in the aftermath, Sagan's Planetary Society sucked it up. Sagan, like Musk, had the idiotic idea that we should focus our sights on Mars. Oh well...

Indubitably!

racocn8 comments on Jan 23, 2022:

Should be imprinted with a swastika.

Biden nominee to fight antisemitism abroad says attacks here are forcing Jews to go 'underground'

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

Rabid anti-Semitism is a plank of Islam, one that has gotten much bigger since Israel was founded. In the same way that anti-abortion is a plank of American Christianity. These issues are used as litmus tests to judge the loyalty of other followers.

The US has been crying wolf since 1945, and people still listen for some reason.

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

Tell it to the Crimeans.

Anthea Page - Tennis Anyone?

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

"Love"

This 300lb orangutan has evolved to the point where he wears human clothing and even face masks.

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

Got a link to identify the orangutan?

Collusion in Drug Policy - Capitalism Hits Home - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

I had a good friend at my work who had been in an accident and had back pain. Coming back from Christmas break, I learned he had passed away from Oxycodone combined with wine. He left behind a two small children and a pregnant wife.

Police in this tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘black hole’ [al.com]

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

Curious that the town has an interest in Russian culture, and acts like full-tilt fascists.

If sin is the churches word for crime, then NO, I won’t forgive even after you come out of prison,...

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

1) What is wrong with these priests that they molest children? 2) How the fuck do they believe in a god that fails to stop them?

Letters From An American 01/21/2022

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

A Texan claims Georgia lawmakers are "Oathbreakers" and "communists"? That's the GQP brain on Fox.

Batty as hell!

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

Hey Meatloaf, control this...

Split on Sinema: LGBTQ groups divided over rebuke of bisexual senator

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

Lesbians can be asshole whores like anyone else.

January, 2022.

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

Followers of this belief system variously describe it as the Electric Universe, Plasma Cosmology, or Safire Project or Thunderbolts Project. As usual, this promotion seeks to solicit money for those at the top of the pyramid. The following video details the Electric Universe cult and associated nonsense. I've been taken in by fraudsters, and it's no fun. I have sympathy for those who are still stuck and giving loyalty to hucksters. https://youtu.be/vmVdPgkudC8

Wow a lot of blocking going on. This is pretty hilarious, don't you think?

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

The drama queens are getting desperate for victims as their party implodes.

Beau of the Fifth Column - Let's talk about executive orders, doubt, and machinery.

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

Is it time to show what happened? Really? Are we prepared to identify Russia and the beachhead they've established? Are we really willing to expose the Russian mafia and their connections to the RNC, Koch, most of the GQP caucus, the many state legislators and police forces and the military and the intelligence agencies, and the democratic party? Are we ready for a civil war between America and the Putinists? Just how do we detach the Republicans from the Russian teat?

Strangely I haven’t seen this here before. This is so true!

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

I never read the "Old Testament". I'm glad I didn't. My sympathies to anyone who did (insomnia much?).

The plot thickens.

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

Please pay attention to some of the documents retrieved from the Natl Archives. The content of the memo on confiscating voting machines could not have been written by anyone within the President's administration. Although it references classified documents, I'm putting all my money on it being written by the GRU (and probably conveyed through Giuliani). None of Trump's people have the horsepower to develop that sort of thing, with the sole exception of Flynn's brother.

US Embassy In Kyiv Asks Dept of State To Authorize Departure Of Nonessential Personnel CNNPolitics

racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

If it's inevitable, I hope that somehow the Russians get the most severe black eye possible. We should take this opportunity to degrade their assets as much as possible, and maybe inflict some pain on the motherland at the same time. Preferably on Putin himself.

Richard Dawkins - "What if you're wrong?" South Park - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

It's not what if. We KNOW they are wrong. A mountain of evidence, really, all the evidence there is, proves they ARE wrong. Yeah, you can delude yourself into avoiding a mythical hell. But, you give up the one existence you have to a life of insanity, behavioral depravity, cognitive dissonance, and hatred.

Passing the torch.

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

What kind of fucked up society has people like that walking around?

I’ve got to admit I enjoy blocking.

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Once in a while, one might learn something from their point of view, but it's simply too rare to put up with their sickness. They're all about trying to provoke and then running away. They're incapable of cogent discussion. I don't waste my time on them.

You know he would

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

No honor among thieves?

What do you call a full Irish breakfast?........A Mick's grill! :-)

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

More like an Irish heart attack.

Rudy Giuliani Called ‘Mastermind’ in Plot to Overthrown 2020 US Elections The Washington Post...

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

"Mastermind"??? You can be sure if Giuliani had any ideas, he got them from the GRU via Dmytro Firtash or the like. The red hats are all too appropriate.

NH teachers react to proposed bill adding to Cold War-era 'Teachers' Loyalty' law They truly have...

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Another fascist legislator.

@AlbertSchepis is a morally bankrupt coward.

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Sadly, sociopaths are a dime-a-dozen..

My step dad broke his right hip and his right femur, one of them in two places.

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

I hope you both feel better in time. Remember, we all get old someday. Sometimes sooner than later.

Eat the rich!

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Also called the money multiplier effect and why Keynesian economics works, much to the chagrin of GQP trickle-down.

Letters From An American 01/20/2022

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

You could imprison the whole of the Trump Administration and you won't even have the tip of the iceberg. It's just a bump in the road for Putin's plan.

My mate: I've been trying to tell my missus this. 😆

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Good luck with that.

Poor Emily.

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

"Emily Hernandez, 22, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of entering and remaining into a restricted building." The effing traitor should be in prison for insurrection. As is now obvious, ridiculously undercharged. Yeah, what a great DOJ. Some fucking rule of law.

Donald Trump at 'Substantial Risk of Prosecution' in Georgia The request from Georgia prosecutors ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

"Dibs"??? Anyone, please, someone, put that piece of shit in prison, yesterday.

Using Ice To Boil Water: Heat Transfer Discovery Expands on 18th Century Physics Principle ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

For water, you only need the heat of vaporization. For ice, you also need the heat to heat the ice to the point of melting, the heat of melting, the 1 cal/g/C to heat the water, and the heat of vaporization.

Rep. Donald McEachin blasts Mitch McConnell for comment on voters of color - CNNPolitics

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Those shitters can shit more shit than we can shovel.

Boebert Asked If Jewish Capitol Visitors Were "Reconnaissance"

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Projection much? ( but no conscience to feel guilt).

Trickle Down economics explained simple.

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

The GQP buy the best brainwashing money can buy, and the dopes vote against their own interest again. It's called insanity.

Investigators: SD AG Seemed to Know He Killed Man With His Car

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Yeah, lets put a full-on psychopath in that job.

Christians Refuse To Sell House To Gay Couple, Cite Anti-Gay Scriptures As Reason

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Shameless hypocritical bigots...

Trying cannabis is on my bucket list.

racocn8 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Don't start with edibles. If you can smoke it, find a flower whose fragrance appeals to you. Give yourself extra time to feel the effect. These days, cannabis is so much stronger that a newcomer might feel overwhelmed. Go slow...

Glenn Kirschner - More Congressional Subpoenas, But Still No Use of Congress's Lawful Tool of ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

"We've got to fight like hell or we won't have a democracy anymore"... How can you have a democracy when half the country supports the dissolution of democracy using election subversion? The GQP does not have a platform, except to stop everything the democrats want to do.

Despite the steady rainfall earlier in the week, my supplies of goat and 'roo meat for the native ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

Let us know how it comes out...

Are Social Media Bans of Scientific Misinformation Helpful ? Why/not ?

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

Yes. People spread misinformation for psychological gratification, not to educate. Not good for a lethal pandemic.

My sources say, "In good news, I was just looking at COVID trends and it looks like hospitalizations...

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

Those are some big if's. I hope you're right. Our democracy is basically dead with half the population supporting a party dedicated to raw, fascist, racist power. Democrats need some new material and new strategies, pronto. Shaming doesn't work.

To young people considering marriage to a specific person, one often overlooked attribute in your ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

If one doesn't set boundaries for behavior, one must expect further encroaching. It can be hard to establish a moment of serious attention when engaged in work and other life activities. It's the camel sneaking into the tent. Failure to act means that calamity is inevitable.

Are African Americans….. Americans?

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

Obviously McConnell doesn't think so. Along with the rest of his party.

Not having it!

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

Shhh, I'm mansplaining...

What was your favorite part of the Biden speech last night?

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

The answer to #2 should have been truthful, that being the claim of mental decline is partisan propaganda. Saying he had no idea was a lie, and we've had quite enough of that.

Letters From An American 01/19/2022

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

I hope democrats get over their weakness and consistently refer to Republicans as fascist nazi-wannabees. They are not Americans anymore. They have no real loyalty to the country.

All I can say about this one is LOL!

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

My corollary to Murphy's Law. If you do something repeatedly, you'll quickly find every possible failure mode.

Lawsuit: Taxpayer-funded adoption agency in TN won't place kids with Jews

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

Time for a lawsuit. As expensive as possible.

Florida bill to shield people from feeling 'discomfort' over historic actions by their race, ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

Florida is really messed up. So many Nazi-wannabees.

I just watched the movie on Netflix called Phantom Thread.

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

Putting out and learning how to love might work, but it may be unsatisfying to psychopaths.

I'm wondering if there is a politician or public figure that would likely run for office of ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

The downside of democracy is that the primary criteria must be electability. We should strive for Progressive values, but they won't get enacted if the fascists get elected.

Billionaire NBA Owner Dismisses Uyghur Genocide | Pod Save the World Podcast - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

Per Wikipedia: "Chinese government officials say that these camps, created under CCP general secretary Xi Jinping's administration, serve the goals of ensuring adherence to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ideology, preventing separatism, fighting terrorism, and providing vocational training to Uyghurs." It may be that being indoctrinated into Chinese communism is an improvement over Islam. I'll say it probably is better given how demented Islam is. I could be wrong.

It looks like I'm going to be spending most of the rest of the day sitting in a hospital waiting ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

Hope it's not too serious and a speedy recovery...