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Kellie Pickler Shows Off Her Beach Bod
Country singer Kellie Pickler showed off her toned, beach body with a picture she posted on Instagram. She tweeted "Beach Bum :-)" on Sept. 4, 2013.
Kellie Pickler Shows Off Her Beach Bod
Country singer Kellie Pickler showed off her toned, beach body with a picture she posted on Instagram. She tweeted "Beach Bum :-)" on Sept. 4, 2013.
Bikini Beauties Pose
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Kate Upton Shows-Off Sexy White Bikini
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Katherine Heigl celebrates July 4th with Family
Katherine Heigl posed this photo to her twitter on July 4, 2013 with the caption, "Happy 4th of July to all those celebrating today! Xoxo the Kelley's!!"
Lisa Rinna Emulates Iconic Marilyn Monroe Pose
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Patrick Schwarzenegger Emulates Arnold
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Chelsea Handler Before She Was Famous
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Kate Upton Cuddles With Tiger
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Robert Pattinson and Kristin Stewart
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Nicki Minaj Goes Couture
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Nicki Minaj Poses in Couture
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Nick Carter's Marriage Proposal
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Mariah's 'Beauty Shop' Time
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Mariah Carey and Daughter Monroe
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Miranda Kerr Is Tutu Cute
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Ashley Tisdale's Beach Day with Mom
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Ashley Tisdale's Fabulous Legs
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Dirty Jobs: Clip and nip a part of hog farming
Tim Carls always hopes for a rainy day when it's time to do the dirty work.
Cooler temps make the task of docking tails and castrating young pigs easier. Pigs can't sweat.
"They have no clue what's coming up, and that's probably a good thing," Carls said as he reached down in the holding pen for another pig. The 40-pound specimen squealed loudly as Carls held one hind leg above the hock.
In seconds, it was over. The pig's tail was snapped with pair of wire cutters. The male pig had been neutered and was now a barrow. Carls calls the two-step process "outpatient surgery." The reason for cutting tails is because some pig like to bite tails while they play.
"The only thing they know is they don't want to be held," Carls said. "The faster you do it, the better off you are."
But the job of constantly lifting squirming and squealing pigs, holding them still for a few seconds and then letting them go is hard physical labor.
Once the cuts are made, the pigs are shot with a dose of medicine. They must be watched for signs of infection for the next few days. It can take a couple weeks for the wounds to heal.
Two weeks ago, brothers Tim, Bill and Bruce Carls had 400 newly weaned male pigs in the holding pen. With the help of Matt Wise, 17, a neighbor, they finished their job in time for lunch.
There was a runt in the litter that had a bad leg from a previous injury. Tim Carls watched it limp away.
"Take that little barrow," he said. "He'll make it until he gets too beat up. This is no different than being in jail. They (the pigs) weed out the weaker ones among themselves. Something you must remember about pigs: They're wild animals. By that I mean if you should have a heart attack and you're in the pen with all these pigs by yourself, you won't be seen again. First, they'll nudge you. Then they'll take a bite. Then they will eat you."
Carls said he doesn't look forward to this job, but "it's what you do."
Raising pigs is a shorter commitment than beef cattle, he said, but the risks are still high.
"It's six months from the time they're born to the time they're gone," he said.
This year has been tough.
"We had three days this spring where the temperature never got above freezing. The sows lost a lot of their litters. Now the corn crop is dying up because we need rain. Between pigs and corn we could lose about $100,000 this year," Carls said.
It's a challenge for the Carls brothers to keep their centennial farm operation that has been in their family for generations afloat. But they'll tell you that challenges are what farm life is about and they wouldn't have it any other way.
"Whatever happens, happens," Tim Carls said. "Next year, we'll still be doing something."
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Enjoy a full day at leisure in the "Adventure Capital of the World." Perhaps choose an optional jet boat ride, visit a local winery, or tour some of the sites used to film The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Walter Peak Evening Dinner
Price: Starting From: $73/person
Cruise across Lake Wakatipu aboard the 103-year-old TSS Earnslaw steamship to enjoy a popular dinner excursion at Walter Peak High Country Farm. Enjoy great scenery, a delicious meal, and learn more about life on a New Zealand farm.
Wilderness Safari
Price: Starting From: $162/person
Take a spectacular jet boat journey along the Dart's ever-changing braided river system. Awe-inspiring surroundings include breathtaking snowcapped mountains, ancient native forest, waterfalls, and glacial valleys frozen in time. Your excursion includes an easy guided walk through the Heritage Trail at Paradise, where your knowledgeable guide will enhance your experience with informative and entertaining commentary about the ancient native beech forest, the unique fauna, amazing history, and fascinating Maori legends. You will also ride aboard a 4WD coach along a scenic backroad route to view scenery that has formed the epic backdrop for Middle Earth in The Lord of the Rings movies.
KJet Thrill Ride
Price: Starting From: $77/person
KJet offers 60 minutes of unforgettable thrills, spins and exhilaration across three waterways in one of the world's most stunning locations.
Cruise onboard the historic TSS Earnslaw Steamship
Price: Starting From: $40/person
It is New Zealand's most iconic boat and one of Queenstown's most historic destinations. The leisurely cruise across beautiful Lake Wakatipu show cases some of Queenstown's spectacular alpine scenery while offering you plenty of time to explore a piece of Queenstown's living history - the 105-year-old TSS Earnslaw.
Queenstown Wine Trail Tour
Price: Starting From: $99/person
Take this tour and experience the true flavor of the local pinot noir and other wine varietals at three premium vineyards.
Walter Peak Farm and BBQ Lunch
Price: Starting From: $59/person
Cruise across Lake Wakatipu aboard the 103-year-old TSS Earnslaw steamship to enjoy a popular lunch excursion at the historic Walter Peak High Country Farm. Enjoy great scenery, a delicious meal, and learn more about life on a New Zealand farm.
Helicopter Flight over the Remarkables Mountains with Landing
Price: Starting From: $116/person
See Queenstown's most famous and iconic mountain range from one mile high. This "Remarkable" excursion takes you towards the South Eastern shores of Lake Wakatipu where the Remarkables stand tall over Queenstown - one of only two Mountain ranges in the world that run directly North to South. Soar straight to the top and take in the views of the incredible alpine environment. On the top, we make a landing and shutdown the helicopter to allow you to take in the grandeur scale of the Wakatipu Basin. Take the ultimate photograph, breathe in the southern fresh air and you may even be lucky enough to enjoy some fresh snow. From there, your helicopter will take off and make its way back to base, showing off the picturesque scenery of Queenstown on the way down.
Discover Arrowtown and Wanaka
Price: Starting From: $96/person
Discover the beauty of Arrowtown and Wanaka with a half-day tour exploring these stunning towns. Experience Arrowtown's charming streets, journey over the Crown Range (New Zealand's highest sealed road), and learn the history of the area and take in breathtaking views at every turn.
Fly to Rotorua on New Zealand's north island. The rest of the day is at your leisure.
This morning, enjoy guided sightseeing with visit to Te Puia, Rainbow Springs Nature Park, and Agrodome, where you'll learn about New Zealand's sheep industry. This afternoon explore this geothermal wonderland on your own. This evening you may choose to join our optional Māori (indigenous Polynesian people) cultural performance and Hangi dinner (roasted meats and vegetables cooked underground with hot stones).
Rotorua Duck Tours
Price: Starting From: $46/person
Get a unique view of Rotorua's geothermal wonders on this fun excursion by Duck! Discover historic sights, Maori culture, and incredible natural beauty on this sightseeing adventure aboard a WWII amphibious vehicle that travels on both land and water.
Rotorua Zipline and Canopy Tour
Price: Starting From: $85/person
Soar along 500-year-old Mamaku Forest on New Zealand's only native forest zipline canopy tour. This is an experience of a lifetime!
Redwoods TreeWalk at Night
Price: Starting From: $19/person
The TreeWalk consists of 21 suspension bridges traversing between 22 Californian coastal redwoods. In the evening, the forest and ferns are illuminated by 30 suspended lanterns and multiple colored spotlights. It is a truly unique nighttime experience!
Today, head north for Waitomo, where you will take a boat trip through the Waitomo Glowworm Caves. Continue on to Auckland where your evening is at leisure.
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Catch the ferry from Circular Quay to this iconic Sydney beach. Stroll through the corso while enjoying an ice cream or treat yourself to a beer at the Hotel Steyne overlooking the ocean. You may wish to walk along the beachfront to Little Manly Beach.
Enjoy spectacular views of Sydney Harbour and the city surrounds as you take an easy stroll across the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge and back.
These shopping arcades are both architectural beauties in their own right. Even if you aren't interested in shopping, they are worth a glimpse.
This walk hugs the coastline from Bondi to Coogee and is 6 kms in length. Walk all or part of it for amazing views and perhaps stop for a swim at one of the beaches along the way.
Located on Pitt St. at Circular Quay, this family-owned and operated business offers an impressive range of opal jewelry.
If you want to bring home inexpensive, kitschy souvenirs, this Chinatown market is the place. Kangaroo oven mitts and Opera House shot glasses abound.Note: Paddy's Market is not open on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Stroll the MCA and experience the work of today's artists from across Australia and around the world on your own or take part in one of the free daily guided tours. Getting hungry? Stop at the MCA Cafe on Level 4 for spectacular harbor views, site-specific art and a fresh daily menu. On Wednesdays, make sure to check out their contemporary art after dark when the galleries, cafe, and store are all open until 9 pm.
Found at the water's edge of the Sydney Harbour and base of the famous Sydney Opera House, the Opera Bar promises an experience to remember. Toast to unforgettable views, new friends and new experiences in the afternoon sun.
Get a sense of Sydney's past exploring The Rocks' cobbled laneways, cozy cafés and oldest pubs in the country. Major highlights within this area are: Sydney Observatory, Argyle Gallery, Cadman's Cottage, Sydney Theatre Company, Lord Nelson Brewery, and The Rocks Markets where Sydneysiders flock to on Fridays and over the weekend.
Sydney Harbour Islands Fort Denison, Shark, Clark, Rodd, Goat, and Cockatoo are among some of Sydney's most popular natural attractions. Catch one of the regular ferry services from Circular Quay during summer and take in the sparkling scenery.
Thai Town, located in Haymarket on Campbell Street bordering Chinatown, is a neighborhood in Sydney with a Thai theme. While not as elaborate as Sydney's Chinatown, it has quickly become to best place to go in Sydney for great Thai Restaurants as well as Thai grocery stores.
Locally owned and operated since 1994, The Ironbar Restaurant's rustic Australiana theme and lively atmosphere make it a hit with locals and tourists alike. For a fun night out, check out their live and local music talents on stage each night.
No visit to Port Douglas is complete without a walk along Four Mile Beach. Listen to the palm trees in the breeze as you walk along four miles of white sandy beach without a hint of civilization in sight. Choose to laze in the sun on the warm sand, swim in the calm waters of the Coral Sea, or gaze along the coastline for spectacular views of the ocean and rainforest.
Meet Speedy and Bundy, two 55-year-old coal-fired steam locomotives - the very last ones used by the Mossman Sugar Mill before switching to diesel locomotives for hauling the sugar cane from the fields to the region's mill. Take a ride on these historic little steam trains on a track that has been in existence for over a century. Train operates daily 9:30 am to 3:30 pm including most public holidays.
The Reef Marina offers a diverse range of dining options. Overlooking the magnificent Coral Sea, this is the perfect place to unwind even further and take in the atmosphere of this stunning seaside town.
Filled with history and life, this beautiful auditorium, with perfect acoustics, and the best little bar in town, plays host to local and travelling artists alike and makes for a great night on the town.
Step back in time as you stroll the beautiful shops of the Block Arcade. Perhaps enjoy afternoon tea at the Hopetoun Tea Rooms, where the Victorian Ladies' Work Association ran a small tea room from 1893-1907.
More than 100 hangings took place at this former prison, including that of Australia's equivalent to Jesse James—hero and bandit Ned Kelly. The collection of artifacts and death masks are most interesting. For a truly chilling experience, take one of the night tours.
Built in 1755 by Captain Cook's parents in Yorkshire, England, this cottage was moved in crates and barrels to Melbourne in 1934. The cottage provides a glimpse into Captain Cook's world voyages as well as insight into 18th- century English family life.
Melbourne is Australia's melting pot, and this open-air market offers a true taste of the ethnic mix. Among hundreds of stalls, you'll find everything from fresh produce and wine to handicrafts and bargain clothes. Closed Mondays & Wednesdays.
Witness a local icon originally built in 1853. If you're unable to see a cricket match or Australia Rules Football, visit the National Sports Museum located at the ground. Or perhaps venture to nearby Melbourne Park, home of the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament.
Find art, fashion and food on Melbourne's Soho strip. Boredom isn't an option on Brunswick Street, the vibrant Melbourne strip where people from all walks of life go to shop, eat, drink, meet and dance. And it's a popular spot for filming several TV shows.
With the smoothest Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Gris, and Merlot, you won't find anything difficult about sampling the vintages at this winery.
View into the depths of Lake Wakatipu for a glimpse at the underwater inhabitants who call the lake home. The Observatory is conveniently located at the Main Town Pier (just look out for the yellow KJet sign).
Charming and quirky, this delightful gold rush village is nestled below the beautiful peaks that surround the sparkling Arrow River. Stop by at the award winning Lakes District Museum for a historical lesson of this enchanted town.
Queenstown has an excellent selection of sheepskin and wool products. The Bonz Gallery features original designs—everything from sweaters to jackets—in 100% merino wool.
If you never want to forget the beauty of Milford Sound or Fiordland National Park, visit this gallery and take home one of the artist's magnificent oil paintings depicting New Zealand's landscapes.
Skiers around the world head to Queenstown from early June to early October to ski. Rent a pair of skis and join them on the slopes of Coronet Peak.
The Onsen Hot Pools experience is all about unwinding and soaking-up Queenstown's spectacular scenery. Immerse yourself in the views, the pure waters, and the fresh mountain air, as your mind and body surrenders to the deep penetrating warmth and gentle massage of their private pools.
Monograms provides travelers access to a Local Host®, so you will have someone on hand to answer those vacation questions pertaining to Rotorua, New Zealand. No waiting in line at the concierge desk or trying to ask your waitress at breakfast directions to the shopping district. Simply ask your Local Host® about Rotorua and you'll be on your way in no time. Plus, your Local Host® will share local Rotorua insights and share suggestions for getting off the beaten path, leaving you more time to create lasting memories on your New Zealand vacation.
This unique thermal park features the only hot waterfall in the Southern Hemisphere. The on-site spa specializes in traditional Maori massage (Mirimiri) and mud baths.
Located just five minutes from downtown Rotorua, this pristine forest is highlighted by a grove of Californian Redwoods. Rent a bike and ride on one of the many world-class trails, take a hike, or trek through the forest on horseback.
New Zealand's only geothermal public park features beautiful gardens, a crater lake, mud pools, hot springs, free thermal foot baths, BBQs and picnic tables, children's playground, and food market held every Saturday from 6 am to 1 pm. Admission is free.
The Maritime Museum is a place of stories, ambition, courage, exploration, and amazing journeys. Discover how the nation's relationship with the sea has shaped the New Zealand identity; from stories of the Polynesian people's epic migration to Aotearoa, to early European exploration then settlement and modern-day yachting successes.
Take a ferry from downtown Auckland direct to Devonport or drive over the Auckland Harbour Bridge. The historic seaside village of Devonport has a charming and relaxed atmosphere. Stroll around the village at your leisure and visit some of its attractions including the many art galleries, historic points of interest and lookouts. Galleries are scattered throughout the village with a range of art by specialists in glass, ceramics, painting, sculpture and jewelry. Take a break at one of the many cafes or indulge at the renowned Devonport Chocolates.
Auckland's historic market has many shops to browse around, and a New Zealand Walk of Fame. Walk across to the nearby Victoria Park, where you may catch some locals engaged in a game of cricket.
Admire the expansive city and harbor views as you climb over (and under) Auckland Harbour Bridge.
Beautifully situated in the Domain and occupying one of Auckland's finest heritage buildings, the Auckland War Memorial Museum is a key destination for those wishing to experience New Zealand's cultural and spiritual history. Exciting stories of the Pacific, the people, and the flora, fauna and landforms of New Zealand's unique islands are told within a memorial dedicated to those who have sacrificed their lives for New Zealand.
The Museum is home to a valuable collection of Maori taonga (treasures) and the daily cultural performances provide a warm, vibrant and entertaining glimpse into Maori culture through song and dance. The cultural experience includes the opportunity to meet, talk, and take photos with the performers.
Visit the trendy suburb of Ponsonby and enjoy delicious cuisine, superb lattes or cocktails if more to your taste! For the younger travelers, this is a popular place for nightlife.
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While I was compiling the Delete Key Awards shortlist, Joseph O'Neill's Netherland won the PEN/Faulkner Award, given by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the year's best American work of fiction. A nice line about the use of cricket as a metaphor in the novel appeared in Cathleen Medwick's review in O, The Oprah Magazine:
"The complex game of cricket serves as this exquisitely articulated novel's metaphor for civility wrested from chaos and the oblique trajectory of hope."
One of the most widely praised novels of 2008, Netherland was snubbed by the judges for the National Book Awards and the National Book Critics Circle Awards, which I predicted it would win. But O'Neill has come out ahead financially: He gets $15,000 for the PEN/Faulkner instead of $10,000 for a National Book Award and nothing for a National Book Critics Circle Award. And he has a chance to pick up another $10,000 when the winners of Pulitzer prizes are named on April 20, though the history of those awards would seem to give the edge to Toni Morrison's A Mercy.
A review of and reading group guide to Netherland appeared in separate posts on One-Minute Book Reviews on June 24, 2008. The paperback edition of the novel is due out from Vintage Books in June 2009.
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Passing game hangs in balance
Florida's passing game was pretty much one-dimensional last season. When the Gators needed to make a play, they usually went to the same guy, tight end Jordan Reed.
Defenses, of course, knew that.
Now that Reed is gone, Florida offensive coordinator Brent Pease has been working on bringing more balance to the passing game by getting more receivers involved, including the running backs.
Pease seems pretty pleased with the new plan so far.
"It's really more centered around the kids that are playing wide receiver now," he said Wednesday. "Obviously, we took a big loss with Jordan because he was our leading pass reception guy last year. Things have to become more balanced out in throwing to the wide receivers.
"One of the things we focused on in the offseason with the quarterbacks and studying film was how many times the backs can be the guys that catch balls in the passing game. We should have, based on coverages and reads, gotten those guys the ball a lot more.
"Those guys are going to have to balance those things out. If we just have good distribution and the guys make plays, which they've done a great job in practice making big plays and tough catches and stretching the defense, you're going to see more balance."
One of the new playmakers in the passing game figures to be a kid who was playing high school ball a year ago — true freshman wide receiver Demarcus Robinson, who has been one of the stars of camp. Another true freshman, Ahmad Fulwood, also should be a factor this season, Pease said.
The emergence of Robinson, Fulwood and others at wide receiver, including senior Solomon Patton, has allowed Loucheiz Purifoy to concentrate almost exclusively on cornerback in preseason practice.
Robinson, in particular, has shown the ability to make plays down the field, something that was missing in the passing game most of last season.
"The kid's a phenomenal athlete," Pease said. "He's one of the guys that has to fill that role. I don't think he's the only guy because we've got probably three or four kids that can do that with Solomon, Quinton (Dunbar) is capable of doing that as well as Ahmad."
At 6-foot-2, 201 pounds, Robinson has the size, strength and speed to get off the line in man-to-man coverage and create separation, Pease said.
"He can get knocked off at times on a re-route, but he has the ability to explode to go get a ball," Pease said. "So he's got a lot of range. And I always refer to a kid I had at Boise State, Austin Pettis, who plays for the Rams now. He had tremendous range in catching a ball. It wasn't just on his body, it could be outside the frame of his body.
"Demarcus has that, but he also probably has a lot more speed and athleticism to get that done. I'm not appointing him the greatest thing on Earth yet, because he's got to play a game, but I know he's worked at his skill and I think he's understanding what his opportunity and his job is on each play."
Another potential target in the passing game is senior Trey Burton, the versatile athlete who can line up in several positions, including fullback and quarterback in the Wildcat formation. Burton's focus in camp has been on playing slot receiver.
"Trey Burton is having a great camp," Pease said. "I think we know what he can do. He's a good athlete, he can play various roles. But just purely as a receiver, he's gotten a lot better at understanding what his liabilities were. He's running good routes, catching the ball, winning more one-on-one coverage."
Burton has been nursing an injured wrist, but Pease said "he's fine."
With Burton, Robinson and others emerging in camp, Pease said he expects the passing game to be improved and more balanced than last season.
"I would expect it to be better," Pease said. "The quarterback (Jeff Driskel) knowing better. I think we've cleaned up some of his opportunities not to get hit so much, the protection factor that he'll have around him. That needs to be better.
"The fact is if you can catch the ball better, put the ball on a kid's hands and he's making more yards after the catch with it or bigger threats of hitting that ball over the top, then that's all coming into place.
"It's not going to be there totally yet; it's not perfected. But I expect (the passing game) to be more of threat than it was at the end of last season."
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Global Cannabis March. 420[edit]
Google site search no longer works well. It does not find all the yearly city lists containing a city name.
Special:Search works well. Click: "Global Marijuana March maps". Add city name to search, and state/province/nation as needed. This is an advanced search of main pages and templates. This will pull up all yearly maps in which the city is listed. Except for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021 due to various problems. Putting quotes around multi-word city names helps focus the search: "New York City". This city, nation, or subnational area participated or signed up one year (or more) for the Global Marijuana March (GMM), Million Marijuana March (MMM), or 420. Cities and nations holding 4/20 events are also included in later years. Yearly maps. See: 420 and Global Cannabis March event lists by year. See: GMM links.
1035 cities have participated from 85 nations or subnational areas since 1999.
GCM city lists and maps: ~ 1999. 2000. 126.96.36.199.5. 18.104.22.168.10. 18.104.22.168.15. 188.8.131.52.20. 21.22. Yearly event links in many cases will no longer be added to city pages due to the amount of work involved. Such links are found in the yearly city lists and maps. Graphics and crowd photos will also no longer be added to city pages in many cases. Graphics and photos can be found in this alphabetical flat list.
The forever drug war[edit]
US Republican states. It's not just cannabis prohibition. Vote for the many Democratic US Senate candidates that support ending the filibuster. [71]. US Taliban Republicans. Their cannabis war.
Republican gerrymandering and filibustering will allow the cannabis war to go on forever. At least in US Republican states. The US Congress could legalize or deschedule adult-use cannabis at the federal level if the Republican filibuster was gone. So do not vote for US Senate candidates of either party that support the filibuster. [72].
See Wikipedia: Gerrymandering.
Nixon's racist drug war[edit]
Republican President Richard Nixon (in office January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974) initiated the militant racist tone of the forever drug war.
The Republican Party has used its Drug War as a 50+ year distraction. All to serve the rich. See: Republican President Nixon's drug war against blacks and hippies. See Wikipedia: War on drugs. See Race, ethnicity, and drug war. See Wikipedia: Southern Strategy - Keeping poor whites and blacks fighting against each other, instead of the real enemy: rich Republican tax evaders. See Wikipedia: Nixon's Enemies List, of journalists, actors, union leaders, etc. who expose it all. A GOP playbook that has never ended, and played out yet again by billionaire Trump until he was dumped in 2020.
This quote from Nixon aide John Ehrlichman (in 1994) is from an April 2016 Dan Baum article in Harper's Magazine: Legalize It All. How to win the war on drugs. Quote: "The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did."
See: CNN info. See article: Nixon's drug war against blacks and hippies.
US Republican states[edit]
See Wikipedia: List of state parties of the Republican Party (United States).
See article: US Republican states. It's not just cannabis prohibition. And: Cannabis war. Part of Republican war on poor. And: US Taliban Republicans. Their cannabis war. And: NRA drug war. US National Rifle Association. And: Happy alternatives to US Republican-led poverty, mass incarceration, food insecurity, debt, ill health, intense concentration of wealth, endless wars. And: USA. The state of the nation.
|Mostly in U.S. Republican states.
|Percent of adults with overdue debt in collections. By county. See map.
|See Wikipedia: Firearm death rates in the United States by state. And CNN: States with weaker gun laws have higher rates of firearm related homicides and suicides, study finds.
|Wikipedia: List of U.S. states and territories by incarceration and correctional supervision rate. Map is for sentenced state prisoners only. No Federal or local jail inmates. See map.
Republican minimum wages[edit]
Why do US Republican leaders hate Americans? Why won't they raise the US federal minimum wage above $7.25? 62% in US support a $15 federal minimum wage. Stop voting in Republicans if you don't want the low minimum wages found in Republican states.
|7 Oct 2021: Reallocation effects of the minimum wage. "In January 2015, Germany introduced a uniform minimum wage of €8.50 [$10 an hour today]. ... boosted wages of low-wage workers, did not lower employment, and induced a reallocation toward more productive establishments." 11 Jan 2022: Minimum wage in Germany to be raised once again in 2022.
|US minimum wage peaked in 1968 in inflation-adjusted dollars. $13.16 in 2022 dollars. [73]. See chart.
Cannabis is safer.[edit]
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Vote out most US Republicans and their cannabis war.
16 Dec 2019: Majority Of Americans Support Marijuana Legalization, Two More New Polls Show. "Voters who supported President Trump in the 2016 election expressed greater opposition to the policy than Republicans and Republican-leaning independents as a whole."
|2 May 2019: Time to Admit It: Trump Opposed Cannabis Legalization. He opposed 3 bills for veterans' access to medical cannabis.
23 Feb 2019: Trump Continued to Flip-Flop on Medical Marijuana.
See: Reagan's war on cannabis. And: Holy War on Drugs, Conservative-led global incarceration.
|Ronald Reagan, 1980 campaign speech: "Leading medical researchers are coming to the conclusion that marijuana, pot, grass whatever you want to call it, is probably the most dangerous drug in the United States, and we haven't begun to find out all of the ill effects, but they are permanent ill effects. The loss of memory for example."
Share link: Obama.
- Obama correctly said that cannabis is safer than alcohol. See: Cannabis is safer. He also said marijuana should be treated more as a public health issue than a criminal one. And: Obama signals support for legalizing medical marijuana. [74]. See video.
- USA. 1 in 10 deaths of working-age adults are alcohol-related (disease, overdose, car crashes, falls, violence, etc). 87,798 per year, 2006 to 2010. [75][76][77][78][79].
See longer article: Cannabis is safer.
- Imagine if Mitt Romney had been elected President in 2012 instead of Obama.
- Obama on marijuana legalization. [80]. "My suspicion is that you're gonna see other states start looking at this". The Washington Post. Jan. 22, 2015.
Above quote is from Sanjay Gupta interview of Obama on April 15, 2015. Interview aired on CNN on April 19, 2015. [81][82][83].
- Obama administration asks Supreme Court to reject lawsuit filed by Republican governments in Oklahoma and Nebraska to stop legal marijuana in Colorado [84]. December 2015.
- Holder's Legacy: Steering Away From the Drug War and Mass Incarceration. [85]. Attorney General Eric Holder (2009-2015) under President Obama. 25 Sep 2014.
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Today's far-right Republicans[edit]
US Republican states. It's not just cannabis prohibition. See also: Happy alternatives to US Republican-led poverty, mass incarceration, food insecurity, debt, ill health, intense concentration of wealth, endless wars.
News: Americans want universal healthcare and progressive taxation.
11 Aug 2021: Billionaires worldwide gained $5.5 trillion during pandemic. [86]. Hunger. [87]. Wealth inequality at levels not seen since just before the Great Depression. Republican tax cuts for the rich. Record low inflation-adjusted US federal minimum wage. [88].
$70 billion to end pandemic[edit]
- 11 Aug 2021: Article. "The world's 2,690 global billionaires saw their combined wealth rise from $8 trillion on March 20, 2020 to $13.5 trillion as of July 31, 2021, ... The cost of vaccinating the world's adult population was calculated as follows: two doses at $7 per dose for 5 billion people, for a total of $70 billion."
- 12 Aug 2021: One-off emergency tax on billionaires' pandemic windfalls could fund Covid-19 jabs for all and cash grant to all unemployed workers.
Mask mandates work[edit]
29 Aug 2021: CDC: An Unvaccinated Teacher Took Off Their Mask to Read Aloud. Half the Class Got COVID.
28 Aug 2021: Do face masks work? Here are 49 scientific studies that explain why they do.
GOP taxes screw middle class[edit]
Trump signed tax law that gave 83% of benefits to the top 1%.
Republican filibuster equals[edit]
- The evil history of the US Senate filibuster, or why the US no longer has simple majority rule. [89]. See Wikipedia: Filibuster.
US voter suppression[edit]
20 Oct 2021: Senate Republicans use filibuster to again block sweeping voting rights bill.
Republicans have disenfranchised black, brown, and poor white people via "The New Jim Crow"; the drug war and mass incarceration. See: Holy War on Drugs, Conservative-led global incarceration.
High US taxes on poor[edit]
The forever war on the poor. Republican filibuster says to Americans: "Heads we win, tails you lose." Democracy? What democracy?
When Democrats have the majority, the Republican minority uses the filibuster to block higher taxes on the rich, and to block lower taxes on the middle class and poor. When Republicans have the majority they use budget reconciliation to use their simple majority to lower taxes on the rich, and increase user fees, sales taxes, and other regressive taxation to increase taxes on the poor and middle class.
This is the whole purpose of the US Republican Party. To serve the rich. Period.
Minimum wage workers crushed while serving the Republican low-tax-paying rich:
And on US middle class[edit]
Chart below. 2017 Republican tax and individual mandate repeal bill. Yellow is for an average increase in cost for people in those groups. Higher costs hitting more people each year. Up to incomes of $75,000.
|Vote out most Republicans! Ballotpedia issues: marijuana and minimum wage.
|Republican tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought, Congressional Budget Office finds.
|"By 2019, Americans earning less than $30,000 a year would be worse off under the Senate bill, CBO found. By 2021, Americans earning $40,000 or less would be net losers, and by 2027, most people earning less than $75,000 a year would be worse off. On the flip side, millionaires and those earning $100,000 to $500,000 would be big beneficiaries".
|2 polls: Only 29% of Americans approve of Republican tax plan. 2.
Low US minimum wage[edit]
Return to top. See: More inequality charts.
2 Jul 2019: There's More Evidence That Raising the Minimum Wage Won't Cost Jobs.
High wealth inequality[edit]
See Wikipedia: List of countries by wealth per adult. The average median wealth per adult for Canada ($125,688) is much higher than that of the USA ($79,274). US middle-class wealth has collapsed. [91]. See chart below. Median wealth is exactly in the middle. 50% of adults have more, and 50% have less. Wealth is all assets (money, stocks, property, etc.) minus all debts.
|Median wealth per adult. Credit Suisse. 2021 report. Country links are to Wikipedia articles. Click red column headers to sort. Link.
per adult.
US dollars
Chart. USA. 1989-2018. Top 1% Up $21 Trillion. Bottom 50% Down $900 Billion. And:US middle class wealth collapsing. [92]. And: 5 Oct 2017: Nine Charts about Wealth Inequality in America (Updated). And: Just 8 men own same wealth as half the world. And see Wikipedia: Wealth in the United States.
Republicans started wars that wasted $8 trillion [93] on ground wars (some based on Bush/CIA lies about weapons of mass destruction). Instead of paying higher minimum wages. As Canada does. See: Wikipedia: List of minimum wages by country.
Low quality of life[edit]
See: Happy alternatives to US Republican-led poverty, mass incarceration, food insecurity, debt, ill health, intense concentration of wealth, endless wars.
Germany has a much lower murder rate than the USA. Also, Germany has better health indicators, and its healthcare cost per person is half US cost (all costs, public and private).
High household debt[edit]
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US household debt at all time high. Chart below is from the PDF.
Total household debt. From 1st quarter 2003 through recent times.
Total Household Debt by Type:
- Click to enlarge. Timeline is by quarters.
High US medical debt[edit]
Return to top. See: Canadian single-payer universal healthcare versus US healthcare.
This doesn't happen in Canada, due to single-payer universal healthcare: US. 34 Devastating Stories About How People Are Still Crushed By Medical Debt. By Venessa Wong, Jan 17, 2019. BuzzFeed News.
High student loan debt[edit]
- Student Loan Debt by State. Map, table, and article.
- Student Loan Debt Statistics: 2022. U.S. student loan debt totals $1.75 trillion as of April 2022.
Public elementary and secondary school in the USA costs an average of $14,891 a year per student in taxes. The money spent between the ages of 16 to 18 could be set aside for 2 years of full-board-and-tuition college. Look at Scotland: Adult at age 16. Scotland. What can I do at my age? And: Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991. And: Wikipedia: Education in Scotland: "In 2014, research by the Office for National Statistics found that Scotland was the most highly educated country in Europe". See: Wikipedia: Age of majority (by country). Wikipedia: Voting age.
Punitive bankruptcy law[edit]
- No Fresh Start: Will States Let Debt Collectors Push Families Into Poverty In The Wake of a Pandemic? US map with state-by-state grades on the fairness of bankruptcy laws. "NCLC surveys the exemption laws of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Sadly, not one jurisdiction's laws meet basic standards so that debtors can continue to work productively to support themselves and their families."
- Model Family Financial Protection Act. Including fairer bankruptcy and debt laws.
- Debt in America: An Interactive Map. 29% of all adults. 24% of whites. 39% of people of color. See the map there, and below. See the astonishing percentages of adults with debt in collection. By county. Especially in the South. The South has been greatly impoverished by low Republican minimum wages, lack of expanded Medicaid, unfair bankruptcy laws, massive evictions (past and upcoming).
Stagnant US wages[edit]
USA. Since 2001, labor's share of national income has suffered a sustained decline. 11 Sep 2018.
- See above chart source. [94]. And source article.
Chart below: Top 10% of earners receive 50% of all income. When capital gains are included.
- Above graph source. And: Source 2.
|10 Jul 2018: National (US) Pay Trends. "Since 2006, wages have risen 12.9 percent overall in the US. But when you factor in inflation, real wages' have actually fallen 9.3 percent. In other words, the income for a typical worker today buys them less than it did in 2006."
2 Jul 2018: An Update for 2018: More Evidence That Half of Americans Are In or Near Poverty. Paul Buchheit. Common Dreams.
For most U.S. workers, real wages have barely budged in decades. 7 Aug 2018. By Drew DeSilver. Pew Research Center. Chart below is from the article. Bottom of chart says: "Data for wages of production and non-supervisory employees on private non-farm payrolls."
Top line in timeline below is hourly wages adjusted for inflation. It is flat: Bottom of chart below says: "Data for wages of production and non-supervisory employees on private non-farm payrolls."
Racist law enforcement[edit]
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The KKK owns law enforcement today in the Republican state of Florida.
27 July 2021: Inside a KKK murder plot: Grab him up, take him to the river. "Even though three current and former Florida prison guards were exposed as klansmen, the state's Department of Corrections says it found no reason to investigate whether other white supremacists were employed in its prisons."
Poorly rated healthcare[edit]
- 6 Aug 2021: Stunning new report ranks US dead last in health care among richest countries—despite spending the most. "The U.S. also had the highest infant mortality rate and lowest life expectancy at age 60 compared with other countries. ... The poor performance is nothing new, as the U.S. has landed in last place in all seven studies the Commonwealth Fund has released since 2004."
No universal healthcare[edit]
Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security all came from Democrats. You pay the taxes while healthier. Republicans prefer you die. 50% in U.S. Fear Bankruptcy Due to Major Health Event. [95]
Google search: 26,000 Americans die each year from not having health insurance.
Single payer costs less[edit]
Portugal's drug decrim equals[edit]
50 drug overdose deaths yearly[edit]
Vs 100,000 yearly US deaths[edit]
There were around 107,300 US drug overdose deaths in the year ending January 31, 2022. 294 per day. Only around 30 to 55 per year in Portugal, a country with universal healthcare, and where all drugs have been decriminalized since 2001. See: Youtube: Portugal's Drug Laws: Decriminalisation in action. May 16, 2018 video from Australia's Special Broadcasting Service. No one has been arrested in Portugal for simple possession (under the limits) since 2001.
President Eisenhower. 1953:[edit]
His 91% top marginal tax rate[edit]
Equaled prosperity for more.[edit]
Eisenhower was not a socialist. He did not support state ownership of industries and businesses.
Eisenhower, an economically progressive Republican President, had a 91% top marginal income tax rate.. He participated in one of the greatest eras of economic prosperity-for-more in the US in the 1950s.
That era had lower overall taxes on the middle class.
|There was a higher average effective tax rate on the top 1 percent of US households in the 1950s. It was 42% when totaling federal, state, and local taxes. In 2014 it was 36.4%. See chart below.
Chart below. See: Highest US marginal income tax rates over time.
- Above chart source. And: Source 2.
Chart below. Timeline of top US federal marginal tax rate.
Republican President Lincoln[edit]
Created first progressive[edit]
US federal income tax.[edit]
Progressive Capitalism[edit]
Is not Socialism, and[edit]
It is not state ownership.[edit]
Republican president Abraham Lincoln did not believe in state ownership of industries and businesses. So he was not a "socialist". Socialism was not well known at that time. See Wikipedia: Socialism.
|In the United States, the first progressive federal income tax was established by the Revenue Act of 1862. The act was signed into law by Lincoln. It replaced a flat tax. See Wikipedia: Progressive tax.
Lincoln's economically progressive message below. What a contrast to today's far-right Republican leaders. From a message to the U.S. Congress, 3 December 1861:
"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."
More sources: [96]. The full speech. See: Facebook image.
Thomas Paine on the poor[edit]
Thomas Paine statue below in Thetford, England. See: Paine Wikiquotes. Search for "poor" within those quotes. For example:
When it shall be said in any country in the world, my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive; the rational world is my friend, because I am a friend of its happiness: When these things can be said, then may the country boast of its constitution and its government.
Paine was nothing like today's Republican Party.
Overpopulation = Warming[edit]
Politicians need to incentivize more hempcrete construction [97][98][99], so that carbon dioxide levels go down. But that is not enough to stop global warming.
Overpopulation equals more global warming via less greenspace removing carbon dioxide.
- Side-by-side photos. Our underwater future: What sea level rise will look like around the globe. High tide could flood 800 million people by 2060s.
- Wikipedia: List of countries by population (United Nations). Shows population increase rates.
- Wikipedia: List of sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate.
Many clueless Republican leaders deny it all. They also block free birth control via universal healthcare. See Wikipedia: Single payer healthcare. It costs less per person and gets better results. See:
As countries prosper in a just and fair way their population stabilizes. See median wealth by country:
Migration has to be limited to within regions of several countries. Countries with low birth control can not dump their overpopulation on to the whole world. There must be multinational aid to fund birth control, not unlimited migration.
See crowded beach below and link:
Global warming. Roswell tech[edit]
Roswell UFO craft and alien body retrieval was real according to U.S. Army officer Walter Haut. He signed affidavits to that effect in 1993 and 2002. Released in 2007 after his death in 2005. Video made in 2000. Released in May 2021. Much of the technology has been back engineered, and its carbon-free energy could possibly end global warming. Share link: Roswell UFO. Articles about Haut:
17 Aug 2021: "My father saw the bodies": chasing the truth about Roswell. By James Jennings. Archived here.
14 May 2021: Ex-Army officer ADMITS he saw 'alien the size of a 10-year-old child' after famous Roswell UFO crash in incredible video. By Emma Parry. Archived here. This article has a short excerpt of the video.
May 2021: Roswell Officer Speaks From the Grave: Video Released, Confesses that Alien was "the size of a 10 year old". By Anthony Bragalia. Archived here. From article: "This video clip is part of a memoir video / oral history over two hours in length that covers many personal and professional aspects of Haut's life. The video was taken at the Roswell Museum in 2000 with friends Dennis Balthaser and Wendy Connors."
30 June 2007: Roswell officer's amazing deathbed admission raises possibility that aliens DID visit. By Nick Pope. Archived here.
2002 and 1993 affidavits. Archived here. Scroll down for the affidavits.
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Economist Robert Frank recently wrote an editorial for the Washington Post, titled "Don't Blame All Borrowers," in which he questions Senator McCain's recent statement regarding possible that "it is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers." Frank takes a more situational perspective. We excerpt portions of his argument below.
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[W]hile Congress clearly should not rescue borrowers who lied about their incomes or tried to get rich by flipping condos, such borrowers were at most a minor factor in this crisis. Primary responsibility rests squarely on regulators who permitted the liberal credit terms that created the housing bubble.
Hints of how things began to go awry appeared in "The Two-Income Trap," a 2003 book in which Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi posed this intriguing question: Why could families easily meet their financial obligations in the 1950s and 1960s, when only one parent worked outside the home, yet have great difficulty today, when two-income families are the norm? The answer, they suggest, is that the second incomes fueled a bidding war for housing in better neighborhoods.
It's easy to see why. Even in the 1950s, one of the highest priorities of most parents was to send their children to the best possible schools. Because the labor market has grown more competitive, this goal now looms even larger. It is no surprise that two-income families would choose to spend much of their extra income on better education. And because the best schools are in the most expensive neighborhoods, the imperative was clear: To gain access to the best possible public school, you had to purchase the most expensive house you could afford.
But what works for any individual family does not work for society as a whole. The problem is that a "good" school is a relative concept: It is one that is better than other schools in the same area. When we all bid for houses in better school districts, we merely bid up the prices of those houses.
In the 1950s, as now, families tried to buy houses in the best school districts they could afford. But strict credit limits held the bidding in check. Lenders typically required down payments of 20 percent or more and would not issue loans for more than three times a borrower's annual income.
In a well-intentioned but ultimately misguided move to help more families enter the housing market, borrowing restrictions were relaxed during the intervening decades. Down payment requirements fell steadily, and in recent years, many houses were bought with no money down. Adjustable-rate mortgages and balloon payments further boosted families' ability to bid for housing.
The result was a painful dilemma for any family determined not to borrow beyond its means. No one would fault a middle-income family for aspiring to send its children to schools of at least average quality. (How could a family aspire to less?) But if a family stood by while others exploited more liberal credit terms, it would consign its children to below-average schools. Even financially conservative families might have reluctantly concluded that their best option was to borrow up.
Those who condemn them see a different picture. They see undisciplined families overcome by their lust for cathedral ceilings and granite countertops, families that need to be taught a lesson.
Yet millions of families got into financial trouble simply because they understood that life is graded on the curve. The best jobs go to graduates from the best colleges, and because only the best-prepared students are accepted to those colleges, it is quixotic to expect parents to bypass an opportunity to send their children to the best elementary and secondary schools they can. The financial deregulation that enabled them to bid ever larger amounts for houses in the best school districts essentially guaranteed a housing bubble that would leave millions of families dangerously overextended.
Congress should not bail out speculators and fraudulent borrowers. But neither should it be too quick to condemn families that borrowed what the lending system offered rather than send their children to inferior schools.
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To read the entire op-ed, click here. For a sample of related posts, see "The Financial Squeeze: Bad Choices or Bad Situations?," "The Situation of College Debt" – Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV.