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On the article Voters Don't Support Legalizing Marijuana
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On the article Man Harassed in Loan Repayment Scam, Police Say
PhilM
2:51 pm on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
ReplyFound two useful sites for bogus numbers/names to be http://whocalled.us and http://800notes.com -- both take any number or name to check against the national Caller ID database, and have good info on how to handle.
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On the article Gradyville Rd. Bridge Completion Expected in 2014
PhilM
11:09 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
ReplyStop in to http://t4america.org/features/ and check out the bridges all around - this one is considered "Functionally Obsolete". I'd guess that's because it's load-restricted or width-deficient with respect to the traffic and roadway approaches. Never-the-less, why is it necessary to involve the FedGov in what should be a State/Local construct?
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On the Blog Post Thou Shalt Not Steal...Unless It's Digital
PhilM
7:04 pm on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
ReplyRebecca - Something that I feel has been glossed over is the exorbitant length that Copyright has been extended to. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090811/0123105835.shtml
Article I Section 8 gives Congress the power "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"
That "limited time" has been extended in the US from the natural/common law length of a generation, to Life plus 70 years - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_length - and as others have noted stifles new creativity. Very few artists in prior ages survived on their own productions, unless they were supported by a moneyed benefactor. Since most music and film/video copyrights are held by corporations that never die, there is no more "promote the Progress" from this government.
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On the article Legal Marijuana: Pa. Voters Say No
PhilM
7:04 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
Thanks, Matt.
The take-away from your article:
"However, the connection of hemp as a crop and marijuana seems to be exaggerated. The drug is usually produced from wild hemp or locoweed which can be found on vacant lots and along railroad tracks in every state. If federal regulations can be drawn to protect the public without preventing the legitimate culture of hemp, this new crop can add immeasurably to American agriculture and industry. "So how's that working out for us?
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On the article Legal Marijuana: Pa. Voters Say No
PhilM
1:26 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
Hemp seed oil can be used as fuel to drive cars and heat homes because Hemp produces biomass, which can be converted into charcoal for electricity, ethanol, methanol and other sources of fuel. Burning biomass for energy, instead of fossil fuels, helps keep the carbon dioxide cycle in balance, and thus helps to stop global warming, instead of contributing to it as the burning of fossil fuels does.
Hemp produces more biomass than any plant practical for farming, substantially more than corn, sugarcane, or kenaf. One acre of hemp can produce 10 tons of biomass every four months of growing season. Hemp fuel is the most cost effective and environmentally friendly reusable energy source on the planet, and could potentially make the U.S. less dependent on foreign petroleum.
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On the article Legal Marijuana: Pa. Voters Say No
PhilM
1:26 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
ReplyNot only marijuana, but HEMP should be legalized.
The Latin name for hemp is cannabis sativa. Sativa means "useful" in Latin, and was given to only the most resourceful staple crops. Paper was invented from hemp in China over 2,000 years ago and a US Department of Agriculture report, Bulletin No. 404, "Hemp Hurds as a Paper-Making Material," states that a waste product from producing rope, linen, lace and fine paper, this hitherto waste product, the hemp hurd, or the core of the hempstalk, produces more than 4 times more paper than trees per land area cultivated.
The hempseed is higher than any other plant source for protein (though soybeans have more protein, hempseed is more readily usable by people). Hempseed, with 30 percent oil by weight, has an oil that is high in the good cholesterol, GLA, or gamma lineolic acids, and raw hempseed oil can also be used without any modifications to power existing diesel engines. Thousands of new natural food products are being made with hempseed too, everything from chips and pretzels to cheese and milk.
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On the article Poll: How Strict Should ‘Pathway to Citizenship’ Be in Immigration Reform?
PhilM
8:03 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Exactly, Ed.
Until we, as a nation, get serious about securing our borders - any actions WRT immigrants is so much hot air, leaving unelected bureaucrats in control of issuing rules and regulations based on biased opinions. -
On the article New California Laws to Affect Drivers in 2013
PhilM
12:17 pm on Saturday, December 29, 2012
Traffic Copter's gonna love the pile-ups these can cause, without the fog masking the carnage!
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On the article Holy Sinkhole! Bus Submerged in Deep Sinkhole
PhilM
2:22 pm on Thursday, December 27, 2012
ReplyUpdated link from North County Times:
http://www.nctimes.com/special-reports/crime-fire/rescuers-dunked-helping-bus-driver-in-sinkhole/article_627c6d7c-a492-5817-995f-0bdba7584607.htmlSeems the sink-hole was created by a broken water line, doesn't the utility track the losses in the system? According to NCT, the utility manager is blaming the rain!
PhilM
11:17 am on Thursday, May 16, 2013
"Yellow Journalism" strikes yet again! Look up publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst and his paper manufacturing forestry, that Hemp was the main competitor.
http://www.stufftoblowyourmind.com/blog/hemp-and-hearst-whats-the-connection/
That is the only reason marijuana is illegal.