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Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- A growing climate scandal at the US National Academy of Science.

- Coach Prime's honeymoon phase is over. Tonight starts his 4th season as coach of the Buffaloes in their game vs Georgia Tech.

- Glenn Reynolds: Demons in the Walls. A scary though on the possible future of AI.

- A detailed look into the NBA's 36-page report on the Clippers.

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Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- We used to call it skitching or bumper riding.

- Drugstores give out personal medical information to police basically on demand. That's bad - really bad. (HT Borepatch)

- VDH on can partisan lawfare destroy Trump? 

- Morgan Housel on respecting each others' delusions.

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Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Colorado undermines democracy in the name of democracy.  It was a 4-3 decision by the state Supreme Court it should be remembered. Also remember that all 4 justices who voted for this are Democratic appointees and Ivy League grads.

- Colorado Supreme Court orders Jack Phillips bake cake to celebrate Trump ruling. 

- Jonathan Turley on the Colorado Supreme Court's decision. Today's offering is pretty top heavy with this issue.

- Dan Wetzel on is Florida State leaving the ACC? A little football for palate cleansing.

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 Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Interesting look at the contract of now 3-0 Deon Sanders.

- Speaking of Deon Sanders - Dan Wetzel suggests that rumors of Colorado being a stepping stone may be misplaced.

- The Daily Coach looks at Seal Team 6

- VDH on How Well Biden Try to Circle the Wagons.

More Linky Links

More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- The Free Press on Climate Change. Not sure of if I approve of the method but am sure I'm not in favor of how corporate media covers the issue.

- The Tablet on the ADL and Al Sharpton. Both as bad as you think. And from The Tablet!

- Dan Wetzel on Deon Sanders.

- Hot Air on Secretary Bootyjuice (using that name for now on)

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- Why Gandalf didn't just use the eagles to destroy the ring in Lord of the Rings

- The largest dinosaur ever discovered

- How long before drone hammocks are a thing?

- Cool time-lapse video Colorado in the Fall

- Hipster Chris was refusing to masturbate dogs log before it was cool

- Heh heh - OCD hell

- Wow just WOW! National Geographic's 2017 photos of the year

Legal Weed

More proof that government involvement could screw up a wet dream - tax revenue from pot falls far short of expectations. So expected tax revenue in Colorado was supposed to be $33 million in the first six months but was instead about $12 million. I could have sworn that initially tax revenues were way above expectations so I guess after the opening jolt of people buying "legal weed" for the first time or out-of-staters coming in for "pot tourism" - has the demand fallen off?

If the price for legal weed is much higher than the street price then it makes sense(imilla) to buy "black market". But isn't this counter intuitive? When prohibition ended - people didn't keep buying home brew - they started buying the "real stuff" because it was better and cheaper. Are the taxes and fees so high as to make "legal weed" too expensive? Because I'm having a hard time believing that the street weed is of better quality than the legal stuff.

Supposedly the prices are dropping due to competition among "dispensaries"  but even at a price of $100 for a 1/4 ounce - I can see why many would buy from street dealers instead. So the question remains - is the government too greedy or is the demand actually less than everyone thought?