Survey: Price of legal cannabis almost on par with black market

Survey: Price of legal cannabis almost on par with black market

A new report from Deloitte and Canadian cannabis data analytics company Neobi compares Canada’s legal and illegal cannabis markets, highlighting the advantages and challenges that the legal market faces.

On average, the price of cannabis flower in the legal market was about 10% more expensive than from illegal market. While the average cost of 3.5 grams on the legal market was $9 and $6 on the black market, the average price for 7 grams was $5.84 and $5.35, respectively, while 28 grams was $4.32 and $4.24.

The study scanned products from 624 legal private recreational cannabis stores and 57 illicit online stores in May and June 2023. Unsurprisingly, the scan found a greater variety of products in the illicit market, with more of a focus on cannabis flower and extracts, as well as larger package sizes than its legal counterparts.

This greater variety was highlighted by cannabis edibles, often with more THC and in more recognizable candy formats than legal edibles. Illegal stores were also not held back by SKU size limits like the 30-gram purchase limit for legal stores, which also likely helps the illicit market out-price the licit one.  

Although both sides of the market show a majority of flower products sold in 3.5 gram SKUs, there was a more even balance of different sized SKUs at illegal stores than in the legal market. Legal stores were far more likely to carry 3.5 gram SKUs. 

In the illicit market, 17.3% of flower products were in greater-than-28-gram package sizes, including a small amount as large as 56 grams (0.6%), 112 grams (6%), 224 grams (6.1%), and 448 grams (4.6%).

While unregulated, illegal websites had a high number of flower and extract products listed, they were also less likely to carry pre-rolls, beverages, and vapes compared to legal recreational stores.

The price difference between the scanned legal and illegal sources of dried cannabis flower was about 20% on average, with illegal online stores being cheaper than their heavily regulated and taxed counterparts. This price difference was more evident in smaller SKUs, while those at 7 gram and larger were

The average price a gram of cannabis flower in the illicit market was $6.24 per gram, while it was $7.96 per gram in the legal market. On average, illicit flower product prices were 78.4% of those in the legal market indicating prices in the legal market are catching up to the illegal market as compared to a 55% difference in 2019.  

This price difference was most pronounced in smaller SKUs like 3.5 gram, where the illegal market was 67.8% cheaper than the legal market. The pricing for 28 gram offerings was almost the same, with average illicit prices 98.1% of the average legal recreational prices.

For a 28 gram SKU, the legal and illegal market prices were $4.32 and $4.24 per gram, respectively.  

All of the sampled illegal cannabis websites allowed e-transfer as the primary payment method, with even accepting Bitcoin—only a few accepted credit cards. Unsurprisingly, 78% of illegal sites had no age gate, and many products used “common television, film, and other media brands,” potentially adding to buy appeal. 

Products like psilocybin mushrooms, LSD, and DMT were found on 63% of illegal websites. 

The report also says there were many instances of these illegal websites containing malware and even possible identity theft phishing schemes.

All the websites selling illicit cannabis added tax for all products at checkout, although the report says it’s uncertain whether these taxes are remitted to the government.

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420 with CNW — CDC Study Shows Major Drop in Teen Cannabis Use in Washington’s Largest County Post-Legalization

420 with CNW — CDC Study Shows Major Drop in Teen Cannabis Use in Washington’s Largest County Post-Legalization

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A recent federal study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shown a notable decline in cannabis use among teenagers in King County, Washington State’s largest county, following recreational use legalization in 2012. The study indicates a substantial decrease in both frequent and current cannabis use among 8th, 10th, and 12th-grade students, according to data from 2008 to 2021.

According to researchers, the legalization of marijuana combined with related rules and age restrictions may have made it less available to minors. They do, however, concede that the COVID-19 epidemic may have contributed to more recent drops in use.

Using youth survey data from the state’s health department, researchers found that “current cannabis use,” defined as use within a one-month time frame, decreased significantly from peak levels of 15.5% in 2012 to 9% in 2021 for females and 20.4%in 2010 to 7.7% in 2021 for males.

Although the trend of reduced teen-use rates started soon after the legalization of recreational cannabis, according to the study’s authors, the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in the imposition of stay-at-home regulations in March 2020, may have exacerbated the decline in recent years.

Since peak usage in 2012, there has been a steady decline in teen use of cannabis. For instance, the percentage of males who used the substance frequently, meaning more than six days a month, decreased from 7.5% in 2014 to 3.7% in 2021. Though usage among female students declined as well, it did so more gradually, with rates dropping from 15.5% in 2012 to 9% in 2021.

Interestingly, 2021 was the only year where female users had a slightly higher prevalence of current use. Nonetheless, male users still reported more frequent use compared to their female counterparts.

According to the study, there has been a noticeable decline in the gender gap in recent cannabis use prevalence rates. Although the study hypothesized that changing societal norms surrounding marijuana could be connected to gender variations in marijuana use, the authors urged further research to look at cannabis-use patterns related to gender and norms.

These results are consistent with another study conducted on high school students in Canada, which found that once marijuana was legalized, most felt that it was less accessible. The study authors attributed the outcome to both national legalization and COVID-19 social-distancing measures. Additionally, another CDC analysis also showed a decline in high school students’ marijuana use after legalization in most states.

Such research findings don’t support prohibitionists who argue that ending cannabis prohibition by allowing such as Verano Holdings Corp. (CSE: VRNO) (OTCQX: VRNOF) to operate would result in skyrocketing teen access to the drug.

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Cultural Marxism and The Timeline of Transgenderism

Cultural Marxism and The Timeline of Transgenderism

Cultural Marxism and

The Timeline of Transgenderism

Barack Obama began engineering transgenderism as a mechanism,

tool and weapon of cultural Marxism

beginning in 2009 and in 2024, Michelle Obama will be its beneficiary.

In the last article, we reasoned that the trans agenda was a component in the application of cultural Marxism to U.S. society. We reached those findings by relying upon substantial existing analysis and evidence that is discussed below and which is overlaid by evidence of a resurgence from Michelle Obama to become the 2024 Democratic Party nominee.

In summary with the details below, “transgenderism”[and “transphobia”] is going to become a pillar in any Michelle campaign.

This is because a clear political timeline exists to evidence how the transgender agenda was hijacked by politics.

Transgenderism was hijacked for the Intelligence Community to be used as the contextual component inside of perception management operations.

Those operations, which are more commonly known as “psyops,” are designed to apply cultural Marxism to the population in a broader effort to overthrow and convert the United States to a communist nation under Globalist control.

In other words, Marxist communism is the chosen enforcement mechanism to keep the slaves in line and producing while Globalist elites tyrannically rule by their credence of “rules for thee but not for me”.

Therein, transgenderism is a herding and bullying component of cultural Marxism in the form of a mechanism, tool and weapon.

That’s the long explanation for saying that the transgenderism agenda is cultural Marxism.

Our major premise for the examination of the timeline is this: culture can exist independently of politics but at the moment culture becomes targeted and funded by politics to achieve a particular societal outcome, culture becomes a political mechanism, tool and weapon.

When the weapon is wielded by Marxists, the weapon takes the form of cultural Marxism.

Our purpose is to therefore identify the moment in time that transgenderism was technically hijacked by U.S. politics as a mechanism, tool and weapon; and where it would become the spine of the public education system.

Secondarily, our purpose is to examine how that moment calibrates to the timeline of Dynastic Bush.

Our previous discussion concluded with a perfect segue to examine the timeline of transgenderism in consideration of its application of cultural Marxism:

The Intelligence Community’s perception management operations are shoehorning and bullying the population into ‘trans acceptance’ so it can be shoehorned into accepting the first trans couple to occupy the White House for the third time.

Or it’s Newsom.

Either way, Dynastic Bush wins, Americans lose and no matter what, it can’t be Trump.

The Intelligence Community is seeing to that.

I can’t imagine all of this time has been invested in propagating the trans agenda without transphobia becoming a pillar of Michelle Obama’s campaign in 2024.

Or it’s Newsom.

Political Moonshine

If the analysis bears-out as accurate, the Intelligence Community political continuum that I’ve branded ‘Dynastic Bush’ is operating to position Michelle Obama as the 2024 Democratic Party nominee for the purpose of continuity in the Executive on down.

Consider the tactical objective of continuity to be the primary objective of Dynastic Bush.

The recent shift in dynamics relegates a once surging Gavin Newsom to second in line.

Any such continuity derived from Michelle stands to deliver Barack Obama what are arguably his fifth and sixth terms; assuming Michelle becomes a two-term president [I expand on this in the ‘Go Deeper’ section below.]

If that were to be the case, from this point in time forward is a nine-year window within which Newsom may desire to further his political seasoning by positioning himself as Michelle’s replacement after a run in the U.S. Senate.

In such a case with Newsom succeeding Michelle for two terms, Dynastic Bush would extend its stranglehold on the U.S. by a 17-year margin.

By that time, our goose will have been cooked, eaten and the rest of it.

By that time, the U.S. will be China’s twin sister and there is no U-turn on that road.

Our purpose is to identify the moment in time that transgenderism was hijacked by U.S. politics as a mechanism, tool and weapon and examine it for calibration with the Dynastic Bush timeline [“Lying, Stealing, Killing and Treason Since 1963.”]

Our timeline was published in The New York Times on 28 Aug 15 and the majority of it is left for independent consumption.

The timeline picks-up in the early 1950s at the time that transgenderism was further emerging into the public spectrum as an American cultural component where it intersected with the establishment of norms in the medical community relative to sex reassignment surgery:

Hold on to this notion of sex reassignment surgery because it comes to bear down below.

By the mid- to late-1960s, the cultural aspects of transgenderism included rioting and state sanctioned discrimination representing an inverse of the situation today:

Through the 1970s and 1980s, the cultural aspects generally became more oriented towards “revolution” as transgenderism impacted public events, media, athletics and more; including achieving rights protections.

The cultural aspects of the late 1980s and 1990s included the addition of ‘Gender Identity Disorder’ as a clinical psychiatric diagnosis, state protections and the first transgender international law and employment policy conference.

By the mid-1990s, transgender lobbying emerged and by the end of the 1990s, it had transgenderism own day of remembrance.

The lobbying component is an important indicator because lobbying always ties to money and federal dollars is the crux of the issue between the federal government and transgenderism as a bona fide mechanism to apply cultural Marxism.

Throughout the 2000s transgenderism continued to build momentum and grow as an American cultural component.

In 2008 and in direct alignment with the first election of Barack Obama, transgenderism saw its first U.S. mayor:

A year later in 2009 the application of transgender as a label for a protected legal class emerged and this is important with respect to its utilitarian value in the world of lawfare and where litigation is used by political activists to shoehorn society into compliance with political narratives that are antithetical to the core of society’s beliefs.

The legal interface to engage in lawfare relative to transgenderism has substantial utilitarian value and therefore it is a critical indicator on our timeline.

Additional indicators under Obama were obvious in 2009 and 2010:

Nearing 2011 it was obvious that Obama was clearing a path for the designed hijacking of transgenderism as a cultural component to be folded into the body politic as a mechanism, tool and weapon.

In May 2011 another Obama indicator emerged when the Office of Personnel Management issued federal transgender support guidance.

Under Obama in 2012, the federal apparatus further enveloped transgenderism when the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission applied Title VII rights to transgender employees.

Pause for understanding: The Obama administration was exercising options at all interfaces to insert and grow transgenderism within the federal apparatus with the objective of tethering it to federal dollars.

Once the federal apparatus fully incorporates the cultural component of transgenderism into the body politic by tethering it to federal funding, it can coerce any entity receiving that funding – like public schools – to align with all transgender edicts and policies or lose those federal dollars.

For schools, which in the aggregate represents the primary system for the federal apparatus to deliver and drive cultural Marxism, the loss of federal dollars can be devastating and therefore acquiescence to and compliance with federal mandates by schools and school districts is nearly ubiquitous.

Watch and see just how precise federal control becomes further down.

The mental gymnastics manifesting as policy continued in 2013 when the APA revised its clinical diagnosis to be less stigmatizing:

In 2014 under Obama, a Medicare exclusion policy in place since 1981 was reversed to include sex reassignment surgery; recalling how we noted this topic above.

THE CRUX OF OUR MAJOR PREMISE: May 2014 marks the moment in time that federal funding became tethered to transgenderism once Medicare federal dollars were required to cover sex reassignment surgery.

Once again, the recurring legal interface of utilitarian value has been constructed for the tactics of lawfare and now it’s tethered to federal dollars.

The other consideration here is how legal precedent was established relative to federal funding where that can be used to extend the tactics of lawfare to other types of cases and jurisdictions.

It was at this moment, that transgenderism was patented within the U.S. body politic as a mechanism, tool and weapon of cultural Marxism.

In late 2014 the Department of Justice applied Title VII to discrimination claims based on “gender identity.”

Again the recurring utilitarian value of a legal interface predicated by transgenderism is noted as set in place by DOJ with Title VII protections.

May 2014 tethered transgenderism to federal dollars to establish legal precedent and in ways to indicate that transgender lawfare tactics would become a formidable mechanism, tool and weapon going forward but the process remained incomplete until early 2015.

On 20 Jan 15, Obama positioned and galvanized transgenderism as component of cultural Marxism in his State of the Union address representing “a presidential first”:

Pause for understanding: With transgenderism firmly in place and tethered to federal dollars via Medicare, we pull back to see the landscape more broadly and in hindsight to recognize that 1-Federal healthcare [funding/dollars] was the operating platform for a fraudulent “pandemic” and 2- Federal healthcare [funding/dollars/Medicare] was the initial tether between federal funding and transgenderism; the former causing me to write: The Obamacare Bedrock of the Fraudulent COVID Pandemic in August 2021.

What this means in summary is that federal oversight and control over U.S. healthcare has been hijacked and rendered into a platform from which enterprise fraud operations are launched to circumvent the U.S. Constitution and establish medical tyranny that equates to technocratic enslavement; and I can’t make it any simpler than that.

In 2015 it began with transgenderism and by 2020 we had a full-fledged fraudulent pandemic on our hands that was designed to wreck a country, remove a president and enslave a people.

A part of enslavement is the acceptance of and compliance with edict, doctrine, dogma, narrative and mandate.

The enforcement mechanism for acceptance and compliance is federal dollars.

Obey and receive.

Disobey and do not receive.

Do not receive and go broke.

Watch how that works-out as we close.

By 2015, the Pentagon had reversed course to permit transgender people to serve:

The 2015 timeline ends with transgenderism firmly entrenched and tethered to federal dollars.

By May 2016 “under President Barack Obama, the departments of Education and Justice issued guidance mandating that any school that receives federal money must treat a student’s gender identity as his or her sex. Schools, for example, would therefore have to allow transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds to their gender identity, rather than the sex assigned to them at birth. [Source]”

Pause for understanding: The Obama DOE/DOJ mandate establishes the recurring legal interface of utilitarian value predicated by transgenderism in the context of its primary system and driver of cultural Marxism: public education.

Therefore, any discriminatory act committed against transgender students becomes subject to litigation at the same time it is tethered to federal dollars.

For example and as a male administrator using a public restroom designated for males in my school, I was required to tolerate a female student identifying as a male student to be inside the same restroom and free to observe me and other males in what should be a setting of reasonable privacy.

For the record, I never tolerated that and due to a streak of luck where I avoided such encounters with those students.

Otherwise, I would have violated every state law and district policy leading to my termination and certain litigation.

This is exactly how cultural Marxism works by turning core, fundamental aspects of humanity on their head, forcing the public to acquiesce and comply and then relentlessly punishing the resistors with stolen power and authority well outside of firm Constitutional boundaries.

More on this momentarily after last remarks on the NYT timeline.

Precise timing and a clear path to transgenderism becoming a bona fide mechanism, tool and weapon of cultural Marxism emerged during Obama’s presidency and it is evident that it did so in accordance with the administration’s policies so as to be in complete lockstep with Dynastic Bush.

Barack Obama began engineering transgenderism as a mechanism, tool and weapon of cultural Marxism beginning in 2009 and in 2024, Michelle Obama will be its beneficiary.

Transgender protections in public education broadly fall under the umbrella of Title IX as confirmed by the Biden DOE in June 2021.

Recall the design as originally set in place by Obama in 2016: the departments of Education and Justice issued guidance mandating that any school that receives federal money must treat a student’s gender identity as his or her sex.

In Orwellian fashion, here is how federal funding is tethered to transgenderism in the context of public education as a mechanism, tool and weapon where it also serves to enforce acquiescence and compliance:

Anyone who believes that a school receiving federal funding has discriminated against someone because they identify as LGBTQ+ or because they do not conform with sex stereotypes, or for another reason, can file a complaint with OCR within 180 days of the alleged discrimination. For more details, please visit http://www.ed.gov/ocr/complaintintro.html.

U.S. Department of Education

I worked in public education for over 20 years including as an administrator and I can assure you that strict compliance with school-wide policies affected by federal funding, like transgender rights, is a top priority and that conveniently offers parallel service to the indoctrination aspect of public “education.”

Take note here in how “assistance” is tied to “Department funded”:

Public schools and school districts can also contact the Department funded regional Equity Assistance Centers to request technical assistance, including teacher training, in equity matters related to serving LGBTQ+ students in their schools.

U.S. Department of Education

THE CRUX OF THE MAJOR PREMISE: Schools and school districts “receiving federal funding that don’t comply with strict Title IX policy establishment and enforcement or that incur instances of discrimination on the basis of Title IX, stand to lose their “federal funding.”

To enforce the COVID-19 fraud construct, the Intelligence Community bent federalism back against us where governors issued mandates and enforced them; not the federal apparatus, which only made recommendations to the states on down.

So for example, when schools in Oregon defied COVID-19 mask mandates, then Governor Kate Brown eliminated their COVID-19 funds.

Play ball or go broke, say the Marxists.

Reflecting on our position that healthcare is the operational platform for enterprise fraud, examine below to see how education funding was impacted by education funds for COVID-19 while Title IX works as a lever to control that funding.

This is from June 2023, [emphasis added]:

Overall funding for K-12 schools in the U.S. grew by $38 billion during the 2020-2021 school year—the first one that entirely coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic.

That growth can be attributed in large part to the infusion of pandemic relief aid the federal government approved for districts in three rounds between March 2020 and March 2021. That investment totaled just shy of $200 billion.

Education Week

$200 billion is a considerable carrot for public schools to do the federal government’s bidding.

Now consider the dollars at stake for Title IX noncompliance and the loss of federal funding relative to overall funding based on the following:

$809 billion   The total amount America collectively invested in K-12 schools, from state, local, and federal sources

$14,347   The average amount spent per K-12 student nationwide

82 percent   The rough percentage of K-12 education funding that went toward salaries and benefits for staff

7.5 percent   The rough percentage of K-12 education funding that goes toward compensation for school and district administrators

$20.8 billion   The amount of school funding nationwide that went to paying off outstanding debt school districts incur to finance building construction, renovation, and other longer-term projects

With a basic understanding of overall public school funding, plug-in this factor and ask yourself does losing almost 11% of operational funding impact schools or the people functioning inside them:

10.5 percent   The percentage of school funding that came from federal sources

Now consider that a combined 89.5% of all public education funding covers salaries and benefits for staff [82%] and compensation for administrators [7.5%].

That leaves 10.5% for the kids [curriculum, materials, extracurricular, music, performance, athletics, arts, etc.].

The percentage of total funding that comes from the federal government is 10.5%.

10.5% kids and 10.5% subject to federal control.

That isn’t by accident.

Rather it’s by Marxist communism and more specifically, the mechanism, tool and weapon of cultural Marxism.

This is how Marxists creep into your local schools to get the strict obedience they need to indoctrinate impressionable children into becoming the future slaves of America who learn to rejoice in their acquiescence, compliance and servitude to slave masters.

The folks running the schools are mostly on board wittingly or unwittingly and the ones who aren’t are motivated by the 82% of all public education funding that pays their salaries.

I know all three types and I know them well.

Once schools and school districts account for their own compensation and benefits; leaving the remaining 10.5% of funding for the kids, how are those running the schools supposed to run them without the exact same 10.5% of the budget that is subject to elimination in the case they decide not to be an institution of Marxism?

That’s a rhetorical question because they can’t.

It explains how and why public education and the people inside that system are a disaster because they can’t operate with out those funds and so they all bend the knee wittingly, unwittingly, voluntarily or involuntarily.

And that’s how Marxism works.

Numbers don’t lie and cultural Marxism is a real thing.

This is especially so when the numbers look like 10.5% kids:10.5% subject to federal elimination.

The transgenderism agenda is a component of cultural Marxism mostly threaded through the U.S. society via the public education system.

It will be a major component to any Michelle Obama campaign.

One more thing.

Ask yourself if this looks like Biden throwing a bone to the good little Marxists the machine has stamped out?

The ones programmed to not think in a certain way and to behave in very particular ways?

The ones who must remember and honor their Marxist sugar daddy?

Headline: Majority Of Biden’s $136 Billion Student Loan Forgiveness Scheme Going To “Public Servants”.

Cultural Marxism is a thing and thanks to China and Obama, it’s destroying the nation from the inside-out.

To learn more, consider going deeper below.

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Culture and politics are both a function of the people. Together they formulate an interface that can be utilized for good in a Constitutional Republic; just the way the Founding Fathers intended and where the will of the people is expressed by the rule of law. Conversely, the interface of culture and politics can also be used for evil in a Marxist nation where it has been hijacked by internal and foreign hostile forces doing evil’s bidding.

Through the interface of culture and politics, Marxist communism has been overrunning the United States of America on a long timeline.

There is no better example of this than the current miserable state of a public education system that functions like a public indoctrination system stamping out from the mold of diversity, equity and inclusion a generational army of mindless robots and “social justice warriors” who are incapable of independent and critical thinking and who virtuously espouse indoctrinated agendas every chance they get.

To move forward and properly situate cultural Marxism, we make assumptions: 1-we’ve been in an asymmetrical, irregular and undeclared war with China since no later than August 2019 and it strictly aligns with Chinese hegemonic and warfare doctrines; specifically biowarfare; 2-China is a communist nation framed by Marxism; and 3-where a Marxist nation goes to wage war, cultural Marxism goes along with it.

To identify cultural Marxism and we can start with narratives centered on “systemic racism” and LGBQT/trans matters, Critical Race Theory and others.

“Systemic racism” and the LGBQT/trans agenda; however, are the two primary components.

When Culture Becomes Cultural Marxism

There is an important distinction we are compelled to acknowledge: culture can exist independently of politics but where it influences politics in myriad ways; however, when culture is targeted and funded by politics to promote and propagate certain and specific outcomes, culture then becomes a mechanism, tool and weapon.

When the tool of culture is wielded by Marxist communists, the tool becomes cultural Marxism.

“Systemic racism” and the LGBQT/trans agenda are components of unmitigated cultural Marxism.

In June 2023, I wrote a piece on how cultural Marxism was ravaging America to sow societal division with a fraudulent and persistent narrative of “systemic racism” and an engineered LGBQT/trans movement.

A Working Definition

The article includes this digestible definition for cultural Marxism: “Maybe the best we can say is that cultural Marxism, for lack of a better term, is essentially, and very simply, Marxism applied to cultural goals. To repeat: Marxism applied to cultural goals.

Culture is a function of the people.

When the culture is interceded on by clearly defined groups with concretely outlined agendas, THAT IS AN ATTACK.

This attack arrives in the US in the form of cultural Marxism [1 2 3 4] and it’s laser focused on sowing division and infighting as a precursory softening of the populace as a tactical target.

The “systemic racism” and LGBQT agendas are vectors in this asymmetrical, irregular and undeclared war leveraging the CCP’s brand of cultural Marxism.

Political Moonshine

It’s clear that, “Cultural Marxism is ravaging America by leveraging manufactured “systemic racism” and LGBQT agendas. It has Americans pitted, divided and fighting themselves so enemies like China don’t have to; at least for now.

As a component of cultural Marxism, our examination moves to the utilitarian value of the LGBQT/trans agenda to Michelle Obama acknowledging that matters of “systemic racism” double-down on the notions of protected classes and victimization; accounting for two favorite scabs that

Marxists prefer to pick.

Momentum is building for Michelle Obama to replace Joe Biden as the 2024 Democratic Party nominee paving the way for Barack Obama’s fifth and sixth terms.

Barack’s third term manifested in the sunset of his second term when Joe Biden was installed has his replacement but where Barack has pulled Biden’s strings from the shadows of his residence just down the way from the White House.

Biden’s first term leveraged a “pandemic” of enterprise fraud decades in the making as the platform for Intelligence Community operations to undermine and eventually remove President Donald Trump.

Joe Biden is clearly an Executive proxy installed by Intelligence Community for China to make him the point man for Obama’s de facto fourth term.

This is why Biden strays from the White House almost every weekend where he receives visitors but no visitors log is maintained.

Visitors received.

Orders given.

Orders received.

Orders executed.

Anyone thinking Joe Biden is running anything is living in the same delusional reality that Joe is.

Michelle will deliver Barack a fifth and potentially sixth term if Michelle were “elected” to two terms.

As you can see, this bears the hallmarks of a constructed timeline because that what it is.

That timeline was borne out of Dynastic Bush, which is a fundamental position in the analysis, and the effort to preserve continuity from the Executive down is clear.

Gavin Newsom

The other clear front runner to replace Joe Biden is California Governor Gavin Newsom and I lined him out as another perfect Chinese proxy to pick-up right were Joe leaves off: Gavin Newsom Goes Globetrotting and Gallivanting for Good Reason.

Like a ping pong ball, momentum for the Democratic nomination as virtually bounced back and forth between Michelle and Gavin depending on the day.

There was chatter about Michelle prior to November, when it was clear that Newsom was trending; however, by the time late December rolled around, momentum had bounced back to Michelle, where it remains today.

Who knows what tomorrow will bring?

Before all of this and back in August, the ball appeared to be bouncing in favor of Michelle when I penned this piece: A Logically Deduced but Controversial Explanation for the Trans Agenda.

In that piece, I established that, “China and the cultural Marxists hijacked public education to drive the trans agenda in a system of public indoctrination tied to policy, funding and curriculum. Through funding, ownership and its proxies, China also drives the same messaging through our military, media, entertainment, movies, television, Hollywood, sports and more.”

As we said, cultural Marxism is a real thing and its primary system and driver is public education because the federal apparatus controls the exact same 10.5% of the overall budget that schools need to function after all personnel salaries and benefits are reconciled.

10.5%:10.5%.

Not an accident.

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Is There Life on Earth? (A Thought Experiment)

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Is There Life on Earth? (A Thought Experiment)

Kingsley L. Dennis
by Kingsley L Dennis

Sometimes in order to advance along a train of thought it is necessary to be shaken away from the main highway and to take a different track – to receive a ‘shock’ (such as in a thought experiment). This is one of those, as it helps to provide an energetic impetus for the final part of the transmutation octave. Let us speculate upon the seeds of life, and what may be the reasons, or function, for human life to exist on this planet. We shall begin by taking a Gurdjieffian approach on the matter.[i]

All life in the universe, it is said, exists at differing rates of vibration. And these differing rates correspond to their state of emanation, or manifestation. In this, there is a chain, ray, or hierarchy of states of vibration. That is, there are gradations of existence, with all higher emanations integrated or forming a part of all lower gradations; but, of course, the lower gradations do not form part of the higher emanations. These vibrational energies, then, flow (to use a vague and imprecise term) from less dense into denser conditions (again, a vague analogy). Yet this movement, or trajectory, of vibrations is not linear and inevitable. In other words, if left alone, such a movement runs into difficulties. At various stages of this vibrational flow, assistance is required. And this is where the thought experiment now turns to life on this planet, the Earth (as we named it). The frequency emanations within this universe flow from the Absolute to all other grand arrangements or systems of Intelligence (galaxies, nebulae, etc.) They then vibrate down to specific galaxies (such as ‘our’ Milky Way); and next onto stars, such as ‘our’ sun. After the star, the vibrations emanate into the further density of planets (the planets of ‘our’ solar system), before reaching specific planets that, for us, signifies the Earth. Finally, after the level of a singular planet, the final vibrations reach the densest state where we would find those ‘dead’ or undeveloped planetoids or satellites, such as what we would call the Earth’s moon. So far, so good. But not so good, as the vibrations between the level of the planetary system and the specific planet (Earth) have a problem. Or, let us rather say they have a situation (for every problem is likewise a situation, but not every situation is necessarily a problem). And what is this ‘situation’? Well, it’s like this. The vibrations are having a difficult time ‘stepping down’ from the planetary system level to the level of the Earth. It is similar to how electricity is usually transmitted across the planet: often, heavy voltages of electricity need to be stepped down, or passed through a transformer (a step-down transformer), in order for it to be received at the other end. If the electricity leaving the power station did not pass through a step-down transformer before reaching our homes, every fuse and device in our homes would be blown, and the house circuit would be fried. The same applies to the Earth – it needs some form of a step-down transformer. Welcome to the entry of organic life.

When I say organic life, I am referring in this thought experiment not to all organic life but specifically to that species which got nominated to represent the ‘step-down transformer’ role. And yes, you guessed correctly – this happens to be the human species (drumroll). The human being, consciously or unconsciously – and the point here is that it’s mostly unconscious – functions as a transmitter of vibrations that are necessary for the evolution of the planet Earth. Humanity acts as a form of membrane across the surface of the planet and is receptive to the myriad of vibrations, emanations, and all other types of influence that are arriving to the planet from the solar environment. No wonder then that human beings act so erratically if they are the buffer (after the Earth’s magnetic shielding) to receive whatever is coming in. And, we must assume, there is a lot coming in. And at times when the Earth’s magnetic shielding is particularly diminished, such as now, there is a greater exposure to the full force of the incoming vibrations. If we are to take this thought experiment one step further, and staying with the Gurdjieffian perspective, it can be said that humans not only transmit the incoming stepped-down energies but that they also produce energies of their own. After all, through our physical labours we are generating energy, are we not? Where does this energy go to? It may be that our energies are being passed along to the next level to contribute to the chain of developmental transmission. And next in line is the Earth’s satellite – the moon. And so, in this context it can be said that humans, during their physical existence, are generating energies to feed the moon. And yet, all this step-down transformer and moon-feeding energies are generated unconsciously. Human beings are being utilized as energy transformers and generators. And what do we get out of it? Well, we get to have the experience of a physical lifetime. Fair trade off? The question that may next get asked is: why do we need to participate in this unconsciously? Because, it could be surmised, that humans would not be willing otherwise to give away these energies. If everyone suddenly awakened to the fact that we were giving away so much potential energies, don’t you think we may wish to renegotiate this position in order to preserve some energies for ourselves? And here comes the crux.

Humanity can develop and evolve as a mass, yet this is slow going. This rhythm, however, is the ‘mass speed’ and moves together as a collective. Yet, like any well-organized collective, there are always scouts that are sent on ahead to be pioneers and prepare the way. If you wanted to use a fancy word, you could call these the ‘evolutionary outriders.’ A vibrational pattern needs to be set-up, just like establishing a blueprint as a foundation for what is to come. These ‘outriders’ go on ahead and work to utilize available energies (incoming and from self) to establish a vibrational resonance for the next phase of the developmental impulse. In order for this to occur, a few people need to ‘make themselves available,’ as it were, for the accumulation of energies for this use. And this means that they are not disposed for giving their energies for the feeding of the moon. Some may say that this is not a just or fair situation as why should a small minority of individuals get to use their energies for means other than being a step-transformer buffer for the Earth and as food for the moon? Well, quite simply put, not that many people are actually striving to be conscious individuals. The opportunity is there for all, so to speak – yet few are those who respond. So, the only barrier to inclusion is the individual themselves. And this, it can be suspected, has always been the case. The question now to be asked in this thought experiment is: is this good enough?

Life upon planet Earth is an experiment, let us say, and the human species is being monitored to see how it performs in its allotted role as transformers and transmitters of vibrations. What if, now that a sufficiently prolonged period of time has elapsed, it has come to the attention of the advanced Intelligence monitoring the progress upon this planet that humans are, well, falling down on the job. What if humans are no longer functioning well in this role and so a new ‘transmitter model’ is required? Time is up for humanity. What form could possibly replace humanity to act as this buffer zone between the solar neighbourhood and the Earth? Welcome to the rise of the machines.

The Machinic Transformer

No great surprise here as the planet Earth is already being terraformed to accommodate the rising technological ecosystem. Any sufficiently advanced species visiting this planet could be forgiven for thinking that a terraforming project is underway for adapting the planet Earth for a machinic intelligence or A.I. form of species. The highly dense electromagnetic environment, the masts and antennas, the cameras and surveillance systems, the WIFI relay stations, the profusion of low earth orbit satellites, etc. and so on, are establishing a network – a digital architecture – that could act like an A.I. semi-sentient global brain capable of receiving the cosmic vibrations, step-transforming and re-transmitting them, effectively putting humanity out of a job (a purpose). Wouldn’t that be a haunting thought?

Perhaps this is why there has arisen the push towards a transhumanist future where a machinic intelligence overtakes the two-legged, three-brained, carbon-bodied human species as the dominant player for the next phase of Earth’s evolution. Yet this, however, could also indicate a new impulse to develop a sense of purpose for human life when in relation to the rise of an A.I. architecture of intelligence. In order to retain their ‘usefulness’ a certain percentage of humanity will be compelled to develop their innate psychic abilities – to activate their latent organs of perception. Those persons incapable of turning inward will probably choose to ‘merge’ with the machinic intelligence in order to perpetuate some semblance of their DNA as a recombinant element with code: silicon-carbon recombinant life force. This new cyborgian species would then become the ‘new model’ replacement to take on the function of being an energy transformer and transmitter. Still, it seems that the transhumanist route will not be for the majority as it is largely being peddled by an elite class of techno-nerds and bonkers billionaires. The machinic A.I. substitution could benefit humanity in another way, for whilst the Earth needs a ‘transmitter’ membrane to fulfil its function, this requirement means that the majority of humanity needs to remain relatively unconscious to their purpose. That is, they are occupied with everything other than their inner developmental potential. But once there is an A.I. substitution for the job, the human worker gets relieved of duty, so to speak. By having a replacement or ‘surrogate species’ in this role, then humanity would be freed from this role necessity and can shift into a new stage of evolvement. The human species would be given a free run to ‘work’ upon itself to evolve and ‘create a soul’ (as they say) in order to participate in the cosmic evolutionary scheme and to be of use at a higher level in the creative hierarchy. As suggested, this would likely mean a path of development upon the psychic state as part of utilizing the faculties of an extended mind. Whilst A.I. and machinic intelligence take on greater roles in managing and arranging affairs upon the physical plane, human beings will be reaching out to the stars with their minds – cosmic communication with conscious intention. However, if humanity collectively fell back into a state of unconsciousness, then the advanced Intelligence monitoring the progress upon this planet may decide that the experiment has failed and that the human species has entered a dead-end evolutionary pathway and, as such, are no longer required. The human experiment would be allowed to eventually die off. After all, there is now an A.I. substitute to keep the transformer-transmitter role operational for the planet Earth and its satellite moon. But wait there. That all sounds a bit drastic, doesn’t it? I’m sure that humanity, being the immature and largely infantile species that they are, would at least be given a final chance, or even a push, to ‘up its game’ before the machines take over? Ah, now that brings us to the present time and the post-pandemic human condition.

The Pandemic Shockwave

As part of this continuing thought experiment, we can perhaps entertain the consideration that the global pandemic of 2020-21 was a last ‘shock’ to give humanity a final chance to push past a necessary threshold upon its developmental trajectory. Of course, this is just pure speculation here – a kind of mental play for the mind. Continuing with our Gurdjieffian approach on the matter, just as the octave of cosmic vibrations requires a shock-style interval to get it past a certain part of its journey, so too does humanity have a progression within itself that, at certain intervals, gets ‘stuck,’ so to speak. And when at this juncture of stuckness, requires some outside intervention to jolt it sufficiently to get it past a lingering threshold. As human civilization on this planet, at this current time, is straggling through a period of deep materialism, cultural vulgarity, and widespread psychological malaise, it seems an ideal time to receive an unexpected jolt to kickstart a new phase of developmental activity. It’s just a thought here (as this is only a thought experiment), yet wouldn’t it be convenient that as the recent pandemic began to usher in a recalibrated multi-polar world order, it might also have stimulated a new phase of human evolvement within a conscious segment of the human species. This may not be the case; yet then again, it also could be the case. Every non-possibility also includes its inherent contrary possibility. The question, as always, is whether anything will result from these potentials.

The human species is forever in potential, and never in completion. Modern human civilization has made great advancements upon the physical world stage. In terms of technology and material gains there has been incredible progress. Yet psychologically and in a spiritual sense, it can be said that humanity has lost the pace. And this can lead to a serious predicament where the technological possibilities within our grasp are not fully aligned with a level of conscious awareness and perceptive ability to fully understand the situation before us. We are overwhelmed with information, yet we lack the comprehension and knowledge to gain an understanding of how to manage our predicament. Things could get out of hand very quickly and very easily. In such circumstances it may be said that a jolt is very badly needed.

Returning to the title of this thought experiment – Is There Life on Earth? – we may still be able to answer in the affirmative; but does this include the future state of the human being? And will it include human sentient life in the majority – or will a machinic intelligence be the majority case and a conscious humanity a lesser percentage? In other words, if the ‘pandemic shock’ was applied to be just that – a jolt for human inner development – then will the call be heeded? Perhaps it does not need to be heeded by the majority; it all may correspond to who had ears to hear and eyes to see.

And in this manner, we may now close down this thought experiment as no doubt only a few ears, and even fewer eyes, were on the page – or on the ball. An interesting and partly entertaining distraction perhaps. Onwards to the main thrust and back into the fray of the great heresy.

[i] For those readers unfamiliar with the name of G.I. Gurdjieff, it may be beneficial to look him up.

Kingsley L. Dennis

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Selection of Best Scientific Publication on Cannabis — January 2024

Selection of Best Scientific Publication on Cannabis — January 2024

Here you can find a selection of cannabis scientific studies published in the latest month. Each article is correlated with a short abstract describing the purpose of the study and the main research findings. A great cannabis culture comes from great and peer reviewed sources! For this reason we believe in the importance of consulting reliable sources. Whether you are interested in a particular article don’t hesitate to read the full piece for more information.

Cannabis and Health ⎯ Best new findings

Cannabis for chronic pain: cardiovascular safety in a nationwide Danish study

Recreational use of cannabis has been linked with cardiovascular side effects. For this reason it is important to assess if prescribing cannabis can be dangerous for certain patients. A recent study using nationwide Danish registers, investigated on patients with chronic pain initiating first-time medical cannabis during 2018-2021. Among them, the risk of first-time arrhythmia and acute coronary syndrome were observed. Among 1.88 million patients with chronic pain, 5391 patients claimed a prescription of medical cannabis and were compared with 26941 control patients of the same sex, age and condition. Arrhythmia was observed in 42 and 107 individuals, respectively, within 180 days. Cannabis was associated with an elevated risk of arrhythmia onset.

Source: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad834

Cannabinerol (CBNR) Influences Synaptic Genes Associated with Cytoskeleton and Ion Channels in NSC-34 Cell Line: A Transcriptomic Study

This study investigates the cannabinoid cannabinerol (CBNR) on neuronal physiology. To date many have been proposed as a possible novel approach to treat neurological disorders causing both motor and cognitive impairments. CBNR have been found to influence synaptic genes linked with synapse specialization and organization, including the one associated with cytoskeleton and ion channels. These findings suggest further studies in order to evaluate the potential neuroprotective capabilities of CBNR.

Source: https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12010189

The Effect of Oil-Based Cannabis Extracts on Metabolic Parameters and Microbiota Composition of Mice Fed a Standard and a High-Fat Diet

In this research the effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) enriched medical cannabis oil were tested on obesity parameters and gut microbiota composition of mice fed either with standard or high-fat diet. The levels of cannabinoid-like lipid mediators in the liver, together with the ones of endocannabinoid mediators in the liver were measured. From this study came out that THC-enriched extracts prevented weight gain in a highly-fat diet. Moreover the extracts enriched with THC reduced the diet-induced liver steatosis due to the reduced levels of the lipid mediators PEA and DHEA. On the other hand CBD-enriched extracts didn’t affect the weight gain, but exacerbated liver steatosis. THC enriched cannabis extract seems to exert optimal potential anti-obesity effects.

Source: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25021073

The Neurotherapeutic Arsenal in Cannabis sativa: Insights into Anti-Neuroinflammatory and Neuroprotective Activity and Potential Entourage Effects

This comprehensive review investigates the relationships and synergies between cannabis constituents including cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids. In this review the promising role of cannabis in potential innovative therapies against neuro-inflammations is presented, offering an overview of the synergistic action of cannabis phytoconstituents, that have been always hypothesized as the “entourage effect”, but there is still lack of consistent studies about it.

Source: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29020410

The impact of cannabis on non-medical opioid use among individuals receiving pharmacotherapies for opioid use disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

This comprehensive study was performed in order to clarify if there is a relationship between cannabis consumption and the possibility of returning to use opioids recreationally during treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Using multiple databases and random-effects models, a sensitivity analysis was conducted to understand the differences between peoples receiving treatment with buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone against OUD. Overall there was no significant association between cannabis use and non-medical opioid use among patients. Nevertheless it should be noticed that there is need for individualized approaches for cannabis use and there are still cases in which it is important to not consume cannabis in order to maintain OUD pharmacotherapies.

Source: https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2023.2287406

Cannabis and Technology ⎯ Best new findings

Cannabis extract-loaded lipid and chitosan-coated lipid nanoparticles with antifungal activity

This research study combines natural plant-derived compounds with nanotechnology in order to develop new eco-friendly and sustainable agricultural systems in order to prevent the formation of fungi. Solid-Lipid Nanoparticles (SLN) containing cannabis extract were synthesized by homogenization with the ultrasonication method into a lipidic matrix-coated with chitosan. The entrapment efficiency of cannabis encapsulation was higher than 20% with effective in vitro release after 24h. The system was tested against Fusarium solani sp. Eumartii showing great synergistic effects of chitosan and the cannabis phytoconstituents including terpenes. 

Source: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.133207

High Performance Liquid Chromatography

 In this work, the different variables that influence a chromatographic analysis using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) such as temperature, sample pH, elution flow and wavelength have been evaluated and the chromatographic conditions for the analytical quantification of the metabolites cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) have been standardized.

Source: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4687655

Noninvasive Early Detection of Nutrient Deficiencies in Greenhouse-Grown Industrial Hemp Using Hyperspectral Imaging

This research evaluated hyperspectral imaging for early identification of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) deficiencies across three greenhouse-grown industrial hemp plant chemovars. Hyperspectral imaging is a non-invasive technology with potential for early nutrient stress detection in plants prior to visible symptoms. The detection of wavelengths related to chlorophyll, carotenoid, and anthocyanin absorption as optimal for classification, highlights the technology’s capacity to detect subtle impending biochemical perturbations linked to emerging nutrient deficiencies. The identification of stress at the pre-visual stage could help cannabis producers in acting on time with corrective actions in order to improve their final yield and product quality.

Source: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16010187

Oral delivery of cannabidiol: Revealing the formulation and absorption challenges

The goal of this review is to investigate published literature and gather useful information aimed at better formulation and the improvement of oral bioavailability in drug delivery of CBD. The study focuses on the exploration of CBD physicochemical properties, its absorption and permeation from gastrointestinal tract into the systemic circulation and the distribution, metabolism and excretion. It is widely acknowledged that CBD is chemically unstable, especially in acidic environments, and undergoes extensive metabolism, resulting in the formation of pharmacologically active metabolites. The formulation challenges for CBD mainly focus around problems of chemical instability, biological membrane permeability, and pre-systemic metabolism. 

Source: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2023.105316

Chemical Characterization of 29 Industrial Hemp seeds (Cannabis sativaL.) Varieties

This research aimed to determine the complete chemical composition of 29 different chemovars of whole hemp seeds including the fatty acid composition, the mineral composition, amino acid profile, and cannabinoids content. Proximate composition results showed that crude protein and fat contents varied from 21.6–28.9% and 21.1–35.7%, respectively. The three major fatty acids found were linoleic acid, oleic acid and α-linolenic acid. As amino acids the study highlighted the presence of arginine while lysine was contained in lower quantities. In terms of mineral composition iron and potassium were the minerals found in higher amounts. Regarding cannabinoids, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) was only found in small traces and detected in only five varieties. From this study it seems that the nutritional composition of hemp seeds makes them suitable to be added in animals and humans diets as a highly beneficial new ingredient.

Source: https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13020210

Veterinary Use of Cannabis — Best Latest Findings

Improved quality of life and pain relief in mature horses with osteoarthritis after oral transmucosal cannabidiol oil administration as part of an analgesic regimen

Cannabidiol (CBD) containing oil is widely used among horse owners against osteoarthritis. This pathology is common in horses and the resulting signs are avoidance of touch, reluctance to move and to eat. The potential therapeutic effects of 15% CBD oil have been investigated on twenty horses suffering from osteoarthritis. Hemp oil containing this percentage of CBD was shown to relieve symptoms of inflammation and to improve the overall horses health and quality of life for the reduced pain. Nevertheless there is still a lack of information about the long term safety and dosages.

Source:  10.3389/fvets.2024.1341396 

More Carbon Dioxide Is Good, Less is Bad

More Carbon Dioxide Is Good, Less is Bad

More Carbon Dioxide Is Good, Less is Bad

By Gregory Wrightstone

People should be celebrating, not demonizing, modern increases in  atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). We cannot overstate the importance of  the gas. Without it, life doesn’t exist.

First, a bit of history: During each of the last four glacial  advances, CO2’s concentration fell below 190 parts per million (ppm),  less than 50 percent of our current concentration of 420 ppm. When  glaciers began receding about 14,000 years ago – a blink in geological  time – CO2 levels fell to 182 ppm, a concentration thought to be the  lowest in Earth’s history.

Line of Death

Why is this alarming? Because below 150 ppm, most terrestrial plant life dies. Without plants, there are no animals.

In other words, the Earth came within 30 ppm in CO2’s atmospheric  concentration of witnessing the extinction of most land-based plants and  all higher terrestrial life-forms – nearly a true climate apocalypse.  Before industrialization began adding CO2 to the atmosphere, there was  no telling whether the critical 150-ppm threshold wouldn’t be reached  during the next glacial period.

Contrary to the mantra that today’s CO2 concentration is  unprecedentedly high, our current geologic period, the Quaternary, has  seen the lowest average levels of carbon dioxide since the end of the  Pre-Cambrian Period more than 600 million years ago. The average CO2  concentration throughout Earth’s history was more than 2,600 ppm, nearly  seven times current levels.

Beneficial CO2 Increases

CO2 increased from 280 ppm in 1750 to 420 ppm today, most of it after  World War II as industrial activity accelerated. The higher  concentration has been beneficial because of the gas’s role as a plant  food in increasing photosynthesis.

Its benefits include:

— Faster plant growth with less water and larger crop yields.

— Expansion of forests and grasslands.

— Less erosion of topsoil because of more plant growth.

— Increases in plants’ natural insect repellents.

A summary of 270 laboratory studies covering 83 food crops showed  that increasing CO2 concentrations by 300 ppm boosts plant growth by an  average of 46 percent. Conversely, many studies show adverse effects of  low-CO2 environments.

For instance, one indicated that, compared to today, plant growth was  eight percent less in the period before the Industrial Revolution, with  a low concentration of 280 ppm CO2.

Therefore, attempts to reduce CO2 concentrations are bad for plants, animals and humankind.

Data reported in a recent paper by Dr. Indur Goklany, and published  by the CO2 Coalition, indicates that up to 50 percent of Earth’s  vegetated areas became greener between 1982-2011.

Researchers attribute 70 percent of the greening to CO2 fertilization  from of fossil fuel emissions. (Another nine percent is attributed to  fertilizers derived from fossil fuels.)

Dr. Goklany also reported that the beneficial fertilization effect of  CO2 – along with the use of hydrocarbon-dependent machinery, pesticides  and fertilizers – have saved at least 20 percent of land area from  being converted to agricultural purposes – an area 25 percent larger  than North America.

The amazing increase in agricultural productivity, partly the result  of more CO2, has allowed the planet to feed eight billion people,  compared to the fewer than 800,000 inhabitants living a short 300 years  ago.

More CO2 in the air means more moisture in the soil. The major cause  of water loss in plants is attributable to transpiration, in which the  stomata, or pores, on the undersides of the leaves open to absorb CO2  and expel oxygen and water vapor.

With more CO2, the stomata are open for shorter periods, the leaves  lose less water, and more moisture remains in the soil. The associated  increase in soil moisture has been linked to global decreases in  wildfires, droughts and heat waves.

Exaggeration of CO2’s Warming Effect

Alarm over global warming stems from exaggerations of CO2’s potential  to retain heat that otherwise would radiate to outer space. As with  water vapor, methane and nitrous oxide, CO2 retains heat in the  atmosphere by how it reacts to infrared portions of the electromagnetic  spectrum.

However, the gas has saturated to a large extent within the infrared  range, leaving relatively little potential for increased warming.

Both sides of the climate debate agree that the warming effect of  each molecule of CO2 decreases significantly (logarithmically) as the  concentration increases.

This is one reason why there was no runaway greenhouse warming when  CO2 concentrations approached 20 times that of today. This inconvenient  fact, despite its importance, is rarely mentioned because it undermines  the theory of a future climate catastrophe.

A doubling of CO2 from today’s level of 420 ppm – an increase  estimated to take 200 years to attain – would have an inconsequential  effect on global temperature.

Pennsylvania’s solar-powered fossil fuels

CO2 being liberated today from Pennsylvania coal was removed from the  atmosphere by the photosynthesis of trees that fed on sunlight and  carbon dioxide and then died to have their remains accumulate in the  vast coal swamps of the Carboniferous Period.

Pennsylvania Marcellus and Utica shale hydrocarbons being exploited  today were also the likely hydrocarbon source of shallower reservoirs  producing since the late 1800s.

The source of those hydrocarbons was algae remains that gathered on the bottom of the Ordovician and Devonian seas.

Like the coal deposits, the algae used solar-powered photosynthesis  and CO2 (the algal blooms were likely fueled by regular dust storms) to  remove vast amounts of CO2 from the air and lock it up as carbon-rich  organic matter.

The provenance of these hydrocarbons spawns two novel ideas. First, there is a strong case that these are solar-powered fuels.

Second, the sequestering of carbon during the creation of the  hydrocarbons lowered atmospheric concentrations of CO2 to sub-optimum  levels for plants. Therefore, the combustion of today’s coal and gas is  liberating valuable CO2 molecules that are turbocharging plant growth.

The plain fact of the matter is that the modest warming of less than  one degree Celsius since 1900, combined with increasing CO2, is allowing  ecosystems to thrive and humanity to prosper.

Additional information on CO2’s benefits and related topics are available at CO2Coalition.org, which includes a number of publications and resources of interest.

This commentary was first published at PIOGA Just The Facts Blog  and can be accessed here.

Gregory Wrightstone is a geologist; executive director of the CO2 Coalition, Arlington, VA; and author of Inconvenient Facts: The Science That Al Gore Doesn’t Want You to Know.

The Hidden Philosophy of Truth….

The Hidden Philosophy of Truth….

The Hidden Philosophy of Truth….

By Lindastrologer

“The Philosopher is not afraid of any facet of life. He makes the contradictory the complementary! That is why he does not need to run away from the world like the ascetic. Whatever running away he deems necessary is done secretly inside his heart and is not publicly advertised by donning the coloured robe of the monk. No amount of world-desertion will lead to wisdom in his view because he knows that he was put into the world to learn its lessons…………Nevertheless he is at one with the monk in wishing to be free from enslavement to desires and in seeking dominion over his own emotions.” (Dr Paul Brunton, “The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga”)

Greetings fellow travelers….

Things are getting wild out there. The media worldwide – mainstream, alternative mainstream and genuine alternative media, all seem to be exploding with projections forecasts and prophecies – none of them benign sounding. Calls for regional wars, warnings of an imminent slide into World War III, predictions of (another imminent) global financial collapse. Many are talking about preparing by stocking up food and life-saving devices to survive the ‘disruptions.’ However things play out it, seems inevitable 2024 will be a year of disruptions. Enter the dragon. This Dragon year, my Chinese astrologer friend tells me, marks the start of a new 20 year cycle of ‘culmination’. It is the beginning of an end.

The Oracle I look to today is Venus in Capricorn – the sign to which she recently ingressed. Love made practical. Love is starkly absent from the world’s current theaters of war and destruction. It feels as if the unity of our species is dismantling – such as it was. We want to believe people are waking up to the subterfuge of the controllers who are leading us down this path of annihilation – but are they? Am I being negative? Or realistic? That is a philosophical question. There doesn’t seem much of a practical aspect to philosophy as we know it – but hold on. The philosophy I am speaking of is not your old school version. It is rather, the hidden philosophy of truth. I will try to elucidate what this is below. My purpose in doing so is to offer a gift of love made practical. More particularly to give you pause to begin to think about how your mind, your thoughts might practically serve you in the great epoch of change we find ourselves within

Paul Brunton wrote in “The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga” published in 1941, the following:

“Many dying and most drowning men perceive their past as a swift-rushing vivid dream. So far as human life is a mental life it is a series of ideas – ie of the same stuff as dreams. Philosophy (the ‘hidden philosophy of truth’, as he defines this philosophy) seeks to make men realize that the entire texture of life is pure thought but it wants them to see it here and now, not when they are dying. For if they can awaken to truth when it is most needed, ie when they are in the midst of work and living, suffering and pleasure, health and sickness, they will know how best to deal with those alternating vicissitudes from which none can escape.”

And so, we glimpse the underlying purpose, the practical purpose, to learning the hidden philosophy: to enable us to deal with the vicissitudes, the ever-changing wheel of destiny that each of us must negotiate as we journey through this life and never more so than here and now in 2024. A subject of this magnitude, antiquity and significance is obviously no light matter, to be covered in an essay by the likes of a mere me. No, clearly. No unrealistic goals or promises here. I intend and would hope to be simply a catalyst here, inspiring you to begin to uncover the richness of the philosophy of truth for yourself. Firstly, a few words, from the great Paul Brunton (whose works I devoured in my young years). PB tells us the hidden philosophy of truth comes from the ancient lands of India where wise ones, whose names have been lost in the mists of a long-gone age, explored the realms of religion, mysticism and metaphysics. The conclusion they reached was that: “some ultimate essence exists as the true nature of things and men, that this essence, being ever and everywhere present, bestows the highest possible significance on the universe and consequently the first and highest human duty is to personally KNOW it!”

This philosophy, PB informs us, is scholarly agreed upon to be at least 5,000 years old, but he opines it is very much older. ‘Its origin disappears into historically untraceable epochs.’ The teachings were transmitted from generation to generation. They were kept secret – for a good reason. Quoting again, for his eloquence can not be matched: “Miscomprehension led to mutilation and thus converted a grandly universal into a shrunken tribal truth.” The wise ones knew this information needed to be guarded for precisely this reason. And in fact the Buddha himself said of it: “Superior men of wise understanding guard the doctrine, guard the mystery and do not reveal it. That knowledge is difficult to understand; the simple, if hearing it suddenly would be perplexed. I speak according to their reach and capacity.” And we know Jesus did the same thing; his parables clothed universal truths in language the common man could understand.

The ancient Indian teachings proposed three stages of evolution through which ‘the mind of man must pass.’ These three stages represented progressive attitudes towards life: “The first is religion and is based on faith; the second mysticism, is controlled by feeling and the third, philosophy (the hidden philosophy of truth, in full) – which is inclusive of science, is disciplined by reason. Nor can it be otherwise, for man’s understanding of the world must necessarily grow parallel to his mental capacity. His outlook is invariably and inevitably limited by the degree of his intelligence. Hence it is impossible for all men to answer life’s queries in the same way.”

Jeff Green, the astrologer who originated ‘evolutionary astrology’ informs us that according to the evolutionary nature of our consciousness the human species can be classified as comprising four grades, if you like. The first is the dimly evolved state which accounts for two to three percent of the human race. This grade consists of souls who have just evolved into the human consciousness state from other kingdoms (such as the animal state). Then comes the ‘herd state’, or consensus. This comprises 75 percent of the race and is ‘characterized by individuals whose identities are a mere extension of societal normal, beliefs, customs and taboos.’ This condition is the mainstream of society. Then comes the ‘individuated state’ – approximately 25 percent fall into this grade which is characterized by people who question the beliefs, customs, norms and taboos of society. ‘They desire to know and act upon their own natural laws, beliefs, values, needs, customs and taboos. And they desire to discover these things from within themselves.’ Green tells us these individuals value the right to self-discovery and freedom. And finally comes the ‘spiritual state’ – to which a mere two to three percent of the population belong. These individuals, says Green, attempt to understand their own life and others’ lives in a universal/holistic context. These people desire to understand the nature of all Creation in this context and commonly link themselves to spiritual ideas or teachings as the guiding principles in life.

That said, it is apparent the hidden philosophy of truth will appeal only to a small percentage percent of people. In our civilization, probably in all civilizations gone before ours, there is a majority who form the consensus (the herd), comprising religious followers (including fundamentalists) and those who would call themselves atheists. And others, we might call them materialists, who give no thought to matters beyond their physical lives. A much smaller group lies beyond this melange, comprising the individuated and the spiritual – the mystics and philosophers. This is the group that must grow – now. As we know things are critical. Everything depends on enough people waking up. The consensus or herd, are the people we know and love, who believe what their government and the mainstream media tells them, who obey the dictates of their leaders without question. It is to this group the ‘mass formation’ or mind control programs have been directed. Those in the Ascension, 5D, archangel, New Age camp tell us all is well, we are being assisted by benign spiritual beings who are helping us. Thank heavens. The solar flashes and other geo-cosmic events to come are credited with injecting waves of enhanced consciousness to help lift humanity out of the dangerous consensus state – which, as far as anyone who cares to think about can see, is the reason we are in this predicament. In other words the mind-numbing that has been manufactured by the death cult by way of its fear conditioning is what lead to mass compliance – lockdowns etc and the erosion of our freedoms that is taking us swiftly in the direction of totalitarianism.

It seems a long shot to imagine that the revelations of an ages old hidden philosophy might find its way to the minds of those who believe, for example, what they hear on lamestream media and live in a perpetual state of underlying fear therefore – let alone penetrate said minds. If you have found your way here, you are one of the raindrops ahead of the storm, one of the greatly needed. Let us proceed then with the teachings of the ancients and the hidden philosophy of truth………

First imperative of the path of the hidden philosophy is to ‘find out what forces are acting in the mind and affect its reasoning and its outlook.’ Know thyself. This work in itself can take a lifetime. Those who have begun to unravel the mine-field of their minds have a head start. Searching out our unconscious motivations, desires, emotional reactions and the complexes which underlie them requires a willingness to go into the dark recesses of the shadow. We need to become aware of the processes of the mind and it is this psychological understanding of what is going on beneath the surface which becomes the liberator. With full consciousness of what was previously lurking in the shadows we gain possession of our reasoning capacity; a certain emotional detachment from the ups and downs of life becomes second nature and it is then we taste the first morsel of the freedom that is the ultimate reward of the path of the hidden philosophy. The paradox of freedom is that it invariably comes entwined with discipline – the need for. The discipline required here is that of quietening the mind. Only in this way can we allow the space for awareness of how our mind operates, to emerge. Hence meditation has been the first port of call for all spiritual disciplines through the ages. The meditators were, and are, the mystics – mysticism recall was the second stage on the path after religion. Meditation must be the foundation. It is the foundation of a path that promises to lead us to a better life, a good life. The path requires nothing less of us than a transformation. We are being transformed from blind creatures, at the whim of passing moods and feeling states, of unpredictable surges of emotion, of groundless fears and anxieties, depressive states and self-sabotaging lifestyle habits – to self-aware individuals living in a state of peace. To commit to this discipline requires us to desire to know truth above all else. PB says the desire for truth really means the desire to get rid of ignorance. “The Goddess will not walk in like an apparition to visit him; he must go in restless search of her.”

We will continue to outline the steps on the path, when next we meet. For now, if a desire you sense within to journey on this path shows itself, make a decision to take 20 minutes out of your busy day to simply sit and be. Rather than think of meditation as something you do, think of it as nothing more than sitting and watching the way your mind works. The end a session might be a feeling of disappointment, irritation or impatient restlessness as you confront the seeming impossibility of quieting the cacophony of thoughts tumbling in and out of your mind. This will pass. Eventually, you will look forward to this time to sit and BE….instead of constantly doing. Remember, we are human beings, not human doings. Patience and perseverance. That is all.

For now…….

(to be continued…..)

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Survey: Price of legal cannabis almost on par with black market

Week in Weed – January 27, 2024

There are several headlines in cannabis news this week. On the international scene, StratCann reported on Israel opening an investigation into concerns that Canadian cannabis companies are flooding the Israeli medical cannabis market. Domestically, Cannabis was recently added to the Canadian Free Trade Agreement, although cross-province sales are not likely any time soon, experts say.

In BC, the Fraser Valley Regional District is holding a public hearing for new zoning regulations for cannabis production, while Surrey released a survey on a proposal for allowing up to 12 cannabis stores in BC’s second largest city. The city has banned cannabis stores since legalization began.

StratCann’s deep-dive reporter Tim Wilson asked industry experts like Trina Fraser, Tanner Stewart, George Smitherman, and others, about the ideal approach to regulating cannabis.

We also shared an article on the state of the BC cannabis industry with comments from Antidote’s Shannon Ross and Victoria Cannabis Co’s Kype Rowe.

In Ontario, a judge ruled that a “frivolous” statement of claim against cannabis retailer High Tide had no hope of succeeding. We also shared a lighthearted story involving Shrek, Dutchie, and a Toronto-area cannabis store

In the Prairies, Saskatchewan Polytechnic teamed up with Mother Labs to tackle powdery mildew.

And, last but not least, we shared a profile on Kootenay Aeroponics’ deep roots in BC’s cannabis community.

In other cannabis news…

The RCMP eased its policy on cannabis use by members earlier this month, saying simply they must be fit for duty when reporting for work. This is a change from a previous rule that required a 28-day restriction between cannabis use and duty. 

An Ontario man is suing the province for $2 million following an OPP raid on his cannabis production facility in Wellington North in 2021. The investigation concluded in January 2023 without charges being laid. The man alleges the police trespassed and damaged property, ultimately interfering with his ability to make money, all because of a negligent police investigation.

Cronos says its Spinach brand was the number one flower brand in Canada in 2023, with a 6.9% market share in the fourth quarter, based on figures from HiFyre. The same data shows Spinach as the second best-selling cannabis brand in Canada across all categories as of December 2023 and the best-selling edible brand in Canada.

High Tide Inc. announced that its Canna Cabana retail cannabis store, located at 118 Millennium Drive, Fort McMurray, will begin selling recreational cannabis products on January 27, 2024. This opening will mark High Tide’s 163rd Canna Cabana-branded location in Canada, the 79th in Alberta, and the first in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

A new study that looked at the risk perceptions related to driving after cannabis use (DACU) among Canadian and US adults showed that Canadians perceived driving within two hours of cannabis use as more dangerous than Americans and reported that more of their friends would disapprove of DACU.

Cannabis activist Chris Enns says he’s leaving the industry—and cannabis—behind as his charges have been dropped. Enns said he’s looking to forge a new path in life, reports the CBC, and has told the Crown prosecutor handling the case that he intends to close his dispensary, Farm Assists, on Gottingen Street in Halifax. He said he will perhaps study law at Dalhousie University.

The Grow Up cannabis expo shared their Top 50 Dankest Canadians, which included StratCann’s own David Brown! Yay! Or is it Most dank?

Heritage Cannabis Holdings Corp. announced it is releasing new RAD products, including “liquid diamond vapes” and its new Juicy Hoots vape carts.

Aurora Cannabis Inc. announced the launch of three new cannabis-infused beverages, all available exclusively to veteran patients at first: Neon Rush, Strawberry Pineapple Tropical Fizz, and Pineapple Coconut Fizz, which can be purchased at Aurora Medical.

Canada released info on Health Canada’s Drug Analysis Service (DAS) and Cannabis Laboratory (CL) laboratories across Canada, which analyze suspected illicit substances seized by Canadian law enforcement agencies. Cannabis was identified in a total of 8,800 samples during this period. 

International Cannabis

Finally, The New York Times ran a piece on a former US Navy lieutenant, Wanda James, who is a prominent advocate of racial justice in the changing cannabis landscape. The Times writes that Ms. James, 60, has owned multiple cannabis businesses over the years, including a pair of dispensaries and an edible company, which has given her a platform to speak about what she believes to be racial injustices in the industry. 

Oh, and Nigeria says it seized 32.5 kg of “Colarado Indica” that was imported from Canada


Women and Children Last

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I recently came across Remnant MD, a Renaissance doctor/blogger whose tagline is “Unifying ancestral medical wisdom with modern physiology” He started sharing his insights in 2021 after circumstances in 2020 surrounding COVID tipped him over the edge.

I feature his article Inject the Pregnant, because 1) it is too good not to share, 2) Remnant MD is contrary voice in his field, and 3) pregnant women must take responsibility for carrying the next generation.

In his September 2022 article, Remnant MD writes:

Mothers were forced into either:
1. Taking an experimental drug – even if you deny the existence of harm, or
2. Complete ostracization. No livelihood, no entrance to indoor spaces in NYC.

Whoever did this hates our mothers. – Remnant MD

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Since 2021, prospects for a safe pregnancy have declined.

Where once upon a time, the precautionary principle cautioned against adding anything synthetic to a pregnant woman’s birth plan or body, today, ‘pregnant persons’ are considered no different from anyone else, so vaccines are ‘suitable and necessary.’

The pandemic changed everything. While pregnant women were excluded from the COVID EUA vaccine ‘safety trials,’ they were told to get the jab. By 2021, academicians declared that the exclusion of pregnant and lactating women in experimental vaccine trials is “a missed opportunity.

The stated medical reasons for ‘injecting the pregnant’ are to improve: 1) maternal health, 2) pregnancy, 3) birth outcomes, and 4) avoid the delay of developing treatment recommendations for pregnant women.

Do infants need to be protected from something that has virtually no significant impact on their health? Assuming these are relatively healthy infants. –Remnant MD

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Why would pregnant women need to be treated for pregnancy?

Today, pregnancy is no longer a natural process between a man and a women, but a medicalized procedure, requiring a hospital staff and medical insurance. Becoming a patient means your body, and the one you carry, are not your own. They belong to the system.

Today, ‘pregnant people’ do not require the female gender. And according to a Texas fifth circuit court decision, pregnant women do not have a right to access medical care in medical emergencies.

Perhaps that is why 2021 saw home births in the U.S. rise to its highest level in 30 years. According to one report, U.S. home births rose 19% in 2020 as the pandemic hit.

However, the transition away from medicalized birthing has not affected the fertility rate, which continues to plummet. According to the health and tech world, falling fertility is cause to celebrate.

Falling Fertility Rates

In an August 2021 article in Think Magazine, health and technology, the headline read, “America’s fertility rates are falling. That’s cause for celebration, not fearmongering.”

Women used to be warned about a ticking clock, that after age 35, fertility falls off a cliff. And sperm quality and fertility decline for men around age 45. Of course, there are always exceptions, including a healthy body and mind. The biology of female fertility used to go something like this:

A baby girl is born with about one million eggs in her tiny ovaries, but by the time she reaches puberty there are only about 300,000 eggs left. Of the eggs that remain when a woman starts having periods, only 300-400 will mature and be released in ovulation during the reproductive years. By the time a woman reaches menopause, there are no more functioning eggs in her ovaries.

The focus in no longer on eggs, sperm, and healthy children. Several sources report the total fertility rate in the U.S. — the number of births that a woman is expected to have over her lifetime –was at 1.73, an all-time low in 2020. Today, the number of births are the lowest since 1979. Is this cause for humanity to celebrate?

The negative impact of the pandemic is blamed as the main cause for recent low fertility rates for age—30- to 34-year-olds. Experts blame COVID-recession. But could there be other reasons, not disclosed by experts?

The COVID Factor

In a 2022 paper titled, Patient Betrayal, Dr. James A. Thorpe, MD, pointed to the medical community and accused them of hypocrisy:  See the video here.

There is currently no scientific data to support the use of mRNA gene therapy treatment during pregnancy. None. The long-term outcomes are unknown… Despite significant signs of danger about the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines, governing bodies of healthcare professionals have banded together in cartel-like fashion, issuing threats to destroy the livelihood of physicians and other health care providers for alleged dissemination of “misinformation” about COVID-19. – James A. Thorpe, MD, Ob/Gyn & Maternal Fetal Medicine

The Remnant MD writes, “Those of us who held the view that infants were being exposed to Spike protein mRNA in breastmilk, were laughed at. Now, the Journal of the American Medical Association confirmed it.”

There is no question that pregnant or nursing mothers, who accept an mRNA injection, deliver toxins in lipid nanoparticles through their bodies, and into their developing fetuses and nursing infants. The contents of mRNA injections do not stay in your arm, not that any vaccine ever did. The point if for the vaccine to reach the lymph nodes. It’s called ‘The Bodyhack – bringing mRNA to the right cells at the right places.’

The whole purpose of lipid nanoparticles is that they cross boundaries. … Eventually getting to the heart, causing myocarditis. Or to the brain, causing encephalitis. And there is no reason to think it could not get to glandular tissue. Like mammary glands. Breasts. Which make Milk. -Remnant MD

Knowing that mRNA injections cause harm to anyone taking them, why inject pregnant women?

Transhumanism

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The stork is going out of business.

Transhumanism seeks to control the biology of humanity. Who needs biology when there are brain microchips, neural lace to mind-controlled prosthesis, and IVF technology to select embryos?

According to Forbes Magazine, by 2030, the future of humanity will not only continue using CRISPR gene-editing technology to modify the genome, but also add “subdermal RFID chips that allow users to unlock doors or computer passwords exist with the wave of a hand.  This is just the beginning.”

The merging of man and machine will not require the use of female bodies for procreation. The future of humanity is a post-human world. What is posthuman?

Posthumans could be completely synthetic artificial intelligences, or they could be enhanced uploads, or they could be the result of making many smaller but cumulatively profound augmentations to a biological human.

Some posthumans may find it advantageous to jettison their bodies altogether and live as information patterns on vast super-fast computer networks. Their minds may be not only more powerful than ours but may also employ different cognitive architectures or include new sensory modalities that enable greater participation in their virtual reality settings.

Posthumanism may accommodate transgender men to experience pregnancy before the ultimate ‘Bodyhack’ to prevent all people from conceiving, whatever their hormone status. When women stop having children because their bodies no longer function that way, the hope of the Transhumanist crowd is that people move into a vessel, or a computer network, like a crab finding a larger shell. This is the reason for Remnant MD’s statement:

Whoever did this hates our mothers. – Remnant MD