And the election we just had won't do anything to solve the problem. We
had not much of any choice, just tweedle-dee and tweedle-dumber. I only
voted on propositions which is sort of a direct though questionable form
of Democracy. The questionable part is the public voting on complex
The one local measure of interest in Butte Count, was how much pot you can grow
on your land. With the economy flailing about, a lot of people wanted a new
revenue stream. The losing proposition (which I voted for) allows a 10x10 plot,
up to 12 plants, for anyone with a half, to five acres.
Might as well face the music. The latest bad news: Starbucks is going belly-up
in California. Due to the drought, there is almost no hot snow left. It is
almost impossible to eat a dead bird without a nourishing cup of hot snow, to
wash it all down - the feathers keep getting stuck in the
Through most of the summer I was getting freebies at Starbucks. Then
they cut those back. They were mainly promos to program you to buy some
new product which in the long term means you will be spending more money
there. They've cut back on things like a free drink if you buy a pound
of
Turns out this video is a fake - still damned funny of course.
The video, titled How Americans Live Today, features an English voiceover
purportedly translating the original Korean narration. The phony translation
describes hyperbolic scenes of Americans being forced to live in tents and
