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  1. 3 hours ago, Foosters said:

    First bet I've placed on a sporting event in like 3 years. Go blue.

    Edit: that sounds like I'm a gambling addict. I'm not a gambling addict 

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  2. First bet I've placed on a sporting event in like 3 years. Go blue.

    Edit: that sounds like I'm a gambling addict. I'm not a gambling addict 

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  3. 14 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

     

     

     

    funniest thing I've seen all week. literally laughing out loud in my office.

    r/LeopardsAteMyFace - Young men swung to the right for Trump in 2024. Today, unemployment rate for Americans aged 16-24 has risen to 10.5%, the highest since the pandemic.

    r/LeopardsAteMyFace - Went out of business just to own the libs lmao

    All-timer headline from Australia:

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    'I Am From India': Man Speaks Against Immigration At Australia Rally, Shoved Off Stage

    https://www.news18.com/viral/i-am-from-india-man-speaks-against-immigration-at-australia-rally-shoved-off-stage-ws-l-9549654.html

     

    Michael Jordan Laughing GIFs | Tenor

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  4. 13 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

    I don't disagree with any of that.  Molly Ivins wrote about it when she characerized Dallas as "Boosterville" (she wasn't being complimentary).  Historically, Dallas is a great city in large part because it has the regional Federal Reserve Bank.  And it has that entirely because it out-hustled everyone else (primarily Houston, but also New Orleans) just before WWI.

    But a lot of the shit Dallas has gotten done (or tried to get done) has been dumb, stupid, ill-advised, or outright wicked.  In the former group is the stupid-ass standing wave in the Trinity River; in the latter group is the stupid golf course in the middle of the Great Trinity Forest.

    Still--the biggest thing I will say is that Dallas has real, legitimate philanthropists.  It has people who pay hundreds of millions of dollars to put their name on parks, museums, hospitals, theaters and other things build and dedicated to the public good.  Austin has none of that.  It's not that Austin doesn't have plenty of rich people; a quick drive along Highway 360 on a Saturday afternoon will disabuse you of that notion.  It's that hte rich people in Austin--with the sole exception of Michael Dell--don't have a philanthropic bone in their bodies.  There's no Perot Museum here; there's no Winspear Opera House or Meyerson Symphony Center; there's no Klyde Warren Deck Park.  And that is to this city's very great detriment.

    Great point. Houston is similar in that it has the Fertita's lovely Aquarium, Mattress Mack's bi-annual "gamble on an end table" promotion, and . . . uh....

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  5. i think we're all talking about different things.

    - E-cigs with liquid (can be broken down further into disposable vs refillable)

    - Vaping THC oil (can be broken down further into disposable vs refillable AND regulated vs unregulated)

    - Vaping dry herb THC

    Anyway, sorry for the thread derail. Probably a better place to continue the conversation.

     

  6. 24 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

    Vape juice contains water soluble organic compounds, no oils. Still not good for you, I imagine, but inhaling heated oil would cause [maybe permanent] lung damage pretty quickly I think.

    Are you sure? A quick search shows that these types of cartridges contain "cannabis oil."

    THE LEGION OF BLOOM — The Monarch Vape Line

    Whatever it is, its so viscous that turning the cart upside down will take hours for the solution to settle at the bottom

     

  7. 13 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

    The D8 vapes that I have all feel really bad when compared to putting flower in a Pax. I use gummies 95% of the time now, but the unregulated vapes felt pretty scammy honestly. 

    well the unregulated ones which garbage put into them is a different issue, but even with those that are well-tested and regulated, I'm still concerned about inhaling a heated oil

  8. 1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

    But vape liquids mostly produce water vapor, with nicotine or THC and flavoring.

    Is that right? Because the THC stuff is a pretty thick oil, and I'm just imagining my lungs looking kinda like my oven range hood after a couple of months of cooking...

  9. Actual non-gotcha question for @Sawbonz

    As someone who occasionally vapes THC, my understanding was that it is believed to be safer than leaf combustion (cigarette or joint) but that most of the health concerns come from the unknowns that are present due to lack of studies? Is that fair?

    I prefer edibles and have a dry-herb vape that I'm far more comfortable using than the oil, although it is not near as convenient.

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    SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that President Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to Los Angeles amounted to costly political theater, saddling taxpayers with a nearly $120-million bill.

    Newsom’s office said the newly revealed price tag was tallied from estimates provided by the California National Guard about costs incurred since June, when Trump sent more than 4,200 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines to Los Angeles. That included $71 million for food and other basic necessities, $37 million in payroll, $4 million in logistic supplies, $3.5 million in travel and $1.5 million in demobilization costs, Newsom’s office said.

    Most of the soldiers were sent home in August, although 300 remain in Los Angeles.

    https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-04/120-million-price-tag-guard-deployment

  11. 44 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

    Ho hum ... another day, another distraction from the Epstein files.  Our President is a deranged lunatic.

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    @Thetexashammer out there crying about the free speech rights of literal Nazis in Germany, and silent on this stuff.

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