China is all aggressive because they know it’s now or never. Even before the bad news with their economy it was already a foregone conclusion beforehand.
Everyone knew their population would decline. Then their comparative advantage disappears. Their advantage is a shitload of people, even with a lower GDP per capita it’s still significant as it’s 4x the population as the next country (besides India, who are on an even lower GDP per capita right now)
Due to the sheer numbers they can use their internal market as political leverage. Disagree with them and no money for you.
There’s a few skirmishes but I think Putin has made Xi think twice. Although I do believe China can sustain quite a bit of losses if they do go to war before their advantage of many people disappears.
Firstly they have excess males so theoretically even if they lose excess soldiers it wouldn’t affect their birth rate as the issue is lack of women not men.
Might be a two eggs in one basket outlook for them, gain a bit of territory and rebalance their gender ratio.
We can only hope Putin’s war has made Xi think twice whilst we bide our time whilst their population decreases.
I hate how they always seem to promote joints in any cannabis article. Maybe start promoting healthier options…
Ideally I wouldnt put any cannabis in my lungs… But I’ve switched to concentrates to be a little healthier. Bowls, Js and blunts are for special occasions and I definitely feel it in my lungs after.
I’ve owned like 10 different dry herb vapes. Cost me a lot of money.
My favorite all around vape is the solo 2.
Pax for more public use.
Dynavap has a special use for me. Reminds me of a j. I also have some induction heaters.
Divine tribes v 4 and 5 right now are my daily drivers. Ones on a pico for portability and the v5 is connected to a bottomless banger.
Flowerpot is great but I feel like I over consumer with it.
Elevator is niche… I don’t like using a torch. I have it filled with sapphire beads and it’s wrapped with an email coil. It’s alright… Good for taste but the flowerpot is better for vapor.
Had a digital volcano for a month but returned it. I was disappointed with it and it also had me consuming more than I should.
Hmm… I wonder why consumption went up? I noticed mine go up when I switched but that was probably more of a fascination with the new “toy” than anything else.
I think because it vapes better when the bowl is filled up to a certain amount. Like the volcano was like a gram sized bowl. The flower pot is probably half a gram. If I didn’t finish a full bowl ide end up dumping the half vapes into my abv jar.
Yeah I have a bunch of vapes. I listed them in another comment.
Yeah the edibles are somewhat different. But with legalization it’s different from the old days. There nano emulsified, distillate edibles, rso edibles, tinctures, and straight rso in a capsule.
Personally I make tincture and add drops to canned seltzer. I just put like 5mg in a can and drink them kinda like I would beer. Sometimes I add it to my cocktails.
Edibles do seem to lose out on the variety of strain effects though imo.
Back in the day we would just add as much weed to brownies that we could and get blasted. Now it’s kinda nice to just catch a light buzz and reup when needed. …before bed is different though I love a high dose before bed.
It sucks that it costs so much more. I skirt the gummy and tincture prices, I buy rso grams and 190 proof alcohol to make my own tinctures. This way I can also change the dropper dose and add CBD/cbn/cbg.
Even the rso price is high… When I look at medical menus it’s like 20$ cheaper and the med users get a better selection.
Nothing matters to most Burgerlanders but the treats. Threaten the treats, and they’ll get weird and maybe even get violent. We saw that during covid restrictions making sit-in restaurants less convenient. grill-broke
Sometimes I’m surprised very little of them are upset about climate change and capitalism because it threatens recreation.
Oceans filled with plastic? Rent and house price alike are both too expensive to live anywhere near the beach? Hiking trails become littered with plastic? Hell, walkable cities are filled with amenities giving someone a lot of ways to spend their time. Granted, I don’t think neither nature nor architecture qualifies as “treats” let alone something burgerlanders care that much about.
Climate change and wage theft are very hard to prove and bring consequences for by design of the system, but if your burger is too small that’s pretty easy to sue over for false advertising.
Former US President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in his Georgia election fraud case, waiving the right to appear in court next week.
In total, Mr Trump faces 13 felony counts - including racketeering - for allegedly pressuring Georgia officials to reverse the results of the 2020 presidential election in that state.
Brian Tevis, an Atlanta attorney who represents one of Mr Trump’s co-accused, Rudy Giuliani, told CBS, the BBC’s US partner, that “99% of the time” defendants who are given the option choose to waive their arraignment.
Earlier this week, three other co-defendants in the case entered not guilty pleas, including former Trump attorneys Ray Stallings Smith and Sidney Powell, as well as former celebrity publicist Trevian Kutti.
Rudy Giuiliani, Mr Trump’s formal personal attorney, also plans to waive his arraignment in Fulton and plead not guilty, his spokesperson Ted Goodman said on Thursday.
Earlier in August, State Senator Colton Moore sent a letter to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, a fellow Republican, calling for a special session to impeach Ms Willis.
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