- This analysis develops an empirical model to estimate the degree to which California’s tax regime affects participation within its commercial cannabis market, and how participation may change through different approaches to taxation.
- Why is legal marijuana struggling to compete in California? This study shows California’s state and local taxes on legal cannabis can be as high as $90 per ounce, or $1,441 per pound.
Thursday, May 05, 2022
The impact of California's cannabis taxes on participation within the legal market - Reason Foundation
The impact of California's cannabis taxes on participation within the legal market - Reason Foundation link
Renewable Energy Prices Are Rising
Renewable Energy Prices Are Rising link
"Pushed by Biden administration policies and higher fossil fuel prices, the price for wind and solar power in major global markets has also risen dramatically.
"Pushed by Biden administration policies and higher fossil fuel prices, the price for wind and solar power in major global markets has also risen dramatically.
- Contract prices for renewables jumped 28.5 percent in North America and 27.5 percent in Europe during the last 12 months, according to a quarterly index by LevelTen Energy.
CNN guest's appearance goes viral as he delivers hysterical rant on the need to control unfettered free speech - TheBlaze
CNN guest's appearance goes viral as he delivers hysterical rant on the need to control unfettered free speech - TheBlaze:
Journalist and author David Zurawik appeared on Sunday's broadcast of "Reliable Sources," where he went into panic mode as he delivered frenzied remarks on what he said is the necessity of being able to moderate free speech.
Sunday's roundtable discussion on the CNN show featured host Brian Stelter, reporter April Ryan, Zurawik, and more.
And in socialist California, you can’t get sufficient water in a state that butts up against an entire ocean of the stuff.
Instapundit--WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE, AND NOT ANY DROP TO DO THE DISHES:Shrugging at Drought. Zany as ever, the California Coastal Commission wants to scuttle a desalination plant that could meet 16 percent of Orange County’s water needs over concerns about plankton and “environmental justice.”
...The Surfrider Foundation complains that these facilities’ water-intake systems “cause marine life mortality...
The late P.J. O’Rourke once wrote that “You can’t get good Chinese takeout in China and Cuban cigars are rationed in Cuba. That’s all you need to know about communism.”
And in socialist California, you can’t get sufficient water in a state that butts up against an entire ocean of the stuff.--Posted by
History for May 5
History for May 5 - On-This-Day.com
Karl Marx 1818 - Socialist writer ("Das Kapital", "The Communist Manifesto"), founder of communism
- 1809 - Mary Kies was awarded the first patent to go to a woman. It was for technique for weaving straw with silk and thread.
- 1862 - The Battle of Puebla took place. It is celebrated as Cinco de Mayo Day.
- 1865 - The Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery in the U.S.
- 1892 - The U.S. Congress extended the Geary Chinese Exclusion Act for 10 more years. The act required Chinese in the U.S. to be registered or face deportation.
- 1912 - Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda began publishing.
- 1945 - A Japanese balloon bomb exploded on Gearhart Mountain in Oregon. A pregnant woman and five children were killed.
- 1961 - Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he made a 15 minute suborbital flight.
Wednesday, May 04, 2022
DISNEY'S NOSEDIVE: House of Mouse Down $63B Since Going to War With DeSantis
DISNEY'S NOSEDIVE: House of Mouse Down $63B Since Going to War With DeSantis:
The Walt Disney Company is taking a huge financial hit in its woke war against Florida’s parents and Governor Ron DeSantis. The House of Mouse has lost $63 billion dollars in market capitalization since March.
Feds: Number of Job Openings Hit New High in March
Feds: Number of Job Openings Hit New High in March link(The Center Square) – Job openings in the U.S. continue to rise, now nearly doubling the number of job seekers, according to newly released federal data.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the new data Tuesday showing 11.5 million job openings for the month of March, a new record.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the new data Tuesday showing 11.5 million job openings for the month of March, a new record.
That figure is up from 11.3 million in February and is a roughly 36% increase from the same time last year.
- ...The data is the latest troubling economic indicator alongside the highest inflation in four decades as a third of small businesses consider shutting their doors..."
McCaughey: Biden Says Kids Belong to Their Teachers
McCaughey: Biden Says Kids Belong to Their Teachers link
"Schools are becoming indoctrination factories, trying to turn children against their country and their own parents’ values.
It’s what the teachers unions intend.
Amazingly, that’s just fine with President Joe Biden, who told a gathering of teachers and union bigwigs on April 27 that the kids are “yours when they’re in the classroom.”
"Schools are becoming indoctrination factories, trying to turn children against their country and their own parents’ values.
Amazingly, that’s just fine with President Joe Biden, who told a gathering of teachers and union bigwigs on April 27 that the kids are “yours when they’re in the classroom.”
That wasn’t just a Biden stumble.
He repeated it for emphasis: “They are all our children … They are not somebody else’s children.”
Sorry, Joe.
Sorry, Joe.
But parents have a right to know what their children are being taught, and to set limits..."
FNC's Turley: Biden 'Arguably the Most Anti-Free Speech President Since John Adams'
FNC's Turley: Biden 'Arguably the Most Anti-Free Speech President Since John Adams':
“I think it’s telling that the Biden administration went out and recruited one of the most outspoken critics of free speech,” Turley stated on “America Reports.”
“[M]y expectation is that they are going to now try to minimize this group,” he added. “But what is really important about this is that she is pitch-perfect for the Biden administration. I mean, President Biden, I’ve said before, is arguably the most anti-free speech president since John Adams. I mean, the record of this administration is chilling.
UNCHARTED WATERS Dinesh D’Souza Podcast Ep322
"In this episode, Dinesh explores how the findings of the documentary, if validated by further investigation, put the country into uncharted constitutional waters.
Biden establishes a Ministry of Truth, but Dinesh argues its objective seems to be to serve as a Ministry of Lies.
Debbie joins Dinesh to discuss how the November election is not a choice between Republicans and Democrats, but between America and Venezuela.
Dinesh examines the significance of J.D. Vance for the future of the GOP. "
When you go from celebrating children to preying on children!-----Disney Lost $63 Billion in Market Capitalization Since Going Full Woke in Florida
Disney Lost $63 Billion in Market Capitalization Since Going Full Woke in Florida link
The Walt Disney Co. has lost nearly $63 billion in market capitalization since it decided in March to embrace radical LGBTQ activism and declare war on Florida by opposing the state’s Parental Rights in Education law.
...Disney’s free fall comes as the company has embraced woke, far-left politics, specifically the exposure of young children to radical LGBTQ ideology.
...Disney’s free fall comes as the company has embraced woke, far-left politics, specifically the exposure of young children to radical LGBTQ ideology.
In so doing, the entertainment giant has alienated millions of customers and picked a fight with Florida GOP leaders..."
White House Defends DHS Disinformation Board as 'Non-Partisan and Apolitical' Despite Nina Jankowicz Public Support for Hillary Clinton
White House Defends DHS Disinformation Board as 'Non-Partisan and Apolitical' Despite Nina Jankowicz Public Support for Hillary Clinton:
In 2020, Jankowicz even defended Christopher Steel’s thoughts on disinformation after his widely discredited Russian dossier was widely discredited as a major source for lies about President Trump during the campaign.
Jankowicz also defended Biden’s handling of Ukraine, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin invading the country during his presidency.
Eighty-four percent demand voter ID, want ‘Zuckerbucks’ banned
Eighty-four percent demand voter ID, want ‘Zuckerbucks’ banned
"Despite President Joe Biden’s assault on election integrity efforts in several states, voters in record numbers are demanding that
- identification be presented to get a ballot and
- want reforms across the board in all 50 states.
New polling provided to Secrets Monday showed that 84% want voter ID, and huge percentages of black and Hispanic voters are behind the surge in support as the nation readies for the fall congressional midterm elections..."
As the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) runs out, carnage in the small business world!-----Longtime Grand Haven Deli Closing Permanently
Longtime Grand Haven Deli Closing Permanently
The location at 427 N. 6th Street has served as a business for several decades. According to Did's website:
There has always been a business located here. Over the years it was a meat market, a grocery store, then in 1972 Pixie Gifford created Did’s Deli & Catering..."
It's the Bee. But it's what libs are telling us is true!-----White Liberals Watch In Amazement As Black Man Acquires ID | The Babylon Bee
White Liberals Watch In Amazement As Black Man Acquires ID | The Babylon Bee link
HAMPTON FALLS, IA—White liberals gathered in the town of Hampton Falls were shocked and astonished as local black man, accountant, and father of three Michael Sparkton walked right into a DOT office and acquired an ID without any assistance from liberals whatsoever.
"It was amazing -- he was smart, clean, and articulate enough to walk right in and acquire the ID without consulting us white people at all," said anti-racist activist Chloe Ryder to reporters.
HAMPTON FALLS, IA—White liberals gathered in the town of Hampton Falls were shocked and astonished as local black man, accountant, and father of three Michael Sparkton walked right into a DOT office and acquired an ID without any assistance from liberals whatsoever."It was amazing -- he was smart, clean, and articulate enough to walk right in and acquire the ID without consulting us white people at all," said anti-racist activist Chloe Ryder to reporters.
"He walked right in and got the ID, no questions asked. We thought it would be way above his intelligence level because, well. You know what I'm saying, right? Yeah. You know."..."
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