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I'm pondering starting to take CBD gummies as a crutch to stop smoking. But I'm also looking for work and many jobs require passing a drug test. Does anyone have any experience as to how and whether these items can cause a drug test fail? I DON'T smoke weed.

Feb 12 One crisp winter morning in Sweden, a cute little girl named Greta woke up to a perfect world, one where there were no petroleum products ruining the earth. She tossed aside her cotton sheet and wool blanket and stepped out onto a dirt floor covered with willow bark that had been pulverized with rocks. “What’s this?” she asked. “Pulverized willow bark,” replied her fairy godmother. “What happened to the carpet?” she asked. “The carpet was nylon, which is made from butadiene and hydrogen cyanide, both made from petroleum,” came the response. Greta smiled, acknowledging that adjustments are necessary...

Nice recovery in gold. It had lost about $100 over the last few weeks, to early October. Pretty much got it all back.

I'm interested in transferring a 4-month duration conversation from my Android phone to a PC, mostly just for recordkeeping and some included photos. Over a USB cable is fine, actually preferred. I've searched "transfer android texts to PC" quite a bit and there seem to be about ten different ways to do this. They all seem to cost. I've tried about half a dozen with the intention to cancel during the "free trial" period. They not only do not seem to work, they don't even appear to threaten to work. It doesn't matter to me if the texts arrive as...

My gawd. I don't know how much longer I can take this. Every customer service representative has a heavy, barely discernable foreign accent. Equally irritating is their inability to vary from their script(s). They, theoretically: "I am going to send you a text message where you can change your appointment time." They, actually: I am going to send you a text message where you can change your appointment time, However, if you change your appointment time after the appointment, then you cannot change your appointment time, and if you need to change your appointment time, make sure you do so...

Natural gas has crashed by about 25% over the past week, from $7 to $5.38, and has been practically cut in half since $10 since Aug/Sept. What happened? Nothing unusual, producers got off their butts and overproduced while prices were high and killed the shortage. But the shortages in NE are due as much or more due to the lack of transport infrastructure to that region than actual shortage of the commodity...which is measured at salt dome/storage in TX and the midwest, NOT at the end of the pipe in Billerica, MA. This is a perfect example of the folly...

The Biden administration has determined that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, should be granted immunity in a case brought against him by the fiancée of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, whom the administration has said was murdered at the prince’s direction. A court filing was made by Justice Department lawyers at the request of the State Department because bin Salman was recently made the Saudi prime minister and as a result, qualifies for immunity as a foreign head of government, the request said. It was filed late Thursday night, just before the court’s deadline for the Justice Department...

In a non-continuing non-series..... original Q: Is capitalism basically saying that you have to work and pay for the right for basic life necessities? How is that freedom? me: Well, how would it be freedom for the people who would have to provide you with such things? You want free medical care? No problem, find a doctor who is willing to treat you for free. You want a free house, no problem, find carpenters and a lumber yard and a plumbing supply joint that is willing to provide you those things for free. JB: You don't know how a society...

A jury acquitted Igor Danchenko, an analyst hired to compile parts of the Steele dossier that alleged ties between Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia, of charges of lying to the FBI on Tuesday. Why it matters: It is a major blow to special counsel John Durham's multi-year investigation into the origins of the Russia probe and possible misconduct by U.S. law enforcement. Danchenko was the third person charged, and subsequently indicted, in the investigation. This trial is expected to be the last stemming from Durham’s investigation before it is concluded. The jury began deliberating on whether to convict...

VIENNA, Ill. (KFVS) - Come January 1, 2023, the State of Illinois is set to eliminate the cash bail system. However, southern Illinois lawmakers and law enforcement say it could make communities more dangerous. “I believe the elimination of cash bail, particularly as it’s written in the SAFE-T Act, will reduce public safety and lead to more crime particularly more violent crime in Illinois,” Patrick Windhorst, former state’s attorney and current state representative for district 118, said. Windhorst said he voted against this bill when it came about. He said he was one of the leading voices against it. The...

The FAA is headed by a pilot, NASA is headed by an astronaut, the US Marine Corps is headed by a Marine but for the fourth time in a row, and during the worst shipping crisis of the century, the US Department of Transportation, has appointed someone to the US Maritime Administration (MARAD) who is not a captain and has no commercial shipping experience. Yesterday afternoon, President Biden announced his intention to nominate Rear Admiral Ann Phillips, US Navy (Retired), as the next US Maritime Administrator, a position that has been vacant since Rear Admiral Mark Buzby stepped down following...

Apparently, we are chewing average pizza but eschewing (allegedly) good beer. (I never liked Sam Adams, myself, though I like plenty of dark beers)

I believe the time has come to realize or at least consider; whatever reaction one may or may not have; that the people in power are going to keep some variation of CV-19 going for a long, long time. Today, Newsom (CA) stated that 50% of the new cases in Los Angeles are of the new, UK, more contagious variety. It's isn't a matter of whom you are gonna vote for, or whom you wish to blame. It's a matter of the swamp et al realizing that they can now control the masses with a word: "Hey, there's a new...

We know that Texas rejected the use of Dominion voting machines for use in their elections about a year ago. I thought it might be useful to review the overall SoS report and the individual reports (x 6 qty) that went into this decision. Overall report: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/dominion-d-suite-5.5-a.pdf I should make all the above links clickable.... And why it's dated Jan 24th 2020, ya got me. Brandon Hurley, esq: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-hurley.pdf Brian Mechler, Technical Examiner: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-mechler.pdf Chuck Pinney: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-pinney.pdf James Sneeringer, Ph.d: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-sneeringer.pdf Ryan Vassar: (TX Gen'l Counsel) https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-vassar.pdf Tom Watson: https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/sysexam/oct2019-watson.pdf ALL of the above reports rejected the use of the...

I think I get it. We've all been overthinking it. The Democrats want to create Franklin Delano Roosevelt II. Their savior. The savior of the country after the Great Depression. Gonna jump right to FDR's fourth term with Biden. Pack the courts; interment camps; huge boondoggle infrastructure projects. A 30-40 year legacy eg; 1932 > 1976 And plug in an unlikely substitute; eg; a Truman

Lyle Mays, a keyboardist, composer and orchestrator who helped carve a new channel for contemporary jazz with The Pat Metheny Group, died on Monday in Los Angeles. He was 66. His niece, jazz vocalist Aubrey Johnson, announced his death on social media, noting that he passed away “surrounded by loved ones, after a long battle with a recurring illness.” [excerpt]

I'm about to have to abandon my 2000 Toyota Avalon v6 3.0 (all Avalons have this and only this engine) with 78K miles because I can't get rid of a diagnostic "Cat not ready" message. Everything else passes fine. Car runs fine, rather better after changing the sensors. If I can't pass CA smog, I can't register the car and thus can't legally drive it. I have: changed both upstream 02 sensors. Changed downstream post-CAT) sensor. I have gone through the following reco'ed drive cycle. 1. Make Sure the Engine Light is Off 2. Check if your Vehicle has a...

Simply spectacular conversation/interview with VDH https://youtu.be/-4Gkm77usT0 Can play this @ 1.5x speed

Some clarity, re: Ukraine follies

10:34 at least a 5.low