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California's gross domestic product rose by US$127 billion from 2016 to 2017, surpassing US$2.7 trillion, the data said. Meanwhile, the UK's economic output fell slightly over that time when measured in US dollars, due in part to exchange rate fluctuations.
The data demonstrate the sheer immensity of California's economy, home to nearly 40 million people, a thriving technology sector in Silicon Valley, the world's entertainment capital in Hollywood and the nation's salad bowl in the Central Valley agricultural heartland. It also reflects a substantial turnaround since the Great Recession.
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(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday May 07 2018, @07:06AM (3 children)
So say the people who regard "Cannibis" as a Gift From G-d.
Personally I prefer to call it The Evil Weed.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 1) by anubi on Monday May 07 2018, @07:29AM (2 children)
I feel compelled to test all things and keep that which is good, as instructed. Everything is here for some reason. Ok, I will call it cannabis. It has a number of unusual properties.
( Ok, I do not do everything as instructed, as if I sincerely believe the instructions are in error, common sense rules. Hilarity often results from people following orders to the letter. YouTube is full of it. )
Although I don't seem to be affected much by cannabis, I have some friends who are - and they seem to derive much pleasure from it. Who am I do deny it? All I can figure out is some business man is pissed because someone got what they wanted, and some business hand did not get a piece of the action.
So, the result so far has been the most undesirable business men around - gangs - have been profiting handsomely by the artificial scarcity of what should be about as common as tree prunings - which is hauled by the truckload from neighborhoods.
So, now our addicts have to steal from their neighbors to finance their toke, which by all intents should have been free for the growing. And those funds are handed over to gangs to buy military-grade assault weaponry to protect their action from the authorities. Gees, what a waste.
Yes, I would probably grow some cannabis even though I only eat some now and then... I think its a gorgeous plant to look at. I have several vines around the house that look a bit like cannabis, but they are not nearly as lush as a real cannabis plant.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 1) by anubi on Monday May 07 2018, @07:41AM
Whoops.. my bad... the proper spelling hasn't updated yet.
s/cannabis/cannibis/
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 3, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday May 08 2018, @12:04AM
Sometimes I think of growing it just for the aroma.
I don't smoke it because it makes me profoundly depressed.
Were I to grow it I'd just give it to cancer patients
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]