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I'm not going to recap the recent history of 8chan, or 8ch.net. It appeared that it was dead. But, no, it's still alive. That, or someone has put up a reasonable facsimile thereof. 8kun.net It appears they are having some kind of issues, pages take many seconds to load. I was curious how long it would take them to get back online. I'm also curious if some of their stupid shit will be toned down. Not all boards are operational yet, it seems. Enjoy . . . ?

Halloween dregs:

People Are Deliberately 'Horror-Tripping' on Mushrooms

Related item: How the UK Fell Back in Love with Magic Mushrooms

Spooky.

Give credit where it's due. Vice has good coverage of drugs.

Previously: Oakland Follows Denver in Decriminalizing Magic Mushrooms (and Peyote), 2020 Measures Considered
Johns Hopkins Launches Center for Psychedelic Research

Yes it is.

“If all you’re doing is casting stones, you’re probably not going to get that far,” the former president said.

His remarks have been reported on, and predictably sparked outrage.

But what effect will it really have?

In other news, and an incredibly blatant example of gaslighting; the New York Times quietly edited an article about HRC saying Rep. Gabbard was being groomed 'by Russians' to read 'by Republicans' instead.

Apparently they did this in acquiescence to her aids, who asserted that the 'context' concerned Republicans, despite the fact that her words have been recorded and reported and reproduced many times.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/turns-out-hillary-clinton-said-republicans-not-russians-were-grooming-tulsi-gabbard-2019-10-24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t_XY5dM93Q

We Will Not Be Silenced.

What Handing Out Full Size Candy Bars on Halloween Says About You, According to Behavioral Economists

For all but one of the last eight years, Zillow has named San Francisco as the best city for trick-or-treating and the tony northern neighborhoods of Presidio Heights and Seacliff as the top ranked to visit on Halloween. There’s a reason for this. Zillow’s economists base their rankings on things like walkability scores and number of children under the age of 10. But even the littlest Jedi knights and Hermiones know that the most important indicator in their investment of the night is yield.

There is one can't miss house that has become legendary for their largesse: they hand out full-size candy, specifically Toblerone bars. When the prominent family moved in some twenty years ago, Halloween was a sleepy and underwhelming evening and the parents decided to up the ante to foster a sense of community and festivity amongst their neighbors. They now stock boxes of the triangular Swiss chocolate, as well as a changing variety of Sour Patch Kids, full-size Snickers and sometimes even small plush toys for the sugar-averse.

Growing up, many of us knew of that "one house" that gave out full size treats. But with more stores than ever pushing full-size treats this year, and many residents who go fun-size feeling pressure to give not just one bar but several to each trick or treater, this year Halloween is raising some interesting economic quandaries.

My last journal entry, exposing the bias and hypocrisy right here on SoylentNews, has been updated with even more rejected submissions. Some of them, no doubt, could have changed the course of the world, but now we will never know, since they have been repressed by SN Editores.

(Oh, and everyone think good thoughts for martyb, so that he can get well soon.)

'Extreme haunted' house is 'torture chamber' in disguise, says petition to close it

A haunted house that requires participants to get a doctor's note and sign a 40-page waiver before they enter is facing some pushback online with more than 31,000 people signing a petition calling for it to be shut down.

A Change.org petition calls on Tennessee and Alabama state officials to "shut down McKamey Manor," which it says is a "torture chamber under disguise."

"They do screenings to find the weakest, most easily manipulated people to do the 'haunt'. ... Mckamey Manor is a shame to all haunted houses, and needs to be shut down," the petition started by a person named Frankie Towery reads.

Towery claims participants have been waterboarded, "forced to eat things" and have had duct tape wrapped around their heads. The petition calls for both locations of the haunted house — in Summertown, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama — closed.

Forget poisoned candy and razor blades. Here’s the real Halloween horror

Another defied subpoena?

"We give up!"

"Where is their duty to this institution? Where is their duty to the Constitution? Where is there[sic?] respect for the rule of law?" - said the whiny Adam Schiff

Oh, this is funny, more gifts for the king:

The House plans to take its first formal vote Thursday on the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Democratic leaders said Monday, ushering in a new phase as they prepare to go public with their investigation into his dealings with Ukraine.

Democrats described the vote, in which they plan to "affirm" the inquiry, as a necessary next step to be able to push it forward, rather than a response to sustained criticism from Republicans and the White House, who have accused them of throwing out past impeachment precedents and denying the president due process rights.

Waiting for the other shoe, with the dreadful thought that she is the only one that would match. *sigh* We don't need a another Trump/Clinton presidency. Please! "Is there anybody else?"

Rep. Katie Hill announces resignation amid allegations of improper relationships with staffers

Democratic Rep. Katie Hill of California on Sunday announced her resignation from Congress days after she admitted to having an inappropriate relationship with a campaign staffer before coming into office.

"It is with a broken heart that today I announce my resignation from Congress," Hill said in a statement Sunday. "This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but I believe it is the best thing for my constituents, my community, and our country."

News of Hill's resignation comes after the House Committee on Ethics announced Wednesday it was opening an investigation into allegations Hill engaged in an improper relationship with a congressional staffer in possible violation of House rules.

[...] Earlier this month a conservative blog released intimate photos of Hill, alleging she and her husband had a separate relationship with an unnamed female campaign staffer. That report included three photos of the congresswoman, including an explicit photo. CNN has reached out to Hill's husband for comment but has not heard back. Hill offered no evidence linking her husband to the distribution of the photos.

Revenge porn is being used to smear and discredit a sitting congresswoman

Katie Hill, of California’s 25th district, found the naked picture of herself published online while she is in the midst of an acrimonious divorce. In an email to supporters, Hill, who was elected as a freshman Democrat in the 2018 midterms, acknowledged a consensual relationship with an aide during her congressional campaign. But she denied another alleged relationship with a different aide, on Capitol Hill, that her ex-husband claims she had.

[...] What Hill admits to – an extramarital affair with a campaign staffer during what she calls “the final tumultuous years” of an “abusive marriage” – isn’t great.

It’s worth pointing out the distinct ethical position of a woman’s abuse of power in this way from a man’s: when Hill engaged in an affair with a campaign aide, she did not do so in the context of millennia of men’s sexual violence against women, and she did not do so with the reasonable ability to threaten force. But acknowledging this does not mean that we must understand such affairs as acceptable.