You don't do cocaine?

I'm pretty sure our new HHS secretary RFK Jr will prescribe it as a means to cleanse our blood of ghosts in short order. At least if injecting bleach doesn't work.

Btw, exactly which executive orders are you most excited about?

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Does this mean that it's OK for Mr.Trumpdt to call Elon Musk a retard, or yourself like you used to ???...

Confusedt...

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This news from 1440 explains a lot, direct cut & paste from my mailbox...




Cannabis Study

The largest study on cannabis and its impact on brain function suggests the use of the substance has a statistically significant effect on working memory, per findings released yesterday.



Researchers examined 1,003 individuals ages 22 to 36 using brain imaging technology. Participants were categorized based on their lifetime usage: Heavy users had used cannabis more than 1,000 times, moderate users had used it between 10 and 999 times, and nonusers had used it fewer than 10 times. Results (view abstract) showed 63% of heavy lifetime cannabis users and 68% of recent users experienced reduced brain activity when performing working memory tasks. Working memory allows individuals to retain and manipulate short-term information, such as memorizing directions or solving math problems mentally.



The study further found heavy cannabis use negatively impacted brain regions responsible for decision-making, memory, attention, and emotional processing. See an overview of cannabis here.

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The mental illness that can cause people to see aliens is schizophrenia.Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that can cause hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking. 

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Why Law Wont Stop Trump: the View of a Former Deputy Inspector General


As we search for ways to resist efforts by President Trump and his surrogates to undermine our democracy and cripple our government, we focus on pillars of our system Congress, Courts, and Press. Congress, controlled by Republicans, is demonstrating it is not up to the task. The media are as confused and uncertain as the rest of us, and the overwhelming power of social media serves to sow confusion. As a result, many of us are focusing on a major pillar of our systemthe rule of law. We are counting on our federal and state Courts to roll back and restrain Trumps more outrageous actions.

There is little reason to believe that Trump and his followers will be constrained by the law, however. The Supreme Court has given Trump himself a get-out-of-jail free card for all official actions he takes as President. As all orders coming from him to government officials will be considered official, he can not be held liable for any of themno matter how illegal. While his subordinates have not been given these free passes and thus are theoretically culpable for their illegal actions, Trump has the ability to pardon them. So they need not be constrained by the law either.

The reality of our crisis is demonstrated by what is actually taking place within government agencies. Trump is taking illegal actions and they are been carried out. He fired 17 or 18 inspectors general, effective immediately. This is illegal; Congress requires that it must be notified 30 days in advance for the firing of an inspector general, and a cause for this firing must be given. Neither of these things was done. By law, all of these individuals should have remained on the job, pending the proper procedures. One Inspector General challenged the order. Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the US Department of Agriculture, said she intended to stay because proper protocols had not been followed. She was escorted out of the building by security agents.

Trumps take over of the Justice Department and the FBI makes it even more clear that he will be able to fire anyone and undertake any investigations or actions no matter their legality. He is firing apolitical federal prosecutors and agents for doing their jobs and participating in legitimate investigationsa violation of civil service protections. His followers will stock these institutions with their fellow believers and proceed. Whether or not charges brought by them are ultimately upheld in court is almost irrelevant. Years of litigation and prosecution will be sufficient to ruin people.

Other frightening actions are unfolding rapidly. Elon Musks surrogates have gotten access to the Treasury Departments payments system. This system is responsible for sending out trillions of dollars in payments to individuals and groups, including Social Security payments. Anyone with control of the system could presumably target their enemies and withhold payments to them. Illegal? Yes! So what? Similar actions have shut down US AID operations around the world, causing large-scale suffering.

The order issued by Trumps budget office to halt government funding and grants last week was illegal because the president does not have the right to stop payments that have been authorized by Congress. This order was pulled back after a day of chaos as well as court injunction. It is not clear what prompted Trump to pull back the order, but probably it was the chaosnot the court order. Red states were being hit harder than Blue states. I think it is likely that, in the future, Trump will pay little attention to court orders. Federal courts have to rely on government institutions to ensure that their orders are carried out. How can such orders be carried out when Trump controls these institutions?