No I'm the one that first used the word "interstate" and was going from memory.

You seem to speak legalese (it's Chinese to me... Greek I actually understand!) so... are you sure he's not right?

I just did a really quick search and...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marihuana_Tax_Act_of_1937
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_history_of_cannabis_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_the_United_States


I didn't really read those links... just scanned through 'em.
And managed to trigger my own self!
"Some parties have argued that the aim of the Act was to reduce the size of the hemp industry largely as an effort of businessmen Andrew Mellon, Randolph Hearst, and the Du Pont family."
I don't think I know who that first guy is but those last two are on my blacklist.

I didn't really read those links... just scanned through 'em.
And managed to trigger my own self!
"Some parties have argued that the aim of the Act was to reduce the size of the hemp industry largely as an effort of businessmen Andrew Mellon, Randolph Hearst, and the Du Pont family."
I don't think I know who that first guy is but those last two are on my blacklist.

Dang, Alex. You living under a rock? How could you NOT know of Andrew Mellon?

Famed banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, AND US Secretary of the Treasury from 1921 to 1932 under 3 successive Presidents -- Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover (as well as being US Ambassador to the UK from 1932 to 1933.

The 'Mellon' in Carnegie Mellon University is him...

In 1937, he donated US$40 million worth of art he collected plus US$10 million to construct the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Creator of major corporations (such as Alcoa), even entire industries through his financing.

In the mid-1920s, one of the richest men in the USA. Only John D. Rockefeller and Henry Ford paid more Income Tax than Mellon.

Oh, and author of the book: Taxation: the People's Business.

here are some of his more famous quotes:

Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs.

The history of taxation shows that taxes which are inherently excessive are not paid. The high rates inevitably put pressure upon the taxpayer to withdraw his capital from productive business and invest it in tax-exempt securities or to find other lawful methods of avoiding the realization of taxable income. The result is that the sources of taxation are drying up; wealth is failing to carry its share of the tax burden; and capital is being diverted into channels which yield neither revenue to the Government nor profit to the people.

And of course, this one:

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#Texit

Don't blame me, I voted for Johnson(L) in 2016.

Truth is dangerous... especially when it challenges those in power.

Interesting quote MK, a super rich man says that living poor is more moral.

Apparently the USA with it increases in productivity per worker with its falling wages and decreasing upward mobility is living morally. That should satisfy those rightwingnutz.

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apparently killing off all rich people so everyone is equally poor should satisfy all those leftwingnutz.

''The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers,''
Henry VI,' Part II, act IV, Scene II, Line 73

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

apparently killing off all rich people so everyone is equally poor should satisfy all those leftwingnutz.

''The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers,''
Henry VI,' Part II, act IV, Scene II, Line 73

First they came for the lawyers and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a lawyer ....

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apparently killing off all rich people so everyone is equally poor should satisfy all those leftwingnutz.

''The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers,''
Henry VI,' Part II, act IV, Scene II, Line 73

First they came for the lawyers and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a lawyer ....

Let's get rid of the lawyers first, and then we can talk about it.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Let's get rid of the lawyers first, and then we can talk about it.

After seeing this, I agree.

"The accused's lawyers concede he carried out the attack and are focusing on trying to spare him the death penalty."

Report

Let's get rid of the lawyers first, and then we can talk about it.

After seeing this, I agree.

"The accused's lawyers concede he carried out the attack and are focusing on trying to spare him the death penalty."

Report

In other words, his lawyers were doing their job. What's the issue? In the US we have a right to consult with an attorney, if the accused is unable to exercise this right I suspect a trial judge would argue proceedings could not continue, and if lawyers don't do an adequate job, there'd be grounds for appeal. Lawyers are not required to sympathize with their clients.

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I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ...

apparently killing off all rich people so everyone is equally poor should satisfy all those leftwingnutz.

''The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers,''
Henry VI,' Part II, act IV, Scene II, Line 73

Indeed, if you want folks like "Dick the Butcher" in charge of things, you need to eliminate those that help uphold the law.

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I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ...

Let's get rid of the lawyers first, and then we can talk about it.

After seeing this, I agree.

"The accused's lawyers concede he carried out the attack and are focusing on trying to spare him the death penalty."

Report

In other words, his lawyers were doing their job. What's the issue? In the US we have a right to consult with an attorney, if the accused is unable to exercise this right I suspect a trial judge would argue proceedings could not continue, and if lawyers don't do an adequate job, there'd be grounds for appeal. Lawyers are not required to sympathize with their clients.

Bobby, there are lots of people who want to gut all protections citizens have from the government. I'm sure they would support waterboarding suspects until they confess. Or perhaps they think a waterboard is too pleasant and would prefer the methods of the Spanish Inquisition. If there is balance in the world they will be accused in the DPRK.

Benjamin Franklin wrote:

That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a Maxim that has been long and generally approved.

They will blather about the founders but refuse the true intent of the founders!

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Oh, they blabbering about Charles Pinckney. The founder who made sure the USA wasn't a Christian nation. Moris, Martin, Madison and Jefferson all were in agreement. And this is why the USA isn't a Christian nation. Look him up and see what anti-religion he put in the Constitution.

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Sure I saw a mention of "flipping burgers" somewhere...

MacDonalds to move non-US tax base to UK

"A McDonald's spokesman said the shift in the tax domicile for its non-US operations was not to do with obtaining a better rate of corporation tax, but was more to do with making its operations more efficient."

...Yeah, right.

"The UK's corporate tax rate is currently 20%, and the government plans to cut it to 17% by 2020, the lowest in the G20."

This is just so fookin hilarious...

Mention of McDonalds, burger flipping, upward mobility, and minimum wage/living wage... ROFLMAO.

All of you leftists and leftist-sympathizers should be afraid... be VERY afraid.

Remember the CEO of Carl's Jr / Hardee's? The one advocating automation of fast-food restaurants in response to the $15/hr. movement (building one of his locations as a proof of concept)?

http://www.businessinsider.com/carls-jr-wants-open-automated-location-2016-3

<snicker>

Well, guess who Trump's choice for Sec. of Labor is.............................

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!11


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/us/politics/andrew-puzder-labor-secretary-trump.html

Well, I was just reading slashdot.org this morning, and one story just popped out at me...

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/12/11/2215225/robots-are-already-replacing-fast-food-workers

An anonymous reader quotes Recode:

Technology that replaces food service workers is already here. Sushi restaurants have been using machines to roll rice in nori for years, an otherwise monotonous and time-consuming task. The company Suzuka has robots that help assemble thousands of pieces of sushi an hour. In Mountain View, California, the startup Zume is trying to disrupt pizza with a pie-making machine. In Shanghai, there's a robot that makes ramen, and some cruise ships now mix drinks with bartending machines.

More directly to the heart of American fast-food cuisine, Momentum Machines, a restaurant concept with a robot that can supposedly flip hundreds of burgers an hour, applied for a building permit in San Francisco and started listing job openings this January, reported Eater. Then there's Eatsa, the automat restaurant where no human interaction is necessary, which has locations popping up across California.

http://www.recode.net/2016/12/9/13903264/trump-robots-fast-food-workers-puzder-labor

http://www.eater.com/2016/7/1/12077990/robot-burgers-san-francisco-momentum-machines

Ok, that 'burger'-bot can replace two (at least) employees; the grill operator and the 'prep' person that assembles & bags the burgers.

2 employees X $15/hour X 12 hours/Day (let us say 10AM to 10PM) X 7 Days/week X 52 weeks/year = $131,040 / year. On top of that, add the employer part of payroll taxes, etc. and it easily goes up to > $150,000 a year.

Factor in economy of scale, depreciation on capital equipment, other items... One burger-bot could easily pay for itself in a year or so (in a 12 hour a day location, half that if the location is 24 hours a day).

The handwriting is on the wall for human food prep at burger joints.

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#Texit

Don't blame me, I voted for Johnson(L) in 2016.

Truth is dangerous... especially when it challenges those in power.

Ah but then you have the Health & Safety employee check the robot after flipping x number of burgers to ensure it washes its hands :-)

Some human won't have to stock the robot. Another Robot will fill the automatic tubes of ingredients in a warehouse that will be off loaded from the self driving truck with robot unloader. Sensors will generate re-orders from the warehouse.

They already have self cleaning restrooms.

The only human there will be to repair the robot when it shuts itself down.

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Nah, they'll have the robot self-repair or have an onsite repair-bot.

Nah, they'll have the robot self-repair or have an onsite repair-bot.

I guess they will have to have a designated human so the place can be robbed. ;-)

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