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San Diego, CA
Joined September 2013
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Russell retweeted
Biggest "the kids are fucked" moment I've had recently was dealing with home insurance.
Bought a starter home, paid my monthly premium every single month for 4 years straight without missing a dime.
A severe storm knocked tree branches through the roof. I called to file a claim for $3,500 in repairs.
Insurance adjuster walked out, wrote a check for $1,200 after my deductible, then sent a non-renewal notice two weeks later saying I was now "high risk."
Got me curious, so I looked into how property insurance models operate today.
Turns out insurance companies literally drop customers for using the exact service they paid thousands to hold, while raising rates across the board to protect corporate profit margins.
I was naive enough to think insurance was protection against emergencies.
In reality, you're just paying a mandatory subscription fee for a service you're penalized for ever using.
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My neighbor is 74 and has lived in the same house since 1986.
Paid $96,000 for it.
Paid off the mortgage in 2014.
The county now values it at $412,000.
His property tax bill just crossed $5,100 a year.
His Social Security is $2,280 a month.
He hasn't sold anything. Hasn't earned anything from the house appreciating. He's just gotten older while everything around him got more expensive.
Last week he told me he's considering selling because the taxes and insurance are becoming too much.
He spent 30 years paying for the privilege of owning his house.
Now he might have to leave because the neighborhood became too valuable.
Tell me again how homeownership guarantees financial security.
Russell retweeted
NO DISRESPECT TO THE BANKING SYSTEM, BUT EXPLAIN THIS LOGIC TO ME.
I’ve paid $2,100 in rent every single month for six years straight.
That’s $151,200 paid on time, directly to shelter, without a single late payment.
My landlord uses my monthly check to pay his bank mortgage on this exact apartment.
Last month, I applied for a mortgage on a starter condo where the total monthly payment principal, interest, taxes, and insurance would be $1,800.
The bank denied my application.
Reason given: "Insufficient income to debt ratio to cover a $1,800 monthly obligation."
I have proven for 72 consecutive months that I can reliably pay $2,100 to keep a roof over my head.
Why does the financial system trust me to pay off someone else’s $2,100 mortgage, but considers me a high risk gamble for my own $1,800 mortgage?
The system isn't measuring risk. It's enforcing a gatekeeping fee.
Russell retweeted
Yep as much as I hate to do it I have to go medical now or I can’t grow at all.
Let alone marketing seeds that aren’t state sanctioned.
Funny how moving to schedule 3 didn’t actually help anyone who needs the meds, only people who want the $. Just like we said.
And they can blame the president all they want. It’s my state shitheads doing this.
And when the president was blue, they did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for cannabis. So those people can fukk off too.
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“Patients taking medicinal cannabis are extremely low risk and we heard evidence that common driving distractions such as listening to the radio pose a much higher road safety risk.” region.com.au/medicinal-cann…
Russell retweeted
“All you care about is legalizing drugs.”
Or, we recognize the War on Drugs doesn’t work, creates organized crime and costs taxpayers trillions.
Russell retweeted
I'm yet to meet a homegrower that intentionally poisons themself. Conversely, I've met plenty of commercial growers who don't hesitate for a second to use whatever is at their disposal to spray plants and "fix" a problem. You wonder why I advocate for homegrow.. #HomeGrowAmnesty
Russell retweeted
Some folks think moving cannabis to Schedule III is progress. I see it as just another detour, not the destination. We've been down this road before. It's like putting a band-aid on a broken bone. What we really need is to get off the restricted list entirely. Let's get this done right, for the workers, for the businesses, and for common sense. It's time to fully deschedule and move forward.
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Could this cannabis compound be the key to saving your kidneys?
CBGA and CBD are substances that can help protect your kidneys.
CBGA seems to work better than CBD at protecting the kidneys. CBGA's stronger effect might be because it: Reduces inflammation (swelling or irritation in the body). Prevents scarring or damage in the kidneys. Blocks a specific protein (TRPM7) that could harm the kidneys.
nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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Daily Cannabis Use Cuts Fatty Liver Risk by 36%!
People who use cannabis every day seem to have a lower chance of getting steatosis (fat buildup in the liver).
The stats suggest daily cannabis users are about 36% less likely to have steatosis.
For people with both HIV and hepatitis C, daily cannabis could act like a shield against fatty liver.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2898…
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The DEA put this in writing!!!!!
“The vast majority of individuals who use marijuana do so in a manner that does not result in dangers to themselves or to their communities.” -- The Drug Enforcement Administration.
Yes, the DEA said that about cannabis.
marijuanamoment.net/dea-and-…
Russell retweeted
The irony here is pretty hard to ignore. Millions of Americans can’t afford to miss a paycheck when they get sick, but members of Congress can be gone for months and still collect their full salary.
Forget politics for a second. Why do the people making the rules get protections and benefits that millions of the people paying their salaries don’t?
