Another interesting article on California from the LA Times – this time on the medical marijuana growing opps in Northern Cali. You can check it out here:
Fall harvest season brings strangers with dreadlocks and cash boxes. Some farmers guard their crops with electric fences, razor wire and snarling dogs. Hikers have been threatened at gunpoint for wandering too close to where they aren’t wanted.
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I came across this great article on TIME.com about the exceptionalism of California as an American state and as a place in general. Well worth a look!
California, you may have heard, is an apocalyptic mess of raging wildfires, soaring unemployment, mass foreclosures and political paralysis. It’s dysfunctional. It’s ungovernable. Its bond rating is barely above junk. It’s so broke, it had to hand out IOUs while its leaders debated how many prisoners to release and parks to close. Nevada aired ads mocking California’s business climate to lure its entrepreneurs. The media portray California as a noir fantasyland of overcrowded schools, perpetual droughts, celebrity breakdowns, illegal immigration, hellish congestion and general malaise, captured in headlines like “Meltdown on the Ocean” and “California’s Wipeout Economy” and “Will California Become America’s First Failed State?”
Hi guys! This is my new blog and as a little treat I present you a fascinating video I found a few days ago. It fits quite well, since it gives you an idea as to why I decided to create this blog in the first place. Enjoy!
Did You Know 4.0Even though this website is designed to have some freely accessible content, its real purpose is the exclusive ‘members only’ area. There you can find some personal stuff of mine and hopefully in time a lively discussion on different topics.
If you want to gain access to this ‘members only’ content, you’ll have to register to the website. Registration is currently closed to the general public, but if you know me personally and would like to become a member, I’ll be happy to provide you with an invitation code. Please drop me a line over the contact form on this site and don’t forget to mention your name. You’ll receive a mail with you personal invitation code, which in turn will grant you access to the on-site registration form.
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