apropos of nothing

squirell nutkin · 09-02-2010, 10:26 PM

It seems I live in the Humboldt county of the N.E.
I was chatting the other day with our local gendarme about all the recent incessant helicopter activity. There was one lifestar event when some older gent repeatedly fell on his head, got up, fell, etc. Declaring he was fine. SPLAT. So they took him away.

Well, what about the rest of the helicopter activity?
There was a Mexican gentleman who, for reasons known only to him, decided it was prudent to run over the Trooper who had stopped him before dragging him a-ways with his truck.

Ok, sure. You definitely want to find him and give him a stern talking to.

But what else?

Well, there was the two tons of marijuana they found yesterday and the thousand plants they found this afternoon.

So there you have it. Potential tax revenue lost for ever.

HungLikeJesus · 09-02-2010, 10:42 PM

I'm sorry about your marijuana, sn.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-03-2010, 12:08 AM

For ever government helicopter, add three news helicopters.

squirell nutkin · 09-03-2010, 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

I'm sorry about your marijuana, sn.

not mine. I stick with the legal stuff.

Griff · 09-03-2010, 06:00 AM

So I did a quick google to get the specifics and found a mess of upstate pot busts. It is approaching harvest... I see Missy Giove got nailed. She used to be a hell of a mtn bike racer. Her bust looks like a smuggling operation so she'll probably do serious time...

squirell nutkin · 09-03-2010, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

So I did a quick google to get the specifics and found a mess of upstate pot busts. It is approaching harvest... I see Missy Giove got nailed. She used to be a hell of a mtn bike racer. Her bust looks like a smuggling operation so she'll probably do serious time...

From the wikipedia entry about her:

Quote:

In June 2009 Giove was arrested in upstate Wilton, New York on charges of conspiring to possess and distribute over 400 pounds of marijuana. Giove has pleaded guilty to the charges and faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years, a maximum penalty of 40 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $2 million.[

The max penalty seems extreme for weed.

Stormieweather · 09-03-2010, 08:18 AM

400 pounds seems extreme too.

TheMercenary · 09-03-2010, 08:22 AM

We really need to decriminalize weed. Not the other stuff.

Undertoad · 09-03-2010, 08:31 AM

In Humboldt County this was probably about 0.1% of the actual crop.

Note that the weight "two tons" would result in a fraction of that weight in actual smokable material, after the rest of the plant is discarded and the water in the plant mostly dried out.

classicman · 09-03-2010, 09:56 AM

Yeh - they weigh the whole thing - shit when processed properly the total weight would be far less than 1/2 of that estimate. Didn't the Feds change that reporting when Reagan was in office to make the numbers look better or something.

squirell nutkin · 09-03-2010, 10:19 AM

LIke when they calculate the "street value" by figuring out how many pin joints you can roll out of a bale of weed.

classicman · 09-03-2010, 12:02 PM

zactly

spudcon · 09-03-2010, 06:39 PM

Agree or not, weed is illegal most places.

Griff · 09-03-2010, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

The max penalty seems extreme for weed.

Insanity we haz it.

Clodfobble · 09-04-2010, 09:26 AM

I lost count, but for awhile I was on a Larry Niven bender, and I read probably a half-dozen books in a row that all had some reference, somewhere, to the fact that in his future setting, the marijuana was grown commercially and the tobacco had been made illegal.

09-02-2010, 10:26 PM	#1
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	apropos of nothing It seems I live in the Humboldt county of the N.E. I was chatting the other day with our local gendarme about all the recent incessant helicopter activity. There was one lifestar event when some older gent repeatedly fell on his head, got up, fell, etc. Declaring he was fine. SPLAT. So they took him away. Well, what about the rest of the helicopter activity? There was a Mexican gentleman who, for reasons known only to him, decided it was prudent to run over the Trooper who had stopped him before dragging him a-ways with his truck. Ok, sure. You definitely want to find him and give him a stern talking to. But what else? Well, there was the two tons of marijuana they found yesterday and the thousand plants they found this afternoon. So there you have it. Potential tax revenue lost for ever. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

09-02-2010, 10:42 PM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I'm sorry about your marijuana, sn. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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09-03-2010, 06:00 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	So I did a quick google to get the specifics and found a mess of upstate pot busts. It is approaching harvest... I see Missy Giove got nailed. She used to be a hell of a mtn bike racer. Her bust looks like a smuggling operation so she'll probably do serious time... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-03-2010, 08:18 AM	#7
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	400 pounds seems extreme too. __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

09-03-2010, 08:22 AM	#8
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	We really need to decriminalize weed. Not the other stuff. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-03-2010, 08:31 AM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	In Humboldt County this was probably about 0.1% of the actual crop. Note that the weight "two tons" would result in a fraction of that weight in actual smokable material, after the rest of the plant is discarded and the water in the plant mostly dried out.

09-03-2010, 09:56 AM	#10
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Yeh - they weigh the whole thing - shit when processed properly the total weight would be far less than 1/2 of that estimate. Didn't the Feds change that reporting when Reagan was in office to make the numbers look better or something. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-03-2010, 10:19 AM	#11
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	LIke when they calculate the "street value" by figuring out how many pin joints you can roll out of a bale of weed. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

09-03-2010, 12:02 PM	#12
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	zactly __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-03-2010, 06:39 PM	#13
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Agree or not, weed is illegal most places. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I lost count, but for awhile I was on a Larry Niven bender, and I read probably a half-dozen books in a row that all had some reference, somewhere, to the fact that in his future setting, the marijuana was grown commercially and the tobacco had been made illegal. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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