Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, January 10, 2024

  • Barry over at LiberallyLean posted a New York Times article that referenced a marijuana dispensary in New Mexico just across the Texas border in El Paso. Texans get a discount on Texas Tuesdays. But as most Texans know, just possessing a small amount of it in Texas is illegal and the punishment can be severe. For instance, in Texas, possession of marijuana under two ounces is still punishable by up to 180 days in jail and up to a $2,000 fine. Possession of marijuana between two and four ounces is still punishable by up to one year in jail and a $4,000 fine.It would be easy for Texas law enforcement to wait at the border and nab a Texas buyer driving back home. But what I found interesting is the business opportunity that creates. New Mexico.

    For now, Texans mostly just turn around and go home. “The recreational tourism part of it hasn’t really hit at all,” said Robert Ardovino, the owner of a local restaurant, who also offers vintage Spartan trailers from the 1950s for overnight stays by the mountains, under the desert stars. He, too, was looking into opening a dispensary and maybe, one day, a consumption site.

    Now, that’s an interesting business opportunity. I guess that’s similar to when Texans drive to Oklahoma or Louisiana to gamble and stay overnight in a casino hotel. Border states make a lot of money from the sinful of Texas.

    All of that got me wondering about this scenario. Let’s say my friend Tony and I drive to that New Mexico dispensary. Tony buys the smallest amount of edible he can, consumes it, and throws away what he has remaining while still in New Mexico. Cannibus is now inside of Tony but I’m totally clean. I drive us back to El Paso where we stay at an Airbnb. There is no cannabis on either of us. But, of course, there is cannabis inside of Tony that is being digested. Tony is never high in public, but he starts to feel high (and hungry) an hour after we get back from New Mexico inside the Airbnb. Tony cuts himself while slicing a watermelon. The wound is bad enough that I have to drive him to the ER. On our way to the ER, I get pulled over for speeding. For whatever reason, the officer knows where we’ve been and what’s inside Tony. Can Tony be arrested for possession because it’s inside his body being digested?

    And, let’s say while talking to the officer, Tony stresses out to the point he vomits in the car. There is now a small amount of undigested cannabis on the floorboard. At that point, can either of us be arrested for possession?

  • The Secretary of Defense really did his nation a disservice by not notifying his boss that he was going to be hospitalized. I understand wanting some privacy, but it’s not like he’s managing a Wendy’s.
  • It’s absurd he’s still closely tied with that or any university.

  • I’m a big fan of The Lincoln Project and follow them on Twitter. They recently asked, “When’s the last time you guys think Trump went to a gas station to fill up his car?” Funny thing, just the other day I ran across an old picture of Trump (presumedly) pumping gas. I guess because it’s being sold at an auction at the end of the month.
  • The Ticket plays a commercial plugging an upcoming John Mulaney show. In the spot, the comedian makes fun of people who send an iMessage text or start a FaceTime session from an email address. He thinks is a very strange thing to do. I guess you have to count me amongst the strange. I don’t have an iPhone, but I do have an iPad. It’s the same situation for BoyGeeding and GirlGeeding. For a while, the only way for me to communicate with my kids was by using the iPad, and none of us had a phone number.
  • I had no idea it comes so “packaged.”
    https://twitter.com/EvanKirstel/status/1744252662747471927
  • A website that sells toilet paper to help you cheer on your team but wipe away their opponents. I guess it would be funny to invite a Packers fan to watch the game with me this weekend and set these up in the guest bathroom with nothing else to use so they are forced to use these.

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Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, January 9, 2024

  • When it comes to placing a wafer on the NCAA football championship, never bet on the team wearing purple.
  • This is one of the most impressive dunks I’ve ever seen. Look at how high he is when he is stuffing the ball through the hoop. At his highest (not in the still pic), his are above the rim. Some folks have commented that he got that high by using a defender as a step ladder, but I do not see it.

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Bag of Randomness for Friday, January 5, 2024

  • I just thought that was a photoshop both sides of the political aisle could laugh at.
  • If you were a local wrestling fan in the 80s, in particular of the Von Erich, you’ll enjoy this GQ article.
    • ‘The Iron Claw’ and the Dallas Only the Dead Know – How the tragic saga of the doomed Von Erich clan—the inspiration for A24’s new wrestling drama—mirrors the story of Dallas, a boom town that can’t grow fast enough to shake the ghosts of its past.
    • I got a kick out of this part about the author, even if he misspelled Emmitt’s name:
      • I’m the son of a Philadelphia Irish sports zealot and—forgive me father—when I was a guest at a Cowboys game, I bought Cowboys gear for my then-infant son and snapped up a Michael Irvin shirt for myself. I hit the Emmett Smith shimmy in a hallway. I regret nothing.
  • Christopher Nolan’s Peloton Instructor Slammed One of His Movies During a Workout, Told the Class: ‘That’s a Couple Hours I’ll Never Get Back Again!’
    • The Oscar nominee did not disclose which film it was, but clearly the Peloton instructor had no idea Nolan was in his virtual class that day.
  • Most Republicans think Donald Trump is a person of faith. We asked why –
    More Republicans see Trump as a ‘person of faith’ than as ‘religious’

    • Registered voters were asked whether they considered a list of political figures to be people of faith, including Trump, President Joe Biden, former Vice President Mike Pence and Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney. Trump was the top choice for Republicans, while Biden was the most common choice for Democrats. Pence topped the list for independents.
    • Sixty-four percent of Republicans said Trump was a person of faith, up from 53% in October. Pence, at 56%, came in second.
      • Church attendance isn’t necessarily indicative of a person’s faith or personal relationship with a greater power, but I’m curious to know how many times Trump attended a church service since leaving office.
  • These drone shows are getting more impressive.

  • Pa. woman’s community service requirement again requires her to wash police vehicles
  • Congressman Dan Crenshaw slams Fox News host for insider trading claims – The Texas republican went off on conservative pundit Jesse Watters, suggesting the host “pees sitting down.”
  • Texas GOP lawmaker says he will not support a border deal because it would help Biden politically
    • “Let me tell you, I’m not willing to do too damn much right now to help a Democrat and to help Joe Biden’s approval rating,” Nehls told CNN. “I will not help the Democrats try to improve this man’s dismal approval ratings. I’m not going to do it.”
  • Elvis to Make Comeback With London AI Show
    • I guess I wouldn’t consider myself a fan, but Elvis has always fascinated me. He never performed outside of North America and only left the United States for a concert tour three times. Those stops were in Canada, all in 1957. With that in mind, I find it interesting that this thing is opening up in London.
  • How Google is using AI to help one U.S. city reduce traffic and emissions
    • Google’s new Project Green Light system uses the company’s vast maps database and AI to optimize traffic lights around the world. The system suggests changes and city engineers then decide if they want to implement them. “We had one case where we moved four seconds from a north-south street to an east-west street for a particular time of day, so then that can help reduce some of that stop-and-go traffic,” Laura Wojcicki, an engineer at Seattle’s Department of Transportation, told CBS News.
      • This story reminded me of two moments in my life. My family and I were inside a cab growing through downtown San Antonio hitting almost every red light. In the military, my father did a lot with road construction and the like. He talked about how the city needed to resynch or adjust their traffic lights so that traffic would flow better and save commuters time.
      • When I was a college kid living in Abilene, a friend I went to church with timed all the lights on Ambler so he never had to stop on his way to church on Sunday morning. Basically, he would drive ten miles over the speed limit at every other light, while driving ten miles under the speed limit for the others.
  • Physically, he’s like a real-life Batman.
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FzPBD_XEYes
  • This is a pretty cool military boat/sub.
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