From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE…
CHEERS to hangin' out with a few of your favorite buds. In San Bernardino, California, the marijuana world's equivalent of the Oscars---the High Times SoCal Medical Cannabis Cup---was held over the weekend:
The next Cannabis Cup event is
in Denver from 4/18 to 4/20.
The line to get into the second day of the event was smooth sailing, as the two-day VIP pass holders breezed in with no wait, proudly brandishing their HT wristbands. Hundreds more joined the throngs with one-day passes. And there were a million things to see and do... and eat and smoke.
One could peruse booths in the medication area and Citrus Building, gain higher knowledge from seminars, goggle at the display of Cup entries, watch motocross madness, groove to tunes on the outdoor stage, and generally have a blazing good old time. Of course, 4:20 was off the hook!
The Best Indica was "Lemon Walker" OG by Gold Coast Extracts. The Best Hybrid was "Lemon Bananas Budder" by Dabblicious Extracts. Best Sativa was "Red Dragon Budder" by Dabblicious Extracts and Best Sativa Flower was "Mango Tango" by Elemental Seeds. You can see the full list here. Although you won't get a contact high through your screen, you may still get a sudden urge to make an emergency run to White Castle.
C&J congratulates all the winners, many of whom we understand are still giving their acceptance speeches in the parking lot.
More Cheers and Jeers below the fold... [Swoosh!!] RIGHTNOW! [Gong!!]
Cheers and Jeers for Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Note: Meghan Trainor sued for treble discrimination in wake of public insistence that "it's all about that bass." Film at 11.
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10 days!!!
By the Numbers:
Days 'til all Boston Red Stockings players have to report for spring training:
13
Days 'til the
Asbury Park Beer Fest in New Jersey:
10
Number of court battles NJ Governor Chris Christie is waging to keep his documents secret:
23
(Source: Mother Jones)
Amount for which Staples bought Office Depot, which has already merged with OfficeMax:
$6 billion
Minimum amount of time you should stay home from work with the flu to avoid spreading it:
2.7 days
Percent of office workers who still go to work when they're sick:
60%
(Source: AARP)
Number of uses of the word "bullshit" in the journal
Nature in 145 years:
13
(Source: FiveThirtyEight)
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Mid-week Rapture Index: 178---including 4 Arms Proliferations and 1 "greatest sign of the End Times we see in our country right now". (Relax, it's just gay marriage.) Soul Protection Factor 2 lotion is recommended if you’ll be walking amongst the heathen today.
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Puppy Pic of the Day: Haiku by dog: winter edition
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Bernie the Bibi boycotter.
CHEERS to the right boycott at the right time. Bernie Sanders gets a big win for being the first senator to announce that
he won’t be attending the March 3 address to Congress---arranged by John Boehner without White House approval---by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Due to a special arrangement with a certain lever-puller in the sky, all the time that Bibi---backed by
John McCain and the PNAC Rhythm Cloggers singing their #1 hit "Bomb Bomb Iran"---spends blither-blathering about nuclear destruction won’t be deducted from Bernie's lifespan. (And all the senators who
do attend will itch for several days, but don’t say that out loud, it's a surprise.)
JEERS to the angry blue planet. How are things going for our fellow homo sapienses in other countries? Here's our handy updated guide you can print out and keep in your pocket for easy reference at garden parties and other social gatherings, because it gets confusing sometimes:
Egypt: pissed
Yemen: pissed
Ukraine: pissed
Nigeria: pissed
Jordan: really pissed
Pakistan: pissed
Haiti: pissed
Afghanistan: pissed
Greece: pissed (at Germany)
Germany: pissed (at Greece)
Israel: pissed (at Netanyahu Ha ha ha!)
Iraq: pissed
You can remember it easier with this handy acronym decoder: "People In Shitty Situations Enduring [pick one:] Dictators, Deficitmongers, Dolts and/or Drones.
CHEERS to the guy who really was the brightest bulb in the box. Happy 168th Birthday (and many blessings on your tungsten filaments) to fellow Ohio native Thomas Edison. He invented the light bulb, the phonograph, the Snuggie and the ShamWOW! (the last two during his slow descent into madness). Pay your respects here. Today is also Sarah Palin's birthday---she turns 51. Or as she likes to put it: 51 freedom-lovin', second-amendment-protectin' revolutions of the sun around the earth.
CHEERS to Life Lessons 101…by Stephen King. Pay attention, kids. This is your ticket to fame and fortune:
Here endeth the lesson.
CHEERS to caffeine in the clear. Twenty-three years ago today, a study said drinking three cups of coffee per day doesn't increase your risk of heart disease. But it does raise your risk of peeing like a racehorse every 5 minutes.
JEERS to the Edsel of House committees. As Trey Gowdy's Benghazi investigation limps toward its inconsequential conclusion, it's worth reminding the world that one year ago today the non-scandal jumped the shark:
Benghazi hearing liveblogger.
In a new report released on Tuesday, the House Armed Services Committee concludes that there was no way for the U.S. military to have responded in time to the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya to save the four Americans killed that night. In doing so, the report debunks entirely a right-wing myth that says the White House ordered the military not to intervene.
Meanwhile, the 36-year Republican committee investigation of Jimmy Carter's alleged 1979 plot to create an army of
killer swamp rabbits is close to releasing its final report. They say they decided to fast-track it due to Carter's age.
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Ten years ago in C&J: February 11, 2005
JEERS to the bitter pill. Republicans drank Bush's Medicare Prescription Drug Kool-Aid, and now they're responsible for passing a bloated program that will cost $723 billion---almost double the original projection. Cue Howard Dean: "You can't trust Republicans with your money."
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And just one more…
CHEERS to today's Really Difficult C&J Brain Teaser! I'm told that it's important to keep your mind sharp, and one of the best ways to fire up those neurons is puzzles that make you think. So here we go: your task is to find a United States First Lady somewhere on this brand-new magazine cover for Cooking Light. We'll give you a hint: it's a First Lady who occupied the White House after 1817, so you can rule out Martha Washington, Abigail Adams and Dolley Madison. Ready? Go!
The answer tomorrow. (And no Googling!)
Have a nice Wednesday. Floor's open...What are you cheering and jeering about today?
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Today's Shameless C&J Testimonial:
"I'm dealing with Cheers and Jeers every day. That's what I wake up to each morning. I get a thick book full of puppy pics, fart jokes, swooshes and gongs. That's what I take with my morning tea."
---President Obama
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