Comments on: News from around the state: Bummer edition http://newmexicoindependent.com/43117/news-from-around-the-state-bummer-edition New Mexico news and politics Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Phoebe http://newmexicoindependent.com/43117/news-from-around-the-state-bummer-edition#comment-23585 Phoebe Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:03:29 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=43117#comment-23585 Colorado's Green Rush: Medical marijuana (<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/14/colorado.medical.marijuana/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/14/colorado.medic...</a>) ...dispensaries are "paying taxes, hiring employees, renting out space, purchasing supplies and moving this economy along - this is a major source of revenue and it can help us cure our bankrupt governments." <br><br>According to this report Colorado gets $4 in taxes on each $50 purchase of an eighth of an ounce - since a typical 'joint' reportedly contains between 0.5 and 0.75 grams and an ounce is 28.35 grams, an eighth of that would be 3.54 grams, which if I've done the math right would mean that at $50 per ounce the consumer is paying about $7 per joint and the state is making boucoup bucks. Colorado's Green Rush: Medical marijuana (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/14/colorado.medic…) …dispensaries are “paying taxes, hiring employees, renting out space, purchasing supplies and moving this economy along – this is a major source of revenue and it can help us cure our bankrupt governments.”

According to this report Colorado gets $4 in taxes on each $50 purchase of an eighth of an ounce – since a typical 'joint' reportedly contains between 0.5 and 0.75 grams and an ounce is 28.35 grams, an eighth of that would be 3.54 grams, which if I've done the math right would mean that at $50 per ounce the consumer is paying about $7 per joint and the state is making boucoup bucks.

]]> By: genotype http://newmexicoindependent.com/43117/news-from-around-the-state-bummer-edition#comment-23586 genotype Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:54:26 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=43117#comment-23586 @ Aliandra<br><br>Bitter much? @ Aliandra

Bitter much?

]]> By: Eddie http://newmexicoindependent.com/43117/news-from-around-the-state-bummer-edition#comment-23587 Eddie Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:46:26 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=43117#comment-23587 Good news you say ...well for openers there hasn't been any significant activity so far in the Cascadia subduction zone where the Juan de Fuca Plate is moving under the North American Plate, which is good since a major earthquake here could displace enough water to cause a massive tidal wave to impact the entire west coast of the US - likewise a volcanic island off the northwestern coast of Africa in the Canary Islands didn't collapse and cause a massive tsunami to hit the entire East coast. Additionally the earth haven't been hit recently by a comet or asteroid with enough mass to wipe out all life on the earth and the anticipated 7.5 or greater magnitude earthquake in California hasn't happened yet. It's also good news that we haven't had a WMD attack in the US and that rising sea temperatures haven't resulted in a catastrophic release of methane gas from the earth's crust and caused a repeat of the Permian extinction. Meanwhile, even though every few seconds a supernova emits jets of deadly gamma rays somewhere in the galaxy and all life on our little ball of dirt would be extinguished if one of these bursts happened close enough to our solar system, as of this morning that hasn't happened. Also good news that for the moment government intervention seems to be staving off a meltdown of the international financial system and as a result the US hasn't been forced to default on its national debt, since that would implode the entire world economy and cause all systems of government to collapse, plunging human society into devolution and total chaos. However my favorite piece of good news is that according to the current forecast (<a href="http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/index.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_...</a>) El Niño is currently in effect and will probably strengthen through this winter, which should mean that we'll get enough precipitation locally to momentarily escape the sort of drought conditions which elsewhere make the Dust Bowl of the '30s pale by comparison. Good news you say …well for openers there hasn't been any significant activity so far in the Cascadia subduction zone where the Juan de Fuca Plate is moving under the North American Plate, which is good since a major earthquake here could displace enough water to cause a massive tidal wave to impact the entire west coast of the US – likewise a volcanic island off the northwestern coast of Africa in the Canary Islands didn't collapse and cause a massive tsunami to hit the entire East coast. Additionally the earth haven't been hit recently by a comet or asteroid with enough mass to wipe out all life on the earth and the anticipated 7.5 or greater magnitude earthquake in California hasn't happened yet. It's also good news that we haven't had a WMD attack in the US and that rising sea temperatures haven't resulted in a catastrophic release of methane gas from the earth's crust and caused a repeat of the Permian extinction. Meanwhile, even though every few seconds a supernova emits jets of deadly gamma rays somewhere in the galaxy and all life on our little ball of dirt would be extinguished if one of these bursts happened close enough to our solar system, as of this morning that hasn't happened. Also good news that for the moment government intervention seems to be staving off a meltdown of the international financial system and as a result the US hasn't been forced to default on its national debt, since that would implode the entire world economy and cause all systems of government to collapse, plunging human society into devolution and total chaos. However my favorite piece of good news is that according to the current forecast (http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_…) El Niño is currently in effect and will probably strengthen through this winter, which should mean that we'll get enough precipitation locally to momentarily escape the sort of drought conditions which elsewhere make the Dust Bowl of the '30s pale by comparison.

]]> By: Phoebe http://newmexicoindependent.com/43117/news-from-around-the-state-bummer-edition#comment-18666 Phoebe Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:03:29 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=43117#comment-18666 Colorado's Green Rush: Medical marijuana (<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/14/colorado.medical.marijuana/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/14/colorado.medic...</a>) ...dispensaries are "paying taxes, hiring employees, renting out space, purchasing supplies and moving this economy along - this is a major source of revenue and it can help us cure our bankrupt governments." <br><br>According to this report Colorado gets $4 in taxes on each $50 purchase of an eighth of an ounce - since a typical 'joint' reportedly contains between 0.5 and 0.75 grams and an ounce is 28.35 grams, an eighth of that would be 3.54 grams, which if I've done the math right would mean that at $50 per ounce the consumer is paying about $7 per joint and the state is making boucoup bucks. Colorado's Green Rush: Medical marijuana (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/14/colorado.medic…) …dispensaries are “paying taxes, hiring employees, renting out space, purchasing supplies and moving this economy along – this is a major source of revenue and it can help us cure our bankrupt governments.”

According to this report Colorado gets $4 in taxes on each $50 purchase of an eighth of an ounce – since a typical 'joint' reportedly contains between 0.5 and 0.75 grams and an ounce is 28.35 grams, an eighth of that would be 3.54 grams, which if I've done the math right would mean that at $50 per ounce the consumer is paying about $7 per joint and the state is making boucoup bucks.

]]> By: Phoebe http://newmexicoindependent.com/43117/news-from-around-the-state-bummer-edition#comment-13683 Phoebe Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:03:29 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=43117#comment-13683 Colorado's Green Rush: Medical marijuana (<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/14/colorado.medical.marijuana/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/14/colorado.medic...</a>) ...dispensaries are "paying taxes, hiring employees, renting out space, purchasing supplies and moving this economy along - this is a major source of revenue and it can help us cure our bankrupt governments." (there's $4 of state tax on each $50 purchase of ⅛ ounce) Colorado's Green Rush: Medical marijuana (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/14/colorado.medic…) …dispensaries are “paying taxes, hiring employees, renting out space, purchasing supplies and moving this economy along – this is a major source of revenue and it can help us cure our bankrupt governments.” (there's $4 of state tax on each $50 purchase of ⅛ ounce)

]]> By: genotype http://newmexicoindependent.com/43117/news-from-around-the-state-bummer-edition#comment-13676 genotype Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:54:26 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=43117#comment-13676 @ Aliandra<br><br>Bitter much? @ Aliandra

Bitter much?

]]> By: Eddie http://newmexicoindependent.com/43117/news-from-around-the-state-bummer-edition#comment-13672 Eddie Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:46:26 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=43117#comment-13672 Good news you say ...well for openers there hasn't been any significant activity so far in the Cascadia subduction zone where the Juan de Fuca Plate is moving under the North American Plate, which is good since a major earthquake here could displace enough water to cause a massive tidal wave to impact the entire west coast of the US - likewise a volcanic island off the northwestern coast of Africa in the Canary Islands didn't collapse and cause a massive tsunami to hit the entire East coast. Additionally the earth haven't been hit recently by a comet or asteroid with enough mass to wipe out all life on the earth and the anticipated 7.5 or greater magnitude earthquake in California hasn't happened yet. It's also good news that we haven't had a WMD attack in the US and that rising sea temperatures haven't resulted in a catastrophic release of methane gas from the earth's crust and caused a repeat of the Permian extinction. Meanwhile, even though every few seconds a supernova emits jets of deadly gamma rays somewhere in the galaxy and all life on our little ball of dirt would be extinguished if one of these bursts happened close enough to our solar system, as of this morning that hasn't happened. Also good news that for the moment government intervention seems to be staving off a meltdown of the international financial system and as a result the US hasn't been forced to default on its national debt, since that would implode the entire world economy and cause all systems of government to collapse, plunging human society into devolution and total chaos. However my favorite piece of good news is that according to the current forecast (<a href="http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/index.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_...</a>) El Niño is currently in effect and will probably strengthen through this winter, which should mean that we'll get enough precipitation locally to momentarily escape the sort of drought conditions which elsewhere make the Dust Bowl of the '30s pale by comparison. Good news you say …well for openers there hasn't been any significant activity so far in the Cascadia subduction zone where the Juan de Fuca Plate is moving under the North American Plate, which is good since a major earthquake here could displace enough water to cause a massive tidal wave to impact the entire west coast of the US – likewise a volcanic island off the northwestern coast of Africa in the Canary Islands didn't collapse and cause a massive tsunami to hit the entire East coast. Additionally the earth haven't been hit recently by a comet or asteroid with enough mass to wipe out all life on the earth and the anticipated 7.5 or greater magnitude earthquake in California hasn't happened yet. It's also good news that we haven't had a WMD attack in the US and that rising sea temperatures haven't resulted in a catastrophic release of methane gas from the earth's crust and caused a repeat of the Permian extinction. Meanwhile, even though every few seconds a supernova emits jets of deadly gamma rays somewhere in the galaxy and all life on our little ball of dirt would be extinguished if one of these bursts happened close enough to our solar system, as of this morning that hasn't happened. Also good news that for the moment government intervention seems to be staving off a meltdown of the international financial system and as a result the US hasn't been forced to default on its national debt, since that would implode the entire world economy and cause all systems of government to collapse, plunging human society into devolution and total chaos. However my favorite piece of good news is that according to the current forecast (http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_…) El Niño is currently in effect and will probably strengthen through this winter, which should mean that we'll get enough precipitation locally to momentarily escape the sort of drought conditions which elsewhere make the Dust Bowl of the '30s pale by comparison.

]]> By: Left_Coast_Steve http://newmexicoindependent.com/43117/news-from-around-the-state-bummer-edition#comment-13665 Left_Coast_Steve Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:21:31 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=43117#comment-13665 Hey, the state’s Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee seems to be acting without hysteria, stolidly plodding along and actually deciding which ailments are suitable for treatment! That's good news if ever I heard it. Hey, the state’s Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee seems to be acting without hysteria, stolidly plodding along and actually deciding which ailments are suitable for treatment! That's good news if ever I heard it.

]]> By: Aliandra http://newmexicoindependent.com/43117/news-from-around-the-state-bummer-edition#comment-13658 Aliandra Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:41:04 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=43117#comment-13658 "While the unemployment rate for men is at 10.5 percent, it’s only 7.9 for women."<br><br>Would that be the unemployment rate in the City of Santa Fe? Santa Fe County? New Mexico? The United States? Globally?<br><br>(hint: nationally.)<br><br>In keeping with the Santa Fe New Mexican's policy of not reporting when state officials won't provide information, Bruce Krasnow did not tell us what is the unemployment rate for men or women in New Mexico. He did explore the question, reporting apparently whatever data is available from state officials - new unemployment claims by men vs those by women. <br><br>Sort of leaves one to wonder, of those who were laid off, resigned or walked off of jobs for ethical or creative reasons at the New Mexican, how many were men and how many were women.<br><br>And in keeping with a policy of not advancing stories, the inexperienced entertainment reporter who now edits New Mexico Independent didn't tell us any new information either. “While the unemployment rate for men is at 10.5 percent, it’s only 7.9 for women.”

Would that be the unemployment rate in the City of Santa Fe? Santa Fe County? New Mexico? The United States? Globally?

(hint: nationally.)

In keeping with the Santa Fe New Mexican's policy of not reporting when state officials won't provide information, Bruce Krasnow did not tell us what is the unemployment rate for men or women in New Mexico. He did explore the question, reporting apparently whatever data is available from state officials – new unemployment claims by men vs those by women.

Sort of leaves one to wonder, of those who were laid off, resigned or walked off of jobs for ethical or creative reasons at the New Mexican, how many were men and how many were women.

And in keeping with a policy of not advancing stories, the inexperienced entertainment reporter who now edits New Mexico Independent didn't tell us any new information either.

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