Entourage effect: The entourage effect is a hypothesis that cannabis compounds, other than the cannabinoids tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), act synergistically with cannabinoids to modulate the overall psychoactive effects of the plant [1, 2]. The effect has also been applied in the case of magic (psilocybin) mushrooms, with other compounds besides psilocybin having been hypothesized to also contribute to the effects of the mushrooms [3]. More
1914, the Free Alcohol bill is amended again to decrease the regulatory burden and encourage alcohol fuel production in the U.S.
1917, Alexander Graham Bell: "Alcohol makes a beautiful, clean and efficient fuel…Alcohol can be manufactured from corn stalks, and in fact from almost any vegetable matter capable of fermentation…We need never fear the exhaustion of our present fuel supplies so long as we can produce an annual crop of alcohol to any extent desired" [15].
1918, Scientific American says: It is "now definitely established that alcohol can be blended with gasoline to produce a suitable fuel…" [16]. Another article notes that the Pasteur Institute of France found it could obtain 10 U.S. gallons (38 L) of ethanol per ton of seaweed [17].
1919, Prohibition of beverage alcohol in the U.S. leads to suggestions for more ethanol use as an anti-knock blend with gasoline [18]. Farm belt politicians are split on ethanol as a fuel. While distillers could have a new market for their alcohol, some thought that allowing any distillery to stay open would be a "bargain with the devil."
1920s-1930s, Koolmotor, Benzalcool, Moltaco, Lattybentyl, Natelite, Alcool, and Agrol are some of the gasoline-ethanol blends of fuels once found in Britain, Italy, Hungary, Sweden, South Africa, Brazil and the USA (respectively). More
(ABC News) Massive crowds from California to North Carolina to Minnesota to New York turnout to protest ICE crackdowns, Trump's dictatorship and lies, and to take attention away from redactedEpstein Files. What does "redacted" mean?
Redacting or sanitizing means removing sensitive information from a document so that it may be distributed to a broader audience. It is intended to conceal information while allowing the selective disclosure of other information. Typically, the result is a document that is unsuitable for transparency but suitable for publication or for dissemination to others rather than the intended audience of the original document. More
This academic book by American and other scholars explores historical, textual, and social questions relating to the position and experience of women and gay people in the Buddhist world from India and Tibet to Sri Lanka, China, and Japan. It focuses on four key areas:
And it covers Buddhism's entire history, from its origins to the present day. The result of original and innovative research, the authors offer new perspectives on the history of the attitudes toward, and of the self-perception of, women in both ancient and modern Buddhist societies.
They explore key social issues such as abortion, they examine the use of rhetoric and symbols in Buddhist texts and cultures, and they discuss the neglected subject of Buddhism and homosexuality (from pandakas and pederasty). (Edited by Jose Ignacio Cabezón)
Pseudohermaphroditism leads to "intersex" (the "I" in LGBTQIA+ acronym, showing an unbelievable spectrum of biological sexuality and phenotypic gender expression).
Biology and hormones are a strange thing we share with plants. Yes, plants have hormones, too, as do animals. There are, for example, intersex pigs on Vanuatu, the island of kava kava, a recreational drug plant. Are the "Lotus-eaters" on this island, as mentioned in ancient Greece.
MYTHOLOGY: In Homer's epic, The Odyssey, Book IX, Odysseus tells how adverse north winds blew him and his men off course: "I was driven thence by foul winds for a space of 9 days upon the sea, but on the tenth day we reached the land of the Lotus-eaters, who live on a food [the "intoxicating pepper" kava, Piper methysticum?] that comes from a kind of flower. Here we landed to take in fresh water, and our crews got their mid-day meal on the shore near the ships. When they had eaten and drunk, I sent two of my company to see what manner of men the people of the place might be...." More
The Buddhist term pandaka refers to non-normative gender expression in ancient times. It might be translated as "pervert" but also crossdresser, transsexual, transgender, gay, lesbian, tomboy, effeminate male, butch female, sodomite, receptive males, active females, hermaphrodite, bisexual...or an intersex person to the extent such individuals were understood in ancient India, Southeast Asia, and surrounding areas.
INTERSEX people are those born with any of several sex characteristics, including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals that, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies" [1, 2]. The opposite of intersex is endosex ["cisgender"], which describes persons born with sex characteristics that are seen as typically male or female at birth [3]. More
The first ever recorded kiss [discovered so far] happened 4,500 years ago, scientists suggest after discovering evidence that puts the event 1,000 years earlier than previously thought. A study published in the journal Science points to evidence of kissing in the ancient Middle East, in early Mesopotamian societies, documented in ancient texts from 2,500 BCE.
It's just a "Complicated Game"
XTC (Ecstasy), British band with a deep message in "Dear God"
Ah, romance, it will be the death of us, dragging out our time in samsara (the "Continued Wandering On" of death and rebirth, chasing pleasure first here then there always in search of fulfillment that cannot be found in things.)
(BBC via MSN) Humans do it, monkeys do it, even polar bears do it. And now researchers have reconstructed the evolutionary origins of kissing. Their study suggests that the mouth-on-mouth kiss evolved more than 21 million years ago, and was something that the common ancestor of humans and other great apes probably indulged in.
The same research concluded that Neanderthals may have kissed too – and that [modern] humans and Neanderthals may even have smooched one another. The scientists studied kissing because it presents something of an evolutionary puzzle -- it has no obvious survival or reproductive benefits. Yet, it is something that is seen not just in many human societies, but across the animal kingdom. More
(KTLA 5) A massive fire erupted Thursday night at Chevron's El Segundo [the city in Los Angeles where LAX is] refinery, prompting road closures and nearby cities to issue shelter in place orders. Gil Leyvas and John Fenoglio report Oct. 2, 2025.
"Kidnapped in Int'l Waters": Israel intercepts Gaza-bound aid ship, detains Greta Thunberg and others
Just as we save the climate, we save lives
(Democracy Now!)
June 9, 2025: Eleven peace activists and one journalist on board the Gaza Freedom Flotilla ship, the "Madleen," have been detained by Israeli IDF paratroopers and soldiers as their ship carrying vital humanitarian aid for starving Palestinians approached Gaza (maritime Palestine).
The ship was intercepted by Israeli forces in the middle of the night in international waters.
my daddy's temper and my mama's compassion
Its supplies were seized and communications jammed. [The occupants were sprayed with a chemical and forced to throw their cellphones into the sea, after being attacked by an IDF drone that injured four.]
The unarmed activists will likely be transported to Israeli detention or "immediately deported," says Ann Wright, a U.S. military veteran who has participated in four Freedom Flotilla journeys and now serves on the steering committee of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.
She calls on citizens of countries around the world to push for the activists' release and an end to Israel's war on Gaza.
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Spring is coming! You know what that means. 🛌🍆💕 Cleaning, of course. And maybe a clean house will finally put her in the mood. But don't count on it. This whole marriage was a bait-and-switch! Enter, Addyi (as in addi-ction). Now there will be no excuse. Of course, how much has it even changed the world? It is not exactly new, just getting a new advertising push.
Once upon a time, "the pill" changed the world, starting in this country with women's lib, the Sixties, free love, and an end to the fear of unwanted pregnancies.
What color was that pill? Pharmaceutical white, we think. Then came a revolution in capitalist medicine, a big blue pill (Viagra®) that changed the world.
Marriages rejoiced until they yawned and turned over and kept grumbling, "Get off me." What to do, what to do? Ah, better living through chemistry was the slogan at raves that pumped the EDM to bright synthetic colors and chemicals.
I don't need it. Being lust-free is not a problem.
Finally, after decades of trying -- after millennia of aphrodisiac promises and recipes, slaughter shellfish rich in zinc, drupe fruits hanging languorously from the bough and branch, vine and even emerging from the ground (pomegranate, fig, avocado berry, strawberry, amla, gooseberry, camu camu...) What is the secret substance?
Birth control cancers? Sue the makers of Depo-Provera for injuries with attorneyThomas J Henry's class action/TORT lawsuit (800) 880-8979, San Antonio, Texas: Popular injectable birth control linked to serious health risks including brain tumors and spinal cord tumors.
Ah, clean vegan protein hits the spot.
Big Pharma now has something to sell to dissatisfied husbands and intrepid women who want to feel what they no longer feel or never felt, given years of sexism and trauma and inverted onanism no one is allowed to talk about, not that they would talk about it since the real occupation is in the mind. Free our minds and our butts will follow? That's the saying.
I should marry and do this while she sleeps.
Drop a pharmaceutical -- along with all the antidepressants (mostly SSRIs), dopaminergic Adderall, obtunding alcohol. and whatever else the dealers on campus are dealing -- and hop in bed? That would be surprising.
No one believed beets and nitric acid could do anything, but Viagra proved otherwise until every corporation rushed to release their own versions of the same thing. Cialis® anyone? That market is saturated (with generic sildenafil). Now it's time to soak some new sheets. Enter, Addyi® (flibanserin). Is it only for "working girls" like Julia Roberts? No, they don't want to enjoy it or be in any mood but moneygrubbing mode, the better for the heartless gold-digging.
What about a healthy (non-liver-harming) herbal solution? Chocolate (Theobroma cacao), damiana, epimedium (horny goat weed), Tribulus, champagne, endorphin-stimulators, and so many others.
The sexiest fruit is the most expensive. What if it doesn't work? Up the price to $19 (Erewhon)
Addyi is the only FDA-approved pill proven to increase a woman's sex drive. Addyi is a 100% [synthetic allopathic chemical compound but it is a] hormone-free pill for Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD) proven to help certain premenopausal women*:
Do we get money back if it doesn't work? (BTW, look carefully, perv. That's her leg!)
*Efficacy of Addyi was established in three 24-week trials in over 2,000 premenopausal women with acquired, generalized HSDD. Patients were treated with Addyi (n=1,187) or placebo (n=1,188) [n being the number of participants in a study].
Not all women will experience similar improvement for their HSDD. For the last 10 years, Addyi has been the #1 prescribed treatment for HSDD [1] in women who have not yet gone through menopause, who have not had problems with low sexual desire in the past, and who have low sexual desire no matter the type of sexual activity, the situation, or the sexual partner.
Sexbot: Wait, what, you're saying I'm not a "real" woman? This pill didn't work! Get off of me!
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Women with HSDD have low sexual desire that is troubling to them. Their low sexual desire is not due to:
a medical or mental health problem [such as having been molested, assaulted, or raped, Live Beyond ACEs!],
problems in the relationship
or medicine
or other drug use.
I get a real charge out of suckers men for my Tesla
Addyi is not for use for the treatment of HSDD in women who have gone through menopause or in men or children [anyone under 18, depending on geographical location and political climate].
Addyi is not for use to enhance sexual performance [so, sorry, working girls, you'll just have to rely on the same illegal drugs you've been using up until now].
Sugar is deadlier than glyphosate (Roundup®)
ACEs
It happened to everyone. - No, it didn't!
(Live Beyond CA) Our past experiences do not define us, but they can have a lasting impact on our mental and physical health and even our relationships. ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) are not our fault. We didn’t have control over when or why they happened, but we can live beyond ACEs and take steps toward healing. More
Big Pharma keeps trying to convince women they need libido drugs
Teresa Carr, Mother Jones
What's in this legal toxic stew of allopathic chemicals and enzyme disruptors?
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Magic in Pandora's bottle or an evil genie?
Sex therapist and researcher Leonore Tiefer shuttered the New View Campaign, an organization she had founded to combat what she refers to as “the medicalization of sex” — essentially, the pharmaceutical industry’s efforts to define variations in sexuality and sexual problems as medical issues requiring a drug fix.
For 16 years, the group had fought against industry’s involvement in sex research, including its push for a drug to boost women’s sex drives.
New View hosted conferences and its members penned papers and testified before the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The campaign was prominently featured in an 80-minute documentary called Orgasm Inc, and promoted a clever (if off-pitch) video advising women to “throw that pink pill away,” a reference to the female-libido drug flibanserin (Addyi), which was seeking FDA approval at the time.
Orgasm Inc, that's a real thing? Is it Rated X?
New View counted some successes: The FDA didn’t approve an allegedly libido-boosting testosterone patch for women, on the grounds that the patch’s slim benefits didn’t outweigh its risks, and the FDA twice rejected flibanserin for the same reason.
But [ten years ago] in August 2015, the agency reversed itself and approved the so-called pink Viagra. “I felt we’d said everything we had to say,” said Tiefer of ending the campaign.
Advocates predicted FDA approval would be sought for additional women’s libido drugs, but the group felt there was nothing they could do to stop it. More
1. IQVIA Monthly Total Prescriptions Volume Data Comparing Addyi vs Vyleesi in the US. Sept 2022 – Sept 2024
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