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Monday, June 1, 2026

Comstock served industrialists, Tartaria in CO?

(The Buried Archive) What they found in the Ludlow Coal Mine in 1914: They buried the camp the same day

What does Wiki-History say about it? Ludlow Massacre

(Erased Century) The last librarian who kept the banned collection - what she was told to remove in 1873

Sunday, August 3, 2025

22,000-year-old White Sands footprints

Monday, May 19, 2025

Science finds new birthplace of marijuana

(Shi Heng Yi) The last video about cannabis and spirituality we need (a motivational speech)

Might medicinal have saved her?

The human species has had a close relationship with cannabis (marijuana, flower, weed, pot, ganja) for thousands of years. In fact, it is among the earliest plants humans cultivated.

Yet, it has also had a turbulent and controversial history due to the psychoactive properties of some varieties. Other varieties, such as hemp, are low in THC, yet proved to be the perfect crop for textiles and industrial applications.

Clearing the air, fact check: Did the Buddha use cannabis?

Largest hemp field in Europe (wiki)

So many varieties arose over time that the line was blurred between wild and cultivated strains.

However, a research team recently uncovered new insights into how Cannabis sativa first arose and how it eventually split into the different varieties known today. These novel insights into the ancient origins of cannabis have provided a new perspective on the evolution of this incredibly versatile plant.

Cannabis Cowboys of the Old West

The Untold Story of Cannabis Cowboys | Smoking Cannabis The Wild West Way

The Untold Story of Cannabis Cowboys | Smoking Cannabis the Wild West Way

The Natives said it's moxibustion medicine.

(Legacy Capsule) May 1, 2025: UNITED STATES. Explore the rugged landscapes of the Wild West, a time when cowboys roamed freely, outlaws held sway, and an unexpected secret flourished: cannabis (aka marijuana). From Mexican laborers to defiant frontiersmen, this plant transcended its medicinal use to become a vital aspect of life. But how did it influence the Old West, and why has it been overlooked [by American historians]? Let's delve into the concealed history of cannabis cowboys and the role of marijuana in the Wild West.
Let's finish here then go get high as a mother...
In the 16th century, cannabis made its way to the Western hemisphere, introduced by Spaniards, who brought it to Chile, South America, primarily for [hemp] fiber production. In North America, the Spanish also cultivated cannabis, focusing on hemp across various farms [hempsteads]. During the early [British] colonial era, hemp emerged as a vital crop for farmers. Alongside tobacco, it became a significant export long before the American Revolution began. This journey started in 1611 when the first settlers of Jamestown, Virginia, transported several [cannabis] plants across the Atlantic. By 1619, King James I urged the American colonists in Jamestown to enhance their cultivation efforts to benefit England. The Virginia Company, which managed Jamestown, instructed landowners to grow and send 100 hemp plants to meet England's demands. Over time, colonists expanded their hemp farming to strengthen England's foothold in the Americas.

How researchers figured out the ancient origins of cannabis

Drug abuse gives drug use a bad name -- making addicts out of users in search of dopamine.

Wait, this "weed" was a long-trusted medicine?

For the study, the researchers analyzed 110 different cannabis genomes from around the world. Using state-of-the-art DNA sequencing technology, they were able to gain a better understanding of how Cannabis sativa diversified over time.

Through an analysis of the DNA sequences, the researchers were able to develop phylogenetic family trees that define the connections among various cannabis lineages. These maps reveal that there was a gradual evolution into four cannabis groups that are genetically distinct from one another.

The most interesting aspect of this study was the identification of "basal cannabis," a foundational group that had up to that point eluded detection among research groups.

'Shatter' cannabis dangers

(ITV News) Dab, shatter, butane honey oil (THC) invades suburban UK

'Shatter' cannabis poses a triple-threat as a deadly new breed of weed

Hash oil dabbing: Highly potent, dangerous to deal, and extremely explosive (because of the butane in its production), Gregg Easteal explains how "shatter" poses a triple-threat as a deadly new breed of weed and a haunting form of merry-Juana.

Basal cannabis is regarded as a sister group to other varieties and is genetically distinct from psychoactive and hemp cannabis types. The basal cannabis group includes traditionally-bred local landrace varieties still currently found in parts of China, in addition to feral strains.

Dr. James Adams, USC, Chumash medicine man
As reported earlier by Wisdom Quarterly (Medicinal Plants Workshop with Dr. Adams), USC's Dr. James Adams' realized that the old slang name for cannabis, Spanish Marijuana or "Mary Jane" (Maria Juana), is not of Mexican origin as assumed by many and promoted by police and governmental agencies like the FBI (think government propaganda film Reefer Madness); the original name is Chinese in origin, ma huang.
(Cecilia Garcia and Dr. Adams)
We've all been lied to about "marijuana." We've been told it's a Spanish word used by Mexicans in North America (Mexico itself being in North America or Mesoamerica, not Central or South America) that means "Mary Jane." That's a lie, a purposeful piece of propaganda by the US government. Dr. Adams is a fluent daily speaker of Chinese who has been married to a Chinese woman for 42 years. He is able to demonstrate that "marijuana" is a Chinese term for cannabis: Má is "hemp," there's a middle part for "leaf" (ri or li), and hua or huáng means "flower." The Chinese were using cannabis for 12,000 years (as had neighboring India) or had historical records extending back that far for its medicinal and industrial use. Similarly, jasmine flower in Chinese is mo li hua. [Further proof: The medicinal plant stimulant, vital for nasal conditions, ephedra has a Chinese name (máhuáng), which literally translates as "hemp yellow." Case closed.]

Plant nootropics are better than synthetic pharma

Map of East Asia next to Central Asia

The researchers believe that basal cannabis resembles wild varieties that grew before human agricultural intervention more than any other variety.

In fact, the two share genetic markers that are not observed in contemporary cultivated strains. Based on their findings, the researchers suggest that East Asia was the place where cannabis was first cultivated.

This new finding overturns previously held assumptions that the plant was first cultivated in Central Asia [where the Buddha was born in ancient Gandhara/Afghanistan].

Cannabis sativa versus Cannabis indica: the greatest lie ever told?

I could have lived? Nature has cures?

They further determined that the split between basal cannabis and cultivated varieties likely happened almost 12,000 years ago.

To put that time frame into perspective, this period coincides with the beginning of agricultural practice itself, during the dawn of the Neolithic period.

Furthermore, it was around 4,000 years ago that hemp and psychoactive varieties split from a common branch on the tree.

More: Scientists have discovered the ancient birthplace of marijuana (MSN)
Bruce Abrahamse, Hearty Soul via MSN.com, April 22, 2025; ITV News, May 14, 2025; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Mexican Casa Bonita, South Park (cartoon)

South Park: "Casa Bonita" (Season 16, Episode 9, Part 1)

(South Park episodes but as playlists) Kyle's parents are taking him and three of his friends to Casa Bonita, Colorado's version of a Mexican Disneyland. When Kyle chooses to invite Butters over him, Cartman arranges to have Butters go "conveniently" missing.

¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! ("Beautiful Hose, My Love")

The IT has finally been built with hole control

(MTV Documentary Films) The new documentary from the makers of Comedy Central's hit adult cartoon South Park is called ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! It's about the purchase of childhood dreamland, a Mexican restaurant in Denver, Colorado, that is so big, colorful, and busy with activities that it's really more a "Mexican Disneyland" than an eatery and cantina. It has everything...and a lot of problems only money, management and luck will be able to solve.

From Sweet Relief, MTV Documentary Films, and the producers of the Emmy®-nominated Six Days to Air, ¡CASA BONITA MI AMOR! tracks the rise, fall, and revival of the beloved Colorado landmark Casa Bonita by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. #CasaBonitaMiAmor #MTVDocumentaryFilms More from MTV Documentary Films: FB: mtvdocs, X: mtvdocs, IG: mtvdocs.

South Park (via Southparkepisodesbutasplay8086, Sept. 24, 2023; MTV Documentary Films, Aug. 29, 2024; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

Monday, February 19, 2024

Rain threatens to make California island again

Eds., Wisdom Quarterly, 2/19/24; KCAL 9; KTLA 5; MSN.com; Wiki edit

Satellite evidence indicates California was at one time an island separated by rivers and ocean.

Death Valley desert becomes lake; winter snow prompts warning of LA's dangerous Mt. Baldy

Live updates: Flood warnings issued as storm drenches Southern California (msn.com)

New storm brings flood watches, wind advisories, and high surf warnings

(KCAL News) Feb. 19, 2024: Weather Forecast Olga Ospina continues coverage of the newest storm sweeping into Southern California, which brings flooding threats along with powerful winds and high surf warnings. The Sepulveda Basin (San Fernando Valley) has been closed due to flooding.

Storm moves into Southern California, bringing heavy rain to some areas

Live updates: Flood warnings for California

(KTLA) LOS ANGELES, California - Monday, Feb. 19, 2024: KTLA 5 Meteorologist Henry DiCarlo has an update on the latest atmospheric river to soak Los Angeles and other parts of SoCal.

It was always an island on early European maps.

Surrounding counties are already seeing big problems, mansions teetering on cliffs in Orange County, avalanches in San Bernardino, landslides in Ventura, roads washing out, mudslides, sink holes, lake growing in Death Valley, snow piling up in local mountains, and the loop of water from San Felipe, Mexico, up to the Colorado River soaking up so much H20 that a return to state islandhood is not impossible.

"Islandhood"? Oh yeah, California used to be a mythological island and probably a literal one, too.

(KCRA 3) Northern California also being pummeled by rainstorms.

California Island?

Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit

I am the Conqueror Hernan Cortes

In 1533, Fortún Ximénez, a mutineer on an exploratory expedition sent by Hernán Cortés, discovered the southern portion of Baja California, around present-day La Paz.

He was taken down by Natives, but his men returned to New Spain and reported their find.

In 1535, Cortés arrived in the bay there and named the area Santa Cruz; he attempted to start a colony (imperial outstation) but abandoned his efforts after several years due to logistical problems.

Cortés' limited information on southern Baja California apparently led to the naming of the region after the legendary "California" and to an initial but short-lived assumption that it was a large island [8, 9].

In 1539, Cortés sent the navigator Francisco de Ulloa northward along the Gulf and Pacific coasts of Baja California. Ulloa reached the mouth of the Colorado River at the head of the Gulf, which seemed to show that the region was technically a peninsula rather than an island [10] -- unless sea levels were higher.

Ulloa was quoted as having described the land he saw on his expedition as, "High and bare, of wretched aspect without any verdure" [5].

An expedition under Hernando de Alarcón ascended the lower Colorado River and confirmed Ulloa's finding.

European maps published subsequently during the 16th century, including those by Gerardus Mercator and Abraham Ortelius, showed Baja ("Lower") California as a peninsula. More

KTLA 5 News has been keeping Southern Californians informed since 1947.

Sunday, June 28, 2020

How cops, paramedic killed Elijah McClain

Gabe Gutierrez, David K. Li (NBC News); Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

"There are some MURDERERS with badges in there" [the police station] (latimes.com)

A supporter holds a shirt on June 19 in Denver to bring attention to the police-killing of Elijah McClain last August in Aurora, Colorado (David Zalubowski/AP).

Colorado police officers involved in death of Elijah McClain taken off the streets
The deadly police confrontation with a young Black man in the Denver suburb of Aurora is getting renewed scrutiny.

But he was black in Colorado. That's what we do.

Three killer cops in Colorado involved in the killing of a 23-year-old Black man with impunity last year have suddenly been moved to "non-enforcement" duties due to the heat created by the George Floyd protests.

Mr. Elijah McClain's arrest and homicide by police and paramedics has suddenly merited renewed scrutiny, officials said Friday [6/26/20].

The Aurora Police Department said the action was "done in an effort to protect those officers" who arrested McClain on Aug. 24, 2019 then used so much force and poor judgment that they ended up with his death on their hands.

"They are now [comfortably] working in a non-enforcement capacity," Detective Faith Goodrich said. "This can be in a variety of different assignments but is usually administrative in nature." [It's like a vacation with the same pay and privileges and perks.]

VIDEO: Moment-to-moment deadly arrest of Elijah McClain

The murderers (paramedic not shown)

Officers wrapped up in the homicide of Mr. McClain -- Nathan Woodyard and Jason Rosenblatt -- were moved to desk duty on June 13, and Officer Randy Roedema was re-assigned on June 20, officials said.

They had a hand in killing McClain, who was pronounced dead on Aug. 27, 2019, three days after they confronted him when answering a call about a suspicious [i.e., young Black] person in the area.

Officers then applied a deadly chokehold as they escalated their aggressive confrontation, authorities have said [though they used euphemisms to conceal the gravity of the situation]….

The coroner for the counties of Adams and Broomfield determined that McClain's death was due to "undetermined causes." But he did not rule out whether the violent police chokehold, in addition to the shocking administration of the dangerous sedative ketamine (street name "Special K") paramedics chose to inject into Mr. McClain, might have contributed to his death.

Protesters across the nation have been calling for action against systemic racism and police brutality since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. More

What is KETAMINE? This medication is mainly used for starting and maintaining anesthesia. It induces a trance-like state while providing pain relief [Why would he need relief unless police had used excessive force?], sedation, and memory loss. Other uses include sedation in intensive care and treatment of pain... Common side effects include agitation, confusion, or hallucinations as the medication wears off. Elevated blood pressure and muscle tremors are also common.... More

Sunday, March 22, 2020

Sasquatch is nosy: Bigfoot at window (photos)

Tim Binnall (Coast to Coast, 3/18/20); Scott Yeoman; Seth Auberon (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly

A series of photographs taken by a Colorado couple shows a monster (Bigfoot?) peering into a window.

The images were captured in October of 2017 by Scott Yeoman, who this weekend shared them with the world for the first time on Facebook.

They are everywhere, even Australia: Yowie.

The incident occurred one October evening as Yeoman and his wife were refurbishing a mobile home on their 11-acre property in Bailey, Colorado.

Suddenly, there was a "very harsh odor," which Yeoman describes, writing that it "smelled like rotting animal flesh, vomit, and excrement."

Then he noticed "something moving outside the window from the corner of my eye." Since the ledge of the window is approximately seven to eight feet up, Yeoman initially suspected the creature was a bear trying to look inside.

Ah, he's looking a me like meat, Scott!

But when he caught sight of the monster's face as it moved closer, Yeoman marveled how its eyes were large and set far apart unlike a bear. Realizing that the [yaksha] outside was no bear, "fear struck me hardcore."

He had the presence of mind to reach for a camera and took a series of pictures to prove he was not imagining all of this. Yeoman says that the cryptozoological giant strangely closed its eyes when he first pointed the camera at it.

The bewildered man mused that it was just like a child, acting as if "You can't see me if my eyes are closed."

Yeoman writes on Facebook that about eight minutes into the encounter, his wife came into the room to see what was happening. When she saw the monster in the window, she screamed and ran to a back bedroom.

Photos taken and released by Scott Yeoman, Bailey, CO (facebook/1Expedition Bigfoot).

Rakshasa (Harvard Art Museum/wiki)

BUDDHISM recognizes a human-like class of creatures called yakshas (ogres, यक्ष), yetis (Abominable Snowmen), or rakshasas (man-eaters). They are a broad class of fearsome giants usually benevolent but sometimes mischievous and capricious, connected with fertility, trees, forest, treasure, water and wilderness. They appear in the texts of the Dharmic religions, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism, as well as ancient and medieval era temples of South Asia and Southeast Asia as nature "guardians." The feminine form of the word is yakṣī (Yeti) and yakshini (Sanskrit यक्षिणी, yakṣiṇī, Pali yakkhinī). Females are reputed to be more savage (or protective of young) than males. But what is called one creature is really two distinct creatures or one with a dual personality. On one hand, a yakṣa may be an inoffensive nature-spirit (fairy) associated with woods and mountains. On the other hand, there is a darker version, a kind of goblin or ghost (bhuta) that haunts the wilderness and waylays and devours travelers, similar to the man-eating rakṣasas. There are reports of both kinds of Bigfoot, a very wise and ancient nature-protector staying hidden and what seem to be aggressive youth on a wilding rampage or in heat violating their own norms as happens in human groups.

Bailey is surrounded by wilderness and woods.

Determined to defend themselves, Yeoman grabbed a gun from a closet. But the creature moved away from the window by the time he returned. Because it had not tried to get inside, Yeoman decided not to shoot at it. The creature left peacefully.

The case is more fantastic because Yeoman claims to have filmed the creature peering in the window for about 10 minutes.

However, he also claims a house fire subsequently destroyed the computer that contained the video.

Yeoman says he occasionally sees signs -- such as broken tree limbs and eyes shining in the nearby wilderness -- that let him know the creature is still lurking about the property, but the couple have not had any other encounters.

If this is a Sasquatch (all Native American tribes and languages have a different name for what we have come to think of as "Bigfoot" as if there were only one), it is one of the best photos of the creature ever taken.

Be skeptical. Maybe it's a hoax played by a neighbor carrying excrement and rotting flesh around and dancing in front of a video camera in a monkey suit. Or maybe it's a strange mutated bear with a human face or a human with a strange dirty face.

COMMENT: (Joel H. Laskin) I've been to these Colorado Bigfoot territories and sat down in Marc Abell's Holy Cross area...they allowed me into their world. This Sasquatch rose up from its underground dwelling just to listen to me speak. They were no further than a few feet from me and enjoyed my company.