Yep, old Martin nailed those 95 Theses up on the door on this day back in 1517.

So if you'll indulge me, here's that Reformation classic, penned by Luther himself, "A Mighty Fortress." With a tip of the hat to Bisbonian, it's a banjo rendition of what I call the "syncopated" version of the hymn:

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like Jerry wants. And then deport the greedy f*cks, starting with his own fine self. This is my "representative" in the state senate. Citing marijuana ‘mess,’ Sen. Mike McGuire opposes California’s faulty Proposition 64

As one of the authors of the landmark medical cannabis law approved last year and scheduled for implementation in 2018, McGuire said he will vote against Proposition 64. He favors legalization, but said the proposed law is coming before the state has a handle on medical cannabis. He also faulted it for allowing marijuana gardens of unlimited size, starting in 2023.

That would “blow the lid off” protections for the small, family pot farmers who make up the backbone of the North Coast industry, McGuire said. The medical cannabis law limits outdoor grows to one acre.

The proposition’s 15 percent sales tax on marijuana will pour hundreds of millions of dollars into a state fund, but includes no direct revenue stream to local government, McGuire said. North Coast cities and counties will be at a disadvantage competing with larger jurisdictions for grants from the fund, he said.

Same as it ever was. Little people get the shaft, albeit medicated, BIG corp. wins. Every fucking time. Aargh! Newsflash: Wine-grapes have already "blown the lid off", there is very little environmental or labor regulation imposed upon the industry around here. It is actively depleting and polluting the watershed and it is not food. Neither is cannabis and they want to do the same again? FTS. Why is non-food considered agriculture? Because money and corrupt politicians say so that's why. Should I vote for this shitty bill? Why?

Peace

31st Rule of Acquisition: don't make fun of a Ferengi's mother.

I just finished reading Death in the Sahara. It's about the 1881 massacre of a French expedition to Timbuktu. The French wanted to build a Trans-Saharan Railway but the Tuareg wouldn't co-operate.

web site to reconfirm that my voter registration status had not been changed. And indeed, it had not: I was still registered Green. But one very worthwhile additional bit of information had been added:

Your county accepted your ballot, and it will be counted.

And there you have it. My vote, and my wife's vote as well since I checked for her, have been logged as "received" by the SOS after we dropped them off at the box at the Parker cop shop last week. That's all that can be done now- it is in the hands of the counting machines. And that also means that the SOS will have realtime stats of how many registered r's, d's, Greens, and independents have voted, even if not _how_ they voted (since they count all at once on election day).

Wonder if they'll ever release those early vote numbers? It's a mystery...

One last time, as we come into this last week: check your status before you go to your polling place, just to make sure that there are no surprises. In most states, that will be the Secretary of State web site- but there are also national resources to check, such as http://www.canivote.org/ , https://www.usa.gov/register-to-vote , https://www.rockthevote.com , and no doubt others. Get informed, get prepared, and then go do it (if you haven't already). If a problem arises, you may still be able to fix it if you check now. That can't be overemphasized.

Check early, check often. As Heinlein's character Lazarus Long said: "Certainly the game is rigged. But don't let that stop you- if you don't bet, you can't win!".

And I'll close with a little slammin' Pete Townshend from White City, with Simon Phillips working up a righteous sweat, just because.

Tony Levin and Liquid Tension Experiment doing a version of "Rhapsody in Blue" that I had not encountered before.... More and different things to do with a Chapman Stick. Jordan Rudess, Mike Portnoy, and John Petrucci from Dream Theater complete the lineup.

Bobby Parker! This is supposedly the source for the John Lennon riff in I Feel Fine. Sure sounds like Bobby liked Ray Charles.

and one that Russ Ballard played on. He wasn't in the actual group at the time...but later joined!

across these guys and had a laugh.

Happy Halloween