The Democrat National Convention

[albrecht]

Tonight had better not disappoint.

Ballgame on rain delay so might tune in. I hope there is some citizen arrest attempt, fart-in, or some more protestors breaking down their walls (in support for not having walls.) And to see if Billary Shrillary can handle it, low energy, and flashing lights etc can cause seizures in some with medical conditions. Also to hope some youtubers in basements with a lot of time on their hands and video analysis programs can capture some reptilian eye-shifts or shape-shifting!!

[aldousburbank]

I hope there is some citizen arrest attempt, fart-in, or some more protestors breaking down their walls

Or at least a drum circle.  :

[albrecht]

Or at least a drum circle.  :

Didn't they try to do that with some candidate? Can't believe I forgot. Ugh. Need to have done more mind-expansive stuff and less booze and caffeine, I guess. 

[aldousburbank]

Didn't they try to do that with some candidate? Can't believe I forgot. Ugh. Need to have done more mind-expansive stuff and less booze and caffeine, I guess. 

The hippie urban legend to my recollection goes like this: Grace Slick gets a job with the catering for Tricia Nixon's wedding, dips her lsd soaked fingernails into Tricky Dick's drink after which he needs to leave the festivities early. I hope it happened.

[mikuthing01]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t408TfQNsOk

[RealCool Daddio]

What a hot mess.

NC GOP mistakenly harangues Kaine for lapel pin, apologizes

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nc-gop-mistakenly-harangues-kaine-for-lapel-pin-apologizes/ar-BBuZyAo?ocid=ansmsnnews11


ALEIGH, N.C. â€" Republicans from North Carolina have apologized to Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine for mistakenly critiquing him for wearing a foreign flag during his acceptance speech.

The state GOP sent out a tweet Wednesday night saying it was "shameful" for Kaine to wear a Honduras flag during his speech at the Democratic National Convention.

Kaine spent a year in Honduras as a missionary. But Ben Amey, a reporter for WNYT-TV in Albany, New York, pointed out on Twitter that Kaine's pin was actually the symbol for families with a member serving in the military.

Kaine's son, a Marine, is currently deployed.

Amey posted a screen grab of the party's original tweet, which the GOP has since deleted. Also on Twitter, the party thanked Amey for "letting us correct our mistake."

Pretty much par for the course with conservatives these days.  Counting flags, checking lapel pins, calculating minutes of applause during a speech.   In the absence of political platform to run on, they have become notaries and accountants for group think.

[Juan]

The hippie urban legend to my recollection goes like this: Grace Slick gets a job with the catering for Tricia Nixon's wedding, dips her lsd soaked fingernails into Tricky Dick's drink after which he needs to leave the festivities early. I hope it happened.

Would Grace have gotten that close to The Turtles?

[Jackstar]

... why am I supposed to hate Honduras? Where's my checklist? FRONT!

[aldousburbank]

Would Grace have gotten that close to The Turtles?

Well she was hot so

[albrecht]

The hippie urban legend to my recollection goes like this: Grace Slick gets a job with the catering for Tricia Nixon's wedding, dips her lsd soaked fingernails into Tricky Dick's drink after which he needs to leave the festivities early. I hope it happened.

Yeah, that rings a bell. Maybe she did but the strength of his scotch killed off any effects? I still blame her for "We Build This City On Rock and Roll."

[aldousburbank]

Yeah, that rings a bell. Maybe she did but the strength of his scotch killed off any effects? I still blame her for "We Build This City On Rock and Roll."

There was also the thing about Kesey's pranksters being denied rental of Winterland on Oct. 31, 1966 (for their acid test "graduation" ceremony) because of the rumor that they were going to smear dmso x lsd all over the venue to serendipitously dose the CA democraric party rally scheduled there the following evening.

[21st Century Man]

Yeah, that rings a bell. Maybe she did but the strength of his scotch killed off any effects? I still blame her for "We Build This City On Rock and Roll."

I despise that song.  A once great group transformed into pop sellouts.

[albrecht]

There was also the thing about Kesey's pranksters being denied rental of Winterland on Oct. 31, 1966 (for their acid test "graduation" ceremony) because of the rumor that they were going to smear dmso x lsd all over the venue to serendipitously dose the CA democraric party rally scheduled there the following evening.

I've mentioned before but I don't recall if you replied. Has anyone, to your knowledge, done a 'real' acid test? My idea, decades ago, is that, at random, (with consent, unlike govt experiments) someone doses a glass of water by my, or subject, bedside. Lots of people take a swig of water before bed. My pet theory (I won't mention the "situation" in which I was pondering this) is that 'dreams' could become mundane workaday life! Because it would "flip" or "distort" the often bizarre dreamstate to the more "normal" perception state awake. Like vice-versa.

[HedgehogNorman]

https://twitter.com/TheBradMielke/status/758820748811116546

[aldousburbank]

I've mentioned before but I don't recall if you replied. Has anyone, to your knowledge, done a 'real' acid test? My idea, decades ago, is that, at random, (with consent, unlike govt experiments) someone doses a glass of water by my, or subject, bedside. Lots of people take a swig of water before bed. My pet theory (I won't mention the "situation" in which I was pondering this) is that 'dreams' could become mundane workaday life! Because it would "flip" or "distort" the often bizarre dreamstate to the more "normal" perception state awake. Like vice-versa.

Hmmm... Interesting idea but I have no data on file. There is however, the fairly well known phenomenon of dreaming that you dose and then having a trip in your dream.

[albrecht]

I despise that song.  A once great group transformed into pop sellouts.

I recall someone (Nat Lampoon, Onion, Spy?) having a funny article about college kids using that song as a drinking game building beer can towers.

[chefist]

https://twitter.com/TheBradMielke/status/758820748811116546

Bwahahahah...amazing!

[HedgehogNorman]

[albrecht]

Hmmm... Interesting idea but I have no data on file. There is however, the fairly well known phenomenon of dreaming that you dose and then having a trip in your dream.

Yes, I would think that though, depending on one's usage, simply a 'memory' of things that one has done (like sex, drunk, tobacco, or whatever else -worse- thinking you are missing a test, etc, in more normal dreams) but, ideally, a person who never dosed but would some of those more crazy dreams become like "reality?"  I also was very interested (forget which book I think published back when Psychedelia of Experience or something?) about blind people and etc. It, and others, should be legalized, at least for study. I've heard some stuff about "curing" heroin addicts and alcoholics in some countries' places, along with psychology talk and follow up. (Again, since illegal so I'm suspect because no scientific controls and oversight, but why not try it out. Some people have nothing to lose at some points! But under doctors and controls. Why not?)
ps: derailed thread a bit. Sorry, folks. Haha. But this DNC is a form of psy-ops!

[aldousburbank]

I would just like to point out that the US flags at the DNC have the gold thread fringing while those at the RNC did not. Just saying.

[albrecht]

I would just like to point out that the US flags at the DNC have the gold thread fringing and thise at the RNC did not. Just saying.

Oh, man. The "admiralty" flag stuff is an amazing theory. So awesome you know THAT stuff also!

[JesusJuice]

Is there a special video feed for the fart in protest?

[bateman]

https://twitter.com/TheBradMielke/status/758820748811116546

Oh that's good. 

[aldousburbank]

Oh, man. The "admiralty" flag stuff is an amazing theory. So awesome you know THAT stuff also!

I fly a 100% hemp, regulation dimensions ratio (1 Hoist 'height' of flag to 1.9 Fly 'length' of flag), not the 3x5 ratio of cheap Chinese made nylon flags. I was co-creator of them actually. Yeah, I'm quite the patriot.

http://www.hempusflag.com/

[chefist]

[aldousburbank]

https://twitter.com/BobbyAllyn/status/758773925069266945

I wonder what time that's not going to happen because I want to be sure and not be watching when it doesn't.

[Jackstar]

I wonder what time that's not going to happen because I want to be sure and not be watching when it doesn't.

They've been doing dress rehearsals with Hank Kissinger for years. The barrier for success is not what one might suspect.

[albrecht]

I fly a 100% hemp, regulation dimensions ratio (1 Hoist 'height' of flag to 1.9 Fly 'length' of flag), not the 3x5 ratio of cheap Chinese made nylon flags. I was co-creator of them actually. Yeah, I'm quite the patriot.

http://www.hempusflag.com/

Awesome, simply great!

[Jackstar]

I want to meet the undecided voters, who are swayed by Katy Perry's gravitas.

[RealCool Daddio]

https://twitter.com/NateGoldman/status/758836007714164738