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Russia bans all of Wikipedia over an article about hashish
engadget ^ | August 25, 2015 - | Andrew Tarantola

Posted on 08/24/2015 8:35:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Specifically, the agency is up in arms over "charas" -- a handmade form of hash from India that even I had never heard of -- as the Wiki page reportedly constitutes "instructions" on how to make the stuff. And since Wikipedia, like Reddit, employs HTTPS, there's no way for the Russian government to censor that single page. As such, the entire Wikipedia site is completely offline for all of Russia and will remain so until the Roscomnadzor gets its way.

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1 posted on 08/24/2015 8:35:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Used to be able to get hash. Then it completely disappeared from the market. No big deal as I quit smoking it 25 years ago,,,,, but I did enjoy it!


2 posted on 08/24/2015 8:41:16 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: BenLurkin

my guess this is just a test to see if they can get Wikipedia to bend to there will on something


3 posted on 08/24/2015 8:44:59 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: BenLurkin

I think the ‘by hand’ method is literally by hand. They’ll rub the resin rich leaves and buds on their hands, then rub their hands together until it takes a shape.

hmmm, think of all that skin cheese.


4 posted on 08/24/2015 8:45:15 PM PDT by Fhios (Simplicity is often mistaken for genius.)
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To: BenLurkin

Russians can’t handle an article like that and need protection?

They sound weak-willed.


5 posted on 08/24/2015 9:53:52 PM PDT by mountainbunny (Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens ~ JR.R. Tolkien)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Red Rock O.

Yay! So long gone.

6 posted on 08/24/2015 10:04:25 PM PDT by W. (Get a rope. Now.)
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To: BenLurkin

Russia want’s third world status worse than we do.

Hard to believe...


7 posted on 08/24/2015 10:49:23 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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To: BenLurkin

Strange. Who needs hash when you’ve got krokodil?


8 posted on 08/25/2015 4:41:05 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

—— I quit smoking it 25 years ago,——

That’s quite an admission.

As good Freepers we want to know........ did you inhale?


9 posted on 08/25/2015 4:43:43 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, .. Iran deal & holocaust: Obama's batting clean up for Adolph Hitler)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Used to be able to get hash. Then it completely disappeared from the market. No big deal as I quit smoking it 25 years ago,,,,, but I did enjoy it!

Had to get a significant job, then?

10 posted on 08/25/2015 5:26:50 AM PDT by Does so (SCOTUS Newbies Will Imperil America...)
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To: Does so

“Had to get a significant job, then?”

No, I had my own home/condo improvement company. Was on 24/7 call for 30 years running a small water company. Gigged from 8pm until 2am 5 to 7 nights a week. I was quite busy!.
Just got tired of pot making me more and more nervous as it got stronger and stronger. I wasn’t fun or relaxing anymore, so I simply stopped.


11 posted on 08/25/2015 8:06:49 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Gosh that stuff knocked my on my butt!

PS: this charas is called finger hash in English. It is made by hand and is a labor-intensive process. It gets all over the hands of the folks who make it and it’s not fun at all, similar to having pine tree sap on you.

That said, hash is easily made using dry ice. That method keeps it off the skin and is way less messy.

All hail Western science!


12 posted on 08/25/2015 8:47:58 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (The economic collapse is imminent. Buy staple food and OTC meds now, before prices skyrocket.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

They make pot specifically for you, Dr.

Low THC pot is making a comeback.

It’s back bred with hemp!

Counterintuitive, I know.


13 posted on 08/25/2015 8:50:37 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (The economic collapse is imminent. Buy staple food and OTC meds now, before prices skyrocket.)
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To: BenLurkin
Makes for a mighty fine driveway pavement:


14 posted on 08/25/2015 11:46:08 AM PDT by Rodamala
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