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5 arrested in California desert killings in dispute over marijuana, sheriff’s officials say
KCRA ^ | Jan 29, 2024 | AP News

Posted on 01/30/2024 6:16:43 AM PST by artichokegrower

The six men found dead at a remote dirt crossroads in the Southern California desert last week were likely shot to death in a dispute over marijuana, sheriff's officials said Monday as they announced the arrests of five men suspected in the violence.

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To: artichokegrower

I think everyone here called it correctly when the story first came out of the shootings. Third-world drug wars and shootings are now standard in our nation.


21 posted on 01/30/2024 7:54:16 AM PST by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Nope all the usual suspects as trump said they are not sending in their best


22 posted on 01/30/2024 7:54:21 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: artichokegrower

The only reason...the ONLY reason legal pot passed ANYWHERE was because states thought they could make money off taxing it.

It wasn’t because it was the right thing to do.

It wasn’t because it was less dangerous than alcohol.

It wasn’t to lower the crime rate.

It was to raise revenue.

Politicians...primarily Democrat politicians, but not exclusively...need to buy votes and they do that by expanding government programs and handouts. This requires more and higher streams of revenue. Thus “legal cannabis.” And legal gambling. And wealth taxes. And soon mileage taxes. And the impending meat tax. And the planned offspring tax.

If you REALLY want to do it AND/OR they DON’T want you to do it, it will be taxed.


23 posted on 01/30/2024 7:57:13 AM PST by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: artichokegrower

Let me guess. The shooters’s names were:

Joe Ray Smith
Ray Lee Smith (Joe Ray’s brother)
Joe Bob Brown
Billy John Samuels
Daquan Andre White


24 posted on 01/30/2024 7:59:34 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Scarlett156
The states “legalizing” pot are bowing to organized crime and Agenda 21 and simply imposing another form of taxation that actually cripples farming.

In many cases, “legalization” is accomplished by direct democracy...initiative petitions get the issue on the ballot for a vote. It is not a legislative effort.

25 posted on 01/30/2024 8:15:20 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Crusher138

See my #25.


26 posted on 01/30/2024 8:17:10 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: artichokegrower

I don’t understand. Mary Jane is supposed to be good for you! Musta been a bad batch. Peace Love 💕 to all…..


27 posted on 01/30/2024 9:06:30 AM PST by Badboo (A fascist is the one who wants to take your guns. That's how it always starts.)
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To: Lurker
California tried to have their cake and eat it, too. They “legalized” it but added so many taxes they practically invited the black market to waltz in.

That was by design. Like exorbitant taxes on cigarettes, the taxes were designed not to raise revenue but to foster the illicit market whose members give kickbacks to politicians.

28 posted on 01/30/2024 9:12:36 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: artichokegrower

Reminds me of this from BOC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyLMgIR69G4


29 posted on 01/30/2024 9:13:50 AM PST by bleach (If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
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To: pas
Someone bogard the joint?

I believe the verb is to "bogart", based on Humphrey Bogart and his frequent posing with cigarettes.


30 posted on 01/30/2024 9:17:40 AM PST by Rinnwald
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To: moovova

It’s being reported several of the murderers are from Honduras.


31 posted on 01/30/2024 9:18:48 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Scarlett156

In my neighborhood, people trade and gift quart jars of prized buds.

Like they trade prized peaches and tomatoes.


32 posted on 01/30/2024 9:30:34 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Bon of Babble

“The small bottles of tincture, about 1 oz., were over $100.”

That’s why I grow my own. Many people here do and many of them are not users. They have it just in case.


33 posted on 01/30/2024 9:34:49 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: Badboo

It wasn’t over Weed. It was over $$$

CA has been a grow state forever. Even the legal medicinal farms get raided by the feds.


34 posted on 01/30/2024 9:37:24 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: artichokegrower

“What’s my name! Say it!” I said WHAT’S MY NAME? SAY IT!!


35 posted on 01/30/2024 10:00:47 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Lurker
No matter how you legalize the black market is always going to waltz in when it comes to things like mary-ja-wana.

That is because complying with regulations cost money, even basic regulations like you have to have your dispensary in a building that is not falling down around your ears.

Since there is almost no processing where things can go very wrong there is no incentive to buy legal when black market can always get it to you for cheaper.

With alcohol you need to process and if your equipment is not up to snuff your product will be inferior and, when it comes to the distilled stuff, may even be lethal.

Not the case with weed.

There was no way the black market was not going to surge.

If they ever try to outlaw tobacco the same thing will happen.

36 posted on 01/30/2024 10:34:12 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

The entire legalization scheme was designed to fail. In CA it’s legal to grow your own. My sister in law does it. Supposedly they’re limited to something like 6 plants at a time but there’s absolutely no enforcement.

Her backyard is full of the stuff. No one says a word. Frankly I’m surprised there’s a single legal dispensary there still in business.

So the whole thing is a joke.

L


37 posted on 01/30/2024 11:26:01 AM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Lurker; artichokegrower

On a side note, black market weed growers are stealing/diverting water for their crops and law enforcement is hands off about it. Some areas in heavy growth areas in northern California are becoming no-go zones.


38 posted on 01/30/2024 11:38:44 AM PST by Lizavetta
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To: dragnet2

Yeah...I was kidding. I figured they would have Hispanic names. The garbage coming across our border now is one of our greatest threats.


39 posted on 01/30/2024 11:48:06 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Lurker
Frankly I’m surprised there’s a single legal dispensary there still in business.

People will get dressed and drive to a coffee shop, sit in the drive through and take their coffee home when they could have stayed in their PJs and brewed a pot at home that is faster, better and cheaper.

What can I say? People are strange.

40 posted on 01/30/2024 12:10:56 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
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