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quickthrowman
7y ago
I think you mean, net margins on growing marijuana are an order (or more) of magnitude beyond potential home brew net margins. Brewing beer is pretty dang easy.
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7y ago
There are 3 different kinds of LED T8 replacement lamps. ‘Type A’ use the existing fluorescent ballast, ‘Type B’ use an external LED driver, and ‘Type C’ use a driver integral to the lamp.
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quickthrowman
7y ago
What’s the link? Perhaps teenagers with schizophrenia are predisposed to using marijuana. For instance, 80%+ of schizophrenics smoke cigarettes. Do cigarettes cause psychosis and schizophrenia, or do schizophrenics seek out nicotine due to
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7y ago
That’s Agency Debt, which I specifically stated can be used as collateral for a repo loan.
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quickthrowman
7y ago
An anecdote being published in a book doesn’t make it true.
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7y ago
Absolutely, either he wasn’t given LSD or the dude was on a tremendous amount of benzos. I read elsewhere that the dose was 1200 mcg, which is a very strong dose. Most recreational tabs are 75-250 mcg LSD having no effect on Maharaj-Ji is a
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quickthrowman
7y ago
Other commenters already pointed out that we didn’t have modern laboratory science when tobacco was brought over to Europe, not to mention that mechanized cigarette production is a much more recent development that the use of tobacco by wes
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quickthrowman
7y ago
The lender holds the collateral for the duration of the repo loan...
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quickthrowman
7y ago
Thank goodness someone else understands that banks hitting the big sell button on their pile of Treasuries, daily, would be Bad, thus the repo market.
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7y ago
They aren’t, they’re US Treasuries and US Agency Debt. There are no toxic assets used for collateral in the repo market.
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7y ago
The banks have assets that are worth money they can post as collateral to borrow the cash to meet reserve requirements. Or would you rather have banks unloading massive stacks of treasuries at market close daily to meet their cash needs, cr
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7y ago
Repo loans are secured with US Treasuries and Agency Debt, which are priced by market participants as “risk-free” assets due to the creditworthiness of the US Government. Treasuries are the most highly liquid securities in the world. There