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I will be in Amsterdam next week. Been reading up on psychedelics that are legally available there. Seems like some gray area on some of this. I'm specifically curious about 5-Meo DMT. I've read it is available in some smart shops. Anyone have any experience with this? I'm not trying to break the "no sourcing" rule. Just asking if anyone can confirm that it is legally available and if so, their experience finding it in smart shops. Truffles will be my fall back if I can't get 5-Meo. Thanks!

Just to add some context to the videos I linked. The police pulled the man over after they received a tip that he was a felon in possession of a firearm. He had a lengthy record, including being a registered sex offender. Sexual assault on a 12 year old. The officer on the passenger side saw a gun underneath his ass. Turns out he had two guns. He pulled one from inside his sweatshirt and started shooting. He got what he deserved.

This happened recently in my hometown. Cops acted flawlessly. Everyone wants to second guess the cops. I do it too. Split second, life and death decision making right there. https://public.powerdms.com/Dec8366/tree/documents/2368208 https://public.powerdms.com/Dec8366/tree/documents/2368204

@The Mystical Man I agree. I was having this conversation the other day with friends. My buddy puts a lot of $ into his home theater. It's top notch. I love watching stuff over there, but my point was that it's always more about the story and the acting for me. Special effects, audio and picture quality, etc. are just icing on the cake. Give me a great story, well performed, and I'll watch it on anything.

It's definitely my favorite show of all time. The Wire is pretty high on my list too. My favorite Sopranos scene...

Just back from Europe. Can confirm that the only legal psychedelics available in Amsterdam are psilocybin truffles. Trip went well. I haven't done shrooms is almost 20 years. I remember not caring for them as much as LSD. Now I remember why. I get some social paranoia with them. I was on a cruise, so I ate them ( only ate about 2/3's of the box/dose ) shortly before getting back on the ship. They started kicking in as I was going through customs, so that was a bit of an experience, but not a big deal. I hunkered down in my cabin and rode out the trip. Watched the Queens funeral on TV, That was a trip in and of itself... Still integrating it. Mainly just made me look at myself a bit more honestly. See who I really am. Make peace with myself. I lost my mom and dad about a year ago, within 10 months of each other. Helped me make peace with that. Can't claim any major awakening, but I do feel a bit more honest and open about who I am and what I want to change about myself. I do feel a bit more "awake/alive" since the trip. It's hard to know if that's from the trip, or just the traveling. Guessing it's a bit of both. Travel has always affected me spiritually. Wakes me up. I've been sober as a judge since I gave up drinking 13 years ago, so this was a bit of a calculated risk for me. Anyway, that's my experience. No regrets.

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I will let you know how it goes.

This is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. If you are interested in politics, or economics at all, I highly recommend it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QozGSS7QY_U&t=22s

I've been thinking a lot about peak oil lately. It's going to be a real challenge for humanity to transition away from fossil fuels. It's running out far faster than most people realize. The cheap, easy to get stuff anyway. Chris Martenson has done some pretty solid work on this. I'm not as pessimistic as he is. I think the US will fair better than most countries, but I do think we will be forced to transition away from oil in the near future and it's going to be a economically painful process.

Sad to hear this. He was one of the good conservatives. Great sense of humor. I will miss his take on things.

I think Buddhism is a good spiritual starting point. Especially for westerners, who have rejected western religion. It was for me. I found a lot of wisdom in Buddhism, but not enough to ever consider myself a Buddhist. "Believe nothing, O monks, merely because you have been told it or because it is traditional, or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide." -Buddha

I'm a big admirer of Warren Buffet. If you have HBO, this documentary is worth a watch.

@Sine None of this is your fault. Please don't blame yourself.

I've followed Tai's channel off and on over the years. Mainly for entertainment value. I've always pegged him as a con man, but he throws just enough "wisdom" in some of his content, to throw people off the scent. I'd love to know exactly how he actually makes his money and what his net worth really is. He seems to go dark for long periods of time on social media (at least on YouTube), which makes me wonder where the $ is coming from?

New study... https://neurosciencenews.com/coffee-dementia-stroke-18973/

The experience of observing, processing and ideally understanding, reality. Observing reality.

I have no moral objections to the death penalty for certain crimes. My issue with the death penalty, is trusting our justice system to administer.

I think your personality came through a bit more in this interview also. You came across as a likeable guy.

I thought it went really well. Enjoyed the back and forth. You're both smart mother fuckers! I got a lot out of it. One thing I did notice and kinda got a chuckle out of, was when Curt would jump in and say "I got it" from time to time, when you were listing examples of something.

What we really need, is a capitalist system, with a strong socialist safety net. Which, is pretty much what we have. I wish the left would find a better way of articulating this. The socialist / communist label hurts the cause, Our system needs a lot more tinkering around the edges for sure, but I think we are on the right path.

I struggle with a lot of what Leo says and sometimes how he says it. He has also said many things, that have made me really think about reality in fundamentally new ways. Kudos to him for putting himself out there. Nobody's perfect.

He's certainly mastered the art of failing upward. I've seen a fair amount of this in my life. One thing these people all seem to have in common, is a complete lack of shame.

I have been toying with the idea of staring a blog. More as a passion project / creative outlet / side hustle. I read Leo say recently that it is very hard to be successful blogging anymore. Something like that. I don't remember the exact quote. Just curious if anyone has had any recent success with blogging, or any suggestions? If I thought I could potentially grow a blog over a few years, into something that could generate 1k a month profit, I would find it worth pursuing. Not sure how realistic that is? Looking for opinions. It would be an opinion blog, centered around current events and politics mostly, with a little bit of lifestyle and hopefully humor, added in. I know, tons of them out there.

Whenever I think about nonduality, the movie American Beauty always comes to mind. Especially this scene... and this scene from the Sopranos... The Sopranos hinted at it a few times in different episodes. Anyone else have any that come to mind?