Monday, August 15, 2016

HIGH TIMES

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1. HIGH TIMES

The proportion of marijuana users who smoke daily has rapidly grown, and many of those frequent users are poor and lack a high-school diploma. The profile of marijuana users is much closer to cigarette smokers than alcohol drinkers, and a handful of users consume much of the marijuana used in the U.S. From WaPo - What makes marijuana users different from everyone else

2. KEEPING IT REAL

You just won four gold medals in one of the most dominant performances in Olympic history and this is your concern: "I have to get all my stuff for my dorm,” Ledecky said with a giggly smile. “I’m excited for the next chapter and what the future can hold.” Pretty awesome. See you in 2020. From WaPo - Her goals met, Katie Ledecky speeds toward the next chapter of her life

+ "Practice is helpful in improving performance in a variety of fields, from athletics to chess. But it plays a surprisingly small role in determining whether people become virtuosos." From WaPo - Why all the practice in the world can’t turn you into an Olympian

+ Your money or...your gold medal. From NYT - Ryan Lochte and Three Teammates Robbed at Gunpoint

3. YA FIRED?

"Since the Cleveland convention, top party officials have been quietly making the case to political journalists, donors and GOP operatives that the Republican National Committee has done more to help Trump than it did to support its 2012 nominee Mitt Romney, and that therefore Trump has only himself and his campaign to blame for his precipitous slide in the polls, according to people who have spoken with Republican leadership." From Politico - RNC considers cutting cash to Trump

+ If true, this is pretty telling and damning. "He has repeatedly signaled to his advisers and allies his willingness to change and adapt, but has grown only more volatile and prone to provocation since then, clashing with a Gold Star family, making comments that have been seen as inciting violence and linking his political opponents to terrorism." From NYT - Inside the Failing Mission to Tame Donald Trump’s Tongue

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