May 8, 2004 in Madrid, Spain. Million Joint March (La Marcha del Millón de Porros en Madrid, Mayo 2004). See source.[7]. For more info and photos: [8][9][10].
CelebStoner, Eventbrite, PotGuide, and Leafly list an incredible number of 420 cannabis events this year. To be listed on the global map page linked higher up, the event page must mention cannabis in some way, or have cannabis leaves, etc. somewhere in the graphics. Just having an event on or near April 20 is not enough. If the event is not exactly on April 20, then 420 needs to be mentioned. Otherwise it is just one of many cannabis events in April. Many 420 events and cities are linked on the map page. Many more need to be added from the other compilations.
18 Apr 2022: Legalizing marijuana lowers demand for prescription drugs, study finds. "The reductions in drug utilization that we find could lead to significant cost savings for state Medicaid programs."
30 Mar 2022: Bill to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky appears dead. "The measure won approval in the House, but the [Republican] Senate hasn’t brought it up for a vote. Advocates like Julie Cantwell say they’re furious. She says her son used to have 100 small seizures every day. Now, with help from out-of-state medical marijuana, she says he’s been seizure-free for 29 months. ... Support for medical marijuana is widespread in the commonwealth. A poll from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky says nine in ten adults support legalization."
10 Nov 2021: Senator Warren presses Biden on pardons for nonviolent cannabis convictions. Article: The letter cites the Democratic primary debate in November 2019, during which Biden laid out his views on marijuana reform. "Number one, I think we should decriminalize marijuana, period," Biden said at the time. "And I think everyone — anyone who has a record should be let out of jail, their records expunged, be completely zeroed out."
26 Oct 2021: Elon Musk Made $36 Billion on Monday but Republicans Don't Want to Tax Him.[74]. "Musk infamously paid $0 in federal income taxes in 2018. ... Musk’s tax bills in no way reflect the fortune he has at his disposal. In 2015, he paid $68,000 in federal income tax. In 2017, it was $65,000, ... Between 2014 and 2018, he had a true tax rate of 3.27%." 26 Oct: Unrealized capital gains tax: This is the plan Elon Musk and other billionaires don’t like. "Elon Musk, the richest man on earth with a net worth of $289 billion. As Gizmodo points out, Musk increased his net worth by $36 billion yesterday—all in one day. That’s $36 billion he is currently not taxed on, but would be under Biden’s new plan." 26 Oct: How to tax Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. "the 'income' that comes without having to break a sweat or get out of bed deserves to be taxed at least as much as the income most of us get by actually grinding it out on most days."
22 Oct 2021: Luxembourg set to legalize cannabis production, consumption.[77][78][79]. Excerpts: grow up to four plants per household, making it the first country in Europe to fully legalize the production and consumption of the drug. ... trading seeds would also be permitted ... possible to buy seeds in shops, to import them or to buy them online. ... government of liberals, social democrats and greens agreed in their coalition paper in 2018 ... [Note the lack of dumbass conservative parties!]
IrfanView. See Wikipedia: Irfanview. Free, popular, easy-to-use image viewer and editor. Install free plugin pack too. IrfanView Thumbnails is a great way to view folders with images in older versions of Windows that do not have Windows built-in thumbnail viewing of folders with images.
Open an image in IrfanView (with free plugin pack installed). Open paint dialog from the edit menu. Click on the text tool (3rd row down on the right). Then click in the image. From help: "The Text Tool adds formatted text to the image. The text cursor's cross-hair will be the baseline for the inserted text. The text will be left, right, or center aligned on the insertion point. When you click the text cursor on an image, the Insert Text dialog opens."
Type or paste in some text. Select some or all of the text. Play around with text font, size, bold, italics, etc. for the selected text. Do the same with the color. Be sure to click "OK" in the color box after choosing the color. Otherwise it will not be remembered. To see how it will look on the image click "hold to preview". If you like it, then click OK in the dialog box.
For more info open up help from the help menu. Then look for "paint" in the index. There is also a question mark in the paint dialog box. Toggle it for longer and shorter help tooltips.
This works best for areas with only one background color behind the text, logo, watermark, etc.. Open the image. Go to the edit menu, and then "show paint dialog". Click on the clone tool (2nd row down, right side).
Right click an area with the color you want to use. Then left click and drag over the stuff you want to remove. Repeat if problems. At the bottom of the paint dialog box you can set the width of the circle numerically in pixels. Or according to help: "Hold down the shift key, and scroll with the mouse-wheel to adjust the width of the clone brush.". A smaller diameter can help a lot in some situations. Open up help from the help menu. Then look for "paint" in the index, or "clone" in help search. There is also a question mark in the paint dialog box. Toggle it for longer and shorter help tooltips.