Ryan Cooper

Thank goodness, it's finally arrived. Only 11 days late.

Dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, is a naturally occurring substance sometimes used as a psychedelic drug.  It is one of the most famous and widely studied psychedelics (it features in books by McKenna , Shulgin , and Strassman , among others).  If you remember the structural shorthand from last week , you should be able to decipher this picture: Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) (By the way, psilocybin, from magic mushrooms, is extremely similar to DMT.)  The two commonest methods of administration are smoking and ingesting.  The smoking method is sometimes called "the businessman's trip," because it comes on almost immediately and only lasts for 20 minutes or so (compared to LSD's 8-10 hours).  The ingesting pathway is a bit more interesting.  DMT makes one half of the famous ayahuasca traditional mixture prepared by Amazon shamans.  DMT is not normally active orally (it will be metabolized), so one must take a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI—like harmalin...

Our financial officer has informed us that the late payday is due to a mixup back at DC headquarters.  Apparently some jackass "forgot" to submit the bank transfer this month, or something.  They were not remotely specific, whoever it was, but they said that the money should arrive by the 1st of June.  Maybe.  However, I do have faith that our local financial officer is not at fault here.  Even if he had forgotten, by now the situation would have been rectified if he had the power to do so.  We volunteers can complain up a storm.

Our monthly paycheck is now six days late and counting.  Comeo

So House Republicans have agreed to provide federal aid for the recent tornado damage.  What's the catch ? House Republicans, who require spending cuts whenever new spending is proposed, said the FEMA funds would be paid by cutting $1.5 billion from an Energy Department loan program for the production of fuel-efficient vehicles. Well, at least it's not like oil prices are extremely high or anything.  Good thing these chumps weren't in charge of Japan when the earthquake hit.

1. Alassane Ouattara has finally been sworn in to the Cote d'Ivoire presidency . 2. North and South Sudan continue to clash . 3. The Ugandan parliament has elected its first female speaker . 4. Wal-Mart is trying to buy Massmart, the largest retailer in South Africa . 5. The ANC is trying to jam through a bill expanding government secrecy power .

Our monthly paycheck here is now five days late and counting.