Weed sales in Arkansas hit $175mil in 2020. That number could easily double in 2021. A compliance task force has been assembled in the state of Washington to help licensees follow all the burdensome rules and regulations. Researchers in Slovenia found a simpler way to measure cannabinoid and terpene content simultaneously using gas chromatography. The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on deceptive marketing claims made by CBD companies in their Operation CBDeceit. The American Medical Association filed to overturn Mississippi’s November vote for legalization. Weed no longer violates the anti-doping rules of the UFC and Virginia could see a recreational market in 2023.  More details on that in Governor Ralph Northam’s State of the State tomorrow.

 

Safehouse won’t be opening a safe injection site in Philadelphia after the appellate court stood with the federal government and ruled they are illegal.

Gutters and Strikes

 

A British hacktivist has allegedly archived every Parler post – even deleted ones – for Internet archiving.

 

Bruce Willis was asked to leave store for refusing to wear a face diaper. Too bad he lives so far away! We would love to host him at the Kansas City No Agenda meetup this Friday at Don Chilito’s! Can you believe Kansas City is touting ventilators as new technology to combat the Rona? They published a positive ventilator PR story the other day.

 

Lisa Montgomery’s execution is once again indefinitely postponed. The decision was granted today, though the Department of Justice is battling it in appeals. Just in case she was federally executed today, though, our local news played a 15-minute memorial of sorts last night that included a fucking song. In the morning!

 

 Missouri House Democrats filed Resolution 10 urging Josh Hawley to resign after he dared to listen to and act on behalf of his constituents. His book deal was slashed and now Hallmark is asking for their donation money back. Ha!

 

The Kansas City Star removed the image of its founder, William Rockhill Nelson, from their publication along with his quote, “A paper for the people.” Their editorial board has previously called for the renaming of JC Nichols Parkway and the Chiefs.

 

Kansas representative Aaron Coleman has requested to leave the Democratic party and become an Independent. Unfortunately for him, Kansas Democrats have already filed a complaint about him that will lead to a bipartisan investigation. 

 

 

Welcome to Kansas City, From the Earth dispensary! They opened last Friday as Missouri slowly continues rolling out our medical market. Oregon made $1 billion in 2020 sales, creating a new record for themselves! The South Dakota Governor issued an executive order challenging the amendment legalizing recreational while Colorado issues a recall on two strains. And if you’re looking to get into this budding industry, Arkansas is now issuing processing and transport licenses.

 

We discuss the first time we ever got high at a concert and listen to producer stories, then get inspiration for next week’s FTIE from phoneboy: the first time I ever called into a radio show.

We round out the show by throwing some strikes, but mostly gutters:

Virtual PA Farm Show accepting butter sculpture submissions until January 16

NYC’s No-Pants Subway Ride cancelled in 2021 due to COVID

Apply to make $500 eating takeout pizza and bingeing 3 Netflix shoes

Sword stolen from Westfield, MA statue of Revolutionary War General William Shepard returned 40 years later

Lizzie Borden house for sale for $2 million

British eatery tries to send samosa to space with weather balloons; crash lands in France

Asparamancer

English girl tries to scam the tooth fairy with tic tac and red felt

A Quebec woman tried to beat the 8 pm to 5am curfew by walking her boyfriend on a leash

 

Thanks nodebit for making Bowl After Bowl possible as well as executive producers Dave Jones and Adam Curry for boosting our tribe on the Sphinx Chat. We wish a very happy magic number birthday to Illuminadia and share our gratitude for Fletcher and Carolyn of Hog Story who were gracious enough to host us in the smoker once again for episode 145. Thank you, hogs! We love you. Shoutout to Darren O’Neill for organizing the epic New Year’s Eve No Agenda hangcast for all the wonderful producers out there. This community is a blessing.

 SirSpencer rigged up the hood mic so everyone could hear the gunshots ringing in the new year in our neighborhood from a safe distance. This year in Kansas City, there were only 271 calls reporting gunfire and 240 recorded gunshot sounds picked up by Shot Spotter, adding up to 1,600 rounds fired in total. That’s less than last year, but the ‘rona and 2 a.m. snow probably had something to do with it.

 

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TOP THREE 33

1. China reports 32 new COVID cases versus 33 a day earlier

2. 33-meter artwork draws far right’s ire in Brazil

3. One American dies of COVID-19 every 33 seconds as the vaccine rollout hits snags

Julian Assange’s legal team is seeking his bail tomorrow, which just so happens to be January 6th, a day Trump tweeted “will be wild.” Meanwhile, a CBS exclusive claims the FBI and FAA are looking into threats of a plane flying into the Capitol building. Japan held a Stop the Steal rally with YUGE turnout, so we cannot wait to see the amount of pedes who show up in D.C. 

 

We discuss the Georgia Secretary of State admitting he releasedhis phone call with Trump,  Project Veritas’ drop revealing homeless voters using the same Fulton County, Georgia address, Kyle Rittenhouse pleading not guilty to his charges, the arrest and release of Enrique Tarrio for burning a stolen BLM flag, Hawley’s D.C. home being terrorized by ShutDownDC protestors. Frontline workers refusing vaccine and Lisa Montgomery is once again scheduled to be federally executed on January 12th, although her attorneys are heading for the Supreme Court.

Texas joins the ranks of states to watch for weed in 2021 with more than 20 bills pre-filed for this legislative session.  California weed predictions include streamlining state oversight and legalized regional marketing, but only weed grown in the ground with native soil and sunlight. Montana adult-use legalization law took effect January 1 while New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy delays signing adult-use legalization legislation, asking lawmakers to impose civil penalties on minors in possession. And in a 2021 surprise, the DEA published its final rule to expand the number of federally approved cultivators of marijuana for research from the current grower, University of Mississippi, to between 3 and 15 more. They could even start issuing licenses this month!

 

We share some crazy FTIE stories about bowlers’ first time they ever ended up being a patient in the hospital and next week, we want to hear about the first time you ever got high at a concert!

 

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