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Thank you to the Bowl After Bowl Episode 234 Producers: harvhat, Boo-Bury, Fletcher, TrailChicken, seedubs, HeyCitizen, Dirty Jersey Whore, Boolysteed

Shoutout to makeheroism and marykateultra for the goodies.

Tune in FRIDAY at 9 PM Central when Tjunta and Mouseybear are BACK in the Bowl for another Bowls With Buds!

Intro/Outro: Sugar – Vibe Tracks

ON CHAIN, OFF CHAIN, COCAINE, SHITSTAIN

How Africans are Using Bitcoin Without Internet Access (Forbes) 

Bitcoin Product Community

Economic Report (White House) 

Von Wong’s Skull of Satoshi

Ring of Fire #14

TOP THREE 33

33 charged in massive investigation into drugs, violence in Baltimore (WBAL-TV 11)

Man accused of stabbing victim 33 times on Las Vegas bus (KIRO 7)

Public assistance fraud charges filed against 33 people in Pennsylvania (WGAL)

A large US Navy research vessel that once belonged to late Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen tipped over – injuring 33 people – and is stuck at a 45 degree angle (Yahoo) 

BEHIND THE CURTAIN

Afroman being sued by sheriffs who raided his home (TMZ) 
You can read the complaint for damages and injunctive relief here and watch the full Afroman VladTV interview here (YouTube)

Xavier Becerra has no updates on pot scheduling (KDKA / CBS) 

D.C. expands medical program (Marijuana Moment)

California legislature’s Joint Legislative Audit Committee investigates licensing corruption (LA Times)

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs bill allowing state licensng authority to embargo and destroy pot (Leg.Colorado.gov) 

Tallahassee, Florida mayor and city commission clash over police department’s decision not to fire officer who tested positive for methamphetamines (CityandStateFL.com) 

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signs bill regulating delta-8 (Courier-Journal)

Metrc expands track-and-trace government contract with Maryland (Globe Newswire)

Massachusetts regulators putting out ‘a series of fires’ after data breach (WGBH)

MCR Labs sends three-page letter to MA Cannabis Commissioners regarding unannounced inspection last Tuesday (@GrantSmithEllis / Twitter)

You can check out all of Grant Ellis Smith’s work on his Patreon

MI Attorney General issues 12 warrants for dispensary break-ins (Michigan.gov)

St. Louis County Council considers revising its “Clean Air Code” to prevent people from smoking pot in parks (Fox 2 Now)

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill into law allowing people receiving hospice care to self-certify as medical patients to expedite their access to relief (NDLegis.gov)

Oregon cannabiz challenges state’s ban on interstate commerce, asks federal judge to let it be heard after state files motion to dismiss (Marijuana Moment)

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem vetoes bill allowing hemp products to have up to 5% THC (news.sd.gov)

Kids taken from black family in Tennessee to remain in state custody (Tennessee Lookout)

Noem signs bill adding debilitating conditions  to medical qualifiers while prohibiting pregnant and breastfeeding women from getting recommendations, restricting doctors’ financial relationships with cannabiz (Mylrc.sdlegislature.gov)

METAL MOMENT

The Rev CyberTrucker brings us Me First and the Gimme Gimmes’ Somewhere Over the Rainbow cover.

FIRST TIME I EVER…

Bowlers called in to tell us about the First Time They Ever planted something.

Next week, we want to hear about the First Time YOU Ever sat on a heated seat.

FUCK IT, DUDE. LET’S GO BOWLING.

Greenland to stay in daylight saving time forever (Associated Press)

Florida principal resigns after students shown David (USA Today) 

Two escape jail, go to IHOP where patrons report them (AP)

Man found living in Washington homeowner’s attic after residents smelled cigarette smoke (Fox) 

5 boys rescued from NYC tunnel (AP)

Massachusetts man gets 4.5 year sentence for role in $8 million online romance scam (AP)

Owl stuck in Ohio chimney sets off carbon monoxide alarm (Fox) 

Colorado fishermen ordered to pay $1,100 each after catching 463 pounds of Michigan fish (Fox)

NY man calling himself ‘Baby Danielle’ breaks into daycare, leaves staff bizarre notes about diapers (Fox)

Florida threesome turns violent after woman mocks couple’s genitals (The Smoking Gun)

JOIN US FRIDAY FOR A MOUSEYBEAR AND TJUNTA BOWLS WITH BUDS!

VALUE FOR VALUE

Thank you to the Bowl After Bowl Episode 233 Producers: harvhat, makeheroism, N4VX, Sharky, SircussMedia, Boolysteed, cbrooklyn112, Lavish, Phifer, HeyCitizen, Seedubs, Dirty_Jersey_Whore, Boo-Bury

Listen to our LIT late night Bowls With Buds with iso-loving Cottongin!

Check out FloydianSlip’s Podcasting 4 Value Episode 30: NOSTR Your Average Podcast featuring an intro from Able and The Wolf’s Stay Awhile. 

Intro/Outro: Punch Deck – VHS Heroes

ON CHAIN, OFF CHAIN, COCAINE, SHITSTAIN

Kevin O’Leary on Fox Business (Twitter) 

Balaji bet (Twitter) 

Ring of Fire #14 Update

mempool / Clark Moody Dashboard / whatthefee.io 

TOP THREE 33

First Republic shares slid almost 33% after deposit infusion, dragging down other regional banks (CNBC)

Nor’Easter pounds Massachusetts, dumps 33 inches of snow in spots (Boston Herald)

33 alleged gang members facing charges including murder in Queens (ABC 7 NY)

Bradford County (FL) Sheriff’s deputies charge 33 people in drug bust (WCJB / ABC)

Out of the Massachusetts Legislature’s 33 joint committees, not one filed its rules on time (WBUR)

Mobile sports bets booming – wagers now open in 33 states (Northern Nevada Business Weekly)

BEHIND THE CURTAIN

White House announces over $275 million for law enforcement officials working to disrupt drug trafficking and dismantle illicit finance operations (WH.gov)

The President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget with Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen (United States Senate Committee on Finance) 

Senate Session 61 on March 14, 2023 (Congress.gov)
…clickable link here

US Department of Justice files brief in lawsuit over government ban preventing medical patients from owning firearms

Arkansas Supreme Court upholds regulators’ decision to grant additional cultivation licenses (Arkansas Times) 

Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission releases agent data by accident in public records request (Mass Cannabis Control)

Louisiana judge blocks regulators from taking hemp products off store shelves (The Advocate)
Previously discussed on Bowl After Bowl Episode 231: I Like the Pole

New York pot regulators sued by the big players (Syracuse)

NYC sheriff deputies’ union questions legality of their pot shop busts (The City)

Black family fights to get their kids back from Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (Tennessee Lookout)

San Marcos, Texas police refuse to institute policy change following decriminalization (KUT 90.5)

Virginia Appeals Court rules pot odor not probable cause to search parked car (Virginia Lawyers Weekly)

UN’s International Narcotics Control Board suggests US federal government force states to repeal legalization to maintain compliance with global drug treaties (UNIS)

Taliban bans cultivation of hemp and pot in Afghanistan (TRT World)

METAL MOMENT

Tonight, the RevCyberTrucker brings us Butcher Babies’ Beaver Cage.

FIRST TIME I EVER…

Bowlers called in to tell us about the First Time They Ever got spanked.

Next week, we want to hear about the First Time YOU Ever planted something.

FUCK IT, DUDE. LET’S GO BOWLING.

Mountain lion claws man in Colorado hot tub (Associated Press) 

Florida man charged after allegedly slapping woman’s face with pizza slice (Fox)

Cemetery staff take out personal ad for goose whose mate died (CBS News)

Firefighters rescue man pinned underneath 2,000-pound safe (Fox)

North Carolina man started by 8-foot-long alligator hiding in attic during home inspection (Fox) 

Woman reunited with camera, photos she lost 13 years ago in river (Fox)

Dead cat left in New Jersey resident’s mailbox, prompting police investigation (Fox)

Mystery of pink wastewater in Idaho Springs solved: 20 gallons of concentrated pink dye is the culprit (CBS Colorado)

Los Angeles residents getting mystery Uber Eats deliveries (KTLA 5)

Family on Florida vacation reels in great white shark (WSVN) 

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Thank you to the Bowl After Bowl Episode 231 Producers: CMike, NA Millennial, harvhat, cbrooklyn112, Boo-Bury, Seedubs, Phifer, coinrunner7, cottongin, Boolysteed, Pheonix, makeherosim, HeyCitizen, Dirty Jersey Whore, Lavish, NetNed

INTRO/OUTRO: Lensko – Circles

Check out Sunday’s Bowls With Buds featuring Ben Owens!

Tune in THIS SUNDAY March 19, 2023 at 9 PM CDT for a Cottongin Bowls With Buds!

ON CHAIN, OFF CHAIN, COCAINE, SHITSTAIN

California financial regulator takes possession of Silicon Valley Bank (DFPI.ca.gov)

Joint Statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC

KC Bitcoiners’ Bitcoin & Coffee THIS FRDIAY March 17, 2023

TOP THREE 33

Patient had to wait 33 hours for a hospital bed in Hull, figures show (Hull Daily Mail)

‘Imported food to SUVs’: Pakistan government imposes 25% sales tax on 33 items (Mint)

33 Senate Democrats join Republicans to block DC crime bill (The Hill)

Drugs burnt to ashes by Narcotics Control Bureau of India (MIRROR NOW / YouTube)

BEHIND THE CURTAIN

President Joe Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget request proposes banning Washington, D.C. from allowing pot sales (NPR)

Justice Department backs proposal to update pot possession guidelines at US Sentencing Commission hearing (United States Sentencing Commission)

Cory Booker probes Merrick Garland on pot policy (Forbes / YouTube)

US Department of Health and Human Services head Xavier Becerra sent response letter to bipartisan members of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus (Marijuana Moment)

NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri stepping down

Church of Cannabis accuses Denver of infringing on their First Amendment rights (Daily Mail) 

A ‘shell’ bill to regulate Delta-8 THC rushes through Kentucky House (Kentucky Lantern)

Louisiana’s largest CBD manufacturer sues state to keep products on shelf (The Advertiser)

Missouri courts concerned they won’t meet expungement processing deadlines without lawmakers providing more funding (Missouri Independent)

Watchdog not giving St. Louis County Council free pass on weed tax proposal (STL Today)

North Dakotans with priors receive postcard to apply for Illinois dispensary license (The Forum)

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt Weekly Press Conference 3/10/23 (YouTube)

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signs two pot bills into law (SD.gov)

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller appeared on the Lonestar Collective podcast Episode 77 (TX Canna Co)

Bolivia seeks UN to end global coca leaf ban (Jornada) 

METAL MOMENT

The Rev CyberTrucker brings us Emil & Dariel’s Chop Suey (System of a Down) cover.

VOTE in the Rev’s poll to help determine next week’s Metal Moment!

FIRST TIME I EVER…

This week, Bowlers called in to tell us about the First Time They Ever went through DARE.

Next week, we want to hear about the First Time YOU Ever got spanked.

FUCK IT, DUDE. LET’S GO BOWLING.

Motorist caught 33 times without insurance appeals sentence after committing same offense (Irish Examiner)

‘Cocaine cat’ escaped owner, will now live in Cincinnati Zoo (Associated Press)

82-year-old charged with sale of fake Michael Jordan rookie cards (Insider)

Trucker records creepy ghost-like figure on Arizona highway while driving alone (Fox) 

Kansas boy finds rare pink grasshopper in yard (Fox)

Man catches carp in flooded Watsonville, CA road (Fox)

Spanish judge orders man to pay ex-wife $215k for 25 years of housework (Fox)

Utah bank robber steals $1, demands to go to federal prison (Fox)

Missing Illinois man found 8 months later, dead in closet with Christmas decorations (Fox)

People upset over Florida beach nudists (Fox) 

JOIN US SUNDAY FOR A COTTONGIN BOWLS WITH BUDS!

 

VALUE FOR VALUE

Thank you to the Bowl After Bowl Episode 229 producers: HeyCitizen, Phifer, makeheroism, Boolysteed, harvhat, Kevin S, NetNed, TrailChicken, cottongin, Kyrin, Boo-Bury, cbrooklyn112, SeeDubs

Thank you SirSeatSitter for having us back on ABS ‘N A 6-Pack for Dreams III!

Shoutout to Boo-Bury for hopping back in the Bowl with us for Bowls With Buds!

Join us SUNDAY for another Bowls With Buds featuring pot writer and GrowHort founder Ben Owens.

Intro/Outro: HurricaneTurtle – Offworld

ON CHAIN, OFF CHAIN, COCAINE, SHITSTAIN

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The Mining Development Kit

Helping customers move between fiat and bitcoin: how we’ll build with partners to bring more people to self-custody

The Nigerian Election and Naira Crisis are Fueling Bitcoin Adoption (Forbes)

Federal Reserve’s Powell: We don’t want to strangle crypto innovation, but sector is a mess (CoinDesk)

TOP THREE 33

33 Iditarod sled dog race mushers to trek across Alaska (NPR) 

Emergency SNAP Update: 33 states extending additional food stamps money for final time in February (Yahoo)

Will you have more money this year? Less than 33% in US say yes (Bloomberg)

Biden-Harris administration announces 33rd security assistance package for Ukraine (Not the Bee) 

BEHIND THE CURTAIN

Travis Kelce Saturday Night Live appearance (YouTube)

House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance

Justice Department announces application form for pot pardon certificates (DOJ)

Department of Justice appeals Oklahoma federal judge’s ruling that federal law preventing pot users from owning guns is unconstitutional
Previously discussed on Bowl After Bowl Episode 223: Sorry, Wrong Spell

Arizona dispensaries are working with poison control to keep edibles away from kids (KJZZ)

Arkansas launches fear propaganda against delta-8 THC (Fox 16)

Patient sues Arkansas medical marijuana growers, lab over alleged THC inflation (Arkansas Advocate)

US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts rules cannabiz employees are not protected by federal bankruptcy laws (Business West)

Missouri appeals court orders state to issue medical marijuana growing license (Missouri Independent)

Oklahomans are voting to legalize pot today (KOCO / ABC)

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania’s district attorney released an update on the “fentanyl-laced” edibles

South Carolina fines head of state law enforcement division for discovery abuses on hemp farm raid (Queen City News)

Wyoming initiatives fail to meet requirements for the 2024 ballot (Marijuana Moment)

Canadian officials sent an alert about edibles with more than the allowable THC (Recalls-Rappels)

METAL MOMENT

Tonight, the Rev CyberTrucker brings us Dope’s “Take Your Best Shot.”

FIRST TIME I EVER…

Bowlers called in to discuss the First Time They Ever choked on something.

Next week, we want to hear about the First Time YOU Ever went through DARE.

FUCK IT, DUDE. LET’S GO BOWLING.

At Key West’s Annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest, the winners really blow (Associated Press)

Florida man finds 214-year-old clam (Insider)

Naked woman shot after attacking homeowner with frying pan (Fox)

Japan just found 7,000 islands it didn’t know it had (CNN)

Mum who was told 1lb 11oz baby ‘would not survive’ says he is thriving (Wales Online)

Giant flying bug found on side of Arkansas Walmart turns out to be ‘super-rare’ Jurassic-era insect (USA Today)

Married Wisconsin couple celebrates 27th year since meeting in McDonald’s line (WBRC)

Lost cockatiel found perched on Ferris wheel 100 feet in the air (UPI)

Arizona grandmother’s M&M casket goes viral (Fox)

Why men should masturbate 21 times a month, according to science (LADBible)