Episode 231 ★ I Like the Pole

VALUE FOR VALUE

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.

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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) 

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