BANGKOK, Thailand -- A Las Vegas-based cannabis company has become the first foreign franchise to jointly open a medical marijuana clinic in Thailand, treating Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, cancer, eating disorders and insomnia in Bangkok's flashy tourist zone.

"I hope that Thailand becomes the Silicon Valley of Cannabis for Asia," the clinic's Thai partner Julpas Kruesopon -- "or as most people in Thailand call me now, 'Mister Weed'" -- said in an interview.

"I welcome Israeli companies. I welcome European companies. The key is to grow the industry," Mr. Julpas said.

The Herbidus Medical Center opened in March along Bangkok's main Sukhumvit Road which is lined with restaurants, hotels, massage parlors, sex bars, and extravagant shopping malls amid exotic sleaze and 5-star venues.

The U.S.-Thai joint venture "makes us, to the best of our knowledge, the first international company with an operational presence in the Asian legal cannabis market," Audacious CEO Terry Booth said in a statement.

Mr. Julpas said theirs was "absolutely" the first joint cannabis clinic with a foreign company in Thailand.

#92 GreeGree Zoom April 25, 2022

Violence v. Election Workers & Ohio Madness w. Nina Turner et. al.

Our action-packed GREE-GREE #92 begins with a devastating view from JOEL SEGAL of violence being perpetrated against poll workers, a direct assault on our democracy.

We hear from HAL GINSBERG of Our Revolution on the move to prevent 1/6 Insurrectionists from taking over Congress at the polls.

PAT MARIDA of Ohio fills us in on the state’s pro-nuke scam, while TATANKA BRICCA and RON LEONARD update us on the war against rooftop solar.

Then the legendary NINA TURNER tells of her race to represent Cleveland in the US Congress.

Ohio’s RACHEL COYLE explains the insane Gerrymandering disaster there, while NICOLE SANDLER and WENDI LEDERMAN do the same from Florida.We also hear from election protection greats JOHN BRAKEY and MIMI KENNEDY.

This is a completely jammed two hours.  Don’t miss it!
https://youtu.be/da3wUGaqy3I
 

Sometimes one decision speaks volumes. And so it was when the Congressional Progressive Caucus -- with 98 members in the House -- recently chose to have its PAC endorse a corporate “moderate” against the strong progressive candidate Nina Turner. In the process, the Progressive Caucus underscored its loyalty to establishment Democrats while damaging its credibility among progressives nationwide.

Wednesday, April 27, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

This bill has passed the House and is already before the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee now. They could hear it at any time. We need to act now! Join us for a discussion on what the bill will do, why the secrecy, and how it can affect every Ohioan.

H.B. 434 states that its proposed activities are an essential governmental function and that it addresses matters of public necessity. It repeals the Ohio Department of Health’s authorization to regulate and oversee entities dealing with radioactivity.

Eight of the bill’s 14 pages are taken up creating a convoluted process for getting board members onto the Nuclear Development Authority.

As if this were not enough to ensure that the public will be shut out of involvement and oversight of activities, today’s amendment would move the Authority under the auspices of the Ohio Department of Development.

Part One

The shame of the city

What happened to the University District?

The area adjacent to The Ohio State University in the middle of Columbus, Ohio, was once a distinctive, mixed neighborhood of owner-occupiers and their boarders and renters in small, scattered, private rooming houses and single-family homes. Over several decades it was transformed into the dominance—numerically, culturally, socially, politically, and economically—of large, for-profit landlords with young-adult student tenants. For 18 years I’ve been co-owner of a 107-year-old, architect-designed house in the district whose history partly reflects this transformation; it morphed from dual-family to multiple student renters and back to single-family status. The 2021-22 period crystalizes the 40-year history of this landmark neighborhood’s decline.