Nearly 3 months after the infamous July 10th Board of Health meeting, some answers and transparency is beginning to reveal which actors were at work behind the scenes to illegally thwart state law regarding cannabis medicines.
  The Tulsa World published a story today, that shows some of the details they finally got when a "Freedom of Information" request was finally complied with, as state law requires.
  Several establishment entities were trying to pressure members of the board of Health to add additional laws which would heavily curtail most, if not all, accessibility of cannabis medicines.
  The emails show some very intense efforts by the Medical Association (a trade group) and the Commissioner of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services (a state govt. agency), to make it economically unfeasible, and medically impractical for many patients to get an opportunity to implement their doctor's treatment with medical cannabis.
   The plot was to initially push 3 additional rules which would create criminal law restrictions on the people of Oklahoma. But the constitution is clear that this board had no such powers. 
To her great credit, Atty. Julie Ezell (lead legal council for the Dept. of Health) stridently rejected these initiatives, even though records indicate she was bribed and severely pressured by many entities.  Ezell resigned just days after the July 10th meeting, having resorted to illegal tactics to attain public sympathy for herself.

Judge Patrick Pickerill  of Oklahoma's 14th District Court granted emergency relief to the plaintiff in a lawsuit against the City of Broken Arrow. The hastily-passed ordinances designed to hinder some medical facilities from operating in the city cannot be implemented, while the matter is litigated in the courthouse.
  The City of Broken Arrow recently passed a series of ordinances to financially straddle any effort to make cannabis medicines available within the city limits. But a district court judge suspects that the move violates state law. So yesterday he imposed an injunction on the city while the merits of the case and the law is reviewed. 
  Attorney Ron Durbin argued the case on behalf of a business in the city.  After the ruling Durbin said the highest  level of credibility was applied by the court, showing that on the face of it, the city looks to be clearly violating the Oklahoma statutes and doing harm to the citizens by imposing such high & targeted special restrictions. Some of the restrictions were made specifically singling out one type of legal medicine over all other legal medicines.
   Durbin and other attorneys have made their case clear to many municipal governments, saying that only statutory language in SQ788 can be applied to zoning issues and patient privacy.  House Majority Leader, Jon Echols, said on Wednesday;

  Having sustained the most unethical actions any party caucus could imagine, the House Platform gang is ready to exact their revenge on the operatives who allied with liberals to take down 8 incumbents and replace them with tax-raising challengers. Please read our previous article about the AP bombshell report of the Speaker Charles McCall's team organizing campaigns against their conservative incumbents.
​ Josh West & Chris Kannady are two of McCall's hand picked leaders who did the dirty work.
The returning conservatives are not saying much, but what we do see emerging is the possibility that the emerging freshman class which Speaker Charles McCall created will turn on him and pick their own Speaker.
  McCall had a good will agreement with the House Platform Caucus last March. It lasted less than a week. Then he killed an alternative funding measure which would have allowed the public school teachers to get an increase in pay of about $4000, without any increase in the state budget.
40% of the House will be completely new members. Most of them have an alliance with public education special interests.  
  Will the remaining (& some new) conservatives really trust McCall? Don't count on it.
  At the same time, Democrats are poised to add perhaps 10 seats and make the House more evenly divided.  That dynamic count lead to many liberal initiatives getting real floor votes and probably a massive tax orgy will take over the capitol in May.

  One of Oklahoma's busiest physicians implementing the legalized Cannabis medicines takes a few moments at the end of a long day to tell Oklahomans about the many new clinics he's operating and the many patients who are seeking to leave the world of conventional pain management with a hope that the analgesic properties of cannabis can successfully provide them the relief they desperately need in a safer mode than opiates.
  Dr Bailey is a D.O. whose primary practice is in the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow. But he now operates satellite clinics in several other underserved communities throughout the state.
  His clinic fees are significantly lower than many other practices and his fellow veterans often get a significant discount (Dr. Bailey is in the reserves).
  Bailey is a proponent of natural treatments whenever possible and he promotes fitness & healthy eating. In his recreational pursuits Bailey has competed in Mixed Martial Arts.
  This interview is a part of a nightly video series which Chris Moe produces.  Moe is a leader in the effort to reform Oklahoma's drug laws and he advocates for patient rights. His nightly video series has a growing audience. His guests include government leaders, Research laboratory staff, Academic scholars, and community organizers.

John Doggett Blows Up Senate Hearings

   Attorney John Doggett personally knew both Anita Hill & Clarence Thomas. He came forward to respond to allegations regarding the timeline when he regularly interacted with both of them. Link: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4751719/john-doggett-blows-senate-hearings

  Watch the video and take note of how Chairman Biden was ironically out of the room during the attack, and how he sought to adjudicate a proper resolution.
  
  This happened late on a Sunday night and very few people saw it live.

​  Sitting next to Mr Doggett is a law professor from Oral Roberts University School of Law.

  Oklahomans will remember that Anita Hill was a faculty member of ORU and OU law schools during the times involved in this scandal.

  With several citizens speaking in opposition, and at least one councilor vowing resistance, the Tulsa City Council decided to wait until next week to decide if cannabis growers & medicine processors will be barred from Tulsa city limits.
  Councilor Blake Ewing declared himself a "strong no vote" on this matter.
  In other state's even non-profit faith groups are seeking licensing to grow medicines to help those destitute sick people who need it. But Tulsa's proposed language would even shut down their acts of mercy for the infirmed.
​  The language initially calls for a 90 day moratorium on occupancy permits for businesses, but does not specify a practical problem that such new businesses would create for the city.
  Earlier today, the state legislature held a bicameral working group and prepared a final draft of additional rules for the state Health dept to consider implementation of.
  Afterward the co-chair Jon Echols gave a stern warning to Tulsa and several other city governments. He said the language of SQ788 is quite clear and those cities will get sued and they will lose. Some monetary damages may result in citizens being hit with new taxes just to pay for the harms illegally done by the unwise actions of their councils.

  Oklahoma's House Majority Floor Leader, Jon Echols, told Chris Moe today that cities like Tulsa which is enacting predatory ordinances specifically and aggressively seeking to harm the  cannabis businesses; "The language of SQ788 is clear.. They are going to get sued, and going to lose."
​  He added that the citizens of the cities will incur special assessments to cover the financial damages awarded in those lawsuits.
  Chris Moe produces his own media series on a nearly daily basis. He is a veteran, medical marijuana patient, and chronic pain management patient.
  Echols answers plainly about the process of instituting the new medical marijuana policy. 
  Throughout the interview, Moe and Echols discuss many drug policy initiatives and focus on some terrible outcomes that the most vulnerable Oklahomans are facing this fall.
 Regarding Tulsa and other municipal governments, Echols clearly calls their new ordinances a costly and illegal series of actions which are going to be overturned in the courts.
  "I hope Tulsa doesn't do that... Tulsa is a capable & sofisticated city govt. and they know better.. This is a bad move and they're going to lose."

Oklahoma US Senator, James Lankford is no longer committing to support Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the supreme court. He's one of 8 Republicans holding out or leaning against the nominee. 
Forty-three Republicans have pledged their support to Kavanaugh. Eight GOPers remain undecided. They are Sens.

1. Susan Collins, R-Maine;
2. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.;
3. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo.;
4. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.;
5. James Lankford, R-Okla.;
6. Jerry Moran, R-Kan.;
7. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; and
8. Ben Sasse, R-Neb.

Fox News broke the story and providesthe latest details.
Senator Lankford's Oklahoma office phone number is:
​918-581-7651

But now Senator Lankford is rushing to report the following, to his Twitter Acct.

Sen. James Lankford Retweeted Chad Pergram
.@ChadPergram I have supported Kavanaugh since I questioned him for an hour in my office in July. He was straightforward and committed to the law. Like everyone else, I will pay close attention to the Thurs hearing to learn any new info, but my support for his nom has not changed

Hat tip to @SethRott for getting the update to us so quickly.

  The riot began over a Memorial Day, weekend, 1921; after 19-year-old Dick Rowland, a black skinned shoeshiner, was accused of assaulting Sarah Page, the 17-year-old white skinned elevator operator of the nearby Drexel Building. Rowland says he tripped on the elevator threshold and reflexively grabbed her arm to steady himself. Initially he was arrested for assault. After all the rioting died down, young Sarah Page later decided not to press charges against Rowland.

Here's how Wikipedia details the next events....
  After he was taken into custody, rumors raced through the black community that he was at risk of being lynched. A group of armed African-American men rushed to the police station where the young suspect was held, to prevent a lynching, as a white crowd had gathered. A confrontation developed between black and white people; shots were fired, and twelve people were killed, ten white and two black.
  As news of these deaths spread throughout the city, mob violence exploded. Thousands of white people rampaged through the black community that night and the next day, killing men and women, burning and looting stores and homes. About 10,000 black people were left homeless, and property damage amounted to more than $1.5 million in real estate and $750,000 in personal property ($31 million in 2018).

  A new state law (SB-1446)  is pressing physicians to drop medical care for massive caseloads of current patients. The law goes into effect  this fall and it requires the physicians to sharply increase their appointment load because the prescriptions expire much quicker than the previous legal standard.
  There's simply no way that these pain management specialists can physically meet each current patient in person. The Certified Nurse Practitioners & the Physician's Assistants are no longer allowed to conduct the follow up appointments. The results are ominous for the healthcare professionals, as well. 
  Chris Moe is an advocate and patient living with chronic severe pain. Moe, who is known in social media as "Uncle Grumpy" produces a nightly webcast with guests from across the state. He and Dr. Lawrence Pasternack of Oklahoma State University  discussed the draconian outcomes in a video, last night. Chris Moe begins the discussion by observing the suicide death of a patient in Florida who had also been cut off of pain treatment by his physician. Pasternack concurred, stating that he's observed multiple similar discussions.
  SB-1446 was sponsored by Senator Anthony Sykes, who is termed out of the senate. the House author is Dale Derby, who chose not to seek another elective term. Terry Simonson, a long-time attorney, said to me that he was pleased to get the new opioid laws passed, this spring.

  Many Oklahomans are surprised to find relief from their chronic conditions even without a Medical Marijuana Patient Card. Just 6 years ago there was a 5 year felony sentence staring in the face of any Oklahoman caught with CBD oil. Today that 'old medicine' is available without a prescription or even a physician's directive.
  It took the heartbreaking stories of young children suffering chronic seizures to convince Gov. Fallen that her public policy must be changed.  The reforms passed in recent years have opened new markets and spurred new research into viable products. 
  One such product developed in Colorado is marketed as "Charlotte's Web". It was named for a young girl whose life was transformed by the medical innovation.
  But the reality is that Charlotte's Web isn't even a Marijuana Medicine. In fact, it's an industrial Hemp extract with less than trace amounts of THC (the psychoactive element in cannabis which can produce a 'high').
  There are nearly as many specific products as there are health conditions effectively treated by them.  The industry has had to provide their own training because our universities have almost completely ignored this science. In fact, shortly after the State Board of Health's ill-fated plot to require pharmacists licenses at all dispensaries, I asked my own pharmacist what training she had?

The Utah Gun Exchange got fed up with Google's Youtube censors taking down their videos about gun collectors and gun shows. So fed up that they started their own alternative video sharing platform.... UgeTube.
  The service is still officially in beta mode, but the features are excellent and very intuitive. The import feature allows new users to directly import their library from their YouTube account directly over to UgeTube.
  Several web services in the past 15 years have enticed users to trust them with personal collections of files on "cloud services". While that seems fantastic and perhaps even secure, it also allows those cloud services to destroy personal collections without warning. The InfoWars broadcasting company found this out the hard way, last month when their whole video broadcast library was deleted by Youtube because Google (owners of Youtube) objects to the political worldview of Alex Jones and his associates at InfoWars.
  The patriot media site, Red Tea, wrote this press release about the growing intolerance of Google and the alternative sites which are becoming increasingly necessary for those who don't want to be censored by the left.

One of Oklahoma's "get Tough on Crime" politicians just accepted a plea deal for child prostitution, rather than face federal charges of child pornography which span most of the last decade.
  Ralph Shortey is alleged to have a social media alter ego by the name of Jamie Tilley. On the night of March 8th, 2017, Shortey was found in a Moore hotel room with a 17 year old boy. that boy knew Senator Shortey as "Jamie". In later police investigations, the boy said he was unaware that Jamie was actually a prominent Oklahoma State Senator and political organizer for the past 2 presidential election cycles.
  Shortey also led an ill-fated effort to roll back the criminal justice reform measures which the voters of Oklahoma passed as SQ780 & 781. Those measures made simple possession of marijuana a misdemeanor, rather than a felony.
  The police search of the hotel room turned up a bottle of marijuana and police reports indicate a heavy smell of marijuana when Sen. Shortey finally opened the door to the Moore Police Dept.

  The Drug Policy Reform Network of Oklahoma issued this press release regarding one central Oklahoma city's effort to put several barriers between the very frail, and the only medicine they still hope can restore their health and extend their days.
  Cancer patients, Severely Arthritic, Epileptics, Glaucoma sufferers, and veterans with severely debilitating Post Traumatic Stress.  Sadly, those most immediately impacted by this heavy govt. oppression will not be able to advocate for themselves. They're too sick.
  All these heavily challenged people will either have to flee the city or further adjust their lives to a very heavy list of costs and prohibitions on the lifesaving medical treatments that their physicians have already approved and directed.
  Stage Four Cancer survivor, Ray Jennings, serves on the state health dept. board of medical marijuana safety.  He tells a devastating personal account of losing 90 lbs. while enduring an aggressive chemotherapy regimen. He says he was dying from such severe nausea, such that his stomach would tolerate no nourishment. It was only when his family convinced him to seek relief with cannabis meds that he was able to turn the tide and regain his strength. His cancer shrank within a month and his weight slowly restored.  He was bedridden for months, But Shawnee would demand that he come to city hall and pay up before he could seek an approval to follow a doctor's order.