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Professional Dominatrix Makes A Splash In Cannabis Lube Market

Trey Reckling
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Professional Dominatrix Makes A Splash In Cannabis Lube Market

Why didn’t they think of this sooner? Sometimes good things happen when worlds collide. Marijuana and sex lube together? Oh yes, and the people at Velvet Swing would tell you that you have never quite had sex like this.

Mistress Matisse is a writer, professional dominatrix and sex educator. To that list, you can add founder of Velvet Swing, Cannabis Enhanced Sexual Lubricants.

Matisse had tried other people’s efforts to make homemade cannabis infused lube, they could have a skunky smell or an oily consistency that she was not a fan of. When approached by a local cannabis community member about developing a new product, Matisse knew exactly what she wanted, a silky, water based material without the weedy smell with both active THC and CBD in it for the user’s enjoyment. That is exactly what she and her team developed.

Though the FDA and state regulators forbid statements that would claim this is therapeutic, Matisse has seen satisfied women return with words of praise for a new approach to an age old need. “While we cannot claim that it has medical benefits, I think it has life improving qualities.” In fact, Velvet Swing states that 80% of women tested had longer, stronger orgasms.

Is it all a head game? Could it be that people using infused lube are simply paying more attention and more in the moment? There is possibly a lot more going on that that. Researchers have been interested in cannabis’ beneficial qualities as a vasodilator, improving blood flow throughout the body. Of course, increased blood flow to the vagina means improved circulation.

“In addition to increased blood flow and sensitivity, it raises the general level arousal and excitement,” Matisse noted. “Women have reported longer and more powerful orgasms with the product.”

The fact that Velvet Swing is a water soluble product means that latex products like condoms and dental dams will not be damaged. Vegetable based cellulose helps give it its slippery consistency, so vegetarian and vegan customers can consider it fair game.

Application is as easy as a few sprays and takes about 20 minutes to activate. Users can expect peak results 40 minutes in for an overall effect that can last 2 hours or more. The question most people ask is, “will this get me high?”

“It may not make your head high, but it will make your pussy high,” Mistress Matisse said with a smile. “Women who have children and other responsibilities can use this in the evening and not wake up high like you can from some edibles.”

While marketed mostly to women, Matisse said that both men and women are buying and enjoying the product. It goes without saying that just because it is marketed for couples’ fun, it can also be enjoyed on an evening home alone.

Velvet Swing plans to continue to develop unique infused products to enhance the sexual experience. Matisse said that the company would one day like to offer a luxurious box containing a variety of medicated products that people could enjoy.

Idiot Arrested After Swimming Over Hoover Dam

Maria Loreto
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Idiot Arrested After Swimming Over Hoover Dam

Aaron Hughes just became the first person to swim over the Hoover Dam, escaping death just because he was really freaking lucky.

The Hoover Dam is a concrete dam in the Colorado River that has 10 turbines and regulates water from two different states, Nevada and Arizona. During the last decade there have been over 279 deaths on the dam, accidental, or from people who don’t know what a dam is. Point is, anyone with a semblance of common sense would know that to jump in equals death (because the dam would suck you into the turbines).

Not Hughes, who claimed that it was really damn hot and thought that it was smart to jump into the dam’s water. Originally from North Wales, Hughes was vacationing in America when he decided to break some records and become the first person to swim over one of the world’s largest dams.

I would say I was swimming about 50 to 100 meters from the wall of the dam and at one point I felt myself getting sucked towards it and had to swim away quite hard. When I got to the other side I was exhausted and had to sit down on the rocks. That was when I heard the police shouting ‘Oi, come here lad.’

Said Hughes, who’s apparently a very good swimmer and has also pretty good timing considering that the only reason he survived is because 9 out of the 10 turbines in the dam where turned off. Police men arrested him and charged him with a fine when he made it out of the water, referring to him as “the luckiest man alive”. Dumbest might be more accurate.

This Marijuana Vending Machine Could Be The Future For Retail

MJ News Network
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This Marijuana Vending Machine Could Be The Future For Retail

Grasshopper Kiosks announced the launch of its latest series of ADA compliant Automated Sales Kiosks designed for the legal cannabis industry, which provide automation for the secure storage and dispensing of regulated products.

Photo courtesy of Grasshopper Kiosks

Grasshopper’s automated sales kiosks were purposefully designed to work in accordance with complex regulations in the largest legal cannabis markets in the world. The Grasshopper systems provide secure, climate-controlled product storage, and compliant automated inventory and payment tracking designed to streamline transaction times while collecting real-time data about inventory and sales trends.

The Grasshopper product line includes a Self-Service Kiosk that can efficiently dispense up to 60 unique SKU’s via a large high-definition touchscreen display menu – making it a powerful tool for dispensaries to promote and sell their most popular products, including flower, concentrates, accessories and vaporizers.

Grasshopper also provides dispensaries with a Controlled Access Inventory System.  Items are dispensed via proprietary tracking software designed to interface with the industry’s leading compliant POS systems, as required in the regulated cannabis industry. Grasshopper looks forward to helping permitted retailers streamline the customer experience, improve their record keeping, reduce shrinkage, and better preserve and display valuable products.

“California is the 6th largest economy in the world and its legal cannabis market is a rapidly expanding, multi-billion dollar business.  Legal dispensaries are hustling to prepare for increased demand in 2018 when the sale and responsible adult use of cannabis becomes legal,” said Martin Kaufman, CEO of Grasshopper Kiosks. “We’re excited to offer these tools to our industry peers, designed to help them keep up with ever-evolving regulations and increased competition.”

Kaufman has over a decade of experience operating in the legal cannabis market and is the co-founder of Blüm. the first publicly traded dispensary chain and IVXX, a national premium cannabis brand.

“Running compliant dispensaries in multiple markets drove the development of the Grasshopper Kiosk,” Kaufman said. “The industry’s current POS systems leave a lot to be desired. These platforms tend to be developed in a vacuum, without input from the end users. We credit collaborating with accomplished industry associates, along with our previous dispensary experience, for the successful development of the Grasshopper solution. We’re looking forward to helping our clients enhance efficiencies and increase margins at the retail level.”

For more cannabis business coverage, visit the MJ News Network.  

Gossip: Why Harry And William Didn’t Visit Diana’s Grave; The Plan To Make North West And Saint Friends

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Gossip: Why Harry And William Didn’t Visit Diana’s Grave; The Plan To Make North West And Saint Friends

Prince William and Prince Harry paid tribute to their mother Princess Diana on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death with a visit to the White Garden at Kensington Palace, but they didn’t visit her grave.

“There has been speculation for years in London that Diana’s grave has been moved from the island on the country estate where she grew up, to a secret guarded location. So, the boys visiting the garden planted in memory of the late Princess at her former London home has added to this speculation,” sources tell Straight Shuter. “There is no way her sons wouldn’t visit her final resting place. The buzz is that Diana is now buried in the garden, which features a number of Diana’s favorite plants and flowers.”

The Plan To Make North West And Saint Friends

Kim Kardashian revealed her daughter North, 4, is not a huge fan of her little brother, Saint, 1, and it’s a problem that Kim is determined to fix.

“Kim has sought out professional help to try and get North and Saint to make peace,” sources tell Straight Shuter. “Kim grew up close to her siblings and wants the same for her kids. If it takes a little professional help to make this happen, she is all ears.”

“I thought it was a phase. She does not like her brother and it’s so hard for me,” Kim explained. Adding that jealousy is an issue for North when it comes to her younger brother. She even boxes him out of her girls-only tea parties.

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5 Great Bourbons For Almighty Back-To-School Season

Margarett Waterbury
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5 Great Bourbons For Almighty Back-To-School Season

Whiskey is not on many back to school lists. The set in need of pencil boxes, protractors, and highlighters is rarely also pining after that latest Buffalo Trace release (although we see you out there, grad students).

But even if it’s been decades since you’ve last been in school, there’s no reason that back-to-school season shouldn’t be a time for you to make a list, head to the liquor store, and refresh the cabinet for the cooler, crisper days to come—doubly so if you’re celebrating your kids’ return to the classroom.

Since September is National Bourbon Heritage Month, we’re turning to the world of bourbon to help ease the transition from the carefree days of summer to the responsibilities of fall.

Wyoming Whiskey Single Barrel Bourbon

Not all the great bourbon comes from Kentucky. Wyoming Whiskey in Kirby, Wyoming, is quietly turning heads with its well-made, well-aged, and well-that’s-delicious whiskeys, including a regular single barrel bourbon release that impresses even the most entrenched craft skeptics. Wyoming Whiskey’s line of wheated bourbons was developed in partnership with Steve Nally of Maker’s Mark, so it’s no surprise they’re so tasty.

Booker’s Bourbon Blue Knights Batch

The new Booker’s Bourbon is a yet another crowd pleaser—a 127.4 proof, six-year-old bourbon named after a local group of motorcycle enthusiasts who are all active or retired police officers. It’s spendier than past Booker’s releases, but die-hard fans won’t be disappointed.

Old Forester Statesman

This new limited-edition release from Old Forester commemorates the release of the latest Statesman flick: The Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Indulge your international spy fantasies with this rye-forward bourbon, bottled at a healthy 95 proof.

Early Times Bottled-in-Bond

Early Times’ flagship U.S. release isn’t a bourbon, but earlier this year the 157-year-old brand released a bottled-in-bond bourbon release seemingly designed specifically for cocktails.

It’s bottled at 100 proof, packaged in a one-liter bottle, and has a sweet, citrus-forward flavor and friendly price point that’s ideal for mixed drinks.

Kentucky Owl Bourbon Batch #7

Debuting outside Kentucky for the very first time this September, this cult favorite brand is known for its small-batch vattings that showcase different flavors every time. Batch #7 combines 11 barrels that are at least 13 years old with four eight- to nine-year old barrels for a whiskey with a sweet entry and spicy finish.

This article originally appeared on The Whiskey Wash.

California Prohibits Drones From Delivering Marijuana

Brendan Bures
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California Prohibits Drones From Delivering Marijuana

Drones can deliver anything. It’s actually kind of terrifying to analyze the profound impact on delivery drones will have on our near future (bye-bye mailman), but there’s one item drones won’t deliver anytime soon. That would be cannabis.

As first spotted by Ars Technica, California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control will prohibit any weed delivery by an autonomous vehicle. Currently the Bureau is establishing regulation of cannabis use and sales under the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) following legalization in California.

“Cannabis goods will be required to be transported inside commercial vehicles or trailers,” reads the program description. “Transportation may not be done by aircraft, watercraft, rail, drones, human powered vehicles, or unmanned vehicles.”

This will place a significant roadblock on startups designed around transporting cannabis goods and products like Eaze and MDelivers. Both were exploring drone-delivery for their products, but might soon be in danger. While some patients receive prescriptions through the mail, that transportation must be done by human-manned vehicle.

“Deliveries may be made only in person by enclosed motor vehicle. Cannabis goods may not be visible to the public during deliveries,” the program states. “Cannabis goods may not be left in an unattended motor vehicle unless the vehicle has an active alarm system. Vehicles used for delivery must have a dedicated, active GPS device that enables the dispensary to identify the geographic location of the vehicle during delivery.

California will continue to work out kinks and regulations of establishing a large-scale cannabis economy in its state moving forward. For now, robots might not be part of the equation.

Can You Guess Reese Witherspoon’s Favorite Foods?

Amy Hansen
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Can You Guess Reese Witherspoon’s Favorite Foods?

To promote her new movie Home Again, Reese Witherspoon took questions from New York City residents MOS (Man on the Street) style. Questions ranged from “How do I get into Harvard Medical School?” (you realize Legally Blonde was just a movie, right dude?)  to “What’s the most dramatic face you can make?”. But some of the questions that got Reese most excited were related to food.

As to whether or not there’s hot sauce in her bag:

“There is not hot sauce in my bag, BUT…I do like some Cholula. I do like some spicy shrimp and grits.”

As to what kind of steak she prefers:

“I’m a filet minion girl. That’s just what I am. It’s what I like.”

As to “What’s the best southern food?” (Reese is a Nashville native):

“The best southern food for me is probably fried chicken. There’s noting like hot, spicy fried chicken and you get the best at Hattie B’s in Nashville, Tennessee.”

Watch Reese answer all the questions with a big o’l southern grin on her face the entire time.

WATCH: This Dog Stealing An Empanada On Live TV Is Everyone’s Hero

Amy Hansen
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WATCH: This Dog Stealing An Empanada On Live TV Is Everyone’s Hero

When a dog’s hungry, a dog’s gonna eat. That’s what dogs do, and that’s what a brave four-legged soul did on national television.

The trickery took place during a Chilean news broadcast recently that involved interviewing some ladies who were cooking empanadas on a hot grill. As you can see below, the dog, seeing an opportunity, quietly sidles up to the reporter and, like the snack ninja he is, softly takes an empanada into his mouth. Nobody seemed to notice, except Twitter.

Other Twitter users started chiming in with their own food loving animal heroes:

Someone even came up with a logo for the newly monikered  “Empanada Dog”:

As Refinery29 points out, back in January, there was the Canadian squirrel that pilfered chocolate bars from a connivence store, and the cat that stole a cinnamon roll during the holidays. If only adults could get away with half the stuff animals do.

Social Media Campaign Asks Marijuana Patients To ‘Be Brave For Cannabis’

Brendan Bures
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Social Media Campaign Asks Marijuana Patients To ‘Be Brave For Cannabis’

A social media campaign in Michigan is asking medical marijuana patients to share their experiences through various platforms. The effort is to raise awareness and reduce negative associations with the plant, showcasing the beneficial impact it’s made on some individuals lives.

The campaign was organized by three women-owned businesses in Michigan. Patients were asked to use the hashtags #bebraveforcannabis or #bettertogether. Because of the lingering national stigma surrounding cannabis, many patients fear speaking out about their cannabis usage for fear of judgment or recourse from work.

“Once people are able to talk about their medical marijuana use, they often find community and support,” said Roberta King, co-founder of Canna Communications. “We hope the campaign will help reinforce a sense of community.

Here are a few of the encouraging responses:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BY8D21GlimR/?tagged=bebraveforcannabis

https://www.instagram.com/p/BY_ZBv7j3sK/?tagged=bebraveforcannabis

https://www.instagram.com/p/BY85ImOgYIk/?tagged=bebraveforcannabis

“[Michigan] has the second largest medical marijuana patient registry in the country, yet many elected officials don’t realize it, because not enough people are coming out and sharing the stories about how it has changed their lives,” said Canna Media Works’ Jamie Cooper. “Many times it’s due to fear of legal issues or being judged by family and friends. In order for this to change, we have to speak up and present a unified voice.”

To learn more how medical marijuana works, click here.

Gossip: Kim Kardashian Joining ‘American Idol’; Does Madonna Have Bed Bugs?

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Gossip: Kim Kardashian Joining ‘American Idol’; Does Madonna Have Bed Bugs?

The “American Idol” reboot still has not locked down a second or even third judge to join Katy Perry on the show that starts production in just a few weeks. But Ryan Seacrest thinks he has the perfect solution – hire his pal Kim Kardashian.

“While producers have been looking at Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban and other people within the music business, Ryan thinks the show should hire Kim. Promotion and social media are now just as important to being a successful artist as singing and no one knows that world better than his pal Kim,” sources tell Straight Shuter. “People might moan at first that she doesn’t have experience with music but they did the same thing when Heidi Klum joined the panel at America’s Got Talent. At least Kim is from the USA and she certainly knows how to make great TV. Ryan is worried that if they just follow the format of the old show, that it will feel dated. Adding Kim will be a game-changer.”

Auditions in front of the judges start at the end of September.

Does Madonna Have Bed Bugs?

Straight Shuter spotted what looked like a brand new mattress tossed out outside Madonna’s fancy Upper East Side townhouse alarming her super rich neighbors.

“Who just throws a mattress out and leaves it on the curb? It made the sidewalk impassible but Madonna clearly doesn’t care,” one neighbor tells Straight Shuter. “81st street has never been the same since she moved in. The 10-feet-tall black wall with a row of metal points protects no ordinary townhouse behind it. Madonna has merged three red brick townhouses seamlessly together to form a mansion. But that isn’t enough for her. She has also taken over the public sidewalk too. It was silly to think a wall could contain this woman. She feels like she owns the whole block.”

Recently the street was outraged when an illegal yellow ‘no parking’ sign mysteriously appeared outside her property. City officials ordered the famed singer to remove it.

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