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Ramen currency, McWearables and West Virginia weed + this day in history w/RFID implants and our song of the day by Of Montreal on your Morning Monarchy for August 24, 2016.

Notes/Links:

‘We only heard their cats’: quake sorrow of Italian village
http://www.thelocal.it/20160824/we-only-heard-their-cats-quake-sorrow-of-italian-village

Ramen noodles top prison currency as food quality down 🍜💰
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/767769288396595200

Ramen – U.S. Prison’s Most Precious Commodity? (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNOK9fsO3OY

Alternative Currencies, From Coca Leaves to Mackerel 🍃🐟
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/768132767976599552

McDonald’s New Happy Meal Toy Must Be Some Kind of Sick Joke
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/767437103500099584

McDonald’s launches wearable then pulls it after kid feels the burn
https://twitter.com/rayvahey/status/766154477501943808

McDonald’s launches McNHS health service and wins bid to take over a major NHS Trust
https://twitter.com/Qainiratha/status/768394014143844352

Germany will urge residents to stockpile food and water in case of nation-wide attacks 🚀🍿
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/767840254682238976

Coca-Cola pulls plug at India plant for pollution probe
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/766798871703846912

Government Pulls Water Supply of Dakota Protestors Despite Sweltering Heat
https://twitter.com/Qainiratha/status/768400933222961152

Pipeline threatens Native American tribes only water source (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dmu8FI5O0Osk

United Nations Admits to Accidentally Releasing Cholera in Haiti, Killing 10,000 People
https://twitter.com/Qainiratha/status/766663164763238400

Haiti: UN admits its role in “world’s worst” cholera epidemic that killed thousands (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJc1GTPgL_k

Cincinnati responds to 30 heroin overdoses in one day
https://twitter.com/erikmoshe/status/768467497339215872

Cincinnati sees massive spike in heroin overdoses Tuesday night (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCYGe_ty_vc

Lead found at Cumberland County elementary school
https://twitter.com/erikmoshe/status/766557945966440448

Don’t eat produce from #PeakPortland school gardens… y’know, because of all the lead in the water
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/767096444671041536

Legislation has been introduced in #WestVirginia to legalize medical marijuana (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/767815478215454720

@DieAntwoord are to launch their own line of cannabis
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/767424898440454144

Whose Lives Should Be Saved? To Help Shape Policy, Researchers in Maryland Ask the Public
https://twitter.com/erikmoshe/status/767721334092787712

#ThisDayInHistory: #August24 w/Gutenberg Bible, Panic of 1857, Gorbachev resigns, Hurricane Andrew, Windows 95 + Arthur Crudup, @Sen_JoeManchin, @JeanMichelJarre, @DaveChappelle, #KingKrule birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/768495308229648384

#PumpUpThaVolume: Of Montreal – “It’s Different For Girls” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/768424107893370881