#MorningMonarchy: December 20, 2017

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Uber ambulance, snacking occasions and dead pharma + this day in history w/'Roger & Me' opens and our song of the year by Nikki Lane on your Morning Monarchy for December 20, 2017.

Notes/Links:

People Are Taking Ubers to the Hospital Instead of Ambulances Nowadays
https://twitter.com/entheogenesis/status/943139309380661248

Why Woman With Internal Bleeding Used Uber Over Ambulance for Ride to Hospital (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/943383697671073792

Since Dec. 8, six workers at the Hanford nuclear site have shown up as possibly contaminated.
https://twitter.com/OPB/status/941497874088574976

More Hanford workers possibly contaminated with plutonium
https://twitter.com/XEyezWideOpenX/status/942870763434110978

Why Is #Hanford the Cold War's Hot Mess (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/943389561702334464

California issues its first batch of business licenses for recreational marijuana setting the stage for sales to begin in January.
https://twitter.com/APWestRegion/status/941503224955236352

What you need to know when sales of recreational marijuana become legal in CA in 2018 (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/943390662837248001

Jack in the Box to sell Qdoba Restaurant unit for $305 million cash
https://twitter.com/TheDealeyLama/status/943105606952669184

Jack in the Box Jumps After Selling #Qdoba (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/943391093986492416

Nestlé sells off tea brands in North America
https://twitter.com/TheDealeyLama/status/942740915151622145

Hershey, Campbell bet nearly $6 billion on healthy snacks makers (Audio)
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/942951626024906752

Campbell Soup buying snack maker Snyder's-Lance for $4.9B
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/942952262787325952

GMA defections continue; Tyson, Unilever will not renew membership
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/942952647820181504

How GMO grains could help fight the effects of climate change
https://twitter.com/Oni_no_Hanzo/status/942072467094257664

CDC gets list of forbidden words: Fetus, transgender, diversity
https://twitter.com/XEyezWideOpenX/status/941927523717406721

Why The #CDC Banned Certain Words (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/943395300785270784

In same statement Mario Batali apologizes for 'past behavior,' suggests cinnamon roll recipe
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/942141218724696064

Drugmaker Raises The Price Of Vitamins By 800%
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/941870237053587456

Canadian Pharmaceuticals Billionaire #BarrySherman And Wife Found Dead In Toronto Mansion
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/942129792618340352

Deaths of #HoneySherman and #BarrySherman, founder of #Apotex, deemed suspicious (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/943395766344622080

#ThisDayInHistory: #December20 w/Michael Moore's (@MMFlint) debut feature-length film, 'Roger & Me', opens in theaters in 1989 (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/943544900615671808

+ #SiegeOfRhodes, #LouisianaPurchase completed, #AdolfHitler out of prison, '#ItsAWonderfulLife' released, #ElvisPresley drafted, "#FunkyDrummer" recorded, US invades #Panama to oust #Noriega
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/943546114220818432

Flashback: Congress Slams The 2nd Amendment (Dec. 20, 2007)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2007/12/congress-slams-2nd-ammendmen/

Flashback: Police & Protesters Clash In New Orleans (Dec. 20, 2007)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2007/12/police-protesters-clash-in-new-orleans/

Flashback: NY Emergency Radio Network Fails First Major Test (Dec. 20, 2007)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2007/12/ny-emergency-radio-network-fails-firs/

+ #IreneDunne, #CharlieCallas, #JohnHillerman, #PeterCriss, #UriGeller, #SonnyPerdue, @BillyBragg, Mike @WattFromPedro, #ChrisRobinson, #JonahHill birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/943546592610590722

#PumpUpThaVolume: Nikki Lane - "Jackpot" (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/821266703493447681