Grocery fever, seasonal produce and coming pandemics + this day in history w/the selling of ‘The Scream’ and our song of the day by Mazzy Star on your Morning Monarchy for May 2, 2018.
Notes/Links:
J Sainsbury, the UK’s second-biggest food retailer, has struck a deal to take over Walmart subsidiary Asda, creating Britain’s biggest supermarket by market share
https://twitter.com/FinancialTimes/status/991067011290730496
.@Sainsburys CEO #MikeCoupe filmed singing “we’re in the money” before @Asda merger interview (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/991529688374820864
Outrage breaks out after Whole Foods partners with Yellow Fever eatery
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/990687088696791045
Safeway Warns Seattle: New Employment Tax Could Turn Neighborhoods Into Food Deserts
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/991171173764550656
Socialist administration in NYC is set to destroy the city’s restaurants, all of them
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/991172863058235397
Hope & Change-Era Regulations Being Implemented By the Swamp Aren’t Making Pizza Great Again 🍕
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/989250028639170560
CT pizza delivery man gets $180K settlement after being crushed by 400 pounds of cheese
https://twitter.com/bbstcharles/status/990375996267421697
‘It’s just not what people want anymore’: Subway to close hundreds of US stores
https://twitter.com/erikmoshe/status/990027807119020032
Dr. Pepper Must Face Suit Over Ginger Ale Labeling
https://twitter.com/emilyzmedia/status/989938004486746113
Why do Louisiana florists have to be licensed? According to one florist, it’s because “we are artists. It’s not an occupation.”
https://twitter.com/reason/status/991403893555777536
EU votes for near-total ban on bee-killing pesticides
https://twitter.com/EUDataNewsHub/status/989828263718588417
‘Salmon People: The Risks of Genetically Engineered Fish for the Pacific Northwest’ Film Premieres
https://twitter.com/BlacklistedNews/status/990988814930722816
The benefits of buying seasonal produce (Audio)
https://twitter.com/KOB4/status/989952868009566209
The Baking Soda Cure For Almost Everything
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/990736170295463938
82-Year-Old Woman With Dementia Gets Her Memory Back After Changing Her Diet
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/990075482044583936
Rep. Tom Emmer Wins #Minnesota’s 2018 #Hotdish Competition In D.C. (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/989290127498264576
This revolution in our understanding of depression will be life-transforming
https://twitter.com/RachelDTobias/status/991419892518842369
How states propose raising money from opioid sales
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/990429789663170560
Houston City Council unanimously backs plan to build homes in flood plain
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/989662353850535936
Bill Gates Warns “Millions Could Die” If US Doesn’t Prepare For Coming Pandemic
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/990068504165576704
After Using His Son to Beg for Socialized Medicine, Jimmy Kimmel Silent as It Kills Baby Alfie
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/990631042116710400
Nap mats at some Seattle child-care centers contain potentially harmful chemicals
https://twitter.com/erikmoshe/status/989346474344566785
‘Cry Closet’ arrives at University of Utah for finals week (Audio)
https://twitter.com/erikmoshe/status/990029535700766720
#ThisDayInHistory: #May2 w/the 1895 pastel-on-board version of ‘The Scream’, by Norwegian painter #EdvardMunch, sells for $120M in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction in 2012 (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/991731405267787776
+ #AnneBoleyn arrested for incest/witchcraft, #KingJamesVersion of The Bible published, #Iraq coup, #JosephMcCarthy dies, ‘#Quadrophenia’ opens, Bush family business partner “#OsamaBinLaden” “killed”
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/991732531211862016
Flashback: Media Monarchy Episode074
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/05/media-monarchy-episode074/
+ #TheodorHerzl, #HeddaHopper, #BenjaminSpock, #LinkWray, #EngelbertHumperdinck, #BiancaJagger, #LesleyGore, @LouGramm, #DonatellaVersace, #MikaBrzezinski, @JennaVonOy, @LilyAllen birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/991733455581933569
#PumpUpThaVolume: Mazzy Star – “Quiet, The Winter Harbor” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/990723352657448960