Monkey memes, Greece fires and high levels of vog + this day in history w/Lucky Lindy’s ticker tape parade and our song of the day by Stephanie Hatfield on your Morning Monarchy for June 13, 2018.
Notes/Links:
The raccoon is safe. We repeat: The raccoon is safe.
https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1006887076216918017
Watch the moment a monkey clings on to its owner as he’s arrested for stealing a car…in Florida
https://twitter.com/IndyWorld/status/1005479607401926656
Home Depot employee attacked by customer’s pet monkey…in Florida
https://twitter.com/koat7news/status/1005480984417062912
Ultra-rare orange lobster found in shipment at Massachusetts store
https://twitter.com/OddNewsUPI/status/1005099543178895360
The Story Behind $17 Billion Booty Found In 300-Year-Old “Holy Grail Of Shipwrecks”
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1000575356263370762
In Greece, Fire Reveals Ancient Artifacts, Possibly Hidden By Thieves
https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1005199550775111680
Africa’s oldest and most curious trees are mysteriously dying
https://twitter.com/IndyWorld/status/1006257131438436352
Trump will ‘probably’ support states setting their own weed policy
https://twitter.com/IndyWorld/status/1005154339554578432
It’s another sign of the coming left-right convergence on marijuana legalization. Let states decide for themselves (and don’t stop with pot)!
https://twitter.com/reason/status/1006246698534907904
Oklahomans To Decide In Two Weeks On Providing Medical Marijuana Access
https://twitter.com/NORML/status/1006591873589350401
E-cigarette sellers are offering scholarships to get their brands listed on university websites and to get students writing about the benefits of vaping.
https://twitter.com/APEastRegion/status/1005094648442966018
What’s the best time of day to drink coffee? The U.S. Army finds answer
https://twitter.com/koat7news/status/1004793654240690176
New tariffs risk turning U.S. whiskey sour
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/1005080105851473921
Restaurants and bars in food-crazy Singapore are rolling out weird and wonderful creations to mark the US-North Korea summit
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1006253920891613186
Country Time Stands Up to “Arcane Laws” Against Kids Lemonade Stands (Audio)
https://twitter.com/ActivistPost/status/1006182031615766529
Domino’s Pizza unveils U.S. infrastructure project filling potholes
https://twitter.com/nolagoat/status/1006244831528615936
Amazon expands Prime benefits at Whole Foods to 10 additional states
https://twitter.com/MarketWatch/status/1006181956827181056
I Tried to Live Off Jim Bakker’s Disgusting Apocalypse Food: The disgraced televangelist is back on TV, this time hocking doomsday prepper food (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1004039698074013696
Food truck offers free, healthy meals to kids during summer
https://twitter.com/CourageSower/status/1006703622464258048
A new study “Rape Culture and Queer Performativity at Urban Dog Parks,” is both flawed and fascinating
https://twitter.com/reason/status/1006258774875594755
TransCanada’s New “Best-in-Class” Gas Pipeline Explodes in West Virginia, Causing Fiery Blast
https://twitter.com/BlacklistedNews/status/1006580629079777280
Nearly A Dozen More States Win An Injunction Against Obama’s Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) Rule
https://twitter.com/radiormnpodcast/status/1006593995152060417
High levels of vog and sulfur dioxide waft north from Kilauea
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1005267476647735296
Guests could get paid to stay at hotel, get flu
https://twitter.com/XEyezWideOpenX/status/1006416824756527104
One third of Americans are taking prescription and over-the-counter drugs, such as birth control pills, antacids and common heart medications, that may raise the risk of depression, researchers warn
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1006642044431949827
Kat Von D Fires Back at Haters Criticizing Decision Not to Vaccinate Baby
https://twitter.com/XEyezWideOpenX/status/1005798284651323395
Anthony Bourdain was vocal about using a popular drug to quit smoking that was found to have “more adverse effects than any other medication on the market.”
https://twitter.com/PressForTruth/status/1006642340591742976
US Suicide Rate Surges 30% Since 1999
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1005267924423266304
#ThisDayInHistory: #June13 w/Aviator #CharlesLindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City in 1927 (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1006949728536260609
+ #VancouverBC fire, #MirandaVArizona, #MickTaylor joins the Stones, #PentagonPapers, #JamesEarlRay recaptured, #Pioneer10 leaves solar system, @BillClinton vs @SisterSouljah, ‘#JaggedLittlePill’ drops
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1006949729568079875
Flashback: Puppy-Killing Marine David Motari to Be Booted (Jun. 12, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/06/puppy-killing-marine-to-be-booted/
Flashback: 45 Years Later, Mississippi Remembers Medgar Evers (Jun. 12, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/06/45-yrs-later-mississippi-remembers/
Flashback: Software Update Brings Down Nuclear Power Plant (Jun. 12, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/06/software-update-brings-down-nuclear/
Flashback: 9/11 Updates – Arizona, Truth Rising, Odigo, Art Students & KSM (Jun. 12, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/06/911-arizona-truth-rising-odigo-ar/
+ #WBYeats, #BasilRathbone, #RalphEdwards, #PaulLynde, #Cristo, #MalcolmMcDowell, @WhitleyStrieber, @TimAllenRants, #AllySheedy, @DavidGray, #RiversCuomo, #MaryKateandAshley, @DJSnake birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1006949730776113152
#PumpUpThaVolume: Stephanie Hatfield – “Talking To The Dead” (Live) (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1005958753546592256