Stealing food, decriminalizing shrooms and killing empathy + this day in history w/eradicating smallpox and our song of the day by the Raconteurs on your Morning Monarchy for May 8, 2019.
Notes/Links:
Real-Life ‘Hamburglar’ Steals $1000s Of Food Through McDonald’s Mobile App
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1123947829339275272
Hamburglar? N.S. woman baffled after someone in Montreal uses her My McD’s app // Halifax woman’s McDonald’s app allegedly hacked (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1126013293514989568
Washington governor Jay Inslee just signed a bill allowing delivery robots to operate on sidewalks.
https://twitter.com/newfoodeconomy/status/1125045075124396033
Planting the Seeds of Regime Change: How GMO Seeds and Monsanto/Bayer’s “RoundUp” are Driving US Policy in Venezuela
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1125623962954760192
Germany’s health minister proposes a $2,790 anti-vaxxer charge
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1125472901929398280
Tomorrow Denver voters will decide whether to decriminalize magic mushrooms
https://twitter.com/reason/status/1125462241606660100
Denver Votes Whether Or Not To Decriminalize ‘Magic Mushrooms’ // Update: Denver says no to ‘magic mushrooms’: Historic vote on psilocybin unlikely to pass (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1126030442904186880
We’ve reached peak crazy: “Anna Faris wants the naming rights to your baby in exchange for a lifetime supply of Klondike Bars. Yup, you read that right. Watch the full video. #4AKlondike”
https://twitter.com/RachelDTobias/status/1124510014574682114
A two day-old flamingo is protected by its mother in their enclosure at the zoo in Rome. In the past three weeks, five flamingo fledglings hatched at the zoo
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1124436973794369536
A three-eyed snake found in the northern Australian town of Humpty Doo has sparked amusement in a country already accustomed to unusual wildlife. 🐍👁️
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1124405013567164417
Photos: Bear relaxes in hot tub at Tennessee rental cabin
https://twitter.com/OddNewsUPI/status/1124405024887459840
Mondelez CEO to CNBC: We are exploring CBD snacks
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1124156999170777089
Super size your mental health: “it’s ok to #feelyourway” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/g3rd3r/status/1124103584931405824
Consumer Alert: Tylenol’s Empathy-Killing Properties Confirmed in 2nd Study
https://twitter.com/joinwakeupworld/status/1125490660692328448
Tylenol Proven To Decrease EMPATHY! (Seriously) (Oct. 10, 2016) (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1126017631868166144
+ @ParamountPics founded, the #WhiteBird plane vanishes, #LetItBe drops, teh #AIM/#AmericanIndianMovement standoff ends, #NewRevolution coaster opens, #DenisLortie shooter, #1AESS outage
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1126179270676688897
+ @TomWaits beats @FritoLay, @SmashingPumpkin’s sue @WestwoodOne, #SouthAfrica gets to #voteharder
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1126179271909810181
#ThisDayInHistory: #May8 w/The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox in 1980. (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1126179269632299009
Flashback: media monarchy episode122 (May 8, 2009)
https://mediamonarchy.com/media-monarchy-episode122/
Flashback: Obama orders review of nasa plan to return to moon (May 8, 2009)
https://mediamonarchy.com/obama-orders-review-of-nasa-plan-to/
Flashback: 5/7 newspurge // microcinema int’l acquires ‘loose change 9/11: an american coup’ // feds to seize land in order to build 9/11 memorial by 2011 // details thin on stimulus contracts// obama to be prayer day no-show // pentagon’s black budget grows to more than $50b // military police at the kentucky derby // US census field workers prompt flurry of calls // savage banned from uk for political opinions // exercise total ram: hollywood-style explosions in canadian city // israel to blame for united nations building attacks // horse deaths tied to overdose // inspector says report on ‘pentagon publicity program’ was flawed // wal-mart pays $2m to avoid charges in death probe (May 8, 2009)
https://mediamonarchy.com/57-newspurge/
+ #Truman, #Hayek, #SaulBass, #DonRickles, #Moebius, #PeterBenchley, #RickyNelson, #JamesTrafficant, #GaryGlitter, #KeithJarrett, #ChrisFrantz, #AlexVanHalen, #StephenFurst, #BillDeBlasio birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1126179272970907655
+ @MichelGondry, #MelissaGilbert, @NaomiAKlein, @enriqueiglesias, @JBONAMASSA birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1126179273994317825
#PumpUpThaVolume: The Raconteurs – “Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)” (Donovan Cover) (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1126016877992374272