Private spacecraft launching, Bezos beating taxes and retraining your brain + this day in history w/paranoid woman climbs into X-ray machine to protect handbag from being stolen and our song of the day by Tunnelmental on your #MorningMonarchy for February 20, 2024.
Notes/Links:
Kid Rock and Jason Aldean just announced they will cancel New York from their “You can’t cancel America” tour.
https://vxtwitter.com/BigBlueWaveUSA/status/1759688566492500380
US officer fired at handcuffed man in SUV after mistaking acorn for gunshot; Florida deputy Jesse Hernandez resigned after opening fire when he thought sound of acorn hitting police cruiser was shot from gun
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/16/florida-acorn-cop-shooting
Video: Deputy Spooked by Falling Acorn Fires Gun at Suspect (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l1zdL_q5Mo
Air Force announces major shakeup to prep for war with China
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2024/02/air-force-announces-major-shakeup-prep-war-china/394125/
SpaceX just launched the Odysseus lander to become the first private spacecraft on the moon; The launch by Elon Musk’s company was initially set for a day earlier, but was delayed due to an issue with the spacecraft’s methane fuel
https://qz.com/spacex-launch-odysseus-elon-musk-moon-1851259860
Video: Private spacecraft blasts off to attempt first US moon landing in 52 years | BBC News (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX5dxBfCSUQ
Elon Musk moves SpaceX to Texas after Delaware revoked his Tesla salary package; Musk moving SpaceX’s state of incorporation from Delaware to Texas comes after his Tesla pay package was voided by a Delaware court
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/elon-musk-moves-spacex-texas-after-delaware-revoked-tesla-salary-package
Inside Tesla’s lucrative side hustle: Automaker has cashed in almost $9 billion selling EV credits to rivals that fail to meet emissions regulations
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/electric-vehicles/article-13075163/tesla-ev-credits-rival-automakers.html
Jeff Bezos dumps another 2bn$ worth of $AMZN #stocks; Now 6bn$ in just 6 days 🙈
https://vxtwitter.com/DarioCpx/status/1758245376392614328
Video: Bezos saves $600 million in taxes by moving to Florida (Audio)
https://youtu.be/8ZHPynCAhvQ
Kirby Cornered Over Biden-TikTok Push, While Migrants Continue To Use App For Border Malarkey
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-announces-hes-tiktok-year-after-he-banned-it-all-federal-devices
Video: “Can you explain the national security concerns [of TikTok]?”
KIRBY (a day after the Biden campaign joined TikTok): “Concerns about the preservation of data and the potential misuse of that data and privacy information by foreign actors…” (Audio)
https://vxtwitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1757112312069005660
Video: “Hey by the way, we just joined TikTok” (Audio)
https://vxtwitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1756862645360099534
New York-Based “Law Firm” Sullivan & Cromwell Handling FTX’s Bankruptcy Case to Monitor Binance
https://cryptonews.com/news/law-firm-handling-ftxs-bankruptcy-case-expected-to-become-binances-independent-monitor.htm
*CAPITAL ONE TO BUY DISCOVER IN ALL-STOCK DEAL VALUED AT $35.3B
https://vxtwitter.com/zerohedge/status/1759727082781716977
Capital One to acquire Discover Financial Services in $35.3 billion all-stock deal
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/19/capital-one-acquiring-discover-financial-services-report-says.html
Re: Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get ‘Comfortable’ Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off – “If purchase isn’t ownership, then piracy isn’t theft. “
https://t.me/true_anarchy/18592
AI Is Inflaming Workplace Surveillance
https://reclaimthenet.org/ai-is-inflaming-workplace-surveillance
‘Civic Listening’: Political Informants and Citizen Spies, Rebranded
https://foundationforfreedomonline.com/civic-listening-political-informants-and-citizen-spies-rebranded/
‘Trusted Messengers:’ Volunteer Censors Trained to Control Your Community’s Speech
https://foundationforfreedomonline.com/grassroots-censorship-volunteer-misinformation-monitors/
Maine School Backtracks on Using Fingerprints To Track Students
https://reclaimthenet.org/maine-school-backtracks-on-using-fingerprints-to-track-students
New Study Suggest Apple’s Vision Pro May “Rewire” Brain
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/new-study-suggest-apples-vision-pro-may-rewire/
Video: Apple’s Vision Pro Goggles Could Rewire the Human Brain, Destroying Common Ground (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VELX2aWs6_k
Image: @Hybrid’s Cover Art – CrApple’s ‘ReWire uR bRian’
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/983208466481029191/1209529456910139432/20240220_MorningMonarchy.jpg?ex=65e74116&is=65d4cc16&hm=ca02a7a8645ccaa62bba3972e325324acba95060fdaeda2195e73618b6f577c0&
Image: “Putting Baby Rex to sleep but still testing positive”
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/801162078592696321/1209371697074151454/IMG_3213.png?ex=65e6ae29&is=65d43929&hm=e4d68aec2f932c316b7ce84fb7abd2dc844047b61f7c8314497fd000014e69aa&
Image: “Please put your mask on”
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/801162078592696321/1209371747581698088/IMG_3220.png?ex=65e6ae35&is=65d43935&hm=22966f54b45a36f958b1fb6f433694b075be6d6c0160d1363aed98d2d1068798&
Video Flashback: Virgin Mobile Presents: Retrain Your Brain w/Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips (Mar. 12, 2013 // Audio)
https://web.archive.org/web/20130315210446/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjZ0rXSXeBA // https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/597898944584089623/1209323255496704071/Virgin_Mobile_Presents_Retrain_Your_Brain_-_YouTube.mp4?ex=65e6810c&is=65d40c0c&hm=abd8aa728e3ab23fcab10f3a288e13b556ef14ee0d7e97fa7ba9dccb57988381&
February 2014 – Page 3 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2014/2/page/3/
Flashback: Venezuela’s Internet Crackdown Escalates into Regional Blackout (Feb. 20, 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/venezuelas-internet-crackdown-escalates/
Flashback: I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society (Feb. 20, 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/i-crashed-wall-street-secret-society/
Flashback: Oklahoma earthquake spike likely linked to fracking boom (Feb. 20, 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/oklahoma-earthquake-spike-likely-linked/
#MorningMonarchy: February 20, 2017
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170220morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: February 20, 2017 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170220pumpupthavolume/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: February 20, 2018 – Woman climbs into X-ray machine during security checks (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20180220morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: February 20, 2018
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190220pumpupthavolume/
#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Nigel From Tunnelmental – “My Mistake (Fuck War)” (Audio)
https://tunnelmental.bandcamp.com/track/my-mistake