Grocery games, medicinal tea parties and upside-down food pyramids + this day in history w/organized swine flu panics and our song of the day by Zach Bryan on your #MorningMonarchy for January 14, 2026.
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#PumpUpThaVolume: Winter 2026 ♬ These are those new (and classic) songs you’ve heard on Media Monarchy this season ♬
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6yvrUIAtKyYnJK7UNBWs7M
Video: iHerb Just Acquired Vitacost From Kroger | $3B+ IPO Master Plan Unlocked? (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNK9w4PvcS4
Kroger sells Vitacost as it sharpens focus on core grocery business; The sale of the online health and wellness retailer to iHerb follows several moves by the grocer to make its operations leaner and more store focused.
https://www.grocerydive.com/news/kroger-sells-vitacost/809221/
It’s One Of The Fastest-Growing Snacks In The Nation. It Also Comes With A Concerning Risk.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/protein-rich-snack-meat-sticks-carcinogen_l_6961173ee4b0120ab25d18a4
Kroger to launch 80 new private label products with protein
https://www.supermarketperimeter.com/articles/12890-kroger-to-launch-80-new-private-label-products-with-protein
Magic Spoon
https://magicspoon.com/
GHOST® PROTEIN CEREAL
https://www.ghostlifestyle.com/products/ghost-protein-cereal
Image: Fun fact, JEP is the name of my credit union/savings bank where I live in South America
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/jep_bank.png
🚨 Former MLB pitcher John Rocker visits a taxpayer-funded daycare in Columbus, Ohio shown in viral footage — the center appears open but empty, with only staff present. Questions are now being raised about how public funds are being used. (Audio)
https://x.com/DerrickEvans4WV/status/2010917530303676706
Image: This is the best description I have seen of Renee Good
https://x.com/ILA_NewsX/status/2009758779064373529
Video: Is The Government Spying On Schizophrenics Enough? (Jan. 17, 2008 // Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzoXQKumgCw
Jeremy Spencer – “Cathy Don’t Go” (Audio)
‘Cathy Don’t Go’
Unknown label / Release Date Circa 1985
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Jeremy Spencer – “Cathy Don’t Go” https://soundcloud.com/nightlightshows/cathy-dont-go-jeremy-spencer // https://www.bitchute.com/video/23S520Yoggex/ // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47TZ9MHI1qg // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Spencer // This song by Jeremy Spencer, original guitarist of Fleetwood Mac (1967-1971), was released in the mid-1980’s at the advent of barcodes. Elements of the lyrics ring true today! Thanks to Media Monarchy listener David Jon for giving us the heads up on this track! (No Discogs entry. According to David Jon, Spencer released a number of music videos with Children Of God (aka Family International) during the early 1980’s. The Wikipedia entry is an interesting read.)*
#MounseyMinute Posts on Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/tag/mounsey-minute/
#MounseyMinute: ‘Recipes For Reciprocity’
https://recipesforreciprocity.com/
#MounseyMinute TXT: Episode 25 – Medicinal Tea Party
https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/medicinal-teas
#MounseyMinute MP3: Episode 25 – Medicinal Tea Party (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260114_MounseyMinute25.mp3
#MounseyMinute: Burl Ives – “The Ballad of the Tea Party”
‘Historical America In Song’
Encyclopædia Britannica Films – 1950
*Burl Ives – “The Ballad of the Tea Party” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whr6VSSRgwA // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_America_in_Song // ‘Historical America in Song,’ released in 1950 by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, is an album set by folk singer Burl Ives. Each of the six albums consists of five 12-inch vinylite records, for a total of thirty 78 rpm records. The album set was designed to be used in four types of academic courses: music appreciation, American history, literature, and social studies.*
#MounseyMinute/Cover Image: Gavin Mounsey’s ‘Medicinal Tea Party’
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260114_MorningMonarchy.jpg // https://sillylines.art/ // https://ko-fi.com/sillylines
Video: 🚨 WOAH! 🚨 Senator Ron Johnson just said COVID was “preplanned by an elite group of people.” (Audio)
https://x.com/laurenlee/status/2010764203435450498
Sen. Johnson Issues Warning: Covid Was ‘Preplanned by Elite Group’ to ‘Take Total Control of Our Lives’ (Aug. 14, 2023)
https://www.sgtreport.com/2023/08/sen-johnson-issues-warning-covid-was-preplanned-by-elite-group-to-take-total-control-of-our-lives/
Video: BOOM🚨Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just nuked the narrative on Real Time With Bill Maher (Apr. 26 2024 // Audio)
https://x.com/BarronTNews_/status/2010775827965792767
“Labour wants to destroy us”: The furious farmers fighting to preserve Britain; While the Environment Secretary attempted to pacify those inside the Oxford Farming Conference, those outside say the Government hates them
https://archive.is/5Bd4y
Kennedy: Cracker Barrel caves to customer pressure as it brings back menu favorites nationwide; Move comes after last year’s botched logo redesign met with big backlash
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/cracker-barrel-caves-customer-pressure-brings-back-menu-favorites-nationwide
New, upside-down food pyramid released: Here’s what has changed
https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/new-upside-down-food-pyramid-released-heres-what-has-changed/
Video: New, upside-down food pyramid released: Here’s what has changed (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj8gyg5w1v4
The Mountain Goats – “Cold At Night” (Audio)
‘Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan’
Cadmean Dawn/Thirty Tigers – Nov. 7, 2025
*The Mountain Goats – “Cold At Night” https://play.cdnstream1.com/s/kcrw/today-s-top-tune/the-mountain-goats-cold-3cd862 // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_This_Fire_Across_from_Peter_Balkan // The Mountain Goats have released their twenty third (you heard it right!) full-length album, ‘Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan’ from it, they share their song “Cold at Night,” a powerful entry point into the band’s most conceptually detailed and musically elaborate project yet. A full-on musical, the album tells the story of shipwrecked survivors haunted by dwindling resources and apocalyptic visions — a gripping tale of endurance, tenderness, and hard-earned wisdom, delivered with the Mountain Goats’ unmistakable urgency.*
#ThisDayInHistoy/#NewWorldNextWeek: Swine Flu – “They Organized the Panic” (Jan. 14, 2010 // Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/new-world-next-week-jan14/
Zach Bryan – “Bad News” (Audio)
‘With Heaven On Top’
Warner Records – January 9, 2026
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Zach Bryan – “Bad News” https://youtu.be/fN9or5sWSoQ // https://store.zachbryan.com // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_News_(Zach_Bryan_song) // Zach Bryan laments the political divide in the U.S. on this song from his new album, ‘With Heaven On Top,’ available now via Warner Records – a division of Netflix.*