West Virginia

Superbug fungus, artificial wombs and genetic memories + this day in history w/the Polio vaccine and our song of the day by Melodysheep on your Morning Monarchy for April 26, 2017.

This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: Some genius created a P2P medicine site; Colleges are trying to reign in costs by going with open-source textbooks; and a library of tools just got a lot bigger.

This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: Some genius created a P2P medicine site; Colleges are trying to reign in costs by going with open-source textbooks; and a library of tools just got a lot bigger.

This month's installment of the Maryjane Report is our first 30 minute episode and we talk about West Virginia weed, making millions on the 4/20 holiday and the world weed revolution.

This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: Making glyphosate-free lemonade out of life's lemons; unsettling the elite with talk of menstruation, crowdfunding; plus some great, hemp-growing news out of WV.

This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: Making glyphosate-free lemonade out of life's lemons; unsettling the elite with talk of menstruation, crowdfunding; plus some great, hemp-growing news out of WV.

On March 10, Maryland’s House of Delegates passed legislation to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, 97 to 40. The bill’s next hurdle is the Senate, where a key lawmaker has resisted efforts to permanently prohibit the practice. [1]

Trump won West Virginia 68.7% to 26.5%. He did much better than any other Republican ever-- yes, even better than Reagan (55.1%) or Romney (62.3%). He won every single county in the state, even the ones that normally lean blue. And he did even better in McDowell County than he did statewide:

Spook squad, bitcoin bubble and the West Virginia quiet zone + this day in history w/“Catch A Falling Star” and our song of the day by The New Pornographers on your Morning Monarchy for March 14, 2017.

Republicans have been reciting their talking points like little automatons all week-- Obamacare is collapsing, premiums going up, deductibles, a third of the counties... etc. Few people people have been taken in other than those already brainwashed by Hate Talk Radio and Fox. Yesterday, though, Secretary of Health Tom Price took the campaign of lies a step further.