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Cause of death, age of consent and burning initials + this day in history w/the Sandy Hook school shooting and our song of the day by Sufjan Stevens on your Morning Monarchy for December 14, 2017.

Alternate Current Radio Presents: Boiler Room
On this episode of Boiler Room the ACR Brain-Trust is having a barstool discussion about Charlie Manson, serial killers, LSD, Hippie culture, Cults, Dave McGowan and the Bitcoin value skyrocketing at the end of 2017.

Tune in to the Alternate Current Radio Network (ACR) for another LIVE broadcast of ‘The Boiler Room’ tonight 6:00 PM PST | 8:00 PM CST | 9:00 PM EST for this special broadcast. Join us for uncensored, uninterruptible talk radio, custom-made for bar fly philosophers, misguided moralists, masochists, street corner evangelists, media-maniacs, savants, political animals and otherwise lovable rascals.

User habits, global internet and rare earths + this day in history w/the disappearance of Flight 19 and our song of the day by Bassnectar on your Morning Monarchy for December 5, 2017.

(TFC) — Amid sanctions, a failing economy, international pressure, and low oil prices, the Venezuelan President has announced his nation will create an oil-backed cryptocurrency.
Sanctions spearheaded by the United States have taken their toll. Maduro’s handling of the crisis and his reliance on force has handed his opposition all the ammunition they need to paint him as a dictator with no idea of how to look out for the Venezuelan people.

Months after Russia became the first country to announce the creation of a state-backed Cryptorouble, Venezuela has followed suit, announcing the creation of El Petro, a state-sanctioned cryptocurrency to be backed by Venezuela’s extensive reserves of crude oil.
Venezuela has already broken free of Dollar dependence months ago when Caracas announced it would be trading its oil using China’s Petroyuan. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro also stated that he would like to begin trade with Russia in the Rouble.

Bitcoin makes another dramatic advance​, this time​ above $9,​500 as Korea's second largest bank, Shinhan Bank, tested Bitcoin services for its clients. The bank intends to manage and issue the private keys of bitcoin addresses and wallets. Shinhan ​is no small enterprise with ​$192-​billion in assets and over 13,000 employees in 2016. Bitcoin now has a market cap over $156​-​billion, leaving the cryptocurrency worth more than Merck, Disney, and GE. [...]

Border wall prototypes, the JFK files and cryptorubles + this day in history w/the 'War Of The Worlds' and our song of the day by Curtis Harding on your Morning Monarchy for October 30, 2017.