Duterte

Troop movements, strategic assets & a friendly phone call + this day in history w/U-2 shot down and our song of the day by Matthew Sweet on your Morning Monarchy for May 1, 2017.

(ANTIMEDIA) South China Sea — Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping have met at Mar-a-Lago, talked, and now seem to want to work things out. That’s fantastic. We should all go into our weekends breathing a little easier and put out of mind a chilling reality.
The war drums are beating in the South China Sea.

London Bridge, Chinese trunks and secret service + this day in history w/Shinrikyo sarin and our song of the day by Conor Oberst on your Morning Monarchy for March 20, 2017.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte does enjoy mocking former POTUS Obama.
During a Sunday visit to Myanmar, Duterte acted out a mock phone call with US President Donald Trump, where the Philippines President then proceeded to call former POTUS Obama, and the former US State Department “an idiot”, as he spoke to members of the Filipino community at the Horizon Lake View Resort in Nay Pyi Taw.

Keep a close eye on this.

The complaint, ironically, is actually evidence of cooperation between the Philippines and China.

Fake anarchists, urgent change and Obama's legacy + this day in history w/Prohibition and our song of the day by London Grammar on your Morning Monarchy for January 16, 2017.

Atlantic Resolve, Designated Successor and the Black Spider Memos + this day in history w/"A Gift of Song" and our song of the day by Nahko & Medicine for the People w/Joseph on your Morning Monarchy for January 9, 2017.

As Obama accuses Russia of tampering in US elections, the US is accused of the same.

(s)Electoral outrage, culpable companies and drones on trial + this day in history w/"The American Crisis" and our song of the day by Gruff Rhys on your Morning Monarchy for December 19, 2016.