snakes

Unlimited wildfires, doctor's orders and the rise of the super snake + this day in history w/the Chicano Moratorium and our song of the day by Brett Dennen on your Morning Monarchy for August 29, 2018.

Biblical prophecies, brainwashed models and strange angels + this day in history w/the launch of SpaceShipOne and our song of the day by Trevor Moore on your Morning Monarchy for June 21, 2018.

King/Kill Kanye, the Nashville Statement and the Satanic Panic redux + this day in history w/the death of Diana and our song of the day by Godspeed You! Black Emperor on your Morning Monarchy for August 31, 2017.

King cobras, holy sites and drunken priests + this day in history w/Centennial Olympic Park bombing and our song of the day by Dead Stars on your Morning Monarchy for July 27, 2017.

"A search for 'snake oil' on Amazon," Ella Morton reports, "yields 2,716 hits, many of them not liquid, but 16 oils sit under the 'beauty' category alone. And that's not counting all the non-medicinal variants, like the snake oil you can buy as a 'gun lubricant.' " For Ella's report on this particular product, see below.by KenThese days when I think of "snake oil," I think of it as the lubricant, if not the actual substance, of American political discourse.