Wed, 17 April 2013
1st 6 Shuster/Marans thoughts on Kaplan/Spitzer
A Social Security Chained CPI proposal from Obama - José Canseco weighs in
B McConnell team caught on tape planning to use Ashley Judd's teenage depression against her. Plus, media ethics regarding tapes. Cliff Schecter and Shuster.
C-D Shuster interviews Mumia Abu Jamal
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Wed, 17 April 2013
1st 6 Prof. Johanna Fernandez responds to Mumia interview
A Dr. Digipol with Scott Blodget, Ontario, Canada Ministry of FInance's Media Relations Director
B Shuster/Marans thoughts on Mumia interview
C Media blackout of Dr. Gosnell's trial?
D Young diplomat killed in Afghanistan. Daniel.
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Sat, 6 April 2013
Hour 1 1st 6 minutes: Ken Cuccinelli's opposition to "crimes against nature", ie, oral/anal sex (and how it prevented VA from prosecuting a statutory rape)
A Obama includes chained CPI in budget / Roger Ebert's passing / North Korean threat gets too real for comfort, but are we over-hyping it?
B Bobby Egan, owner of Cubby's BBQ in Hackensack, NJ and longtime practitioner of "BBQ diplomacy" with North Korea, on what the hell is going on in the DPRK C Bobby Egan continues discussion of North Korea -- and gives a provocative defense of gun rights D Connecticut House Speaker Brendan Sharkey on tough new gun laws there |
Sat, 6 April 2013
Hour 2 1st 6 minutes: Obama calls CA AG Kamala Harris, "best looking AG"
A Social Insurance/Grand Bargain discussion continued Ames - Conflicts of interest in NPR piece on disability benefits; New America report calling for Soc. Sec increases; where gay marriage meets Social Security (spouses, children's benefits).
Mark Ames, senior editor of Not Safe for Work Corporation (and author Going Postal: Rage, Murder and Rebellin From Reagan's Workplaces to Clinton's Columbine and Beyond), B What is NSFWCorp -- "The future of journalism with jokes"? What insights does their mutlifaceted new funding model offer for other independent media projects, eg, print edition, the (cartoon) conflict tower. Other topics: Breitbart legacy; being spied on by the ADL
C-D Education reform debate in wake of Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal: Test-based teacher evaluations or not? Leonie Haimson, Class Size Matters v. Marcus Winters, The Manhattan Institute
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Sat, 6 April 2013
Hour 3
1st 6 minutes: Jeremy Irons compares gay marriage to bestiality, incest
A Dr. Drigipol on social media: Anonymous hacks North Korean Twitter and fake Twitter accounts
B Activist of the Week: José Antonio Vargas, founder of Define American and Pulitzer Prize-winning WaPo reporter who came out as an undocumented Filipino immigrant inNYT magazine in summer 2011, on the major victory getting AP to stop using "illegal immigrant" C 45th anniversary of MLK's assassination at sanitation workers strike in Memphis - Fast food workers strike now/ Activism opportunities roundup; Keystone XL pipeline
D Fake Action News with Dana C. Bell |
Sat, 30 March 2013
Hour 1 6:00 New threats from North Korea / Kim Jong-Un is a Mac user
A Democrats, Republicans line up to endorse same sex marriage
B Oral arguments on same sex marriage at Supreme Court
C Ashley Judd not running for Senate/Hopkins students oust Dr. Ben Carson as graduation speaker
D Cliff Schecter: Filibustering gun background checks? / Bill O’Reilly & Rush’s gay marriage change of heart |
Sat, 30 March 2013
Hour 3 6:00 Zombie deerhunting? DC hunts down overpopulated deer in Rock Creek Park
A Dr. Digipol interviews Amy Small Ward, Membership Director, Nonprofit Technology Network
B Activist of the Week: KC Boyd, author of “Being Christian” and whistleblower on Dominionist Christian coercion in military
C Becky Bond of CREDO on coming Keystone protest outside Obama fundraiser
D Dana Bell - What's the deal with politcians who criticize other politicians for politicizing?
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Sat, 30 March 2013
Hour 2 6:00 Mafia steals 42,000 lb cheese in Wisconsin / Rick Ross raps casually about rape
A Grand Bargain Update – Will Obama offer Social Security, Medicare cuts in budget resolution?/This American Life screws up Our American Disability Insurance (CEPR, CBPP, Century Foundation takedowns)
B Immigration reform moves forward / Rep. Don Young calls Mexicans“wetbacks”
C-D Dr. Michael Lind on “defeating the useless rich” – based on 3-part series in Salon on the unproductive new rentier class and how they hurt the economy |
Sat, 23 March 2013
Hour 1 A Pres. Obama's trip to Middle East
B Budget battles update - Charlie Mitchell
C Ammo clip ban on life support - Cliff Schecter
D Right wing Iraq War nuts go unpunished - Cliff Schecter / Marans on recent business-labor dispute over guest workers
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Sat, 23 March 2013
Hour 2
A-B Ali Gharib reports from Ramallah on Obama visit to Israel, and Palestinian protest movement
C-D Michael Cohen, The Guardian US, on Israel/Palestine / Syria situation
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