Supreme Court

#384 Kagan’s vapid and hollow confirmation (Supreme Court)

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Edition #384

Act 1: Kagan on Supreme Court confirmations – Wait wait don’t tell me
Song 1: Play the Game – Work
Act 2: Too many Jews – Le Show
Song 2: Fade to Black – Inquisition Symphony
Act 3: Like a lady – Media Matters
Act 4: Gen. Boykin vs. Kagan – Rachel Maddow
Song 4: Ready or Not – The Score
Act 5: Franken on the importance of SCOTUS – Young Turks
Song 5: See You In the Light – Yell Fire!
Act 6: Kagan confirmation process – It’s all politics
Song 6: Keep On Moving Forward – Roots, Rock & Revolution
Act 7: Thurgood Marshall case histories – Thom Hartmann
Song 7: Powerless – The Big Picture
Act 8: Kagan in a turban – Rachel Maddow
Song 8: Will You Remember? – To the Faithful Departed (The Complete Sessions 1996-1997)
Act 9: Terrible confirmation process – Citizen Radio
Song 9: Carolina Dreams – US – EP
Act 10: More of less free – Young Turks
Song 10: I’m Free – Hotwired
Act 11: Release the Kagan – Daily Show

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Supreme Court Justice Sweetness – Colbert Report

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#365 Valid and moronic arguments against Kagan (Supreme Court)

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Edition #365

Act 1: Hang on Stevens – The Al Franken Show
Act 2: History of Supreme Court fights – Rachel Maddow
Song 2: A Quai – Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen - Amelie from Montmartre - À Quai
Act 3: Nomination predictions – Media Matters
Song 3: A Quai – Yann Tiersen
Act 4: Release the Kagan – Daily Show
Song 4: The great estates – Freelance Whales
Freelance Whales - Weathervanes - The Great Estates
Act 5: Kagan a bad pick by Obama – Young Turks
Song 5: Somebody Already Broke My Heart – Sade
Sade - Lovers Rock - Somebody Already Broke My Heart
Act 6: Swing and a miss – Countdown
Song 6: Gone to sleep – Moby
Moby - Wait for Me - EP - Gone to Sleep
Act 7: Kagan the consensus builder – Rachel Maddow
Song 7: Les Jours Tristes – Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen & The Divine Comedy - Amelie from Montmartre - Les jours tristes (Instrumental)
Act 8: Kagan and the military recruiters – Media Matters
Song 8: Les Jours Tristes – Yann Tiersen
Act 9: Kagan worship with Dahlia Lithwick – Colbert Report
Song 9: No questions – Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits - No Questions Asked
Act 10: Hypocrisy on Kagan – Rachel Maddow
Song 10: La Dispute – Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen - Amelie from Montmartre - La dispute
Act 11: Kagan a leftist activist – Media Matters
Song 11: La Dispute – Yann Tiersen
Act 12: Conservatives pretend Kagan is gay – Young Turks
Song 12: Take Five – Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck - Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits - Take Five
Act 13: Comparison to H. Meyers nomination – Rachel Maddow

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Confirming Elena – Colbert Report

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#336 Don’t complain, you could buy an election too if you wanted (Supreme Court)

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Edition #336

Act 1: Who owns our politicians – Young Turks
Act 2: Corporate free speech – Colbert Report
Act 3: Jeffery Toobin on purchasing courts Part 1 – Moyer’s Journal
Act 4: Dealing with the Supreme Court decision – New Yorker’s Political Scene
Act 5: Jeffery Toobin on purchasing courts Part 2 – Moyer’s Journal
Act 6: Obama getting his fight back – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Buying the bench – Moyers’ Journal
Act 8: Americans hate corporate money in elections – Young Turks
Act 9: The Word – Prece-Don’t – Colbert Report

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The Supreme Court’s Five Circus Midgets – Ring of Fire

Music:
We could be friends – Freelance Whales
Freelance Whales - Weathervanes - We Could Be Friends
Ne Me Quitte Pas – Regina Spektor
Bigmouth strikes again – The Smiths
The Smiths - The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] - Bigmouth Strikes Again
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out – Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens - Footsteps in the Dark - Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
Nothing better – The Postal Service
The Postal Service - Give Up - Nothing Better
Where’s my mind – The Pixies
Pixies - Surfer Rosa - Where Is My Mind?
Turn this boat around – Matt & Kim
Matt & Kim - Grand - Turn This Boat Around
Messages – Xavier Rudd
Xavier Rudd - Food In the Belly - Messages

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#328 Corporations is people! (Supreme Court)

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Edition #328

Act 1: Supreme court blows up politics – It’s All Politics
Act 2: Corporate personhood floodgates – Thom Hartmann
Act 3: The story of the case for corporate spending – On the Media
Act 4: Congress, brought to you by – Wait wait don’t tell me!
Act 5: Ever-living vampires – Thom Hartmann
Act 6: Constitutional amendment – The Progressive
Act 7: Supreme court makes buying politicians legal – The Young Turks
Act 8: Barney Frank on fighting SC decision – Rachel Maddow
Act 9: Nader on corporate personhood – Thom Hartmann
Act 10: Special Comment on worst decision ever – Countdown

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Supreme Corp – Daily Show

Music:
God’s Radar – The Dixie Hummingbirds
The Dixie Hummingbirds - Diamond Jubilation - God's Radar
Welcome to the machine – Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Welcome to the Machine
Tuesday’s gone – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone
Crash – The Primitives
The Primitives - Lovely - Crash
Turtle (Bonobo Remix) – Pilote
Pilote - One Offs (Remixes and B Sides) - Turtle (Bonobo Mix)
Recorded live in Copenhagen – Theo Bard
Maple Leaf Rag – Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer - Maple Leaf Rag
Drown – Smashing Pumpkins
Smashing Pumpkins - Smashing Pumpkins: Greatest Hits - Drown
Taking over me – Evanescence
Evanescence - Fallen - Taking Over Me

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