#331 Some take on banks while others lie to protect them (Economics)
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Edition #331
Act 1: Obama takes on bankers – Daily Show
Act 2: Moyers on greed – Moyers’ Journal
Act 3: Economists being right isn’t enough – Counterspin
Act 4: Eliot Spitzer – Colbert Report
Act 5: Hasty freeze on budget – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: Obama needs to tell a bank regulation story – Political Scene
Act 7: The gang of five – Slate Magazine
Act 8: Austan Goolsbee on the budget drop – Daily Show
Act 9: Leaked memo on lying to protect banks – Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Word – Manifest Density Economics – Colbert Report
Music:
Lost – Coldplay
Look what you’ve done – JET
Ain’t that unusual – Goo Goo Dolls
Candy everybody wants – 10,000 Maniacs
Sleeping in – The Postal Service
Story of a lonely guy – Blink 182
Cut it out – Anya Marina
Rescue me – Fontella Bass
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#282 Too racist to judge, not racist enough to be a Republican (Podcast)
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Act 1: Confirmation in 60 seconds – Slate.com
Act 2: Reviewing the confirmation hearings – On the Media
Act 3: Live coverage of hearings – Le Show
Act 4: Graham and Buchanan on Sotomayor – The Young Turks
Act 5: White men can’t judge – Daily Show
Act 6: GOP’s most ironic argument against Sotomayor – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Did conservatives give more straightforward answers? – The Young Turks
Act 8: Lot’s o’ splainin’ to do! – Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!
Act 9: Pat Buchanan can’t hide his racism – The Young Turks
Music:
Auto-tune the news #4 – YouTube
L.E.S. Artistes – Santigold
The end is not near – Band of Horses
San Antonio, TX – Frank Black & The Catholics
Don’t dream it’s over – Sixpence None The Richer
Young Hearts – Rod Stewart
Baby please don’t go – Van Morrison
Secret heart – Feist
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#263 Headed for the cliff with pizza in hand (Podcast)
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Act 1: Conservatives don’t get Colbert – Countdown
Act 2: Fox News deep in projection – The Young Turks
Act 3: Gore Vidal on the current Republicans – Bill Maher
Act 4: Stunned McCain Supporter – The Onion
Act 5: Swine Flu stokes racism – Countdown
Act 6: The hypocrisy of Glenn Beck and Fox News – The Young Turks
Act 7: Pizza Party – Slate.com
Act 8: Republicans blocking unnammed nominees already – Countdown
Act 9: Rebranding the party with a pizza party – The Daily Show
Act 10: Discussing the fate of the Republican Party – The Young Turks
Music:
Clowns (Can You See Me Now?) – t.A.T.u.
Unhappy Birthday – The Smiths
Ain’t No Reason – Brett Dennen
Starry Eyed Surprise – Paul Oakenfold
You were the last high – The Dandy Warhols
Veterans – The Clips
Messages – Xavier Rudd
Can’t stop loving you – Van Halen
Take a chance on me – Abba
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#258 RIghts at home and abroad, human and otherwise (Podcast)
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Act 1: Viagra to the Taliban – Wait Wait
Act 2: Story of a wrongful death Part 1 – Democracy NOW!
Act 3: On the Isreal/Palistine question – The Young Turks
Act 4: Story of a wrongful death Part 2 – Democracy NOW!
Act 5: NSA spying on Americans – ABC News
Act 6: State senator on ‘The Gay’ – The Young Turks
Act 7: Let them into the house – Slate.com
Music:
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher – Jackie Wilson
Army Corps of Architects – Death Cab For Cutie
Skilly Widden – Cantiga
No Bravery – James Blunt
Needle in the Hay – Elliott Smith
Fuck you – Lily Allen
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#255 Green Jobs and the Youth Movement (Podcast)
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Act 1: Green jobs with Van Jones Part 1 – Meet the Bloggers
Act 2: Eco-friendly Hummers – The Onion
Act 3: Green jobs with Van Jones Part 2 – Meet the Bloggers
Act 4: Remaking an edge city – NPR
Act 5: Green jobs with Van Jones Part 3 – Meet the Bloggers
Act 6: Global warming irreversable for 1000 years – Ring of Fire
Act 7: Measuring the national carbon footprint – Slate
Music:
Knock on wood – Amy Stewart
When you were young – The Killers
Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby – Smashmouth
Don’t dream it’s over – Sixpence None The Richer
Where is my mind – The Pixies
July, July! – The Decemberists
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#252 Notes on the Barackalipse (Podcast)
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Act 1: Obama from his first climate conference – This American Life
Act 2: Mission Accomplished – Slate.com
Act 3: After 10 years of Bush – Wait Wait
Act 4: The Obama effect – Radio Lab
Act 5: Little Obama celebration in Wyoming – NPR
Act 6: Notes on the Barackalipse – Wait Wait
Act 7: Republicans shower praise on Bush – The Young Turks
Act 8: In Bush’s wake, a new political landscape – NPR
Act 9: New administration staff training – Wait Wait
Music:
Thanksgiving – George Winston
The world is new – Save Farris
Leaving on a jet plane – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Piano Piano – Luis Bacalov
See you on the other side – Ozzy Osbourne
Learning to fly – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Burning love – Elvis Presley
Ballad of a comeback kid – The New Pornographers
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Building out of a hole (Podcast)
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Act 1: The green collar economy – Democaracy NOW!
Act 2: The Blue Green Alliance Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 3: Alternative fuel SUV – The Onion
Act 4: The Blue Green Alliance Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 5: News of the warm – LeShow
Act 6: Can cities save the planet? – Slate.com
Music:
Directions – Josh Rouse
Working class hero – Exit Clov
Still Life – Men at work
She moves – Stigmata
100 years – Five for fighting
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Goodbye
In celebration of the exiting Bush administration, here’s the list of Top 25 Bush-isms from Slate. Enjoy!
From the “Yikes!” section of Bush’s spoonerisms and gaffes:
“One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.”—U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 3, 2000
and…
“I’ll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.”—Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008
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Lagging economy, lacking new ideas (Podcast)
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Act 1: Destructive myth about Big 3 autoworkers – CounterSpin
Act 2: Union activist on the Big 3 Part 1 – Democracy NOW!
Act 3: Reclaiming Detroit – NPR
Act 4: Union activist on the Big 3 Part 2 – Democracy NOW!
Act 5: Minds in the toilet – Slate.com
Act 6: Activist clamor for White House organic garden – NPR
Act 7: Robots, not roads – Slate.com
Act 8: 50 cent gax tax proposal – Car Talk
Music:
Starting now – Ingrid Michaelson
Only ones who know – Arctic Monkeys
Friends and family – Trik Turner
I just want you – Ozzy Osbourn
Eclipse – Apoptygma Berzerk
Move you – Anya Marina
Just a ride – Jem
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Bringing aid to the weakest among us
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Act 1: Holes in our socks – Slate
Act 2: Big finance and the Big 3 – Maron v Seder
Act 3: Ruining our children’s future – Ring of Fire
Act 4: Economic crisis traced to bounced check – The Onion
Act 5: Limbaugh discovers “unfairness” – Conceptual Guerilla
Act 6: Down go the newspapers – Daily Show
Act 7: Pentions for auto workers – Maron v Seder
Act 8: Christians pray for money to a false idol – The Young Turks
Act 9: The end of food – On the Media
Act 10: Being a leader is more than nice shoes – Unger Report
Music:
More and More – Capitan Hollywood Project
Super Mario Brothers 2 – Estradasphere
Nothing Better – The Postal Service
Keepsake – State Radio
Cry – James Blunt
Take it or leave it – The Strokes
Dance with me – Orleans
The Silvery Light of a Dream – The Apples in Stereo
Hungry like the wolf – Duran Duran
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The center-right confusion
Christopher Beam is just as curious as I am to find out what in the world does “center-right” mean when used to describe America. Who gets to decide whether America is left or right, and why can’t it be both?
In his article, Center-What?, Mr. Beam debates that the definition of center-right has no basis nor meaning, and America is therefore as undefined as ever.
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Nationalise voting, just like the healthcare!
Here’s some food for thought:
Would our voting process simplify and improve if we were to nationalise the voting process itself? If the entire country had either the paper ballots or the electronic machines, or only one type of ballot, would it be easier to prevent voting mistakes and confusion? And of course, why not have the government register voters when they become of age or submit change of address forms?
There are enough problems voters face at the polls. Some are being turned away because the names on their IDs do not precisely match the DMV database. Others’ votes are refused due to a pen mark or a scratch on the ballot from the voting machine.
Although nationalising the voting system will not rid us of all the election time headaches, it just might make it less confusing. And just like universal healthcare, it might be better!
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It’s up to you (Podcast)
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Act 1: Savage on the tolerance of voters – The Young Turks
Act 2: A conversasion on race – NPR
Act 3: Glimer of hope – The Onion
Act 4: Why going negative doesn’t work – NPR
Act 5: Palin on the role of a VP – The Young Turks
Act 6: Uninspiring voicemail – The Onion
Act 7: The voices of negative ads – NPR
Act 8: Registering doubt – Slate.com
Act 9: Media love affair – The Onion
Act 10: Republican infighting – The Young Turks
Act 11: The Vet who did not vet – YouTube
Act 12: It’s up to you – The Young Turks
Music:
Good people – Jack Johnson
Where is the love? – Black Eyed Peas
Here it goes again – OK Go
Friends and Family – Trik Turner
Wanted – The Cranberries
Inspiration – The Gipsy Kings
Sweet Lullaby – Deep Forest
What is love? – Haddaway
I can’t help falling in love with you – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
My heart sinks – Hotrod Cadets
Sunrise – Duran Duran
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The Rats Jump Ship
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Act 1: Down Goes Karl Rove – The Young Turks
Act 2: Rove Calls it Quits – Seder on Sundays
Act 3: Rove Legacy – Bill Moyers
Act 4: Gonzo Visits Ashcroft – Randi Rhodes
Act 5: Gonzo Lying Lier – TPMtv
Act 6: Dems Call for Special Prosecutor – C-SPAN
Act 7: Impeach Gonzo – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Gonzo Announces Resignation – C-SPAN
Act 9: Say Goodbye to Gonzo – The Young Turks
Act 10: Post Resignation Analysis – Dahlia Lithwick
Act 11: Putting Things in Perspective – Mike Malloy
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If we killed all of the barbarians, who would be left?
Act 1: Mindlessly Pro-war – The Young Turks
Act 2: The terrorist keep coming – Slate
Act 3: America the vulnerable – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Taking on the root causes – Al Franken
Act 5: Responding to extermination – The Young Turks
Act 6: Tips for Airport security – NPR’s Unger Report
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