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MARCH 2010 WEDNESDAY MARCH 31, 2010 7:30 PM (PT) We're talking with Dr. Jerome Corsi for the next two hours. His first novel among his many books, The Shroud Codex is available. Click on it for a good price from Amazon. And don't miss his other books, such as America For Sale and The Obama Nation among others. Check out his writings at Word Net Daily and don't forget to subscribe to his Red Alert newsletter. WEDNESDAY MARCH 31, 2010 12:01 AM (PT) In all the talk about the Obamacare bill, the provision for the government to take over all student loan activity has been at best an after thought. If you're wondering why it's in there, you aren't following the money. Here's the deal. Before this takeover, the government simply guaranteed student loans made by banks and private financial firms. The guarantee was necessary much in the way SBA loans are handled. In both cases, the borrowers might not look good enough on paper without the ultimate co-signer, Uncle Sam. So what's in it for the government other than an obvious grab of yet another piece of private industry? Plenty. The Feds get the money at 2.8 percent and lend it to starving students at 6.8 percent. The difference is pure profit on the backs of those who are hardly in a position to easily repay. But of course they spin it like they want to help the college bound. Help them into perpetual poverty in many cases. How long before they really go Soviet and decide to make loans only for courses of study that they approve? Joe Biden says you can call all the taxes involved in the health care bill a wealth transfer if you want, he just calls it "being fair". I just call him delusional, or deceptive-- your choice. So the head of the IRS is trying to spin their oversight of your healthcare purchases as being benign. Good try. I don't about you, but telling me it's just like a simple bank 1099 or work W-2 and I'll just have to self-report the numbers, is not a comfort. Have you ever seen what happens when your version of your income doesn't match what those simple 1099's don't equal? For an agency that now can track how much you pay on your mortgage with how much you claim for income to make sure the two add up, this is not my version of comforting. But as for what's coming next, as I often say-- look no further than Great Britain. Today's story involves a dastardly criminal. The 66 year old grandmother was ordered to pay a one-thousand pound fine and wear an electronic tag for two months of monitoring. Her co-conspiring son was sentenced to a lesser fine and 120 hours of community service. So what did this despicable duo do? They had the nerve to sell a goldfish to a 14 year old. For that, the British government spent 20,000 pounds in prosecution funds. Grandma passed out when they told her she might see jail time. It's not illegal to sell goldfish, just against the law to sell them to anyone under 16. Bureaucracy gone mad. Great Britain is trying to pair down bureaucratic expenses-- they've installed a timer in every government office bathroom that turns off the light after an occupant has been inside for 10 minutes. There's no end to the speculation on how this will go bad, but if their real issue was making sure the light was off after the user left, a motion censor would have been fine. What they're after is making sure they're employees won't give a long winded answer to the call of nature. Bad news if you've been salivating for FIOS, Verizon's fiber optic answer to cable broadband. They've announced they won't expand to any place the installation is not already in progress. Think it's the economy? I think it's fear of the ultimate effect of the FCC's promise to provide us all with broadband. The FCC has other ambitious plans too. They want to make sure that public broadcasting can fully infect the internet. It's not enough that your tax dollars pay for their over the air activities, now they want to make sure you'll provide enough dough to have them competing with people telling you the truth. The way it's going they ought to just fund CNN. Their ratings are continuing to plunge. TUESDAY MARCH 30, 2010 12:10 AM (PT) You might have heard about the various companies speaking out about all the money they will lose directly to Obamacare. We briefly talked about AT&T's announcement of a $1 billion charge they'll be taking against earnings on Friday. Well apparently the government doesn't believe them. Henry Waxman is demanding that several companies show up on Capitol Hill on April 21 to prove their assertions. He's demanding they bring a slew of confidential company info too. Waxman, head of the House Energy and Commerce committee is undoubtedly trying to intimidate the CEO's into silence with this, but I have every hope they'll make him sorry he asked. The coverage mandate in Obamacare may get a Supreme Court review. If it OKs the government's ability to force you to buy something from a private company, what's next? Equally vexing is what happens to state's sovereignty. The bill not only obliterates a state's ability to make its own laws, but forces them to pay for the feds decisions. How much do Americans dislike Obamacare? According to polls since the president took office, the answer is virtually unchanged and unanimous: Most of us didn't want it. If you think you can just vote out the bums, take a look at what's happening to Rand Paul in Kentucky, The Louisville doctor who is Ron Paul's son, is running for the US Senate. He faces the Secretary of State, Trey Grayson, in the primary. The problem is that Grayson is also the guy in charge of counting the votes, as the state's chief elections officer. The Kentucky ethics committee doesn't think there's a problem. The democrats would like you to believe that the Tea Partiers are a bunch of angry white men. Here's proof that most of them are women. The border war got personal again this weekend. Rob Krentz whose 35,000 acre ranch has been in his family for over 100 years, was killed by an illegal alien. Krentz has had his problems with illegals for a long time. He's been threatened, his property has been destroyed, his cattle killed and nonetheless when he'd find an illegal in distress on his land, he'd lend a helping hand. This time it apparently ended his life. This is unacceptable. Our government is turning a blind eye to the destruction of our country and the killing of our people. Rob is one guy that can't be painted as a vigilante. He's one of the good ones, killed by our lax border policy. The illegal killed his dog too. Janet Napolitano says the airport scanners really don't see everything. She says the pictures we've seen are from older scanners. She doesn't bother to present the pictures the new scanners take. I'd bet their more detailed if that's possible. The feel good story of the weekend was Obama slipping into Afghanistan to energize the troops. I'm all for saluting and supporting the troops no matter what the details, but don'tcha have to wonder how the heck he can square his 'ra ra we're gonna stay till we get 'em' talk with the campaign rhetoric he repeatedly spewed about why we shouldn't be there and how he was gonna immediately get us out.? Think you'll never retire? You're not alone. Fewer pensions and less participation in 401Ks. You will retire with a nice pension-- if you work for the government.
I thought of the AT&T question after reading that AT&T (a company which today is the same as the old Bell system in name only) has announced it will be charging a billion off the next quarter results due to the costs associated with Obamacare. Yeah, we'll have a lot to talk about on Monday at 7 (PT). Until then, don't think about it. I won't even give you the link now. Just have as carefree a weekend as you can. FRIDAY MARCH 26, 2010 12:01 AM (PT) Trivia tonight-- 3 big hours beginning at 7 (PT) Do your part and call! Good to talk with Venus Andrecht earlier. On top of everything else she's doing, she's got an Art Mojo site. Click on it to see her work. When I read the reaction of lawmakers to the alleged violence perpetrated against them over their voting on the healthcare bill, I start to more understand why such violence is occurring. First I need to stress: Violence is not acceptable. Under no conditions for any reason. I'm not saying this because of the obvious legality, morality or ethical issues. Even if you think your position trumps all of them, believe this: violence will not achieve the ends you expect it to. Period. OK, now that said, when I read lawmakers in their self righteous stance saying things like citizens "have so many opportunities for expression" and "Our democracy is about participation" I can understand the frustration that leads to violence, inappropriate though it is. The truth is the people had NO opportunity for expression or participation this past weekend, not if they were against the healthcare bill as most Americans were according to the polls. From lawmakers phones that went unanswered to staffers hanging up on those in disagreement, to at least one who called the Capitol police reporting harassment on callers who insisted they had a right to make their views known to their representative, to a president who said he didnt' care what congress did to the rules to pass this bill as long as they did, is there any reason for anyone to think they had a voice? Then there are the allegations of Tea Partiers calling representatives by racially or sexually slurred names. I hope that didn't happen and I have no reason to believe it did. Let me ask you this? If that happened at a gathering which was being captured on numerous audio and video recorders at a protest which had numerous press members on hand, wouldn't there be at least one direct confirmation of such behavior. Is it even possible that a camera or recorder wouldn't capture something like that? Is it remotely possible that a major media correspondent wouldn't be reporting about it first hand? But they're not. So I'll let you decide whether the representatives who alleged such slurs are lying. I have a hard time myself seeing any evidence to back them up. If this occurred in a remote location or at a meeting without press and cameras, I'd give them the benefit of the doubt. How can I do that in this instance? I'm not buying it. I'm also not buying Obamacare and here's more horrors. Read about the institute funded by over $500 million annually to decide what drugs and procedures work and which don't... can you say cookbook solutions? Medicine used to be an art. Individuals are different from one another physically in countless ways. They won't be with Obamacare any more than they would under any socialized medicine scheme. You'll also read about rewarding outcomes. Only problem is the sickest among us will not have the best outcomes. How many hospitals or doctors will stop treating those that may lower their outcome score? I'm starting to favor veterinary medicine. I'll have better luck waiting in line behind a cow. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2010 12:01 AM (PT) We'll talk to Venus Andrecht tonight in the first two hours of the show. She's always fun and uplifting-- and we'll take your calls. Check out her Dear Venus show on Contact Talk Radio, and the Flow Mojo Show she does with her daughter, Summer McStravick, on Vibrancetv.com. And join her Facebook page too. (put Venus Andrecht in the search on facebook.com and both of her pages will come up). We talked with Dr. Sky in the first hour of last night's show. In addition to his CallToRights.com website for his radio show (to which you can listen online), check out DrSky.tv - you'll see links to some of his other endeavors as well, such as the astronomy stuff from which his name is derived. Fun to look at Saturn. Given the state of congress I wish we could live there. Think the quality of healthcare won't be killed by the government? Look at what they've done to Detroit. No one is talking about this because government programs would be indicted for murder of a municipality. Electronic medical records? Not only are they easily shared and obtained, within the law or outside it, without your permission; but face it, are you going to share your personal health secrets with a doctor if you know they'll forever be associated with you? Read this. Doubt your records can be pilfered by thievery? Read this. Guess who's exempt from the bill? Think Muslims among others-- like Capitol Hill workers. Combining health insanity with the true insanity of the eco-wackos, you're just taking too many baths and showers. I couldn't make them up this good. Here's something awful-- just as I suspected, chipping your dog might lead to his death from cancer. Here's Seamus' story-- and others. Commercial driver? Call your rep and tell them to back Pete DeFazio's letter calling for a renegotiation of NAFTA . Your job might depend on it. Meant to link the horror of states putting well water under their control last night. Here's what's going on in Michigan with HB 5319. WEDNESDAY MARCH 24, 2010 12:01 AM (PT) You know Obamacare is about control. And you know that the lawmakers who voted for it know that, but did you expect one of them to come out and say it? Rep. John Dingel (D-MI) did just that yesterday morning. "...it takes a long time to do the necessary administrative steps that have to be taken to put the legislation together to control the people." Says it all, doesn't it? When the House bill was first filed last March, Florida's AG, Bill McCollum said he'd file a lawsuit against it. He did. You can read the whole thing here. 13 states have already signed on and this is just the beginning. NHS Horror of the day: Woman dies after surgical swab left inside her for 9 months . The hospital did it 3 other times in 2008. Dr. Sky tonight in the first hour. Your calls after that. TUESDAY MARCH 23, 2010 12:01 AM (PT) For anyone concerned about upholding the constitution, the action on Capitol Hill Sunday was depressing. That a bill would be passed based on an Executive Order the President wrote minutes before the vote goes beyond violating the separations of power. It screams what we know-- whatever it takes to bring this country under socialistic rule Obama will do. And he did. Can Bart Stupak actually believe Obama's Executive Order will prohibit abortion spending? Not unless he's Bart Stupid. Most likely he's satisfied that it gives him plausible deniability when he explains to his constituents how he voted for a bill without express abortion prohibitions. Now we'll see if the senate agrees to the related amendments the House had to pass separately. You can investigate those amendments here by vote and name and you can read the entire bill in PDF form here. If you want to see various analyses of it, scroll back on the BLOG and LINKS archive pages to December 2009. And for those of you wondering why things had to be done this way: Any bill passed by one house must be passed identically by the other. If there are changes to the bill, it goes back to the first house that passed it to be reconciled. Ultimately both houses must past the same bill. The senate no longer has sufficient votes to block a filibuster so the only way this bill could make it was to have the House pass it as is. If that's what they did, it would be constitutionally sound. But while they did it on paper, they did anything but in spirit. The previously mentioned outside amendments and Executive Order prove the House's intent to pass a different bill. It would serve them right if the Senate which agreed to go along with a wink and a nod, now refused to do so. You can almost bet that Obama's EO will disappear in the future. The reasons will be good-- which it won't happen immediately. It'll take them awhile to come up with a plausible excuse. The anti-abortion Executive Order might have pleased Stupak but it angered NOW. Incensed is more like it. A growing number of states are upset too. Pennyslvania joins one upcoming legal challenge to the bill's provisions. Jim Cramer and others think it will tank the economy. China which opposed it on cost concerns hasn't yet weighed in. Overall more people dislike Obama's performance than like it according to CNN, not noted for its conservative lean. Whether it will actually help any democrat this fall is debatable-- and that's where the silver lining lies. Regardless of whether this bill had passed, healthcare costs will rise without basic changes to how insurance is bought and sold such as your right to buy across state lines, buy only the coverage you wanted and choose any deductible you wished. The democrats were not going to embrace such concepts and had the bill not passed without them, they'd be quick to site the republicans as the cause. Republicans would be blamed for every medical expense and a lot of Americans squeezed by health costs would be eager to join the finger pointing. As it is now, as costs rise-- and they will, the republicans will still be blamed, but exponentially fewer Americans will buy it. We'll know the bottom line come the November elections (providing the electronic ballot boxes aren't fixed) and we'll have a lot to say between now and then. Is Daylight Savings Time injurious to your health? I'm not sure but if someone decides to delete it I hope we'll stay on it permanently rather than lose it altogether. Like those long summer days. ACORN is about to be no more. Yeah right, but that's what this article says. Wanna bet they regroup under another name? I don't expect takers on that. More privacy concerns about the census. Some well founded in the past. Maybe some well founded in the recent past. ICE has won its appeal against a judge who granted asylum to a family persecuted in Germany for homeschooling. The bulk of the government argument? School choices don't count as persecution. Hopefully it's not the end of the story. And now the totally inexplicable: Qantas forced a pilot to continue flying even though he suffered from the obsessive compulsion of wanting to crash full planeloads of paying passengers. He had documented incidents of having to leave the cockpit in fear he'd really do it, and forcibly having to restrain his arm from ending it all for himself and a hundred or so unsuspecting flyers.Finally he did the right thing and quit. Looks like this was all over workers comp payments. A court just gave them to him. Then we have an Arizona court deliberating the ban on fish pedicures. It's funnier than it sounds and it's downright hilarious as a headline. FRIDAY MARCH 19, 2010 10:30 PM (PT) Trivia answers and Bumper Stumpers are up (under Trivia and Music to your left). Thank you for calling your representatives. It won't hurt to call again and leave a message while you're reading this. Here's a link to a map of the US. Click on your state and pick out your rep. (Can't figure out who it is? Click on each rep's website and you'll see each district along with local phone numbers.) Let them know that a vote for rules or reconciliation Sunday will mean a vote against them in November. If you're near the Washington DC area tomorrow (Saturday-- and by near I mean within a few hundred miles), please please please make it to the Kill The Bill rally at noon. Here are all the details. We've got to graphically let congress know that they're slaughtering the constitution Sunday and should they proceed it will be at their own peril. Every representative is up for re-election in November and we won't forget how they handle this. Don't think it's a big deal if you go? Remember the other side is pushing as hard, and harder behind the scenes. It's vital your rep knows how you feel. We've completed the upgrade and move of our server we use to stream the show. You should have no trouble accessing it as you always have been. Info is here on how to do it. But in the unlikely event that mac.mystreamingserver.com has not propagated to the new IP address at your end yet, you can enter it directly by clicking here. (If for some reason you saved the stream using the old IP, you'll want to update your favorites.) FRIDAY MARCH 19, 2010 12:30 AM (PT) Trivia tonight, 3 big hours. I'm ready for you, so do your part and call. Got another call request though-- this one much more important than playing trivia-- call your local rep's office today. This is really urgent. Find their local office from their website which you'll find here. The House is planning to do their chicanery on Sunday and pass Obamacare by stealth. There will be a rules vote and a reconciliation vote-- the result of both passing will be Obama signing the Health Care bill. That way, no one will have to actually vote on Obamacare. They think you'll fall for that. Prove them wrong. This really is a pivotal time in our nation's history. People say that often, but I can't recall anything of this magnitude. Louise Slaughter and Nancy Pelosi have found a workaround for the constitution and they're proudly pushing it. Pelosi doesn't have the votes now, but she thinks she will be Sunday. Obama's on record as not caring how this bill gets passed. He wants it in the worst way. That's exactly how he'll get it too if this goes through. Oh, if you want Obamacare to pass, I don't think you want it to pass this way. Remember if it works this time, you can guaran-damn-tee it will be used on something you don't want to see enacted in the future. A republic is a nation under the rule of law. When the rules are changed to the degree that they don't matter anymore, you have no law and that leads to chaos. So call your local rep's office Friday-- and if at all possible, make it to Capitol Hill on Saturday. There's a protest being organized and you can get more info on it here, here and here. It's vital you expend some effort on this. Convince everyone you know to do likewise. The outcome will matter more than any congressional action in your lifetime. We'll be celebrating or morose on Monday. The choice is yours. THURSDAY MARCH 18, 2010 12:01 AM (PT) What rules, we don't need no stinkin' rules, says Obama about his healthcare. "Procedural rules" "Deem and Pass" Obama doesn't care how it's done, just do it. Even if you're for this bill in the worst way, understand that this is the worst way and if it works, it'll be used for something you don't want. What I want to know is what exactly did they tell Dennis Kucinich on Airforce One? That must have been a hell of a conversation-- got him to straighten up and fly right on Obamacare. He's now for it. Pete Hoekstra says should Obamacare pass in the arcane Slaughter method, the outcry will be the worst in a generation. I'll top him, it'll be the worst we've ever seen. Rush Limbaugh inspired half a million calls in a 24 hour period. If you haven't called your representative's office yet, forget Washington, call the local office. You can find it in the front of your phone book, or by going to the House website. (Click on your state, it will bring up all the reps, select yours (or click on all of em individually if you don't know who it is) and look at their website. A local office phone number will be there. Use it. Tell whomever answers that a vote for any bill that references healthcare directly or indirectly will be the same to you as a roll call vote for healthcare-- and any such vote for healthcare will be your vote against them in November. So Obamacare is going to lower healthcare prices in part by lowering reimbursements for medicare and medicaid. Medicaid reimbursement is so low that Walgreens & Bartell are dropping it in Washington state. What exactly does Obama think will happen if he lowers it further? Cut reimbursement, cut services-- OK, hopefully this Massachusetts dentist who substituted paper clips for stainless steel posts in root canals is an exception. Are you surprised Obama's ratings show more Americans disapprove of his performance than approve it? That's a rhetorical question as is this one: Any surprise that Obama's aides see protracted unemployment? Only surprise to me is that they're copping to it which means it's much worse than they're publicly admitting. Is China in the greatest asset bubble in world history? Possible. But most notable is it just surpassed Germany as the world's largest exporter. And where does that put us? This article doesn't say, but it will give you a few things to think about. A Detroit city worker wins an employment lawsuit because the wearing of scented products wasn't controlled. Susan McBride claims her coworker's perfume made her sick. Let's assume she's absolutely right (and environmental medicine stats would probably back her up), where does an employer draw the line on what workers can do at work? Now it's no scented deodorant. What's next? Shelf space is always a treasured commodity by manufacturers. Retailers vary in their ability to accommodate products-- moreso now that the economy sucks and people are buying fewer items. So what's a retailer to do? Wal-Mart found out that eliminating brands cost them more than the loss of a purchase. In many cases it caused them the loss of the shopper. Glad and Hefty are now back on the shelves there. Larry Flynt's writing a sex book. So what else is new? It's the history of presidential sex. And it's sourced. "One Nation Under Sex" will be interesting for those footnotes. If you're wondering about Nixon however, fuggedeboutit. No surprise in his absence. He might have been better off if his focus was less singular. WEDNESDAY MARCH 17, 2010 HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY! 12:30 AM (PT) The definition of "arrogance"? Nancy Pelosi bragging about having found a way to get the healthcare bill passed without having to vote on it. Here's Steny Hoyer's thoughts on Louise Slaughter's plan. Let your representatives know that should they let this happen, you'll make sure to vote against them in November. The idea is it's a way around your ire is beyond insulting. But Pelosi doesn't care, she's a big picture gal who plans to use healthcare as the springboard for her other socialist dreams. She's salivating over it actually. But if you want to know what Obamacare will mean to you, look no further than Massachusetts where it's bankrupting the state colletively and it's residents individually. Who'd know better than the treasury secretary (who is now running for governor as an independent, having left the Democratic party over the healthcare debacle). Note that he says the feds are funding this Massachusetts mess so you won't be able to see how badly it's failing. To say the least, the economy is bleak. For most job seeker, they wont' find employment in the foreseeable future. That makes them ready targets for trade schools and colleges who pitch them on switching careers. Problem is, it costs a lot of money and there is no guarantee work will be available. It's more likely work won't be available as these folks are discovering. I suspect joblessness is going to become a major problem in this country economically, politically but most important psychologically. When you get to the point that you have nothing left to lose, how likely are you to act on your frustrations? And when millions are in the same predicament what happens then? Maybe we've just found out what the FEMA camps are really designed to address. More depressing thoughts tonight :) MONDAY MARCH 15, 2010 10:30 PM (PT) Not a great Ides of March weekend for us. Due to the move of our data centre we've been shifting servers around and in the process some DNS resolution problems cropped up. (For those who want technical details, we do email apart from our site locations, so the MX records and the A records are not the same.. you can see where I'm going with this, or if not, imagine the worst. ) I expect a few glitches in the next few weeks both on the websites and on the my server dedicated to streaming which I'm upgrading and swapping out entirely. The stream is unrelated to any of the websites, so if you haven't, bookmark http://mac.mystreamingserver.com/Rollyestream.m3u in your streaming favorites and you won't have to go to a site to access it. I'll be changing IP numbers on that pretty soon so for now, don't refer to any. Sorry for the confusion. All my confusion doesn't begin to resemble Capitol Hill's confusion over Obamacare. Biden says it's too complicated for us to understand. But sadly the problem is most of us do understand it-- and too well. Here's what's going on this week. Here's more on the tactics. The problem is some house members rightly don't trust Pelosi's promise that the senate will agree to changes after it's passed. The big issue is abortion, but the sweetheart deals that Obama no longer objects to being in the bill also stick in a few craws. All the republicans will vote against this bill, as for the democrats, they don't have what they need yet, but they'll do whatever it takes (just ask former Rep. Massa). Here's a list of just about every rep and where they stand. If you have a representative who is a democrat-- no matter how you think they'll vote, call them and tell them that a vote for healthcare is a vote against them from you in November. Here's a link to all the reps. You can also call the Capitol Hill Switchboard at 202-224-3121. They'll help you. It's probably best to call your rep's local office (any of them). You'll find that info on their websites. Probably too late to snail mail your rep, so if you can show up in person to voice your dissatisfaction, terrific. If not, a call is your next best bet, and email as a last resort-- all of them together might be good. (If you've got a republican rep don't take their vote entirely for granted, call them too-- but it's not as urgent as those of you in democratic districts.) Oh, the cancer patient Obama parades around? Turns out she will not lose her home in any case and she probably qualifies for several programs currently in existence. Here's the Clevland Clinic to verify that. Are we moving toward a totalitarian state? Does a bear sleep in the woods? Here are 20 signs that we're already there or close to it. Any chance a bureaucrat might have empathy to your plight? Less when you realize they feel no economic pain: they make more money than the private sector, they have guaranteed retirement and their not facing layoffs. Never mind the economic reality, if this isn't a total disconnect from the people they serve-- the taxpayers who underwrite their salaries, then nothing could be. You're told those invasive airport scanners that can see every hair on your body will be manned in the most professional manner. You're also told their voluntary. Neither is true in Great Britain where mandatory screenings have resulted in nude pictures being circulated-- but even here, we've got some issues right now with that 'professional manner'... particularly when the guy behind the camera is 44 years old and thinks sleeping with 14 year old girls is a fine idea. Want a mystery? Own a shortwave radio and you'll hear plenty of them. But one that's been around for almost half a century is the station you come across that just repeats a short series of numbers over and over. Speculation is they're codes for spys. No one knows for sure but a lot of people have been intrigued enough to check it out. Be one of them. FRIDAY MARCH 12, 2010 10:30 PM (PT) Trivia answers and Bumper Stumpers are up (under Trivia and Music to your left). The data centre that houses our websites and the server we use to stream the show is moving. This has caused some DNS resolution problems. If you are having trouble accessing the stream, click here. The IP address that will open in another window should get you where you want to go-- but don't bookmark it. We'll be changing IP addresses in the next few weeks when we change streaming servers, but for now it will work like a charm-- if you can access this page. Unfortunately all our sites are on shared IP addresses so I don't have a workaround for that. Sorry for the hassle. Talk to you Monday. FRIDAY MARCH 12, 2010 12:01 AM (PT) 3 hours of Trivia tonight. I did my part. Yours is to call. Talk to you at 7 (PT). Think the government won't look at what you buy? If you've got those fantastic plastic shoppers cards that give you grocery discounts, they already are. At this point, it's with your permission but the CDC is so thrilled with the results, how long before it's mandatory? Want to buy wine at Target? Expect to have you driver's license scanned. Not viewed, scanned. Viewed is fine, even required in many states, but scanned? The machines won't work if the cashiers don't scan your info into the system. Feel violated? You should. Some states like Texas have laws preventing retailers from storing that info. But other states don't. Could Target get away with such a policy across the nation as they've been doing for years now if you the consumer didn't allow it? Have a kid in public school. Here's another reason for taking them out now. This Indiana 7th grader said no to drugs-- and was suspended anyway. Unacceptable. Verizon charges for their services. That you'd expect. They charge dead people. That's a surprise. Should a loved one die without telling you their account password, even a death certificate won't get you out of paying. It's not supposed to be the official policy, but here's proof it's done. Too many firearms bills in the hopper in Illinois. Here's a list but hopefully the Supreme court will render them all moot. Didn't have time to tell you this last night: Government workers make more than private industry workers and most are immune from the financial crisis. Think bureaucrats can possibly relate to what's going on? You might also want to read about the latest atrocity from Bank of America. They're sorry they trashed the wrong house and seized a woman's parrot. More on Monday. Trivia tonight. THURSDAY MARCH 11, 2010 12:01 AM (PT) We talked with Richard K. Moore for the entire show last night. You'll hear it on the stream until tonight's show, and you can download all 3 hours at MyStreamingServer.com. A couple things I mentioned: Kansas City is closing about half of it's public schools. (Good move, now let's close the other half.) The Chamber of Commerce backs plans to bring Mexican trucks into America again. OOIDA says no! And as the government continues to push socialized medicine (against the wishes of the majority of Americans) is it surprising that we've been hearing about the lack of necessity of tests and procedures? Now it's blood tests for prostate problems. A lot more to say and we'll say it at 7. Join us. WEDNESDAY MARCH 10, 2010 12:10 AM (PT). We'll talk with Richard K. Moore tonight for the entire show. He's got a fascinating take on what's going on economically and if you've been wondering what's next, read Prognosis 2012 - the elite agenda for transformation. If that doesn't stop you cold, nothing will. I'm convinced he's on to something here and I think you will be too before the show is over. Richard is a writer who emigrated to Ireland from the San Francisco Bay area in 1994. He's devoted the last year to seeking answers to some very big questions-- like how does the world really operate? He's published what he's discovered in a book, Escaping The Matrix (click on it for a good price from Amazon) which centers around community empowerment and awakening the public. At that he's doing a terrific job. Check out his views on Climate Science and The Grand Story of Humanity too. I promise not to hog him all night. Your questions will be welcomed and I have a strong feeling you'll have a few. It really was open lines last night-- but one story you might want to see for yourself revolves around a local census office in Knoxville complaining it was 2,000 workers short. Note the comments section where multiple people are complaining that they're qualified, certified and can't even get a return phone call. Something's up here. I'll end on some very good news though: the Crow Creek Sioux is getting their land back from the IRS. In the word's of tribal chairman Brandon Sazue, Woo hoo!
Speaking of McCain, he's pulled his support for the bill he co-authored which would decimate dietary supplements. (S.3002 The Dietary Supplement Safety Act - DSSA). But while he's leaving alone your right to vitamins and minerals as you see fit, he's threatening your constitutional rights with The Enemy Belligerent Interrogation Detention and Prosecution Act of 2010. It sounds as bad as it is. McCain and Lieberman concocted this atrocity We didn't have time to go over a myriad of other things I wanted to share with you but that's why we're on every weeknight. We'll pick it up where we left off tonight at 7. A couple things before we go though: Sad to note the passing of Ron Banks, a founding member of The Dramatics. Laughing about this bio-hazard crime-- where a woman squirted a deputy in the face with her breast milk direct from the source. Yeah, it's come to this. MONDAY MARCH 8, 2010 6:50 PM (PT) We'll spend the first couple hours of the show with Dr. Jerome Corsi. Jerry has a better handle on what's really going on in the Obama administration than most anyone else. His research is impeccable and all of it is annotated in his books which remain the definitive argument settlers. "America For Sale" (click on it for a good price from Amazon) is a perfect example. For regularly updated info, you might want to subscribe to Jerry's Red Alert newsletter. You can bet we'll talk about Oama's waterloo-- healthcare as well a America's swan song-- the economy. We'll take your calls in the 2nd hour too. Third hour, open lines and I'm got plenty to talk about. FRIDAY MARCH 5, 2010 10:30 PM (PT) Trivia answers and Bumper Stumpers are up (under Trivia and Music, respectively, to your left). The interview with GNP Crescendo's Neil Norman will stream all weekend and is also available for download at MyStreamingServer.com. And I'll be back Monday with plenty of things that will undoubtedly depress you, so in the meantime have an uplifting and safe weekend. FRIDAY MARCH 5, 2010 12:01 AM (PT) We'll talk to Neil Norman of GNP Crescendo Records (the label his dad Gene started many decades ago). Neil's passion is music for science fiction movies and television shows. He's got quite the resume to that end-- including being able to play the theremin (an instrument you play by being near-- you don't touch it). So we'll have a good time in the first hour. After that, 2 hours of trivia and I'm ready for you. So do your part and call! We talked with Venus Andrecht earlier (the show is up for download at MyStreamingServer.com). I'm attracted to her personality and sincerity and I believe her infectious nature is the real deal. Check out her Flow Mojo Show if you haven't and catch her Dear Venus radio show too. If you sign up for her newsletter at GodIsAlwaysHappy.com you'll be registered for a drawing for a free reading. Ready to be outraged? The Canadian government wants citizens to pay taxes on their earnings from Earl Jones. Sounds reasonable? Then you don't realize that Earl Jones is Canada's Bernie Madoff. He's serving 11 years for bilking investors out of millions and now those investors, some penniless, are being taxed for their not-gotten gains. Something's wrong here. Speaking of wrong, you might take issue with Sean David Morton's investment offer. The SEC certainly is. Their complaint, here, says he's not a psychic and the statements he made aren't true. Then there's the issue of the money. They want him to return it all to the investors who believed what they heard from the frequent Coast to Coast guest. While we're on the subject of fraud, it's horrifying to think of the ramifications of this, but some investors are finding that the gold bars they've purchased from bonded warehouses are counterfeit. So you don't understand how doctors can go broke if Medicare lowers its reimbursement rates? This doctor lays it out. Got an email after talking about it from Karen R. who protested saying that she has to pay the difference. Not exactly. Here's the deal. When your doctor agrees to take Medicare, he agrees to receive the allowable reimbursement amount for what he charges. For instance, if he bills a patient $100 for a visit and Medicare says the allowable reimbursement amount for that visit is $70, he agrees to $70 being his total compensation for his $100 bill. Medicare then reimburses him at the rate of 80% of the allowable amount which, in the case of our $70 example, would be $56. The patient would be responsible for the remaining 20% which is $16, not the $44 difference between what he billed and what Medicare allowed. The doctor would have to eat the $30 difference between the allowable charges and his actual bill. So when Medicare reimbursement rates fall, the doctor has no recourse to reclaim the difference. It is gross dollars going out the window against fixed expenses and for many physicians, it's not enough to keep their doors open. Do electromagnetic fields really adversely affect your health? The verdict isn't remotely near in. Take vitamins? There's a good chance they're totally useless within a week of you opening the bottle. THURSDAY MARCH 4, 2010 12:10 AM (PT) In this economy many of us have to wonder what's coming next? Who better to ask than a psychic? Venus Andrecht can see into your future and your mind, and the minds of those close to you-- living or dead. We'll spend a couple hours with her tonight and take your calls. Check out her "Dear Venus" radio show at ContactTalkRadio.com and the "Flow Mojo Show" that she does at VibranceTV.com with her daughter, Summer McStravick of "Flowdreaming" fame. We'll have fun-- and you may learn something! We talked about healthcare last night, obviously given Obama's proclamation that the House should now pass his healthcare plan (the one without details except the details that should scare the living life out of you)-- here's one article and another. But here's high irony. While lawmakers are seemingly concerned with your health, your local water continues to use fluoride. Nothing new there, you say? You've heard all the arguments against fluoride? Me too, but this is about fluoride from China with the added bonus of lead and arsenic. Not nauseous yet? Let me try again: Nancy Pelosi. She's the person house members fear crossing when it comes to the healthcare vote-- moreso even than Obama. That's according to Dr. Broun MD, a house member from Georgia who is none too fond of Obamacare. (But who in their right mind would be? That's not to say we don't need to change a lot about how healthcare is financed-- just to say that lessening government involvement will be more effective than strengthening it, assuming fixing the situation is the goal-- though I suspect controlling us comes first.) Even if you've done so already, this is the time to stay on your representative. Tell him or her to vote no on Obamacare or you'll vote no on them in November. Every house member is up for reelection and if enough of their constituents weigh in against this, at the very least they'll have to think a little longer and harder on their choice. You don't have to know who your rep even is. You can find out along with all the contact info here. More on Canadian health care and those in power who come to America for their needs. Says it all, doesn't it? Here's a novel way to fix the economy? Put up fake storefronts so shopping districts will look prosperous. They're doing it in England winning the form over substance award. No wonder they're selling the White Cliff's Of Dover. Mystery maybe: Is Obama trying to influence the vote of Rep. Jim Matheson? His brother has just been nominated to a federal judgeship by Obama. You won't have to wait long to find out whether the confirmed anti-Obamacare voter will change sides. We've talked a lot about problems with the justice system in this country in the past including the absurdity of the sexual offenders registry. The concept is to protect the public from predators and most Americans take comfort in their ability to know their neighbors in this regard. The problem is the database includes such people as those who were caught urinating in public or the 19 year old kid who had a 17 year old girlfriend, or the 21 year old guy who was told repeatedly by his new gal that she was 18-- she even had ID to prove it. All of that can make you a felon and it's all a far cry from forcibly raping someone at gun point or other manner of sexual crimes that most of us would find heinous. ReformSexOffenderLaws.org will give you more info. If someone in your life is caught up in this never ending cycle, please pass it along. We'll all be safer if we can differentiate between those who threaten society and countless others branded by the database and such things as the 45 year probation period that one caller last night told us about. Think it's not attractive to some people to be able to get everyone into a database, or have everyone under close surveillance? Can you imagine any other reason for a 45 year probation? Someone deserving of that probably doesn't deserve to be in the general population. Listener Mike wants you to take a new libertarian quiz. Click here. But if you ask me, there's a lively debate on one question in particular. "End government barriers to international trade". Actually we've damn near done that in totality with various trade agreements. But the problem arises when products and services can come from areas that pay a fraction of what American workers make. Here's my question: if you don't put equalizing tariffs on such products so that American employers will be on parity with foreign entities, then how can any company justify, let alone exist, by making things here? There is no easy solution but it's worthy of discussion as it is a big part of why we're where we are economically. WEDNESDAY MARCH 3, 2010 1:01 AM (PT) The Supreme Court heard arguments in favor of the 2nd amendment yesterday. The issue is Chicago's gun ban, specifically whether state or local laws can infringe on the 2nd Amendment. By all accounts (even Public Radio's) the justices were on the side of gun rights and Otis McDonald who brought the suit. Here's another story about it out of Chicago. Texas primaries yesterday-- to no one's surprise (and maybe no one's delight) Rick Perry wins the republican nod to remains as governor. And to everyone's delight (OK maybe not some republicans since he had 3 opponents), very pleased to say Ron Paul won. No surprise here: the internet overtakes newspapers as Americans' news source. TV is still in first place, but never the less, ABC is cutting half of its correspondents. 25% of Germans want RFID chips implanted under their skin. What worries me about this survey is that with 1and 4 gung ho, how easy would it be for the government to mandate it? Is Warren Buffett taking leave of his senses? His partner Charlie Munger realizes it's over for our economy. Buffett thinks it's on the rebound, but that's not my issue. He thinks health care costs are the problem. He wants to American to cut healthcare expenses from 16 to 9% like other countries who do a fine job with healthcare. Fine? Here's the NHS horror of the day: a war vet died in a British nursing home... after being starved to death, and that's not the worst part. TUESDAY MARCH 2, 2010 12:10 AM (PT) Brooklyn prosecutors cleared ACORN of criminal wrong doing yesterday. Of course I can't all the evidence they didn't have, but I can see the tapes that O'Keefe & Giles made. Even assuming heavy editing, the actual words that came out of ACORN workers' mouths would have been enough for me. Obama waited until the weekend when you weren't looking to decimate the bill of rights by renewing the Patriot Act. You didn't think he'd do otherwise, did you? There's no doubt your privacy is being decimated at every turn, and I like a good conspiracy as well as anyone else, but please fill out the census form that will arrive this month. There are 10 questions on it and none are particularly offensive. Who are you, how old are you, what's your birthdate, are you Hispanic, what's your race are about as dicey as it gets. Pick your battles. This isn't one of them. (Now as for the ACS-- The American Community Survey, that's a whole 'nother story but it's a whole 'nother questionnaire-- no more long form census, so rest easy and mail it back.) While we're talking about privacy though, here's another way you're being databased that I hope you won't like. Good news though-- South Carolina no longer wants you to register as a subversive. I want to put a face on Toyota's withholding of evidence. It's horrible when people are killed or injured but few realize the result of Toyota's reticence has put people in jail, like this guy sentenced to 8 years for what he didn't do. I hope he can sue and own them. It just isn't right. Doubt they withheld what they knew? Here's a former Toyota lawyer turned whistle blower that may change your mind. Heard about the financial meltdown in Greece? Bernanke says it might happen here. The Congressional Oversight Panel says about 3,000 banks are in big trouble. Mish Shedlock makes the case for seeing a prime indicator of an imminent market crash. No wonder more of us are grinding our teeth. A lot more. With our without Republicans, the Democrats are moving forward on health care. Actually, they have no choice. They're between a bad and a worse place. Everyone in the House is up for re-election and a lot of Democrats have gotten the message that they might not return to DC if they vote for this bill. Republicans therefore would delight in its passing providing they have absolutely no role in it. Even James Carville thinks the bill will lose-- if it does, it's Obama's waterloo-- and if it doesn't, it's a grave blow to congressional Democrats. Pelosi has her marching orders to pass it, but increasingly even supporters realize little good can come of it. Al Gore appeared in the New York Times over the weekend. His op ed piece was astoundingly 'know it all' in tone, even for him. So much so that a Forbes commentator makes the argument he's suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Investors Business Daily wasn't much more kind. Think HAARP caused the earthquake in Chile? Some people do. And on that conspiratorial note we'll bid you good night until tonight at 7 PT.
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