Congress Folds and Runs: Can we ever expect otherwise? Of course we're referring to their rubber-stamping of the Bush-backed bill to legalize warrantless surveillance of Americans then running off on vacation. How outrageous is that? Quite, we say, and refer to Nancy Talanian, Director of Bill of Rights Defense Committee's press release in Progressive Newswire during this segment.
Natural Disasters and Man-Made Ones: An important segment in which we discuss politics, New Orleans, the Utah mine collapse, and Chris Floyd's "Masters of Disaster: The Bush Gang Opens the Floodgates". Listen up!
FBI Lowers the Bar: Well, not literally the bar, but eliminates their policy of automatically disqualifying applicants who have used drugs. According to Dan Eggen in Tuesday's Washington Post, frequent drug use longer than 3 years ago for marijuana and 10 years ago for other drugs is ok. Why? You'll have to listen in to find out.
Genocide: Not a pleasant topic, but we all need to be aware of David Goodner's "American Genocide in the Middle East: Three Million and Counting", published in Wednesday's
www.CommonDreams.org. Sobering segment.
Advertising Changes Tots' Taste: An amazing study concludes children swear food tastes better when contained in a McDonald's wrapper, even if the food did not come from there. Say what? We say there is a powerful lesson here.
Printers Equipped to Spy on You? According to
http://tech.yahoo.com, most color laser printers can do just that. It's all about yellow dots. Join us for details, then settle into a new level of paranoia.
We'll be back Monday, August 13. Stay with us and spread the word. Continuing comments are greatly appreciated. Jokes are as well!
