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Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 03.10.2010

David Pakman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:45 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman / March 10th, 2010

Total Running Time: 60:00

This Week’s Topics:

–Shirley Phelps-Roper from the Westboro Baptist Church joins us live to discuss her church’s God Hates Fags slogan, and the Supreme Court case involving the church, and we play under over with the words “wrath” and “fag” during her interview.

–New stations in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Massachusetts airing Midweek Politics.

–Conservative media misinterprets the Oscar win by The Hurt Locker as a victory for conservative values.

–Democrats should be angry with the current White House and Congress, and we look at why.

–New York Governor David Patterson runs for re-election for a few days, then quits due to a violence against women scandal.

–Charlie Rangel steps down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

–After Harold Ford Jr changes his position on gay marriage yet again for political convenience, a New York crowd does not buy it and heckles him in and out of the venue.

–Discussing whether or not having extremists on a program validates them, or serves to discredit their views.

–The incredible story of California State Representative Roy Ashburn, a long-time anti-gay politician, revealing that he is gay after being caught drunk driving when leaving a gay nightclub.

–The Vatican faces another sex scandal, this time an organized male prostitution ring, the same week that they spoke out against gay marriage in Washington DC.

–Dylan Ratigan kicks a teabagger of his show in an actual example of critical journalism.

–Do we need term limits for House and Senate members? The arguments on both sides.

–Palin cracks the ultimate joke on Jay Leno, who has not had an edgy segment on his show for years, criticizing the mainstream media, and citing it as a reason she joined Fox News. Also, she says she will continue to write notes on her hands.

–Sarah Palin admits to having crossed into Canada when she was a child for healthcare.

–Emails about Orly Taitz, health insurance, Glenn Beck, and more.

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A Baha’i Perspective 03.06.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:08:17 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Dr. William Diehl, the former director of the Louhelen Baha’i School in Davison, Michigan. He is now the executive director of a 501(c)(3) organization called Diploma Plus.

A Baha’i Perspective 02.27.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:58:19 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Hans Peterson, a Baha’i currently residing in Budapest who directed the film Mocha Frapuchino and has started a Baha’i audio books project. You can see the trailer for Mocha Frapuchino at www.mochafrapuchino.com, and you can see his audio book project at www.voicesdivine.com.

A Baha’i Perspective 02.20.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:14:08 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Amy Smith, a young woman who grew up in Honduras. soon to graduate and pursue a life of service. When Amy was 16, a tragic event confirmed her faith.

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 02.17.2010

David Pakman — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:14 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman / February 17th, 2010

Total Running Time: 57:57

This Week’s Topics:

–Sit-down interview with Congressman Barney Frank about financial reform, Iraq, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and more.

–New radio and television stations airing Midweek Politics in Hartford and Massachusetts.

–An incredible story about a group of evangelical churchgoers who decided to steal children from Haiti to convert them away from Catholicism and to Baptists, and who fortunately were arrested before leaving the country with any kids.

–Peter Sprigg from the Family Research Council believes that homosexuality should be outlawed and punishable by law.

–Sprigg’s colleague, Tony Perkins, also subscribes to bizarre and extreme ideology when it comes to homosexuality.

–During a hearing in New Hampshire related to repealing same-sex marriage, Representative Nancy Elliott gives some strange and entertaining thoughts about homosexual activity.

–The new national security distraction of Arabic language students from the US, highlighted by the aggressive detention and interrogation of Nick George from Pomona College who was caught with English/Arabic flashcards for words such as funny and to smile.

–We discuss whether going after students studying Arabic for 4 hours with 7 different law enforcement officials keeps us more safe, or takes resources away from actual potential terrorists.

–In explaining the difference in reactions from trying shoebomber Robert Reid in the US during the Bush administration and the underwear bomber in the US now, Newt Gingrich resorts to lying that Richard Reid was an American citizen, and Monica Crowley that there simply were no military tribunals in 2001.

–In what can only be described as a fantasy world, Dick Cheney criticizes Barack Obama and Joe Biden for trying to take credit from Bush and Cheney for the miraculous, incredible success that is the war in Iraq.

–Senator Evan Bayh says he will not seek re-election to the US Senate, and while he says the decision was not motivated by being down in the polls, which he is not, he did take a few shots at Congress, and we discuss whether it will hurt or help him in a potential run for the presidency, which some are predicting.

–Director Kevin Smith is thrown off of a Southwest Airlines flight for being too fat, and it has create a frenzy on Twitter between Smith and the airline.

–Michelle Obama will appear on Fox News with Mike Huckabee in what seems like a carefully crafted non-political appearance related to childhood obesity.

–A deluge of emails after last week’s interview with anti-gay Paul Cameron goes viral.

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A Baha’i Perspective 02.13.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:22:04 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Steve Ader. Steve grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. His parents were singers active in the Lutheran Church, so music was a very important part of Steve’s growing up. He was actually going to study to become a concert pianist but was discouraged. Steve tells his very interesting story on how he ran into the Baha’i Faith.

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 02.10.2010

David Pakman — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:06:27 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman / February 10th, 2010

Total Running Time: 57:29

This Week’s Topics:

–Notorious anti-gay Paul Cameron joins us live to discuss his claim that homosexuals in the military are significantly more likely to rape of sexually assault fellow soldiers in the military.

–Ervin Staub, Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts and Abu Ghraib expert witness, joins us live in studio.

–Viewer emails about Tim Tebow and Midweek Politics.

–The Super Bowl and the Focus on the Family Tim Tebow anti-abortion advertisement, which many could not tell was anti-abortion.

–A gay dating site who tried to purchase an ad on the Super Bowl was rejected by CBS, while the anti-abortion ad was allowed.

–President Obama makes what might be his first major gaffe during a speech.

–The Tea Party Conference, whether the possible success of the Tea Party would help liberals or conservatives more, and Tom Tancredo’s incredible comments during his turn at the podium.

–Sarah Palin has crib notes written on her hands during her speech at the Tea Party Conference, and refers to them during a very friendly and tame question and answer session after her speech.

–Sarah Palin’s hypocrisy over the use of the term “retard” by Rush Limbaugh and Rahm Emmanuel.

–The same Republicans criticizing and condemning the Obama administration for its decision to try the underwear bomber in US federal court said nothing when the Bush administration tried shoe bomber Richard Reid in a US federal court, which led to a guilty verdict and a life sentence without parole in a super maximum security prison.

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Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 02.03.2010

David Pakman — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:42:44 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman / February 3rd, 2010

Total Running Time: 58:37

This Week’s Topics:

–Victor Ostrovsky, ex-Mossad case officer, former member of the Israeli Defense Force, and former Lieutenant Commander of the Israeli Navy, joins us live.

–New stations airing Midweek Politics in Atlanta, Winnipeg, and New York.

–Do Louis’ tattoos have to be covered for the TV version of Midweek Politics?

–Barack Obama’s first official State of the Union address, including standing ovations, applause, Samuel Alito’s eye-rolling and head-shaking, pivoting to the economy and away from healthcare, and much more.

–Sarah Palin’s insightful analysis before and after the SOTU speech.

–Chris Matthews with another strange race-related comment, saying he forgot Barack Obama was black for an hour during the SOTU.

–Obama asks for a full repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell during the SOTU, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates agrees, yet a task force needs to research DADT for one year before anything will be done.

–11000 troops have been discharged for being gay, and countless more never joined or were not allowed to, and we ask whether we will have a net gain by allowing homosexuals and letting the homophobes leave the military.

–Barack Obama meets with the GOP and scolds them, and Fox News cuts away from coverage when it starts getting contentious.

–The Steven Anderson controversy continues, this time with an email from another Baptist preacher.

–Tim Tebow and his Super Bowl anti-abortion ad, with news from attorney Gloria Allred that she thinks Tebow’s mother’s story is made up, given that abortions have been against the law and strongly penalized in the Philippines since 1930.

–Keith Olbermann’s rant about newly elected Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown was incredibly accurate, especially considering that Olbermann was forced to apologize for it.

–Abortion Doctor George Tiller’s murdered, Scott Roeder, is convicted on all counts, including murder.

–Roger Ailes defends Glenn Beck’s comments in a rare TV appearance with Barbara Walters and Ariana Huffington.

–John Edwards tried to get his aide, Andrew Young, to claim fatherhood of Edwards’ baby with Rielle Hunter.

–Mel Gibson reacts negatively to questions about his past drinking and anti-Semitic rants during an interview about his latest movie.

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Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 01.27.2010

David Pakman — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:48:47 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman / January 27th, 2010

Total Running Time: 57:49

This Week’s Topics:

–Eric Weaver, CEO of Opportunity Fund, joins us to discuss microlending, economic recovery, and much more.

–New stations in Massachusetts, Georgia, and Maine.

–Emails pour in about co- producer Louis’ claim that he does not vote in local elections, and no evidence exists that he ever donated to the Barack Obama campaign.

–The Supreme Court ruling that corporations have the same first amendment rights as individuals and may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for President and Congress, and analysis of which Justices voted which way, and the effect this could have.

–Do second amendment rights, by extension, also flow to corporations?

–The Hope for Haiti Now Telethon is television on CBS, ABC, NBC, CW, FOX, TNT, Weather Channel, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, HBO, Showtime, Major League Baseball Network, Style Network, E! Entertainment Network, ReelzChannel, TNT, Comedy Central, Oxygen, Soap Opera channel ,Bravo, National Geographic Channel, Sleuth, G4, CMT, TV1, BET, MTV, MTV2, VH1, GMC, FUSE, Current, PBS, even streaming live on IMDb, Hulu and YouTube, but NOT on Fox News Channel, and we look at why, including whether its racism, anger that CNN’s Anderson Cooper was involved, or some other reason.

–Instead of showing embarrassment that his network alone chose not to air the Haiti Telethon, Bill O’Reilly expresses concern about whether donated funds will make it to the right people.

–Irate anger on the Midweek Politics YouTube channel from violently anti-gay listeners in response to criticism of anti-gay pastor Steven Anderson.

–New song parodies and press releases from the Westboro Baptist Church, which recently announced the God hates Haiti, and that Haiti has been punished by God with earthquakes and a high population with AIDS.

–Super Bowl advertising hypocrisy, with a possible anti-abortion ad featuring football player Tim Tebow and Focus on the Family on CBS, after CBS rejected a pro-gay rights ad for the Super Bowl in 2004.

–Fox News fawns over Scott Brown, running non-journalism fluff biography pieces about the recently elected Senator from Massachusetts.

–The Lieutenant Governor and possible Governor-to-be of South Carolina suggests that people should not provide food to the poor because they will breed.

–Airport hijinks, including one man trying to open the front door of a flight to Las Vegas while in flight, and a man caught with 44 endangered lizards in his underwear in New Zealand.

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A Baha’i Perspective 01.23.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:24:14 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Mehr Mansuri. Mehr grew up in Iran, England and the US. She left Iran to go to boarding school in England just before the Islamic Revolution. She came to the US after high school to go to university. After university she developed a thriving acting career. She also uses her voice over talents for audio books, one of which is Saffron Kitchen, where she provides about eight characters. She recently helped in the film “Precious” casting the children and directing the children. She is the co-founder of the non-profit organization Children’s Theatre Company.

Seeing Red Radio: Haiti, Melvin Jones III, MLK and Tony Cliff 2.2

seeingredTony — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:16:52 +0000

This week we look at the hidden history of Haiti and the devastation exacted by global capital long before the earthquake struck, juxtaposing Pat Robertson’s hateful words with the “curse” inflicted by the World Bank and others. Also, horrific video is released of a white Springfield, MA police officer beating an African-American man while he was subdued by other officers, we’ll examine the racist legacy of the officer in question and the city’s infamously brutal police department. The last half-hour includes two talks from the Seeing Red archives: Martin Luther King speaking about protest and SWP founder Tony Cliff on the revolutionary party.

Audio montage includes clips from Blackbox Radio, Al Jazeera, Raj Patel, Naomi Klein and Pat Robertson.
What You’re Not Hearing about Haiti (But Should Be) by Carl Lindskoog
Obama Received $20 Million from Healthcare Industry in 2008 Campaign by Brad Jacobson
Tea Party Convention Squeezes Fans
Frustrated With Government Lies, Mexican Electricians Declare Wildcat Actions by Kristin Bricker
Savage Police Brutality Revealed by Gary Lapon
Audio of Paul Robeson Interview

Click here to view the embedded video.

Music:
Lafayette Afro-Rock Band – Hihache
Gift of Gab & Lateef – Kalakuta Show
Leadbelly – Bourgeois Blues
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – Stop Payin’ Taxes

Background music from John Zorn, Bad Plus, Utah Philips & Ani DiFranco and others

Original version broadcast on Thursday, January 14th, 2010 8 PM EST on WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA

Program length: 59:54

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 01.20.2010

David Pakman — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:48:55 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman / January 20th, 2010

Total Running Time: 57:30

This Week’s Topics:

–Ray Drewnowski, Political Director for Pioneer Valley Young Democrats, joins us live in studio to discuss the results and ins-and-outs of the recent Massachusetts special Senatorial election that saw Republican Scott Brown elected to replace Ted Kennedy in the US Senate.

–Email reaction to Jordan Sekulow’s recent appearance on Midweek Politics.

–The Haitian earthquake, including Barack Obama’s quick response, and why it was too quick for Rush Limbaugh, after saying the response to the underwear bomber was too slow.

–The status of illegal Haitian immigrants in the US and deportation, over 30 aftershocks following the magnitude 7 earthquake, and Fox News coverage of the event.

–Pat Robertson suggests that the Haitian earthquake is a result of Haiti’s signing of a pact with the devil to free them from France’s rule, and even Imus disagrees.

–Harold Ford Jr, sounding more and more like a Republican, says it was good to hear George W Bush’s voice on Haiti.

–It turns out Wyclef Jean’s charity is under scrutiny for strange practices, including paying Wyclef himself for performing to raise money for his OWN charity, among many other problems.

–The Massachusetts special election results in a win for Republican Scott Brown 52 to 47 percent, and the big question is what will happen with healthcare, including the several options to get healthcare reform passed in spite of Scott Brown’s intentions to prevent it.

–Whether robocalls, political TV ads, and political text messages can actually change minds, or just try to keep up with the competition.

–California healthcare reformers want to put a limit on the waiting time to see primary care providers at 10 days, and the maximum wait time to be called back by their office to 30 minutes.

–Barack Obama’s first year in office, including 66 percent less vacation time than George W Bush, as well as many press conference, meetings, and trips. We look at Obama’s trouble spots, including GITMO, healthcare, low enthusiasm from Democrats for 2010, Afghanistan, and more.

–Abortion doctor George Tiller’s murdered, Scott Roeder, will attempt a defense arguing that he was saving lives by killing Tiller, and his charge should be manslaughter, and Judge Warren Wilbert will actually consider this.

–Virginia license plate money can be directed to anti-abortion groups.

–Sarah Palin insists on the existence death panels as a Fox News contributor, and hurt her public perception with the release of her book.

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A Baha’i Perspective 01.16.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:27:23 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Adrienne Carter, a mental health counselor who has worked with Doctors without Borders in Kosovo, Kashmir, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Malaysia, Russia, South Africa, and, Myanmar.

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 01.13.2010

David Pakman — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:49:23 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman / January 13th, 2010

Total Running Time: 54:19

This Week’s Topics:

-Jordan Sekulow, conservative talk radio host, human right attorney, and Director of International Operations for the American Center for Law and Justice joins us live to discuss travel security, his work as an attorney, and more.

–New stations airing Midweek Politics in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Massachusetts.

–Harry Reid’s Obama Negro comments and the subsequent apology, and why the analysis was accurate while Reid still used racist terms.

–We discuss why Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have become de facto apology-takers when it comes to African-Americans, particularly when they themselves have hugely racist pasts.

–Comments on the Harry Reid Negro statement from Governor Tim Kaine, RNC Chairman Michael Steele, and Rod Blagojevich’s own bizarre racist comments.

–The book Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin and the fascinating stories it tell.

–Bill Clinton’s comments that upset Ted Kennedy, referring to Barack Obama as someone who would have been getting them coffee a few years ago, and Hillary’s desire to push Obama cocaine stories as much as possible, even at the warning of her aides.

–More information indicating Sarah Palin was completely uninformed about a plethora of topics, including basic national security and foreign affairs issues, and the fear that the McCain campaign had that the VP debate would be an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions.

–The revelation that Palin’s request to call Senator Biden Joe during the debate was actually a strategy to prevent her from repeatedly calling him Senator O’Biden, which she still did do once during the debate.

–John McCain claims to have absolutely no idea how or if Sarah Palin was vetted prior to her selection in lieu of Joe Lieberman.

–Barack Obama clearly states that the buck stops with him, and sadly that is not working too well.

–The Jay Leno Conan O’Brien shakeup at NBC, and why television networks make the decisions they do.

–The upcoming Massachusetts election to replace Ted Kennedy in the Senate was a foregone conclusion for some, although many Republicans are saying Scott Brown has a chance to defeat Democrat Martha Coakley. We look at whether this is true, and why anyone would vote for either of these candidates.

–More Fox News errors, this time mislabeling Connecticut Democratic Congressman first as a Republican, and later as a Senator.

–Gay marriage update, with Portugal putting in motion legalization, and a review of where things stand in Europe and the US.

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Seeing Red Radio: From Marx’s Capital to Capitalism in the 21st Century 2.1

seeingredTony — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:17:10 +0000

Alex Callinicos of the Socialist Workers Party at Marxism 2007 spoke on “From Marx’s Capital to Capitalism in the 21st Century”. This talk and many others can be found on the Resistance MP3 site. Hopefully, this will inspire you to pick up Marx’s master work, and if so, please check out David Harvey’s excellent online resource.

Here’s a link to one of Alex Callinicos’ best books, The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx

Music:
Red Shadow – In the Lobby
Bob Hill (Fred Hellerman) – Pity the Downtrodden Landlord
Dave Lippmann – I Hate Walmart
Ben Folds – Fred Jones Pt. 2
David Rovics – Strike a Blow Against the Empire
Thievery Corporation – The Richest Man in Babylon (G Corp Dub)
Inti-Illimani – El Pueblo Unido
Albino! – Democracy

Background Music by Charlie Hunter, Bonobo, Frankenstein, Crooklyn Dub Consortium, Ani DiFranco and Utah Phillips, Beatmakin Troopa and others.

Original version broadcast on Thursday, January 7th, 2009 8 PM EST

Program Length – 59:53

A Baha’i Perspective 01.09.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:11:51 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Jane Jensen. Warren’s interview with Jane is a sequel to his interview with Paul Jensen. Jane’s sister became a Baha’i first. At first Jane gave no thought to her sister’s belief, even as she passed and ignored the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, IL just about every day. Once her sister got married, her brother-in-law gave her a book called “Thief In The Night”. It was that book that got her to consider the Baha’i Faith more seriously. Her life totally took a different turn after becoming a Baha’i.

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 01.06.2010

David Pakman — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:59:17 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman / January 6th, 2010

Total Running Time: 56:15

This Week’s Topics:

–Chris Martenson from ChrisMartenson.com joins us live to discuss the economy, alternative energy development, green jobs, his transition out of corporate America, and more.

–All airline passengers from 14 specific countries will now be screened in detail when flying.

–Newark Airport Terminal C gets locked down as a result of one man skipping security through the exit lane while cameras were not recording and a TSA agent reportedly was on his cell phone not paying attention, and thousands of passengers have to get rescreened as a result.

–Joe Lieberman, not surprisingly, says that AbdulMutallab should not be tried in the US court system, and on top of it, GITMO should stay open and is the most humane place anyone could be held as a detainee.

–Barack Obama restates that there were security problems leading to AbdulMutallab’s underwear bombing attempt, and that GITMO should still be closed.

–Fox News shows another bizarre Rasmussen poll, this one suggesting that almost two thirds of Americans want illegal waterboarding techniques used on the underwear bomber AbdulMutallab.

–After barely hearing from Dick Cheney for eight years, he is again in the news criticizing Barack Obama and suggesting that Obama does not take American security seriously.

–Wabasha County Republican Allan Quist says liberals are more of a threat to the US than terrorist like AbdulMutallab.

–3 high-level Democrats, including Senator Chris Dodd, will not be running for re-election in 2010, creating more problems for Democrats.

–Sarah Palin’s audiobook of Going Rogue includes some bizarre statements.

–Looking at 50 things we learned during 2009, a whole bunch simply do not make sense to those that interpret the Bible literally.

–Rush Limbaugh’s healthcare scare, and his press conference stating that the best healthcare is in the US, which it certainly is, for billionaires like Rush.

–College football coach Mike Leach is in trouble for allegedly putting one of his players into small confined spaces after a concussion diagnosis, and two NBA players from the Washington Wizards pulled guns on each other.

–An arraignment in the Northampton, Massachusetts serial arson case that made national news over the last ten days.

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A Baha’i Perspective 01.02.2010

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:21:07 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Paul Jensen. Paul grew up in Denmark during WWII. He had a very adventurous spirit that took him first to Canada, then to the US, and then after becoming a Baha’i to the Bahamas and Panama.

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 12.30.2009

David Pakman — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:09:31 +0000

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman / December 30th, 2009

Total Running Time: 57:21

This Week’s Topics:

–Mary Serreze of NorthamptonMedia.com joins us live in studio to discuss the national news made by fifteen or more fires being set by a serial arsonist in our broadcast city of Northampton, Massachusetts.

–Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian man on a cash ticket with no luggage and no passport who was already reported to the CIA as a possible terrorist attempts to blow up a plane flying from Nigeria to Detroit via Amsterdam.

–We go through the details of the attempted plane bombing, and the suspicious nature of the trip, as well as information from other passengers, and AbdulMutallab’s own father’s phone call to authorities about his son’s suspicious behavior in recent weeks.

–All about the explosive PETN used in the attempted bombing, how it might be screened by TSA in the future, and more, as well as an incident on the same flight with another Nigerian man two days later.

–Ron Paul and Ben Stein argue about the causes of terrorism, both getting much wrong and talking over each other.

–The top 9 lies of 2009, including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Joe Wilson, Lou Dobbs, Orly Taits, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and more.

–Republicans use delay tactics to stall the voting of the healthcare bill to Christmas Eve.

–Conservative David Brooks would prefer a single-payer healthcare system to the current one.

–President Obama claims he is getting 95 percent of what he wants in the healthcare bill that will likely pass, which is almost impossible to believe. Was the public option not even worth five percent?

–CSPAN and Republican Senator John Barrasso are pranked without even knowing it by a man that seems to have also pranked Bill Kristol and David Brooks in the past.

–Bernie Madoff sustains serious injuries in prison supposedly from falling out of bed, in what clearly looks like assault.

–Illinois Republican Andy Martin, who started the Obama is a Muslim smears, now accuses his opponent of being a homosexual, and smears him as well.

–The 2010 election outlook.

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A Baha’i Perspective 12.26.09

Warren Odess-Gillett — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:18:43 +0000

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Jack McCants, who was an ordained Methodist minister when he ran into the Baha’i Faith.

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