Archive for the ‘prisoners’ tag
Tiny fascist Michael Bloomberg, how to handle online harassers, prisoner slave labor
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Allison and Jamie discuss tiny fascist Michael Bloomberg, possible health safety concerns for Sandy cleanup volunteers, how to handle online harassers, prisoner slave labor, Walmart workers sue their overlords, the UN recognize Palestinian statehood and then Israel proceeds to build more colonies anyway, and the coming student debt bubble disaster.
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On being perpetually high in a retail environment, Red Cross’ denial, and kittens
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Allison and Jamie discuss being perptually high in a retail environment, the Red Cross’ denial, the shady MTA, and prisoners getting teh kittens.
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Felon voting disenfranchisement, BEST-OF: Sarah Silverman, Regina Spektor, Matt Taibbi at Citizen Radio Live
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Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) brings you a great field piece about felon voting disenfranchisement, plus a BEST-OF Citizen Radio: Citizen Radio Live! with Sarah Silverman, Regina Spektor, and Matt Taibbi (originally aired 3/18/11).
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You mustn’t be afraid to podcast a little bigger, darling
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Inception: the podcast. Allison and Jamie talk rape culture, the massacre of South African miners on strike, the IMF applauding Iceland for ignoring the IMF, and prisoners being forced to fight each other gladiator-style.
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What the Olympics and the Springfield monorail have in common, Georgia prison hunger strike
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Allison and Jamie talk about the insane Olympics opening ceremony, and all the ways in which the Olympics has become a corporate charade funded by taxpayer dollars. Also, The Real News reports on a Georgia prison hunger strike.
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All Hail The Nerds, Louisiana’s prison rate is five times Iran’s, Egypt’s election results
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Allison and Jamie discuss hardcore nerds vs. posers, Louisiana’s prison rate, Iowa’s fucked up treatment of released prisoners, Egypt’s election results, and the ongoing budget cut resistance movements around the country.
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Reporters funded by ‘Vulture Capitalist’ smear Occupy Wall Street, Karl Rove VS. Koch brothers
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Reporters from the American Spectator, which is funded by Vulture Capitalist Paul Singer, posed as protesters in order to smear Occupy Wall Street. Also, Karl Rove VS. Koch brothers, Georgia considers using prisoners to fight fires, and the 99 percent continue to struggle during the “economic recovery.”
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Stock market as a tool for economic terrorism, updates on Murdochgate
Read and share Allison’s new article at The Nation: Budget Cuts and the Pelican Bay Hunger Strike.
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President Obama got tough with the Republicans during debt ceiling negotations, and coincidentally, Moody’s downgraded US credit the next day. Citizen Radio talks about how the stock market is frequently used by the wealthy as a tool for economic terrorism. Also, updates on the tragedy that is Murdochgate, including Rupert’s refusal to testify before Parliament and the beginning of an FBI investigation into News Corp.
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Jamie will be at the Steve Allen theatre July 18! Get tix here. Also, his episode of The Green Room airs on Showtime the first week of August. Check your local listings!
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Rebecca Watson on Richard Dawkins’ sexist comments and the atheist community
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Rebecca Watson (@rebeccawatson) talks about being propositioned in an elevator at an atheist convention, and the subsequent fallout in the community when Richard Dawkins’ responded to her retelling of the event in a shockingly ignorant fashion. Watson also talks about the atheist community, in general, and explains why atheists should care about feminism.
Check out Rebecca’s writing at http://skepchick.org/, and hear her podcast: http://www.theskepticsguide.org/.
Before the interview, Allison and Jamie discuss Gov. Walker’s dystopian vision of America (including slave labor!) and TPaw’s truth-telling moment about Michele Bachmann, and then when he accidentally turned gay and became a Lady Gaga fan.
US Uncut Philadelphia is staging a protest outside of City Hall Saturday, July 16th: http://www.usuncut.org/actions/545
Also: an interview with Master Negotiator Barack Obama.
Jamie will be at the Steve Allen theatre July 18! Get tix here!
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Beginners MMA, California releases prisoners, Tim Pawlenty’s anti-choice record
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Jamie offers advice for people interested in MMA, “blame the victim” sports journalists claim Serena Williams is asking to be stalked, GOP attacks Democrats from the left on Medicare, California releases tens of thousands of prisoners from overcrowded prisons, Tim Pawlenty’s shocking anti-choice record, Jon Huntsman tries to run from his past, the Obama administration expresses support for repealing DOMA, and Scotty Walker is a’scurred of his constituents.
