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Today's Show: Tuesday, August 22, 2006

By Jackie Bell

On today's show, we'll be joined by Dr. John Green, professor of political science at the University of Akron. He'll help us analyze the implications of the new Democratic primary calendar.

Also, we'll find out how to protect ourselves from our own machines from Daniel Wilson, author of the new book, How to Survive a Robot Uprising.

FRONT PAGE & UNDERBELLY

We just can't stop talking about the President's very strange press conference yesterday.

PET STORY

Reporting without Reporters

August 22, 2006
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G'morgan, Rachelistos and Kentonians!

The United States Postal Service has created a stamp with a picture of President George W. Bush to honor his first term achievements. Unfortunately, the stamp has not been sticking to the envelopes. This has enraged the President, who has demanded a full investigation into the matter. After a month of testing, a special Presidential Commission has made the following findings:

1. The stamp is in perfect order.
2. There is nothing wrong with the applied adhesive.
3. People are just spitting on the wrong side.

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By RonNLCAugust 22, 2006 - 7:03am

Simple campaign finance reform?

Limit the time before the election when media campaigning is allowed, say 90 days.
And no primaries or caucuses until 150 days before.

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By RonNLCAugust 22, 2006 - 7:46am

August 22nd, Historical Events to Remember

August 22, 565 - St. Columba reported seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.

August 22, 1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first Jewish immigrant to what is later the United States.

August 22, 1775 - King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion.

August 22, 1831 - Nat Turner revolt commences just after midnight in Southampton, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who were killed in retaliation for the uprising.

August 22, 1846 - The United States annexes New Mexico.

August 22, 1851 - The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.

August 22, 1864 - Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.

August 22, 1901 - Cadillac Motor Company founded.

August 22, 1902 - Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.

August 22, 1926 - Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

August 22, 1950 - Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis.

August 22, 1953 - The jail on Devil's Island is closed.

August 22, 1962 - The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo ship, completes its maiden voyage.

August 22, 1963 - Joe Walker in X-15 test plane reaches altitude of 106 km (67 miles).

August 22, 1966 - Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.

August 22, 1969 - Elvis Presley begins performing live again in Las Vegas.

August 22, 1970 - Neil Young released his album, After The Gold Rush.

August 22, 1973 - U.S. President Richard Nixon names Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State.

August 22, 1978 - The Frente Sandinista de Liberacion or FSLN occupies national palace in Nicaragua.

August 22, 1979 - Led Zeppelin released their album, In Through The Out Door.

August 22, 1988 - The Australian koala, the first platinum coin, is issued.

August 22, 1989 - The first ring of Neptune is discovered.

August 22, 1989 - Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5000 strikeouts.

August 22, 1992 - FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.

August 22, 2004 - The Scream, the painting by Edvard Munch, is stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

Bomar

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By bomar75August 22, 2006 - 7:50am

Here is something that may make you laugh

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcAwqxgwwPA wich is only audio, but still funny to see what the republicans eating thier own.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NamNdEQ1U4 to see what is rethuglicans think of people of color or the sexual prefance.

I hope that they make you laugh, even though it is so close to the truth.

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By rlm_dcbAugust 22, 2006 - 7:59am

Democratic Primary

New York Democrats are having a primary September 12:

www.tasinifornewyork.org

Senate candidate Jonathan Tasini will be campaigning in NYC today. He will be at the 14th St and 1st Ave subway stop from 4:00 to 6:00.

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By drxavierAugust 22, 2006 - 8:06am

Bless you, Rachel

I want them hammered every time I hear "Democrat Party" - and I want everyone to be alert to it. It's becoming so frequent that even some liberals do it, and it makes me crazy.

AC
More liberal media at The Sideshow.

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By AvedonAugust 22, 2006 - 8:27am

How about the "Depublican" Party?

Since they're doing everything they can to remove the public from the governmental progress.

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By capn_crustyAugust 22, 2006 - 8:30am

Democrat v. Democratic

"Democrat" is a noun. "Democratic" is an adjective. It isn't enough to call the party Democratic. It has to be Democratic:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/21/opinion/21mon3.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

"Hillary Clinton can kiss my ass" Tim Robbins on AAR.

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By drxavierAugust 22, 2006 - 8:46am

August 22nd, Birthday Remembrances, It's Ray Bradbury's Birthday

August 22, 1779 - James Kirke Paulding, American author, poet (d. 1860)

August 22, 1800 - William S. Harney, U.S. general (d. 1889)

August 22, 1800 - Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (d. 1865)

August 22, 1802 - Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, American land speculator (d. 1886)

August 22, 1811 - William Kelly, American inventor (d. 1888)

August 22, 1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer, physicist, inventor, aviation pioneer (d. 1906)

August 22, 1836 - Archibald MacNeal Willard, American artist (d. 1918)

August 22, 1848 - Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (d. 1929)

August 22, 1860 - Paul Nipkow, German inventor and television pioneer (d. 1940)

August 22, 1880 - George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)

August 22, 1893 - Dorothy Parker, American writer, humorist (d. 1967)

August 22, 1904 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)

August 22, 1917 - John Lee Hooker, American guitarist and singer (d. 2001)

August 22, 1918 - Mary McGrory, American journalist (d. 2004)

August 22, 1920 - Ray Bradbury, American writer

August 22, 1920 - Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon

August 22, 1932 - Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut

August 22, 1934 - Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. general

August 22, 1935 - E. Annie Proulx, American author

August 22, 1936 - Dale Hawkins, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist

August 22, 1938 - Paul Maguire, American football player

August 22, 1939 - George Reinholt, American actor

August 22, 1939 - Carl Yastrzemski, baseball player

August 22, 1940 - Valerie Harper, American actress

August 22, 1941 - Bill Parcells, American football coach

August 22, 1945 - Ron Dante, American singer, songwriter, and record producer (The Archies)

August 22, 1947 - Cindy Williams, American actress

August 22, 1947 - Donna Godchaux, singer (Grateful Dead)

August 22, 1949 - Diana Nyad, American swimmer, wold record holder

August 22, 1955 - Will Shetterly, writer

August 22, 1958 - Colm Feore, American-born actor

August 22, 1958 - Vernon Reid, American musician (Living Colour)

August 22, 1963 - Tori Amos, American singer, songwriter, and pianist

Bomar

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By bomar75August 22, 2006 - 8:57am

Democrat Party----grrrr

How about we call them Republicant?

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By nmhankAugust 22, 2006 - 9:31am

The President's medication has been adjusted...

Now, he can read the script that Cheney puts in front of him...and perform it just as rehearsed. Performing chimp as president.....

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By LarrynowAugust 22, 2006 - 10:50am

99 bottles of near-beer on the wall

Hey Rachel!

The president at his wacky [and despised] press conferences acts like he use to act at his Dad's fund raisers.....DRUNK. He's drunk! He's a drunk....who has never sought any kind of help. Pretending to find Jesus [and WMD] is no cure.

GOP....the RED party!

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By AlbertCatAugust 22, 2006 - 11:08am

Custer Battles verdict overturned

A federal judge has set aside a verdict of corporate fraud in Iraq on disputed technical grounds, raising questions about the ability of whistleblowers and the United States government to pursue companies that profited illegally in Iraq during the chaotic year after the invasion.

Last March, based on evidence provided by two company whistleblowers, a federal jury in Virginia found that the contractor Custer Battles L.L.C. had filed grossly inflated invoices to the Coalition Provisional Authority.

The coalition authority, the judge ruled, was an international entity, and bills presented to American officials then detailed to the authority were not subject to the False Claims Act.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/19/world/middleeast/19reconstruct.html?_r...

Nice, huh? The Bush regime really did set up Iraq as a legal no man's land where convieniently, it's not illegal to steal from the US taxpayers. In a just world this would be the lead story on every newscast in the country. *sigh*