TODAY'S SHOW: FRIDAY AUGUST 31ST 2007
This is an Elseya Irwini turtle, named after the late Steve Irwin who discovered it. It is in danger of becoming extinct, which is sad. It also breathes out of its butt, which is funny.
Moving on.
Rachel will be joined by Salon.com writer Glenn Greenwald who will be talking about how "unforgivable" the GOP finds Larry Craig's malfeasance, but how totally forgivable all the other hooker scandals have been. "Cost-free moralism," it's a great political investment!
And then the band Ozomatli joins Rachel in studio to talk about their new album and what it's like to form a band at a union rally.
MENTIONED ON TODAY'S SHOW
Vatican Air has its own special set of security problems
Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California are suing the Bush Administration due to an invasive new questionnaire on loyalty
Solomon Island man who saved John F. Kenney's life during World War II is finally honored by the US Navy. Bonus: They fixed his roof
The Justice Department is having a tough time convincing its own attorneys to prosecute GITMO detainees
Millions of White House emails were mysteriously lost. Weirder? That a private company was in charge of them. Weirder still? The White House will not release the name of that company.
MISSING: Nuclear bomb parts, REWARD: Living in a country without loose nukes
And Rachel's suggested Labor Day weekend creep-you-out reading, brought to you by The New Republic
Today on Kent Jones Now, Shaolin monks bested by ninjas? Of course you know, this means war.
- August 31, 2007










Feeling bad for Tony Snow
Rachel
I feel bad for Tony, too. I mean, with George W. Bush asserting as a known fact that he will beat the cancer, it certainly does not bode well for Tony. I mean, Bush has such a stellar record on such things. That really was my immediate thought - Bush saying it is almost like a death sentence.
I'll pray for Tony.
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By NiceFlyerAugust 31, 2007 - 6:20pm