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Nov 11, 2016

David Talbot Talks Watching The News, CNN and Alternative Networks

On the bright side...we can finally unplug from know-nothing talking heads like these. Our election season addiction to these blithering idiots reportedly filled the CNN coffers with gazillions of dollars. From now on, I'm spending more time with Democracy Now and Pacifica Radio shows like Doug Henwood's "Behind the News," which today offered a must-listen hour of truly smart people on the future of progressive America under Supreme Leader Trump. The consensus: we need to open a two-front war. One to block Trump. And the other to reclaim the Democratic Party for the 99%, beginning with a progressive takeover of the DNC. Failing that, we start our own party. November 8, 2016 marked the dead end of the politics of lesser-evilism. Listen to this show: https://kpfa.org/player/?audio=246095

copied from the facebook page of David Talbot.......

Roscoe Beauregard I have been promoting Pacifica, Democracy Now! and BBC NEWS ( I pay direct tv to get this source) and then there is the stream of FRANCE 24 English even thru their face page.. Many of us have shouted that the NETWORKS are owned by a limited group of investors.... I can get FRANCE 24 English thru an app called FilmonTV. there is a FACE page to this source as well... that is how I discovered France. FilmonTV.. (does not highlight)...

Chloe Louise Most of the so-called news posted by CNN about the individual in question was never really news but just trumpisms and sensational tidbits--but they played it over and over again I guess for ratings and dollars instead of the actual news. Two examples: during the Brussels airport bombing Hillary Clinton and John Kasich gave presidential remarks that were not only reassuring and honest but showed leadership. CNN must have focused on that for at least 30 seconds before plunging back into the twitter wars between donald and ted cruz about their wives that were going on at the time. Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley noted this. Recently, John Kasich went to Washington to promote TPP and talk to the senate with a crossover move in favor of President Obama. That barely got any attention--it was a shame because I thought that was important news and a pertinent issue. I wanted to hear more about it. trump took over the airwaves every day with nothingness or something disgusting and CNN fell for it hook line and sinker. trump is essentially a carnival barker, someone who is an expert and determining instantly what to say in order to get someone to fork over the cash or the vote in this case. that is his game, it worked, and now we will suffer for it. He knew the lie to tell, he knew what to say and the folks were willing to accept it. As mentioned earlier--let's see if he can reinvent the steel mills. I hope he can.

Jul 7, 2016

Is Bill O'Reilly Insane?

From the July 6 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:

DAVID MENDELL: Just because President Obama attended the wedding of a relative who was a Muslim doesn't necessarily mean he has deep ties to Islam.

BILL O'REILLY (HOST): You wouldn't say that if your father and your stepfather, both Islamists, and then your half brother and half sister, both Muslims, you wouldn't call those deep ties?

MENDELL: Well, they are ties. President Obama is a very unique cultural figure. He has ties to various worlds. He has ties in the African-American world. He has ties to Kansas where his mother was born. He himself is a devout Christian. I would follow him around on the campaign trail back here in Illinois --

O'REILLY: Whoa, whoa, whoa, devout Christian? He doesn't go to church on a regular basis. How did you arrive at that assessment? Why would he be -- he's a Christian. I believe he's a Christian. I'm not one of these guys who says he's a Muslim. But I don't think he's a devout Christian.

MENDELL: Well, he would go along the campaign trail here in Illinois, he would have the Holy Bible sitting in the door compartment of his vehicle, and he would refer to it consistently. He and Michelle would attend services of, you can go back to Jeremiah Wright if you want but --

O'REILLY: I don't know if that's devout in Jeremiah Wright's church is a little political.

MENDELL: But he's given expensive interviews about his beliefs in Christianity.

O'REILLY: Yeah but what you say and what you do are not necessarily the same thing. I base my analysis on the fact that in my opinion -- and I could be wrong, but I'm not -- President Obama's sympathetic treatment of Muslims put the country in danger because he has not elevated the risks that we have to the level it should be. And he allowed ISIS to be created because of his foolish decision to withdraw troops in Iraq and to pretty much run wild for five years. So another president, angry about the jihad, would not have done that. Am I wrong?

MENDELL: Well, I think President Obama is very sympathetic to all cultures, all religions. He grew up in a multiplicity --

O'REILLY: Is that good for a commander in chief to be very sympathetic to all cultures and all beliefs when thousands of people are being murdered?

MENDELL: Obviously you think it's a bad quality.

O'REILLY: You don't?

MENDELL: Well, I think he is a unique figure in that he can see various viewpoints. I'm not here necessarily to argue --

O'REILLY: He's the commander in chief of the country -- wait, wait, wait, Mr. Mendell. Mr. Mendell, he's the commander in chief of the United States, and his main charge is to protect us. It's not main charge as to be touchy-feely to all different cultures.

copied from mediamatters.org

Is Bill O'Reilly Insane?

Jun 9, 2016

Art Bell vs George Noory: The Conversation Continues

Talking about George Noory and his paranormal/political radio talk show..........

What day did Coast to Coast AM, the whacky, entertaining, perfect to fall asleep by, UFO, ghost show become a political show?

Was that the day George Noory took over from long time ultra popular nighttime radio host Art Bell or was it when George's ego morphed into something so giant he thought he was someone qualified to run for President of the United States.

What is going on here in night time radio land........

So, as usual, my girl Hillary Clinton achieved a place in history by any one's standards by becoming a candidate of a national political party to run for President, the first woman, wow--amazing.

But instead of focusing on Hillary's achievements and hard work George Noory had to mention his friend and frequent guest has a book due out soon that will be so monumental in bashing the Clintons the political world as we know it may end.

The problem for this radio listener and blogger--I love Hillary Clinton.

Your show is ultra offensive and one-sided.

George very infrequently has a guest from the other side to talk about the good things the dems have done. Jerome Corsi runs the extreme right wing newspaper World Net Daily, not exactly an unbiased friend of the Clintons.

In the first place why is George giving us politics on Coast to Coast and in the second place why not have both sides--equal time, etc,

George Noory may want to consider in his wildest dreams and smaller ego we are not interested in his political bias and we do not want it forced on us in the night when we are half asleep.

Perhaps, instead of entertaining thoughts of his own political grandeur, making money through a dating service he should study the interviewing skills of Art Bell--maybe he should listen to the guest. does George Noory know that listening to an old rerun of Art Bell is actually more entertaining that listening to his live show.

Why is that George........

Art had the knack of the interview equally shared by Larry King and George Strombo. They listen to the guest and they give the appearance that this individual is the most important person in the world and that the listening public will better off with this new information. Larry King could make the average every day guy sound like what he had to say was monumental.

That is the skill of the host.

The show is about the guest, not the host: rule 1 in radio talk show interview.

It is not just me:
her we go with some old and new info and thoughts about the skill of Art Bell--the conversation continues--yes, we still miss you, Art Bell

http://knpr.org/headline/2015-12/citing-threats-art-bell-ends-radio-program

Apr 15, 2016

Hillary Did Good Last Night

donald's dumb and unthought out comments only make Hillary better........

HILLARY DID GOOD LAST NIGHT:

Just wanted to say I really appreciated your comments about the donald last evening because as a OR nurse one cannot always opt out of a procedure and the "D and C" or TAB, therapeutic abortion, is a routine procedure done for many reasons.

The idea that we would go back to pre 1970 and not have a personal choice or the idea that a health care worker would go to jail or be punished for participating in a routine procedure is archaic. Not to mention stupid.

This is someone who by his actions wants to participate in the sexual revolution footloose and fancy free but punish the woman if an unwanted pregnancy occurs.

The man is disgusting.

I have been waiting for Hillary forever because she is a mom just like me but now I would vote for her on Planned Parenthood alone because that is not something I am never willing to negotiate.

I was voting for her anyway. I am still sad about the last election but I love President Obama, too.

We are a team, me and Hillary.....same-same.

This is why she will easily beat the Repubs also.

Well done!

Feb 12, 2016

Carl DeMaio and KOGO 600: Lose the Gotcha Mentality

Seriously, Carl DeMaio and KOGO 600 AM News/Talk Radio in San Diego should lose the "gotcha" mentality. It does not serve anyone well in the long run, Carl, the station or the listeners.

It turned out to be very informative about San Diego Radio, their philosophy and news/talk radio, in general, to follow a recent converstaion on San Diego Radio. org. This is a blog by Joe Nelson, a San Diego Radio veteran.

Carl DeMaio is on KOGO 600 in San Diego from 3-6 PM weekdays.

it is baby owl season in San Diego--from The Grape Street Dog Park

here is a recap of the conversation...................

5 comments:

Chloe Louise said...: I loved Carl when he was with Sully on KOGO because I think he is a gifted radio personality even though we are on different sides of the fence politically. Once Sully left and he was on his own the show is so crazy one-sided ultra right wing with the accent on punishing.

Every time I turn on the radio and hear his voice he is going on about Hillary: how she is going to jail, laughing at her, making fun of her personal traits......why?

It's not a fair show or a news show or a political show when he talks that way, it is just his own hatred of women.

If they want to have a show like that they might as well bring back chip franklin.

KOGO just can't help themselves.; February 8, 2016 at 8:30 AM
Anonymous said...: When you have Rush and Hannity as your lead-ins, you tend to pander to those listeners to try and bring them to your show. Dont look for Carl to be fair and balanced. He may be directed by management to "righten up".; February 9, 2016 at 6:02 AM
Chloe Louise said...: Then I must ask this question: Does KOGO want to be known as a station that promotes the bashing of women--because in the long run how will that work out well for the station and for Carl.

Sully may have been a Republican, too, but he was at least conversational, not to mention his work and interest in trying to help the homeless folks in the city. That is a giant problem for San Diego and for the safety of the individuals, as well.

Particularly, when this is someone who ran for mayor of our city--as an elected public figure he would have had to represent all of the people of the city--rich, poor democrat or republican.

Either way, KOGO and Carl DeMaio are a sham....and boring as a radio show.

Chip Franklin bashed women on a daily basis and KOGO and The Reader looked the other way--one has to ask why.; February 9, 2016 at 8:49 AM
Anonymous said...: Carl DeMaio has brought the ratings up in his timeslot big time and KOGO has skyrocketed from a 1.5 to a 3.8.

Sounds like a bunch of sour grapes posters here today.; February 9, 2016 at 10:43 AM
Anonymous said...: < The Reader looked the other way--one has to ask why>

No one reads the Reader and KLSD was a big failure as was Err Amerika; February 10, 2016 at 1:57 PM

It is fun to hear both sides of the political conversation--but the sense of glee Carls conveys at the possible demise of Hillary Clinton crosses the line from news or journalism or a political talk show to a one-sided rant and like Hannity and Trump it turns into ugly comments obviously just to get ratings as suggested in the previous comment.

Of all people, like Roger Hedgecock, Carl DeMaio has more to offer that the average talk show host because he really does know something about politics. There was nothing more interesting than to hear Roger describe how politics work in the city. Roger and Carl have a unique take on local actions, regardless of their political affiliation, that most folks just do not know, and that is really quite a lucky opportunity for the listeners.

Carl should really rise to the occasion regardless of KOGO's bid for ratings because in the long run KOGO may throw him out like others once the wind changes for some reason that has nothing to do with Carl.

Seriously, it is his own funeral in talk radio--just look at the history for KOGO. They were very willing to cover up and deny and remove disgusting comments from their podcast in the past. I know this for a fact because I followed it up.

Talk radio seems to be a very weird world--it does not take too long to figure that out once one focuses on it for just a little bit. It seems like they were very willing to go along with someone like Dr. Laura until the big sponsors like Motel 6 left--then everything changed.

AS far as Hannity, this is someone particularly not to follow--this man is almost a racist although he works very hard to cover it up. He stopped saying "taking back America" after President Obama was elected for the second time. That is a horrible statement and it has also been noted by others. I notice Hannity has started using that phrase again perhaps empowered by donald trump.

Carl should try and take a higher road--he was interesting yesterday and has a very unique position--he has a lot to offer personally and politically.

He can be very funny, too.

If I was Carl or KOGO Hannity would be the last person I would use as a role model.

Our conversation has been so interesting and revealing re: KOGO and talk radio in San Diego.

I wonder who anonymous is--not only do they seem to have a dog in the fight but it looks like they know everything.

The thing is I love Hillary Clinton and I have been waiting for her forever--of course folks are going to disagree, but why make it personal.