Showing posts with label Hostess. Show all posts
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Friday, February 22, 2013

Show notes 02/21/2013

Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Thursday 02/21/13


Knockout game perp shot and killed
Tiffany Thompson got her wish: Demetrius Murphy met the “Right Person” and he will not be playing the Knockout Game any more. Ever. A St. Louis homeowner shot Murphy dead late last week during a burglary. And a whole lot of people in St. Louis feel relieved, if not safer.
Murphy was a member of a group that is credited with making the Knockout Game a St. Louis tradition, then a national past time.


Former Hostess workers eligible for trade adjustment assistance
Yesterday, the Department of Labor announced that it had certified "more than 18,000 former Hostess workers around the country as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance." I'll save excerpts from DOL's inane announcement for after the jump.

Muslims accused of beheading two Christians in US
Yesterday, the Department of Labor announced that it had certified "more than 18,000 former Hostess workers around the country as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance.


University of Colorado recommends women accept being raped rather than use gun to stop it
Excerpted from NRO: Guns being Bad and gun-free zones being Good, the “Department of Public Safety” at the University of Colorado Springs has some advice for its students as to how they might protect themselves:

Have Any More Gun Makers Stopped Selling To Anti-Gun States? (Hint: Yeah, Lots More)
Last Friday TheBlaze reported on a growing list of gun manufacturers and retailers who had stopped selling to law enforcement in states that were enacting stringent new gun laws.

Liberalism
Words such as liberal, liberty, libertarian, and libertine all trace their history to the Latin liber, which means "free". One of the first recorded instances of the word liberal occurs in 1375, when it was used to describe the liberal arts in the context of an education desirable for a free-born man.

Long missing WWII medal to be awarded
Hyla Merin grew up without a father and for a long time never knew why. Her mother never spoke about the Army officer who died before Hyla was born. The scraps of information she gathered from other relatives were hazy: 2nd Lt. Hyman Markel was a rabbi's son, brilliant at mathematics, the brave winner of a Purple Heart who died sometime in 1945.




Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Show notes 11/18/2012

Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Sunday 11/18/12

New Mexico coyote hunting contest sparks protests
The terms of the competition are simple: Hunters in New Mexico have two days this weekend to shoot and kill as many coyotes as they can, and the winners get their choice of a free shotgun or a pair of semi-automatic rifles.

Pelosi Unsure on 11th & 14th Amendments: ‘Whatever It Is, I’m with the Constitution’
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) confused the 14th and 11th Amendments when suggesting the president could bypass Congress and unilaterally raise the debt ceiling, saying, “Whatever it is, I’m with the constitution.

Twinkies are being sold on the Internet like exquisite delicacies.
Hours after Twinkie-maker Hostess announced its plans to close its doors forever, people flocked to stores to fill their shopping baskets with boxes of the cream-filled sponge cakes and their sibling snacks  Ding Dongs, Ho Hos and Zingers.

'Twilight' finale has bright, if not blinding, opening
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2, the final installment of the cinematic vampire love story, took a decisive No. 1 at theaters, collecting $141.3 million, according to studio estimates from Hollywood.com.

EPA tells Americans to finish their leftovers
In the olden days, the phrase was "waste not, want not." Nowadays, it's mostly waste not.
The Environmental Protection Agency -- observing "America Recycles Day" on Thursday -- is challenging Americans to make "smarter, more sustainable food management choices," and that includes finishing, freezing or giving away your leftovers.

In Montana, Crow tribe sees perils to 'fiscal cliff'
The Westmoreland Coal Co. gets $2.26 from the IRS for every ton of coal it mines off the Crow Indian reservation in Montana. That mine, in turn, supports the tribe through millions in taxes and royalties -- and 100 jobs with an average salary of $75,000.

Atheists' move halts Christmas tradition in California, churches go to court to get it back
 Damon Vix didn't have to go to court to push Christmas out of the city of Santa Monica. He just joined the festivities.
The atheist's anti-God message alongside a life-sized nativity display in a park overlooking the beach ignited a debate that burned brighter than any Christmas candle.