Show Notes 08/25/2013

Show: Sunday 8/25/13

Reefer sadness cities battle legal pot push

Colorado and Washington state have both legalized the use and possession of small amounts of marijuana -- but while a majority of voters supported the change at the polls last year, there is currently no outright legal way to buy non-medical marijuana.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/25/reefer-sadness-cities-battle-legal-pot-push/#ixzz2d1OZGb5

DOJ tries to stop school choice for poor children in failing Louisiana public schools

The U.S. Justice Department is trying to stop the state from distributing school vouchers in any district that remains under a desegregation court order.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/doj-tries-stop-school-choice-poor-children-failing-louisiana-public-schools#sthash.zPLODp0U.dpuf

Judge strikes down Obama's improper NLRB recess appointment

A federal judge struck down one of President Obama’s highly controversial recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/judge-strikes-down-obama-s-improper-nlrb-recess-appointment#sthash.kWyXXYDn.dpuf

Coptic Christians march on Washington: We support Egyptian army

Hundreds of Coptic Christian and Egyptian Americans rallied outside the White House today to express their support for the Egyptian army in its effort to protect people in Egypt from Muslim Brotherhood.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/coptic-christians-march-washington-we-support-egyptian-army#sthash.i7bDaoQc.dpuf

Italian coast feeling force of Arab Spring as 1000 migrants arrive in one week

From her deckchair on a beach in southern Italy, Gina Bova watched with interest as the small, rickety fishing boat was pushed by the waves closer to the shore. It was a windy Saturday afternoon in August, and the beach was packed with holidaying families, picnicking on tubs of home made pasta and fresh figs.

http://www.telegrkaph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10265116/Italian-coast-feeling-force-of-Arab-Spring-as-1000-migrants-arrive-in-one-week.html

Show Notes 05/16/2013

Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Thursday 05/16/2013

Spain's economy is now as bad as Greece's

The unemployment rate in Spain recently hit an astounding 27.2 percent for the first quarter of 2013, which is the highest it's been in decades and higher than unemployment was in the United States during the Depression.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/rick-newman/2013/04/25/spains-economy-is-now-as-bad-as-greeces

OECD's down beat on Italy

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has just delivered yet more bad news for Italy’s new prime minister.

It is now forecasting that the eurozone’s third largest economy will contract by more than expected this year.

http://www.euronews.com/2013/05/02/oecd-downbeat-on-italy/

UK joblessness up again

The latest unemployment totals from London underscored how weak Britain’s economy remains.The number of people without jobs continued to rise.

http://www.euronews.com/2013/05/15/uk-joblessness-up-again/

IMF board approves Cyprus bailout

The EUR1 billion IMF loan program is part of a EUR10 billion joint bailout with the European Union. Euro authorities have already approved the deal, paying out the first tranche earlier this week.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/05/15/imf-board-approves-cyprus-bailout/#ixzz2TQzqKtHZ

FDR Sowing the Seeds of Chaos

The long-lasting imprint from FDR’s famous “Hundred Days” did not stem from the bank holiday, national industrial recovery act, the farm adjustment act, the Tennessee Valley Authority, or the public works administration.

http://mises.org/daily/6429/FDR-Sowing-the-Seeds-of-Chaos

Show Notes 04/28/2013

Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Sunday 04/28/2013

Gosnell's Attorney: 'Ludicrous' 'To Say a Baby is Born Alive Because It Moves One Time'

The defense attorney for late-term abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who is on trial for murdering babies who survived abortions, told a Philadelphia a court Thursday that it is "ludicrous" to claim that "a baby is born alive because it moves one time without any other movement."

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/gosnells-attorney-ludicrous-say-baby-born-alive-because-it-moves-one-time

Major leftist group now linked to domestic terrror

A key leader of the Washington-based Family Research Council, the pro-family organization attacked by “gay” terrorist Floyd Lee Corkins, II, last year, says he is asking the government to stop utilizing the organization that likely influenced Corkins’ decision to attack innocent workers at FRC’s Washington office.

http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/major-leftist-group-now-linked-to-domestic-terror/

In Florida food stamp recruiter deals with wrenching choices

A good recruiter needs to be liked, so Dillie Nerios filled gift bags with dog toys for the dog people and cat food for the cat people. She packed crates of cookies, croissants, vegetables and fresh fruit. She curled her hair and painted her nails fluorescent pink.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/in-florida-a-food-stamp-recruiter-deals-with-wrenching-choices/2013/04/23/b3d6b41c-a3a4-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html

Shortage of pizza-makers as Italians are too proud

But with a slice of pizza an increasingly popular lunch time option in times of economic hardship, the pizza sector is booming - and an estimated 6,000 new "pizzaioili" are needed, according to FIPE, an Italian business federation.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10023741/Shortage-of-pizza-makers-as-Italians-are-too-proud.html

TransCanada Lashes Out at EPA Over Keystone, Asserts Canadian 'Sovereignty'

The Canadian builder of the Keystone XL pipeline has lashed out at the Environmental Protection Agency for recommending that the United States and Canada work together to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from the tar sands crude that the pipeline would carry to refineries on the U.S. gulf coast.

http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130424/transcanada-lashes-out-epa-over-keystone-asserts-canadian-sovereignty

Republican Senators embrace State and local sales tax on internet purchases

You don’t see this very often: a majority of Senate Republicans voting to make people who buy stuff on the Internet pay state and local sales taxes.

Anti-tax guru Grover Norquist isn’t happy about it and the conservative Heritage Foundation is questioning the senators’ conservative credentials.

http://www.therightscoop.com/27-republican-senators-embrace-state-and-local-sales-tax-on-internet-purchases-find-out-who-they-are/

The Spanish American War

On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/intro.html

DHS denies ammunition purchases aimed at civilians

Officials at the Department of Homeland Security denied Thursday that its large-scale ammunition purchases were an effort keep bullets out of the hands of private citizens. At a hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, top DHS training officer Humberto Medina said he could "say categorically that was not a factor at all" in the purchases.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/04/25/dhs-denies-ammo-purchases-aimed-at-civilians

Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists

Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TOO_MANY_TANKS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-04-28-08-58-08