Show Notes 03-03-2018

 Saturday notes 03-03-18 

John Kelly: 'I have absolutely nothing to even consider resigning over'
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly insisted to reporters Friday there's nothing to make him think about resigning, amid recent questions over his handling of the Rob Porter domestic abuse allegations.
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Florida senators vote not to stop sales of AR-15s
Florida lawmakers on Saturday nixed a proposal that would have placed a moratorium on the sale of AR-15s, the type of firearm used in the deadly school shooting in Parkland on Valentine's Day.
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Georgia governor signs bill nixing Delta tax break after NRA split
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal on Friday signed into law a tax bill that fellow Republicans used to punish Atlanta-based Delta in retaliation for the airline's decision to sever ties with the National Rifle Association.
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Top NASCAR Venue Sticking With NRA Amid Business Outcry
The home of one of NASCAR's marquee races is standing firm with the National Rifle Association as more than a dozen companies cut ties with the organization in the wake of the Florida school shooting.
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China’s Holdings of U.S. Debt Down 10%
Chinese holdings of U.S. Treasury securities are 10.0 percent below their peak level which was attained in November 2013, according to data published by the U.S. Treasury.
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DOJ takes new look at ex-Navy sailor's request for presidential pardon
The Department of Justice is taking a new look at a former U.S. Navy sailor’s request for a pardon following his release from jail for taking photos of classified areas inside a nuclear submarine, his attorney said.
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Navy Buys Lasers to 'Dazzle' Drones, Take Out Small Boats
The Navy has awarded an initial $150 million contract to Lockheed Martin to develop shipboard lasers that can "dazzle" enemy drone swarms and take out small boats.
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USDA: 35,891 Retailers Engaged in Food Stamp Fraud
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has published a report estimating that 35,891 food retailers around the country engaged in food stamp fraud, illegally “trafficking” more than $1 billion in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits annually over the three-year period from 2012 through 2014.
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A California Judge May Have Just Sunk All Those Climate Lawsuits Against Energy Companies
A California district court ruled Wednesday that two lawsuits to hold energy companies responsible for weather affected by climate change are more appropriate for federal court.
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It’s Time For Parkland’s Sheriff Israel To Go
On the afternoon of Valentine’s Day, a 19-year-old man walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and murdered seventeen people and injured fourteen more.
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U.S. to overtake Russia as world’s biggest oil producer
 Oil: The U.S. will overtake Russia to become the world’s largest oil producer by 2023, according to the International Energy Agency, reflecting Trump administration policies such as approving major oil pipelines, opening up areas to drilling and regulation reform.
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Show Notes 02-24-2018

Show Notes 02-24-18

The First Barbary War
When Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated in March of 1801, he inherited troubled relations with the Barbary states — the Ottoman Regencies of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, along with independent Morocco. The United States had treaties with all four, but tension was high and rising.
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MetLife, rental car agencies dump NRA discounts
Several businesses with ties to the National Rifle Association are breaking up with the group amid mounting pressure from gun-control proponents following the Parkland, Fla. school shooting.
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Fla. Gov. Rick Scott Announces $500M School Safety Plan, But No Gun Ban
Gov. Rick Scott (R) on Friday announced a "major action plan" to prevent mass shootings like the one in Parkland. He said he will work "aggressively" to get it through the state legislature in the next two weeks.
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Show Notes 10-06 2017

Friday Show Notes 10-6-17

Planned Parenthood insiders spill guts on true objective
Few people familiar with the undercover videos revealing Planned Parenthood executives discussing how to profit from the body parts of unborn babies could doubt the abortion business is concerned about making money.
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Illinois GOP Gov. Rauner faces conservative fury for expanding taxpayer-funded abortions
Illinois GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner’s decision to expand taxpayer-funded abortions has sparked outrage from state and congressional Republicans who say he flip-flopped on the issue and are now hinting at a primary challenge.
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DOJ wants records of Seth Rich murder released
The Department of Justice is demanding the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington, D.C., release records relating to the murder of Democratic National Committee employee Seth Rich.
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Bump-Stock Device Received ATF Green Light During Obama Administration
On June 7, 2010 -- about a year and a half into the Barack Obama administration -- the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued an opinion letter, giving the go-ahead to an after-market accessory that allows the user to “bump fire” a semi-automatic rifle.
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Schumer Asks Trump to 'Break from the NRA...And Work With Us
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told a news conference on Tuesday he's sent a letter to President Trump, asking for a meeting to discuss gun control.
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‘Deregulation Day’ Spotlights Big Changes Trump Is Bringing to Washington
Monday was “Deregulation Day” for the federal government as declared by President Donald Trump, and thus is an opportune time to deliver the findings of The Heritage Foundation’s latest tracking of regulation.
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Neonicotinoid pesticides found in honey from every continent
The evidence has been mounting for years that the world’s most widely used pesticides, neonicotinoids, harm bees and other pollinating insects. Now it seems the problem isn’t limited to Europe and North America, where the alarm was first sounded. It’s everywhere.
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Show Notes 07-22-2017

Saturday Show 7-22-17

Tea Party wins 8-year battle with IRS
It took eight years of frustration, court battles and waiting. It took the complete change of a presidential administration. And it took the persistent fighting of a top-level team of lawyers.
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Wells Fargo to shut down 450 branches
Wells Fargo has long been known among analysts and commentators as one of the nation's most efficient banks. As a result, when its efficiency started to slip recently, the bank responded by announcing an initiative to cut annual expenses by $2 billion by the end of 2019.
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Shock News: US Post Office Broke the Hatch Act to Help the Clinton Campaign
Yesterday the Washington Post posted a story about a senate hearing that revealed that during the 2016 presidential campaign the USPS broke law by giving time off for postal workers to campaign for Clinton, but if you watched the mainstream media news you would never know about it.
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Budget boss Mulvaney claims Obama had 'secret list' of proposed regulations
At a news briefing this week, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney continued to push the Trump administration’s goal of cutting back on Obama-era regulations.
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Shock News: US Post Office Broke the Hatch Act to Help the Clinton Campaign
It seems that the democrats sunk every egg they had into the Hillary Clinton basket in 2016, and now the party and its leadership are irrevocably doomed.
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VA has fired 500 employees since Trump took office, report shows
The Department of Veterans Affairs has fired more than 500 employees since Jan. 20, when President Trump took office, according to a list of job categories of employees recently disciplined or fired.
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Why US may slash military aid to an ally it helped build up in Lebanon
From the imposing ramparts of a newly constructed military base, fortified by rock-filled blast barriers and an armor-plated watchtower, Lebanese soldiers keep a careful eye on the adjacent border area with Syria, which until not long ago was home to Syrian rebel groups and extremist militants.
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Ohio veteran can keep ducks to relieve PTSD, depression
An Ohio veteran who sought to defy local law and keep pet ducks, that he says help relieve his post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, can now keep them.
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NRA, eschewing talk of guns, ratchets up rhetoric
Buoyed by soaring gun sales and a White House supportive of its efforts, the National Rifle Association has charted a new course in its messaging, employing the group’s sophisticated communications apparatus to attack liberal politicians and activist groups, as well as mainstream news outlets, without ever mentioning guns, rifles, or the Second Amendment.
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TV Station Credits Cows, NOT Armed Citizens for Capturing Armed Carjacker
WUSA, a CBS affiliate station in Washington, D.C., cunningly credited a herd of brave bovine for helping deputies catch a suspected armed carjacker in Berryville, VA.
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The day Communion was served on the Moon
“One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind,” stated Astronaut Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969, as he became the first man to walk on the moon. The second man on the moon was Colonel Buzz Aldrin.
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Show Notes 05-06-17

Saturday Show 5-6-17

Former Presidents: Federal Pension and Retirement Benefits
Chief executives leaving office prior to 1958 often entered retirement pursuing
various occupations and received no federal assistance. When industrialist Andrew Carnegie announced a plan in 1912 to offer $25,000 annual pensions to former Presidents, many Members of Congress deemed it inappropriate that such a pension would be provided by a private corporation executive.
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Presidential Retirement Benefits
Presidential retirement benefits were non-existent until the enactment of the Former Presidents Act (FPA) in 1958. Since then, presidential retirement benefits have included a lifetime annual pension, staff and office allowances, travel expenses, Secret Service protection and more.
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Obama speeches revive GOP bid to target his pension
As former President Barack Obama hits the speaking circuit, Republican lawmakers say they plan to reintroduce a bill that would directly target pensions for ex-presidents raking in more than $400,000 after leaving the Oval Office.
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Daily newspaper columnist who defended NRA quits after suspension
A conservative columnist who was suspended by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch after she defended the National Rifle Association from comparisons to ISIS fired back with her resignation and a series of targeted tweets.
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Chicago Approves Plan To Block Trump’s Name on His Tower With Giant, Flying Pigs
When architect Jeffrey Roberts first came up with the idea for “Flying Pigs on Parade,” the possibility that Donald Trump would clinch the presidency seemed like a “when-pigs fly” situation. Unrealistic.
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Refugee admissions plummet under Trump, USA TODAY analysis finds
The number of refugees arriving in the United States has dropped sharply this year because of President Trump's threats to bar their entry, even though his order for a total 120-day ban has been blocked twice by federal courts, a USA TODAY analysis of government figures shows.
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Report: Humans prosper because of oil, natural gas
The global warming alarmists who want to shut down pipelines, cap wells, limit exploration and make wind and solar the major sources of energy aren’t doing humanity any good, according to a new assessment by a world-recognized think tank, says Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
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Rape Charges Dropped in Rockville High School Case That Stirred Immigration Debate
Rape and sexual assault charges have been dropped against two young immigrants accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in a bathroom of a high school in Rockville, Maryland, prosecutors say.
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Kansas City Catholics banish Girl Scouts and their cookies
The Archdiocese of Kansas City recently announced they are severing ties with the Girl Scouts. And that means no more Girl Scout cookies, too. Say goodbye to Thin Mints and Do-Si-Do's. The Archdiocese says Girl Scouts is no longer a compatible partner when it comes to issues like virtue and values.
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Museum of the Bible prepares for DC opening
The vast grove of museums stretching from the U.S. Capitol across the fringes of the National Mall is about to get a new addition, albeit a decidedly less secular one: The Museum of the Bible.
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HELP COMING FOR CHRISTIANS FIGHTING PAKISTANI BLASPHEMY CLAIMS?
Help may be coming for Christians in Pakistan who have been under threat from the nation’s blasphemy laws, in which a mere accusation can bring about summary execution by street mobs enforcing their interpretation of the Quran.
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China defends desire to be a 'good neighbor' to North Korea
China said on Thursday it wants to be good neighbors with North Korea, after the isolated country's state news agency published a rare criticism of Chinese state media commentaries calling for tougher sanctions over the North's nuclear program.
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Show Notes 04-29-2017

Saturday Show 4-29-17

Trump Signs Order on National Monuments, Giving Power 'Back to the People'
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday at the Interior Department to review designations of national monuments under the Antiquities Act of 1906, saying the order puts an end to the “egregious abuse of federal power” and gives the power “back to the states and to the people, where it belongs.”
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Red Bull's CEO reportedly launching news platform
Red Bull has become much more than just an energy drink company over the past two decades. The Austrian company has held the electronic music-focused Red Bull Music Academy event series annually since 1998 and has built upon this cultural platform with radio programming, an exhibition space in New York City, and an artist residency program in Detroit.
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Heineken’s politically charged ad earns praise on social media
As part of their new #OpenYourWorld ad campaign, Heineken conducted a social experiment that could’ve gone horribly, horribly wrong.
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Report: Israel attacked Iranian arms depot near Damascus airport
The Israel Air Force reportedly attacked an Iranian arms depot near the Damascus International Airport early Thursday morning, according to the Hezbollah-affiliated al-Manar television station. According to various reports, a series of explosions at fuel tanks and warehouses near the airport rocked eastern Damascus at around 3:20am.
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Quran blamed in new U.S. disease outbreak
An outbreak of measles is sweeping through a community of Somali refugees in Minnesota and the growing number of cases may be starting to test the limits of the Hennepin County healthcare system.
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President Trump Names Pro-Life Leader to Key HHS Post, Replacing a Planned Parenthood Activist
President Donald Trump has named a pro-life leader to a top post at the Department of Health and Human Services, which often oversees and implements policies related to abortion.
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What happens if a drone hits you in the head?
What happens if a drone hits you in the head? The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants to know, so they conducted a study to understand and mitigate the risks of drones flying over people, and what happens if a drone loses connection to its pilot or just crashes to the ground.
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Trump at NRA convention: '8-year assault' on gun rights over
On the eve of his 100th day in office, President Trump rallied a convention of the National Rifle Association by vowing to "never, ever infringe" on Second Amendment rights and declaring his predecessor's alleged "assault" on those freedoms is over.
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As Trump addresses NRA, some gun owners concerned about going too far
Jesse Nolte once had a federal firearms license so he could legally sell guns. As a younger man, he competed in cowboy action shooting contests – shooting pistol, rifle, and shotgun in quick succession – which he calls “lots of fun.”
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DEMS ADOPT NEW TACTIC FOR GUN CONFISCATION
Democrats have come up with a creative way of selectively confiscating guns from certain residents, and several Second Amendment watchdogs say the strategy could soon be coming to a state near you.
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John Locke
John Locke was born in 1632 in Wrighton, Somerset. His father was a lawyer and small landowner who had fought on the Parliamentarian side during the English Civil War of the 1640s.
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John Locke
Locke's most important work of political philosophy was the Two Treatises on Government, especially the Second Treatise of Civil Government.
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Show Notes 03-17-2016

Thursday Show 03-17-16

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

NRA: Garland 'Does Not Respect Our Fundamental, Individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms
The National Rifle Association, speaking for its millions of members and supporters, said on Wednesday it "strongly opposes" the nomination of Merick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court based on Garland's view of the Second Amendment.
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Los Angeles County coroner resigns amid body backlog
Los Angeles County's coroner is resigning after only 2 1/2 years, saying understaffing left him unable to do the job amid complaints of stacked body and testing backlogs. Medical Examiner-Coroner Mark Fajardo will return to his former job as chief forensic pathologist in nearby Riverside County.
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Mass Exorcism Needed: Mexico Swept by Wave of Satanic Killings
Mexico is being swept by a wave of satanic ritual killings with exorcists saying there is an unprecedented demand for their services.
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Future farming may live inside this box
Could shipping containers be the future of local produce? A Boston-based startup called Freight Farms thinks so. The company is transforming the containers into grow machines – or what they like to call “Leafy Green Machines” – in hopes of turning everyday people into farmers.
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Single Malt Scotch prices skyrocking as demand soars
Whiskey lovers around the world are snapping up bottles of aged Scotch so quickly that prices are reaching an all time high.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/03/07/single-malt-scotch-prices-skyrocketing-as-demand-soars/?intcmp=hpff

The list of Hillary officials Judicial Watch plans to subpoena
Judicial Watch submitted to a federal court a plan to depose under oath seven former and current State Department officials and aides of Hillary Clinton regarding the unsecure home email system through which more than 2,000 classified emails were sent when Clinton was secretary of state.
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CIVIL-RIGHTS COMMISH: BLACKS HAMMERED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
The Senate heard testimony Wednesday that examined the impact of immigration on U.S. workers, and one of the more stinging rebukes of current U.S. policy came from an unlikely source – U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Peter Kirsanow.
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House Bill Would Allow States, Localities to Refuse Refugee Resettlement
On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to markup the Refugee Program Integrity Restoration Act (HR 4731), a bill that would allow state and local governments to refuse to resettle foreign refugees within their jurisdictions.
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Show Notes 07/03/2014

Thursday Show 7/3/14

9 things you may not know about the Declaration of Independence

1. The Declaration of Independence wasn’t signed on July 4, 1776.

On July 1, 1776, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, and on the following day 12 of the 13 colonies voted in favor of Richard Henry Lee’s motion for independence.

http://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-declaration-of-independence

NM ranching family tells feds: ‘Don’t fence us out’

For more than a century, the Lucero family has grazed livestock in the majestic landscape near Fenton Lake in the Santa Fe National Forest. They started with sheep and, in the 1920s, switched to cattle.

http://watchdog.org/157909/endangered-mouse-controversy/

Josh Earnest has immigration slip

With a slip of the tongue in his July 3 news conference, White House press secretary Josh Earnest stumbled, saying President Barack Obama plans to use the Fourth of July to naturalize "illegal" immigrants.

http://www.newsmax.com/US/Josh-Earnest-immigration-slip/2014/07/03/id/580793/

NY Times Jackie Calmes cheers Democratic quest to hold Senate through single women

Jackie Calmes, New York Times reporter (and reliable water-carrier for Democrats), made Thursday's front page with a story on the competitive Senate race in North Carolina, a seat the Democrats desperately need to keep in order to maintain their hold on the U.S. Senate.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/clay-waters/2014/07/03/nyts-calmes-cheers-democratic-quest-hold-senate-through-single-women-st#ixzz36RrF096w

CBS has no time for latest Obamacare scandal, hypes Malia's birthday instead

On Thursday, all three broadcast news networks continued to ignore the latest outrage over ObamaCare and the Veterans Affairs scandal. Instead, CBS This Morning chose to file a 3 minute and 26 seconds report on what Malia Obama’s plans were for her 16th birthday on Friday.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/curtis-houck/2014/07/03/cbs-no-time-latest-obamacare-hype-s-malia-s-birthday#ixzz36RsSCVGz

NRA changes stance on guns for abusers

Last week, the Governor of Vermont signed a law allowing police to confiscate guns from anyone under a judicial order for domestic abuse. This means that men and women accused of domestic crimes in Vermont could lose their Second Amendment rights before ever seeing a jury.

http://www.ammoland.com/2014/07/nra-changes-stance-on-guns-for-abusers/#axzz36RuMCGz8

Open carry celebration set for July 4^th

For the second year, members and supporters of Open Carry Tyler are taking to the streets of downtown for Independence Day to practice their Second Amendment rights.

http://www.kltv.com/story/25929682/open-carry-celebration-set-for-july-4

How Disco Clams Put on Undersea Light Shows

Tiny "disco clams" create rippling light shows on the ocean floor, thanks to reflective mirrors that coat their lips, new research shows. Scientists previously believed the 2-inch (5 centimeters) clams (Ctenoides ales) were bioluminescent. But new high-speed video reveals that the clams' lips are actually covered with tiny silica spheres that reflect natural light.

http://www.livescience.com/46527-disco-clams-reflective-silica.html

Pelty Is a “Magic” Bluetooth Speaker Powered by the Element of Fire

Scientists studying the effects of the psychedelic chemical in magic mushrooms have found the human brain displays a similar pattern of activity during dreams as it does during a mind-expanding drug trip.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pelty-is-a-Magic-Bluetooth-Speaker-Powered-by-the-Element-of-Fire-448678.shtml

Show Notes 06/20/2014

Friday Show 6/20/14

Dude, where's my amnesty?

It’s hard to understand where the tsunami of young illegal aliens slamming into Texas got the idea that free citizenship and benefits would be waiting for them. Why, just yesterday, President Obama stressed the importance of American border security and the rule of law, noting that every nation is obliged to respect American territorial integrity, and the titanic mega-government he presides over has a sacred obligation to defend our employment and social-welfare systems. Just kidding!

http://www.humanevents.com/2014/06/18/dude-wheres-my-amnesty/

Price of Bacon Reaches All-Time High

The price of bacon had hit an all-time high, increasing 6.3% in one month, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). From April to May, the average price for a pound of sliced bacon climbed from $5.69 to $6.05.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ali-meyer/price-bacon-reaches-all-time-high

Establishment GOP Senator hires Democrat operative

The political powers that be are going all out to build support for a GOP insider who is facing a powerful challenge from a tea-party candidate for his own party’s Senate nomination – to the point a Democratic political operative has been put to work drumming up Democratic votes for Republican Sen. Thad Cochran in Mississippi.

http://www.wnd.com/2014/06/establishment-gop-senator-hires-democrat-operative/#AXYpMAdWtbZRtPTx.99

Jesus, Republicans and NRA banned on school website

One of the lessons that Andrew Lampart learned from being on his school’s debate team was to gather facts for both sides of an argument. So last month when his law class was instructed to prepare for a debate on gun control, Andrew went online using the school’s Internet service.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/06/19/jesus-republicans-and-nra-banned-on-school-website/

Show Notes 03/28/2013

Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Thursday 03/28/2013

Marine Veteran fights cancer and government

Marine veteran Tom Gervasi has spent the last 10 years fighting cancer and the U.S. government.

The 76-year-old Sarasota man has a rare form of breast cancer that he believes is due to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, where he trained in the mid-1950s.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/03/23/marine-vet-fights-cancer-and-government.html?comp=7000023317843&rank=2

Limbaugh hits O'Reilly for bible thumpers comment.

Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly argued Tuesday that opponents of same-sex marriage have not “been able to do anything but thump the Bible.”

http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/27/limbaugh-hits-oreilly-for-bible-thumpers-comment-audio/#ixzz2Osb2G6Am

Movie Mad Matthews: Pro-Second Amendment Voices Are Like the Nazis in Casablanca

Chris Matthews on Thursday took a break from comparing conservatives to Nazis and instead compared them to movie Nazis. The Hardball anchor opened the program by referencing the classic movie Casablanca.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2013/03/28/movie-mad-matthews-pro-second-amendment-voices-are-nazis-casablanca#ixzz2OsdpsG1h

WAPO's Sally Quinn attacks Ben Carson for prayer breakfast speech

Maybe we should take to ironically nicknaming Sally Quinn as "Scoop" for this: On March 27, in a column headlined "Does Ben Carson Have a Prayer?" the Washington Post On Faith editor attacked Dr. Ben Carson for his National Prayer Breakfast speech delivered on February 7.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2013/03/28/washposts-sally-quinn-attacks-ben-carson-prayer-breakfast-speech-48-da#ixzz2OsiNIHgR

The Armed Citizen

Roger Mundell, Jr. entered his garage one morning only to be confronted by a seemingly rabid bobcat that had gained entry through an open door.

http://www.nrapublications.org/index.php/armed-citizen/

Senator John Cornyn R-TX doubles down on imaginary friends and border crossers

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is at it again—apparently making up Texas friends with property overrun by border crossers.

http://americasvoiceonline.org/blog/sen-john-cornyn-r-tx-doubles-down-on-imaginary-friends-and-border-crossers/

New Space station crew to launch and dock today in cosmic first

After blasting off on a Russian rocket ride Thursday, March 28, three men are poised to make history by reaching the International Space Station faster than any astronauts to fly there before.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/03/28/new-space-station-crew-to-launch-and-dock-today-in-cosmic-first/?intcmp=HPBucket#ixzz2OsgtZVAD

Splashdown! SpaceX Dragon Capsule Returns to Earth

An unmanned SpaceX space capsule  splashed down in the Pacific Ocean Tuesday (March 26), reaching the wet finish line of the spaceflight company's second cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station for NASA.

http://www.space.com/20386-spacex-dragon-capsule-splashdown.html

Show Notes 01/17/2013

Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Thursday 01/17/13

List of 23 gun violence reduction executive actions

The Office of the Press Secretary sent out the following list of all 23 executive actions.

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/01/16/read-full-list-of-23-gun-violence-reduction-executive-actions/

France continues Mali airstrikes; residents frantic

Algeria launched an operation to free foreign hostages at a gas plant after it tried but failed to forge a resolution with Islamist captors, the government said Thursday.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/17/world/mali-unrest/index.html

Pannetta defends Obamas gun control package

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta fired off a strong defense of gun control legislation Thursday, in front of a decidedly skeptical audience.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/17/panetta-defends-obamas-gun-control-package/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

Cutter: Obama will activate campaing apparatus to take down the NRA

STEPHANIE CUTTER: President Obama provides the leadership here, and he said the American people have to speak up and make their voices heard in this debate.

http://realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/01/16/cutter_obama_will_activate_campaign_apparatus_to_take_on_the_nra.html

Show Notes: 07-26-2012

Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Thursday 7/26/12

Fiat Currency: Using the Past to See into the Future
The history of fiat money, to put it kindly, has been one of failure. In fact, EVERY fiat currency since the Romans first began the practice in the first century has ended in devaluation and eventual collapse, of not only the currency, but of the economy that housed the fiat currency as well.
http://dailyreckoning.com/fiat-currency/#ixzz21lFXSVtV

Milford man pays off mortgage with pennies
Thomas Daigle says he was looking for a hobby during those long rainy and snowy afternoons in Milford. So he started counting his change and rolling his pennies.
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/07/05/milford-man-pays-off-mortgage-with-pennies/

BATFE Director issues veiled threat to whistleblowers
Lawmakers and government accountability advocates have expressed concern over a July 9 video message directed at Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents by ATF Acting Director Todd Jones, which they say is a veiled threat to government whistleblowers.
http://times247.com/articles/atf-director-issues-veiled-threat-to-whistleblowers

PBS Bill Moyers trashes America and NRA
With the first heart-breaking headlines out of Colorado, gun-rights advocates just had to know that leftist lecturers in our media would mount their soap boxes and trash this country for its gun culture and trash the National Rifle Association as an "enabler of death -- paranoid, delusional, and as venomous as a scorpion."
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2012/07/22/pbs-bill-moyers-trashes-america-and-nra-venomousenablers-death#ixzz21lMv2vnA