Podcast

The title says it all.

In which we peek inside the DJ mind. In which we note (with perfectly honest, genuine pleasure) the transit into Hell of G. Gordon Liddy. In which we ponder why anyone would be investigated by the FBI for “having sex,” as cartoon bubble-head Matt Gaetz claims (Hint: Sex Trafficking ain’t “having sex”). In which Rand Paul gets taken to school for lying about, because of course, science. In which a macho Georgia State Trooper explains the bowel-watering fear he felt watching a little black lady knock politely on a door.

We welcome our special guest, Dr. Kevin Shanley, and appreciate the discussion on China and U.S. relations. Where does China stand on Taiwan? And in the event of war, where would we stand? We also had book recommendations by author and historian, Margaret MacMillian, who is a professor at the University of Toronto and an expert in history and international relations.  This is definitely one conversation not to be missed!  

A little good news to get us started, but after that, it’s morans all the way down! Aiyeeeee! Mark o’ the Beast! Vaccine passports! COVID surge in process. Dave updates us on Christine’s condition. Darlene brings a great idea: Make the Rose Garden Great Again! COVID Caligua whines from his sleazy, verminous Florida motel room. 

Today’s program covered issues with the Filibuster, unity among the parties that’s necessary but non-existent, and what we might expect along the lines of voting regulations that impede rather than encourage voter turn-out. We have an opportunity to change the direction we’re heading if we just work together. Please join us tomorrow for another discussion with Dr. Kevin Shanley on the global relationship with China and where we stand among it all.

Thank you for your continuing support of the Virtual Center!

We close the week as Georgia tries to close down voting rights. Some great ideas from the Extraordinary Ordinary Roundtable crew for beating it. The Suez Canal ship . . . the Q-balls have an explanation. Nitwit Nero has a three-sentence tizzy. Stay classy, Florida MAGATS! Boulder monster was a wait for it . . . (L)Awful Gun Owner.

President Biden was superb in his first press conference. The ForProfit Media? Meh. Not so much. MAGAT congresscritter makes a fool of himself. Duh. The return of Jim Crow ramps up to 11 in Georgia. Gun scare in Kentucky. FoxNewsTVRadioRwanda has a sad. 

Glory! Somebody pass me a serpent! Now we know why we can’t have civic participation on Sunday . . . at least according to Confederate sympathizer Senator Cindy Hyde-Smiff. EVILgelical christian testifies to a TV station even before the blood was mopped up in Boulder. A fantastic conversation with the Lamar the Magnificent. 

“Sick of this shit!” The thesis of a letter by Paul from Parts Unknown formed the jumping-off point for a two hour exposition of how the slaughter in Boulder came to be.

Hurry, Hurry, Hurry! Get yer morans here! Fresh hot morans! Right here! Lauren “Klannie Oakley” Boobert has a theory. Irony in Milton, Georgia. Rand Paul whines. Murdered woman’s husband held in handcuffs for four hours at Atlanta are spa before cops told him his wife was dead. Another shooting, a horror in Boulder, Colorado. 

An unforced error by the Biden Admin begins our discussion. Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky stands up (again) for the suffering people of Appalachia. The Extraordinary Ordinary Roundtable group delves into the source of the homicidal rage of the man who murdered eight people in Atlanta.

Stickers! Thorns! Briars! How is it that everytime something awful happens in the South, there’s some law enforcement Bubba there to make it worse? Senator Shelley Moore-Capito exposes the infamousness! There’s a pretty wild story in here somewhere. Dan Fisher talks Oscars, how films are made, and what’s new.

The murder of eight Asian women by a good, god-fearin’, Bible-believin, upstandin’, Christ-centered EVILgelical Gundamentalist Ammosexual Southern Baptist takes center stage

The morans overflowed onto the Titanic Tuesday decks. MAGAT loses it in Vegas Chipotle. Fox has a suessy over “cancel culture.” Another state attacks trans kids, THE front in this year’s vicious Republican culture wars. Sen. Whitehouse goes after B-b-b-b Bratt Kavanaugh and the FBI. Rep. Jamie Raskin eviscerates GymShorts Jordan. Nitwit Nero pleads for attention.

“Beware the Ides of March.” OK, sure. But why? Meanwhile, two of the possible killers of Officer Sicknick have been arrested. Of course, one is from West Virginia.

Another fantastic discussion around the extraordinary, ordinary roundtable. Biden’s speech, Cornholio’s stupidity. Bobblehead Boebert is a mendacious twit

Joe Manchin is a thorn the size of a Common Railroad Spike. Look that up.

We’re joined in the Cathedral of Common Sense by activist (and all-around great woman, and my good friend and mentor) Terri Ellen as we discuss the nearly nationwide assault on trans people and especially trans kids. You’ll know everything you need to know to refute any booger-eatin’ anti-trans MAGATS with whom you may (unfortunately) come in contact.

One of the joys of doing what I get to do is the opportunity to have a relaxed, un-scripted, freeform conversation with engaging conversationalists. This was one of those evenings. Barry Friedman, author of “The Joke Was On Me,” without a doubt one of the most intense, personal, unsparing memoirs I have ever read was generous with his time and covered ground you’ve likely wondered about, but never knew. 

Enjoy. I did.

We have a new administration, it’s a new year, and yet we’re still dealing with what the last four years has conditioned us to, a certain ideology that isn’t working well with reality. The cult of Trump is leaving a decided dent in our relationships with each other and creating chaos in how we work together as communities. We can say it’s a Party problem, but is it? Given the current trends among the GOP one might consider it’s most likely a people problem. The people involved in the Party seem to have a very poor view of the people they serve and they want it all while taking away from the people they represent.

Not a good way to run a business and that’s exactly what we’ve become. We the People need to form a more perfect union and establish domestic tranquility quickly or we’re going to the end of the line in the world scheme. Is this where we truly want to be? Just remember, China has been waiting for just such events to occur that will propel them to where we once stood.