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Archive for November 17th, 2009
Tues. Show Prep – Ginormous Severance Package Edition
- CNN reportedly paid Lou Dobbs $8 million to leave the network. Jonathan Klein didn’t like Dobbs stories about illegal immigration and the anti-Obama “birther” movement. Does anyone know what I can do to get paid $8 million to not show up for work?
- 10 percent of stimulus jobs are doubtful or imaginary.
- Two-thirds of Americans disagree with the Obama administration’s decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian court rather than a military court. It’s a pretty good bet they feel the same way about shipping detainees to the midwest.
- Your Illinois Republican Congressional Delegation is trying to block the creation of “Gitmo-midwest”
- As the debate heats up in the Senate, a new poll suggests that support for the health is very very soft. 43% oppose the bill, while only 41% support it. They now seem to be more worried about the cost of the bill than they are their own health care costs.
- Sarah Palin tells Oprah that a 2012 run for President is not even on her radar. I’d say that was pretty evident by the fact that she quit her job when she was only halfway through her first term. Do you buy that she’s not thinking about 2012?
- Speaking of Palin, she got an apology from a member of the dreaded mainstream media. Dylan Ratigan with MSNBC apologized for using photoshopped pics of the former Alaska Governor. So was using fake pics sexist?
- President Obama is calling for a lift of the “Great Firewall of China” He says that while he may be annoyed by some of the criticism that shows up online, it’s still healthy. Really Barack? Your administration is trying to regulate the internet here at home and you’re going to lecture the Chinese on censorship?
- You can tell that GM is now a government operation. They lost $1.2 billion, and they say it is good news.
- Speaking of GM, here’s one story that will make your head explode: GM may spend some of their taxpayer bailout money on their overseas operation. You mean to tell me that Congress actually gave them a huge check without thinking to include a provision that it had to be used here in the US? I’m shocked. Shocked I say!
- Science that even Big John Howell could get behind: Scientists in the Antarctic are drilling for two crates of McKinlay and Co. whiskey. They were shipped there by British polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton as part of his abandoned 1909 expedition. The company wants to run some chemical tests on the tasty beverages to decide whether or not the scotch is worth making again in 2009.
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Keith Conrad
Radio producer, internet enthusiast, all around nice guy. Keith can talk your ear off on everything from NASA's latest plans to what the Cubs need to do to win the World Series.