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Gay Marriage and States’ Rights

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Art Stone

A Federal judge in Massachusetts Thursday ruled that the Federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. Boston.com story If you are a “10ther” – a person who believes the 9th and 10th amendments still mean something, this decision may seem … Continue reading →

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Connecting BP’s dots

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Art Stone

The Wall Street Journal is connecting some dots of unfinished business from around the time of the so-called economic panic of 2008. A (Better) Reason to Hate BP You may remember the odd release of the one Libyan terrorist named … Continue reading →

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Keep an eye on Korea…

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Art Stone

According to John Batchelor’s guests, 3 SSGN submarines have been deployed at the same time near Korea. The SSGN are old nuclear submarines which have been reconfigured – the old nuclear ballistic missiles have been replaced with up to 154 … Continue reading →

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Mullah Omar in custody?

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Art Stone

Back after 9/11, George Bush sent a demand to the Taliban (then running Afghanistan) to “turn over” Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Supposedly, the various Taliban leaders met to decide what to do, and they were in total agreement … Continue reading →

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Ricochet Podcast

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Art Stone

I just had a pleasant surprise listening to a new podast on Stitcher that I subscribed to last week. It’s called Ricochet. The subject of this week’s show was a discussion about the future of the newspaper business by people … Continue reading →

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You be the police

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Art Stone

Imagine for a moment that you’re the policeman in this video. You see a car slam on its brakes too late and skid into an intersection on a yellow light. Inside are 4 young men. You pull over the car … Continue reading →

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BP’s moment of truth

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Art Stone

A week ago, the first relief well was within about 600 feet of reaching the casing of the leaking well. The guess was they would reach it between July 7th (Wednesday) to July 9th – and it would take two … Continue reading →

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Change of focus

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Art Stone

If you’ve noticed more talk about podcasts and non-“radio” things more in the blog, it’s not your imagination. This mirrors my own personal change in interests. This web site started as an extension of my interest in seeing radio get … Continue reading →

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google.uk horses

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Art Stone

Radio Derb is rapidly becoming the highlight of my week. The carefully crafted podcast culminates with asking the profound question: “I wonder what google.uk plans to do when an employee marries his horse?” Much of this week’s podcast goes to … Continue reading →

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Reversal of fortune

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Art Stone

About a week ago, I had written that in the middle of the night, the containment cap on the well was almost completely stopping the flow. That lasted for about a day. A few days ago, I thought I noticed … Continue reading →

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Everything is under control, don’t worry

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Art Stone

So Pete Stark thinks the Border is under control, does he? John Batchelor last night and the Washington Times (and probably others) are reporting the explanation of the murder of a US Consulate employee, her husband and third person in … Continue reading →

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Fighting the Truth

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Art Stone

Michael Vlahos – author of “Fighting Identity: Sacred War and World Change” is a frequent guest on John Batchelor’s radio show. John seems to cultivate friends with a pro-Russian world view. Another of his guests is Stephen F Cohen, Professor … Continue reading →

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Remembering World War One

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Art Stone

As Germany appears poised to reassert itself as the dominant economic and political power in Europe, it could be quite helpful to remember one of the major events that led up to US Involvement in the “War to end all … Continue reading →

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Harrison Bergeron

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Art Stone

One of the reasons I do the polls is sometimes people add answers that I would not have known about. Someone answered “Harrison Bergeron” to the poll about the movie that resembles the Obama Administration’s policies. Wikipedia IMDb It is … Continue reading →

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KSL AM/FM to drop Hannity

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Art Stone

This is really disturbing. KSL-AM/FM in Salt Lake City is owned by Bonneville, which is the for-profit corporation that is wholly owned by the non-profit Latter Day Saints Church (the Mormons). Bonneville also owns WFED and WTOP in Washington, DC … Continue reading →

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