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Click Clack Flap Spat
I can’t believe this vile excuse for an educator has been re-hired … anywhere. A national search my ass. Just despicable: Fired MU professor Melissa Click hired at Gonzaga University Everybody deserves a second chance. But I wonder how many other women or minorities or anyone else were kept out of that one year position. … Read more
Seriously, SEIU?
Security blocking a union organizer from approaching officials? That’s rich … Big Labor’s McDonald’s Defense
I Played These Songs Most?
On the latest edition of the Taste the Floor, I continued to play some of the most popular songs that started with the letter E, according to my iTunes player, and then ventured into F. I’ll be playing some new stuff next week and then, finishing up with F probably, too. Here’s what we heard … Read more
Most Listened to E Songs Continued
Next week, we’ll round up the most listened to songs beginning with the letter E, plus new stuff. Here’s what I played this week: The Jesus & Mary Chain: Taste the Floor Julian Cope: East Easy Rider Let’s Active: Edge of the World Blondie: Eat to the Beat Arcadia: Election Day Duran Duran: Electric Barbarella … Read more
More New Songs; Ds and Es
I’ve now entered into songs that start with the letter E in my iTunes stream. Here are some new songs, a couple of oldies, and the remaining most played songs that begin with D and now E, too. Pixies: Tony’s Theme Alexa Madrid: Elizabeth Hale Annexe the Moon: Lives on Mars Garbage: Blackout Lyon: Cut … Read more
NowThis ‘Fact Check’ on NAFTA Mostly False
Yup, that’s right, this NowThis “fact check” is, drum roll please … mostly false. You don’t have to like Donald Trump but here are the facts: First, yes, George H.W. Bush signed the agreement between the three nations as a lame duck president but it was not law – it was just a treaty proposal. … Read more
New Songs and More from the Letter D
Here’s this week’s playlist. The Taste the Floor Show is heard on WNHN 94.7 LP in Concord and now, IPMNation.com, which picked up the show this week: Alexa Madrid: Summer of Love Annexe The Moon: Soon Meg Birch with Landa: God Only Knows Esme Patterson: Alone Blondfire: Pleasure The Dandy Warhols: Pope Reverend Jim Colleen … Read more
WATCH: On top of the World
Here’s a quick video from a trip I took last weekend visiting Mount Washington and the Basin:
Talking Nader on NPR’s ‘On the Media’
I was featured this week on the NPR program “On the Media,” talking about my analysis of the 2000 election. Here’s my six minutes that made it onto the program: http://www.wnyc.org/story/defense-nader They kept all my most important points in – even the self-criticism of the data. Host Bob Garfield didn’t mention that Ralph Nader would … Read more