Rightalk Radio Toll-free Call-in number: 1-866-884-8255 (866-884-TALK) And yes, I have a miserable cold.  update RIGHTALK radio is refusing to re-run the show.  So far, I haven’t been able to get an answer out of them as to why; Ace has some updates. update 2:  Napoleon at Daily Recycler has been kind enough to host the show for us. You can listen here:  ****

“The friendly fire shooting at a U.S. military checkpoint last month in Baghdad wounded Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena and killed intelligence agent Nicola Calipari.” From NBC: NBC News has learned that a preliminary report from a joint U.S.-Italian investigation has cleared the American soldiers of any wrongdoing and provides new details into the shooting. Intelligence agent Calipari had just negotiated Sgrena’s release from Iraqi kidnappers on March 4 when the

From the AP: The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday nullified nearly 3,000 marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples by Multnomah County a year ago, saying a single county couldn’t take such action on its own. The court said while the county can question the constitutionality of laws governing marriage, they are a matter of statewide concern so the county had no authority to issue licenses to gay couples. The court

me: “Man. This head cold is miserable.” apple: “Yeah. You sound pretty awful.  You’re not planning on doing the radio show like that, are you?” me: “Well, what choice do I have?  Are you gonna do it?” apple: “Me?  Do internet radio?  Please. I may not have any arms or legs, but I do still have my dignity…”

I don’t know what this calcified, ingrown mass on my thigh is, but I picked at it—and now the fucking thing won’t stop bleeding.

When:  Thursday, 3 PM EST Where:  Rightalk Radio Guests:  Ace, from Ace of Spades HQ, Val Prieto, from Babalublog.com. Topics:  The state of political discourse; social cons vs. libertarians; pop-culture; Cuban-Americanism; literacy rates; free health care. Toll-free Call-in number: 1-866-884-8255 (866-884-TALK) Disclaimer:  Sometimes, radio shows just aren’t very interesting. Offer:  If you have any questions you’d like me to ask Ace, leave them in the comments.  You asked some great

From the Bennington Banner: Rep. Bernard Sanders used campaign donations to pay his wife and stepdaughter more than $150,000 for campaign-related work since 2000, according to records filed with the Federal Election Commission. Jane O’Meara Sanders, his wife, received $91,020 between 2002 and 2004 for “consultation” and for negotiating the purchase of television and radio time-slots for Sanders’ advertisements, according to records and interviews. Approximately $61,000 of that was “pass

One morning, as Greg Samsa awoke from an anxious sleep, he discovered he’d been changed into a giant Wendy’s Fried Chicken Strip Salad™. He lay on his leafy green back and saw, after nosing aside a recalcitrant crouton, his golden brown abdomen—oil-soaked and glistening, ridged in that bumpy way deep-fry batter bubbles then settles crust-like on a stretch of succulent all-white chicken meat. From this strange position he noticed his

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