MSM: Boeing Exec v. Employees
Jobs numbers have been released by the government for the month of December. And by the government's measurements, the numbers are finally good and unemployment has fallen to its lowest rate in three years. But the mainstream media rarely ever bothers to report on the U6 measurement which includes the underemployed that number is at 15.2%. First, we'll look back on a sad story that the media covered yesterday. A Boeing factory in Wichita, Kansas open since 1929 is going to close. With today's numbers, the mainstream media very quickly forgot about the plight of those workers in Wichita that just yesterday they were so concerned about. But they also don't bother to point out the absurdity of Boeing's reasoning for this factory closure, being the shrinking market for contractors because of defense cuts.
Do Job 'Creators' Think They Are Like God?
The jobs numbers that have come out for the month of December and the economy is said to have added 200 thousand jobs. The unemployment rate has fallen to 8.5% it's lowest in 3 years. The U6, which includes marginally attached workers fell to 15.2% the lowest since February of 2009. We're still a long way off, Nick Hanauer, serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist discusses.
Wikileaks Supporters Lose Twitter Appeal
The government has been trying to get information on three Wikileaks supporters, Birgitta Jonsdottir, Jacob Appelbaum, and Rop Gonggrijp. These three supporters have been fighting a court order that's requesting their information on Twitter. This court order can be made even if the person of interest isn't suspected of any criminal wrongdoing. So even if the three supporters are innocent of any actions, their information can be obtained through 2703-d.
Bunny Ranch 'Pimpin' for Paul'
The Moonlite Bunny Ranch, Nevada's most famous legal brothel has announced its support for Ron Paul for President. Or as they like to put it, they're "Pimpin for Paul". Dennis Hof, Owner of the Bunny Ranch, and The Love Ranch and Cami Parker, a Hustler Centerfold join the show to discuss their support.
Tool time: NH Lets Kids Opt Out of Education
New Hampshire's government is totally ok with parents picking and choosing their child's courses, and putting them together like a Lego set. They just gave their seal of approval to House Bill 542, which would "require school districts to adopt a policy allowing an exception to specific course material based on a parent's or legal guardian's determination that the material is objectionable". Take a look at some things parents could be opposed to in schools.
8th Grader w/ Pellet Gun Killed by Police
A middle school in Texas is mourning the death of 15 year-old, Jaime Gonzalez after he was shot and killed by Brownsville police in the hallway of Cummings Middle School. Police were called after people at the school noticed that Gonzalez was carrying some sort of weapon on him that they said looked like a gun, but turned out wasn't. The police and shot and killed the 15 year-old.
US Bullies Spain on SOPA Like Laws
The Spanish government passed legislation known as the Sinde Law, something that many are comparing to SOPA, the Stop Online Privacy Act. Public opinion in Spain is heavily opposed to the bill, and in the fight to stop it, the head of the Spanish film academy even quit their position in protest. It turns out that the US government has been heavily pressuring them to do it. So is our government doing the bidding of the entertainment industry, and in turn bullying the world? AaronSwartz, Executive Director of Demand Progress weighs in.
Fireside: Lobbying Works, Just Ask Corporations
There are a lot of ways to look at money and our political system and see where the two are intertwined and attached at the hip so openly that it no longer becomes a question of where corruption exists, but more like, where doesn't it? A new study from the University of Kansas by Raquel Alexander and Susan Scholz decided to find one bill passed by Congress, where they could track the return on lobbying investment. This was the American Jobs Creation Act, a bill that gave multinational corporations a one time, obscenely large tax break. And it turns out the return on lobbying for those corporations were 22 thousand percent. So for every dollar that they spent on lobbying, the companies got 220 dollars in tax benefits.
Happy Hour: Tuba Theft?! Blame the Mexicans!
RT's Andrew Blake and Reason's Mike Riggs join happy hour to talk about a rule of change for immigrants applying for legal status, a plan in France to base grades off of their weight, a new Jon Huntsman ad, and stolen tuba's at Alyona's former high school.
Viral Spiral: WTF I wanted an iPhone
In this Viral Spiral; In this Viral Spiral; kids being total jerks about Christmas, a pigeon treadmill, a massive Black versus Chinese fight on New Years Eve in Canada, Grandma getting down to Usher, a serious mic check fail, a girl with amazing eyebrow talent, a puppy fail, an epic iPad slap and turtles high five.
Links:
WTF I wanted an iPhone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwwWqRV2RsI&feature=player_embedded#!
Pigeon treadmill:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPdYVGPdAJs&feature=player_embedded
Black versus Chinese restaurant brawl in Canada:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/viral-video/montreal-restaurant-brawl-756092
Grandma dancing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V755gIgP700&feature=player_embedded#!
mic check fail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msGymOBEu9o&feature=player_embedded
Eyebrow talent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zx39v3JUUI
Puppy dog fail:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dc3_1325393385
iPad slap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyWc-hhfYBk&feature=player_embedded
Turtle high five:
http://www.shortlist.com/cool-stuff/virals/high-fiving-turtles
Jobs numbers have been released by the government for the month of December. And by the government's measurements, the numbers are finally good and unemployment has fallen to its lowest rate in three years. But the mainstream media rarely ever bothers to report on the U6 measurement which includes the underemployed that number is at 15.2%. First, we'll look back on a sad story that the media covered yesterday. A Boeing factory in Wichita, Kansas open since 1929 is going to close. With today's numbers, the mainstream media very quickly forgot about the plight of those workers in Wichita that just yesterday they were so concerned about. But they also don't bother to point out the absurdity of Boeing's reasoning for this factory closure, being the shrinking market for contractors because of defense cuts.
Do Job 'Creators' Think They Are Like God?
The jobs numbers that have come out for the month of December and the economy is said to have added 200 thousand jobs. The unemployment rate has fallen to 8.5% it's lowest in 3 years. The U6, which includes marginally attached workers fell to 15.2% the lowest since February of 2009. We're still a long way off, Nick Hanauer, serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist discusses.
Wikileaks Supporters Lose Twitter Appeal
The government has been trying to get information on three Wikileaks supporters, Birgitta Jonsdottir, Jacob Appelbaum, and Rop Gonggrijp. These three supporters have been fighting a court order that's requesting their information on Twitter. This court order can be made even if the person of interest isn't suspected of any criminal wrongdoing. So even if the three supporters are innocent of any actions, their information can be obtained through 2703-d.
Bunny Ranch 'Pimpin' for Paul'
The Moonlite Bunny Ranch, Nevada's most famous legal brothel has announced its support for Ron Paul for President. Or as they like to put it, they're "Pimpin for Paul". Dennis Hof, Owner of the Bunny Ranch, and The Love Ranch and Cami Parker, a Hustler Centerfold join the show to discuss their support.
Tool time: NH Lets Kids Opt Out of Education
New Hampshire's government is totally ok with parents picking and choosing their child's courses, and putting them together like a Lego set. They just gave their seal of approval to House Bill 542, which would "require school districts to adopt a policy allowing an exception to specific course material based on a parent's or legal guardian's determination that the material is objectionable". Take a look at some things parents could be opposed to in schools.
8th Grader w/ Pellet Gun Killed by Police
A middle school in Texas is mourning the death of 15 year-old, Jaime Gonzalez after he was shot and killed by Brownsville police in the hallway of Cummings Middle School. Police were called after people at the school noticed that Gonzalez was carrying some sort of weapon on him that they said looked like a gun, but turned out wasn't. The police and shot and killed the 15 year-old.
US Bullies Spain on SOPA Like Laws
The Spanish government passed legislation known as the Sinde Law, something that many are comparing to SOPA, the Stop Online Privacy Act. Public opinion in Spain is heavily opposed to the bill, and in the fight to stop it, the head of the Spanish film academy even quit their position in protest. It turns out that the US government has been heavily pressuring them to do it. So is our government doing the bidding of the entertainment industry, and in turn bullying the world? AaronSwartz, Executive Director of Demand Progress weighs in.
Fireside: Lobbying Works, Just Ask Corporations
There are a lot of ways to look at money and our political system and see where the two are intertwined and attached at the hip so openly that it no longer becomes a question of where corruption exists, but more like, where doesn't it? A new study from the University of Kansas by Raquel Alexander and Susan Scholz decided to find one bill passed by Congress, where they could track the return on lobbying investment. This was the American Jobs Creation Act, a bill that gave multinational corporations a one time, obscenely large tax break. And it turns out the return on lobbying for those corporations were 22 thousand percent. So for every dollar that they spent on lobbying, the companies got 220 dollars in tax benefits.
Happy Hour: Tuba Theft?! Blame the Mexicans!
RT's Andrew Blake and Reason's Mike Riggs join happy hour to talk about a rule of change for immigrants applying for legal status, a plan in France to base grades off of their weight, a new Jon Huntsman ad, and stolen tuba's at Alyona's former high school.
Viral Spiral: WTF I wanted an iPhone
In this Viral Spiral; In this Viral Spiral; kids being total jerks about Christmas, a pigeon treadmill, a massive Black versus Chinese fight on New Years Eve in Canada, Grandma getting down to Usher, a serious mic check fail, a girl with amazing eyebrow talent, a puppy fail, an epic iPad slap and turtles high five.
Links:
WTF I wanted an iPhone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwwWqRV2RsI&feature=player_embedded#!
Pigeon treadmill:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPdYVGPdAJs&feature=player_embedded
Black versus Chinese restaurant brawl in Canada:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/viral-video/montreal-restaurant-brawl-756092
Grandma dancing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V755gIgP700&feature=player_embedded#!
mic check fail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msGymOBEu9o&feature=player_embedded
Eyebrow talent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zx39v3JUUI
Puppy dog fail:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dc3_1325393385
iPad slap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyWc-hhfYBk&feature=player_embedded
Turtle high five:
http://www.shortlist.com/cool-stuff/virals/high-fiving-turtles
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