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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Dave Brubeck

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/12/07/dave-brubeck

Jazz great Dave Brubeck drove cattle on horseback as a boy on his father’s California ranch.  Always remembered the hooves and their beat.  Exciting.  Syncopated.  All over.  You can hear it in his music.

At his piano keyboard.  Brubeck died this week at nearly 92.  He took jazz to places and people it had not been before, with a sound at once thrilling and familiar.  Performed nearly to the end.  A giant who stuck around a long, long time.

This hour, On Point:  the life and music of jazz great Dave Brubeck.
-Tom Ashbrook


Best Books Of 2012

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/12/06/best-books-2

It may not have a cover anymore.  It may be pixels on a screen.  But a book is still a book.  Big, rich, deep – and, when it’s good, transporting.  Transforming.  The books of 2012 have ranged wide.  From the slums of Mumbai to deep North Korea.  From the court of Henry VIII to the ranch of LBJ.

From war to love, to family and clan, to mega-selling sex talk.  Gone Girl.  Round House.  Dog Stars.  Journeys.  Richard  Ford.  Katherine Boo.  Junot Diaz.  Chris Ware.

This hour, On Point:  we’re looking at the best books of 2012.
-Tom Ashbrook

More Corruption On Wall Street

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/12/11/wall-street-2

For most people, hedge funds used to sound like some kind of lawn service.  Years of trouble in Wall Street finance have clued us in.  Hedge funds are some of the sharpest investors out there.  Working on the big-money edge.  Take that edge too far, and you can have insider trading.  Unfair advantage.  Broken laws.

Right now, a huge investigation is circling around Steven A. Cohen, one of the biggest hedge fund masters of the universe.  No charges against him, but a lot of billowing smoke.  And an education for the little guy.

This hour, On Point:  a hedge fund hero in hot water.
-Tom Ashbrook






The Television Will Be Revolutionized

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/12/11/television

Cable TV is so big, it’s hard to picture it gone.  The shows, the sports, the series, the monthly cable bills loom large in American life.  But a move to viewing TV content by web streaming – skipping cable for an Internet feed – is picking up steam so fast that insiders now predict cable itself may be gone, essentially over, in three to five years.

In its place – some combination of once-wild but increasingly compelling web streaming services – Roku, Boxee, Apple TV, Google TV, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime.

This hour, On Point:  Revolution in the fast-changing world of  TV.
-Tom Ashbrook



Right To Work Laws

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/12/12/right-to-work-laws

In the 1950’s, nearly 40 percent of American workers were covered by a union contract.  Oh, how things have changed.  Today, it’s maybe 12 percent.  Maybe seven percent actual union members.

And yesterday, in the deepest of deep union country – Michigan, UAW country, America’s industrial heartland – a stunning, direct blow to organized labor.  “Right to work” legislation rushed through and signed into law. In Michigan.  To shouts of shame, and conservative celebration.

This hour, On Point:  Labor and organized labor in America, after the big punch in Michigan.
-Tom Ashbrook


Week In The News: Newtown, Fiscal Cliff, Benghazi Report -- Tom Ashbrook, On Point

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/12/21/week-in-the-news-226

It was a week of anguish. It was a week of no Plan B. In Newtown, Connecticut and across the country, stunned grief at the killings of so many – little children, teachers. A terrible national wake-up call. Maybe a call to action.

In Washington, the glimmer of a fiscal cliff deal, then nothing. House speaker John Boehner went another way, for his own Plan B. Was embarrassingly rebuffed when his own House Republicans said no way to a tax hike on millionaires. So now what? Robert Bork is gone. Daniel Inouye.

This hour, On Point: our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
-Tom Ashbrook

Friday News Roundup - Domestic -- Diane Rehm Show

Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-12-21/friday-news-roundup-domestic

President Barack Obama taps Vice President Joe Biden to lead a gun violence task force. House Republicans vow to push a "Plan B" to avert the fiscal cliff. And four State Department officials leave after a damaging report on Benghazi, Libya. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top national news stories.
 
 


Friday News Roundup - International -- Diane Rehm Show

Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-12-21/friday-news-roundup-international

An independent panel faults the U.S. State Department on Benghazi, Libya. Pakistani militants kill nine polio vaccine workers. And South Korea elects its first female president. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.
 
 
 

Allow me to take a minute to say...

Allow me to take a minute to say...
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 21, 2012
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Pope signals inter-religion alliance against gay marriage

Pope signals inter-religion alliance against gay marriage
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 21, 2012
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Penn Jillette gets into heated argument about Connecticut shooting on The Wendy Williams Show

Penn Jillette gets into heated argument about Connecticut shooting on The Wendy Williams Show
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 21, 2012
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And This is Why FoxNews is a Joke

And This is Why FoxNews is a Joke
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 21, 2012
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Amadameus explains how to extricate yourself from Facebook, and disconnect the data they have from Real You

Amadameus explains how to extricate yourself from Facebook, and disconnect the data they have from Real You
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 22, 2012
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NRA arguing against themselves

NRA arguing against themselves
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 22, 2012
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When I hear the NRA blame video games...

When I hear the NRA blame video games...
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 21, 2012
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Friday, December 21, 2012

Democratic House Candidates Now Have A Nearly 1.2 Million Vote Lead Over The Republicans

Democratic House Candidates Now Have A Nearly 1.2 Million Vote Lead Over The Republicans
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 21, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/gucHA


The day after the election last month, ThinkProgress took a preliminary tally of the total number of votes cast for candidates ... Read more


You know who had armed guards at their school? Columbine High School.

You know who had armed guards at their school? Columbine High School.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 21, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/gu4JV
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World aghast at fiscal cliff mess

World aghast at fiscal cliff mess
CNN MONEY | DECEMBER 21, 2012
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Milk Prices Likely To Soar In January After Republican Obstruction Blocked The Farm Bill In The House

Milk Prices Likely To Soar In January After Republican Obstruction Blocked The Farm Bill In The House
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 21, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/guamK


House Republicans let the five-year farm bill expire at the end of September without a new law to replace the massive measure ... Read more


The 10 Craziest Quotes From The NRA Press Conference

The 10 Craziest Quotes From The NRA Press Conference
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 21, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/gug56

1) Gun-free schools zones "tell every insane killer in America that schools are their safest place to inflict maximum ... Read more

10 Energy Numbers To Remember From 2012

10 Energy Numbers To Remember From 2012
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 21, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/gswZb


by Barry Fischer, via Opower's Outlier Blog Sometimes energy makes headlines, sometimes it doesn't.  But it almost always ... Read more


Boehner: Conservative Republicans Who Opposed Plan B Are ‘Drowning’ The Country

Boehner: Conservative Republicans Who Opposed Plan B Are 'Drowning' The Country
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 21, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/gtYbB


Less than 12-hours after Congress failed to pass the so-called Plan B, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) insisted that he has ... Read more


Federal Court Rules That Hobby Lobby Is Not Exempt From Obamacare’s Contraception Mandate

Federal Court Rules That Hobby Lobby Is Not Exempt From Obamacare's Contraception Mandate
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 21, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/gtpUv


A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Hobby Lobby's appeal that the company be exempt from an Obamacare regulation ... Read more

Pope Benedict Uses Christmas Speech To Call Same-Sex Marriage A ‘Manipulation Of Nature’

Pope Benedict Uses Christmas Speech To Call Same-Sex Marriage A 'Manipulation Of Nature'
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 21, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/gtOA9


At his annual Christmas speech to the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI called same-sex marriage a "manipulation of ... Read more

Pennsylvania GOP Revives Plan To Rig The Electoral College

Pennsylvania GOP Revives Plan To Rig The Electoral College
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 20, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/gsoH6


Two Pennsylvania state representatives are bringing back an ill-conceived 2011 plan to divvy up its electoral college votes by ... Read more


TIL the world was ending in 1806 because someone wrote "Christ is coming" on eggs and stuffed them back into the hen.

TIL the world was ending in 1806 because someone wrote "Christ is coming" on eggs and stuffed them back into the hen.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 21, 2012
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53% of Americans now think the Republican Party is too extreme as opposed to 2010 when it was just 36% according to a recent study.

53% of Americans now think the Republican Party is too extreme as opposed to 2010 when it was just 36% according to a recent study.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 21, 2012
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Twitter of God

On Friday, when I come down and start sending the far right-wing to hell, Fox News will ask if I'm anti-Me.

https://mobile.twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/tweets


Kitchen calamity: Reports of shattering cookware on the rise

Kitchen calamity: Reports of shattering cookware on the rise
TOP NBCNEWS HEADLINES | DECEMBER 21, 2012
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Debbie Parker of Pontiac, Mich., says she still can't shake the memory of Christmas morning brunch two years ago when the festive egg casserole she b... Read more


House Republicans Vote to Throw 300,000 Kids off Food Stamps In Order to Cut Taxes for Millionaires

House Republicans Vote to Throw 300,000 Kids off Food Stamps In Order to Cut Taxes for Millionaires
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 20, 2012
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Pastor: Schools Teaching 'How to be Homo' Caused CT Shooting

Mosque Arsonist Says Fox News Inspired Him

Murdoch Tried to Buy US Presidency—Media Yawn - Carl Bernstein rips into coverage at Washington Post, elsewhere

http://www.newser.com/story/159688/murdoch-tried-to-buy-us-presidency-media-yawn.html

House Republicans Cut Food Stamps, Obamacare, And Wall Street Oversight In Ill-Fated ‘Plan B’

House Republicans Cut Food Stamps, Obamacare, And Wall Street Oversight In Ill-Fated 'Plan B'
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 20, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/gq7s7


House Republicans today, in addition to voting on Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) so-called "Plan B" — ... Read more

Posted by a Christian group on Facebook. I was... pleasantly surprised.

Posted by a Christian group on Facebook. I was... pleasantly surprised.
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Former FL Republican Governor Crist testifies in Senate that there was voter suppression in Florida. "politically motivated and clearly designed to disenfranchise likely Democratic voters"

Former FL Republican Governor Crist testifies in Senate that there was voter suppression in Florida. "politically motivated and clearly designed to disenfranchise likely Democratic voters"
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 20, 2012
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Congress Is Quietly Abandoning the 5th Amendment. Meet the prominent legislators who think it's okay to throw Americans in jail forever without charges or trial.

Congress Is Quietly Abandoning the 5th Amendment. Meet the prominent legislators who think it's okay to throw Americans in jail forever without charges or trial.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 20, 2012
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Inventing gods.

Inventing gods.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 20, 2012
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"Atheists today are spending a lot of time and energy fighting a God they claim doesn't even exist." (facebook)

"Atheists today are spending a lot of time and energy fighting a God they claim doesn't even exist." (facebook)
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 20, 2012
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Report Shows Major Failure On Abortion Rights

Report Shows Major Failure On Abortion Rights
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | DECEMBER 20, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/gsm3b

If a 17-year-old girl in the state of Virginia needs to have an abortion, she has the option to bypass the state's ... Read more


Right-wing author: Jon Stewart part of the culture that led to shootings - Salon.com

Right-wing author: Jon Stewart part of the culture that led to shootings - Salon.com

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Boehner’s ‘Plan B’ Cuts Taxes For The 1 Percent, Raises Them For The Poor

Boehner's 'Plan B' Cuts Taxes For The 1 Percent, Raises Them For The Poor
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 20, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/grYlb


Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) is forging ahead with his plan to vote on his so-called "Plan B," a bill ... Read more


Olive Garden, Red Lobster See Sharp Drop In Profits After Anti-Obamacare Campaign Backfires

Olive Garden, Red Lobster See Sharp Drop In Profits After Anti-Obamacare Campaign Backfires
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 20, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/grVvw


Ever since Darden Restaurants — the owner of the Olive Garden and Red Lobster chains — first announced its ... Read more


Iowa’s GOP Election Official Has Found Only 6 Examples Of Voter Fraud Out Of 1.6 Million Votes Cast

Iowa's GOP Election Official Has Found Only 6 Examples Of Voter Fraud Out Of 1.6 Million Votes Cast
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 20, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/gr8tX


During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday on voting rights in the wake of the 2012 election, Iowa Secretary of ... Read more

Charlie Brown Christmas -- revisited


The Truth About the Second Amendment

I told my first grade class they were writing their letters to Santa...I should have been more specific

I told my first grade class they were writing their letters to Santa...I should have been more specific
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 19, 2012
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Is this exactly what you mean?

Is this exactly what you mean?
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 19, 2012
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Mosque Arsonist Tells Judge: "I Only Know What I Hear On Fox News"



Mosque Arsonist Tells Judge: "I Only Know What I Hear On Fox News"
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 19, 2012
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Obama Giving in to Boehner's Tax Plan? Democrats Refuse

The 'Fiscal Cliff' With Robert Reich

Interview:

CHART: The Global Corporate Tax Rate Plummeted In The Last Decade

CHART: The Global Corporate Tax Rate Plummeted In The Last Decade
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 19, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/gqkqS


Evidence that the global corporate tax rate has dropped significantly in the past decade counters a conservative myth that ... Read more

GOP governance


Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Norquist Unintentionally Throws His Support Behind Democrats’ Middle-Class Tax Cuts

Norquist Unintentionally Throws His Support Behind Democrats' Middle-Class Tax Cuts
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 19, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/gqijt


Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform announced Wednesday that Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) proposed ... Read more


Top Conservative Publication: Shooting Occurred Because Women Ran The School

Top Conservative Publication: Shooting Occurred Because Women Ran The School
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 19, 2012
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If there were fewer women and more "male aggression" in Sandy Hook Elementary School, the massacre there never ... Read more


Thanks To Budget Cuts, U.S. Remains Unprepared To Combat Future Public Health Emergencies

Thanks To Budget Cuts, U.S. Remains Unprepared To Combat Future Public Health Emergencies
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 19, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/gq2dX


Despite numerous public health threats over the past decade — including bioterrorism threats like anthrax attacks, the ... Read more

To The GOP, Simpson-Bowles Budget Targets Go Out Of Style When Obama Proposes Them

To The GOP, Simpson-Bowles Budget Targets Go Out Of Style When Obama Proposes Them
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 19, 2012
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The history of the Republican Party's relationship with the Simpson-Bowles debt reduction plan is a bit puzzling. Rep. ... Read more

origins of the earth

I'm a biology professor. My colleague, a geology professor, received this note on a test over the origins of the earth. Why do we even try?
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 19, 2012
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Grover Bends The Pledge For Boehner

Grover Bends The Pledge For Boehner
TPMDC | DECEMBER 19, 2012
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Grover Norquist's anti-tax advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform is giving House Republicans a pass for voting for House ... Read more


Harsh Benghazi Report Busts Right-Wing Myths

Harsh Benghazi Report Busts Right-Wing Myths
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | DECEMBER 19, 2012
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WASHINGTON -- An investigation into the State Department's preparations for and management of the terrorist attack in ... Read more

Newt Gingrich Ties 'Anti-Religious' Forces To School Shooting

Newt Gingrich Ties 'Anti-Religious' Forces To School Shooting
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | DECEMBER 19, 2012
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich suggested on Wednesday that the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre was tied to ... Read more


Obamacare 'Is Null And Void And Of No Effect In This State'

Obamacare 'Is Null And Void And Of No Effect In This State'
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | DECEMBER 19, 2012
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South Carolina is considering outlawing Obamacare. Five Republican South Carolina state representatives introduced a bill last week that, if passed, ... Read more

An outside perspective

An outside perspective
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 19, 2012
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Bloomberg: Where Will NRA Draw the Line?

Walmart Uses Bribes to Break Laws, Subvert Public

Another Ridiculous Tea Partier

Four power tips for Safari 6

Four power tips for Safari 6
MACWORLD | DECEMBER 19, 2012
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How often do you use your Web browser? If the answer is constantly, then a few choice tips could save you loads of time and ... Read more


Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Vatican Editorial Claims Gay Couples Exist In ‘A Different Reality’

Vatican Editorial Claims Gay Couples Exist In 'A Different Reality'
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 18, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/goxeI


Monday's edition of Osservatore Romano, the official newspaper of the Vatican, features a front-page editorial attacking ... Read more


More Than 20 Percent Of U.S. Children Live In Poverty, Big Increase Since 2001

More Than 20 Percent Of U.S. Children Live In Poverty, Big Increase Since 2001
THINKPROGRESS | DECEMBER 18, 2012
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According to a new report by the Foundation for Child Development, child poverty in the U.S. has jumped from 15.6 percent to ... Read more

In unusually rare and blunt criticism of its top Mideast ally, the Obama administration has slammed Israel for continuing to announce new settlement construction on land claimed by the Palestinians

In unusually rare and blunt criticism of its top Mideast ally, the Obama administration has slammed Israel for continuing to announce new settlement construction on land claimed by the Palestinians
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 18, 2012
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Not complete crazy Minister about the Ct shooting

Not complete crazy Minister about the Ct shooting
REDDIT TOP NEWS | DECEMBER 18, 2012
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