Howie Klein on the midterms, the CIA, and why American’s should stop picking the lesser of two evils. Plus Will Ryan and the Cactus County Cowboys.
David Feldman Radio Show: Midterm Elections with Howie Klein
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Mort Sahl
Mort Sahl created modern standup comedy. We talk about starting out, and JFK’s murder which Mort says was nothing short of a CIA coup. This is an air check from Pacifica Radio’s David Feldman Show: November 22, 2013. Special thanks to Lucy Mercer, Mark Pitta and the Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley, California where San Francisco’s comedy scene lives. Please subscribe to our program for free as a podcast on iTunes and Stitcher. And next time you’re in Northern California make sure to check out the Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley, California. Once again, special thanks to Lucy Mercer and Mark Pitta.
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Here’s Our Evidence
Proof Assad is working with the Obama administration
John Kerry says the CIA has evidence on Syria. Well, we have our own intelligence. Who you going to trust? CIA intelligence? Or the stuff we make up?
Kurt Eichenwald
New York Times bestselling author of Conspiracy of Fools and The Informant— recounts the first 500 days after 9/11 in a comprehensive, compelling page-turner as gripping as any thriller. In 500 Days, master chronicler Kurt Eichenwald lays bare the harrowing decisions, deceptions, and delusions of the eighteen months that changed the world forever, as leaders raced to protect their citizens in the wake of 9/11.
Eichenwald’s gripping, immediate style and true to life dialogue puts readers at the heart of these historic events, from the Oval Office to Number 10 Downing Street, from Guantanamo Bay to the depths of CIA headquarters, from the al-Qaeda training camps to the torture chambers of Egypt and Syria. He reveals previously undisclosed information from the terror wars, including never before reported details about warrantless wiretapping, the anthrax attacks and investigations, and conflicts between Washington and London.
With his signature fast-paced narrative style, Eichenwald— whose book, The Informant, was called “one of the best nonfiction books of the decade” by The New York Times Book Review—exposes a world of secrets and lies that has remained hidden for far too long.
Feldman’s Been Thinking
Yesterday Barack Obama landed in Afghanistan, or as Fox News reported, “President goes home.”
Mr. President? Going to Afghanistan is easy. The hard part is knowing when to leave.
On Wednesday Newt Gingrich officially broke it to his campaign that he was leaving it for a younger, hotter candidate.
Thereby making Mitt Romney the GOP’s presumptive nominee. So far Romney has spent $26 per vote, $200,000 per delegate in his campaign to bring fiscal discipline to Washington.
Mark Zuckerberg is now asking Facebook users to provide their organ donor status. Yeah, like Facebook doesn’t already know.
And Tuesday marked the one year anniversary of Osama Bin Laden’s death, or as Republicans call it, a day that will live in infamy.
The CIA claims Osama Bin Laden gave commands to his operatives using messages embedded inside porn videos. Well, at least that’s what the CIA told its wife when she walked in on it.
The CIA then announced plans to release Bin Laden’s diaries, which are said to reveal he considered changing al-Qaeda’s name… to Mellencamp.
Meanwhile John Brennan, President Obama’s chief counterterrorism advisor, says he envisions a day when al-Qaeda is no longer relevant. Sort of like our Bill of rights.
Yesterday was May Day. Occupy Wall Street urged Americans to take the day off from work, while Wall Street urged Americans to take the entire century off from work.