On Today’s Show: Matt Taibbi, author of Griftopia, helps us talk to our right-wing relatives.
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10:29 am
Poke. Poke.
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Psycho-Babbling Obama
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford
“Rather than face the fact that Obama is not a friend of the people, leftish commentators insist on conducting a psychological analysis of the president.”
OEN
10:45 am
That’s what I was just trying to tell Sam on Tuesday while he was doing exactly that!!! Check my posts. It’s called being in denial…
10:37 am
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/matt-taibbi
http://www.amazon.com/Griftopia-Machines-Vampire-Breaking-America/dp/0385529953
11:17 am
Morning glory! I get a half hour of Sam before I go to work….Hope all is well!
11:23 am
Morning Michele. Things are OK. Glad you made it to your visit yesterday.
I got a couple Taibbi links upthread awaiting mod. Doh! I’ll never learn.
11:25 am
I had a beautiful drive actually. The sky opened up and all the snow melted..it was perfect!
-7 in Minden this am…so crazy!
11:29 am
We have been very lucky here (or not, depending on pov) so far. First lows below freezing of the season on Thursday and Friday nights.
11:28 am
Sound!!
11:28 am
Top three reasons the Right opposes new TSA inspection procedures….
Scanners will reveal the with of their stance
Impossible for them to maintain denial of their sexual preferences after burly TSA agent gives them a firm pat down (honestly, I think this is one of their deepest fears. A post-pat down erection.)
Opus Dei and Mormon identified via their underwear fetishs.
11:29 am
Width!!!! Hate this iPad spell corrector.
11:32 am
I am so with you on that Kevin….but it is worse when you turn it off. I just downloaded the new OS. Don’t see much difference tho.
3:17 pm
Steve Jobs has been informed of your blasphemy.
11:29 am
A guest post on Dmitry Orlov’s always-awesome Club Orlov blog.
An American ex-pat puts American quality of life into perspective.
http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2010/11/americathe-grim-truth.html
“Patriots” may wish to cover their eyes and mumble their incantations to ward off the evil European socialists.
10:50 am
My kind of “rub it in our faces attitude adjustment” – YAHHH!!!
11:30 am
I have never heard the who song before!
11:30 am
whole
11:33 am
If you’re in the NYT shadow, you’re in Hell’s Kitchen.
Cabs’ maps call it “Clinton.” Which is, obviously, bullshit.
11:34 am
Good! Volume better now.
11:36 am
Update on speed dating.
11:39 am
Pretty classy porn music!
11:40 am
Hello,Hello All !
11:41 am
ok, ok. I’ll be the first to call ‘BS’ on Sam’s little TSA friend…
11:42 am
No way this guy is legit!
11:42 am
Straight mans pretty good!
11:42 am
Sam is such a tell!
11:43 am
Sensual oils ?
Sammy’s hitting new ground..
Must be one of his buds..Hee..
11:46 am
The Banana Hammock ?
Ughh !
11:46 am
This guy is a WHACK JOB (pardon the pun)
11:49 am
hahahaha
11:48 am
Notice the shoulder massage part was what was finally too much for Sam. Sam you really oughta talk to someone about that…
11:53 am
That’s between a man & his shoulder..
11:49 am
I vote for Jon Benjamin as our TSA screener helpful gentlemen.
11:51 am
U could be correct,Neffer..
11:54 am
Who here I.M.’s sam after the show???
11:56 am
I do, but not today…I start work in a few minutes…..
11:58 am
I can never get those to work right, Sandy. Dunno what it is.
11:57 am
Griftopia
11:59 am
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/matt-taibbi
12:02 pm
Hey gang, how’s the sound today?
12:04 pm
Much better, man.
12:04 pm
Awesome. geeking out over some new toys over here…
2:02 pm
Great to hear! Hope more is in the offing.
12:08 pm
Sounds good, Evan. Strong volume, no reverb; and Taibbi sounds good, too.
3:18 pm
Ustream audio was louder and with more distortion, again. (from my ear’s perspective)
12:03 pm
Matt Taibbi rocks!
I’ve read ALL of his RS articles; hope to get his book for Xmas…
12:07 pm
I have an account with AOL to I.M. Sam – but he’s not getting them, so I’m
just wondering why he’s not getting them??? What am I doing wrong?
12:10 pm
What IM nickname are you sending them to? (I can vouch that he receives IMs sent to ‘MajorityFM’, but doesn’t read aloud every IM.)
12:10 pm
Sam usually checks in the aftershow. You can always send to majorityreporters@gmail.com as well
12:17 pm
Sammy is not logged in to IMs yet today. When he logs in then he will see them.
12:14 pm
You guys switched to Nicecast? That’s what we use for live stuff. Rock solid and so many features it boggles the mind.
12:15 pm
we’ve been using nicecast since the soft launch. rock solid, and you can plug in external effects. Great program so far.
12:35 pm
I didn’t notice it until today. Tried using iTunes today and saw the RogueAmoeba on the streamline. I have and use everything they make, especially Fission for editing.
The VU meters in Nicecast pretty much solved my levels problems.
Should have known you guys would be on the bleeding edge of internet radio.
1:00 pm
The VUs are fantastic, and the built in multi-band compressor is pretty transparent (not the single-band, for some reason though, which sounds reverby). Just wish the application mixer could hijack Google Voice… it cannot…
2:10 pm
220… 221… whatever it takes.
12:17 pm
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12:18 pm
Am I the only one hearing the occasional “boop…boop” sound? I’ve noticed it during previous shows, but just heard it again.
1:20 pm
No. The boop boop is definitely there. I assumed it was akin to the lil noises you get in Skype sometimes.
3:21 pm
Thanks for the verification, Glory.
With a bit more coffee in me, I realize that I shouldn’t have phrased my post as a question, as I’d previously verified that the boops were in the program audio stream — because they were present in the same locations in the podcast mp3s.
12:19 pm
plooger, I sent him an e-mail yesterday & asked if he was getting them – he responded that he wasn’t.
12:21 pm
Y’sure it’s not your Facebook chat, Ploog?
12:28 pm
Not sure at all, that’s why I posted here. And JUST heard it again.
Yes, it may be some web page I’m simulatneously visiting, but wanted to confirm it wasn’t coming through the show before closing everything down.
3:22 pm
oh, right. boops are definitely coming from the show.
12:25 pm
Love Taibbi.
Love Seder.
I was so depressed, but listening to you fellas has made me feel so much better…
Thanks much.
12:40 pm
Glad your feeling better,Cat Chew..
I hope your ok..
1:21 pm
Depressed about RW family Thanksgiving?
12:29 pm
Thanks plooger –
Will see after the show if he says hi or what ever ….
3:23 pm
Any luck today?
12:29 pm
Like Matt alot myself.
12:36 pm
Only believes FOX News….
Remind them that it’s 2nd largest owner is a Muslim from the Saudi Royal family who’s Kingdom Group finances the building of mosques in America.
FOX viewers finance American mosques.
12:37 pm
Brett knows a really good IM program
that is Very Good
& that u cam IM Aim but,don’t have to download all of Aim’s Bs..
The name of the program starts with a “B”
but,that’s all I remember..Buko something or other..
Brett told me over a 1 1/2 yr ago..I can’t find where I filed it..
Brett,get ready for a email..
1:02 pm
Pidgin is an excellent IM/chat client that handles many different protocols, including AIM. It runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
http://pidgin.im/
1:10 pm
I use adium…it is a green duck not a pidgeon
1:14 pm
Thanks,utilitopia..
I just saw that one looking for,Bukolo or whatever it’s called..
Maybe Bukolo-whatever doesn’t exist anymore..
1 1/2 to 2 years in internet years is alot time,so who knows..
1:04 pm
i like Sam’s blog ideas!
1:08 pm
missed them Jim. I will listen to the podcast later. I have a no show right now so I get to listen for a while…
1:19 pm
it was after 9:57 my time Pacific.
2:20 pm
1:25:30 on the podcast
3:27 pm
Agreed, the blog needs some work. But that’ll come over time, and there are a lot of models/examples from which to draw.
1:16 pm
Happy Thanksgiving Sam & All !
Enjoy !
1:17 pm
yu too mr Rules!
1:24 pm
Thanks Happe..
1:17 pm
Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels everyone!!
3:28 pm
Thanks, Neffer. Back at ya, and to everyone else, as well. (gonna need your wishes, it appears, as Central Illinois is getting hit with sleet/freezing rain)
1:22 pm
Yep! Happy TG!
3:46 pm
hahaha, Sammy Live from Hell’s Kitchen…. so appropriate…
happy holidays All…
9:45 pm
My coauthor, Jason Reifler, and I looked at can the media effectively correct misperceptions, which seems like a simple question, but no one had really tested that scientifically.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: And you found actually that when people had their misperceptions challenged certain people, at least, were more likely to become more firmly entrenched in that belief.
BRENDAN NYHAN: That’s right. People were so successful at bringing to mind reasons that the correction was wrong that they actually ended up being more convinced in the misperception than the people who didn’t receive the correction. So the correction, in other words, was making things worse.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: So tell me about your latest study.http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2010/08/27/01
11:12 am
It’s pride, vanity and mostly ignorance. That’s why life is like a broken record, skipping along repeating itself over and over…
And over again.
Think about and help if you can those folks who don’t see today as anything special cuz they’re too busy just trying to survive, eat, stay dry, etc.
That’s the real tragedy of Amerika today.