Episode
Weekend Recap: February 7-11
Ride the wave of revolution! Did you miss some of Sam Seder on the Majority Report this week? Have no fear, the MR Weekend Recap is here! Catch up on interviews and commentary with links to audio and video highlights from MR.
Katherine Gallagher Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) discusses the President George W. Bush’s torture indictment that has put the kibosh on his travel plans.
Stephen Elliott talks about his book about former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld entitled Donald, a story of what would happen if Donald Rumsfeld was pushed into his own system.
Consumer advocate Jamie Court, president of ConsumerWatchdog.org, discusses the health care mandate and the skyrocketing health care premium hikes in California.
Old friend of the show Ross Brockley brings us up to speed on his farming, 2011 mayoral run, his anti-Fed money with corn on it and Maron.
Na na na na-Na na na na-Hey hey hey-Goodbye – After weeks of unrest Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak finally steps down
Deflowering mainstream Social Security thinking – Liberal Defender of Social Security’s Chastity Responds to Matt Miller
The lunatics have taken over the asylum – Patriot Act Defeat = House GOP’s Harsh Introduction to the Majority
Where we’re going we don’t need roads, or abused women shelters, or education, or…- The Stupidity of the Earmark Ban, John McCain and Libertarians
Youth in revolt? Yes, Google it. – CNN’s Ivan Watson speaks to Egyptian Google executive Wael Ghonim
Injustice needs no IP address – The first Egyptian protesters were poor residents, not the educated youth who learned about protests on the Internet as originally suspected.
The Nile is a river in Egypt, but the Amazon can help support the show – If you are purchasing anything from Amazon.com you can bookmark this link and MR gets a little money in commissions. There is also a new Majority Report Store where we will put links to books and movies of guests of the show.
Some books from Sam’s guests this week:
(Avant note: we’re testing out some names for Chris’s segment as discussed in the comments. This one is a tribute to one of Chris’s first picks on the show.)
On Demand – Cairo Time Netflix – The Baxter