Guest: Sportswriter Dave Zirin
Our lead story is the ongoing tragedy in Japan and the fire and explosions at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The fight continues to keep the spent fuel rods cool to stop them from catching fire and causing a meltdown.
The campaign to recall of Republican State Senators is gaining mass with almost 40,000 signatures captured last week. Democrats are ahead of schedule on getting enough signatures to force a recall vote.
Defend the Dream Action
After work on today, March 15, MoveOn is mobilizing Defend the Dream events in all 50 states at our schools, libraries, fire stations, hospitals, and parks to stand up against Republican attacks. Click HERE to find a Defend the Dream Action event near you.
Dave Zirin, writer at Edge of Sports discussed with us the labor battle currently being fought in the NFL.
Check out Dave Zirin’s book Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love
Sam added a new segment today – The Fascism Report
Michael Moore posted this picture of a thousand senior citizens protesting on the capitol grounds in Lansing, MI to protest governor Rick Snyder’s budget plan.
At first Ohio governor John Kasich said reporters “could bring only pens, notepads and small voice recorders” at his budget briefing today, but because of calls from the ACLU and the state Democratic Party, he reversed his decision. Reporters we open to record Kasich’s budget and the middle class cuts he is proposing.
The Michigan Martial Law Act of 2011, ooops, we mean the Emergency Manager Act, is another sample of the Shock Doctrine right here in the USA.
According to the law, which has already been approved in the House, the governor will be able to declare “financial emergency” in towns or school districts and appoint someone to fire local elected officials, break contracts, seize and sell assets, and eliminate services.
Welcome to the Banana Republic of Michigan.
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11:49 am
Sammy cam not working?
11:52 am
Not working for me.
11:57 am
Sorry guys, UStream, our sammycam provider, is undergoing some (unannounced :-\) maintenance…
11:50 am
Good morning everybody.
Would some of you click this link and tell me if it is working? I’ve been told it is working, yet I get a custom Not Found page with a search box. Trying to figure out if it is just me. Thank you very much.
http://majority.fm/madison-pics/
12:03 pm
I just tried it at 12:03 pm EST and it worked for me. I was using Chrome on a Mac.
-dorsey
12:07 pm
Thank you, dorsey. This is too weird. I get this:
Not Found
Apologies, but the page you requested could not be found. Perhaps searching will help.
I am logged in too. It has been that way for me since the link first went up Thursday or Friday.
12:08 pm
Not working for ToniD either. I think it is just working for you guys on the show.
12:51 pm
I use FF 3.6.15 – Mac. Also just opened Safari which I never use, and it did not work there either.
I have probably seen all the pictures from links on majorityfm’s twitter page. Just wanted to help getting your link fixed. I wonder what it is.
12:06 pm
Not working for me either.
12:36 pm
Not working for me either.
12:39 pm
Thank you, PoliticallyMe. I knew it wasn’t me!
Maybe the guys on the show are pulling up a page from cache or something.
12:27 pm
stevebenen Steve Benen
Folks may not fully appreciate just how radical the “Emergency Managers” plan is in Michigan http://bit.ly/govNar It redefines ‘power grab’
2:57 pm
Love the new intro!
9:06 pm
Mr Burns is alive and well and running a Japanese electric company
this from Guardian website
“At around 0545 today, our employee carrying batteries to the control
room discovered smoke billowing from the building of reactor 4 [at
Fukushima Daiichi].”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/mar/15/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-japan