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Almost Blue

Today, we begin a new weekly segment on the show: The Steve Israel Hour, sponsored by Little Debbie , featuring Howie Klein of the Blue America PAC and Down With Tyranny. In case you didn't know about Blue America, it's a PAC run by Howie, Digby, and Crooks & Liars' John Amato, for the purpose of vetting and identifying the best progressive candidates out there, mostly in Congressional races, and help raise money for them. The sad fact is the today's Democratic Party - the DNC, led by Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and the DCCC, chaired by Steve Israel, tend [...]

By nicolesandler|May 12th, 2014|Tags: Blue America PAC, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Howie Klein, marijuana, medical marijuana, meet the experts, politics, progressive, prohibition, red to blue, Robert Platshorn, Should Grandma Smoke Pot, Steve Israel|Comments Off

Peace, Pot & Politics

We covered a lot of territory on today's show... First up, the situation in Ukraine is horribly sad and tragic. And hearing American politicians on both sides of the aisle proclaiming, as John Kerry did, that "in the 21st century, you don't invade another country on completely trumped-up pretext," is hypocrisy defined. Sickening. The Bobsey Twins, McCain and Graham, couldn't be any more sickening in their sabre-rattling in the name of criticizing Obama - going against the previous tenets of "foreign policy ends at the water's edge." They don't stand for anything other than leading that charge that whatever Obama [...]

By nicolesandler|March 4th, 2014|Tags: 12 Years a Slave, awake the state, Florida, GottaLaff, Kerry, McCain, medical marijuana, Nan Rich, Putin, Ray Seaman, Rick Scott, Robert Platshorn, Rush Limbaugh, Russia, Sarah Palin, Ukraine|Comments Off

“We’re Not Asking America To Go To War”

Those words were just said by Secretary of State John Kerry during his opening statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee's hearing on the Authorization for Use of Military Force in Syria. I guess that depends what his definition of "is" is. To me, firing multiple cruise missiles at another nation is, indeed, war. And as the members of Code Pink are demonstrating in the screen grab above, we'll all have blood on our hands too. As my mother always tried to impress upon me, "Two wrongs do not make a right." This morning, I spoke about yesterday's Senate [...]

By nicolesandler|September 4th, 2013|Tags: Ben Pollara, emptywheel, Florida, John Kerry, John Morgan, Marcy Wheeler, medical marijuana, Rand Paul, senate, Syria, war|Comments Off

We Need a Progressive Governor in Florida

There's one running and that's Nan Rich. I've had two opportunities to question her - the second time was this morning on my show - and she answered each and every question exactly as I'd hoped she would. The first time I interviewed her was a few weeks ago at the Boca Raton-Delray Beach Democratic Club. You can watch that Q&A here, as we livestreamed the event: This morning, she joined me for a one-on-one conversation and, again, I am so impressed. Not only do we need to rid ourselves of the embarrassment and scourge on our state that is [...]

By nicolesandler|August 14th, 2013|Tags: Charlie Crist, FL Governor, FL gubernatorial race 2014, John Amato, medical marijuana, Nan Rich, Rick Scott, Weed|Comments Off

The TPP and the POT

Most Americans have no clue what the TPP is, but we all need to know. So today, we talked a bit about the Trans Pacific Partnership. It's the newest so-called "Free Trade" agreement - which seems to deal with a lot more than just trade. Our friends at Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch put lots of information about this very secretive deal on a new website, ExposeTheTPP.org to educate us all. Let's start with this short video: Global Trade Watch research director Ben Beachly joined me on the show this morning to talk about it... but if you still want [...]

By nicolesandler|May 28th, 2013|Tags: Black Tuna, free trade, Global Trade Watch, marijiuana, medical marijuana, Robert Platshorn, Should Grandma Smoke Pot, TPP, trade, Trans Pacific Partnership|Comments Off

Should Grandma Smoke Pot?

Medical Marijuana is legal 17 states and Washington DC, and legislation is pending in seven more. But the Department of Justice under President Obama is still closing dispensaries and prosecuting people under federal law instead of following states' laws. Robert Platshorn, author of The Black Tuna Diaries (his story of arrest and 30-year incarceration for pot smuggling), is leading the charge to educate our senior citizens on the subject of Medical Marijuana. He produced this film, Should Grandma Smoke Pot, and will run it all over the nation as an infomercial. Having interviewed Robert a few times over the years, [...]

By nicolesandler|September 6th, 2012|Tags: medical marijuana, pot, Robert Platshorn, Should Grandma Smoke Pot|Comments Off

Medical Marijuana Monday

You just know that the gang working on the Lawrence Welk Show was smoking pot. Here we are, decades later, and one man is making sure the senior citizens know how much a bit of the medical kush could help them Robert Platshorn spent 30 years in jail for smuggling pot back in the late 70s. As a kid growing up in South Florida at the time, I probably smoked some of his imports. Platshorn was sentenced to 64 years (!!!), but for good behavior and with parole, he got off easy. Or not. Since his release, Robert has been [...]

By nicolesandler|April 9th, 2012|Tags: marijuana, medical marijuana, Nicole Belle, pot, religion, Robert Platshorn, Silver Tour|Comments Off

Not Monty Python’s Palin & Jones

"Pastor" Terry Jones just finished up a press conference in which he said that he's canceling Saturday's scheduled Koran burning in Gainesville FL because the Imam of the planned Islamic center near ground zero has agreed to relocate it. Call me a cynic, but I think this guy is full of shit. I don't believe the Imam agreed to any such thing. And if he did, it's tantamount to blackmail or negotiating with a terrorist. Yes, I think Terry Jones is a terrorist. I think this whole idea of linking the Islamic Center in Lower Manhattan with the Koran burning [...]

By nicolesandler|September 9th, 2010|Tags: Beatles, Bruce Perlowin, drug laws, John Fugelsang, koran burning, marijuana, medical marijuana, michael palin, monty python, Terry Jones|Comments Off

Almost Blue

Peace, Pot & Politics

“We’re Not Asking America To Go To War”

We Need a Progressive Governor in Florida

The TPP and the POT

Should Grandma Smoke Pot?

Medical Marijuana Monday

Not Monty Python’s Palin & Jones

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