8-22-16 Nicole Sandler Show – Back to School, Weather Permitting
I decided to cut the show back to one hour a day today and, of course, forgot to start the recorder going. On top of that, I forgot to start the YouTube stream! So today's show begins already in progress... It just shows how scattered I've been lately. The one thing I haven't been scattered about is the cancer. I keep all the doctors appointments straight and, for the most part, have stayed on top of the stupid, unnecessary, bullshit referrals. I did my research and met with three surgeons, and made a decision. And now my surgery is scheduled [...]
Anyone Else Missing an Hour? Schools? Media Responsibility?
Damn Daylight Savings Time. Don't get me wrong. I like the fact that it stays light out later; I just hate losing an hour of valuable sleep time this time every year. We should really pick a time and stick with it. Unbelievably, Arizona does something right! Anyway, barring my tired status this morning, it was a busy show. I filled listeners in on our Saturday evening in the emergency room. Alison had a softball injury that turned out to be a sprained index finger. I erred on the side of caution, and will likely get some interesting programming out [...]
Education Propaganda
Welcome to Education Nation Propaganda Week, complete with its own Hollywood blockbuster! Won't Back Down is the latest offering from the powers that want to kill public education and replace it with a privatized, for-profit system that will not help our kids. NBC's stations are in the midst of their manufactured-news "Education Nation" week which pushes the privatization idea and presents it as if it the idea of moving education into the private sector was the right thing to do (it isn't). Last night, I actually saw Rev. Al Sharpton - who should know bettter - interviewing some [...]