10-29-14 News Notes
TRNS News Notes is brought to you by Victoria Jones. Victoria Jones is the Chief White House correspondent and global analyst of the Washington DC based Talk Radio News Service, where her insight and analysis are made available to over 400 news talk radio stations around the country and internationally. In the News WH computer networks hacked! Russian govt? Investigator in Secret Service prostitution scandal resigns Investigator took photos of intern's feet Obama speaks out on Ebola Can I get Ebola from a toilet seat?? Midterm Madness: Democrats scramble U.S. steps up security at federal buildings House Dems want [...]
Secret Service Keystone Cops
Nicole discusses the mess that is the Secret Service, the House oversight committee hearing on the agency, and other unbelievable news of the day. GottaLaff joins in for hour two!
Blood, Sweat and Tears
Blood, Sweat and Tears is the theme for today's show. Not the band, but the reality that those are the main components of life in the US of A in the 21st Century. Too much blood, too many dead or maimed soldiers and civilians thanks to our military incursions, misplaced ire and weapons of mass destruction. Our labor woes since the Bush depression, with a recovery made up of jobs at half the salaries we had before the meltdown, and the vilification of the labor movement that brought about workplace safety, a 5-day/40-hour work week, vacation time, sick leave and [...]
Twenty-First Century Privacy
Thanks to the information released by Edward Snowden via The Guardian and the Washington Post, the world is now talking about super-secret surveillance that's been going on for decades. Although the corporate media and the government would probably rather have you focus on Snowden and, to a lesser extent, Glenn Greenwald, the story is in the information that he risked his life and livelihood to expose. Don't be distracted. Thankfully, many of us aren't falling for the ruse. On the 4th of July, a number of organizations joined forces to promote a day of rallies around the nation to Restore [...]