(2011/06/17) Big brother and getting bigger (Police State)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 17 June 2011
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Edition #498
Big brother and getting bigger
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Act 1: TinyTriumps - Drug Shortage - Colbert Report
Song 1: How to save a life - The Fray
Act 2: Undercover gun purchase - Rachel Maddow
Song 2: Celebration Guns - Stars
Act 3: Homer at a gun shop - The Simpsons
Act 4: Son of TIPS: Suspicious Activity Reporting - The Progressive
Song 4: My private nation - Train
Act 5: Slate: Privacy Rights Inc. - Slate Magazine
Song 5: Take me out - Franz Ferdinand
Act 6: OBAMA'S KARMATIC PRETZEL - Jim Hightower
Song 6: Twisting - They Might Be Giants
Act 7: With Preventive Detention, Obama Seeks Kingly Powers - The Progressive
Song 7: Royal American Medley - United States Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps
Act 8: We Have More People In Jail Than Any Other Country - USA Is #1 - Lee Camp
Song 8: Behind bars - Felix "the Catt" and Baga Tricks
Act 9: Rand Paul: Arrest Deport People For Attending Radical Speeches - Young Turks
Song 9: Galapogos - Smashing Pumpkins
Act 10: AIRPORTS: SURRENDER ALL LIBERTY, YE WHO ENTER BY ME - Jim Hightower
Song 10: Fly me to the moon - Burning Spear
Act 11: Policing The Police: U.S. Steps Up Enforcement - NPR
Song 11: Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
Act 12: FBI: Six Dead Not Really 'Mass' Murder - The Onion
Song 12: Overkill (Acoustic Version) - Colin Hay
Act 13: Congress Reauthorization of Patriot Act - On the Media
Song 13: Your or your memory - The Mountain Goats
Act 14: Harry Reid, Stop Your Fearmongering About Rand Paul - The Progressive
Song 14: Creature fear - Bon Iver
Act 15: Obama, Dems Cave On Patriot Act - Young Turks
Voicemails:
Thanks for the YouTube links - Jeff in New York
New member, thanks for the show - Mark From Salisbury, MD
Reaction to misogynistic use of terms - Wendy from Olympia, WA
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Turtle (Bonobo remix) - Pilote
Final comments on Limbaugh Vs Camp on distrusting the media
Bonus voicemails:
Citizen Radio expects more from their listeners and calls them out - Fred
Calling back to clarify points on Citizen Radio - Eric from York, PA
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Obama Order On Indefinite Detentions - Young Turks
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| 0:00.0 | This program is brought to you by StitcherSmart Radio. Download their free mobile app and use the promo code BEST during activation for a chance to win $100. |
| 0:08.0 | And welcome to the award-winning Best of the Left Podcast with Cups Today from the Colbert Report. |
| 0:12.0 | The Rachel Maddo Show, The Simpsons, The Progressive, Slate Magazine, Jim Hightower, comedian Lee Camp. |
| 0:18.0 | The Young Turks, The David Pakman Show, The Onion Radio News, and On The Media. |
| 0:22.0 | With a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users from The Young Turks. |
| 0:31.0 | I don't have to tell you, the world is a very scary place. |
| 0:35.0 | That's why some nights I like to report happy news, which brings me to the second installment of my long-running 100% televised series, Tiny Triumphs. |
| 0:51.0 | Tonight's heartwarming news comes from the heart-stopping world of capital punishment. |
| 0:55.0 | Recently, the state of California was all set to carry out its first execution in five years. |
| 1:00.0 | When they discovered their supply of the lethal drug, Sodium Theopental had expired on October 1st. |
| 1:07.0 | Evidently, the bottle had passed its kill-by date. |
| 1:12.0 | Things only got worse when they found out there was a nationwide shortage of Sodium Theopental by assume China bought it all to put in our toothpaste. |
| 1:23.0 | After frantically looking through their cupboards and couch cushions and coming up empty, California had to look elsewhere. |
| 1:31.0 | California prison officials tried for two months to find the rare lethal drug they needed to carry out the state's first execution in five years. |
| 1:38.0 | New documents show officials scoured the globe from Pakistan to London for the drug. |
| 1:43.0 | Making it the first tour of Europe and Asia looking for drugs that did not find any. |
| 1:49.0 | As it turns out, England did have Sodium Theopental, but the shipment was stopped at the border for inspection by the Food and Drug Administration, which is understandable. |
| 2:00.0 | There are lives at stake here. |
| 2:02.0 | If there's something wrong with that drug, somebody could not die. |
| 2:07.0 | Luckily, just want to seem like this story of state-sponsored execution wouldn't have a happy ending. |
| 2:13.0 | California got help from right next door. |
| 2:16.0 | Arizona agreed to lend California a cup of death. |
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