Tyler, Jon and I — with the help of many others from all around the valley — have put together a lil’ somepin’ special for the holiday. Hope you enjoy it.
Tune in, or listen online. (No calls… it’s not live, it’s Memorex… is Memorex even still around?)
[...] - Economic oddities: if we think we’re going to be okay, then we’ll probably be okay.
- Skynet will not sneak up on this president.
- Cuts at the Washington Post.
- The Muppets do Bohemian Rhapsody.
- UT Dems: GOP isn’t taking ethics seriously.
- Utah Legislature mulls [...]
Today is our final “live” day this week, so we’re making it special with a guest visit from (small L) libertarian, and KVNUForthePeople.com contributor Michael Reis in studio.
We’ll discuss Sutherland Prez Paul Mero’s latest “Mero Moment” on feminism and women in sports, and touch on Adam Lambert’s AMA performance, and [...]
From KVNU listener Jessicathe:
“I can’t sit and be silent on an issue that has caused so much frustration in my community. I am referring to the Cache County School District School Board’s recent decision to change the elementary schools in North Logan and Smithfield to a K-5 configuration.
The school board, [...]
Today we’ll discuss the holiday after the holiday: Black Friday!
(Will FTP Movieshow’s Andy Morgan get in any fights this year over Transformer toys?)
Also, Sutherland Institute has made a recommendation that we do away with the Office of Tourism for the state of Utah. But tourism is a big part [...]
- Famous boat captains, compared.
- Oceans rising faster than expected.
- Faith based politics of Sarah and Glenn.
- Take a tour of China’s Economic Landscape.
- How to Pay Off Afghan Warlords.
- 50 most interesting Wikipedia articles.
- Campaign contributions of those [...]
Via Newseum. With video.
“Inside Tim Russert’s Office: If It’s Sunday, It’s ‘Meet the Press’” recreates Russert’s NBC Washington office much as it looked when he died of a heart attack in June 2008 while preparing for his next show.
The office, located on the Newseum’s fourth level, offers a unique [...]
- Legislative window dressing masquerading as reform.
- Obama below 50% for the first time.
- And he’s raising money off of Sarah Palin.
- Deep thoughts about marshmallows.
- Tea Parties: The Movie!
- Google: The Takeover! (UPDATE: SEE!!!)
- Political amnesia and the [...]
“Hours after ABC’s Jonathan Karl reported on government data showing hundreds of created jobs and millions of dollars spent in congressional districts that don’t exist, House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., late Monday issued a blistering statement demanding an immediate fix to “ludicrous mistakes” on the Recovery.gov Website.
“The [...]
Jake Saunders, Cache County firefighter and paramedic, joins us today to discuss the Cache Valley Fire Public Education Coalition and fundraiser for the Dennis Sorensen Charity Fund. (More info @ 435-716-9518, leave a message with your info request or [www.cachecounty.org]):
On Thursday, October 22, 2009, the home belonging to the [...]
Slate Magazine, always the contrarians, pick through the Senate health care bill to see what’s inside, and how it compares to the House bill.
It’s worse mainly because it’s stingier. The Senate bill would save $130 billion over 10 years (a mysterious $1 billion more than the figure leaked last [...]
As almost a slap in the face to liberals who have long contested the validity of Fox News, or as liberals like to say “Faux News,” as a legitimate news organization, President Obama has agreed to an interview that will air tonight with Chris Wallace on Fox News.
Is [...]
Great article @ Utah Stories today that digs into history, while making an intriguing statement about our current recession, and the future of our state economy. A clip:
This issue of Utah Stories is about five business owners who have found ways of operating their businesses more efficiently using the [...]
- Bright lights, small cities.
- Oh no, Eggo rationing?! SOCIALISM!
- Cat fought the law, and the law won.
- Public Policy Polling: the GOP needs a new face.
- Progressive blogger polling: The Democrats need to step it up.
- Rob Bishop: Tree huggers er takin’ er [...]
They are all topics on today’s show.
We’ll discuss new efforts to tamp down on graffiti in the community, and an upcoming Safe Driving Summit.
And since it’s Tuesday we’ll have the latest intallment of the Mero Moment. What will Paul have to say? We don’t know yet ourselves, so listen for [...]
In the debate over winter parking, I would like to add the following ordinance from Lincoln, Nebraska to the discussion.
Like many municipalities around the country, Lincoln decided to solve the need to remove cars during snow removal by adopting a system that allows the Mayor to alternately ban parking on [...]
538’s number crunching savants Nate Silver and Tom Schaller have a bet on Sarah Palin. Silver thinks she’ll run, Schaller thinks she’s just trying to cash in and get out. Silver’s argument:
Tom provides two pieces of evidence against Palin running for the nomination. The first is that 2012 is [...]
Tyler is out today, so Jon and I have boarded up the studio in preparation for the Ultimate Battle of Liberal vs. Libertarian Smackdown Challenge of ‘09. Or something similar.
The annual Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change is coming up (Dec 7). Proposed is a legally binding international treaty to cut [...]
- If we really had “pro-life” legislators.
- Are gold prices about to become volatile?
- Why employment will rebound sooner than you think.
- The wonderful world of prison inventions.
- Obama’s crackdown on “burrowing.”
- Are you addicted to a website? Try keepmeout.com.
- [...]
Interesting timeline of American consumerism provided by the author of Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture.
The book provides a history and subtle warning about our move away from craftsmanship to a fixation on “cheap for cheap’s sake.”
From the PBC blog:
1930s: Congress passes fair-trade legislation to prohibit predatory [...]
Story from yesterday that fits nicely with Tyler’s “Managing Your Online Reputation” presentation at the SMC of CV meeting last night.
Ashley Payne says in August she was called into the principal’s office and forced to step down because of photos showing her holding beer mugs and glasses of wine. [...]
The other night, my wife and I sat down and watched the Family Guy Almost Live Comedy Show. At one point they did this little gag about deaf actress Marlee Matlin singing a pop song. To be honest, my wife and I could not stop laughing. When I went to [...]
- Blockbuster to take on Redbox, Netflix with “dissolving SD card” rental kiosks.
- Steele: “Many in GOP fear me because I’m black.” Jon Stewart has another theory.
- NJ/VA GOP Wins: It was all about turnout. Or was it?
- Cartman as Glenn Beck.
Quick photo-op from the tonights meeting of the Social Media Club of Cache Valley (happening as I post this, @ Borders). Tyler is giving a presentation on “online reputation management” to the crowd. We’re starting to draw the attention of the rest of the Borders patrons with our Twitter [...]
Yesterday we heard from The Sutherland Institute, who criticized the nondiscrimination ordinances passed in Salt Lake City (now being considered in other Utah cities / counties), and the surprising report that the LDS Church endorsed the measures as “fair and reasonable.” Today we’ll hear from Brandie Balkin, Executive [...]
Since the dawn of man, people have hated each other over their differences. In today’s enlightened age, a time of advanced science and of instant communication and of tickle-me Elmo, you might think things would be different, but the story is the same.
The problem, I think, is that most people [...]
Last night Salt Lake City unanimously passed nondiscrimination ordinances that protect gay and lesbian residents from workplace and housing discrimination. The LDS Church backed both measures, stating that the ordinances “do no violence” to the institution of marriage, and are “fair and reasonable.” Sutherland Institute’s Jeff Reynolds joins us [...]
As a free-marketeer, I repeatedly encounter people who have some serious beef with unregulated industries. Invariably, their contention stems from an incident or incidents that really got their goat – dirty business practices like monopolizing markets and outsourcing labor to Chinese kids. Typically, the issue is simply misunderstood and often [...]
- Arguments for a second stimulus.
- Salt Lake, Provo mayors compete for charity.
- Howcast can show you how to do just about anything.
- Perceptions of Crime and the Economy.
- Make your own Christopher Walken mask.
- Anti-tax, anti-health care reform, and now… [...]
Via Tyler on Twitter:
RT @MonicaBielanko: BREAKING NEWS:In an unexpected vote Salt Lake City council has voted unanimously to pass state’s first anti-gay discrimination ordinance.
Curtis Haring has a live-blog of the public meeting, and the LDS Church endorsement of the ordinances.
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A Facebook update from the Social Media Club of Cache Valley group.
Subject: Social Media — a boon that can bite you
WHAT: Can what you post on Facebook or Twitter make a difference in whether you get that job you’re applying for? Once you’ve been bitten can [...]
Loralee and (our own) Jon Choate have just returned from the White House, where they met with senior advisor Valerie Jarrett to discuss health care policy. She wore her red Payless shoes. You can read about the experience (and the red shoes), and see their photos [...]
Utah Health Policy Project, in the inbox:
Saturday the U.S. House of Representatives passed the first comprehensive health reform bill in U.S. history. But what do the bill’s 2,000 pages really mean for everyday Utahns? How will our state achieve the goal of quality, affordable coverage for all Utahns within [...]
Tonight on For the People:
Fort Hood shooting fallout. Stop blaming “the Muslims.”
City and business. What business is good business for a city to become involved in?
And finally, we’ll spend an hour with Michelle and Brannon King of the Independence Caucus. Each candidate they endorsed lost. What was their influence on [...]
Florida lawyer makes it official:
A conservative Florida lawyer “has registered an official ‘Tea Party’ with the office of the Secretary of State, and is promising to run candidates against Republicans and Democrats in state and national races,” reports Ben Smith.
Said Frederic O’Neal, the party chairman: “The current system [...]
The other day CacheValleyDaily.com ran an article titled, “Former NoLo Council candidate files trespassing complaint against city” by Amanda Pierce. The article explained how a man, L. Alan Collins who ran for City council this year in North Logan had filed trespassing charges with police against a city employee [...]
- Exploiting foreign threats for domestic political gain.
- Japan plan solar power collection… in space.
- Sarah Palin, Awesome Bogus.
- TSA has it’s own blog to address your (Mr. Chaffetz) travel frustrations.
- TubeRadio: Turn YouTube into your personal jukebox.
- My favorite columnist, Rick Hertzberg, makes [...]
“…British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says critics of U.S. President Barack Obama are wrong to complain…
…some expected Obama to revive the global economy and broker Middle East peace singlehandedly…
…In modern politics, he says, “no one country can bring the world to heel.”…
…Obama won election on the premise that governments, businesses [...]
Yesterday during our discussion on UTOPIA and broadband stimulus with FreeUTOPIA’s Jesse Harris, a caller expressed concern over UTOPIA’s financial model and “the way things went down” in Box Elder county as UTOPIA moved in.
We were up against a hard break and had to wrap the hour up before Jesse [...]
- Rep. Rob Bishop caught between a rock and a hard glowing rock.
- Fox Host: Alleged shooter’s name ‘tells us a lot.’
- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
- Touch-tone telephone songs for the extremely bored.
- More on the [...]
Today we’ll speak with Jesse Harris of FreeUTOPIA. What is UTOPIA, and what might the move into Brigham City mean to Cache Valley broadband users? We’ll also get Jesse’s thoughts on Net Neutrality policies moving quickly through the FCC, House, and Senate and the 19 projects Gov. Herbert [...]
US Senate candidate and Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has suspended his campaign to care for a daughter with mental illness. What does this mean for Sen. Bennett and the other candidates? And what was Cherilyn Eager thinking with this response to the news?
Last night’s election brought few surprises [...]
Utah AG and US Senate candidate Mark Shurtleff sent this statement via Facebook on his choice to suspend his Senate campaign.
Subject: Suspension of US Senate Campaign
Dear Supporters and Friends,
Today, I am announcing the suspension of my campaign for the U.S. Senate. This announcement comes with sorrow because I do [...]
Election hangover edition.
- Logan elections: Only 15% make it out to vote.
- The Trib’s statewide election results.
- NY-23: “Conservative” candidate concedes. (Heh: This was really the Rahm Emanuel vs Glenn Beck contest.)
- Utah’s first black woman mayor.
- Utah’s first openly gay city council candidate.
- [...]
The KVNU crew @ Logan’s Election Central (City Hall), talking to candidates, and awaiting numbers for Cache Valley Daily’s election results page.
Related posts:KVNU/CVD.com Interactive Logan Mayor and City Council [...]
Sutherland Institute President Paul Mero supplies us with another “Mero Moment,” this week on the state budget, and requests for federal funds.
Swine flu parties and vaccination lines. Are we taking this too seriously, or not seriously enough?
Is the new “V” series (premiering tonight!) a play on the Obama administration [...]
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[...]Tonight, Cache Democrats Chairman Vince Wickwar weighs in on the Independence Caucus, and partisan politics in local elections.
New co-host Jon Choate will give us the latest “tech” news and an update on his trip to DC with Loralee to discuss health care reform with the White House.
We’ll also wrap up [...]
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