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Progressive News Radio (podcasts)

Podcasting news and interviews from the Left

Archive for March, 2010

“Washington Inside & Out” with Ben Armbruster (podcast)

Mar 29

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by Jim Swanson
Progressive News Radio

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Ben Armbruster

According to a recent survey, 47% of Americans want health care reform repealed. Yet, Republicans admit that repealing is absolutely impossible. So why are the Republicans going to use these numbers as a platform? And why is CNN still taking these polls?

Also, recent F.E.C. filing show the RNC spent nearly $10,000 dollars on a trip to L.A.’s 4 Seasons Hotel as well as nearly $2,000 dollars on a bondage themed lesbian nightclub. There’s your Republican platform.

Progressive News Radio’s political analyst Ben Armbruster from The Center for American Progress and Think Progress.org gives us some answers.

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Washington Inside & Out with Ben Armbruster

Mar 18

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by Jim Swanson

Progressive News Radio

Ben Armbruster

We’re SO glad we’re back on track after being unceremoniously taken down via a hacker, who destroyed out site a few weeks ago. It was a little rough going rebuilding everything from Brick #1, but we’re back and chomping at the bit to point the guilty finger at Republicans.

And helping to get us back on track is our weekly visit with Ben Armbruster from The Center for American Progress and Think Progress.org.  Ben has been gracious enough to lend us some of his busy schedule each week to catch us up on the latest shenanigans in Washington D.C.

This week we’ll chat about Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his possible run at being Governor of Arizona. He says he’s not being egotistical, but I’ve always said, “If you have to tell people your NOT egotistical, you’re egotistical.

Also the latest count on Democratic votes in the House of Representatives to pass Health Care Reform. Apparently the public option we were promised by candidate Obama ain’t gonna happen. Enjoy.

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AFTER DARK: “Your Funeral & My Trial” – Sonny Boy Williamson

Mar 5

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Sonny Boy Williamson was one of the Blues greats of all-time.

In this video from YouTube, Sonny Boy blows harp and sings

one of the standards of the Blues, “Your Funeral & My Trial”.

Mystery as lock of Napoleon’s hair found in Sydney

Mar 4

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AFP

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SYDNEY (AFP) – A few clippings of hair apparently taken from Napoleon Bonaparte on his deathbed have been found in Sydney’s Town Hall after the 130-year-old building cleaned out its vaults.

The tiny swatch of light-brown hairs had for years been stored in the archives of the imposing sandstone building along with a letter but nobody knows when, why or how they were received.

Margaret Betteridge, who has curated an exhibition of the curios uncovered in the building, said on Thursday she could not be sure the hair belonged to the deposed French emperor but that the accompanying letter made a good case.

In it, a Scotsman named Ned Todd explains that he was given the hair by a woman whose brother, a Major William Crockat, had been present at Napoleon’s death.

“If I mistake not she said that her brother (Major Crockat) had himself cut the lock from the head of the illustrious dead,” he wrote. (more)

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Welcome To Progressive News Radio (podcasts)

Mar 4

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by Jim Swanson
Progressive News Radio

We’re getting closer to “re-opening” our site.

Over the next couple of days, you’ll see some “TEST POSTS” to make sure all the content such as videos and podcasts are available to everyone.

In the meantime, if you’d like to email us, we’d love to hear from you.

Just send your email HERE.

Thanks,
Jim

First, a little music. Player is below.
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An image:

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We’ll Be Back VERY Soon

Mar 3

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by Jim Swanson
Progressive News Radio

First of all, a huge thanks to all our listeners who have commented via emails to where the heck we went.

The short answer is nowhere. The longer answer is the fact that the site was hacked several weeks ago (many other Progressive sites hacked as well) and we were totally destroyed with all of our content gone as well as all our links and ability to post.

We hope you’ll hang on just a bit longer (a week or two) until we get up and running again.

In the meantime, please check out our sister site Progressive News Daily, to catch up on the latest news in politics, the nation and the world.

Thanks so much for your patience,

Jimmy

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