Melissa Etheridge Confronts Elisabeth Hasselbeck (video)

I have a list like Cenk's, but Patricia Heaton is at the top of mine. Hasselrack is on there too, but I have one problem with his list. Paris Hilton was on it? Dude, if I was rip-roaring drunk and she was hanging off me at a party, I still would say no. Ick.

Geek of all Trades Episode #13: Putting the Saturn back in Saturnalia

In which our illustrious host tries to cover his ass, plays an ass-ton of voicemails, and says goodbye forever to one of his regular segments (no, not the Shatner/Cohen one, I'm doing that one forever MUWAHAHAHA!). Sorry, I broke the comedy rule of threes and couldn't come up with a way to work the word ass into the part about the end of one of my segments.



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The Very Last Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt Ever: Who is Carter Wolff?



Promos:

I Should Be Writing: http://www.ishouldbewriting.com/

Tale Chasing: http://www.talechasing.com/

Down the Road: http://www.12vtheater.com



Mentioned on the Show:

Fair Use

Black Nite Crash

Der Geek podcast

The 2nd Amendment

24

A link to my new promo

Flying Pen Press

Microphone Fiend lyrics

Obama defends choice of ministers

Saturnalia

A Moving 40th Birthday Gift

Peter David

J. Michael Straczynski

Fertile women more open to corny chat-up lines

Woman accused of trying to sell 'gothic kittens'

Dog evades threats of tobacco - but not traffic

Christopher Paolini

Ben Twisted

The Geek of all Trades Studio Tour

Complete with annotations and kitties!

This was awesome news!

I got this in my e-mail inbox today.

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Dear Podcast Owner

Your podcast feed, [ http://mevio.com/feeds/masterofnone.xml ] was successfully added and is now under review.


Sincerely,

The iTunes Store Team

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How fucking awesome is that? If I make it up there guys, please oh please write some 5 star reviews for me. :-)

Geek of all Trades Episode #12: 'Cause I'm hype/hyped as a hypochondriac.

In which our illustrious host begs for more voicemails and e-mails, starts a discussion about fan fiction and the state of media, mispronounces the name of the band that does this week's show, discusses changing college minors, talks about enjoying college, and complains about a 9 year old who's more sucessful than him.



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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: Cyberpunk with bunnies



Promos:

Best of the Left: http://www.bestoftheleft.com/

Form Letter Rejection Theatre: http://www.flrtpodcast.com/



Mentioned on the Show:

Sligo Rags

Personal Effects: Dark Art

The CSI Franchise

The Rachel Maddow Show (radio)

The Rachel Maddow Show (TV)

We Can Do It Again

Company tries to get gun classed as medical device

Man killed for 'hogging karaoke'

We had real dictators back then! Good times!

Fireman fled mice

12v Theater

A Thousand Kisses Deep lyrics

Nine-year-old's self-help book a hit

December 12th

Another great one from the Kos.

Guilt By Imagination

by BarbinMD

Thu Dec 11, 2008 at 10:35:05 AM PST

It was clear from the start:

...ROD BLAGOJEVICH said he knows that the President-elect wants Senate Candidate 1 for the open seat but "they're not willing to give me anything except appreciation. Fuck them."

...that President-elect Obama wasn't playing ball with the corrupt governor of Illinois, but that hasn't stopped various media hacks from trying to turn the Rod Blagojevich scandal into Obamagate.

For example, from Politico, we get:

At first blush, Barack Obama comes out of the Rod Blagojevich scandal smelling like a rose. The prosecutor at a news conference seemed to give the president-elect a seal of approval, and the Illinois governor himself was caught on tape complaining that Obama was not interested in crooked schemes.

But make no mistake: For Obama and his team, the Blagojevich scandal is a stink bomb tossed at close range.

And Politico's reason for thinking that? Easy. Because Republicans will express pseudo-outrage, draw false connections, and Politico will report it.

And then there's this from Liz "Sprinkles" Sidoti of the Associated Press:

President-elect Barack Obama hasn't even stepped into office and already a scandal — not of his own making — is threatening to dog him.

Obama isn't accused of anything. But the fact that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a fellow Democrat, has been charged with trying to sell Obama's now-vacant Senate post gives political opponents an opening to criticize him. A slew of questions remain. The investigation is still under way. And the ultimate impact on Obama is far from certain.

While a bit more dramatic than the Politico opening, the message is the same: Yeah, sure, I know Obama isn't involved, but as long as I can find a Republican to talk about it, I've got a story.

The Washington Times went the inflammatory headline route:

Scandal casts cloud over Obama presidency

...while Chris Matthews opted for the incoherent:

But Fitzgerald made clear that Obama was not implicated today. Here he is, quote, "The complaint makes no allegations about the president-elect whatsoever." Obama said this afternoon that he had no contact with Governor Blagojevich over who was gonna fill that Senate seat.

Still, there are many unanswered questions, including that one.

The unifying theme throughout this coverage is, when you have a corrupt politician, caught on tape peddling influence and cursing like a sailor, guilt by imaginary association trumps boring issues like the economy and health care any day of the week.

Announcement

Geek of all Trades Episode 12 will go into the feed on Friday this week. Pass it on.

From Daily Kos: When Conservatives Heart Clinton...America Has Moved Left

I loved this one, and I may make a habit of it. This blog should be more than just my podcast related stuff.

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When Conservatives Heart Clinton...America Has Moved Left

by Jed L

Tue Dec 02, 2008 at 01:30:03 PM PST

There's a whole lot of stupid coming from the right these days. Take, for example, conservative radio host Michael Reagan with CNN anchor Kiran Chetry on Tuesday morning. Reagan echoed Rush Limbugh's argument that President-elect Obama's selection of Hillary Clinton is a bow to the right, and that it has "liberal websites" like Daily Kos up in arms.

Of course, anyone who bothers to check the facts knows that claim is simply not true. Moreover, underscoring his ignorance, Reagan can't even pronounce 'Daily Kos' (Kos rhymes with dose, not sauce):

Here's the deal: we won, and they are declaring victory.

In the same breath that they are saying that this is a center-right nation, conservatives like Limbaugh and Reagan are highlighting the appointment of Hillary Clinton as a victory for the right.

In 1998, they were impeaching Bill Clinton. Now they are claiming Hillary as one of their own.

The center has shifted....to the left.