This was blocked, I think. I was responding to Monday Morning Musings.
Carl,
You'll have to buy a second generation victor reader stream and then you can
subscribe to all sorts of lovely left wing podcasts where you'll hear the
same kinds of things that you used to hear on the progressive radio
programs. It can get repetitive, but you also get a lot of information in a
painless way. It gets quieter during July, but there's always Loud & Clear.
I don't know why Richard Wolfe has disappeared. First he cut his show to a
half hour and then he was gone. But there are all those delicious tidbits
froj The Real News, all effortlessly appearing in one place, Lud and Clear,
Intercepted, Deconstructed, Clearing The Fog, Between The Lines, Moderate
Rebels, Counterspin, Unauthorized Disclosure, Citations Needed,
Historically, The Electronic Infitada, Reveal, Scheer Intelligence, etc.
There are some I've tried and discarded, and Roger most likely has the names
of more Marxist oriented podcasts. The great thing about them is that
they're available whenever you have time to listen. Also, you can hear radio
programs from anywhere because you're receiving them on the internet. I
almost never listen to radio programs, however, although that was the
original purpose for purchasing the second gen stream. I had such poor radio
reception in my apartment. But I can hear podcasts on demand which is much
more convenient than turning on a program at a particular time. And some of
the best podcasts like Moderate Rebels and Intercepted, are not radio
programs.
I did find the Socialist Action Party website yesterday. Reading the
platform is kind of like reading about what Christians think heaven is, and
most likely, as much of a fantasy. The whole world would have to become
socialist or else there'd be all of the usual pressures from the capitalist
countries on the socialist countries. And given my rebellious and non
comformist nature, I'd never be a good party member because of something
called, "Democratic Centralism", which means that after everything has been
debated democratically and a decision has been made as to what the party
line will be on a particular issue, every party member must adhere to the
party line. I know myself and I know that I would not be a well disciplined
party member. So I guess if I were to choose a label for myself, it would
be, left wing radical libertarian. (smile)
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2019 9:07 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: one other Monday observation
riam,
I wish I could say that I quit donating to NPR over such thin misreporting,
but I stopped way back when they treated Bob Edwards in such a shabby
manner.
NPR, in my humble opinion, has become the Young, Cool, Establishment Liberal
Hangout. I also have my radio tuned to KUOW-FM, and get the morning news,
without commercials, while I'm dressing. But at six o'clock I switch over
to Democracy Now and follow that with...Flashpoint...if my old brain is
telling me right. On Saturday morning, now at 7:00 A.M., I hear Alternative
Radio on another public channel. But Richard D. Wolff is gone as well as
several programs of Progressive leanings. On week days I listen to Thom
Hartmann from
9:00 to Noon. Except I don't listen to much more than his opening rant.
Too many callers say the same things over and over. Sometimes Thom has
interesting guests, often he checks in with Richard Wolff, but he really
does promote supporting the progressive democratic wing of the Party.
Still, I do learn from him.
But what is really troubling is the sudden loss of several Progressive
programs. These voices which brought me common sense information are gone.
Like slamming shut a solid oak door.
As it was,they reached far too few people. I know they were trimmed due to
lack of contributions during recent fund drives.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/8/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I truly have given up listening to NPR, for the same reasons that Iliquor.
deleted the two New York Times podcasts. However, the clock radio
wakes me up each day and it's tuned to an NPR station. They chose to
do a story about Venezuela this morning as I was waking up. But do you
know what they chose as their story? Now that Venezuelans are under so
much financial pressure, they've started drinking a cheap, unsafe
alcoholic beverage in place of the better quality alcoholic beverages
they previously drank. No background. No explanation of the true
reasons for the economic difficulties like ongoing US sanctions and
lower oil prices, no discussion of the Venezuelan government's food
distribution program and how the US has now been interfering with it.
The picture they were presenting was of poor, uneducated Latin
Americans who like to get drunk and who now are doing so with cheaper
Miriam
