Sue's daily stacks
May 27 2009 show notes
May. 28, 2009 5:42 pmBy SueN- Article: Record Shows Rulings Within Liberal Mainstream: Despite Democratic Bent, Judge Has Sided With Corporate Defendants; Court's Frequent 5-4 Split Likely to Remain.
- Book: Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution, by Stephen Breyer.
May 26 2009 show notes
May. 27, 2009 6:07 pmBy SueN- Thom's back home from Alaska, where he had a great time.
- The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. The Republican talking points were leaked, they will be reasonable until they decide not to.
- Article: RNC fumbles Sotomayor talking points.
Talking points:
May 25 2009 show notes
May. 26, 2009 1:19 pmBy SueN- Carl Wolfson and Christine Alexander, Thom’s co-hosts at KPOJ guest hosted the show as Thom and Louise were in Alaska. Sean, Jacob and Lane were producing.
- It is Memorial Day. In between guests, people called in to pay tribute to their veterans; those who died and those who survived. Remember the people left behind, the sacrifices that families make, Michelle Obama made that her focus.
May 21 2009 show notes
May. 23, 2009 3:19 pmBy SueN- Show live from 1080 KUDO, Anchorage, Alaska.
- "If people are -- if terrorists are released in the United States, part of what we don’t want is them be put in prisons in the United States. We don’t want them around the United States."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Holds News Conference.May 20 2009 show notes
May. 23, 2009 9:18 amBy SueN- Are we at the brink of a new depression?
- Banks have another way to finance exec pay and benefits - using life insurance that pay the bank when employee dies. They are addicted to bubble profits.
- Article: U.S. May Strip SEC of Powers in Regulatory Overhaul.
May 19 2009 show notes
May. 23, 2009 2:26 amBy SueN- Article: The Death Penalty: No Evidence for Deterrence, John J. Donohue and Justin Wolfers.
- Article: The Death Penalty: No Evidence for Deterrence, John J. Donohue and Justin Wolfers.
May 18 2009 show notes
May. 21, 2009 6:21 pmBy SueNMonday 18 May '09 show
- Article: Supreme Court says Bush officials can't be sued for alleged detainee abuse.
"The court's liberal justices - David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and John Paul Stevens - dissented from the court's opinion.
- Article: Supreme Court says Bush officials can't be sued for alleged detainee abuse.
May 15 2009 show notes
May. 18, 2009 4:30 pmBy SueN- Article: Thriving Norway Provides an Economics Lesson.
- Article: That Didn't Take Long: Insurance Industry Breaks Promise To President Obama.
May 14 2009 show notes
May. 16, 2009 7:31 amBy SueN- Dick Cheney seems to have won. Why is he touring around? Newsweek ad. It is less likely that he is trying to pee in the jury pool, but a picture is worth a thousand words, there are some sects in Judaism and Islam that do not allow photos, and Thom's mentor Herr Müller believes they are against the first commandment - graven images. When you remember people, do you remember them as they were in real life, or do you remember a photo of them? Thom can teach kids to remember the bill of rights using imagery.
- Dick Cheney seems to have won. Why is he touring around? Newsweek ad. It is less likely that he is trying to pee in the jury pool, but a picture is worth a thousand words, there are some sects in Judaism and Islam that do not allow photos, and Thom's mentor Herr Müller believes they are against the first commandment - graven images. When you remember people, do you remember them as they were in real life, or do you remember a photo of them? Thom can teach kids to remember the bill of rights using imagery.