Podcast: Winners and Losers Radio: West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy Priorities on the 'China Deal'

This episode of the winners and losers radio program was broadcast November 14, 2017 from the Red Caboose Studio in Bolivar, West Virginia.
Gayle Becker, John Case and Mike Diesel host. The show regularly airs most weekdays at 7:30 AM EST and features interviews with winners and  losers in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.
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This episode features an interview with Ted Boetner, Executive Director of West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. The subject is the reported  82.7 Billion dollar deal with a Chinese energy company to all round development of WV natural gas and related chemical processing industries. Here is a reference article by Ken Ward from the West Virginia Gazette recommended by Ted.

Podcast: The Moose Turd Cafe -- Dr Lechter invites Judge Moore for a 'Turtle Soup' Cafe Appetizer

This episode of the Moose Turd Cafe was broadcast live on EnlightenRadio.org, November 14, 2017 from the Red Caboose studio in Bolivar, West Virginia.
Mike Diesel and John Case host the program which airs most weekdays at 6:30 AM.
The Cafe's mission is to ensure that the rest of your day -- despite 'Circling the Dark Tower' era upon us -- will be sunshine and daffodils (relatively) after a slice of Moose Turd Pie
Utah Phillips, like some of our occasional guests, explains Moose Turd Pie from Act III of Our Town
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1. Mark Zuckerberg's AI avatar visits the Cafe. It turns out Jason Bourne is the only thing standing between us and complete CIA -- NSA takeover of social media. But then...the NSA has been completely hacked too.....Putin to the Jackass: 'Who's yr Daddy?'
2. Dr. Lechter's team heads to Alabama.
3 The Kentucky Turtle, Senator McConnell, joins us, for once, in unity.
4. Mary the Mother of Jesus -- 12-14 yrs old, married to a 90 year old Joseph. Is this a #ME TOO tale?
5. Cletus calls from Alabama
6. China purchases everything in West Virginia EXCEPT the Moose Turd Cafe
7. Big John P Kelly --  hits the cafe in song: 
Every mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive 
He stood six-foot-six and weighed two-forty-five 
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip 
And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to big John, 
except.......the JACKASS
 
8. Senator Sanders is in a terse mood. Scientific studies show education appears to have no impact on asshat Republican mentality.

Podcast: The Moose Turd Cafe -- Why not just ask Putin?

This episode of the Moose Turd Cafe was broadcast November 13, 2017 on EnlightenRadio.org, live, at 7:30 EST. The show airs most weekday mornings from the Red Caboose Studio in Bolivar, West Virginia.
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1. The attainment of complete satisfaction is postponed.
2. Tom Hanks and George Clooney run for president to re-introduce "nice men" to the public.
3. Mary, the Mother of God, has, according to some artful research, a T-Shirt bearing #ME TOO. Cafe regulars wonder what concoction could prepare one for THAT!
4. Most of the worlds hacking tools were stolen from their originators: The US NSA.
5. Kim Jong Un's Weather Machine is source of hurricanes.
6. Trump. Saudi Arabia, Duterte plot murder and mayhem.
7. Putin's puppy-dog and his whistle.
8. Utah Philips on the origins of Moose Turd Pie.

Podcast: The Moose Turd Cafe: I wanna get shot in church, so I am closer to Jesus

This episode of the Moose Turd Cafe program was broadcast November 7, 2017 on enlightenradio.org from the Red Caboose Studio in Bolivar, West Virginia.
The program is hosted by Mike Diesel and John Case and airs live most weekday mornings at 6:30 AM EST.
The call-in line is 304-885-0708. The email is host@enlightenradio.org.
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1. I want to get shot in church -- so I can be close to Jesus.
2. Diesel on bombastic acting.
3 Steve Schmidt (McCain, Palin campaign head) leaves the Republicans
4. Indignation vs Anger examined.
5. Getting ready for the Vote!
6. World wide mass shooting graphics from the NYT -- guess what it shows?
7. What do 'prayers' do for the dead.
8. Give Trump's motorcade the finger.
9. 7 November: the Russian Revolution and V for Vendetta.
10. Dr Lechter's Revolutionary Cure
11. Senator Sanders to the rescue.

Podcast: The Winners and Losers Show: ACLU Director Joseph Cohen on the manysided assault on civil liberties and society

This episode of The Winners and Losers Radio Program was broadcast Nov 7, 2017 on enlightenradio.org from the Red Caboose Studio in Bolivar, West Virginia.
 
The program is broadcast most weekdays live at 7:30 AM. This episode features Joseph Cohen -- Executive Director of the West Virginia ACLU and focuses on the many-sided assault on civil liberties and civil society raining down  from the Trump administration.
 
Voting rights, voter suppression, authoritarianism, racism and bigotry, guns and terror -- all undermining American democracy.
 

Podcast: The Winners and Losers Show: Imam Faruq Post Of the Islamic Society

This episode of the Winners and Losers Radio Program was broadcast November 1, 2017 on enlightenradio.org from the Red Caboose Studio in Bolivar, West Virginia. The show broadcasts most weekdays at 7:30 AM.
 
John Case and Gayle Becker host. The call in line is: 304-885-0708. The email address is: host@enlightenradio.org.
 
Imam Faruq Post joins us to discuss efforts to find common ground  with faith and  other communities. A robust discussion of Islamic ideals, including some misconceptions about Islam and Sharia Law in particular.

Podcast: Winners and Losers--Mary Ann Hitt (Sierra Club) on Beyond Coal in the Trump era

This episode of the Winners and Losers Radio Program was broadcast Oct 31, 2017 from the Red Caboose Studio in Bolvar, WV, and  features Mary Ann Hitt, director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign, on the challenges and opportunities in addressing the human causes of climate change, especially with respect to carbon fuels.
 
The Winners and Losers Radio program broadcasts most weekdays at 7:30 AM EST on Enlightenradio.org. Our call in line is 304-885-0708, and our email is: host@enlightenradio.org.

Podcast: Winners and Losers -- Alan Essig on the Republican Tax Ripoff

This episode of the Winners and Losers Radio Program was broadcast Nov 8, 2017 on EnlightenRadio.org from the  Red Caboose Studio in Bolivar, WV.
 
The Winners and losers radio program regularly broadcasts live 7:30 - 9 AM most weekdays. Our call in  line is 304-885-0708. Our email is host@enlilghtenradio.org.
 
Alan Essig, Executive Director of the DC-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), joins the program  to discuss his group's analysis of the GOP's so-called "tax reform" and jobs bill .The bill will provide "significant savings to foreign investors" and, of those tax cuts that would benefit Americans, "nearly a third would go to the richest one percent in 2018, and by 2027 that fraction would rise to nearly half," ITEP, a non-profit, non-partisan research organization reported Monday. Richest Americans Benefit Most from The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act "Some of the provisions in the House bill that benefit the middle-class -- like lower tax rates and fewer brackets, an increased standard deduction, and a $300 tax credit for each adult in a household -- are designed to expire or become less generous over time," said the report. And for the wealthy? Some provisions "become more generous over time," according to ITEP.How might the tax legislation effect West Virginia ? What do we do about the 1 percent's offshoring of much of its $$$ "Paradise Papers," Paradise Papers Underscore Why Lawmakers Should Focus on Offshore Tax Avoidance ?