Join in Live for Don’t Let It Go…Unheard today at 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET)

Topics planned: An interesting New York Times piece challenges “The Rise of the New Groupthink.” Saudi Arabia signs a “Nuclear Cooperation Pact” with China. Islamic parties are the big winners in Egypt’s Elections. Why Apple ships jobs overseas. The “Final Four” GOP candidates. And more.

The live show, and later the archive, can be accessed here.

To access the show page, which will allow you to check out a past episode, or to subscribe to the recorded archives via iTunes and other services, use this link.

UPDATE:

New York Times article about why Apple manufactures iPhones overseas can be found here.

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Join in Live for Today’s Don’t Let It Go…Unheard, 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET)

Topics planned for today’s show: U.S. Warns Iran against striking Israel…Oh, wait. While credit rating downgrades spread across Europe like wildfire, the U.S. nears its own debt ceiling — again! Flagging interest in repealing Obamacare, and why that’s unacceptable. And more.

The live show, and later the archive, can be accessed here.

To access the show page, which will allow you to check out a past episode, or to subscribe to the recorded archives via iTunes and other services, use this link.

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Don’t Let It Go…Unheard Returns to Two-Hour Format today at 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET)

Planned topics for today’s show: Is Iran a real threat, and are sanctions an “act of war,” as Ron Paul says? Should Obama be impeached for making non-recess, “recess” appointments? Iowa is over, and the gloves are coming off. Any new thoughts on the GOP field? A tribute to John David Lewis, and more.

The live show, and later the archive, can be accessed here.

To access the show page, which will allow you to check out a past episode, or to subscribe to the recorded archives via iTunes and other services, use this link.

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Help The Ayn Rand Bot Win A “Shorty” Award

…or at least get a lot of good publicity trying.

This year will be the 4th annual Shorty Awards, which their website describes as “Honoring the Best Producers of Short Content on Social Media.” The awards seem to be based entirely upon votes in the form of Tweets, and anyone with an active Twitter account (an account that predated the beginning of the voting period, January 3) can vote. If you would like to help the Ayn Rand Bot (you can read more about the Bot here) stay near the top of the list in the #author category (as of this writing, it’s at #5), go to this page for more details and instructions on how to vote.

Thanks for your help! Because each person can vote only once, any help you can provide in spreading the word to other Twitter users is also greatly appreciated.

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Socialism in Eight Words

Those who are on Twitter know about the games people often play there. For example, yesterday people were playing one called “Less Ambitious Book Titles,” in which you are asked to make a variation on a book title that sounds less ambitious than the original and follow it with the tag, #LessAmbitiousBookTitles. One player offered, for example, “Atlas Took It” instead of “Atlas Shrugged.”

Another game I saw yesterday was called “Socialism In Eight Words,” and I couldn’t resist joining in. Here’s what I came up with:

Because your life’s work belongs to the state.

Who needs to work, when you can mooch?

Slaves as far as the eye can see.

Down the slippery slope from a mixed economy.

Trying desperately to pretend that stealing is good.

Your mind and body belong to the state.

“The common good,” taken to its logical conclusion.

And, my favorite (which I thought of second):

Sharing your toys was just a warm up.

One person on Twitter, and another on Facebook, thought that Rand described Socialism in eight words better than anyone:

Hatred of the good for being the good.

I wouldn’t be surprised if that quotation was the inspiration for the game in the first place…

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Happy New Year! One-hour show today at 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET)

Happy New Year, all!

Again this week we’ll be having a shorter, one-hour show. Planned topics include: Year-end review and look to the year ahead. The Obama administration is working with Muslim Brotherhood jurist Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi. What does this mean for us, and which GOP candidate(s) would do the same? More good stuff from Steve Jobs — this time from a 1995 interview. Join in live if you’re free; otherwise the archive recording will be available for listening/download at your convenience. Both the live show and, later, the archive, can be accessed at this link.

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Merry Christmas to my Blog Subscribers! One-hour show today at 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET)

Just a brief note to wish a Merry Christmas to all subscribers to my blog and to thank you for following the blog during 2011.

We will be having a shorter, one-hour webcast today. Planned topics include: Different perspectives on Christmas, the GOP caves on the Payroll Tax Cut, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul & more. Join in live if you’re free; otherwise the archive recording will be available for listening/download at your convenience. Both the live show and, later, the archive, can be accessed at this link.

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Don’t Let It Go…Unheard today from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. PT, 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET

Here’s the link for today’s show.

Planned topics: The last GOP debate before Iowa: how did the candidates perform? Who do you want to win, and who do you think will win? Congressmen and CAIR put pressure on Lowe’s for pulling advertising from “All American Muslim.” Does a company have a right to free speech, or not? What does that entail? The latest on the “Arab Spring” in Egypt. And more if there’s time.

UPDATE: The show is now over. You can find the recorded podcast here. Thanks to all who participated live, especially Ed Mazlish of Conservative New Jersey for discussing his experience with the Lowe’s “Buycott” and other political/legal issues.

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NTSB “Recommends” that States Ban Use of Cell Phones to Call or Text While Driving

The National Transportation Safety Board today said it “recommends” that states outlaw all non-emergency phone calls and texts by all operators of vehicles on the road.

We know how this goes. First it’s just a “recommendation.” Next, it becomes a string attached to federal funding that the states can’t afford to do without. Or maybe Congress — or perhaps even a regulatory agency without even a peep from Congress — goes ahead and promulgates the ban under the pretense that calling while driving and texting “affects” interstate commerce. After all, if your refraining from purchasing health insurance affects interstate commerce (as many smart appeals court judges apparently believe), then surely phoning and texting while driving does.

In a proper society we’d have private roads, with the owners of those roads deciding what rules to impose. And we’d have insurance company policies and tort liability rules geared to punish those whose calling and texting behavior caused accidents. Instead, today we have the increasingly interventionist nanny state giving us a “one size fits all” approach.

Thoughts?

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Tonight’s Don’t Let It Go…Unheard Available for Listening/Download Here

Topics: Obama’s Osawatomie speech. Payroll Tax Cuts Expiring Soon. Men’s Health “Sexiest Woman of All Time” poll. GOP Debate.

Tonight’s show is available here for listening/download. Thanks to all who participated during the live show!

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