Aug 19, 2013
Another day of summer hours, with a slightly delayed start today. But that won't matter to you, the podcast listener! Except insofar as we all lose out on 15 minutes of show time. Aww! Anyway, we came straight out of the gate with the David Miranda/Glenn Greenwald story, about which we got a few comments in from Armando, as his connection permitted. Lots to talk about in this story, and we'll no doubt return to it in the week to come. Then a quick diversion to the story of Yelp! joining ALEC, and the origins (to which I'll lay partial claim) of the campaign to review ALEC on Yelp! (Exclamation point!) The coolest part, though, is that this thing really took off behind a push from fellow Kossack and Maine State Representative Diane Russell (aka MissWrite). We then return once again to gun talk, thanks to Brian Beutler's Salon fascinating and very personal piece at Salon, "What I learned from getting shot." Which turns out to be quite a lot, which gives us a lot of directions to explore coming out of the reading. Next, some of the hidden costs and long-term impacts of #GunFAIL, especially as illustrated by the story of a man injured in a gun-cleaning accident that ended up leading in a roundabout but traceable way to his arraignment on child abuse charges. Chris Christie reverses himself and vetoes a sniper rifle ban he himself suggested be passed. A not-exactly-GunFAIL story out of the world of Canadian rodeo that falls into the sarcastic "no one could have predicted it" category. And a look ahead at stories we'll forget to cover in the week ahead!