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The Midwest Peace Process
A liberal, a conservative, and an anarchist walk into a bar... stop me if you've heard this one. Wait, you haven't heard this before, because it's never happened before. Three guys and a microphone, solving the world's problems. We hope you enjoy our unique brand of political discourse, as we offer an alternative to the binary views of the shouting heads on cable news. We invite you to spend some time listening every week as we discuss politics and dissect the spin on both the left and the right, and, of course, have a few laughs along the way.
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While Larken Rose was on tour across the country on his way to Freedom Summit, he stopped in St. Louis and we were lucky enough to sit down with him to talk about his current Josie Outlaw project, as well as a host of other topics. Check out our discussion of his answers as we also welcome a special guest host.
The Missing Links Links to sites or topics discussed on the show
- The Iron Web by Larken Rose - on amazon
- Larken Rose - YouTube
- Josie Outlaw - YouTube
- The Anti-Federalist Papers on amazon
- Rose Wilder Lane - Wikipedia
The Reading Room Interesting articles and videos provided by both the hosts and listeners
- Kids Are Different: There Are Lots of Different Ways to Educate Them - The Atlantic
- Banished for Questioning the Gospel of Guns
- Privacy Board: NSA telephone records program illegal - CNN.com
- The Birth Of The Minimum Wage In America : Planet Money : NPR
- Do the Motivations of Leakers Matter? - On The Media
- The Feds Have $25 Million In Bitcoin From the Silk Road. Now What? - On The Media
- Opinion: Tax rich, solve inequality? - CNN.com
- Confessions of a former Libertarian: My personal, psychological and intellectual epiphany - Salon.com
- Lie Witness News - State of the Union Edition - YouTube
- Long-Shot Bill Would Allow NH Voters To Vote ‘None Of The Above’ - CBS
- State Department Confirms Authenticity Of Intercepted Ukraine Phone Call: Accuses Russia Of Dirty Tricks | Zero Hedge
- The Law You Won't Be Told - YouTube
- 1 In 4 Americans Thinks The Sun Goes Around The Earth, Survey Says : NPR
- Official Forecast of the U.S. Government Never Saw This Winter Coming | Bloomberg Business Week
- Opinion: Why Kerry Is Flat Wrong on Climate Change | Wall Street Journal
- Cops hit my car, then arrested me | New York Post
- White House: It's A Good Thing That Obamacare Will Drive 2.5 Million Americans Out Of The Workforce | Forbes
We talk about where we came from and how that led to our individual political philosophies. We also discuss where we would live if we could put down new roots anywhere in the world.
The Missing Links Links to sites or topics discussed on the show * Somalia - Libertarian Paradise! - YouTube * Can Time Magazine Predict Your Politics? - TIME.com * Why stopping the next financial crash is an impossible dream - The Week
The Reading Room Interesting articles and videos provided by both the hosts and listeners * Mike Rowe on the Hidden Cost of Compliance - Reason.com * The NSA is Coming to Town - YouTube * The True Duty of a Jury - YouTube * Politician: “Let’s treat all homeschool parents like felony child abusers” | The Matt Walsh Blog * 5 takeaways from Edward Snowden's Washington Post interview - CNN * The Racism Wrecking Ball | National Review * Dave Barry's Year in Review | Miami Herald * Ohio Man Arrested for Having Empty Compartment in Vehicle | Daily Caller * 2013: Fewest Police Deaths by Firearms Since 1887 | Breitbart * World's Climate Warming Faster Than Feared | UK Telegraph * The Smartest Book About Our Digital Age Was Published in 1929 - The Daily Beast * Flashback to 1914: Repeating the Mistakes that Started World War I -- The Independent (UK) * How Much Does A New Hip Cost? Even The Surgeon Doesn't Know : Health News : NPR * The Truth About Somalia And Anarchy * NSA Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers * Senators: Benghazi attack 'likely preventable' - CNN * Secret Wars and Black Ops Blowback | TomDispatch * Obama To Americans: You Don't Deserve To Be Free - Forbes
This week's music: Cosmic Analog Ensemble - Some Things Happen Tom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week
Join us as we reveal our top stories of the year, with a special visit by MC Robbie-Rob. Some fun Christmas music, listener feedback, and more! It's the most wonderful episode of the year!
The Missing Links Links to sites or topics discussed on the show * Christmas card to all of our fans * Josie the Outlaw * The History of Bitcoin Theft - Business Insider * Sign Language Interpreter Translates Mandela Memorial Impostor's Signs - YouTube
The Reading Room Interesting articles and videos provided by both the hosts and listeners * Gonzaga Students Face Possible Expulsion After Pulling Gun On Home Intruder * Up In Arms - Tufts Magazine * Family outraged that police stunned stepdad trying to save son from fire * Trio of young coders build health-care website in days - CNN * More Than 106,000 Chose Health Plans Under Affordable Care Act : NPR * 3D-Printed Gun Stands Up To Federal Agents Testfiring--Except When It Explodes (Video) - Forbes * Meet The 'Assassination Market' Creator Who's Crowdfunding Murder With Bitcoins - Forbes * Surveillance is not about protecting us. It’s about control - Rubbing Alcoholic blog * Bad news for woman cited as Obamacare success story – CNN * Dark Legacy - JFK assassination documentary * Obamacare signup delayed for 2015 - CNN * NSA infected 50,000 computer networks with malicious software * Let's say 'enough is enough' to lousy schools - CNN * After Internal Review On Benghazi Report, CBS Puts Logan On Leave : NPR * OKC Thunder fan may have to give away $20,000 halfcourt shot prize - Yahoo Sports * Message to Police - YouTube * Upset Over Divisive Political Culture? Blame Burke And Paine : NPR * Rights group seeking "legal person" status for chimps - CNN Video * Expert Testifies to Congress that Obama’s ‘Ignoring Laws’ Could Lead to Overthrow of Government * Some Reid staffers exempt from Obamacare exchanges - CNN * Greenspan Baffled Over Bitcoin 'Bubble' | Zero Hedge * Another Georgia Republican Forgot The Camera Was Rolling, Accidentally Spoke His Mind * Opinion: Global-warming ‘proof’ is evaporating - New York Post * Why The War On Drugs Looks Even Stupider When You See What Other Countries Do - video * How Every Part of American Life Became a Police Matter | Mother Jones * Elian Gonzalez slams U.S. embargo against Cuba - CNN * Missing American in Iran was on unapproved mission * Local officials decry feds 'voluntary' sobriety checkpoints
This week's music: Tom Lehrer - A Christmas Carol Squirrel Nut Zippers - Carolina Christmas
We welcome two guests to the show to discuss the square-wheeled rollout of healthcare.gov. We also cover Russell Brand, melting ice caps, and more!
The Missing Links Links to sites or topics discussed on the show * Obama administration warned about health care website - CNN * Someone let Russell Brand on TV again * Confederate flag was the flag of traitors - CNN * Opinion: What Russell Brand got wrong about voting - CNN * Cops forced man to undergo enemas, colonoscopy on invalid warrant - CNN * Rising Seas - Interactive: If All The Ice Melted - Nat Geo * What A Difference A Century Makes (essay on Hale v Henkel)
The Reading Room Interesting articles and videos provided by both the hosts and listeners * America's problem: We're too dumb * NEWS ANCHOR COMPLETELY LOSES IT FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE REASON - YouTube * It’s Not Just Political Districts. Our News Is Gerrymandered, Too * Your life, under constant surveillance - CNN * LA Times Bans Letters from Climate Skeptics - Fox News * Los Angeles Times riles climate-change skeptics by banning letters - Cleveland Plain Dealer * Consumer Reports: ‘Don’t even bother trying’ Obamacare website yet - Washington Times * Nevada school shooting: Beloved teacher killed by 'nice kid' - CNN * The World Wants to Break Up with America's Internet * The militarization of U.S. police forces - Yahoo News * For Bitcoin's Biggest Believers, Digital Currency Is Better Than Gold | Wired * Venezuela Creates Vice Ministry Of Supreme Social Happiness To Combat Sadness - Business Insider * Man buys $27 of bitcoin, forgets about them, finds they're now worth $886k | theguardian.com * Adam Kokesh, A Modern Day Political Prisoner? | Ben Swann * NSA broke into Yahoo and Google data centers around world - CBS News * Snowden gets website job in Russia, lawyer says - CNN * Health Care Shoppers Aren’t as Dumb as Obama Thinks - Yahoo! Finance * Obama orders government to prepare for impact of global warming - Washington Times * NSA among worst offenders of mass surveillance, Snowden says - CNN * LAX Shooting Renews Debate About Armed Officers in U.S. Airports | TIME * The Rise and Fall of Somalia’s Pirate King | Foreign Policy
This week's music: Cosmic Analog Ensemble - Until The Punchline Comes
We discuss the shutdown of the federal government, and whether or not it should be started up again. We also talk about the Affordable Care Act, and why no one knows what health care actually costs. We are on location at Washington University, hanging out at Kayak's Coffee. Also, check out the new sound of our podcast as we test out our new recording equipment!
The Missing Links Links to sites or topics discussed on the show * Partisans Dug in on Budget, Health Care Impasse | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press * Gov't Tries to Close the OCEAN Due to Shutdown | Independent Journal Review * National Parks Close As Other Public Lands Stay Open : NPR * National Park Service Blocks Parking Lots at Mt. Vernon Estate * Utah's national parks will reopen despite ongoing government shutdown - CNN.com * End of free NHS care for migrants under new bill | UK Telegraph * Bitcoin Value Drops After Silk Road Shut Down - Business Insider * Dr. Ben Carson Suspicious of IRS Audit After Prayer Breakfast Speech | Washington Times * Dr. Carson: Obamacare The Worst Thing That Has Happened Since Slavery | CBS * Idea that 'guns make a nation safer' is debunked in study | MinnPost
The Reading Room Interesting articles and videos provided by both the hosts and listeners * Man seeking help gunned down in one of two police shootings - CNN * Obama waives anti-terrorism provisions to arm Syrian rebels - RT * Scientists take the Mail on Sunday to task over claim that warming is half what IPCC said last time | Carbon Brief * Politics, The Pledge And A Peculiar History : NPR * Climate report struggles with temperature quirks : STLtoday * Six Lies Most People Believe About U.S. Schools | The Federalist * Somebody Stole 7 Milliseconds From the Federal Reserve | Mother Jones * Obama on ObamaCare: "We did raise taxes on some things." | Americans for Tax Reform * Opinion: We need common sense on climate change - CNN.com * Greenville Wal-Mart Shooter Picked Victims by Race - CBS * The New Definition of Poverty in America - Breitbart * Weatherman Not Flying - May Get Vasectomy Over Climate Change | Daily Mail * MIT Scientist says Newest Climate Report Hilariously Flawed | The Daily Caller * What Peer Progressives Really Believe * An Open Letter to President Obama | Matt Walsh Blog * Pulitzer Winner Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden Raid 'One Big Lie' | Washington Times * NYT reporter: Obama admin “most closed, control-freak administration I’ve ever covered” | Hot Air * The War on Drugs Is Over. Drugs Won. - Esquire * But Wouldn't Warlords Take Over? - YouTube * 4th of July DUI Checkpoint - Drug Dogs, Searched without Consent, while Innocent - YouTube
This week's music: Third Party Call - The Hardest Part
We welcome a special "progressive" guest host, and we discuss our new organization The September 10th Society. We also cover the latest developments in Syria.
The Missing Links Links to sites or topics discussed on the show * The September 10th Society * Obama protestor arrest in St. Charles sparks controversy | FOX2now.com * Only bad people send their kids to private school - Slate Magazine * How a Miami School Crime Cover-Up Policy Led to Trayvon Martin's Death - The American Spectator * The Administration That is Forcing Healthcare Can't Make a Decent Lunch | Downtrend/Washington Times * Global Cooling Now Becoming the Accepted Trend | The Telegraph * 9/11 Day of Service * Diary bombshell: RFK's slams against Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson | New York Post * Down With Gravity Facebook page * Help Kickstart World War III! - YouTube
The Reading Room Interesting articles and videos provided by both the hosts and listeners * IRS Needs AR-15s for Standoff Capabilities? - A Sheep No More * Are American opinions on pot reaching tipping point? - CNN * What Happened to the Warming? - CNS News * America's Libertarian Moment - Molly Ball - The Atlantic * Rocky Pipkin, Private Eye Vs. The Raisin Outlaw - Planet Money * NSA can see 75% of U.S. Web messages - CNN.com * Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years - The Washington Post * Writer William T. Vollmann Uncovers His FBI File : NPR * 25 Facts About the Fall of Detroit | President and CEO Magazine * NSA analysts 'wilfully violated' surveillance systems, agency admits | theguardian.com * Me and My Obamaphones | National Review * Normandy numbers show discipline incidents are down * Dear daughter, let Miley Cyrus be a lesson to you * 40,000 Longshoremen Quit AFL-CIO Over ObamaCare | Breitbart.com * Vin Suprynowicz - Attack 'Stand Your Ground', turn out the black vote * McCain playing pker on his iPhone - Washington Post * Poll: Majority Of Americans Approve Of Sending Congress To Syria - The Onion * Reports: NSA has cracked much online encryption - CNN.com * The US government has betrayed the internet. We need to take it back | Bruce Schneier * The Cowboy of the NSA | Foreign Policy * Science Confirms: Politics Wrecks Your Ability to Do Math | Mother Jones * Reid: 'Anarchists have taken over' in Congress (Video) - The Hill's Floor Action * Gun lunacy rides high in America - CNN.com
This week's music Cosmic Analog Ensemble - The Next Degree
This time we celebrate our second anniversary with a couple of special guests and talk about what life would be like in "Jerry-World." Topics include Benghazi, TWA Flight 800, and the top secret tax code reform that congress is considering. Also, check out the new live Reading Room feature on the front page of our web site.
The Missing Links Links to sites or topics discussed on the show * George Zimmerman found not guilty of murder in Trayvon Martin's death - CNN * JFK II: The Bush Connection (Documentary 2003) * Google 'Pressure Cookers' and 'Backpacks,' Get a Visit from the Cops - The Atlantic Wire * More CIA Intrigue in Benghazi: Frequent Polygraphs for Agents Unusual | CNN * Illinois Signs Law for Gang Prosecution Assistance Program - KSDK * TRAILER for TWA Flight 800 Documentary - YouTube * Congress Will Keep Senators Tax Reform Wishes Secret for 50 Years - Businessweek * Don't Mess with Taxes - The Daily Show | Comedy Central
The Reading Room Interesting articles and videos provided by both the hosts and listeners * Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize - RT News * Stranded fugitive Snowden seeks temporary asylum in Russia | Reuters * NSA spying under fire: 'You've got a problem' - Yahoo! News * Obama: 'Trayvon Martin could have been me' - CNN * Obama Voted to Strengthen Illinois’s Stand Your Ground Law in 2004 * Urinating along Meramec River, dispute over property rights led to fatal shooting, police say * Bono: Only Capitalism Can End Poverty * The Republican Congress Is Testing a New Frontier of Radicalism - New York Magazine * Postal Service moving away from at-your-door delivery - CNN * Left Wing Plant at Zimmerman Rally | The Gateway Pundit * Feds put heat on Web firms for master encryption keys - CNET * Wiki wars: The 10 most controversial Wikipedia pages - CNN * Is income inequality morally wrong? - CNN * Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords - CNET * Canada crime rate dips to lowest level in 40 years * ObamaCare Call Center Jobs Only Part-Time, No Health Insurance - National Review * The Charitable-Industrial Complex * Robbers tell man, 'This is for Trayvon' - CNN * Manning Acquitted of ‘Aiding the Enemy’ - New York Times * Government report: TSA employee misconduct up 26% in 3 years - CNN * XKeyscore: NSA tool collects nearly everything a user does on the internet - The Guardian * Virginia Gun Sales Increase, Firearm-related Violent Crime Drops | Washington Post * Obama Outlines Plans for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - NY Times * Why I changed my mind on weed - CNN
This week's music: Jahzzar - Money