The Show

for today: Michael Hirsh and Jim Ostrowski. Listen live here 11am-1pm Central. 92.7 in Austin.

Ron Paul M.D. Supporters Register Now!

Hey troops! If you’re a non-Republican supporter of Ron Paul, you MAY NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR RP IN YOUR PRIMARY ELECTION!!!!!!! Read this article and then contact your local elections people to find out if the Repubs will have an open or closed primary. If it’s going to be closed, as many states’ parties seem to be doing (Hmm, I wonder why?), then you MUST REGISTER AS A REPUBLICAN BEFORE A SPECIFIC DEADLINE, SOME AS EARLY AS 12 OCTOBER!!

Don’t be a lemming

I just found this on a discussion group and decided to pass it on to those of you who have not switched to GNU/Linux (yet): Many folks are coming to me and asking me to help them solve their computer issues of sudden reboots, or massive slowdowns, by helping them o reload their Microsoft Windows 98, XP, or 2000. I resist with the simple fact that I can load Linux for them, immune to the million new Microsoft  virus/malware/trojans/exploits in about 20 minutes while the vulnerable Windows will...

Senate passes intelligence bill after Democrats back down on presidential briefings, CIA jails

Larisa Alexandrovna/Raw Story After a stalemate of over two years, the Senate passed the 2008 Intelligence Authorization bill Wednesday, with Democrats ceding a key provision regarding pre-war Iraq intelligence that Republicans had decried.Sources close to the Senate Intelligence Committee say one of the compromises Democrats made to ensure the bill’s passage was to remove language demanding the White House turn over all Presidential Daily Briefings on Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion YAY. <...

The Show

for today: Goyette interviews Hagee. News and things. 11-1pm Central. 92.7 in Austin, or listen live here.

US corporate thugs flex their muscles to bankrupt one woman

The BBC reports that a court in the US has ordered a woman to pay $222,000  in damages for illegally file-sharing music. The jury ordered Jammie Thomas, 32, from Minnesota, to pay for offering to share 24 specific songs online - a cost of $9,250 per song.  Record companies said she had illegally shared a total of 1,702 songs. Ms Thomas, who denied the charges, was the first person accused of illegal file-sharing who decided to fight the case in court. Each year, millions of households...