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On the way to work this morning I switched over to the all powerful right wing WRVA 1140 AM. Their hourly news actually mentioned the latest self made s-storm hitting the clustertrump- Trump asking Comey to drop the Flynn investigation. I was surprised.
Then the morning host had on an "expert" to discuss Trump telling Lavrov about the Israeli MOSSAD exploding laptop info. The host tried to poo-poo it saying "Didn't we already know about this? Ha ha ha". The story he was referencing was that MOSSAD agents are "boiling mad" about the leak.
What followed was clearly not what the host expected, the expert (missed his name) proceeded to spell out the following:
The exclusive US-Israeli intel relationship
The relationship between Russia Iran and Assad in Syria
How any info is immediately transferred by Russia to Iran
This leak confirms that Mossad has someone on the inside of ISIS and this narrows down geographically where that contact is
The insider's life is at risk but more importantly the incredible effort by Mossad will go for naught if they have to extract the source which will be almost impossible to do again
The likelihood that Mossad and other allies of the US will be hesitant to share some info with us
The incredible vulnerability this puts us and everyone in
He just kept spelling out how DISASTROUS this has been. The host couldn't get the conversation back on track to his agenda regardless of what he asked.
At the end the host paused sighed and said "Okay. Thanks" almost like the exasperated sports reporter in the famous "BOOM goes the dynamite" video. I was cracking up.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,391 posts)This is very clearly NOT "business as usual"
underpants
(182,585 posts)Starting a thread on this link now
murielm99
(30,712 posts)I like the expression "hopping mad," though. I can just visualize that. And I don't mean it in a comical way. One should not mess with Mossad.
underpants
(182,585 posts)Hers thebthread on the Buzzfeed article
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029077911
Ilsa
(61,688 posts)of intelligence agencies.
bagelsforbreakfast
(1,427 posts)"It's perfectly legal!"
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)because he is an ignorant dumb ass who has NO FUCKING IDEA what the FUCK he is doing!!
And FOX, Hate radio and the entire republican party is trying like hell to cover up that fact and let it continue!
C Moon
(12,208 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Wag the dog is still in play.
Beartracks
(12,793 posts)... so he spills the beans about top secret secrets.
He can't help himself, since he has a pathological need to be liked.
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workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)He has a pathological need to brag about what a big important man he is.
Fuck it if people die Trump must brag, especially for Russian visitors!
Beartracks
(12,793 posts)He probably hoped they'd Putin a good word for him with the boss.
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workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)You got it!
Cha
(296,771 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,494 posts)This helps to better understand the reason our country is spiraling down like Trump's presidency.
RW media is pure propaganda designed to keep the Republican base from abandoning them and to go to the voting booth. After the Comey firing they have focused on speculating whether the new FBI Director will re-open the Hillary email investigation. They also have crawlers and other banners indicating that Liberals are pitching fits or melting down...
Another distraction is to focus on finding the leakers as if the leaking of the information of the crimes etc., is the focus rather than what Trump has done so wrong. The next distraction is that Comey should have said something earlier about his conversations with Trump and his memos. Again, focus on the whistleblower and not the alleged perp!
The RW media keeps their viewers ignorant of what is really going on and gets them angry and afraid. This is the biggest reason they out perform Democrats in voting. Trump and the Republicans mis-deeds and scandals have made us angry and afraid which will cause us to get out and vote for the next couple of cycles at least.
We must get the money out of politics and upon retaking control of the political spectrum we must bust up the media oligopolies and institute truth requirements in the news again. Fox News should not be allowed to lie and call it "entertainment" as they have successfully done in court in the past!
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)collectively 'getting the backs' of their representatives.
we've been letting a few hundred think tank-scripted lying blowhards take free potshots at our representatives and ideals all day long for 30 years
now we have trump and they're trying to blame obama and clinton for this and if things get worse for trump and republicans they're going to ramp up their attacks on them to deflect the base's blame and use it as leverage to reduce accountability and save themselves
the talk radio gods are in denial and by nature they're not going to admit mistakes as long as they can hide behind call screeners and dump buttons and invisibility from liberals who get headaches listening to them. . that blowhard is not going to have another guest like that on anytime soon if he can help it.
democrats have to start complaining to every advertiser on every rw radio station - it only takes a few minutes to listen a little and get a few email addresses and phone numbers to thank those businesses for trump, global warming, and lack of health care, etc..it feels good.
these 88 universities can also be thanked and protested for this disaster
lindysalsagal
(20,564 posts)Catherine Vincent
(34,486 posts)underpants
(182,585 posts)There is almost no content - it's all ads.
Devoted listeners will buy from any sponsor they hear on this station. Two days a week the only content is a guy calling in with film and TV News. This host isn't the yelling and screaming type.
reflection
(6,286 posts)Consolidate your taxes you owe the IRS, and ED treatment for men. Because Republicans are a bunch of limpdick deadbeats. That's all they play in the way of commercials here on RW radio. I listen to it to hear what the mouthbreathers' talking points will be the next day.
Beartracks
(12,793 posts)... their conservative and/or Christian credentials.
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underpants
(182,585 posts)On this station as well as sports talk radio
Beartracks
(12,793 posts)underpants
(182,585 posts)For a period of time it was all about getting your closets redone - the irony of a RW host going on and on about his closets made it funny.
These are personal (paid in sure) testimonials mostly.
Ligyron
(7,615 posts)Don't forget to buy gold. For the End Times.
certainot
(9,090 posts)and that's the the tragedy of this trump disaster
the only reason these radio jerks have any cred to sell the alt reality that got trump elected is they can hide behind call screeners and dump buttons and liberals just leave them alone while they fill the air with bullshit
we even let them parasitize the community credibility of 88 major universities
LisaM
(27,792 posts)It sounds as if the host maybe secretly agreed with the expert on some level and let him keep talking, even if he was giving lip service to the RW script (I didn't hear it, so maybe I'm wrong, but obviously the expert managed to get everything in there, and that's unusual on a right-wing show).
underpants
(182,585 posts)This is at 3 pm do not really when most people are listening.
He said that Comey is very likely to have kept notes
Offered an example of negotiating a contract and confirming via email
"Is he going to be impeached? Probably not but 6 months from now...."
If Trump did directly ask Comey to drop the Flynn case "Then he's too stupid to be President and could be impeached under the 'jack ass clause'"
Not at all regular fare for this radio station.
Yonnie3
(17,419 posts)underpants
(182,585 posts)There was a guy there for 40 years or so and he'd have ladies garden clubs and fraternal groups on to talk about activities in the area. His sidekick was supposed to get the morning slot but they abruptly went all politics hiring the host who's still there.
Local guy in the morning
Beck
Rush
Local afternoon guy
Hannity on tape
Not sure after that - it was Michael Savage at one point.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,697 posts)and his minions are a DANGER to the United States and the rest of the world.
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BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)is one of the stations broadcasting the "In the Garden with Andre Viette" show that I listen to every weekend via their (SoundCloud) podcast since I can't pick up any of the stations broadcasting it here in Philly (I think they actually broadcast out of WSVA in Harrisonburg but that station didn't seem to have any streaming of the show). And what happens is that occasionally some RW nut will call into the show - a friggin' GARDEN show for God's sake - and try to get either Andre or his son Mark (when he's filling in) to comment on the latest climate change nuttery, and they have to artfully try to dodge around the bullshit politics nurtured on those low-power RW stations.
The shows on that station are truly
I used to listen to Mark when he was subbing for NYC's garden guru Ralph Snodsmith on WOR (before and after he passed) and was surprised to find they had their own regular radio show - accessible thanks to the internet (the family was originally from Long Island, NY and moved to VA).