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The NewsJog Weekly panel assembled on 9/28/07 and recorded a rousing Podcast #2 that was almost completely lost when the main file was found to be corrupted just after the microphones were turned off.

The crew will get back together tomorrow to re-record Podcast #2 and that full show will be posted by Sunday evening. The 14 or so minutes represented here came at the end of the ill-fated recording session and because it was stored in a second file was salvageable.

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Eric Von Haessler, Jimmy Baron, and Leonard Sharing were joined this week by their old buddy Tim Andrews. We pick up the conversation after the hard news has been dealt with and the talk has turned to pop culture.

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News Jog 9/28/07

Yes we know it's Friday but please don't bother tossing that ubiquitous loser bromide -Thank God It's Friday!- at the Jog today. We hate the sentiment and run as far away as we can from anyone who utters it. People who say -Thank God It's Friday!- reveal themselves as slaves who work for others, not themselves. What they're really thanking God for is the fact that no one will demand that they be productive for the next two days. What losers. Every day is an opportunity to be productive if you have a goal beyond serving the man all week so you can take a leak off a boat on the weekend. Shake it off and wake-up zombies- Thank God It's Monday!- is the cry of the winner. Thank God I have another opportunity to produce and succeed and fashion the life I want out of this world!
Happy Friday...

The fight for freedom continues in Burma/Myanmar:
Burmese Troops Seal Off Buddhist Monasteries

The Jog doesn't want to say we told you so- but when everyone was smiling and happy about the negotiated release of those S. Korean hostages from Afghanistan a few weeks ago we were warning that it would only encourage more of the same from the captors and put many more lives in danger. Well, we told you so:
2 Aid Workers Abducted in Afghanistan

Gates Favors Faster Expansion of the Army

More evidence we're not serious about winning:
US to Allow Terror Suspects Right to Request Legal Help

Don't worry Hollywood knows what to do:
Action Film Questions U.S. Loyalty to Saudis

While we're on the topic of Hollywood- how about a couple reviews of the movies opening this weekend? After all, it is Friday. Right? Here ya go loser:
The Rock Shines in Glossy Disney Tale
'Feast Of Love' a Sunny-Side-Up Buffet

Now Back to the Newsy News:
The opening round of nuke talks with N. Korea are going well according to the diplomats involved. The Jog doesn't really trust those wily bastards- but hey, maybe Kim Jong-il has had a genuine change of heart. Maybe he's like one of those bad guy wrestlers who has finally seen the errors of his ways and decides to shake hands with and become one of the good guys. Maybe.

Wacky Paki update: Musharraf Files Papers for Election in Pakistan

Creeping socialism always hides behind the children :
Allies Push Bush to Pass Children's Insurance

We can only hope this headline is true:
Bush's Climate Meeting: Talk, But No Action

Edwards is a superficial liar update:
Edwards to Take Public Campaign Funds

The Jog has railed in the past at the Dem candidates for not debating on Fox News and we are equally disappointed at this:
Minority Debate Undercut by GOP No-Shows

Mychal Bell of 'Jena 6' Released on Bail

The company, not the Mayor: Bloomberg Faces Discrimination Lawsuit

British Airways Orders 24 Boeing Jets, 12 A380s

If you're involved in a drug trial you're apparently on your own:
Report: Drug-Trial Safety Doesn't Get Much FDA Scrutiny

e. Coli update: Feds Investigate N.J. Meat Plant

For those that care: Bonds, Bonds and more Bonds

That suspended MLB umpire says he won't fight the suspension.

Ion Propulsion! NASA Launches Mission to Asteroid Belt

Famed music producer/killer Phil Spector is acting all happy about the mistrial- but the Jog still thinks they'll get him for killing that girl. Karma, instant or not, is still looking to bite a chunk out of that strange man's strange ass.

Uh-oh: Owners of Unlocked iPhones Hosed by Software Update

Did you even know Disney had cell phones? Neither did we- maybe that was the problem:
Disney Ends Cell Phone Service for Kids

Palm Enters Low-End Phone Market with Centro

People Like It-
'Halo 3' just pulled off the highest grossing launch day in entertainment history!
Record Smashing 170 Million Dollar Debut

What do really smart kids who have trouble getting laid do for kicks?
MIT Students Turn Famed Harvard Statue into 'Halo' Chief

AOL IM Vulnerable to Exploitation, Uninstall It Now

Excel 2007 Bug Messes Up Calculations

Have you been longing for a robot that would clean your gutters? Today's your lucky day:
I-Robot Develops Gutter Cleaner

Do ya like the Jessica Biels? Do ya like the Wonder Woman? Well get ready to make soup in your pants:
Jessica Biel: The Next Wonder Woman?

How 'bout them TV ratings?

Everyone hates 'Moonlight': It Robs the Graves of Better Shows

Everyone Hates 'Dirty Sexy Money': A Tiresome Family Soap

The most underrated Beatle finally gets his due:
Scorsese to Make Film on George Harrison

Boring:
Lohan Sticking with Rehab

Isn't there a law against this?
Michael Jackson May Play Wedding Bells Again

And finally:
How did the Jog miss this pop culture shocker from last week?
'Brady Bunch' Star Reveals All About Lesbian Fling with TV Sister

There's plenty more News,
but there's no more News Jog.
We're done.

News Jog 9/27/07

The Jog believes in freedom. The Jog believes all societies would choose freedom if given the opportunity. The Jog doesn't believe freedom is ever imposed. It is simply allowed. The Jog believes you can only be for freedom or slavery. Don't talk to us about cultural differences and other such nonsense. Freedom or Slavery- which side are you on?

The most important story in the world today is:
Monks vs. Police in Burma
Government Cracks Down on Buddhist Protesters

The most unbelievable story of the day is:
Mistrial Declared in Phil Spector Case

The most ridiculous conversation happening today is:
Ahmadinejad- is he 'Hot or Not?'
Why I Have A Little Crush on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Other ahMADinejad fallout:
US Says Iran Nuclear Issue Not Closed
Wife of Kidnapped Israeli Soldier Confronts Ahmadinejad
Who Benefited and How From Ahmadinejad's Visit?
Criticism May Help Him at Home
My Dinner with Mahmoud

Mahmoud might want to peruse a copy:
Magna Carta Copy to be Auctioned

Here's a very bad idea:
Iraqi Government Plans to Regulate Blackwater

The Democrats running for president debated each other for the umpteen millionth time last night.

Another piece of bad legislation hides behind- The Children:
House OKs Children's Health-Insurance Expansion
Greg Walden Votes Against Oregon Kids

Ah Unions, so relevant 75 years ago:
GM and UAW Both Claim Contract Victory

End of the world as we know it?
Capital Spending Softens in August

Ever dream of sitting on a couch, watching TV, and eating potato chips with Bill Clinton? Today's your lucky day but you'll have to open up your wallet: Potato Chips and TV with Bill Clinton

Senator 'I have a wide stance but I do not have a love for phallic imagery' Craig will find out next week if his guilty plea for airport bathroom shenanigans can be retracted.

Romney loses another vote:
Mormon 'Prophet' Warren Jeffs Guilty in Rape Case
Related:
Jeffs Case 'Jane Doe' Speaks Out
Ex-Husband Charged with Rape
Ex-Husband: Villain or Victim?

Are we the only ones who never thought it was her?
Morocco Photo is Not Madeleine McCann

Bad breast news:
Extra Break Time for Breastfeeding Medical Student

Good breast news:
Breast Cancer Deaths Continue To Fall In US

The Jog realizes it's opining from a glass house here- but is this really a good time for Michael Vick to be smoking pot?

Another QB in trouble:
Bears Replacing Grossman with Griese

Ump in trouble:
Umpire in Bradley Blow-Up, Suspended for Season

The Jog doesn't quite understand how a donor can decide that Barry Bond's record breaking ball will go into the Hall of Fame with an asterisk. Shouldn't that designation be left to Major League Baseball?

The 911 call made by a witness to that George Clooney motorcycle accident a few days ago has been made public. The guy calling in does a much better job than we would have dealing with an unbelievably annoying dispatcher. Just shut up and send an ambulance you schmuck!
Audio: Clooney 911 Call
Clooney: 'I Feel Lucky After Crash'

Say it ain't so:
Jack Bauer Going to Jail?
Kiefer's Police Gig Cancelled

Aw Geez-
Elton Photo Seized in Kiddie-Porn Probe
Elton John Responds

Finally- a comfortable shoe for the American Indian.

New York state says there are too many pervs on Facebook.

For the love of God- do you really need MySpace on your cell phone?

Real competition for iTunes?
Amazon Opens Download Store
The guy from MacWorld likes it:
Playlist- Exploring the Amazon
Maybe Amazon will succeed, maybe they won't:
Virgin Digital Download Closes

Look out hackers-
Apple: Next iPhone Update Could Break Unlocked Phones

Look out Apple-
Hackers: We'll 'restore' iPhones

T-Mobile Launches New Sidekicks

Woo-hoo-woo-hoo-hoo Vonage is Screwed!

Space is cool! Marshall Probe Set to Explore Asteroids

Space is scary! Germs More Virulent in Space

Halo 3 is great! Newer, Shinier, More Intense

Halo 3 packaging sucks! Halo Disks Scratched

New 'Bionic Woman' is great! Dark but Intriguing

New 'Bionic Woman' sucks! Needs a Tuneup

Reviews are good for the new Springsteen album. The Jog is thrilled to learn there's only one anti-Bush/anti-war song- easy enough to skip over.

Have we died and gone to heaven?
Sex Pistols 'Back in Studio'

And finally:
It turns out that it's not Meg White on that internet sex tape after all you naughty, gothy, audiophiles.

There's plenty more News,
but there's no more News Jog.
We're done.

No Jog Today

Due to continual internet outages caused by the installation of some new equipment at Jog Central there will be no News Jog today. We'll be back tomorrow so don't abandon us you fickle bastards.

News Jog 9/25/07

[Just one topic in today's News Jog- but it's a good one.]

The Jog would like to publicly thank Columbia University for hosting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and letting him speak his mind on their campus yesterday afternoon. The only way to dispel growing sympathies with dangerous charismatics on the world stage is to let them keep talking. It is easy to find support on college campuses for an anti-American message. The potent mixture of aging professors, who have long since found the real world has no need for their abstract noodlings, and young people, who are just finding out the history of the country is a bit more complicated than they were led to believe as children, will always foster a kind of cynicism that opens the door for knee-jerk sympathy with any declared enemy of the state.

It is easy for a wily propagandist like Ahmadinejad to mesmerize from thousands of miles away but he becomes much more human and fallible when standing right in front of idealistic college students. Being a good propaganda man the Iranian President softened his rhetoric for this trip to America. Sensing that most Americans are now disillusioned with Bush and his foreign policy he decided not to make the mistake Hugo Chavez made last year by insulting the American president so much that he ended up insulting everyone, even many prominent liberals. No, this is a new man with a new message this time around.

It may seem odd to most Americans that Ahmadinejad requested the right to lay a wreath at the site of Ground Zero but it makes perfect sense to the Jog. Why not attempt to win over more disciples in the U.S. by aligning himself even closer with their point of view. It's his way of saying, 'I hate Bush and I grieve for those lost on 9/11, just like you- see I'm not such a bad guy- we're not so different.'

The reason it's important to let this man speak as often as possible in this country is that he doesn't understand it enough to win the propaganda war so long as he is allowed to keep talking. As he kept speaking yesterday it was inevitable that he would say something, sooner or later, that would cause his young American admirers to think about finding someone else to fall in love with.

At the end of the day it wasn't the holocaust denying, the funding of terrorism around the world, or the threat to wipe Israel from the map that made young students and their older professors begin to rethink their opinions of the Iranian leader. They were more than willing to nod their heads in knowing ascent every time he asserted that these so-called opinions of his were taken out of context and used against him by the Bush administration and an alliance of Jewish groups. But when he stood before a group of liberal young minds and stated that Iran doesn't persecute homosexuals because homosexuals don't exist in Iran the way they do in this country- the laughter became audible, the eyes started rolling, and the scales began falling.

It isn't that the gay issue is the most important one in this debate but it is something real that his audience has a real-time understanding of. Enlightened people know that there are homosexuals in every culture. When Ahmadinejad denied that Iran had gays he had spoken just long enough to reveal to his audience that he was, in fact, full of shit. The Jog says let him continue speaking.

If only we could resuscitate 'Che' Guevera long enough to have him stand on a podium and explain to college students why he thought it necessary to kill any member of his rebel army that he suspected of being gay. Then finally- we could maybe get rid of those stupid t-shirts the hipsters look so cool in.

Ah- the Jog can dream.



Grinning Madman Ahmadinejad Squirms at Columbia

Un-Forum-Givable: Don't Help Propagandist

Teaching Moment

News Jog 9/24/07

The Jog was monitoring too many sporting events, some in real time- some on Tivo, to watch Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 60 Minutes last night. But we did read the transcript of the interview conducted by Scott Pelley. It strikes us that this must have been the kind of stuff Neville Chamberlain heard from Hitler when he was seduced into a deal and returned to England proclaiming he had secured 'peace in our time.' Ahmadinejad's answers to very specific questions about nuclear ambition and terrorist funding were met with vague pleasantries about Iran being a peace-loving nation that loves all people and wishes the best for everyone, blah, blah, blah. At one point Pelley seems to get under his skin when he questioned whether Mahmoud's answers were truthful enough to be considered truly Muslim. We don't know how it played on TV but the transcript shows real tension that came close to early termination of the interview. But the Tehran tough guy stuck around and answered a few more pointed questions with vague deflections. The Iranian President's stock answer to any difficult question could be boiled down to- 'Why would we do something like that?" Is Iran building a nuclear bomb? 'Why would we do something like that?' Is Iran funding terrorists around the globe? 'Why would we do something like that?' Is Iran providing weapons that are killing American soldiers in Iraq? 'Why would we do something like that?' Did the Jog buy Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's- 'Give Peace a Chance' act? C'mon, why would we do something like that?
Relevant Links:
Iran's Leader: U.S. Wants New Opinions
Ahmadinejad Says Iran, U.S. Not Headed for War
No Red Lines at Columbia University

Ever wonder how the Iranians report on U.S. happenings like that kid who got tasered at the John Kerry event? Today's your lucky day:
American-Style 'Freedom of Speech'
What do Americans think about taser boy?
Student Opinions on Tasering

Here's the latest meaningless gesture for mid-east peace :
Israel Agrees to Free 90 Palestinian Prisoners

Have you been invited to the U.S. mid-east peace conference yet?

The New York Times now says they were wrong to give MoveOn.org a special discount rate to run the by now infamous General Betray-Us ad.

Speaking of MoveOn- the liberal group is now starting to piss off liberals.

A post 9/11 tip from your friendly News Jog: Don't wear clothing that looks like a bomb to an airport- you idiot!

The latest from Scary Pakistan:
Pakistan Police Round up Musharraf Opponents
Bhutto Warns Musharraf of Uprising if No Deal Comes Through

Are you looking forward to Ken Burn's latest multi-night historical documentary? You might wanna get plenty of sleep and brew some coffee before you begin viewing:
Too Many Details Bog Documentary Down

Is this a surprise to anyone? Analysis: Bush Unwelcome on the Trail

Ladies and gentleman- meet the new Japanese Prime Minister.

The guy who saved Peru from the horrors of a rebel group called Shining Path back in the day is now being extradited to face trial in the country he once saved. There is no doubt that Alberto Fujimori became a corrupt strongman- but the Jog finds it interesting that only crooks from the Right are held accountable for their crimes in Latin America. Fujimori and Pinochet are forced to face justice while monsters like Castro and Che Guevara are lionized as heros. Fujimori may deserve everything he's gonna get- but he did save Peru. That's a fact.

It's about time he shut up!
Marcel Marceau will never utter another word... 'cos he's dead.

They're marching in Burma.

A lap dance in Toronto ain't the great deal it used to be.

Get you foot out of your mouth.

Boy Scouts Missing in Great Smoky Mountains

The millionaire behind that couple who says they didn't kill their kid in Portugal has been revealed.

Are you following the events surrounding the Jena 6? We're not- but here's the latest.

O.J. 2.0 Update:
A Timeline of Latest O.J. Simpson Case
Recordings Turned Over in Simpson Case
OJ Simpson Has Wiggle Room for Second Great Escape
Simpson Ghost Writer: 'I Still Think He's a Murderer'
Simpson's 'If' Worth Reading

Ah... Unions, so relevant in the 1930's:
GM, UAW Talks 'Close to Agreement'

A crib made in China is killing babies!

Calling All Nerds!
It's time to stand in line all night again to be the first to buy something that would be readily available to you even if you didn't stand in line. Wow! This is gonna be even more fun than the iPhone line a few months ago:
Stores Get Ready for 'Halo 3'
First Look: Halo 3 is Here
'Halo' Hoopla: It's Not Just Kid Stuff

Best of the Tokyo Game Show

Google Shoots Down Reports Of Grand Telecom Ambitions

Wait a minute. Cell phones are dangerous- but this is okay?
In-flight Internet Takes to U.S. Skies

Any sign of bin Laden? NASA Probe Finds Martian Caves

NASA Revamps Moonbase Strategy

And finally:
The smartest man in the world, George Clooney- may have just done something really stupid:
Clooney Could Face Charges After Motorcycle Crash

There's plenty more News,
but there's no more News Jog.
We're done.