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