Were the events in Ferguson, Missouri inevitable? Did the police use excessive force? We discuss the killing of Michael Brown, as well as our return to the battlefields of Iraq, and the new Utopia reality TV show. Plus, we have one of our listeners as a special guest! Break music is provided by The Polish Ambassador.
The Missing Links
Links to sites or topics discussed on the show
- How municipalities in St. Louis County profit from poverty – Washington Post
- Different rules apply | MZS
- Illegal immigrants enrolling in our schools – but they’ve got grey hair and wrinkles | Mail Online
- U.S. Hikes Fee To Renounce Citizenship By 422% – Forbes
- Harry Reid Makes Asian Jokes at Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce – TIME
- Robots could murder us out of KINDNESS unless they are taught the value of human life | Mail Online
- Utopia on FOX
The Reading Room
Interesting articles and videos provided by both the hosts and listeners
- Michael Brown: Unarmed man killed by police (Opinion) – CNN
- Cash seized from woman’s bra at Detroit Metro Airport | The Detroit News
- The Bush/Obama Quiz: What’s The Difference? : NPR
- Jeremy Rifkin: “The Zero Marginal Cost Society” – YouTube
- Not Just Ferguson: 11 Eye-Opening Facts About America’s Militarized Police Forces | BillMoyers.com
- Obama’s War on Pot – RollingStone
- Why 2 Businesses Survived Ferguson Looting A Lesson for All
- An Amazing Healthcare Revolution is Happening in Maryland and Almost No One’s Talking About It – Yahoo Finance
- Police tell Detroiters to buy guns in city riven by race issues and crime | Money | theguardian.com
- A Witness Conversation Unknowingly Captured at the Scene of the Ferguson Shooting is a Game-Changer | IJ Review
- While a Military Daughter Buries Her 2-Star General Daddy, the Commander-in-Least is Nowhere to Be Found | IJ Review
- James Risen calls Obama ‘greatest enemy of press freedom in a generation’ | theguardian.com
- Police Defend Use of Military-Style Equipment – Metro – The Boston Globe
- Jonathan Gentry Epic Rant on Ferguson Shooting – YouTube
- John Oliver: Ferguson, MO and Police Militarization – YouTube (audio clip from 10:00)
- What Happens When Police Officers Wear Body Cameras – WSJ
- The Libertarian Moment in Ferguson – The Daily Beast
- Cornel West: Obama ‘Posed As A Progressive & Turned Out To Be Counterfeit’ – The Huffington Post
- Michael Brown called ‘little kid in big body’ – Yahoo News
- New developments in ‘Joe Biden defense’ case | The Columbian
- The Ferguson Lie Comes Undone | FrontPage Magazine
- Woman fired from Black Educators Association because she was “Not really black enough” – EAGnews.org
- Mother angered for lack of public outcry after her son’s murder in St. Louis | KMOV.com St. Louis
- Secrets of the Clinton Library – POLITICO
- Mom, kids pulled from car at gunpoint – CNN Video
- A Map To The Roots Of Ferguson’s Civic Unrest : NPR
- Ferguson and the Real Race War – YouTube
- Henry Kissinger on the Assembly of a New World Order – WSJ
- Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says Hamas are to blame for loss of 2,000 lives in Gaza | Mail Online
- At Ferguson March, Call to Halt Traffic in Labor Day Highway Protest | New York Times
- Who’s paying the new Obamacare tax? You | USA Today
- Summer ice cap thicker; covers 1.7million sqr km MORE than 2 years ago | Mail Online
- Biden Uses ‘Take Back America’ Phrase Obama And Holder Think is Racist | National Review
- Android security mystery – fake cellphone towers found in US
- NY Dem Who Said Feds Are Preparing To Exterminate Black Race Storms Out Of Meeting [VIDEO] – Yahoo News
- Border Patrol Agents Speak Out Against Being Assaulted by Aliens | Breitbart
- IRS Says it has Lost Emails from 5 More Employees | AP News
- Illinois’s second largest district drops Michelle O’s menu after hummus is deemed too fatty | EAGnews.org
- Yet Another Deadly Shooting By a Police Officer | Blue Nation Review
- Critics see racial ‘double standard’ in coverage of police shootings – Washington Times
- Shots fired during first grader soccer game in Ferguson | KMOV.com St. Louis
- Transacting in Gold Can Shaft The IRS – Forbes