A bit of this, a bit of that--all loosely connected by the theme of how the Powers That Be wield their power in practice. Includes comic satire by The Final Edition, a new song by David Rovics, and thoughts on Trump and the media by KD.
The real story about Trump, KD argues, is not his personal failings or his unsound policies. The real story is how the US oligarchs--and their mouthpiece, the media--work to destroy politicians who are not reliable servants of the oligarchy.
Final Edition sketch courtesy of Scooters "innerSide" radio program (KPFT-FM, Houston). Past installments of the innerSide are available on radio4all and at Scooters Web site, aksisofevil.org. Many thanks.
"New World Notes" is produced under the auspices (Latin for "What, me worry?") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
David Rovics's song, "State House Lawn," is from his recent album, The Other Side. https://davidrovics.bandcamp.com/music .
This installment of NWN is also available, in MP3 and other formats, at The Internet Archive. The page with the download links is here: https://archive.org/download/NewWorldNotes429-Potpourri4 .
More details, photos, great links, & other good stuff on the show's Web site: http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com
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