It’s Thursday, May 29, and it’s a hot one

Aloha and welcome to Therefore a.m.!

It was a pretty hot show this morning, a little bit of passion flowing forth.

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Here’s the only scripted part of today’s show, the intro:

Aloha, it’s just barely MAY 29, 2008, in Hawaii, and welcome to episode 64 of Therefore a.m., the morning talk show that treats you like you’re already awake  … on today’s show … something seems a little fishy after some thieves steal some fish from a lab … if this was a Marvel Comic, by page 12 they’d turn into Super SheMale.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4563021a4560.html

Then, an anti-global warming group plans a “Carbon Belch Day” on June 12 to relieve bloated humans of their gaseous, noxious carbon-footprint guilt, to be followed on June 13 with “Global Here Have a Mentos, Please Day.”
http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/compliance/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208400325

Seemingly in reponse to this, officials in Britain are promoting ‘carbon ration cards’ for every citizen, chronicling their daily recommended dosage of pollution into the air to make sure they don’t go over their limit.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1021983/Every-adult-Britain-forced-carry-carbon-ration-cards-say-MPs.html

Speaking of carbon footprints, a Nigerian rebel group leaves quite an explosive impression on a major pipeline.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7419918.stm

And finally, in the Lone Star State, a school district says a young girl can’t be high school valedictorian because she got her diploma in 3 years instead of 4. Hmmmm … don’t mess with developmentally disabled Texas.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/052908dnmetvaledictorian.3b254412.html

All this, plus SURFING THE WEBSTER’S and an ELEVATION QUOTATION, all coming up, on the only podcast where night persons and day persons can actually understand each other — Therefore a.m.

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Good morning and aloha.

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It’s Wednesday, May 28

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Here are links to the stories we discussed today, embedded in the only part of the show that’s scripted, the intro:

Aloha, it’s just barely MAY 28, 2008, in Hawaii, and welcome to episode 63 of Therefore a.m., the morning talk show that treats you like you’re already awake … on today’s show …

A city council in England decides a woman’s 2-foot deep wading pool needs a lifeguard and insurance:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1022007/The-paddling-pool-police-Health-safety-zealots-puncture-youngsters-fun.html

Then, on the energy front, Britain has hooked up the power of the oceans to its national grid.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/05/27/eatidal127.xml

Then, a French death-seeker planning to skydive from 25 miles up loses his balloon before his party even gets off the ground … hey, dude … reminds me of the ninth grade … euphemistically been there, euphemistically done that.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24821986/

Also, did a Continental jet pilot get a buzz-by from a rocket 8 miles from the George Bush Intercontinental Airport … and if so, how will Continental use this to increase passenger fees?
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5802729.html

Then, a Navy veteran faces trouble for flying the American Flag at his home … insert patriotic outrage here.
http://www.local6.com/news/16399678/detail.html

All this plus SURFING THE WEBSTER’S and a REPRESENTATION QUOTATION, all coming up, on the only podcast where night persons and day persons can actually understand each other –  Therefore a.m.

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It’s Monday, May 26, Memorial Day

Welcome to Therefore a.m.!

We go live first thing in the morning on Talk Shoe, talkshow.com. You also can download the show at iTunes and Facebook.

A wee technical kerfuffle prevented us from ending the show this morning, so expect some dead air at the end. Otherwise, it’s a splendid production. Do you agree?

Here’s the only scripted part of the show,  the intro:

Aloha, it’s just barely MAY 26, 2008, in Hawaii, and welcome to episode 62 of Therefore a.m., the morning talk show that treats you like you’re already awake … it’s follow-up Monday…. on today’s show … Should Adidas own the right to striped sneakers? Payless shoes defends its knock-off by saying “knock it  off.” http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=acMiCikIyiSk&refer=germany

Then, the other shoe, or, make that the fourth in a continuing series of shoes with feet inside them, washes up on a British Columbia beach.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080524/D90RLPGG0.html

And, a thorough search of the Manson ranch finds nothing of consequence buried there … other than some animal bones. … not even a swastika branding iron.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-manson22-2008may22,0,7489685.story

Plus, the bad-aiming Aussie BASE jumpers who landed in front of some bobbies get fined $500 … that barely takes the wind out of their sails.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jOknKb9n2xLF0n-DPFpM0WZZgb4w

And finally, what a woman mistook for a tree trunk at a lake turns out to be a whale of a million-year-old mystery.
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20080521/ARTICLE/805210343/0/sports03

All this, plus Jeff SURFS THE WEBSTER’S and does his LACTATION QUOTATION, all coming up on the only podcast where night persons and day persons can actually understand each other — Therefore a.m.

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It’s Aloha Friday, May 23

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The show also can be downloaded from iTunes, Facebook and Talk Shoe.

Talk Shoe … talkshoe.com … has a plethora of shows, many of them excellent.

Here’s the only part of the podcast that’s scripted, the intro:

Aloha, it’s just barely MAY 23, 2008, in Hawaii, and welcome to episode 61 of Therefore a.m., the morning talk show that treats you like you’re already awake  … on today’s show … Blair in the air gets a scare from Israeli jets comin’ at him in a pair.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7415915.stm

Then, twas the Internet that made the man an overdosin’ addict, his widow claims.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/21/online.drugs/index.html?iref=newssearch

Plus, a very, very, very dead woman comes back to life … doctors are testing to see whether she now has a taste for human brains.
http://www.newsnet5.com/health/16363548/detail.html

And finally, how far could an airline push you before you pushed back?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24780104/

All this, plus Jeff SURFS THE WEBSTER’S and recites his AMPLIFICATION QUOTATION, all coming up, on the only podcast where night persons and day persons can actually understand each other — Therefore a.m.

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SURFING THE WEBSTER’S: ineluctable

AMPLIFICATION QUOTATION: “There is controversy there, but it’s not like I’m going to go waterboard anybody.”

Listen to the show to learn what that word means and whose quotation this is.

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It’s Thursday, May 22

Welcome to Therefore a.m., the morning podcast available for download from iTunes, Facebook or Talk Shoe, where you can join us live every weekday morning. We go live at 6 a.m. on the East Coast, 3 a.m. on the West Coast, 4 and 5 where it counts and midnight in Hawaii,
where your co-hosts Curt Brandao and Jeff Clark are located.

Here’s the script for today’s intro (the only scripted part):

Aloha, it’s just barely MAY 22, 2008, in Hawaii, and welcome to episode 60 of Therefore a.m., the morning talk show that treats you like you’re already awake  … on today’s show …

First, an EU court agrees to hear a chimp’s human rights plea. It’s about time, although this is roughly the way “Planet of the Apes” began, as I recall.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1020986/European-Court-agrees-hear-chimps-plea-human-rights.html

Then, hey felon, wanna go legit? Try this job fair in Nevada and get ready for a new Vegas slogan: We Built This City on Recidivism.
http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8362109

Plus, for middle and youngest brothers everywhere, we have the definitive rules for calling shotgun in the car.
http://www.shotgunrules.com/

And finally, are smoking bans in bars actually killing more people than they’re saving?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080521120216.htm

All this, plus SURFING THE WEBSTER’S and a JULY 4TH CELEBRATION QUOTATION, all coming up on the only podcast where night persons and day persons can actually understand each other: Therefore a.m.

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Thanks for joining us. Good morning and aloha.

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It’s Wednesday, May 21

Aloha and welcome to Therefore a.m., the morning podcast from Hawaii.

Download us from iTunes, Facebook or Talk Shoe, where you also can join us live first thing in the day.

Here’s today’s intro:

Aloha, it’s just barely MAY 21, 2008, in Hawaii, and welcome to episode 59 of Therefore a.m., the morning talk show that treats you like you’re already awake  … on today’s show … a man saves himself by performing a tracheotomy on himself … again … oh, well, you know what they say … sticking a knife in your own throat gets a lot easier the more and more you do it.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/05/20/knife_skills_give_man_breath_of_fresh_air/8984/

Also, turns out the new “Sex and the City” movie can’t advertise in Israel because it has the word “sex” in the title … which reminds me of when I was in Israel years ago and caught a matinee of “Hanky-Panky, Lies and Videotape.”
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/05/20/jerusalem_bans_sex_and_the_city_ads/8368/

And, Esquire Magazine reveals the best bars in the U.S. See how many you’ve been kicked out of.
http://www.esquire.com/features/best-bars-in-america/bestbars2007

And finally, John McCain’s media advisor resigns because he doesn’t want to campaign against Barack Obama. No word if it’s also because McCain plans to add the word “sex” to his campaign slogans.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/20/mccain-adviser-steps-down-to-avoid-working-against-obama/

All this, plus SURFING THE WEBSTER’S and a DISCRIMINATION QUOTATION, all coming up, on the only podcast where night persons and day persons can actually understand each other — Therefore a.m.

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Thanks for joining us.

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It’s Tuesday, May 20

Welcome to Therefore a.m.

Download the podcast at iTunes, Facebook or Talk Shoe, where you can join us live by clicking, listening and chatting at talkshoe.com and by calling in at 724-444-7444, then punching in show ID# 13672. We go live at 6 a.m. on the East Coast, 3 a.m. on the West Coast, 4 and 5 in the Heartland and midnight in Hawaii, where your co-hosts Curt Brandao and Jeff Clark are located.

Here’s the only scripted part of today’s presentation, the intro:

Aloha, it’s just barely MAY 20, 2008, in Hawaii, and welcome to episode 58 of therefore.am., the morning talk show that treats you like you’re already awake  … on today’s show …

Hey, doesn’t that cloud look a lot like the Nike swoosh? Hey that one looks a lot like Mickey Mouse! It’s almost as though some cloud-making entrepreneur wants me to go buy some sneakers and head straight to Orlando.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/1936334/%27Flogos%27-will-create-Mickey-Mouse-with-clouds.html?service=print

Then, Canadian college students strip a beached whale carcass of fat and flesh and the bones are headed for a museum. Only, the carcass has been sitting there for decades. Ah, well, this IS college students we’re talking about.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/05/19/rotting_whale_corpse_disassembled/6704/

Also, an international court says a double amputee can try out for the Olympics using spring-action prosthetic legs. Will the Namibian relay team now want to be retrofitted with some goodyear tires? And, also Olympics related, you won’t believe how serious China is about keeping its soldiers on the straight and narrow.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/sports/olympics/17runner.html?ex=1368676800&en=3cc799cf57a26591&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-564629/Pictured-How-China-gets-troops-stand-attention–pins-collars-crosses-backs.html

Plus, in Texas, some not-too-bright police Tazer a teen having a seizure.
http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Taser_0518.3dae5bb.html

And finally, the next time you scream at a customer service rep as she strains to smile with clenched teeth, the only satisfaction you might get is knowing you’re helping to give her an ulcer that soon will require surgery.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/05/16/scientist_smiling_can_hurt_your_health/2772/

All this, plus Jeff SURFS THE WEBSTER’S and recites his INFLATION QUOTATION, all coming up, on the only podcast where night persons and day persons can actually understand each other — therefore.am

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Thanks again for joining us; here’s today’s iteration of the final two features of every show:
SURFING THE WEBSTER’S
deuteranopia

INFLATION QUOTATION:
“There’s still room to go up.”

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It’s Monday, May 19

Welcome!

Join us at Talk Shoe, talkshoe.com that is, where you can listen, download or join us live at 6 a.m. on the East Coast, 3 a.m. on the West Coast, 4 and 5 in the Heartland and midnight in Hawaii, where your co-hosts Curt Brandao and Jeff Clark are located.

Otherwise, download the Therefore a.m. from iTunes, Facebook, TiVo or what have you.

Here’s our script for this morning’s live show. After this scripted portion, it’s all bedlam. Well, the civilized, kinda tired kind of bedlam. But still interesting:

Aloha, it’s just barely MAY 19, 2008, in Hawaii, and welcome to episode 57 of therefore.am., the morning talk show that treats you like you’re already awake  … it’s followup Monday, where we take stories other news outlets treat like one-night stands and prove how we respect them in the morning…..

On today’s show … more animal escapes … orangutans flee their cages in both Los Angeles and Tampa on Saturday, the one in L.A. racing his spec scripts to DeNiro’s agent.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/05/19/fla_and_calif_orangutans_escape_cages/8738/

Also, therefore.am remains your primary news source for the the latest in Nazi Orgy news … turns out, one of the British Nazi sex orgy prostitutes was the wife of a spy, who has been forced to resign … so much for victimless fantasy final solutions.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Sports/2008/05/18/mi5_officer_ousted_over_mosley_orgy/6593/

Then, the Hillary campaign Death Watch: Obama looks to stick a fork in her in Oregon, because she’s done.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24696575/

And finally, still feeling the fuel-pinch? … We’ve got some ideas for weaning yourself off the oil that may soon be available, if not advertised on Monday Night Football.

www.efuel100.com
www.zapworld.com
www.think.no
www.smartusa.com
www.zenncars.com
www.teslamotors.com

All this, plus Jeff goes SURFING THE WEBSTER’S and recites his NOMINATION QUOTATION, all coming up, on the only podcast where night persons and day persons can actually understand each other — Therefore a.m.

So enjoy!
Good morning and aloha.

You think, Therefore a.m.

It’s Friday, May 16, but what happened?

Good morning and welcome to the aborted version of the only morning show that treats you like you’re already awake, Therefore a.m. It’s a splendid news and talk show that goes live on Talk Shoe. But not today, not yet anyway.

Talk Shoe’s site, talkshoe.com, seems to be down. We couldn’t get in. Perhaps it’s system maintenance? Therefore a.m. is, after all, the first podcast on the site in the morning, so perhaps this was a good time to shut it down. Hope it’s up for Tblackman, who comes on at 7 a.m.

But we have some good news: On Sunday, May 18, co-hosts Curt Brandao and Jeff Clark will go live at 7 p.m., yes, p.m., for a special show just to do our gig while there is some traffic on Talk Shoe. We want to pique a little interest in what we’re doing, because so far we’re sorta whistling in the dark, uh, dawn.

Talk Shoe is pretty cool. You call in at 724-444-7444 and then punch in show ID# 13672 and you can join the discussion. There’s also the chat-text feature thing (I’m kind of an Analog Oaf) so you can pipe in that way, as well.

Otherwise, download Therefore a.m. from iTunes, Facebook, tivo and of course talkshoe.com.

Until Sunday, unless this thing gets going in the next hour or so (I’m writing this at 6:45 a.m. Eastern,  but it’s a quarter to 1 out here in Hawaii), we bid you aloha.

Good morning.

You think, Therefore a.m.

It’s Thursday, May 15

Aloha and welcome to Therefore a.m., the morning podcast that treats you like you’re already awake.

You can download the show at iTunes, Facebook and Talk Shoe, where you also can join us live by calling 724-444-7444 and punching in show ID# 13672. We go live at 6 a.m. on the East Coast, 3 a.m. on the West Coast, 4 and 5 in the Heartland and midnight in Hawaii, where co-hosts Curt Brandao and Jeff Clark are located.

On today’s show, one of the 50 states has the United States’ first African American woman to lead a state legislature. Which state? One hint: It’s not West Virginia.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/05/14/black_woman_californias_assembly_leader/7116/

Next, the BBC is cracking down on a woman for knitting characters from “Dr. Who” and putting them on her Web site.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/05/14/fan_knits_tribute_to_dr_who_bbc_irked/7666/

Also, parents in Texas want to take down a school mural on non-Christian religious grounds. The painting has been up for years, so it looks like religious tolerance has a statute of limitations in this town.

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/05/15/0515bastropisd.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=52

Finally, international advertising features President Bush as an oaf. So the world is united, apparently.

http://creativebits.org/inspiration/portrayal_of_george_w_bush_in_international_advertisements

All this plus SURFING THE WEBSTER’S and the opportunity to learn from what context we ripped this GAS STATION QUOTATION: “What is your life worth for that extra 10 miles per gallon?”

Good morning and aloha!

You think, Therefore a.m.