Evergreen Politics Northwest regional politics and issues thoughtfully and provokingly written
Talker's Magazine The quirky talk radio trade mag. Check the Talk Radio Research Project- it's not very scientific, but places on the top 15 talkers list (scroll down to Talk Radio Audiences By Size)) are as hotly contested as Emmys (and mean just about as much).
The Advocate No, not THAT Advocate... it's the Northwest Progressive Institute's Official Blog.
Media Matters David Brock tirelessly exposes right-wing obfuscation in media.
Pacific NW Portal An ambitious blog of blogs for the progressive Pacific Northwest plus news and weather.
Orcinus home of David Neiwert, freelance investigative journalist and author who writes extensively about far-right hate groups
Hominid Views "People, politics, science, and whatnot"
Darryl is a statistician who fights imperialism with empiricism, gives good links and wry commentary.
artistdogboy He's neither a dog nor a boy, but an artist he is and an island of iconclasm on an island of iconoclasts.
Jesus' General An 11 on the Manly Scale of Absolute Gender, a 12 on the Heavenly Scale of the 10 Commandments and a 6 on the earthly scale of the Immaculately Groomed.
Howie in Seattle Howie Martin is the Abe Linkin' of progressive Seattle.
LTR (Liberal Talk Radio) Invaluable national insider news and resources for devotees of our favorite medium.
Meet The Stress Chic chicanery by Mercifurious, relentless commentator on culture, politics, the Styblehead, and the end times. (Kitty Repellent Not Provided)
Streaming Radio Guide Hellishly long (5795!) list of radio streaming, steaming on the Internets.
The Rusted Eye Artful linking, artfully narrated by our artful friend and Detroit movie critic, Jeph Meyers. Hardly anything, ever, here about talk radio, yet this site is as oddly compelling as Mr. Meyers himself.
The Naked Loon News satire -- The Onion in the Seattle petunia patch.
Irrational Public Radio "informs, challenges, soothes and/or berates, and does so with a pleasing vocal cadence and unmatched enunciation. When you listen to IPR, integrity washes over you like lava, with the pleasing familiarity of a medium-roast coffee and a sensible muffin."
The Rachel Maddow Show Here's the hyper-interactive La Raych of MSNBC. videos, podcasts, transcripts, and classy graphics.
Northwest Broadcasters The AM, FM, TV and digital broadcasters of Northwest Washington, USA and Southwest British Columbia, Canada. From Kelso, WA to the northern tip of Vancouver Island, BC - call letters, formats, slogans, networks, technical data, and transmitter maps.
Plus "recent" news.
News Corpse The Internet's chronicle of media decay.
STEVE YOUNG ON POLITICS Steve Young covers our beat in the prone position and with one hand tied behind his back. We wish we were Steve Young.
The Moderate Voice The voice of reason in the age of Obama, and the politics of the far-middle.
News Hounds Dogged dogging of Fox News by a team who seems to watch every minute of the cable channel so you don't have to.
HistoryLink Fun to read and free encyclopedia of Washington State history. Founded by the late Walt Crowley, it's an indispensable tool and entertainment source for history wonks and surfers alike.
right-wing blogs we like
The Reagan Wing Hearin lies the real heart of Washington State Republicans. Doug Parris runs this red-meat social conservative group site which bars no holds when it comes to saying who they are and who they're not; what they believe and what they don't; who their friends are and where the rest of the Republicans can go. Well-written, and flaming.
Orbusmax inexhaustible Drudgery of NW conservative news
The Radio Equalizer prolific former Seattle KVI, KIRO talk host speaks authoritatively about radio.
Make no mistake. We're now in the middle of a bloodless coup – the
takeover of an entire nation by the hate-America crowd – a cold-blooded
gang that despises America's prosperity, our standing in the world, our
trust in God and our generosity and goodness. ~~ Floyd Brown
After a brief hiatus, our old friend and Northwest homey, Floyd Brown is back.
It's an inconsequential book. There's no new information, and it neither asks new questions; nor anything of its readers. (Plus, there are no pictures, always a disappointment in a geezerly book about radio).
It's Censorship, The Threat to Silence Talk Radio by Brian Jennings and we waited until we could get it new at Amazon for $5.52. (Advice: don't pay retail for this dog!)
Taking a moment from wall-to-wall coverage of the Octomom, Sean Hannity's website has a poll:
What kind of revolution appeals most to you? The Hannitized ditto-heads are voting, and so far, 22.22% favor a Military Coup; 35.56% are for a War for Secession; but 42.22% are for good ol' Armed Rebellion.
Is this another go at mainstreaming the far, far right with an uprising of the militia windbags, the exurban goons w/guns, those beer-gut revolutionaries with the mail-order long guns converted to fully-auto?
Don't laugh it's happened before, and not that long ago ... as the crow's feet fly.
A Bible verse is taped to a whiteboard in Floyd Brown's office: That is why for Christ’s sake I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.
"Sen. Obama's spokesperson Robert Gibbs said the only
reason they won't limit themselves to public financing is because of my
TV ads. I will agree to immediately cease all 527 activities if Obama
will live up to his earlier commitments to accept public financing,"
We wouldn't counsel the Obama campaign to begin any anticipatory breath-holding activities.
Quotes from our morning with Republican schmutzer Floyd Brown filling in on Kirby & Co. (KVI m-f, 5-9a) last week. You can say say most anything that early in the morning, and usually no one notices.
(Photo: Mary Beth and Floyd Brown: better than Hollywood sex for 25 years!)
~~ Floyd: [Obama to Hillary] "The dream ticket will not happen, I don't want you anywhere near my campaign." (Don't know why this didn't make national headlines -- this scoop is exclusive to Floyd, he either talks to Obama, hears voices, or pulls stuff out of his ass. You decide).
~~ Floyd says he told Bill Maher: "Bill, you are not happy with
sex. You go out and have sex with all these women -- every time I come
to the studio, you got a different one on your arm. You will not enjoy
sex the same way I will being married to the same woman for 25 years." (You can make book on that, Floyd.)
He's not only making national riplets with his latest anti-smear ads against Barack Obama, but he's regularly on local KVI ("Thee talk station") as a fill-in on Kirby & Co.,(m-f, 5-9a).
This man's name is a dirty word. How in god's name does someone with his national notoriety ever pass the PR stink test at Fisher Communications? Do they even have one? Do they know who he is, and what he's done?
(photo: Floyd & Mary Beth Brown; "25 years of great sex, and bad politics!")
Floyd filled in for the harmless Kirby last Friday and (because we love you) we sat down and listened to the whole podcast... Before we get to that, here's some background: . Brown is a gigantic tub of scum from Tacoma who prides himself as the perp of the 1988 Willie Horton ads that defined right-wing mudhoney before there were swift boats.
KIROFM 97.3 Multi-format: news and nearly all local talk. This is where classic KIRO AM news talk radio went... hopefully, not to die. The home of Dave Ross, Dori Monson, Ron & Don, Luke Burbank, Tony Miner, and Tom Douglas.
KUOW FM 94.9 Seattle's foremost public radio news and talk.
KVI am 570 KHz Conservative talk: Except for Kirby Wilbur in the morning, this is syndicated right-wing such as Dennis Miller, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, George Noory.
KTTH am 770 KHz Right wing home of local talker David Boze: and a whole bunch of syndicated righties such as Glennn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Medved, Michael Savage, Lars Larsony.
KPTK am 1090 KHz Syndicated liberal talk. Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann, Ed Schultz, Randi Rhodes, Lionel and more fill in the large hole to the left on Northwest radio dial.
KGNW am 820 kHz Christian talk with occasional politics. Dr. James Dobson.
KOMOAM News, traffic, and and John Carlson & Ken Schram's "The Commentators."
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