AFTER THE excitement of torrential rains this morning and Sam’s big adventure in the backyard this afternoon, settling in to talk about whether or not the president wants to nationalize health care is positively relaxing. Also: it’s President Obama’s birthday — where was he born (hint: it’s Hawaii, and if you even HINT otherwise, you’re clearly a racist xenophobic wingnut who needs to be stopped at all costs)?
TONIGHT’S SHOW is a quick roundup of news that caught our attention, starting with a recommendation by some medical experts that Gardisil, the vaccine against the Human Papilloma Virus, be administered to boys. Also, evil alien memes in TV and movies; the White House Military Office now in charge of continuity of government; and the “son of Krakatoa” is rumbling.
AS WE’RE still enjoying a visit from Sharon’s sister, we take advantage of the opportunity to bring back an interview that hasn’t been online for a couple of years: in October of 2005, in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina, Hurricane Stan and the devastating earthquake in Pakistan, we spoke with Stan Deyo twice in the span of a week.
Stan’s life reads like a spy thriller — except that most people would find the plot too hard to believe.
