{"id":1782,"date":"2011-11-07T21:13:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T01:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pidradio.com\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2011-11-07T21:13:32","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T01:13:32","slug":"p-i-d-radio-11711-national-emergency-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pidradio.com\/2011\/11\/07\/p-i-d-radio-11711-national-emergency-test\/","title":{"rendered":"P.I.D. Radio 11\/7\/11: National Emergency Test"},"content":{"rendered":"
FOR THE first time since the Emergency Broadcast System was invented in 1963, Americans will experience a national test of the Emergency Alert System. The test at 2:00PM EST (GMT -5) Wednesday will be sandwiched by a close fly-by of YU-55, a 1231-mile wide asteroid, Tuesday night, and an exercise Thursday<\/a> to test our response to a disastrous Pacific tsunami.<\/p>\n It could be an interesting week.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, war drums continue to beat in Israel and Iran; Roman Catholic bishops in Germany preach chastity while selling porn; vengeful librarians watch Facebook for the CIA; Hobby Lobby tries to buy the Crystal Cathedral; and we cough a lot.<\/p>\n Sharon was interviewed by Stacy and Randall Harp of Active Christian Media<\/a> for their show that streamed earlier today on BlogTalkRadio.\u00a0 Listen to the show by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Check out links to the news stories we discuss at the P.I.D. News page at Facebook<\/a>, and weigh in at the P.I.D. Radio Cafe<\/a>.<\/p>\n Also, please visit the P.I.D. Radio Facebook page<\/a>, and don\u2019t forget the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n Click the arrow on the player below to listen now, or right-click (control-click if you have a Mac) the “download” link to save the mp3 file to your hard drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"