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In the face of a looming talent crisis, with over 3 million manufacturing jobs expected to remain unfilled in the next decade, the industry is turning to generative AI as a vital solution. Host Chris Luecke talks with Andrew Hastert, Director of Digital Strategy and Portfolio at Rockwell Automation, in this episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour about how GenAI can not only streamline operations but also empower a new generation of workers who may lack traditional manufacturing experience.They cover GenAI's ability to simplify complex tasks, such as programming and troubleshooting, which could significantly reduce the barriers for entry-level employees and help preserve critical tribal knowledge that is at risk of being lost as experienced workers retire.As generative AI continues to evolve, it promises to transform how manufacturers approach workforce challenges. And, in this conversation, Chris and Andrew shed light on its potential to not just fill gaps but also enhance productivity and innovation within manufacturing.In this episode, find out:Andrew defines AI as applying math to data to derive insights not possible with traditional methods, using powerful parallel computingHe explains how GenAI uses the transformer model to create new patterns based on existing ones, widening access to AI capabilitiesHear how the manufacturing industry faces a significant talent shortage, with over 3 million unfilled jobs projected in the next decadeLearn how GenAI can help address workforce challenges by simplifying complex tasks like programming and troubleshootingAndrew talks about data management and AI integration How AI is seen as the top technology to address workforce challenges due to its ability to capture and utilize tribal knowledgeEscaping Pilot Purgatory with GenAIHow The State of Smart Manufacturing report indicates that talent remains the biggest challenge for industrial companiesManufacturers are advised to focus on their biggest business challenges first, then consider how AI can help address themEnjoying the show? Please leave us a review here. Even one sentence helps. It's feedback from Manufacturing All-Stars like you that keeps us going!Tweetable Quotes:“I think the promise of generative AI is to dramatically simplify how we take our information, our support documentation, our tribal knowledge, document it, and get it into a large language model.”“Generative AI is just an application of AI using the transformer model to get new patterns generated, based on former patterns.”“Generative AI is not just about automation; it's about empowering new workers to tackle complex tasks that traditionally required years of experience.”Links & mentions:Rockwell Automation, the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation, digital transformation, and information solutionsState of Smart Manufacturing Report, insights on AI, industrial SaaS, and more based of surveying hundreds of manufacturing leadersDemonFlyingFox, AI artist who uses MidJourney AI to bring Balenciaga to the world of Harry PotterThe Vanguard, a Milwaukee whiskey and comfort cuisine institution specializing in late-night, house-made sausage...

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In this episode, Andrew gets into the weeds of congressional reform with Kevin Kosar, an 11-year veteran of the Congressional Research Service and now a resident fellow at AEI. Andrew and Kevin talk about the Hastert rule, the best shape of table for getting work done, the collective action problem in Congress, and why Congress needs to hire more people instead of bragging about how little they spend on staff. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4GRfX-F2jXU Congress Overwhelmed - https://amzn.to/47mc19r Follow Kevin Kosar: https://twitter.com/kevinrkosar | https://kevinrkosar.com Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyang To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shannon Westin, Francesca Gany, and Theresa Hastert discuss the topic of food insecurity among patients with cancer. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Shannon Westin: The guest on this podcast episode has no disclosures to declare.   Hello friends and welcome to another episode of JCO After Hours, your podcast to get more in-depth on some of the amazing work that has been published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.   I am thrilled to be here today with two fantastic investigators and researchers who are going to discuss a paper that is titled “Food to Overcome Outcomes Disparities – A Randomized Control Trial of Food Insecurity Interventions to Improve Cancer Outcomes.”   This was published online in the JCO on June 16, 2022. We're joined by the principal investigator Dr. Francesca Gany, who is the Chief of Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities service at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.   In addition to Dr. Gany, we're also joined by Dr. Theresa Hastert, who's an associate professor in Population Science in the School of Medicine at Wayne State University in Detroit. And she published an editorial that went along with this article named “The Potential of Cancer Care Settings to Address Food Insecurity.” This was published in the JCO on July 1st, 2022.   Welcome, ladies. So excited to hear about this work.   Dr. Francesca Gany: Thank you! It's great to be here.   Dr. Theresa Hastert: Thanks so much for having me.   Dr. Shannon Westin: So, what we're seeing more and more of is oncologists getting into other areas of expertise. For a long time, we've all been involved with treatment trials, and we've started getting into survivorship and health services. But I think that we really are realizing there are other issues for our patients that affect their cancer care and outcomes.   So, first, I just wanted to level set and see if maybe Dr. Gany, you can kick us off, can you define food insecurity and just kind of briefly discuss the prevalence patterns in women and men that are diagnosed with cancer?   Dr. Francesca Gany: Sure! So, food insecurity is essentially not enough access to food to help you maintain your health. And that could come from a variety of reasons, including not having enough money to buy food, living in a food desert, where there's not availability of food and other factors that could make food inaccessible to you.   This potentially has a tremendous impact on health. We see that with folks with cancer and folks who don't have cancer. We know with cancer patients, it's a particularly difficult issue because of the increased nutritional demands that come with a cancer diagnosis, the need for special diets, and decreased absorption of nutrients for certain folks. So, it's especially important that our cancer patients have access to enough healthy food, so they can have the best cancer treatment outcomes possible.   Dr. Theresa Hastert: I can add a little bit about the prevalence of food insecurity more broadly. So, in the US population, about 4% of Americans have what's called very low food security. So, that's where people actually reduce the amount of food they eat because they have a lack of money for food.   And by contrast, in previous work among cancer survivors, that number is closer to about 15% in sort of population-based studies and much higher in certain select patient populations.   So, if you're in an under-resourced population, and as some of Dr. Gany's previous work has cited figures of more like 55 to 70% of cancer patients and survivors with low resources can be food insecure and not have enough money for food.   Dr. Francesca Gany: All of this has, of course, worsened with a COVID pandemic because just food insecurity rates have gone up overall and we have certainly seen an impact on our patients in the cancer centers in which we work.   Dr. Shannon Westin: And you can imagine with the high costs of drug pricing and all of the other issues around coverage of cancer care that people are having to make those types of decisions between food and shelter and basics and getting their treatment for their cancer, their treatment for their other related comorbidities. Am I on the right track?   Dr. Francesca Gany: Absolutely! In fact, we did a study that specifically asked patients whether they were not purchasing medications in order to be able to feed their families. And a very high percentage of them, up to a third of patients, said that they were foregoing some of their cancer meds in order to be able to feed their family.   We asked it the opposite way as well, whether purchasing their cancer meds meant that they were unable to feed their families and unfortunately, it was a similar percentage for those food insecure patients.   So, it has a tremendous impact on fully engaging in cancer treatment, and also being able to take care of one's family which of course is so important to our patients.   Dr. Theresa Hastert: So, in Detroit, we're in Michigan, which expanded Medicaid. So, in the work that we do predominantly among African-American cancer survivors, we find that most Americans are able to access care, like with the expansion of Medicaid, people are able to get treated for cancer. Paying for drugs is another thing but we still have a lot of food insecurity among this population. About 15% of our cancer survivors, African-American cancer survivors in Detroit are food insecure.   So, it's not an insurance issue in the sense. They have Medicaid coverage and they're able to get cancer care, it might not cover every out-of-pocket expense, they still have food insecurity. So, broadening insurance is not necessarily enough to help people avoid some of these follow-on impacts.   Dr. Francesca Gany: Yes! One very important issue is that looking at food insecurity at a moment in time with our patients is not enough because we know that as treatment progresses, financial hardship also progresses – financial toxicity of the cancer treatment.   So, it's really important not to do just an initial screen for food insecurity and for other social determinants of health because food insecurity is certainly a window into other essential needs that have to be met, but it's really important that we don't just ask once, but that we ask in an ongoing way because we know that as time goes on, it only gets worse.   Dr. Theresa Hastert: That's so important. I've talked to several providers who have these issues with patients, where it's the people who are sort of more middle class who are going into cancer and be like, ‘I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine” when first asked if they need assistance. And it's not for several weeks or months when they start racking up out-of-pocket costs, and then suddenly, they realize they're not fine. It can become very delicate also because people are used to being self-sustaining, and financially independent, and they're used to being able to maybe help other people who have financial needs to donate to charities and things like that. And there can be a shift for people when they realize, ‘'Oh, no, now I need assistance.' That can be difficult for people to grapple with. And it's so important to keep checking in with patients throughout their treatment experience to see how they're doing.   Dr. Shannon Westin: I think this is really a great segue into kind of getting into the nitty-gritty of the publication. I would love for you, Dr. Gany, to give our listeners a little bit of information around the trial, the patient population that you chose, and the intervention arms.   Dr. Francesca Gany: Sure, I'm happy to do that! So, we started when we first saw the high prevalence of food insecurity among the patients, we were working with that are partnering with safety net institutions, we knew that we needed to do something.   And so, we did a study and we looked at emergency food resources in the top 50 zip codes that our patients lived in and then we did site visits, etc, to these emergency food resources and saw how inadequate they were for our cancer patients. They were inadequate because they didn't have medically tailored foods. Often, they didn't have culturally tailored food choices. Their hours of operation were very short and with all of the appointments that our patients had to keep, it made it really hard for them to reach the pantries. They weren't that geographically accessible so that was a deterrent to patients.   So, we realized that we have to do something that was much more convenient for our patients that would address their medically tailored food needs. And also, the difficulties they might have traveling to another site to get food.   So, we started a medically tailored food pantry of one initially, in which we partnered with a local food bank for New York pantry site that was close by to the hospital and worked with them around food choices for our patients, etc. And would work with them to pack the bags at their site and then we would bring the bags over to the hospital.   We found with our patients that there was tremendous uptake of this service, and tremendous appreciation and they reported improved quality of life and improved ability to get on with their cancer care.   This grew to now 15 pantries in both safety net facilities and also Comprehensive Cancer Centers because there are a sizable number of people in Comprehensive Cancer Centers, as you know we've been discussing that are also food insecure.   So, we had 15 pantries, but pantries - they're a great piece of the solution - but we didn't feel that they were enough of the solution because even though they were medically tailored and patients had some choice, they didn't have total choice in what they were getting. And especially with cancer care, people's food preferences shift, etc. And what they need to be healthy shifts.   So, we explored two other options of home grocery delivery service where they would get to pick what groceries came to their home, and having the groceries come to their home eliminated the issues that come up certainly with having to carry heavy bags, etc.             It was some choice that this gave them but the windows of delivery were a little bit of a problem for the patients because sometimes the food delivery services would be coming at a time that didn't work for the patients.   And then, the third option was a voucher system, where people get basically a debit card, and they can buy whatever they want within, no alcoholic beverages, etc, but whenever they want to purchase with that voucher card. And we accompanied that with education around healthful food choices, nutrition during cancer, etc, which was translated into a number of different languages.   So, those ended up being three pieces of the arms of the study. The pantry had become pretty much the standard of care in all of the facilities we were working in. So, that was one arm. So usual, customary care. And then, we added to that because it was in the sites that we were at, we added a voucher arm as well.   And in the third arm, it was a home grocery delivery arm. Those were the three arms of this randomized control trial. All of the monetary amounts were the same for the three arms. So, the grocery bag cost the same as the amount they were given in the debit card, which costs the same as the home grocery delivery pretty much, or it was at least equivalent nutritional content and food content. So, those are the three arms of the study.   Dr. Shannon Westin: Great! Well, just cut to the chase and let the group know what did you find?   Dr. Francesca Gany: So, we found that after six months of participation, the voucher plus pantry arm had the greatest treatment completion rates, 94%, versus the home grocery delivery, 82.5%, versus the pantry alone, which was 77 and a half percent.   So, tremendous differences between these three arms. All three arms saw a significant improvement in food security status but those were the treatment completion rates across the arm.   We also looked at quality of life and depression symptoms across the arms at 6 months, and across all arms, patients had fewer depression symptoms in follow-up. And improved FACT-G quality of life scores. But the statistically significant differences were actually found in the pantry and the delivery plus pantry arm for both of those measures.   Dr. Shannon Westin: That is so interesting and so exciting to see this type of intervention making a difference for our patients. Was there anything that surprised you about your results?   Dr. Francesca Gany: So, the one that was a little surprising was why the quality-of-life results did not exactly mirror the treatment completion rates. And we are assuming that that has to do with the fact that with the pantry, there's a lot of in-person interaction with staff and with the home grocery delivery, actually, because many of the patients found it a little bit tricky to order the grocery deliveries online, they also had a fair amount of staff interaction. Whereas with the voucher, there was less of that.   So, perhaps that explains that we're not sure and we're doing a much larger randomized control trial now in which we're going to look at that. One really great finding was that around food choices and healthy food choices with the voucher because we wanted to look at that, we were controlling what we gave to patients with the pantry arm, and we were controlling that to some extent with the grocery delivery, especially because we were ordering with them.   But we were very interested for the voucher arm and across the board, people made very healthful choices with the voucher. Again, they all were accompanied by nutrition education, etc. And interestingly, limited English proficient patients and patients who were born abroad had the healthiest food choices.   So, this was a great way to intervene with all patients who were food insecure. And we saw that it had a tremendous impact equally regardless of country of birth, language, etc. And great extra finding that there were healthful food choices and that was especially true in immigrants and in folks who have limited English proficiency.   Dr. Shannon Westin: Great. It's so exciting. I think though, it brings up the obvious question that seems like a ton of work. So, how do we operationalize this in our clinic? How do we screen patients? How do we work with our cancer center directors or our clinic directors to be able to provide these types of interventions? Sorry, I know it sounds like it's a million-dollar question.   Dr. Francesca Gany: This screening is simple. For these studies, we use the 18-item USDA Food Security screener. That's a longer instrument but we wanted to make sure we use that for this study. But in actual clinical practice, the two item screener works. And we are working now on one question specifically for cancer patients that we're finding is also quite sensitive and quite specific, and that does not take a long time at all.   We should be screening everyone. We should be screening in an ongoing way. We should be tracking this as a very important patient outcome. What does take longer and which is a little bit daunting to folks is that once you find food insecurity, you need to treat it.   And so, we do a lot of work around how to treat food insecurity and how to treat it efficiently. In the end, I actually think that the food voucher is going to be the way to go because it requires less staff time. And people are used to paying for groceries with debit cards, and with cards, and that has not been an issue at all for our patients. And I do think from a clinical operations perspective, from a policy perspective, and from an insurer's perspective, this should be part of the workflow. The vouchers are a really easy way to do it. We'll of course have more data when the larger trial is done.   Dr. Shannon Westin: These points are so important around needing to be able to address food insecurity when you find it. The screening is very simple and providing food to somebody else is much less so. And it can actually be harmful to screen for something and then not do anything about it like that could actually increase patient's distress if you're making moves like you're going to help them and then don't, it can actually be harmful.   But I was wondering, Dr. Gany, if you could talk a little bit about how you got this off the ground, functionally speaking, at the beginning. Like, if somebody wanted to do something similar for their own cancer survivor, with their patient population, what kinds of steps can people be taking? Who did you work with? Did you get any pushback? Are there any lessons learned that you could share with people?   Dr. Francesca Gany: Yes, so I think there are more and more pantries actually now that are being implemented at cancer sites. So, I think that there is broader buy-in now on the systems part.   So, I think that's a little bit less of a heavy lift than it might have been a few years ago. We were in a very receptive place. They were really happy that we wanted to help the patients this way and were very facilitative.   And so, we partnered with a food bank for New York Food Pantry at our initial site, and we partnered at other sites, and then we became a food pantry site ourselves so that we could have access to as many varied products as possible, so that we could put together bags that were tailored, etc. And so, then patients could pick the items in the pantry that were tailored.   The couple of issues that arose was this one was a space issue, especially in New York City spaces at such a premium and the clinics were really worried about even giving over a closet. So, in one pantry, we have a few drawers in the conference room, and we pull everything out when we get there. We have a cart and we wheel it around, and we wheel to a spot, etc. So, we take care of it that way.   At another site, we keep everything in the basement. When we came to where there was more space, we wheel it up to the cancer clinic. Some sites had more space and that was great, we could set up the pantry to be permanently there and displayed.   The other issue that concerns sites was food safety, food management, vermin, etc. So, all of our folks are trained in food safety, food handling, and food storage, so that we store it in the safest way possible. And so, that there were no issues around that. So, that has really worked out.   One other thing is we've also introduced an intervention at some of the sites of food navigators. So, not only do they help patients with the pantries, etc., but they also work with folks around what are some of the other resources they can access that'll work for them in their communities near their home that have the right foods for them, etc. And that's helped. This was not in the study, but this is just in our clinical operation for this. That has helped as well.   Dr. Shannon Westin: It's so great. It's such a lot of work and it seems so essential. I think it's really going to be on us to take it back to our institutions and determine what works. I loved your line about it seems like the vouchers might be our best. I think we really need those kinds of real-world solutions that we can actually bring back to implement.   I guess my other question is, is there a role for policy change here? Is there something we can do kind of on a more national level to address these things rather than it being at the individual practice and institution levels?   Dr. Francesca Gany: Oh, my God, yes! That is our hope from these studies that at the healthcare system level, the insurer level, and then the broader policy level in New York. For instance, some of our patients are undocumented immigrants. So, they have less access to food programs that others might have access to such as SNAP.   By the way, we saw the same food insecurity rates in SNAP participants as we saw in non-SNAP participants because the benefits are not that hefty in SNAP, but that is an aside.   But for undocumented immigrants, let's say, when in New York when they are diagnosed with cancer, they are eligible for Medicaid for the treatment of emergency conditions. So, such an easy thing to do would be to do a food insecurity screener when you were doing the emergency Medicaid eligibility, and then help people right into a food program, a voucher program.   When we think of the costs of the vouchers, in this study, the costs were a little bit more than $200 a month. For the vouchers, the staff time does not cost that much. And when one thinks about the cost of cancer treatment, of cancer care, and what a teeny drop in the bucket this is compared to the cost of cancer treatment. This should be a no-brainer for policy folks because it is so little money compared to the bigger outlay with so much impact.   So, that's one example of how we see it rolling out in a policy arena. When you're screening for Medicaid, for the treatment of emergency eligibility, you ask a couple of food insecurity questions or the one we're hoping to roll out and if somebody's food insecure, it's just they automatically got the food voucher.   Dr. Theresa Hastert: I think, well, ultimately, being able to have people in with policy-level solutions for this would be amazing, it would be a huge step. In the meantime, I really think it is going to be a lot of individual people and individual cancer centers trying to connect the people in front of them with the resources that they need.   And in order to do that, I think we'll really make the biggest progress when we do get buy-in, we get champions higher up in the cancer centers. When cancer center leadership takes it up and helps smooth paths, and when funders put efforts behind it, and I think they're doing this increasingly, put efforts behind addressing social needs among cancer patients and survivors, and also our accrediting agencies in terms of tracking, ‘Are you not only screening people? Are you hooking people up with resources?'   And of course, there's a balance between cancer centers that are set up to diagnose and treat cancer but if our patients are dealing with all these other issues, we need to be doing what we can to help address those issues so people can recover from cancer, can go on to live healthy, happy lives, could have the best outcomes.   Dr. Francesca Gany: Definitely. And some natural allies, the cancer centers, our folks in nutrition services, because they totally know how important it is for people to have access to nutritious food during their treatment. So, they're great allies, social work depending navigators, and community helpers depending on how the institution is structured. But it has not been hard for us to find champions at any of the sites that we've been at despite the space issues, etc. But we're super flexible. We make it work however we have to so that the site feels that it's value-added and that it's not interrupting their clinical flow.   Dr. Shannon Westin: This was great. Ladies, thank you so much for your expertise and for giving us some really, I think, concrete things that we could potentially do back in our institutions. And thank you to all of our listeners.   Again, we were discussing  ‘Food to Overcome Outcomes Disparities – A Randomized Control Trial of Food Insecurity Interventions to Improve Cancer Outcomes.' published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology on June 16th, 2022. We're so excited that you took the time to listen, please check out our other episodes and check back soon for a new episode of the podcast. Have a great one, y'all.   Dr. Francesca Gany: Thank you!   Dr. Theresa Hastert: Thank you.     The purpose of this podcast is to educate and inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions.   Guests on this podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. Guest statements on the podcast do not express the opinions of ASCO. The mention of any product, service, organization, activity or therapy should not be construed as an ASCO endorsement.    

Stefan Lassnig spricht mit Lisa Hastert, Regional Information Officer bei DG ECHO, über die humanitäre Reaktion der EU auf die russische Invasion in der Ukraine, die Situation im Kriegsgebiet und in den Nachbarländern, über die Herausforderungen wirksamer Hilfe vor Ort, über europäische Zusammenarbeit in Krisenzeiten und darüber, was sich hinter dem sperrigen Begriff „EU-Katastrophenschutzverfahren“ verbirgt:Das EU-Katastrophenschutzverfahren ermöglicht der EU die Koordinierung eines gemeinsamen Vorgehens mit einer Vielzahl von Ländern. Wenn bei einem Notfall die Reaktionskapazitäten eines Landes in Europa und außerhalb unzureichend sind, kann dieses über das Verfahren Hilfe anfordern. Die Europäische Kommission spielt eine Schlüsselrolle bei der Koordinierung der weltweiten Katastrophenhilfe und übernimmt mindestens 75 % der Transport- und/oder Betriebskosten von Einsätzen. Durch die Zusammenarbeit können die beteiligten Länder wirksamer und kohärenter reagieren. Dies ist auch für das die Hilfe erhaltende Land vorteilhaft, da es nur einen Ansprechpartner hat. Die EU übernimmt eine unterstützende Rolle und koordiniert die freiwilligen Beiträge der am EU- Katastrophenschutzverfahren beteiligten Länder. Die Hilfe umfasst Sachleistungen sowie die Entsendung von speziell ausgerüsteten Teams oder Experten zur Bewertung und Koordinierung der Unterstützung vor Ort. Transparenzhinweis:Diese Folge entspringt einer Kooperation mit der Europäischen Kommission, allerdings – und darauf legen wir Wert – in redaktioneller Unabhängigkeit. Mehr zu den Programmen der EU-Kommission findet ihr hier.Podcastempfehlung der Woche:Podcast "Kunstblick"

Hello Interactors,This has been a wild week in our neighborhood. It was a car enthusiasts dream. Too bad our family’s biggest car enthusiast, my son, was busy working his summer job. It was guys like him that got America hooked on cars. And now our planet is cooked. Is it a lost cause? As interactors, you’re special individuals self-selected to be a part of an evolutionary journey. You’re also members of an attentive community so I welcome your participation.Please leave your comments below or email me directly.Now let’s go…GET A HORSEFlying down the freeway I see a woman climb out of the sunroof of her car. She’s alone. A semi-truck pulls alongside as she leaps from the car onto the bed of the trailer. Pulling alongside the car in front of her, I see the driver put on a black blindfold. He crosses his arms across his chest like he’s preparing for a collision. Just then, the truck in front of him slams on their brakes. His car comes to a screeching halt as does the woman’s empty car behind him. The man lifts his blindfold, stares into a camera mounted on his dashboard, and gruffly states, “I guess it works.”This isn’t a stunt I watched on Tik Tok, but a Hyundai Genesis ad from 2015. It starts with a voiceover from the sacrificial stuntman in the lead car, “The challenge is to show the driver assist features in an exciting way. But you guys, it seems, are a little hard to excite. Maybe the only way is to put our own lives on the line. Proof, through jeopardy.”Our neighborhood was blocked off this week to film a Genesis car commercial. Nothing this dramatic, they just drove their luxury cars around the block. They descended a hill that features an unobstructed distant view of the Seattle skyline beyond a glistening blue Lake Washington. Fancy cars in a fancy suburb. A suburb whose name features prominently on the Costco toilet paper most of you wipe your fanny biscuits with – Kirkland. Maybe we’re not so fancy after all, but our neighborhood does have nice views.We didn’t see stunt doubles hurling themselves from the sunroofs of luxury cars that day. In fact, we barely saw a single human being. The windows were tinted black, and the streets were empty, except for the police and production assistants. I stepped on the sidewalk to walk down the street and got yelled at by a Kirkland cop. “SIR! PLEASE BACK OFF THE SIDEWALK!” They, like the drivers, were being instructed by the commercial’s director on a walkie-talkie from inside a customized SUV. It had a massive camera boom stretching from the roof over the front end – like a carrot dangling in front of a mule.The truth is, it’s not just car commercials that wish there were no pedestrians on the street. Anytime any of us get behind the wheel of a car we wish the streets were free of people. And bikes. And, yes, other cars and busses too. It’s no wonder most every car commercial features a single driver on a smooth open road…void of people and cars. What bliss. No worries, no conflicts, no delays, just me on my street going between my house and my Costco to hoard my toilet paper.But believe it or not, people needed to be convinced automobiles were useful – let alone desirable. It wasn’t a car commercial that convinced them of this. It was their neighborhood car enthusiasts. People needed to be convinced of the promise of new machines. Innovation doesn’t just sell itself. Sociologists who study social movements say innovations that shape society are framed by “ideological activists who exploit political opportunities to mobilize resources.” They participate in what sociologists call ‘meaning-work’ which demonstrates their ideology as being meaningful, valid, and appropriate.New industries become broadly legitimized only after these industry activists are successful in converting radical concepts into something useful. Elements of a larger belief system must be framed in the context of daily life. So, automobile clubs organized events that demonstrated the benefits of the automobile. This idea was taken from bicycle clubs of the 1800s who used bicycle races to demonstrate the utility, reliability, and health benefits of cycling. Most automobile clubs were born out of bicycle clubs. Both were elite modes of transport using the latest industrial technology. The first automobiles were simply motorized quadricycles. Those motors were especially useful for getting up a hill.Biking up hills is hard. Biking for long distances requires endurance. And what happens if your bike breaks down? Reliability of both bikes and horse carriages was a big deal. These challenges of everyday life were just what automobile industry activists (i.e. automobile clubs) needed to demonstrate the benefits of an automobile. So, they organized demonstration events that included hill climbs and races pitting one car maker against another to see which was the fastest and most reliable.The first was on Thanksgiving of 1895 financed by the Times-Herald. Eleven cars were invited, five showed up and only two managed to finish the event. The winner was awarded $10,000 ($350,000 today) and it went to the Duryea Brothers –America’s first automaker. Their gasoline car topped out at 8MPH in below freezing temperatures…in the snow. Reminding people of the challenges of taking a horse and buggy through the snow, the Times-Herald reported that the car made it “through deep snow and along ruts that would have tried horses to the utmost.”But these events weren’t universally convincing. In 1896, an event organized by the Rhode Island State Fair Association featured an electric car. The Riker Electric won the race and $5,000 but the crowd was underwhelmed. They began chanting, “GET A HORSE. GET A HORSE. GET A HORSE.” That refrain became a popular expression used to make fun of automobile drivers. For years people would yell as they passed, “GET A HORSE!”By July of 1905, the publication Horseless Age, declared the beginning of the American dominant car culture. After a national reliability event by the American Automobile Association (AAA), The Glidden Tour, they reported that it “proved the automobile is now almost foolproof. It has proved that American cars are durable and efficient...it has strengthened our belief in the permanence of the motor car.’’A year later, in 1906, Munsey Magazine also declared the end of making fun of the automobile by writing, the “uncertain period of the automobile is now past. It is no longer a theme for jokers and rarely do we hear the derisive expression ‘Get a horse.’” And three years later, in 1909, Charles Duryea atoned that the “novelty of the automobile has largely worn off.” Soon Ford started pulling out of demonstration events and became the first mass produced reliable car in the world. The belief system of those early innovation activists had taken hold. Their meaning-work was done. They had demonstrated and convinced the public that their once radical inventions were more useful, usable, and desirable than horses, buggies…and bikes.THE GENIE GETS OUT OF THE BOTTLEWith the public convinced and nationwide reliability events tapering off, automobile activists turned their attention to roads. The Good Roads Movement had been around since the 1880s and was started by a bicycle club, the League of American Wheelman. But in 1910 that organizations efforts were overshadowed by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). By the 1920s, automobiles were competing for space with streetcars that were ubiquitous in cities big and small across the country. Streetcar systems were so vast you could almost traverse the country by streetcar city to city. But for the first time, funds and space for public rail infrastructure had competition. Should tax dollars be spent on developing and maintaining rail for trains and streetcars or roads for bikes and automobiles?Meanwhile, large motor coaches were also being produced. One of the first manufacturers and operators in America was John D. Hertz of Hertz rental car fame. He had been operating busses in Chicago since 1916, and in 1923 started the Yellow Coach Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of another popular name, the Yellow Cab Company. He went on to start other companies with visions of bringing busses and busing to all of America.In 1925 General Motors (GM) bought a controlling stake in Yellow Coach and changed the name to Yellow Truck and Coach Manufacturing Company.  Then, in 1926 Yellow Coach purchased the struggling New York Railways Corporation with the idea of converting it to a bus company. By 1930, the depression put added pressure on the competition for infrastructure funds. Financially struggling streetcars companies were often forced by local governments to lease street access and pay for rail maintenance and services (like snow removal). Companies were also sometimes forced to cap fare prices to protect lower income residents from getting priced out of public transportation by private firms. By the 1930s most streetcars were worn down and their companies bankrupt. It made them easy prey for companies like General Motors to buy them out.And so they did. GM started a subsidiary called United Cities Motor Transport (UCMT) with the sole purpose of buying out streetcar companies and converting them to bus lines in small cities. They succeeded in Saginaw, Michigan, and Springfield, Ohio and then tried Portland, Oregon. But the American Transit Association, a public transit advocacy group, stepped in and the UCMT was forced to dissolve in 1935. But it didn’t stop General Motors. That same year they converted a streetcar in New Jersey to a ‘trackless trolly’ – a bus attached to an electric wire that could detach to pick up passengers in lower populated areas. An idea that is alive to this day.The conversion from tracks to wheels was catching on. In 1936, two brothers in Minnesota who had been modestly busing school children and miners since 1920, either decided or were ‘encouraged’ to expand. They announced a reorganization of their company, National City Lines, "for the purpose of taking over the controlling interest in certain operating companies engaged in city bus transportation and overland bus transportation."  That same year, 1936, this tiny outfit bought 13 streetcar companies in three states in the Midwest. They pushed westward and south to three more states in 1937. They also formed a subsidiary in Oakland, California called Pacific City Lines (PCL) with the intention of converting streetcar operations on the west coast to bus lines. In 1938 they approached GM’s Yellow Coach company to help finance further expansion. By 1939 they had secured funding from not only GM, but  Firestone Tire, Standard Oil of California, Phillips Petroleum, and Mack Trucks. By the end of 1939, just three years after owning and operating a couple rural busses in Minnesota, National City Lines took control of 29 local streetcar and public transportation companies in 27 cities across 10 states. By 1947 that grew to 46 systems, 45 cities, and 16 states.That also marked the end of the buying spree. In 1947 they were indicted on these two counts of conspiracy by the Federal District Court of Southern California: 'Conspiring to acquire control of a number of transit companies, forming a transportation monopoly' and 'Conspiring to monopolize sales of buses and supplies to companies owned by National City Lines.' In 1948 the case was appealed by the U.S. Supreme Court and they ordered the case be moved to the Midwest in the Federal District Court in Northern Illinois.A year later, in 1949, General Motors, Standard Oil of California, Firestone and others were convicted of conspiring to monopolize the sale of buses and related products to local transit companies controlled by National City Lines and other companies. But they were acquitted on charges of conspiracy to monopolize the ownership of streetcar and other public transportation companies. GM was fined a paltry $5000 ($62,000 today) dollars for their involvement. Their treasurer, also the director of Pacific City Lines was fined $1. That almost seems like a wink and nod more than a punishment. That one man single-handedly dismantled a $100 million electric public transportation system up and down the west coast of the United States.In Los Angeles alone, 280 million passengers a year were using the electric streetcar system. They were forced into buses or cars – if they could afford them. By 1953, just four years after the great General Motors Streetcar Conspiracy people were already complaining of traffic in LA. Within a decade, nearly four million cars were crawling around the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. The era of automobile dependency in the United States was in full swing. And there’s no getting that genie back in the bottle.SAFETY FOR WHOM?The CEO of GM, Alfred P. Sloan, wasn’t just pooling money with his cronies to buy out electric streetcar companies. Back in 1932, the same time he was conspiring to monopolize, he also created the ‘National Highway Users Conference’. He filled it with automobile, oil, and highway construction executives as a non-profit lobbying group intent on bringing an end to the government funding of mass transportation. This resulted in the creation of the U.S. Highway Trust Fund which was then used to fund the creation of the U.S. Interstate Highway System. Between 1952 and 1970 the U.S. government spent nearly two billion dollars on highways. Rail systems got just one quarter of a million.1970 also marked the year the ‘National Highway Users Conference’, ‘Automotive Safety Foundation’, and the ‘Auto Industries Highway Safety Committee’ were merged to form the ‘Highway Users Federation’. In 1995 the name was changed to the 'American Highway Users Alliance’ which to this day is “dedicated to more successful and aggressive issue advocacy on behalf of the highway community.” They went on to lead a “successful national lobbying, media and grassroots advocacy campaign to enact legislation officially designating and funding the National Highway System.” A year later, in 1996, Al Gore, the Nobel prize winner for climate change advocacy, keynoted their 40th anniversary conference. An inconvenient truth.This organization was also the member of the Global Climate Coalition from 1989 to 2001. This was the largest climate policy group in the world. It was an international coalition that opposed actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and challenged the science behind climate change. They also played a significant role in the United States denying ratification of the 1992 Kyoto Protocol.In 2004 a former U.S. Federal Highway Administration staffer, Greg Cohen, became the CEO of the organization. He was behind the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, better known as SAFETE-LU. This George W. Bush administration bill included funding for the purchase of land in Illinois for freeway expansion. Bush worked directly with the Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, on the bill. It turned out Hastert owned the very land slated for freeway expansion. The celebration of the passing of the bill was held at the headquarters of the road construction equipment maker, Caterpillar.Four months later Hastert enjoyed a 500% profit in the sale of his land and his net worth went from $300,000 to over $6 million. Hastert went on to be convicted on felony charges, but not for swindling taxpayers’ dollars. He was sent to prison for serial sexual molestation of young boys. He is the highest-ranking U.S. elected official to serve a prison sentence. Will Trump dethrone him? Just last April, the former Highway Alliance CEO, Greg Cohen, received an award by the ‘Road Gang’ (as those in the organization like to call themselves) for his “significant, exemplary contributions to the highway industry.”In 2009 the ‘Road Gang’ opposed the American Clean Energy and Security Act. This was the first U.S. bill passed by a branch of the U.S. Federal Government intent on curbing heat-trapping gases responsible for the climate crisis. The ‘Road Gang’ said the “bill will dramatically raise the price of highway fuel through a hidden tax” and that it may “raise the price of gasoline by 77 cents over the next decade.” Worse yet, they worried “none of the revenue raised will be spent on highways.”These caustic climate curmudgeons, car conspirators, tire tycoons, and oil and gas goons are the modern-day automobile enthusiast club. In sociological terms they are ideological activists who exploit financial and political opportunities to mobilize resources. For over a century their ideologically vacuous, homogenous, and one-sided promise of automobility is alive and well but it is also killing us – even as it perpetually promises to save us.Yet we still need demonstrations to convince us. Now safety and reliability are demonstrated by professional stunt drivers filmed on a smooth open road. Desirable luxury automobiles are filmed in a bucolic low-density suburban neighborhood void of cars and people. Ironically, our Kirkland neighborhood was planned and designed in the 1800s – complete with alleys designed to hide buggies, bikes, and carbon belching Buicks. Streets were public spaces where kids could play, and neighbors talked to one another. As car enthusiasts took over so did city planners and city councils hellbent on accommodating there promises. Now these enthusiasts are our elected officials, city planners, and civil engineers. In their mind, most of them anyway, the only meaningful, valid, and appropriate use of the street is for cars. A place where to be safe you need Hollywood production assistants on every corner and a cop in the intersection yelling, “SIR! PLEASE BACK OFF THE SIDEWALK!” It makes me want to yell back, “GET A HORSE!” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io

David Waldman slipped Greg Dworkin's timecard through the clock today as Greg's off “on assignment”, or something. Don't worry, Greg should be back tomorrow! A Tennessee bill proposes to eliminate pedophilia simply... by putting a ring on it. No longer will marriage be held back by age, psychiatric disorders or mental capacity. It's not “grooming” if your spouse isn't old enough to comb their own hair, is it? TN Representative John Rose met his future wife back in high school… when he was agriculture commissioner. Fellow TN Rep. David Byrd was named chairman of an education subcommittee, and in three women's sexual assault allegations from when he was a high school coach. Byrd has learned his lesson… at least about vaccination, once COVID almost killed him. So, that's why it's “Moms for Liberty” pushing “Don't Say Gay” bills in red states, because man, you don't want to consider the “Dad”s' histories… but let's! For instance, Dennis Hastert was the longest Republican-complicit, felon/Speaker of the House in history. Then there's Rep. Mark Foley. You might remember him in connection with “The Mark Foley Scandal”, in which he texted… uhm, ewwwwwww! Anyhow, like Hastert and several other Dads for Liberty, Mark was very, very anti-gay, in theory. Ohio's “Don't Say Gay” clone bill was recently introduced by Jean “Mean Jean” Schmidt, who identifies as “female” presumably, or else why would they have let her in the Capitol women's restroom to sully Michelle Bachmann's vomit? 

Conquer The Gauntlet Pro Brint Hastert made some big waves in the sport recently when he finished 3rd at the Hyrox US National Championship.  Evan talks to Brint about his training, background in sports, diet and more in this content packed episode. Plus, we learn why Brint tends to stay away from DekaFit and his plans for Battle of the Lions OCR.   Episode brought to you by The Amino Company, use code Strength to get 30% off your orders from the Amino Company at www.aminoco.com/tss   Music provided by Dino Sinos, follow his YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs41UzqhjMs7MJFM6oG8yzg

Growing up in Chicago our hero Andrew Hastert had an early passion for learning how things worked. He took that passion to the next level and after completing a degree in mechanical engineering he pursued a career where he helps businesses solve their biggest challenges. He speaks to how staying curious and understanding your own personal values are critical in life. Andrew recognizes the talent gap in industry and is passionate to help mentor and support others in their journeys. He is a huge advocate for driving diversity and equality in the workplace. His heart is built to serve others and he gives several examples of how he's been able to mentor and coach people and how that is such an important part of who he is as a leader.He has a wonderful family and shares some of his personal passions outside of his career. He was featured on HGTV's House Hunters and shared that experience. You'll quickly hear why Andrew is our hero! Guest: Andrew Hastert - Director of Channel Partnerships at Rockwell AutomationHost: Chris GraingerExecutive Producer: Adam SheetsResourcesWhite Men as Full Diversity Partners: https://wmfdp.com/case-studies/rockwell-automation/Catalyst and Rockwell’s Culture of Inclusion Journey: https://www.catalyst.org/spotlight-story/rockwell-automation-a-decade-of-courageous-change/It Starts With You: What Being an Ally at Work Really Looks Like: https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/support/documentation/overview/it-starts-with-you--what-being-an-ally-at-work-really-looks-like.htmlBooks:Digital Transformation by Tom Siebel: https://digitaltransformation.ai/Hit Refresh by Satya Nadella: https://news.microsoft.com/hitrefresh/Drive by Dan Pink: https://www.danpink.com/drive./TSIA Technology as a Service Playbook: https://www.tsia.com/booksFour Days to Change: https://www.amazon.com/Four-Days-Change-Radical-Overcome/dp/099734220XBlue Ocean Strategy: https://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/ Podcasts:A16Z: https://a16z.com/podcasts/Manufacturing Happy Hour: https://manufacturinghappyhour.com/podcast/How I Built This: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-thisThe Investor Podcast, Millennial Investing: https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/millennial-investing/House Hunter Episode that Andrew was featured onInspirational Quotes:If I look at the end of my day and see that most of it was spent with others, helping them, coaching them, supporting them, listening to them, I call that a win.A world of opportunity can be opened when humans are enabled with technology, but technology on its own will not solve all our problems.

The show is about the Hastert Rule used by the leaders in Congress and the Judges who were appointed during this Administration.

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Hastert is out, Jones is in at Rock Port. How does this impact Rock Port and the 275 Conference?

Twitter friend and Canadian obsessed with American politics Evan Scrimshaw comes on the pod to discuss how a former Speaker of the House admitted in a court of law that he molested boys while a high school teacher, and basically no one talks about it. We posit why, and then complain a bit about stuff Hastert did as speaker, and wouldn't you know it? The episode is over. Follow Evan: @EScrimshaw Follow the show: @Sordid_History Follow me: @TheJakeChristie

Today's episode is brought  to you by Audible! Go to audible.com/lawpod for your free 30 day trial!! In today's episode, we take a look at the law of contracts, and particularly in the context of the recent lawsuit involving former Speaker of the House Denny Hastert. We begin, however, with a related question from patron Michael, who asks whether the Scientologists can really enforce that billion-year contract to join to Sea Org.  (This answer will not surprise you.) That leads into our main segment, where we look at the strange and tragic lawsuit being brought against Hastert by a victim of his past sexual assault.  Hastert agreed to pay the victim $3.5 million for his silence, and then stopped paying after he came under federal investigation.  Recently, Hastert counter-sued to recover the hush money previously paid, and we break down all the intricacies of contract law to try and figure out who's likely to get what. After our main segment, we tackle another listener question; this time, about whether employers can fire you for smoking marijuana in the privacy of your own home if you live in a state like Colorado that's legalized marijuana use. Finally, we end with a brand new Thomas Takes the Bar Exam question #10 which is another very, very hard question.  Remember that TTTBE issues a new question every Friday, followed by the answer on next Tuesday's show.  Don't forget to play along by following our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and/or our Facebook Page and quoting the Tweet or Facebook Post that announces this episode along with your guess and reason(s)! Show Notes & Links This Chicago Tribune article sets forth the facts of the Hastert case. And this Tribune article contains the actual text of Haster's counterclaim that we discuss during the show. On Thursday, Andrew was a guest on The Scathing Atheist podcast episode #208. That same day (he's a busy guy!), Andrew also did a guest spot on episode #103 of the Gaytheist Manifesto podcast. Support us on Patreon at:  patreon.com/law Follow us on Twitter:  @Openargs Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/openargs/ And email us at openarguments@gmail.com.  

January 10 , 2017 | Expresso - Jennifer Hastert by Topeka Bible Church

*Originally Posted at MissioAlliance.org A Connecticut native and granddaughter of Italian and Irish immigrants, Cathleen is a graduate of Wheaton College, the alma mater of the Rev. Billy Graham, former U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and horror film director Wes Craven. (Admittedly, she often finds more common ground with Craven and Graham than Hastert.) She holds a […]

Ken Davis is joined by Aldertrack’s Mike Fourcher. They discuss the Hastert sentencing, the Tribune/Gannett takeover, the potential relocation of the Lucas Museum and the release of the Tiffany Jacobs police video. This program was produced by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).

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Episode 8: War Spending, Hawaii Drugs, Sanders Delegates, 28 Pages, Hastert Sentencing by Five Minutes Five Issues

Jesse and Brittany discuss their adventures with Brian from Liar City, Marius' recommendation that we discuss the latest spanking study, Tennessee governor Bill Haslam's decision to sign a bill allowing therapists to deny services to LGBT individuals, Denny Hastert's court appearance where he admitted molesting children, primary results in five states from Tuesday, Donald Trump's... The post #212 – “Brian from Liar City's Visit, Spanking Study, Tennessee Governor is the Worst, Denny Hastert – Pedophile, Primary Results, Donald Trump's Various Positions, Megyn Kelly's Upcoming Interview, Shep on Crasich, Cruz/Carly, Jane Sanders' Challenge, and Uplifting Judge Encounter.” appeared first on I Doubt It Podcast.

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

In This Week’s Show, episode 75,  The Jews arrest Dennis “hamster in his butt” Hastert for activating gay-Alexia in cardinal Springsteen’s house.

Jesse and Brittany welcome a very special guest, Isaac, to the show! Isaac joins the show to discuss Jesse's bullying, North Carolina follow-up on the Governor's attempts to save face, Denny Hastert's dark past as a child predator (allegedly), Ben Carson's defense of Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's $0 charity donations, Donald Trump's promise to start... The post #209 – “Jesse's Bullying, North Carolina Follow-Up, Denny Hastert is a Perv, Ben Carson Defends Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump $0 Charity, Hillary Clinton's Race Relations Problem, Bernie Sanders' Responses to Bill Clinton, and Takin' Care of Biz feat. Inky the Octopus!” appeared first on I Doubt It Podcast.

On this episode Jim discusses the pedophilia scandal involving former speaker of the House Dennis Hastert. Why is it possible that Hastert may serve as little as six months in prison? What exactly was he prosecuted for, and why could prosecutors not charge him with the sexual abuse of minors? Bernie Sanders continues to make gains on Hillary Clinton, can she hang on to her lead? What could John Kasich be up to you? With no mathematical chance of clinching the nomination through the primary, why is he staying in? BMW launches new car sharing service, should you pay your taxes with a credit card?, and a new online tool for boosting your credit score.

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Kenny, Debbha, P.s. Meuller and Rob Pool of Mic Check Radio cover more nonsense than you can shake a stick at! R.I.P. The Iowa Straw Poll! Denny "Mister Clean" Hastert smearing good folks while hiding his own proclivities! Huckabee's collection of Pedophiles! "Oral Suction Circumcision" SWEET FANCY MOSES! WTF!!! Possible Justice for Tamir Rice. Ted Cruz: Running for President is HARD!!! Christopher Lee Sings! Rational voices from McKinney Texas... And a couple irrational ones as well. The Tea Bagger that helped two killers escape a NY prison!!! Ben Carson is a dick. Jeb Bush is a dick. Plus MORE!!!

Sam and Ivan talk about: * Introduction * Apple WWDC 2015 * Twitter CEO Departure * Hastert / Election 2016 * Lightning Round

Jackie and Dunlap on John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Johnny Horton, Silly History, Hilary, Fabian, Dr. Ben Carson, Scott Walker, Voter Fraud, FBI Surveillance, Rand Paul, Bernie Sanders, Duggars, Hastert, The Electrified Mule, the Catholictown arcade, and the Pope and Santorum locked in a closet.   Sponsors: Mr. Leaky & Soured Towels.   

1 - Jack saw something horrific on morning TV; 2016 stuff. 2 - Tim Carney from Washington Examiner talks about his story "Hastert's self-enrichment indicts Washington establishment" about how Dennis Hastert got rich. 3 - The News with Marshall Phillips. 4 - Edward Snowden spoke out about the NSA Freedom Act thing; Half of us tell stories that happened to others as our own.

8 AM - 1 - Jack saw something horrific on morning TV; 2016 stuff. 2 - Tim Carney from Washington Examiner talks about his story "Hastert's self-enrichment indicts Washington establishment" about how Dennis Hastert got rich. 3 - The News with Marshall Phillips. 4 - Edward Snowden spoke out about the NSA Freedom Act thing; Half of us tell stories that happened to others as our own.

On today's show, Scott and Adam highlight three key progressive run workouts you can immediately fit into your training.  We also introduce two new segments including those uncomfortable moments you have in training and the oddities we see on a daily basis.  Learn what fartlek training really means and we interview UR founder Dale Hastert. 

1) Listener InputArrest over Cheney barb triggers lawsuit.Foley In 10 Minutes - As Only Keith Olbermann Can Do.Google News: AP Dennis Hastert is a Democrat.Hastert's opponent actually works for a living, as a carpenter. Olbermann Gets The Word Out On FOX’s Labeling Of Foley As A Democrat.The Definition of Political Opportunism.2) White House bribed.3) Woodward on the lying Administration.4) Dumby Rummy or Rum Dumb.5) Racist Allen.6) Police entrapment.

In one of our first episodes when we launched the podcast, we talked all about Speakers.  From Mullenburg to Hastert, to Joe Cannon.