46. Policing Politics as Usual, with Michelle Siegel

Ken's guest is Steven Brenize, a Libertarian Tax Collector In Shippensburg Pennsylvania .  Listener questions include insurections and more on reparations.  Ken's rant is about e-mail, spammers, and hearing from the dead.

Featured Toastmaster Narrator             - DTM Brigid Falasca 

Featured Toastmaster Cohort     - Candice Winters 

Related Links:

Insurrection: https://www.insurancejournal.com/blogs/big-i-insights/2020/06/05/571152.htm

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/17/un-human-rights-chief-calls-for-reparations-to-make-amends-for-slavery

https://emojipedia.org/

https://wordcounter.io/blog/how-many-words-does-the-average-person-know/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

Ken's guest is Captain John Gallagher of the Narberth Police Department and his involvement with the Re-Open Pennsylvania rally.  Leftovers from Episode 62 include listener questions about reparations for blacks and Ken's rant about Eminent Domain.

Featured Toastmaster Cohort – Donna Herb

Related Links:

https://ij.org/press-release/top-ten-worst-abuses-of-eminent-domain-spotlighted-in-new-report/

http://castlecoalition.org/2121

https://chestercountyramblings.com/2020/05/28/dick-saha-you-were-an-amazing-man-and-a-lot-of-us-will-miss-you/

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bulldozed/ZLBop-2VeIUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22saha+farm%22&pg=PA237&printsec=frontcover

https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/blog/real-estate/2013/08/remember-the-saha-land-grab-in.html

Ken's guests are Andy Starr and Marc Bozzacco, two of the ralliers from last Saturday’s Shutdown the Shutdown rally, going into all the gory details of what went down

Listener questions include reparations for blacks, and some compliments for Ken's wife Roberta

Ken's rant was pre-empted in favor of the guests

Featured Toastmaster Narrator and Cohort   - Donna Herb  

Related Links:

https://montcolp.org/montco-liberty-blog/blog-articles/80-news/117-montco-libertarians-to-stage-nine-shutdown-the-shutdown-rallies-on-may-30th

Ken's guest is Drew Miller, a Pittsburgh attorney suing Governor Big Bad Wolf over the need to simultaneously collect signatures to get on the ballot AND socially distance

Listener questions include the foundations of Libertarianism and Toilets

Ken's Rant is about the reactions from police and legislators regarding the upcoming Re-Open Pennsylvania rally.

Featured Toastmaster Narrator                     Marc Chierici

Featured Toastmaster Cohort             Candice Winters 

Related Links:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-05-22/elon-musk-speaks-frankly-on-coronavirus-spacex-and-rage-tweets

https://wgxa.tv/news/nation-world/letter-from-doctors-calls-on-president-trump-to-end-lockdown

https://www.scribd.com/document/462469213/Doctor-Letter#from_embed

Ken's guest is Marc Scaringi, attorney, author, and fellow radio talk show host in Harrisburg, and speaker at the recent Re-Open Pennsylvania rally

Listener questions include how to collect signatures AND socially distance (hint: Not possible!)

Ken's rant is how you personally can take action against the lockdowns

Featured Toastmaster Narrator                     Marc Chierici

Featured Toastmaster Cohort             Margaret Susuni 

Related Links:

https://www.foxnews.com/world/imperial-college-britain-coronavirus-lockdown-buggy-mess-unreliable

Ken's guest is Julie Potter, Proprietor of the Tame Your Mane Hair and Styling Salon in Blair County, who defied the lockdown order and remained open

Listener questions include equal pay for comparative worth

Ken's rant is all about his 43 years of marriage and how he and Robert made it work.

Featured Toastmaster Narrator: Roberta Krawchuk

Featured Toastmaster Cohort: Daniel Graciano 

Related Links:

https://tameyourmane.sexy/

https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Comparable+Worth

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shocking-two-thirds-patients-recently-hospitalized-ny-had-been-staying-n1201421

Ken's guest is Ashley Klingensmith, Pennsylvania Director of Americans for Prosperity

Our resident Leftist, Bernie McCann, is live on the phone asking Leftist questions.

Ken's rant is about the world's bungled response to the pandemic, and how Sweden survived where all others failed

Featured Toastmaster Narrator: Alexander Caris

Related Links:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/world/europe/sweden-coronavirus.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2020/04/01/why-is-coronavirus-fear-so-low-in-sweden/#502c37b03870

https://americansforprosperity.org/

Ken's guest is Lois Kaneshiki, Former Republican committee chair of Blair County, discussing the power of county committees.

Listener questions include the morality of dognapping

Ken's rant is a reaction to Elon Musk's colorful reaction to the lockdowns from the Q1 2020 Tesla earnings call.

Featured Toastmaster Narrator: Candice Winters

Featured Toastmaster Cohort: Ariel Kamen  

Related Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEvXfHHEdNc&t=2335s @39:00+

Ken's guest is Chad DeSantis, past drunken candidate for Mayor of Monongahela and a professional pain in the ass.  One listener gives advice on how to buy whiskey in Pennsylvania during a pandemic (but not Ohio), and another on the morality of dognapping.  Ken's rant is all about the recent Re-Open Pennsylvania rally, where his wife asks, “Do you think it’ll do any good?”  “No,” Ken told her.  “It’s not going to do any good at all.”

Featured Toastmaster Narrator, and Cohort: Daniel Graciano 

Related Links:

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/weighing-the-week-ahead%3A-curb-your-enthusiasm-2020-04-19

ReOpenPa: https://www.facebook.com/groups/224471525312864/

Chad: https://www.wtae.com/article/man-running-for-monongahela-mayor-on-unique-platform/7161651

https://www.finewineandgoodspirits.com

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/04/how-to-get-curbside-booze-in-pa-one-man-called-80-times-using-2-phones-to-break-through.html

https://www.animallaw.info/statute/pa-cruelty-consolidated-cruelty-statutes

Contradictions: https://whyy.org/articles/just-insanity-closed-pa-businesses-cry-foul-as-competitors-snag-waivers-to-reopen/

More: https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/spl/wolf-coronavirus-shutdown-businesses-20200320.html

No transparency: https://www.ldnews.com/story/news/2020/04/20/diamond-criticizes-gov-tom-wolf-response-coronavirus-covid-19-during-harrisburg-rally/5166138002/

Sheep’s clothing: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+7%3A15-20&version=NKJV

Ken's guest is Kathleen Smith, a Libertarian School board president, and how she was able to make a difference.  A listener challenges Sweden's refusal to lock down for the pandemic.  Ken's rant is all about his tortuous Catholic Education, plus a musical tribute to college written by Bob Blue and sung by Donna M. Herb.

Featured Toastmaster Narrator, Cohort, and vocalist: Donna Herb 

Related links:

Mine:    https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2020/04/01/why-is-coronavirus-fear-so-low-in-sweden/#5fde61093870

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/04/09/after-rejecting-a-coronavirus-lockdown-sweden-sees-rise-in-deaths/#5db6e2f83dfe

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

https://www.wtae.com/article/state-website-overwhelmed-frustrating-pennsylvanians-seeking-to-buy-liquor/32147418#

https://www.wtae.com/article/ohio-liquor-sales-restricted-residents-pennsylvania-border/32131898

https://constitutionus.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Catechism

https://www.finewineandgoodspirits.com

https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/04/gov-murphy-just-defended-njs-coronavirus-lockdown-on-fox-news-heres-how-it-went.html