Bill Wattenburg proposes a fix for supporting the new Bay Bridge. He says build a concrete block using one of the ships from the Mothball fleet. Part 3 of his series.
The Obama Administration has proposed new guidelines for birth control coverage. John Rothmann feels if you need medical assistance, your health coverage should cover whatever you need.
Barbara Simpson analyzes the spread of militant Islam into the West, converting white-skinned, blue-eyed people while the U.S. just ‘ends’ wars and virtually ignores the dangers out there, especially as a General is gunned down and a journalist beheaded.
John Rothman talks about how Hamas admits that it kidnapped and killed the three Israeli teens. Israel has killed three key Hamas leaders. Hamas has executed 18 collaborators with Israel. Hamas leader Haniyah says Palestine will be liberated.
Barbara Simpson says the beheading of James Foley is a declaration of war. Obama’s tepid speech shows he’s too frightened to realize it’s war and he has no plan to protect the country.
With the eyes of the world on Islamic State, the Middle East and Ferguson, John Rothmann says we need to keep the events in Ukraine on the radar screen.
Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen talks about an app that helps a parent lock a kid’s phone if they won’t answer. Ignore no more. Plus, a woman jumps into a giraffe cage.
It’s the most honest review you can find: in the car on the way home! Dennis Willis and Steve Wagner’s immediate reaction to Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s long-awaited sequel Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, minutes after seeing it.
Dennis Willis, Steven Kirk and Steve Wagner not only loved the new Netflix documentary The Battered Bastards of Baseball, they agree that it’s one of the most important movies of year. Strap yourself in for a freewheeling conversation about Hollywood, the love of the game, and why we must always root for the little guy to win.
Stan Burford points out that recently Ed Baxter took issue with Gov. Brown regarding Delta Water to be shipped to Southern California and the Governor’s position regarding the Bullet Train. Stan takes a look at the FACTS and apparently the Governor is right.
Ed Baxter discusses the Pew Research Poll on whether race is getting too much attention in the Ferguson, Missouri discussions. Ed feels there is a large disconnect between races and that everybody needs to understand.
Steve Wagner chats with prolific documentarian Alex Gibney (We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) about his latest film Finding Fela, a look at legendary Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti.
Ken Dito talks about one of the great local show bands in the history of he San Francisco Bay Area. Butch Whacks and the Glass Packs started in 1971 and gave their last performance in June, 2014.
John Rothmann says the Governor needs to reform the California Public Utilities Commission. Let’s not put the fox in charge of the chicken coup: The PUC and PG&E.
Ed Baxter and Rosie Allen discuss Land’s End rewarding customers with GQ magazine with an almost naked woman’s picture. Emily Ratajkowski is almost nude.