LooseKannon PodKast

LK de-mystifies the Greek debt debacle and makes it clear that the Credit Default Swap mess that threatens to bring down Europe and played a big part in bringing down Lehman Brothers is nothing but a bunch of bookies/bankers who can’t pay off winning bets. For once, it’s the bookies/bankers who need their knees broken.

Sleight of hand (and mind) distractions abound as the Oscars and the NBA All Star Game attempt to sedate LK and his audience, but they weren’t falling for it.

Sleight of hand (and mind) distractions abound as the Oscars and the NBA All Star Game attempt to sedate LK and his audience, but they weren’t falling for it.

Take one part rising gas prices, one part Iranian rumblings, and one part municipalities going broke, and LK sees a Mad Max environment right around the corner.

Take one part rising gas prices, one part Iranian rumblings, and one part municipalities going broke, and LK sees a Mad Max environment right around the corner.

From the Grammys to Greece, it’s all about addicts, enablers, and co-dependents. Whitney had entourages that had entourages, but no one with the guts to say “enough”. Greece has a government that’s never governed, and has left the country at the mercy of the Euro-Thugs.

The Giants are the Super Bowl champs, and that’s cool, but it doesn’t change the dysfunctional local, national, and international goings on.

Usually it’s just the last segment of the show where LK goes pinball, bouncing around from topic to topic and perspective to perspective. This show was pure pinball, from the opening bell to the reluctant farewell.

The serenity prayer, or affirmation, depending on your religious or secular take on spirituality: “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” LK attempts to remain serene while hyperventilating following South Carolina’s primary and the Gingrich victory, which came about, in large part, due to the Newt’s racially charged code words.

We’ve got two super-turbo monster trucks, one being driven by an elephant, the other being driven by a donkey, heading straight for each other in a game of chicken. The big problem is that riding in the back, with no seat belts or helmets, are you, me, and everyone else in this country.

“While the cat’s away the mice (or rats in this case) will play” is the theme of this week’s show. While our psyche’s take a well deserved rest from the daily barrage of unsettling world events, that same world takes our dropped guard to reveal extreme behavior that would alarm and dismay us were we in our usual state of vigilance:

‘Twas the morn after Xmas and LK did a lot more than stir. He proposed the Common Decency Party, bemoaned the fact that his Stratfor.com info had been hacked, and redefined both war and broadcasting in the second decade of the 21st century.

‘Twas the morn after Xmas and LK did a lot more than stir. He proposed the Common Decency Party, bemoaned the fact that his Stratfor.com info had been hacked, and redefined both war and broadcasting in the second decade of the 21st century.

The bucket of muck we call the news runneth over. Ding Dong, the son of a witch is dead. Kim Jong Il has passed on to wherever twisted cognac loving despots with large video collections go. The Iraqi veterans are getting the shortest end of the stick on record. Dr. John Palumbo is back, and relates his trip to the planet Apple. He also fills LK in on “Who Do You Think You’re Foolin?’”, a new production of his that sticks it to the one per-centers.

The bucket of muck we call the news runneth over. Ding Dong, the son of a witch is dead. Kim Jong Il has passed on to wherever twisted cognac loving despots with large video collections go. The Iraqi veterans are getting the shortest end of the stick on record. Dr. John Palumbo is back, and relates his trip to the planet Apple. He also fills LK in on “Who Do You Think You’re Foolin?’”, a new production of his that sticks it to the one per-centers.