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Sat, Sep 13, 2025 05:00 AM

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Hosts: R. Paul Martin & Pickles of the North

Topics:

Assassination - Will Trump use it to destroy the Bill of Rights?
The Climate Crisis - The Gulf Of Panama is negatively impacted by failed trade winds.
Poetry - Pickles of the North reads a poem, and a piece of The Odyssey.

Synopsis:

We'll Comment on Whether of Not the Civil War Has Started

Suddenly Trump is concerned about people being shot for political reasons. He didn't care in June. Will this latest one be viewed by history as the start of the Second American Civil War? Or will future historians figure that it had already been going on? A small incident may be showing a new aspect of the climate crisis. Pickles of the North reads a poem by Sir Walter Raleigh, and a short passage from The Odyssey; she tells us a little bit about her garden.

Guests:

Guests? Guests? We don't got no guests. We don't need no stinkin' guests! -

Playlist:

Barracuda - Heart
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

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