{"id":371863,"date":"2010-02-28T04:56:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T09:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=69570"},"modified":"2010-02-28T04:56:48","modified_gmt":"2010-02-28T09:56:48","slug":"sunday-talking-heads-february-28-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/371863","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Talking Heads: February 28, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_69623\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 232px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static1.firedoglake.com\/1\/files\/2010\/02\/blair-house-project.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69623\" title=\"blair-house-project by twolf1\" src=\"http:\/\/static1.firedoglake.com\/1\/files\/2010\/02\/blair-house-project.jpg\" alt=\"health care summit\" width=\"222\" height=\"303\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">by twolf1 (click to embiggen)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In January of 2009 the U.S. Government disappeared in the buildings on K  Street in Washington D.C. while trying to reform heath care&#8230;\u00a0 A year  later, it still hasn&#8217;t been found.<\/p>\n<p>This week I&#8217;m adding listings for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/virtuallyspeaking\"><strong>Virtually Speaking Sundays<\/strong><\/a>, Jay Ackroyd&#8217;s Second Life talk show.\u00a0 Tonight&#8217;s guests are <strong>watertiger<\/strong> and <strong>Cliff Schecter<\/strong>.\u00a0 Should be a good show, eh.\u00a0 The show&#8217;s also available as a podcast, if you check the link you&#8217;ll find Marcy&#8217;s appearance from last week.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and the game starts at 3pm et, <strong>USA! USA!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/Series\/Washington-Journal.aspx\" >Washington Journal:<\/a><\/strong> <strong>7:45am &#8211; Thomas  DeFrank<\/strong>, NY Daily News, &amp; <strong>April Ryan<\/strong>, American  Urban Radio Networks.\u00a0 <strong>8:45am &#8211; James Dobbins<\/strong>, RAND Corporation  &amp; Fmr. Special Envoy to  Afghanistan.\u00a0 <strong>9:15am &#8211; Larry Sabato<\/strong>, UVA Center for Politics,  Director.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/ThisWeek\/network-exclusive-speaker-nancy-pelosi-sen-lamar-alexander\/story?id=9939917\" >ABC&#8217;s This Week:<\/a><\/strong> Host <strong>Elizabeth Vargas<\/strong>.\u00a0  The Health Care Summit.<strong> House  Speaker Nancy Pelosi <\/strong>(D-CA), then <strong>Sen.  Lamar Alexander<\/strong> (R-TN). \u00a0 <em>Roundtable<\/em>:  <strong>George Will<\/strong>, <strong>Cokie  Roberts<\/strong>, <strong>Sam Donaldson<\/strong>, <strong>Paul  Krugman<\/strong>. <em>Topics<\/em>: health care debate, the jobs package,   Toyota.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/CNNI\/Programs\/amanpour\/\" >Amanpour:<\/a><\/strong> <strong>Israeli Defense Minister Ehud  Barak<\/strong>.\u00a0 &#8220;Christiane asks him about Iran, the Mossad and revelations  of the son of  Hamas&#8217; founder may have spied for Israel.&#8221;<span id=\"more-69570\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sections\/ftn\/main3460.shtml\" ><strong>CBS&#8217; Face The Nation:<\/strong><\/a> <strong>Rep. Marsha  Blackburn <\/strong>(R-TN); <strong>Rep. Steny Hoyer  (D-MD)<\/strong>;<strong> Sen. Tom  Coburn <\/strong>(R-OK); <strong>Sen. Kent Conrad <\/strong>(D-ND); <strong>Jim VandeHei<\/strong>,  Politico.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thechrismatthewsshow.com\/index.php\" > Chris Matthews:<\/a><\/strong> <strong>David Ignatius<\/strong>; <strong>Kelly O&#8217;Donnell<\/strong>;<strong> Kathleen Parker<\/strong>;<strong> Michael Duffy<\/strong>.\u00a0 <em>Topics<\/em>: Real Cost of  Health Care: Is The Prize Worth The Pain for Obama?\u00a0 Romney Off And  Running:  Does He Have The Right Stuff for 2012?<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/CNN\/Programs\/state.of.the.union\/\" >CNN&#8217;s State of the Union:<\/a><\/strong> <strong>House  Speaker Nancy Pelosi <\/strong>(D-CA).\u00a0  <strong>Sen. Mitch McConnell <\/strong>(R-KY).\u00a0   <em>Roundtable<\/em>: <strong>Ceci  Connolly<\/strong>, <strong>Amy Walter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/CNN\/Programs\/fareed.zakaria.gps\/\" >Fareed Zakaria &#8211; GPS:<\/a><\/strong> <strong>George Soros<\/strong> on  the economy,  banker bonuses, and the administration.\u00a0 And a roundtable:  is Obama  making a comeback?<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fns.blogs.foxnews.com\/2010\/02\/26\/this-week-on-fox-news-sunday-22810\/\" >Fox News Sunday:<\/a><\/strong> <strong>Sen. Jon Kyl<\/strong> (R-AZ)  and<strong> Sen. Robert Menendez<\/strong> (D-NJ).\u00a0 Then, <strong>Rep. Paul Ryan<\/strong> (R-WI).\u00a0 <em>Fox News AllStars<\/em>: <strong>Bill Kristol<\/strong>, <strong>Mara Liasson<\/strong>,  <strong>Liz Cheney<\/strong>, <strong>Juan Williams<\/strong>.\u00a0 <em>Power Player of the Week<\/em>:  <strong>Dale Earnhardt Jr<\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3898804\/ns\/meet_the_press\" >NBC&#8217;s Meet The Press:<\/a><\/strong> <strong>Sen. John McCain<\/strong>.\u00a0  Then, the Director of the White House Office of Health Reform, <strong>Nancy-Ann   DeParle<\/strong>. <em>Roundtable<\/em>: <strong>Rep. Eric Cantor<\/strong> (R-VA), National  Urban League President  <strong>Marc Morial<\/strong>, <strong>Rep. Debbie Wasserman  Schultz<\/strong> (D-FL); <strong>Katty Kay<\/strong>; <strong>Ron Brownstein<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/Series\/Newsmakers.aspx\" >Newsmakers:<\/a><\/strong> <strong>Rep. George Miller<\/strong> (D-CA) on the debate  on health care reform, job creation, and student loan bills.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.q-and-a.org\/Program\/?ProgramID=1273\" >Q  &amp; A:<\/a><\/strong> Photographer <strong>Kike Arnal<\/strong>, featuring his  newest book &#8220;In the Shadow of Power,&#8221;  Mr. Arnal originally came to  Washington to do a photo project on Washington&#8217;s decaying library  system.  While he was here, he began to see a side of the Capital city  much different than that seen in tourist photos.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/\" >Religion  &amp; Ethics:<\/a><\/strong> <strong>Egypt&#8217;s Coptic Tensions<\/strong> &#8211; Violence  between Egypt&#8217;s Christians and Muslims.\u00a0 <strong>Spiritual Directors<\/strong> &#8211;  Their work is often described as &#8220;Holy Listening.&#8221;<strong> Orthodox Fasting<\/strong> &#8211; For Eastern Orthodox, Lent is the year&#8217;s longest season of fasting.\u00a0 <strong>Religion  and Government News Roundup<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sections\/60minutes\/main3415.shtml\" >60 Minutes:<\/a><\/strong> <strong>Stealing American Secrets<\/strong> &#8211;  &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; has obtained an FBI  videotape showing a Defense Department employee selling secrets to a  Chinese spy that offers a rare glimpse into the secretive world of  espionage and illustrates how China&#8217;s spying may pose the biggest  espionage threat to the U.S.\u00a0 <strong>Battle Over History<\/strong> &#8211; The  Armenian Holocaust &#8211; the 1915 forced deportation and  massacre of more than a million ethnic Armenians by the Turks &#8211; an event  that the Turks and our own government have refused to call genocide.\u00a0 <strong>Kathryn  Bigelow<\/strong> &#8211; Academy Award  best-director nominee for &#8220;The  Hurt Locker.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/ttc\/\" >To The Contrary:<\/a><\/strong> <em>Topics<\/em>: 1- Female sailors on submarines; 2- Tweeting an  abortion; 3-  Advancing women in technology from the classroom to the boardroom.\u00a0 <em>Panelists<\/em>:  <strong>Tara Setmayer<\/strong>; <strong>Melinda Henneberger<\/strong>; <strong>Karen  Czarnecki<\/strong>; <strong>Dr. Avis  Jones-DeWeever<\/strong>.\u00a0 <em>TTC web extra<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/ttc\/ttc_extra\/biden_retirement.html\" >Retirement  Rules<\/a><br \/>\nThe Vice President wants to revise 401(k) and IRA regulations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.univision.com\/content\/content.jhtml?cid=1276528\" >Univision&#8217;s Al Punto:<\/a><\/strong> <strong>Rep. Xavier Becerra<\/strong> (D-CA); <strong>Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen<\/strong> (R-FL); <strong>Melinda French Gates<\/strong>, Co-Founder Bill &amp; Melinda Gates  Foundation; <strong>Cesar Conde<\/strong>, President Univision Networks; <strong>Ralph  De La Vega<\/strong>, President and CEO AT&amp;T Mobility and Consumer  Markets.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/virtuallyspeaking\/2010\/03\/01\/virtually-speaking-sundayscliff-schecter-and-watertiger\" >Virtually Speaking Sundays:<\/a><\/strong> <strong>Cliff Schecter<\/strong> and <strong>watertiger<\/strong>.\u00a0 &#8220;Virtually Speaking With Jay Ackroyd is a weekly talk show entirely   produced within the online virtual world Second Life. Visit  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.secondlife.com\/\" >www.secondlife.com<\/a> and sign up for a FREE Second  Life account and attend  one of our shows in 3D virtual reality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktv.org\/Default.aspx\" >C-SPAN&#8217;s  Book TV.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/2010\/02\/28\/booksalon\/\" >FDL Book Salon:<\/a><\/strong> Chat with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/%7Ema820\/\" >Moshe Adler<\/a><\/strong> about his new book, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Economics-Rest-Us-Debunking-Science\/dp\/1595581014\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1263524749&amp;sr=1-1\" >Economics  for the Rest of Us: Debunking the Science that Makes Life Dismal<\/a><\/strong>,  hosted by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/max-fraad-wolff\" >Max  Fraad Wolff<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 &#8220;With clarity, and in  language any educated person can grasp, Adler shows  how economics largely abandoned concern with how economic efficiency is  affected by distribution of resources and equality in favor of precepts  that favor concentration of wealth and income.&#8221;\u00a0 5pm ET.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/2010\/02\/28\/booksalon\/\" ><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/2010\/02\/28\/booksalon\/\" >FDL  Movie Night Monday:<\/a><\/strong> The story of the fight for The Barnes Art  Collection\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Don_Argott\" >Don Aragott<\/a><\/strong>, director, and  <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/John-Anderson\/e\/B001IQXK3E\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1\" >John Anderson<\/a><\/strong>, author, discuss their movie <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.914pictures.com\/\" >The Art of the Steal<\/a><\/strong> with host <a href=\"http:\/\/lafiga.firedoglake.com\/\" ><strong>Lisa  Derrick<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Monday, 8pm ET.<\/p>\n<p><div class='hitEmbed_none'><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SbMNmjX87bI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SbMNmjX87bI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p class=\"tagList\">Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/tag\/bobbleheads\/\" rel=\"tag\">bobbleheads<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/tag\/sunday-talking-heads\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sunday Talking Heads<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-this\/share-icon-16x16.gif\" alt=\"Share This icon\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=69570&amp;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"Email, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_69570\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"noindex nofollow\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by twolf1 (click to embiggen) In January of 2009 the U.S. Government disappeared in the buildings on K Street in Washington D.C. while trying to reform heath care&#8230;\u00a0 A year later, it still hasn&#8217;t been found. 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