Gitmo Nation Roundtable
Trump Train
Tuesday March 29, 2011

The Roundtable is graced by a full cast including Brian, RadioNed, Robin Police, and Charles Atterley. The panelists discuss top news items including Ashley Turton’s cause of death, the ongoing legal issues in Wisconsin, the Russian Spy Anna Chapman’s soon-to-be political career, the continuing disaster in Japan, Donald Trump’s latest comments, the war in Libya and its participants, Syria, Facebook’s talks with Robert Gibbs, and the US State Department and the BBC. The panelists also discuss their picks of the week. Thank you for your support! We appreciate you comments and feedback.

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Follow-Up
Police: Lobbyist’s death caused by fire in SUV engine
Dan Turton leaves White House for Energy Company
Republicans: Wisconsin Union Law In Effect Despite Court Ruling
Russian spy Anna Chapman nominated for top spot in pro-government youth movement
Radioactivity rises in seawater near Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
Fukushima Engineer Says He Helped Cover Up Flaw at Dai-Ichi Reactor No. 4
Low-level radiation in Massachusetts rainwater

This Week’s News
Trump, Birtherism & Libya
Trump Defends His Birtherism
FactCheck.org Born in the USA

Libya
UN, Obama Fighting Alongside Al-Qaeda in Libya
Libyan rebels’ ragtag army has al Qaeda links though lacks basic training
Obama Arming Al Qaeda?
Libyan rebels: ‘We’re not al-Qaeda’
Donald Rumsfeld: White House lacks goals, vision for Libya
Donald Rumsfeld offers Obama advice on Libya
China Trying to Have it Both Ways on Libya?

The Revolving Door 2.0
Facebook May Hire Robert Gibbs, Former Obama Aide
How Eric Schmidt can save America

BBC/US State Department
BBC World Service and US State Department: new partners, new bias?

Picks of the Week
Brian’s Pick
Russia turns clocks forward for one last time
RadioNed’s Pick
This American Life – Very Tough Love
Robin Police’s Pick
How Disney Invaded American Childhood to Shill Worthless Crap to Our Kids
Charles Atterley’s Pick

Can a 4 star General Talk Like a Truther? Try to Debunk a General Wesley Clark! (study his bio)

 

Dennis Kucinich “I Heard An Obama Doctrine Which Is: War Is An Executive Privilege!”

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