Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show

The news this morning informed me – multiple times – that Whoopi Goldberg will be on vacation for the next two weeks. Two hours into the local morning news program there has not been a single mention of the Russian rejection of the US diplomatic note sent yesterday in replay to Russia’s security demands. The problem with Whoopi Goldberg’s comments that led to her going on vacation is that there vi...

Dave is on The Bill Mick Live Show to talk about the history of radio as portrayed in Television. Howard Hessman (Dr Johnny Fever) passed away on Sunday and it reminds us of a time when everybody wondered if a radio station was really that whacky and bizarre? The answer is: Yes, it was and it is! The show WKRP led to other TV shows about radio, including one that featured an odd electrical enginee...

TRIGGER WARNING: Dave is borderline unhinged this morning. If you are one of “those people” who pretend to be “offended” by adult language and tautology you’ll probably want to skip this episode. If you would like to help him calm down, buy him a cup of coffee on ko-fi… – Producer Henri Some days I wonder – seriously wonder – why I bother to even get up and look at the news. Look, I get it… I’m cl...

In October of 1973, the world was still reeling from the Yom Kippur war. Egypt, defeated and embarrassed, had requested that the United States send troops as “peacekeepers” while the Soviet Union was threatening to do the same. Cooler heads would ultimately prevail. At the same time, the nation was still broiling over the Kent State incident, and while US troops had at last been withdrawn from Sou...

The University of  Northampton in England, has informed the world that it has decided that the George Orwell book, 1984, a dystopian novel of tyrannical dictatorship, censorship and thought control, needs a "Trigger Warning" because, as the school says, "students may find some "explicit material offensive and upsetting." The irony of that  move seems to have escaped the faculty of the Un...

The whole world seems a bit...  well.. crazy right now. From Ukraine, to Iran, to China to North Korea, to the White House, things seems to be falling apart faster than the Dallas Cowboys in  the Playoffs. But what if there is a better way to look at things? NOTES & LINKS   Russian Missiles and Equipment On The Move   North Korea Tests Another Missile   "My Guess Is Th...

Dave joins   Bill Mick on WMMB-AM to talk about the Supreme Court ruling that ended the OSHA Vaccine Mandate. Or maybe it didn't end it. At least they had the decency to follow in the traditional steps of the branches of the US Government and blame somebody else for what they did (or didn't) do... News and Notes Constitution Thursday -   The Cargo of the Brig Aurora (From 2013 KFIV/KWSX)...

In 49bce, Julius Cæsar stood on the bank of a river in northern Italy and contemplated – at least for a moment – the decision he was about to make. His next act would change the world, pretty much forever. And while there is a great deal of opinion regarding Cæsar, the simple fact is that his action destroyed the greatest experiment in republicanism the world had ever seen. Within a few months, he...

Bill Mick and Dave get together to talk History! If you believe that 2020 was "unprecedented" or even unusual, then you know literally nothing of US History. In fact, in terms of post election violence (or even pre-election violence) 2020 isn't even in the Top 5. Now, Congressman James Clyburn (the man who saved Biden's Campaign?) has called for Federalizing Elections, saying that elections are "...

In the aftermath of the “Memorial to Democracy” last week, one is left to wonder if the meaning of the word “irony” has any impact on those who demand that we remember “democracy” as if it were something that a couple of thousand yaboos managed to kill in a single afternoon. One of the bedrock principles of the so-called “American” democracy (which was NOT a democracy until the definition changed...

Like many people, I more or less just hunkered down yesterday and tried to completely ignore the news. Look, I get it, but in my view, there is nothing left to be said about it all. What you believe about January 6th says more about you than it does about what happened that day. If you love Trump, it was a protest. if you hate Trump, it was an insurrection. You’re both nuts, but please, continue w...

This was supposed to be a "return to normal day." But from COVID to Iraq to Iran to  Washington, D.C., to Ukraine to Kazakhstan to Germany to North Kitsap, it has been anything but a normal day...

Dave joins Bill Mick to talk about some history and the media and why we will always be distrustful of those who control information. Last week, a “Producer” (whatever that means) for MSNBC created a small firestorm when he derisively referred to the Diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics as being over the “alleged human rights violations” by Communist China, or as I refer to it, West Taiwan....

Welcome to 2022. Or as some have called it, the third year of “15 Days to Flatten the Curve!” The State of Washington has been in a “state of emergency” for (as of today) 674 days. Despite calls for the Governor to end the ongoing “emergency,” the appeal has fallen upon deaf ears. Why is that? The answer is the same today as it was more than 670 days ago. And the same as it will be in another 600...

Dave and Rod hang out on new Years Eve. No agenda or schedule, just a roaming conversation about the end of the year and the passing of Betty White...

Bill Mick and Dave get together to remember 2021s big events and look forward (?) to 2022 getting even worse!

In the first days of August of that particular year, one of the largest and most powerful empires in the world - albeit one with an equally large inferiority complex - issued an ultimatum to one of its small, but not insignificant neighbors. "Do what we  want, or we will 'by force of arms' do it anyway." It was not a declaration of war, certainly not in the legal sense. It was, however, a act...

Bill Mick and Dave get together tot talk about vaccine mandates for  Government contractors, and (please, don't make us do this...) quidditch...

A long time ago, the very first time that I really remember that I listened to "talk radio" was when an author ( David  Lifton ) was being interviewed about his new book, " Best  Evidence " which outlined his theory about the assassination of John F  Kennedy. I recall the show being very interesting, very entertaining (most  important) and most of all, very influential. I went...

Dave was on WMMB-AM in Melbourne FL  with Bill Mick ( Bill  Mick Live ) to talk about the Salvation Army, John Stossell vs Facebook  "Fact Checkers" and the USS Connecticut's arrival in San Diego...

The book used to be one of my favorite works of fiction. These days, I am wondering if it is still considered “fiction” or procedural manual? What book, you ask? 1984. What has happened now? Well… you may have heard that inflation is really bad. You may have noticed that there are long lines at the gas station (I certainly have), and food is getting more and more expensive. So you might think that...

Back in the 1870s Otto von Bismarck coined a term that still resonates today, despite the fact that purists on both political sides hate it: realpolitik In December of 1941, a Congresswoman – the first ever – learned a lesson in realpolitik . In April of 1917 she had been among fifty US Representatives who felt that a US Declaration of War on Imperial Germany was a mistake and to be opposed. In re...

In September 2011,  Admiral Jonathan Greenert became the Chief of Naval Operations. Before that, he had commanded the US Navy's 7th fleet, a fleet that just rings with Naval History related to World War II. But even before that, the Admiral had once upon a time been a LtCDR and was the Executive Officer (XO) aboard a TRIDENT ballistic missile  submarine. And, aboard that  submarine,...

A long time ago, there was a king who decided that all of the people of his realm should behave as he had decided that they should behave. Failure to behave as dictated would result in the most dire of consequences. Rules were established, ancient traditions were dismantled and the people who objected were placed under enormous burdens. To be certain, there were those people who agreed with the ki...

You freeloading oxygen breathers are welcome to join   The Sub Vets , The Submarine Experts, Eric and Dave as they set sail into the  world of every and all things submarines! We start things  off with a discussion of some Patrol Hackers, a bunch of questionable " submarine  terms ," which drifts into a sea story or two.  We learn of Eric's tragic Submarine youth, as he wa...