The Morning Joe Rant Show Podcast

Jamie Kilstein - We're all screwed by the same people, 500 scientists and scholars give stark warning, STOP softening our language, Nashville Bombing cool police story, & Killer Mike - Reagan (song). Jamie Kilstein is right - we are all getting screwed by the same people.  We just see it from different perspectives.  And I believe they want us fighting among ourselves so we don't not...

The Nashville bombing, Clair Patterson vs. big oil and how the fight to remove lead was ridiculous, a short audio clip from "My Dinner With Andre" (the 1981 movie), and a website for ER times with hilarious comments. Clair Patterson and his fight to remove lead from gasoline to save people. link here The movie clip from the movie "My Dinner with Andre" link here The website for ER wait times in yo...

Episode 75!!! - Awesome 80's playlist on spotify.  Tulsi Gabbard: "Why I voted AGAINST spending bill". Video link here - "This bill dished out hundreds of billions of dollars going towards special interests, going towards the military industrial complex, going towards foreign countries -- meanwhile saying, Here's what's left for you. You get $600'... It is an insult and a slap in the face to...

Misspent energy, and how maybe we should deal with it.  “We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't...

What’s the definition of buckling up boot straps? Or how do you define working hard? Maybe instead we should define it as just making a life and not making a living?  Miyamoto Musashi - The Book of 5 Rings - Ground, water, fire, wind, and void. I recommend reading it. I think this is a great book to clarify how to work on your life throughout your life. 

Crypto craze and it's ripping up! COMPASSION and "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl. I recently read the book and it's not hope that it gives it's compassion and empathy. 1% of farms operate 70% of world's farmland, researchers warn land inequality is rising with farmland increasingly dominated by a few major companies. And Joe cabinet picks "nothing will fundamentally change", yep sounds...

 1 in 4 Americans are jobless or earning poverty-level wages, new study finds. Children of Men a reality? Possibly, but only time will tell. And Jupiter and Saturn are getting closer, as they near their once-in-20-years conjunction on December 21, 2020. At their closest, they’ll be only 0.1 degrees apart. That’s just 1/5 of a full moon diameter. Start watching them now, and you’ll see them dr...

A tweet that shows the disconnect of our powerful leaders, what's good for us isn't good for them. Fed Chairman Powell on the new economy, Deutsche bank wants to charge stay-at-home workers 5% tax to help pay for things, TicketMaster covid testing, and blockchain can actually fix election fraud but it would require you to be accountable.  Sources: House Dems and Gop Leaders tweet   Fed C...

I did NOT realize how many people thought the other podcast was an actual interview with my daughter and not just a story about her. Well here you go. I heard you loud and clear. And she gets just as ranty as me. It's the 2nd part of the episode. The 1st part is about Spotify letting artists promote music for cut in royalty rates. It may be good for smaller artists but also may bite them in the as...

Hunter S. Thompson called it in 1972 with how our elections work. Mr. Rogers tells the truth on the media and what we really should be doing, and holding ourselves accountable for our bullshit. We are bigger than our eyeballs so start listening and seeing each other.. 

My daughter had asked me a question about loneliness vs being alone. I try to sum it up as best as I can.  Watching the American collapse unfold. It's not a Trump or Biden thing either. This election night for some reason feels like a purge. FDR was great, but moved us farther from democracy. He might be the father of the new deal, but he also built the military industrial complex. He saved c...

My hypothetical thoughts on if Trump wins.  St Augustine of Hippo - "Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are." There is that old saying - 'never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity', but I always flip that around.

My hypothetical thoughts on if Biden wins. Don't worry the next one will be my hypothetical thoughts if Trump wins.

Forward thinking and progressive Senator Dianne Feinstein shows her heartwarming concern for an entire generation prior to throwing them out of her office. Despite overwhelmed hospital, Idaho county public health board votes 4-3 to drop mask mandate, with one board member having given up on trying to control the virus, and another member denying it even exists. The next U.S. administration will li...

Millennials Control Just 4.2 Percent of US Wealth, 4 Times Poorer Than Baby Boomers Were At Age 34. The millennial generation, people born between 1981 and 1996, make up the largest share of the U.S. workforce, but control just 4.6 percent of the country's total wealth. The 50 Richest Americans Are Worth as Much as the Poorest 165 Million. Not “a lot” of Americans have BTC holdings, study shows, b...

Your political leaders are worth millions of dollars and it is disgusting. The top in both the house and senate are worth $30 million - $250 million. And they are getting wealthier because of politics. 10 perks congress has that you don't.  14 million U.S. children going hungry and we are putting ads for donations in other 1st world countries. Wait I thought America was "the best"? The fact w...

A Nashville photographer with diabetes does a great thing for other HRH and she posts their stories to her website, The Flaming Lips have a rad idea for their show. There's some new documentaries. One is called "The Phenomenon" and has some really cool interviews talking about UFO's. And "Plastic Wars" which digs into the world of plastics and the damage it's causing the planet. Plus a quick cool...

The FinCEN Files are leaked documents from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on September 20, 2020. The documents appear to show (from 1999-2017) that while both the banks and the United States Government had the financial intelligence, they did little to stop activities such as money laundering of up to US $2 Trillion. SOURCES:   what are the FinCEN Files ? ht...

It's late and I have way too much fun reading comments about Bill Lee and they cracked me up. So I figured I would share but you can insert any politicians name if you'd like. Man's true problem is that he's too short-sighted. “If I can’t work by myself for a year with no stimulus other than what I can get from books, distant friends, and from my own fun in living, I’m not worth much.” - Georgia O...

Justifying the Trump tax stuff? Awesome job young Republicans, it's refreshing to see climate change taken serious by the youth of the right. A fantastic open letter from Lori Gallagher Witt which is why identity politics just create more division and harm that actually helping.  Sources:  https://www.npr.org/2020/09/25/916238283/light-years-ahead-of-their-elders-young-republicans-push-g...

What are the duties of the Supreme Court justices? How are Supreme Court Justices selected? What is the most important power of the Supreme Court? Why the controversy now? What happened in 2016? Term limits really could do us good in general. Ideology may be the cause of it all. Sources -  https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/faq_general.aspx https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-we-fight-so-ferocio...

What is Capitalism? What is the history of Capitalism? The U.S. Digital Dollar and the scary truth about it. And Russell Means speech about the "ism" culture.  Sources:   https://money.howstuffworks.com/capitalism.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalist_Realism https://www.filmsforaction.org/news/revolution-and-american-indians-marxism-is-as-alien-to-my-culture-as-capitalism/?fbclid...

I wanted to do this podcast on Amazon’s expansion, and some of the controversies that followed, including reports of hazardous working conditions at its warehouses, accusations that Amazon is a tax-avoiding monopoly that kills brick and mortar stores, and that Amazon is wielding unregulated power, in areas ranging from Washington, D.C. lobbying to law enforcement technology. Amazon’s enterprises,...

Trump said WHAT?!, Ben Sasse is an ass, Joe Biden to the rich “I need you very badly”, and an awesome Rhode Island grassroots campaign too hold! Ben Sasse is an asshole and wants to repeal the 17th amendment.  Sources are below: Ben Sasse repeal article link The 17th amendment LINK 1 and LINK 2 Joe Biden favors the rich donors not you The Rhode Island Political Operative - LINK 1 ,   LIN...

Labor Day - unions and middle class income decline, and you don't make as much as your parents did at your age (haha losers, (I'm kidding, it's a joke. You're not a loser)) and first Labor Day Parade in 1882.  The U.S. union membership rate and the middle class income chart   The decline upward mobility chart (showing how you don't make as much as your parents did when they were your age...