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Dallas Yanks E-Scooters: A Danger and Nuisance Worse than Climate Change?

Some 15,000 e-scooters suddenly appeared on the streets in and around Dallas, Texas, in the past two years. But this week Dallas City Council yanks them, at least temporarily, to re-evaluate the danger and nuisance from these dockless electric vehicles.

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Coach Cancel Culture: Seahawks Pete Carroll Drills NFL Fans for Persistent Racism

Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll tells radio audience that ‘white guys’ history of slavery stays with us to this day. Has the coach forgotten that football tickets don’t sell themselves?

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Do You Really Want No-Opinion News? NewsNation Launches 3-Hour Straight Newscast

WGN America this week launched a national 3-hour straight newscast, pitched as “fact-based, unbiased news.” Americans have said they’re sick of the partisan spin on cable and network news, but do you really want no-opinion reporting?

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Right Angle: Backstage (09-01-2020)

With a bit more than two months before the 2020 election, the anticipation in the Right Angle Backstage zone is palpable. If you’re not willing to palp it, allow Bill Whittle, Scott Ott and Stephen Green to palp it for you.

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B-52 Bombers Offer Message to Putin, While COVID-19 Kills KFC Finger-Lickin’ Good

Stephen Green ambushes Bill Whittle and Scott Ott with his artisanally-selected headlines in the latest installment of Right Angle Lightning Round.

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New Trump Agenda: The 50-Point Plan for His Next 12 Years in the White House

President Trump encourages his supporters to chant “12 more years” as the campaign releases a 50-point plan as the new Trump agenda. What can Donald Trump accomplish before the 2024 election train leaves the station?

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Dark Days of Media Unity: How Journalists Chose One Word for the Republican Convention

Stephen Green reads a long list of news media headlines about the Republican Convention and every one of them uses the word ‘Dark’. Ever wonder how widely-scattered journalists all chose that one word?

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Jacob Blake Shooting Reaction: Have Democrats Realized America Hates Riots?

While Kenosha, Wisconsin, burned, the reaction to the police shooting of Jacob Blake, has been muted compared with the nationwide uproar in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Have Democrats, Black Lives Matter, and the news media realized that America hates riots?

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Castle Doctrine Duo: RNC Spotlights Home Defenders Mark and Patricia McCloskey

The Republican National Convention invited Mark McCloskey to speak after he and his wife Patricia stirred national controversy by brandishing firearms before a Black Lives Matter crowd that broke down his neighborhood gate.

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Right Angle: Backstage (08-25-2020)

When three massive intellects gather in one small rectangle, the ship of history shakes loose from its moorings and charts a better course toward a hopeful horizon.

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Clavin Saves the USPS, As Trump’s Crony Postmaster Cancels Reforms to Please Democrats

Postmaster General Louis Dejoy, derided by Democrats as a mere Trump crony, cancels long-planned USPS cost-cutting reforms to please Democrats who claim President Trump plans to delay mail-in ballots to rescue his doomed reelection campaign. Meanwhile, John Ratzenberger, who played Cliff Clavin on ‘Cheers’, offers his own Postal Service rescue plan.

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California Stranded: Uber and Lyft Killed Today by Unions, Democrats, Progressive Judge

A California judge denies a petition to extend a stay for Uber and Lyft to fight implementation of AB5 — the union-penned law pushed by Rep. Lorena Gonzalez that essentially bans freelancers, contract workers, and therefore, ride-sharing services.

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STOP! Hey, What’s That Sound? Everybody Look Biden’s Going Down (For What It’s Worth)

Opening night of the Democratic National Convention included a music video featuring a Stephen Stills and Billy Porter rehash of the Buffalo Springfield classic, “For What It’s Worth” (“Stop, Hey What’s What Sound?”).

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Right Angle: Backstage (08-18-2020)

When men were men, they sang songs of rough living on the lonesome prairie. They sang sweetly, like men pining for the company of…cattle. The men of Right Angle are men such as these.

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Cruise Bookings Up: Royal Caribbean Stock Surges with Wave of New 2021 Ticket Sales

Royal Caribbean stock surges as a wave of new cruise customer bookings pump up the volume of 2021 ticket sales. Despite a $250 million per month cash burn rate, the cruise line says it has plenty of liquidity to survive until the ships sail again. What does this business news say about the American spirit in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic?