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Radiolab episode on jury nullification is less bothered by state abuse of power than public desperation to fight back.

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Eric Verlo

It should come as no surprise that public radio’s RADIOLAB would take government’s side against the growing grassroots effort to awaken citizens to the repressed potential of jury nullification. Any attention to the subject helps inform ordinary jurors of the … Continue reading →

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Petition for the Move 9 political prisoners

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Brother Jonah

This has huge connotations and similarities with the Standing Rock and Wounded Knee occupations. Where the People who occupied /occupy property to which they actually have clear title. At Wounded Knee and a subsequent action, the FBI did a setup, … Continue reading →

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Earth Day, Hour, Minute now Memory. KRCC’s Democracy Now, Then, Was.

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Eric Verlo

Remember Earth Day? It became Earth Hour, then I think Earth Minute. If there was an Earth Second you and I missed it. With every chance for commemorative environmental actions squeezed out by the newest condensed schedule, the Earth Moment … Continue reading →

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What does “member-supported radio” mean? Friends don’t let friends air junk

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Eric Verlo

It is that time again. Twice a year local public radio affiliate KRCC holds a fund drive during which it expects community support for its exclusively corporate programming. By what stretch of the imagination should listeners feel they need to … Continue reading →

Posted in Sight-Bites | Tagged Community, Corporate, Forward, Fun, Indoctrination, KRCC, Media, misinformation, NPR, Programming, Propaganda, Public Radio, Radio, Stupid | Leave a comment

Goddamnit! 100 years on, KRCC plays soldier to butcher Ludlow miners again

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Eric Verlo

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO- This is what happen when apolitical wits want to dribble their sardonic apathy on a subject of historic import. Or as they see it, unimport. The 100-year anniversary of the Ludlow Massacre passed in April, with considerable … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged ALF, Atrocities, CIA, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Cult, Culture, Dance, DIA, God, History, KRCC, Labor Unions, Ludlow, Ludlow Massacre, Massacre, Media, Military, miners, National Guard, Protest, Public Radio, Radio, Rove, soldier, Wish We Were Here | Leave a comment

Ding-Dong, the Liberal Lizard of the Senate is dead… Sing along, Democrats!

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Tony Logan

As I was heading for work this morning, the imperialist faux liberal, faux public radio, ‘National Public Radio’ was informing the whole world that ‘The Liberal Lion of the Senate’ was no more. In Heaven, no doubt… But… if I … Continue reading →

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Activists have so far failed to construct a real American Antiwar Movement

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Tony Logan

Despite the grass roots sentiment against all the bloodshed that Bush and now Barack Obama are engaged in, activists in the US have ever failed to construct a real Antiwar Movement. Do you consider that to be a harsh judgment … Continue reading →

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Ya’at’eeh from Tuba City, Arizona!

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Marie Walden

I’d envisioned myself hiking alone in Sedona for three magical days, vortexed into a frenzied energy, taken by wizened hippies to a hillside lair for impromptu meditation. Instead, in spite of the brazenly gorgeous Sedona landscape, I felt the whole … Continue reading →

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Ludlow Massacre or unhappy incident?

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Eric Verlo

COLORADO COLLEGE- CC is holding a symposium on the 1914 Ludlow Massacre. Actually, it’s only called the Ludlow Symposium. True to Colorado Springs form, several among the audience want to call it an “incidence,” instead of a “massacre.” One of … Continue reading →

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Is Charles Manson getting out in 2012? Absolutely!

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Eric Verlo

Today on the public radio, I heard PRI’s Matthew Bell pose a question for the program The World. “Is President Bush underrated?” His verdict: “Absolutely!” Well the answer wasn’t Bell’s, actually. But the attribution fell outside the sound bite: Bell … Continue reading →

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Does NPR have a hiring impediment?

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Eric Verlo

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO- I can laugh at speech impediments with the best of them. But I’m less comfortable if there’s no laugh track. Specifically, when it’s a speech-challenged news reporter, I utterly object to being made to decipher from mispronunciation. … Continue reading →

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Psychedelic Air Force Academy Show and KRCC, Pentagon Kool Aid Stand

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Tony Logan

I told myself I just wasn’t going to comment anymore about the local Colorado Springs private radio station, KRCC. Yeah, I know they bill themselves as being ‘public radio’, but have you ever heard so many commercials in your life? … Continue reading →

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Obama said The Ukraine not Ukraine tsk

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Eric Verlo

On the subject of spinning the debates… Did you hear about Barack Obama’s horrible gaffe in the first debate?! According to public radio, Obama referred to “The Ukraine” instead of the less diminutive “Ukraine” sans-the. PRI’s The World trotted … Continue reading →

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Mainstream media ignores RNC arrests

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Eric Verlo

(Masked civilian below is a reporter who didn’t report what he saw.) RNC protesters in St. Paul are coming up against preemptive arrests and arbitrary detentions. Do you hear about these events? Houses raided, suspects held without Habeas Corpus, a … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Arrest, Arrests, Art, Cain, Convention, Detention, DIA, Earth, Fun, GOP, Habeas Corpus, Headlines, Hurricane Gustav, Journalist, Journalists, McCain, Media, Money, NPR, Propaganda, Protest, Public Radio, Radio, Republic, Republican, Republican National Convention, Republicans, RNC, St. Paul | Leave a comment

Where’s the independence on Independence Day?

Posted on July 4, 2008 by Tony Logan

The Fourth of July is celebrated as America’s ‘Independence Day’ but where’s the independence? Sure, you’re free to get drunk, barbecue up some meat product on the grill, shoot fireworks off dangerously, and run your mouth about why one just … Continue reading →

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Obama fields loaded questions from NPR

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Eric Verlo

A public radio listener wrote to criticize the interview of Barack Obama on NPR’s All Things Considered. They thought the coverage too favorable, plus there was no equal time given to John McCain. I suspect this is the result when … Continue reading →

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Manitou Springs tribute to my mother

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Eric Verlo

MANITOU SPRINGS- (Last night my mother Kathy Verlo was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Open Space activists at the Manitou City Council. I was overcome by their gracious tribute. Here are the notes I prepared in thanks.) … Continue reading →

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Que Viva Colombia!

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Tony Logan

Pastor Lopez is my favorite religious leader. He was born in Venezuela, but has lived for years in Colombia, too. His religious teachings have inspired millions around the world! Here he is at his best in ‘La Tracionera‘. We need … Continue reading →

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Democracy Now on KRCC

Posted on January 21, 2007 by Eric Verlo

This week the Pacifica news program Democracy Now was added to the KRCC lineup on weekdays at 7pm. After listening this week when I could, I came away thinking: for the Colorado Springs community, the sudden juxtaposition of Democracy Now … Continue reading →

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The virtual world of the global marketplace

Posted on October 10, 2006 by Eric Verlo

Wow, look what’s moved in to a prime drive-time slot on our public radio station? National Public Media’s MARKETPLACE. Wow! Filled with corporate press releases designed to stimulate stock values, and commentary designed to give the stimulation a simulation of being in the investor’s interest. Continue reading →

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NPR versus Habeas Corpus

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Eric Verlo

Can you imagine an informed American populace without the media telling them what’s happening? Why are your friends and neighbors not able to hear Democracy Now on their radios? In Colorado Springs the gatekeeper is public radio station KRCC. Continue reading →

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What did you do against the war Daddy?

Posted on April 22, 2006 by Eric Verlo

People on all sides of the anti-war issue ask me what we’re doing with the peace camp. What are you thinking you can accomplish with it anymore? I have to tell them it’s for conscience. For my part, I can’t … Continue reading →

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Address to the Democratic Party

Posted on February 19, 2006 by Eric Verlo

I went to a Democratic party fund-raiser last night, the TRUE BLUE AMERICAN RALLY. I stood by the door most of the night and handed out fliers about tomorrow’s meeting to reclaim the media. I knew all of the politicians … Continue reading →

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Dear members of the A. C. L. U.

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Eric Verlo

(I was asked to make a pitch to the local ACLU for the upcoming community forum about media reform. Here’s my letter. Could this not be addressed to any number of civic organisations? Meanwhile, you can find a plea to … Continue reading →

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Objectivity on local radio

Posted on December 7, 2005 by Eric Verlo

This week some colleagues and I marched on our knees to the Colorado College president’s office to present signed petitions which asked that the college radio station carry a news program called DEMOCRACY NOW! (Exclamation theirs.) We’ve yet to receive … Continue reading →

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