Sunday Talking Heads: September 25, 2011
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 25th, 2011 4:43 am by HL
Sunday Talking Heads: September 25, 2011
Happy Fall, happy morning. Major topics this morning, Economy stuff, debate stuff, and Palestine at the UN. White House advisor and campaign man David Plouffe makes a rash of appearances. FDL Book Salon, hosted by Edward Teller features the new Sarah Palin tell-all by Joe McGuinniss. Emptywheel and Avedon Carol will be Virtually Speaking. Movie Night Monday will be Chasing Madoff. Enjoy Marc Martel’s entry into the Queen Extravaganza talent search, if you haven’t seen it all ready (it has almost two million views). Here he is singing opera. It must be nice to be able to sing so gloriously. May he sing long and prosper.
Happy Fall, happy morning. Major topics today: economy stuff, debate stuff, and Palestine at the UN. White House advisor and campaign man David Plouffe makes a rash of appearances.
FDL Book Salon, hosted by Edward Teller features the new Sarah Palin tell-all by Joe McGuinniss. Emptywheel and Avedon Carol will be Virtually Speaking. Movie Night Monday will be Chasing Madoff.
Enjoy Marc Martel’s entry into the Queen Extravaganza talent search, that is if you haven’t seen it all ready (it has almost two million views). Here he is singing opera. It must be nice to be able to sing so gloriously. May he sing long and prosper.
ABC’s This Week: White House Senior Advisor David Plouffe. Economic Roundtable: George Will, former Obama economic adviser and University of Chicago professor Austan Goolsbee, top investment manager PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian, Chrystia Freeland of Thompson Reuters. Horse Race Roundtable: Mary Matalin, Donna Brazile, Amy Walter, George Will. Palestinian Statehood – Palestinian activist Hanan Ashrawi. Then, British Prime Minister David Cameron (Palestine and then some).
CBS’ Face the Nation: Twenty years of Bob Schieffer.
CNN’s State of the Union: White House Senior Advisor David Plouffe. Federal Funding – Sen. Mark Warner(D-VA), Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN). Horse Race 2012 – Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN). Polling Obama – USA Today’s Washington bureau chief Susan Page and TIME Magazine’s deputy bureau chief, Michael Crowley.
Chris Hayes: No guest list at this time.
Chris Matthews: Obama wants to repeal the Bush era tax cuts for those making more than $250k. Is Perry losing steam? Was Thursday’s debate a turning point for Romney?
Fox News Sunday: White House Senior Advisor David Plouffe. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Armed Services Committee. Roundtable: Brit Hume, A. B. Stoddard, Bill Kristol, Juan Williams.
NBC’s Meet the Press: Live from “NBC’s Education Nation Summit at New York’s Rockefeller Center.” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I). Roundtable: Former Secretary of Education, William Bennett; former Secretary of Health and Human Services and current president of the University of Miami, Donna Shalala; PBS’s Tavis Smiley; and the CEO of the Special Olympics, Tim Shriver.
Newsmakers: Earlier this week, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) announced that he will step down in January as the Republican Conference Chairman, the number three GOP leadership post in the Senate. Speaking to reporters David Espo, Associated Press, and Paul Kane, Washington Post , Sen. Alexander called his decision “liberating.” …
Q & A: Naomi Schaefer Riley, author of a new book in which she argues that a teacher’s tenure is a primary factor in the rapid rise of tuition costs at universities across the country. Riley suggests that tenure translates into what she calls a “job for life entitlement mentality” among university professors.
60 Minutes: The counter terrorism bureau – Scott Pelley brings viewers on a personal tour conducted by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly of what may be the world’s most sophisticated terror defense forces – the New York City Police Department’s counter terrorism unit. The murder of an American Nazi – Lesley Stahl reports on the murder of a neo-Nazi leader and captures a growing subculture of hate playing out in America’s backyards and alongside the border – where neo Nazis patrol in order to keep illegal immigrants out. Parker and Stone – Steve Kroft talks to Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of Comedy Central’s “South Park” and gets to watch the process that each week produces another scathing and hilarious episode for the biggest hit on basic cable television. Now the disrespectful duo also have the biggest hit on Broadway, the musical comedy “The Book Of Mormon.”
To the Contrary: White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett responds to Ron Suskind and his book that reveals women felt frozen out of the early Obama administration. Then Former Governor Jennifer Granholm on what the nation can learn from her experience as Michigan’s first female chief executive. Guest Host: Global Summit of Women President Irene Natividad.
Univision’s Al Punto: Ollanta Humala, President of Peru; Leopoldo Lopez, Venezuelan Opposition Presidential Hopeful; Ed Gillespie, Chairman of the Republican State Leadership Committee; Danny Hernandez, Former Marine Corp. Special Coverage on Hurricane Irene.
Virtually Speaking: Marcy Wheeler and Avedon Carol.
C-SPAN’s Book TV: Live from the National Book Festival.
FDL’s Book Salon: The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin. “Based on McGinniss’s on-the-ground reporting that began in late 2008 (which yielded an April 2009 Conde Nast Portfolio cover story) and continued with his return to Alaska in 2010, this book is a startling and penetrating examination of the illusion and reality of Palin—and a probing look at the Alaska and the America that have produced her, and the country she feels she is destined to lead.” Chat with Joe McGinniss about his new book, hosted by our friend Philip Munger/Edward Teller, 5pm ET.
FDL Movie Night Monday: “Chasing Madoff is the compelling story of Harry Markopolos and his team of investigators’ ten-year struggle to expose the harrowing truth behind the infamous Madoff scandal. Throughout the decade long investigation, Markopolos pieced together a chain of white-collar predators consisting of bankers, lieutenants, and henchmen, all linked to the devastating Ponzi scheme.” Come meet with Jeff Prosserman (Producer, Writer, Director) and host Lisa Derrick, 8p, ET.
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Late Late Night FDL: Knights and Daze
Snagglepuss — Knights and Daze. This Hanna-Barbera cartoon first aired on April 3, 1961.
Snagglepuss — Knights and Daze. This Hanna-Barbera cartoon first aired on April 3, 1961.
Produced and Directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Story by Michael Maltese. Story Directed by Paul Sommer. Animated by LaVerne Harding. Layouts by Tony Rivera. Backgrounds by Robert Gentle. Titles by Lawrence Goble. Edited by Hank Gotzenberg and Greg Watson. Production Supervision by Howard Hanson. Voices by Daws Butler (Snagglepuss), Don Messick (Major Minor). Music by Hoyt Curtin.
Grab your popcorn, put your feet up on the seatback in front of ya, and aim your spitballs at the ushers please. This is Late Late Night FireDogLake, where off topic is the topic … so dive in. What’s on your mind?
