February 3, 2011

This Week on The David Pakman Show / February 3rd, 2011

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On the Show:

–James Lynch from Amnesty International joins us just back from Cairo, Egypt, tells us about violence, getting out of the country, security around the protest zones, and about two of his colleagues that are being detained in Cairo.

–Alyona Minkovski, host of RT’s The Alyona Shows, joins us to talk about media coverage of Egypt, the common narratives emerging from different media outlets, and how long Egypt could stay as headline news if the situation remains unchanged for some time.

–David talks about documentaries on North Korea

–A South Carolina woman brutally killed her nephew’s dog because it chewed her bible, claiming it was a ‘devil dog’.

–A map of all the “isolated incidents” of right wing terror starts to paint a different picture, and we wonder how many more incidents need to happen before it is acknowledged that they are a trend.

–There is a gun obsession in the US, and a bill in South Dakota seeks to make buying guns mandatory, even though State Rep who’s sponsoring it admits it is a political ploy.

–The NRA has blocked research into the effect guns have on society, but according to the trustworthy head lobbyist for the NRA, it is because the results were too politically tainted.

–Mexican drug cartels are crossing the border from Mexico to Arizona to get guns both legally and illegally because of how easy they are to obtain.

–The 2012 election, including being wary of self-proclaimed constitutional experts, the leading candidates for the Republican nomination, Sarah Palin’s WTF’ moment where she “aspired Americans,” and people overseas thinking Sarah Palin is a comedian, not a politician.

–Audience emails on the GOP redefining rape, blaming women for rape, the new huge Starbucks size drink, Rand Paul’s spending cuts, and more.

–On the Bonus Show new claims about Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s, Donald Rumsfeld’s new book and the feud with John McCain, training mice for airport security, and more.

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