Podcast 182

The coldest summer on record? Updates to begin the last week of July, and it already feels like Labor Day in the Upper Midwest! Despite all the condemnations, Russia’s President Putin is ratcheting up the pressure in Ukraine, where ‘Drunken Separatists’ are apparently making calls and using the credit cards of the victims of the downing of MH-17, literally adding insult to injury. The US issues ‘evidence’ the Russians have been firing artillery, or missiles (or what?) into Ukraine. What does this ‘evidence’ prove? And what does the US President intend to do? What about Europe? As we wait for economic data on the 2nd Quarter, suddenly economists are hedging their bets. Remember when all the US economic woes were because of the polar vortex last winter. Apparently it continues. This is now the coldest summer on record. Maybe that will be the reason, if new numbers show the US economy in contraction. Wind Power kills birds, and a meeting in Bloomington over the weekend discussed this, but a ‘conservative’ approach to wind power saves the day? Really? More junk polls from Gallup and CNN. People are now saying they wished Mitt Romney had won the 2012 election? A little late for that now, huh? The Federal Government is stopping bake sales, because of nutrition issues, and a final shot at Comic Con. College Aged antics are one thing, but a 65 year old chidult trying to scare a car full of deaf people? Sponsored by X Government Cars!

Podcast 84

The House has passed the Ryan/Murray budget bill much to the chagrin of Tea Party and Libertarian activists across the country, even though phones were ringing, and emails were burning up in the offices of members. What does it mean? What will the reaction be? Bob Davis takes a first look. Think the Obama Care problems are over? Are you ready for Insurance Companies to be bailed out when sign ups fall below projections in March? We celebrated 3.6 percent GDP growth last week so much that some analysts say America’s economic problems are over, and the Obama Care debacle will be forgotten in the sunshine of economic growth. Except … what if all that growth isn’t quite what we thought it was? Plus Bob’s favorite stories of the week. Podcast 84 gets you ahead of the talking points and sets up your weekend. Sponsored by www.baklund.com.