Paul Wolfowitz, the slimy character that misled this nation into a war with promises of a speedy end to hostilities and pre-paid with Iraqi oil revenues is now battling to keep his gig at the World Bank amidst allegations that he hooked his gal pal up with promotions and pay rises simply because he could. The “Wolfster”, fighting back and refusing to step down stating it’s the French and the Germans making a power play to kick him to the curb, while at the same time acknowledging that mistakes were made.

In other news, the senate passed their version of the war funding bill yesterday 51-46 and has it ready for the president’s planned veto early next week. The ball is now in the Democrats court as they will be forced to fall back on plan B if in fact the president rejects their efforts as advertised.

The Democrat’s debate went off without much fanfare, screw-up, or fireworks as for the most part everyone made clear efforts not to engage each other with any vigor as they all appeared to be running for the presidency and vice presidency at the same time, fearing to burn a bridge, save for Mike Gravel. More on this debate in Sunday special edition. Click here to download or on air to stream

Today we close our out of this world festival with Assignment Outer Space starring Rick Van Nuttier. An overbearing reporter on assignment as an observer on a space mission gets into it with the ship’s captain over the pretty girl in the flick while trying to the earth from a collision with a runaway spaceship. Enjoy! Click here to download or on photo to stream.

Friday funnies are back today with Big Joe from The No Name And A Bag O Chips Show at Mo Pitkins House of Satisfaction in the East Village Enjoy! Click here to download or on photo to stream

John McCain fails the whippersnapper test as he tried to push the restart button on his floundering campaign yesterday wearing a sporty shirt look and V-necked sweater pounding on a podium stating whatever is not good enough for America is not good enough for him.

While his words garnered reasonably respectful applause, his performance seemed stale stiff and rehearsed. If the nation is truly looking for a new way forward, featuring an energetic enthusiastic ethical approached to the future, John McCain’s efforts to establish himself as the wiser more experienced choice appeared to have fallen short as an option.

Taking a few potshots at the president’s handling of the Katrina fiasco and the Iraq war madness, he also fired a salvo across the bow of the “Good Ship Giuliani” referencing the ill preparedness of NYC during the 911 crisis. All and all, the best way to describe McCain’s campaign currently is slow growth, very slow.

In other news, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat controlled House of Representatives closed the deal late last night on the $124 billion war Bill 218-208 ripe for the president’s veto on Monday while the Senate preps for their matching Bill much to the chagrin of Republicans and their inability to do anything more than bitch, complain and pray that Bush don’t cave, as things continue to spiral out of control in Iraq.

Theater Stuff: The Sanitation Chronicles is closing this weekend, so if you are looking for some good theater at a reasonable price, the 54 @ Shelter Theatre is where you want to be tonight thru Sunday. Scroll down for the review.
Today’s podcast also includes another episode of The Black Museum; The Canvas Bag, hosted by Orson Welles. Click here to download or on air to stream

We stay in space today and all this week with crazy out of this world flicks, featuring Zontar, The Thing from Mars starring John Agar. A naïve and unsuspecting scientist helps an alien visit earth from Venus with the aim of solving the planet’s problems, only to find Zontar is a real creep with a plan of his own. Enjoy! Click here to download or on photo to stream.

The Sanitation Chronicles starring Richard Bey, written by Paul Brno and Mary Baldridge is a great recommendation for some Black Box Theater this weekend. Closing this Sunday on a far too short run, this salty, dirty finger nailed, rumpled shirted comedy takes place in a New York city Sanitation Department garage, highlights the low lives of the invisible people that few pay attention to until they are on strike.
Richard Bey, of the longtime defunct Richard Bey show, a precursor to Jerry Springer plays Johnny, the lovable softhearted loser lending a hand in the lives of his co-workers to advise, cajole, and support the many problems all are having trouble dealing with because of a limited capacity to cope.

Ethiopian rebels kill 74 and kidnap 7 Chinese workers at a China owned and operated oilfield in the worst attack to date. Taking credit for the pre-dawn raid, the Ogaden National Liberation Front, stated they have been warning energy companies they will not allow oil and gas exploration in the area until the Ogaden people are have attain the right to self determination.

The Ethiopian government vowed to hunt down the perpetrators and bring them to justice and went on the state they have already assigned and appropriate force to handle the task.
The ONLF maintains they did not kidnap the Chinese workers, but stated they were removed from the battlefield for their own protection and were being treated well.

In our opinion, these types of conflicts will continue to occur on the African continent as long as the trust for oil remains at current levels by every growing nations competing for what seems to be a dwindling supply. Historically, Africa has been the natural resources playground for the world’s developed nations seeking to bolster their economies at the expense of small poor, defenseless and underdeveloped countries, rich in gold, diamonds and oil. Click here to download or on air to stream.
Today’s podcast also includes another episode of The Black Museum; The Claw Hammer, hosted By Orson Welles.

Special Edition: The Pat Tillman hearing, headed by Rep. Henry Waxman, tried to ferret out the individual or individuals responsible for the lies told to the Tillman family concerning their son’s demise in Afghanistan. From Thomas Gimble, Defense Dept. Acting Inspector General to Brig. General Rodney Johnson, the high level low life military officials failed to adequately respond to reasonable questions surrounding the cover up. We provide what we consider to be the must compelling and damaging testimony delivered. Click here to download or on photo to stream.

Today, we continue with out of the world week with First Space ship on Venus, starring Yoko Tani. This space tale is about scientist analyzing debris from the cataclysmic Tunguska meteor impact in1908. Tracing its origins to the planet Venus, an international expedition takes off to check out the silent planet and that’s when the fun begins. Enjoy! Click here to download or on photo to stream

The French are looking to change the dynamic of their political landscape as the nation has a clear cut choice of direction in their final selection of Ségolène Royal or Nicolas Sarkozy for president. Royal, the socialist will square off against Sarkozy, the Bush Administration friendly conservative to decide the future direction of the country.
While Sarkozy has been a supporter of many U.S. policies, Royal has stated she’d be hard pressed to even shake President Bush’s hand before asking him to explain his administration’s actions on the world stage.
By all accounts a Royal presidency would probably match up well with a Democrat elected here in the U.S. in 08.

In other news, Alberto Gonzales continued to draw fire and renewed calls for his resignation over the eight fired attorneys prompted by his poor performance during his make or break senate hearings last week. While the Democrats seem to be relishing the moment, more Republicans just want to stop the bleeding and move on.
Senator Harry Reid is likely to take a lot of heat for his We’ve lost the war in Iraq remarks as the Republicans are ready to pounce on the Democrats can’t be trusted to support the troops mantra this week.
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Today’s Retro Radio programming will be an episode of The Black Museum hosted by Orson Wells; French-English Translation. Enjoy! Click here to download or on photo to stream

This week’s vintage sci-fi movies will feature some of the best grade b flicks from out of this world starting with Cosmos: War of the Planets starring John Richardson. In this classic, a team of astronauts land on an alien planet and try to assist it’s inhabitants battle a cyber crew that has taken over the joint. Enjoy! Click here to download or on photo to stream