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On today’s show I talk about Rev. Charles Ellis of Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple who had a service with three vehicles representing the Big Three automakers, asking for God’s help to turn the companies fortunes around. I also talk about the results of the sit-in strike by laid-off workers in the shuttered factory of Chicago’s Republic Windows and Doors, which resulted in the loans by Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, allowing the workers sixty days of severance pay and give them their accrued vacations.

I play a rap song by Elohim Marino - “Money is God” from the album Truth.

Next I talk about the vote on the Big Three automakers’ request for a $14 billion short-term bailout and how the Republicans are admitting to using it as a way of devastating the United Auto Workers labor union. Breaking news that didn’t make it on the podcast–the bailout failed. It’s more important to bust a union than prevent a depression, apparently.

Next I play Josh Charles song “Love, Work and Money” from the album Josh Charles.

Music from this podcast came from Podshow Podsafe Music Network.

Flyswatter Show

Liberal. Atheist. Vegan. Different.

I talk about my childhood fascination with magnets and how dangerous they are for little kids, also quack magnetic therapy and those stupid Kinoki pads that supposedly “pull toxins from your feet.”

Flyswatter Show

Liberal. Atheist. Vegan. Different.

In what is shaping up to be one of the most important elections in our nation’s history, NPR Vote Report wants you to let them know if you have any problems whatsoever. Here are the instructions from the website:

“If you have any voting problems, NPR wants to hear about them. As part of Twitter Vote Report – a project born out of a collaboration of volunteer software developers, bloggers and the NPR social media desk – we’ll be monitoring voting irregularities, everything from long waits and broken voting machines to polling places with insufficient ballots.

An interactive map will track election problems reported by voters. The map will display eyewitness reports as they come in, so most of them will not be verified by NPR. As reporters look into some of them, you’ll find stories on our voting problems page.

Here’s how to participate:

Text: Send a text message to 66937. Begin the message with the phrase #votereport, include your ZIP code and a very brief description of the problem.

Twitter: Send a tweet with the phrase #votereport making sure to include your zip code and a description of the problem.

iPhone and Google phone: Download the iPhone app from the education section of the iPhone app store. For the Google phone, go to the Android Market and search for “votereport.”

YouTube: In conjunction with PBS and YouTube’s Video Your Vote project, you can upload a video to report any problems you experience.

Please note we will not be able to resolve individual polling place problems, so make sure you also contact your local election office or voter assistance group for help.

Also, be mindful about any local restrictions against using mobile phones or other devices while at your polling place.”

Further instructions are given at the site, including submission tags.