Radio show announcement - New Format: Weekly 'Behind the Headlines Show'

[Michael B-C]

Great show as ever, thanks guys. The wit gets drier and drier by the week as the madness keeps turning up the gas! Joe, you sound as if the mask of tragedy has come full circle and the grim mask of mirth is now firmly fixed as the only possible solution!

I did want to raise the issue you touched on re the apparent significant down turn in the number of fireballs being reported this year, something I have been pondering of late. It seems to be a huge dip rather than a gradual decline. Does anyone have further thoughts on this? Is it a sign that we have passed out of particularly heavy field of debris into clear water for a period or are we looking at an eye of the storm situation before the really heavy bombardment kicks in? Very difficult to postulate but it is strange how precipitous the tail off has been. The 'silence' is more unnerving perhaps that the drip-drip norm - and in that perhaps there is a warning to be even more prepared than before.

Any thoughts anyone?

 

[Nienna]

I did want to raise the issue you touched on re the apparent significant down turn in the number of fireballs being reported this year, something I have been pondering of late. It seems to be a huge dip rather than a gradual decline. Does anyone have further thoughts on this? Is it a sign that we have passed out of particularly heavy field of debris into clear water for a period or are we looking at an eye of the storm situation before the really heavy bombardment kicks in? Very difficult to postulate but it is strange how precipitous the tail off has been. The 'silence' is more unnerving perhaps that the drip-drip norm - and in that perhaps there is a warning to be even more prepared than before.

Any thoughts anyone?

I remember the Cs saying that there's be an increase in fireball activity that would get people a bit nervous. Then, it would quiet down for a bit. Then, it would start up again and the cluster would come.

Of course, the future is open and this could now not be the case.

 

[Moonbird]

Thanks for the newest show, guys! It was a real fun :)

Your sense of humor makes the ironing considerably less boring :)

We're glad you like it. I think we're going to be making humor a mainstay of future shows. I mean, there's no point in being depressed while discussing the depressing state of the world. The least we can do is make fun, where appropriate, of the ridiculousness of it all, because it is, from a certain pov, absolutely ridiculous.

Loved this week's show with the bits of humor thrown in. You guys sound so up beat about it all, which is funny and makes me laugh. You're right, no point in being depressed. Making fun of the ridiculousness of it all sounds like a great idea.

Thanks for all your hard work!

 

[Oxajil]

Yeah, humor can really help a great deal with all the craziness going on nowadays! Thanks guys and Relic!

 

[Kasia]

Thanks for the newest show, guys! It was a real fun :)

Your sense of humor makes the ironing considerably less boring :)

We're glad you like it. I think we're going to be making humor a mainstay of future shows. I mean, there's no point in being depressed while discussing the depressing state of the world. The least we can do is make fun, where appropriate, of the ridiculousness of it all, because it is, from a certain pov, absolutely ridiculous.

I'm glad to hear it, actually to read it... :P

Exposing and making fun of farcical - alas depressing at the same time - steps taken by psychopats and their blind followers is probably the only way to get more easily through the tragicomic world we live in...

 

[Michael B-C]

In the great Irish Gaelic tradition, the Bard's role, rather like the Fool, was to offer two forms of 'story' to the ruling elite - the first was praise and glorification when the king did something the people could be proud of, allowing the kings name to travel far and wide and earn him respect. The more important role, however, was that of satire for when the ruling elite failed in their cosmic duty to align the people with the rules of the natural order the bards would ridicule and berate, pointing out the error of the king’s ways for all to see and laugh at. This empowered right to publically critique came above all others and could not be checked or censored - it could severely weaken the power base of the ruler by showing him up as an 'emperor with no clothes'. I think our two Irish brothers are therefore following in very noble footsteps here! :D

 

[Joe]

In the great Irish Gaelic tradition, the Bard's role, rather like the Fool, was to offer two forms of 'story' to the ruling elite - the first was praise and glorification when the king did something the people could be proud of, allowing the kings name to travel far and wide and earn him respect. The more important role, however, was that of satire for when the ruling elite failed in their cosmic duty to align the people with the rules of the natural order the bards would ridicule and berate, pointing out the error of the king’s ways for all to see and laugh at. This empowered right to publically critique came above all others and could not be checked or censored - it could severely weaken the power base of the ruler by showing him up as an 'emperor with no clothes'. I think our two Irish brothers are therefore following in very noble footsteps here! :D

Hadn't thought of it that way, but yes!

 

[l_autre_d]

In the great Irish Gaelic tradition, the Bard's role, rather like the Fool, was to offer two forms of 'story' to the ruling elite - the first was praise and glorification when the king did something the people could be proud of, allowing the kings name to travel far and wide and earn him respect. The more important role, however, was that of satire for when the ruling elite failed in their cosmic duty to align the people with the rules of the natural order the bards would ridicule and berate, pointing out the error of the king’s ways for all to see and laugh at. This empowered right to publically critique came above all others and could not be checked or censored - it could severely weaken the power base of the ruler by showing him up as an 'emperor with no clothes'. I think our two Irish brothers are therefore following in very noble footsteps here! :D

Well said !!

 

[Thaigrr]

In the great Irish Gaelic tradition, the Bard's role, rather like the Fool, was to offer two forms of 'story' to the ruling elite - the first was praise and glorification when the king did something the people could be proud of, allowing the kings name to travel far and wide and earn him respect. The more important role, however, was that of satire for when the ruling elite failed in their cosmic duty to align the people with the rules of the natural order the bards would ridicule and berate, pointing out the error of the king’s ways for all to see and laugh at. This empowered right to publically critique came above all others and could not be checked or censored - it could severely weaken the power base of the ruler by showing him up as an 'emperor with no clothes'. I think our two Irish brothers are therefore following in very noble footsteps here! :D

Well said !!

I absolutely agree!

Was it Dublin, Ireland born Oscar Wilde who opined "sarcasm is the lowest form of wit but the highest form of intelligence"? Maybe it was the other way around, depending

on one's worldview. Suffice to say, "laughter being the best medicine", 'Behind the Headlines Show' is my go to "Sunday Service" for such medicine.

Please! Make me "laugh till I cry"!

 

[Gary]

In the great Irish Gaelic tradition, the Bard's role, rather like the Fool, was to offer two forms of 'story' to the ruling elite - the first was praise and glorification when the king did something the people could be proud of, allowing the kings name to travel far and wide and earn him respect. The more important role, however, was that of satire for when the ruling elite failed in their cosmic duty to align the people with the rules of the natural order the bards would ridicule and berate, pointing out the error of the king’s ways for all to see and laugh at. This empowered right to publically critique came above all others and could not be checked or censored - it could severely weaken the power base of the ruler by showing him up as an 'emperor with no clothes'. I think our two Irish brothers are therefore following in very noble footsteps here! :D

I agree with you too! Very astute observation Michael BC :)

Satire has many definitions, I like this one. Jean Weisgerber's Satire and Irony a Means of Communication states,

"Satire is manifestly directed to people. It involves the victim it attacks and the public it tries to persuade, it restores to language its full status as a means of communication, its end is rhetorical."

http://www.sarcasmsociety.com/satire.html

Tom Lehrer said that political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Well, looking at the articles published on SOTT in the Puppet Masters and Society's Child categories, so many could easily be placed in the Don't Panic! Lighten Up! section - such is the increasingly ridiculous nature of the words and deeds of those psychopathic elitists, and their sycophantic supporters.

Tony Blair = peace envoy

The distinction between satire and truth seems to becoming more blurred with every passing day :) I think that is another 'sign' of the 'times'.

 

[Joe]

Well said !!

I absolutely agree!

Was it Dublin, Ireland born Oscar Wilde who opined "sarcasm is the lowest form of wit but the highest form of intelligence"? Maybe it was the other way around, depending

on one's worldview. Suffice to say, "laughter being the best medicine", 'Behind the Headlines Show' is my go to "Sunday Service" for such medicine. [/quote]

Another appropriate one from Wilde was "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars".

Please! Make me "laugh till I cry"!

We'll do our best!