{"id":2978,"date":"2004-08-23T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-23T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2021-06-04T15:54:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T19:54:35","slug":"jamming-the-signal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2004\/08\/23\/jamming-the-signal\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamming the Signal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/newsbug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; Reportedly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airamericaradio.com\">Air America Radio<\/a> is finally broadcasting in Michigan. The station is 1290 AM, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyradio.com\/\">WLBY<\/a>, formerly WHNE &#8220;Honey Radio&#8221;. Unfortunately, I can&#8217;t get the signal since it&#8217;s being overridden by AM 1270, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wxyt.com\/\">WXYT<\/a>. Since WXYT leans to the right, they&#8217;re as good as jamming WLBY&#8217;s signal. It&#8217;s an insult to my ears and my intelligence. Instead of hearing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.majorityreportradio.com\">Sam Seder and Janeane Garofalo<\/a> I heard some jackass questioning the validity of Kerry&#8217;s medals. At least Kerry&#8217;s medals are documented, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2004\/8\/23\/113152\/124\">unlike Bush&#8217;s<\/a>.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; I swear I don&#8217;t wish this site to devolve into political rants, but I find it infuriating that people so willingly support Bush when he has done so little (if anything) to deserve it. I simply cannot believe Bush is getting away with so much, from his delusional pronouncements to his dirty tricks team&#8217;s outright lies, and people are falling for it unquestioningly.  But enough of beating my head against the wall, let&#8217;s try an end this with a smile: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/online\/news\/0,12597,1286066,00.html\">according to Guardian UK<\/a> (an actual newspaper, by the way, with reporters who ask questions and investigate and everything!): &#8220;<i>The Spanish version of Windows used the word Hembra &#8212; meaning &#8216;woman&#8217; in Spain &#8212; for choosing gender.  But in some Central American republics, notably Nicaragua, the word is an insult meaning &#8216;bitch&#8217;<\/I>.&#8221;\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Reportedly Air America Radio is finally broadcasting in Michigan. The station is 1290 AM, WLBY, formerly WHNE &#8220;Honey Radio&#8221;. Unfortunately, I can&#8217;t get the signal since it&#8217;s being overridden by AM 1270, WXYT. Since WXYT leans to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2004\/08\/23\/jamming-the-signal\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2979,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions\/2979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}