Tonight:

In this week’s Mero Moment, Sutherland Institute president Paul Mero tackles a controversial topic: Pedophiles.  He centers on an organization in Maryland focused on fostering sympathy for “Minor Attracted Persons.”  We’ll discuss and take your calls.

In a surprising (?) display of lack of judgement, Sen. Mike Lee endorses state Rep. Carl Wimmer for US Congress.  Yeah.  The guy who got his hands slapped in 2011 for using the state legislative process to launch a career in federal politics.  Face.  Palm.  The crusade continues…

Early voting for Logan’s municipal primary kicks off today and runs until Sept 9th.  We’ll have all the information on where/when you can vote.

Did you miss our live broadcast from Logan City’s “Meet the Candidates Night” last week?  Listen to or download the podcasts of our interviews with all 13 city council candidates:

• Hour 1:  (Logan City Council) – Ken Cox, Jeannie Simmonds, Meri Fisher
• Hour 2:  (Logan City Council)- Angela Fonnesbeck, Robert Horning, Tom Jensen, Ben Nilson, Nick Ball
• Hour 3:  (Logan City Council)- Herm Olsen, Jeff Ewing, Doug Thompson, Karl Ward

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Tonight:

With earthquakes and hurricanes in the news, we thought it was a great time to discuss what natural disasters we’re most at risk for here in Utah, and what a statewide emergency response might look like.  Logan Assistant Chief and Emergency Response Coordinator Will Lusk joins us to talk about preparedness, an upcoming Shelter Boot Camp (Sept 9, Logan Rec Center), and the statewide earthquake preparedness event ShakeOut Utah.

Continuing a discussion we didn’t have time for on Friday, Andy and I will compare the recessions of ’82 and ’08, and the response of two presidents.  Andy argues the ’82 recession was worse, and Reagan dug us out with tax cuts.  I’ll argue the liquidity trap of ’09 was much more damaging, and the stimulus prevented it from getting worse.  We’ll ask listeners to weigh in and discuss what lies ahead for the economy.

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A huge piece of artwork is about to send a big message about money, taking 117 shipping containers to spell out a six-letter phrase.
“It’s really rewarding to see it. I’m savoring the experience,” said artist John Salvest.

Read more: http://www.kmbc.com/news/28954978/detail.html#ixzz1W47xZExj

I guess we already knew this….

For many years conventional wisdom has said that the whole world is controlled by the monied elite, or more recently by the huge multi-national corporations that seem to sometime control the very air we breathe. Now, new research by a team based in ETH-Zurich, Switzerland, has shown that what we’ve suspected all along, is apparently true. The team has uploaded their results onto the preprint server.

Just for fun, though. Find out how many on their list were part of the bailout. Even more fun…. see which ones contributed to your favorite congressman.

Here:   http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-powerful-corporations-world.html  and here:  http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.5728