{"id":12839,"date":"2018-12-27T18:15:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T02:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12839"},"modified":"2018-12-27T22:13:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T06:13:22","slug":"cohen-in-prague-and-trumps-iraq-campaign-swing-bradcast-122718","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12839","title":{"rendered":"Cohen in Prague? And Trump&#8217;s Iraq Campaign Swing: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 12\/27\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_logo_mixer.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, I&#8217;m in for Brad and Desi &#8212; popping in here from my own show, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/indeepradio.com\/podcasts\">In Deep with Angie Coiro<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So much for a budget compromise &#8211; although we really didn&#8217;t expect one, did we? Ah well. The Dems are counting noses for January 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, about that &#8220;discredited&#8221; dossier: not so fast. McClatchy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/politics-government\/white-house\/article208870264.html\">has the tip<\/a> that Michael Cohen was too in Prague, and that Robert Mueller knows it. Over at the Washington Post, Philip Bump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/politics\/wp\/2018\/04\/14\/michael-cohen-visiting-prague-would-be-a-huge-development-in-the-russia-investigation\"> explains<\/a> exactly how heavy a domino this is &#8211; <i>if<\/i> it&#8217;s true.<\/p>\n<p>A bit more of the news roundup, then <b>MARK KASTEL<\/b> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornucopia.org\">Cornucopia<\/a> explains a terrible trend &#8212; why America&#8217;s organic farmers are not only fleeing the business, but in some cases taking their own lives (more on that latter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2017\/dec\/06\/why-are-americas-farmers-killing-themselves-in-record-numbers\">here<\/a>from the Guardian).<\/p>\n<p>Our conversation grew out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/dairy-farming-is-dying-after-40-years-im-out\/2018\/12\/21\/79cd63e4-0314-11e9-b6a9-0aa5c2fcc9e4_story.html\">this column<\/a> by his friend and colleague Jim Goodman, who&#8217;s owned a family dairy farm for forty years. He knew the name of every one of his 45 cows. The reason he quit &#8212; the reason so many are throwing in the towel &#8212; is a complex tale of inadequate labeling, Big Ag masquerading as small producers of genuinely organic products, and the resulting glut of milk and produce that strangles the little guy.<\/p>\n<p>Hang on to these handy-dandy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cornucopia.org\/scorecard\/dairy\/\">scorecards<\/a>, telling you which producers of eggs, dairy, grains, and more are truly organic and responsibly produced.<\/p>\n<p>Finally &#8212; in light of the White House occupant preening and playing the hero on his campaign swing through Iraq &#8212; I bring you a genuine hero telling his own tale: <b>JAMES HATCH<\/b>, author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780451494689\">&#8220;Touching the Dragon&#8221;<\/a> &#8212; a heartily-recommended read&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><b><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_AngieCoiro_MarkKastell_JamesHatch_122718.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a> or listen online below&#8230; <\/i><\/b><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_AngieCoiro_MarkKastell_JamesHatch_122718.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stitcher.com\/s\/player.php?fid=25838&#038;src=psl\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s BradCast, I&#8217;m in for Brad and Desi &#8212; popping in here from my own show, In Deep with Angie Coiro. So much for a budget compromise &#8211; although we really didn&#8217;t expect one, did we? Ah well. The Dems are counting noses for January 3rd. Hey, about that &#8220;discredited&#8221; dossier: not so fast. 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